After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 25.2

Seeing that she could not refuse, Mo Yueshuang simply hardened her heart and agreed. She knew Guan Anru’s feelings for her, but since Guan Anru had not said it clearly, it was not convenient for her to reject him. However, meeting him again and again in such an unclear way also troubled Mo Yueshuang greatly.

Seeing that Mo Yueshuang had agreed, Guan Anru was overjoyed. He immediately showed his smile on his face. When the elevator doors opened, he walked out first. “Then it’s settled. Tomorrow night, Yutian Banquet. See you there.”

The sense of crisis that had risen in Xie Shixian because of Li Sheng shot to its peak in this instant.

She looked nervously at Mo Yueshuang. In the end, she still could not hold back and asked her, “Sister Yueshuang, you and Young Master Guan…”

“Ordinary friends.”

Mo Yueshuang answered very quickly. She did not want anyone to misunderstand her relationship with Guan Anru. To be honest, if Guan Anru were not the young master of a great family, she thought she could have become very good friends with him.

But now, she thought that no matter what Guan Anru said tomorrow night, they would not even be able to remain ordinary friends.

Guan Anru planned to confess tonight. He had prepared everything at Yutian Banquet, but he had not successfully asked Mo Yueshuang out today. It did not matter. He only needed to tell Yutian Banquet to change the time to tomorrow night.

Guan Anru was nervous and expectant, full of joy as he waited for tomorrow night.

That day, he fell asleep peacefully, but Mo Yueshuang and Xie Shixian tossed and turned in their own beds.

Xie Shixian could not sleep because whenever she thought of Mo Yueshuang going to Guan Anru’s appointment tomorrow night, her heart felt sour and bitter. Her mind was filled with images of Mo Yueshuang and Guan Anru together.

Mo Yueshuang could not sleep because after returning, she saw the news online: Da Yi Entertainment’s finance department head had been arrested for embezzling public funds, and Da Yi’s elderly director, Mr. Liu, had died from a sudden heart attack.

The matter of the finance department head had been exposed by someone she had placed among Da Yi’s higher-ups. The goal was to throw Da Yi into disorder, so Da Yi would be too busy dealing with itself these days and would not have time to think about artists like them.

But she had not expected that after Old Mr. Liu learned about the finance department head’s matter, he would become so furious that his heart disease flared up and he passed away.

When this Old Mr. Liu was still there, he could still control the newly appointed president somewhat. Now that the old gentleman was gone, the new president would probably become even more unrestrained.

Mo Yueshuang could only make another call and carefully instruct a few things. She asked someone to acquire Da Yi’s scattered shares. This had to be done discreetly, and it also could not pass through her hands.

Mo Yueshuang had indeed made two preparations. Back then, when the old president was found to be seriously ill and unable to have children, he had brought back an illegitimate son who had been living outside.

That illegitimate son was his only son, so Da Yi in the future would presumably become that person’s possession.

At that time, that illegitimate son was like a vicious wolf. Mo Yueshuang had once seen him at a banquet. That time left a deep impression. On the joyous day of the old man’s birthday celebration, that vicious wolf found seven or eight female artists and had them fight naked in the guest lounge at the banquet.

Because someone had lost a valuable item, the rooms were searched one by one, and that was how they were found. Fortunately, the old president still had enough influence then and suppressed the matter.

But Mo Yueshuang thought of how she still had four years left on her contract, and then thought of what had happened to her a year ago. She no longer dared to trust the company, and she was even less willing to bind her future to a company like that.

So she slowly sent people into the company. This was the backup plan she had left behind, infiltrating Da Yi bit by bit. If one day in the future she had no way to escape Da Yi, then she would become an ungrateful starving wolf and bite Da Yi back.

On the surface, everyone knew she was contacting people and planning to open her own studio after her contract ended. In secret, Mo Yueshuang was ambitious.

But neither of her two moves had matured yet. This time, exposing the finance department head gave the person she had planted in the company a very high chance of being discovered. Once that person was found, the road ahead would only become harder to walk.

She did not know much. She was only trying to fight as much as she could in order to survive.

As Mo Yueshuang thought about it, she suddenly laughed. She wondered how many people were like her, acting as a glamorous female star on the surface while secretly scheming and playing business war games with others.

The next day, when Li Sheng arrived at the production crew, she noticed that the entire atmosphere felt wrong. Her heart sank, and she found someone to ask.

“Did something happen in the crew? Why does everyone look unhappy?”

The person she caught was a stage manager. He glanced toward where the director was, then whispered to Li Sheng, “We received news that an investor is coming over. What the director hates most is when all kinds of investors come over to look at the progress during filming. He always says those people don’t understand a damn thing. Either they’re coming to join the fun, or they’re bringing their lovers over to use connections.”

Li Sheng understood. This kind of thing was indeed enough to give Wen Tingzong a headache.

“Who is coming today?”

“Real estate magnate Ji Ruodong. He’s the biggest investor in this drama. The performance support fund approved from above isn’t even a quarter of his investment.”

“I understand. Go get busy.”

It had been a long time since Li Sheng heard Ji Ruodong’s name. She had almost forgotten that this was a novel world.

According to the plot she had read in her previous life, things should now have developed to the first round of abusive romance between Ji Ruodong and Mo Yueshuang.

Da Yi was swaying in the wind and rain, and the people in the crew bullied Da Yi artist Mo Yueshuang. Ji Ruodong, as an investor, came over at this time to support Mo Yueshuang and help her vent her anger, winning Mo Yueshuang’s favor. A hero saving a beauty, and the beauty’s heart being moved—it was a very natural thing.

