The Female Lead Keeps Breaking Her Own Persona - Chapter 22

“No matter what you become, we are still friends.” Gu Jingyun’s words fell into Qu Anruo’s ears. Friends… Gu Jingyun really only sees her as a friend. Does she really have a chance to let Gu Jingyun know her feelings?

Qu Anruo sat on the bed feeling lost and said, “Mm, friends.” Sensing Qu Anruo’s sudden dip in mood, Gu Jingyun remembered what the doctor said: don’t let Qu Anruo experience extreme joy or sorrow with large emotional fluctuations.

She squatted in front of Qu Anruo and held her hand: “Ruoruo, are you worried about something?” Logically speaking, no matter what Qu Anruo differentiates into, she has the Qu family’s protection, and even if she’s just an ordinary Beta, the Qu family wouldn’t care. What exactly is Qu Anruo worried about?

Qu Anruo, whose hand was held by Gu Jingyun, couldn’t help but feel her heart race: “Nothing.” She said, subtly pulling away her hand, which had started to warm up.

Gu Jingyun noticed Qu Anruo’s movement was Qu Anruo avoiding her? However, right after pulling her hand away, Qu Anruo hugged Gu Jingyun and acted spoiled. This action dispelled Gu Jingyun’s doubts.

In the afternoon, everyone stayed at the Qu family’s house, preparing to celebrate Qu Anruo’s upcoming differentiation that evening. Everyone was quite happy, but only Qu Anruo herself was a bit down.

【Host, do you not want to differentiate into an Alpha?】 666 asked while eating snacks in the system space.

Qu Anruo sighed. 【Uh-huh.】

666 put down the snacks and thought for a moment. 【How about this? I can open a special permission. When the Host becomes an Alpha, you won’t be able to smell other people’s pheromones, and others won’t be able to smell yours.】

Hearing that there was such a solution, Qu Anruo quickly agreed.

After dinner that evening, everyone went home. Qu Anruo stretched wearily, yawned, and said goodnight to Gu Jingyun.

After lying down in bed, 666 suddenly appeared, startling Qu Anruo.

Seeing the excited 666, Qu Anruo asked in confusion, 【What’s wrong?】

【The Female Lead’s favorability has increased to 35! Host, you’re amazing!】 666 said excitedly. Qu Anruo only wanted to sleep now. She ignored the bouncing 666, closed her eyes, and started to sleep.

Qu Anruo felt like she had slept for a very long time, and when she woke up, it was already nine o’clock. When she went out, she felt that the house was a bit noisy. She looked closely and saw that Zhao Lan’an and Fang Yumeng were here.

Qu Anruo walked over, grabbing a bottle of water to drink: “Why are you two here?” After drinking, she tightened the cap and put it on the table.

Zhao Lan’an pulled Qu Anruo to sit beside her: “Yumeng told me that the chance of you differentiating into an Alpha is quite high. What will you and Jingyun do then?”

“We’ll take it one step at a time. So what if I differentiate into an Alpha? As long as we like each other, that’s all that matters.” Qu Anruo finished speaking and glanced around the living room. Then she breathed a sigh of relief fortunately, Gu Jingyun wasn’t here.

Fang Yumeng thought this made sense: “That’s true.” But the most crucial thing now is whether Gu Jingyun will accept it.

“Oh, why are you two so worried about this?” Seeing them more concerned than herself, Qu Anruo chastised them playfully.

“This concerns the lifelong happiness of my best friend; how can I not worry?” Fang Yumeng said, then winked at Qu Anruo.

Zhao Lan’an and Fang Yumeng pulled Qu Anruo into a discussion, brainstorming ways to pursue Gu Jingyun. Qu Anruo nodded blankly, listening to everything.

“That’s the plan. Bring home a daughter-in-law for me by the end of this year.” Zhao Lan’an said before leaving with Fang Yumeng.

Finally, with the quiet restored, Qu Anruo collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted, waiting for Gu Jingyun to return home.

When Gu Jingyun returned, she took off her jacket and asked Qu Anruo, who was lying on the sofa, “Have you eaten?”

“Not yet~” Qu Anruo said, getting up from the sofa and clinging to Gu Jingyun. She didn’t know why, but she had been unusually fond of sticking to Gu Jingyun lately.

Feeling the softness clinging to her, Gu Jingyun’s breathing hitched. “Anruo, stop fooling around…” She said, attempting to pull Qu Anruo off of her.

Qu Anruo held onto Gu Jingyun tightly, sticking to her like an octopus: “No.” Helpless, Gu Jingyun could only hold her close to prevent her from sliding down. She never expected Qu Anruo to have such a childish side; she really was still a child.

The day of the audition arrived. In the morning, Qu Anruo woke up very early; she seemed even more excited and nervous than Gu Jingyun herself. Gu Jingyun looked at Qu Anruo, who was anxiously pacing back and forth in the living room, and said, “Anruo, don’t be nervous.” Hearing this, Qu Anruo took a deep breath. It was Gu Jingyun’s affair, yet she had to comfort her. Qu Anruo, who was pressed against the table by Gu Jingyun to eat, rushed downstairs to drive immediately after finishing her meal. Gu Jingyun smiled from behind, picking up the car key Qu Anruo had left behind.

When she got downstairs, Qu Anruo patted her pocket and realized she hadn’t brought the key. She turned around and saw Gu Jingyun coming down the stairs: “Sister, I forgot my key.” She looked at Gu Jingyun with a pitiful expression. “Here.” Gu Jingyun placed the key in Qu Anruo’s palm. With the key in hand, Qu Anruo immediately took Gu Jingyun to Director Bai’s audition location.

There were red lights all the way, and Qu Anruo pounded the steering wheel in frustration. Nothing was going right; there would definitely be trouble at the audition.

