After Joining the Same Variety Show as My Arch-Nemesis - Chapter 6

The big shot was not someone who liked to talk. Gu Jingxi had never once heard her turn on the mic and speak.

Aside from knowing that she was a girl, Gu Jingxi knew nothing else about her.

Even her Moments only contained a few scattered landscape photos, without the slightest hint of everyday life.

If not for her friend saying the other party was a girl, Gu Jingxi would once have thought she was a boy.

Although the other party’s profile picture was an adorable odd-eyed ragdoll cat.

But because the big shot’s mechanics were sharp and her thinking was clear, as long as Gu Jingxi kept her own lane from collapsing throughout the whole match, she could basically lie down and win steadily.

But today was a little difficult. They were fourth and fifth pick, and once BP was over, when it came time to choose heroes, first and second floor instantly locked in jungler and marksman.

Unfortunately, the pre-selected heroes on third floor were all mages.

Gu Jingxi usually played at most two lanes: marksman and mage. Now, at a glance, both were gone.

This made Gu Jingxi instantly feel a little troubled. Only top lane and support were left.

Watercolor: I’ll top lane. You take Yao.

Hearing the big shot say this, Gu Jingxi immediately locked in Yao without another word. As for the big shot, she took out a hero who either showed off until the sky was full of fancy moves, or stabbed around randomly and waited to die…

Ma Chao.

Unfortunately, the opposing top laner had not picked yet. The instant they saw Ma Chao, the enemy pulled out Old Master.

1F Jungler Lan: Does 5F even know how to play? Bringing a girl too. Don’t get sharked to death.

Seeing this sarcastic remark, Gu Jingxi frowned and ignored him. As for Watercolor, aside from that one message, she seemed to have sent nothing else.

As soon as the game started, the first thing Gu Jingxi did after entering was mute the jungler. After accompanying mid lane to grab the wave, she turned and went top.

She had only ever seen Watercolor play jungle before and had never seen her play top, so she was a little worried.

But her worry was clearly unnecessary, because Watercolor was the first to clear the wave and reach level two. The moment she saw Gu Jingxi coming over, she activated Sprint without another word and started stabbing Old Master wildly.

That Old Master was also quite brave. He actually still dared to think about clearing the minions. After Watercolor stabbed him twice in a row and brought him down to half health, he barely reached level two. He wanted to counterattack, only to discover that he could not win at all, so he turned and tried to run.

Gu Jingxi arrived just in time. Without another word, she threw a first skill at Old Master, stopping him from escaping while also controlling him for an instant. Ma Chao, who chased right after him, directly took the kill.

First Blood.

Only two minutes into the game, the enemy had already given up first blood.

Gu Jingxi was utterly excited.

The jungle king was not only a jungle king, but also an insanely strong top laner!

The enemy clearly had not expected this Ma Chao to be so aggressive. For a while, Old Master no longer dared to act recklessly. Even when clearing minions, he was extremely cautious. After Watercolor reached level four, she faked her vision, making the other side think she had gone down. Only then did Old Master hurry across the river to clear the minion wave. Then, in that instant, Ma Chao charged out with murderous momentum.

Old Master, who had not yet reached level four, was startled and quickly turned to run back under tower. But he had overlooked the fact that Ma Chao still had a Yao behind her. When Yao’s first skill rushed toward him, he knew it was over.

Ma Chao, with Sprint and ultimate both activated, was simply a god who killed gods in her way. Just when Old Master finally rushed under tower and thought he was safe, he saw the two of them charge in without hesitation. Once Disrupt was activated, Ma Chao directly tower-dived and force-killed him, taking the second kill.

With this, top lane’s advantage was completely opened. Ma Chao’s economy instantly pulled ahead. Taking advantage of the enemy jungler attacking bot lane, they cleared out the top-side jungle completely, then leeched a wave in mid and brought their mid laner down to bot.

Bot lane was very lively. The enemy mage, marksman, support, and jungler had surrounded their pitiful Di Renjie inside the tower. Once the minion wave entered the tower, three of them rushed in.

No matter how Di Renjie struggled, in the end, he could only die smiling.

Just as the three enemies were about to retreat, the golden, shining Ma Chao charged in with Yao on her head. First, she collected the support who had tanked too much tower damage. Then, with two shots, she took away the enemy’s fragile marksman. When the enemy jungler prepared to circle away through the jungle, he was mercilessly controlled by their mid laner, and Ma Chao rushed over for a round of harvesting.

Triple Kill.

After that fight, Watercolor’s Ma Chao became unstoppable. She practically slaughtered her way through the match and ended the game in twelve minutes.

Gu Jingxi was thrilled. As soon as she came out, she started typing.

Xixi: Big shot, you’re so handsome!

The other side sent a smiley face.

Watercolor: 【smile】Still playing?

Xixi: Yes!

With a big shot carrying her up the ranks, not playing would be a waste.

After happily clinging to the big shot’s thigh and gaining three stars, another message came in from Mu Yu.

Mu Yu: Sister Gu, stop playing games and rest early.

Seeing Mu Yu’s message, Gu Jingxi glanced at the friends channel. Sure enough, she saw Mu Yu’s account online.

She really should have set herself to invisible.

So she thought.

Just as she was trying to brush Mu Yu off and continue clinging to the thigh, the thigh spoke.

Watercolor: It’s getting late. Rest early. Let’s play together another day when we’re free.

Seeing this, Gu Jingxi could only put away her little thoughts.

Xixi: Alright. You must call me next time.

Watercolor: Of course.

Seeing the other party agree without hesitation, Gu Jingxi curved her lips. Then she plugged her phone in to charge, looked at the dark night outside the window, and raised her hand to stretch lazily.

“Ah, I really don’t want to go to the company!”

Even as she complained, Gu Jingxi still got up from the massage chair. After the massage, her body felt much more refreshed. She turned off the lights and obediently lay down on the bed. A massage before sleep was very helpful for sleeping, so before long, she had fallen into a deep sleep.

Not far away, at the Jian residence.

Watching the light from that window go out completely, Jian Lan lightly rubbed her thumb over the chat interface on her phone.

Displayed there was clearly the conversation between Gu Jingxi and Watercolor.

Her gaze darkened slightly. She logged out of the current account and switched to her main account instead, then found Fu Wen and sent a message.

Jian Lan: She’s asleep.

A moment later, Fu Wen’s message came over.

Fu Wen: OK.

Fu Wen: By the way, don’t spoil her too much. Aren’t you afraid of offending the Tian family this time?

Jian Lan’s gaze remained calm as she typed out a line.

Jian Lan: I personally hold ten percent of Tian Group’s shares.

Fu Wen: ?!

When she saw this message, Fu Wen’s face twisted.

Although all of them came from families of standing in M City, and although the younger generation had achieved quite a bit either under their family’s protection or through their own efforts—for example, Fu Wen herself had founded an entertainment company—Jian Lan was simply outrageous.

At first, she had been an actress. But after she moved behind the scenes, being a screenwriter was only her surface identity. Under her name, there was actually a venture capital company. Through her own operations, she had somehow gained shares in quite a number of large and small companies in M City. Because of that, even if their elders came and saw Jian Lan, they would still politely exchange a few words with her.

This was also why Jian Lan could steadily act as Gu Jingxi’s backer.

She had enough ability and means.

For the first time, Fu Wen felt that her worries were unnecessary. But after thinking of that airheaded block of wood Gu Jingxi, she could not help laughing again.

Fu Wen: When you two met this time, did you argue?

Jian Lan’s breath paused. Her eyes darkened slightly, but she still replied.

Jian Lan: No. Uncle Gu and Aunt Tang were there.

Fu Wen held her phone and laughed so hard that Fu Hang once thought his sister had taken the wrong medicine.