They finally arrived at the audition location just within the allotted time. Qu Anruo quickly took Gu Jingyun upstairs. When she saw the place crowded with many people, Qu Anruo knew she had found the right spot. She calmed herself down and handed Gu Jingyun a bottle of water.

It was a bit noisy inside, and there were sounds of crying. Several people were huddled together, comforting a sobbing girl. “Oh, it’s okay. Isn’t Director Bai always like that? Don’t take what she said to heart.” One person comforted her. “I… it’s my fault. I didn’t meet Director Bai’s requirements.” The person said and started crying again.

As Qu Anruo led Gu Jingyun to find a seat, they were stopped by someone. The woman looked at Gu Jingyun arrogantly: “Oh, never seen you before? A new face?” She was confused about why Director Bai’s movie would let a newcomer audition, especially one with Qu Anruo beside her. Could it be through improper means…

Gu Jingyun looked at her expressionlessly: “Hello, senior.” After saying this, she saw the seat with her name on it and led Qu Anruo over.

“Do you know that person?” Qu Anruo whispered to Gu Jingyun. Gu Jingyun shook her head: “No.”

【Important supporting character Xu Nanxi appears.】

Xu Nanxi… a thick headed Alpha with an impressive figure, the daughter of the Xu family. Because she was overprotected by the Xu family, she was quite clueless. In the original plot, she was a supporting character who got herself blacklisted by the Male Lead after offending the Female Lead. Xu Nanxi herself left a deep impression in the original plot. Sure enough, trouble has arrived.

“Miss Gu Jingyun, please prepare your audition material and you may enter now.” The staff member called for Gu Jingyun. Gu Jingyun stood up, handed her belongings to Qu Anruo, and followed the staff member inside.

“Jingyun, start now.” Director Bai said after seeing Gu Jingyun in front of her. She then leaned forward intently, observing Gu Jingyun’s movements.

Gu Jingyun nodded. She closed her eyes and, when she opened them, she was like a completely different person.

Watching Gu Jingyun’s brilliant performance, Director Bai was amazed and applauded repeatedly. The people beside her also joined in the applause. “Great! Excellent! Jingyun, go back and wait for the notice!” Director Bai said happily, slamming the table.

Everyone instantly understood that this meant Gu Jingyun had a good chance when they heard Director Bai tell her to wait for the notice.

When Gu Jingyun exited, Director Bai’s assistant also offered her congratulations. It was the first time she had seen Director Bai choose someone so quickly. Gu Jingyun thanked her and then went to find Qu Anruo.

Seeing Qu Anruo obediently waiting in the original spot with her belongings, Gu Jingyun walked over and said, “Anruo, Director Bai told me to go back and wait for the notice.” Hearing Gu Jingyun’s words, Qu Anruo excitedly grabbed Gu Jingyun this meant it was a success! This is great!

“It’s done, it’s done! Hurry back and tell Sister Wang.” Qu Anruo excitedly pulled Gu Jingyun away. “Anruo, you can tell Sister Wang on your phone first.” Reminded by Gu Jingyun, Qu Anruo quickly took out her phone and told Wang Chu the news of Gu Jingyun’s successful audition. Wang Chu immediately asked Qu Anruo to bring Gu Jingyun back to the company.

As soon as Gu Jingyun entered Wang Chu’s office, Wang Chu and several artists congratulated her: “Congratulations, Jingyun, on the successful audition.” Gu Jingyun looked at them, a bit moved: “Thank you.” Qu Anruo, knowing Gu Jingyun would succeed, had already pre-ordered a cake. By now, the cake should be ready. She politely declined Wang Chu’s suggestion for a celebratory dinner and took Gu Jingyun to pick up the cake to eat at home.

After turning off the living room lights, Qu Anruo lit the candles and said to Gu Jingyun: “Congratulations, Sister, on successfully auditioning for the Female Lead role.” The candlelight reflected Qu Anruo’s bright smile, like the warm, gentle sun in winter, illuminating a dark corner in Gu Jingyun’s heart. It felt soft and warm. Gu Jingyun’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly looked away, not daring to look directly at her. “Thank you, Anruo.” She then got up and turned on the lights.

The thick-skinned Qu Anruo didn’t notice the unnaturalness in Gu Jingyun’s expression. She cut a slice of cake for Gu Jingyun and placed it in front of her. “Try it; I specially ordered it.” Qu Anruo had the store make it according to Gu Jingyun’s taste. She had visited several shops for this cake before finally settling on this one.

Gu Jingyun took a bite with her spoon it was delicious… It tasted like the cake her parents had bought her in her memories. Later, she had searched everywhere but couldn’t find it, and now she finally tasted it. “Thank you, Anruo.” Qu Anruo’s arrival had made her life better. What could she do to repay Qu Anruo equally?

“No need to thank me.” Qu Anruo chuckled.

In the system space, 666 was incredibly surprised to see Gu Jingyun like the cake so much. However, upon reflection, Gu Jingyun’s personality had changed since Qu Anruo arrived. Thinking of this, 666 felt it wasn’t so strange anymore. It took out the cake from the system space and also started eating. It really was delicious! 666 looked at the cake in its hand with shining eyes.

【It’s delicious, Host!】 666 said excitedly to Qu Anruo.

【As long as it’s good.】 Qu Anruo put her spoon on the table and looked at Gu Jingyun very seriously. Seeing Qu Anruo’s expression, Gu Jingyun also put down her spoon.

Just when 666 thought Qu Anruo was about to confess to Gu Jingyun.

“Sister, can you take me with you when you go filming~” Qu Anruo said, clinging to Gu Jingyun’s arm and acting spoiled.