“What is it, Sister? Why are you laughing so happily?” Seeing this, Fu Hang wanted to lean over and look at Fu Wen’s phone screen, but Fu Wen slapped him away.

“You reek of alcohol. Go shower,” Fu Wen said without mercy.

Fu Hang: “…”

That was right. He was that little cabbage whom no one loved or cared for, treated this way by his own sister.

Although his sister was fierce to Gu Jingxi too, she also took very good care of Gu Jingxi. Not to mention, Gu Jingxi had such a big shot behind her.

He had nothing.

So he obediently rolled away.

Fu Wen looked at Jian Lan’s chat box and typed a whole string of words.

Fu Wen: I say, honestly, what do you plan to do? With Xixi’s attitude, I don’t think she can realize anything.

Jian Lan: She doesn’t need to.

Fu Wen raised a brow. Just as she was about to ask what that meant, Jian Lan sent another sentence.

Jian Lan: She doesn’t need to realize it. I’ll walk toward her.

Fu Wen looked at it and got goosebumps.

The sour stench of romance. Bah!

After chatting casually for a few more lines, Fu Wen ended the conversation, got up, turned off the television, and went upstairs.

Mm. Anyway, she was not the one dating. She should stop worrying blindly.

…

The next day, Gu Jingxi was woken by a phone call from Mu Yu.

“Hello…”

“Sister Gu, get up. I’ll arrive at your house in half an hour. Please get ready as soon as possible. If you’re late, Sister Fu will be angry.”

Gu Jingxi shot up from the bed, glanced at the time, and said, “Okay, I know. I’m getting up right now!”

Almost as soon as she hung up, she tumbled and scrambled into the bathroom.

When Mu Yu arrived at the Gu residence, Tang Yun opened the door for her. Tang Yun had known this young girl for a long time, and when she saw her arrive, she smiled and said, “Xiao Yu, have you eaten? If you haven’t, eat something here. Xixi is still dawdling.”

“Thank you, Aunt Tang. I already ate before coming,” Mu Yu hurriedly waved her hands and said.

“Yo, Xiao Yu is here.” Gu Feng put on a sports jacket and walked toward Tang Yun with a smile. “Then we’re going for a run. Wait here for Xixi. Don’t be nervous. Relax and just treat this like your own home.”

“Okay, Uncle Gu,” Mu Yu answered obediently.

Seeing this, the couple smiled and left. Mu Yu sat quietly on the sofa and waited. Before long, she heard movement upstairs, and Gu Jingxi hurriedly came downstairs.

“Sorry, Xiao Yu, I’m ready.” Today, Gu Jingxi had changed into a red spaghetti-strap long dress. Her skin was as white as snow, and her long chestnut curls fell behind her. Even without makeup on her face, she was still devastatingly beautiful.

Looks like there was no time to put on makeup.

Mu Yu sighed, then said, “Then let’s go. I’ll touch up your makeup in the car.”

When the two of them finally arrived at Fu Wen’s company, Fu Wen and Fu Hang were already waiting in the office.

Fu Hang held a hand-grabbed pancake and smiled at her. “Yo, Xixi, very punctual.”

“What are you eating? Break me some,” Gu Jingxi could not help saying.

Fu Hang was quite generous and handed her a paper bag.

“Here. Yours.”

Gu Jingxi took it and looked. Inside were a cup of milk and a hand-grabbed pancake.

“How about it? This brother treats you well, right?” Fu Hang said rather proudly.

Gu Jingxi was speechless. “Yes. Thank you, Brother Fu.”

Fu Wen looked at these two people fooling around and rolled her eyes on the spot.

“Alright. If there’s nothing else, look over the contract. If there are no problems, sign it.”

“Although I’ve already read through the contract, it’s still better for you to personally go over something like this yourself,” Fu Wen said.

“Got it, Sister Fu.” Gu Jingxi smiled.

“Anyway, Fu Hang wouldn’t dare trick me.”

Fu Hang: “…”

Fine. He really did not dare.