Unfortunately, the one coming today was not only Ji Ruodong, but also the eldest young lady of the Chi family, with whom Ji Ruodong was about to announce an engagement alliance.

This eldest young lady of the Chi family came with her good best friend, and that best friend was Guan Anru’s cousin. The eldest young lady of the Chi family witnessed her almost-fiancé standing up for another woman, even declaring that bullying his woman was equivalent to bullying him, Ji Ruodong.

The eldest young lady of the Chi family immediately decided to cancel the engagement and let this mutually affectionate pair love each other harmoniously.

But her best friend refused to let the matter go. She jumped out on the spot to bully Mo Yueshuang, which then angered Ji Ruodong, who had just made his bold declaration.

Poor female lead Mo Yueshuang once again became a sacrifice in a wealthy-family battle, and the curtain was raised on the first round of abusive romance.

Li Sheng looked in Mo Yueshuang’s direction. Mm… she was drinking soup again, and Xie Shixian was standing beside her.

In an instant, Li Sheng had no thoughts left. Ji Ruodong, Chi Yunman—whether they came or not, none of it had anything to do with her.

Not long after Li Sheng figured this out, she received a call from Bai Qin. Bai Qin had already signed the contract and was officially joining the crew today.

She was a newcomer. Her role had weight but not many scenes. The director also had not invited the whole crew to celebrate. He had only taken the assistant director and the others to eat with Bai Qin in advance last night and introduced her to everyone in the work group.

Li Sheng went outside to pick up Bai Qin. On the way, Bai Qin, rarely nervous, said, “This time, I won’t run into some problem and mess things up, right?”

“Relax. Just act the way you did during the audition. Perform normally.” Li Sheng very rarely comforted her, but Li Sheng’s next sentence was shocking. “It’s fine if you mess it up. Going back to be a mascot is pretty good too.”

Bai Qin deflated slightly. “Seriously, I feel like none of this is interesting. Going to the countryside to teach, bringing cultural knowledge to those children, leading them onto another path, giving them another kind of life—that’s what I want to do most.”

“But my family doesn’t agree. Especially my sister. She said that if I dared to secretly run over there, she’d give me an injection and send me to the hospital for ten or eight years. She said she has plenty of ways to deal with me.”

“Why do you think none of them agree? Am I not doing a good thing? Do I really have to stay in this prosperous big city like them for my life to be meaningful?”

It had been a long time since Bai Qin had chatted with someone like this, because most people thought she was stupid. Although her family was not some famous clan or wealthy family, her family was a scholarly household.

In the past, her parents often talked about all kinds of things regarding actors, but when she wanted to go teach in the countryside, her family would rather send her to become an actor.

She had thought that if she said she wanted to act, it would provoke her parents’ fury, and they would wash their hands of her, letting her really go teach in the countryside.

She had not expected that after she said she wanted to act, someone came to her with a contract in just a few days.

“I don’t know why your parents won’t allow you to go teach in the countryside. But if my precious daughter wanted to go, I definitely wouldn’t let her.”

“Why?” Bai Qin did not understand.

Li Sheng said, “I struggled through wind and rain to survive. What I want is to give my daughter a sky where she can soar freely, not send her into another swamp to struggle. I couldn’t bear it, and I wouldn’t feel at ease. Although the idea is very good, and it is indeed a good thing, I would rather she stay in this prosperous place and occasionally send some love and help.”

“But donating money and materials can’t actually help them. The most important thing is that knowledge changes fate.”

“Then do you know that ignorant and backward people are unwilling to change their fate? The dirtiness, disorder, and poverty you see is their comfort zone. Knowledge, in their eyes, is the most useless thing.” Li Sheng’s tone remained the same, but her words grew heavier. “Of course, there are also some people who want to escape. But the fate they were born into traps them and binds them. They do not have the awareness to exhaust their hearts and blood to work hard, nor the fighting spirit to abandon everything and make a last stand. Your help is worthless.”

Bai Qin froze. Li Sheng continued, “You keep shouting every day that you want to go. Have you really gone before?”

Bai Qin shook her head. Li Sheng sneered. “If my daughter were like you in the future and insisted on going, I would let her go once. I think only by experiencing it personally can one feel these things.”

“But there are also people who truly want to walk out. Not everyone is willing to resign themselves to fate.” Bai Qin still did not give up.

Li Sheng pressed her lips together slightly, took out her phone, and looked at the notice schedule. “In a few days, we’re going out for location shooting for one week. You don’t have any scenes, but you can apply to follow the crew and learn. It just so happens that you can go to those places and take a look, see whether they’re truly worth your help.”

Surprise flashed through Bai Qin’s eyes. In the past, all of this had indeed been empty imagination. This time, she could actually get close to it. Then she would definitely understand it thoroughly and be able to discuss it better with her parents and family, dispel their concerns, and make them support her.

Li Sheng had lived in the apocalypse and had seen the most real and most evil sides of human nature. She could not understand Bai Qin’s thoughts, but that did not prevent her from helping Bai Jing persuade her younger sister.

Bai Qin’s first scene went very smoothly, and Director Wen’s anger gradually calmed down.

A little past ten in the morning, Ji Ruodong came over with his assistant. Wen Tingzong continued filming and had the assistant director go deal with Ji Ruodong.

Ji Ruodong had seen Wen Tingzong at Yutian Banquet last time. But at that time, Wen Tingzong had been too busy smoothing out connections for Mo Yueshuang’s casting and looked sloppy. Now, Wen Tingzong had short hair, and his full beard had been trimmed neatly and cleanly. He was directing filming on set, and his work attitude was extremely proper and serious.

Ji Ruodong had also met many directors. Many people, upon seeing him, would immediately stop and come over to flatter him. Compared to them, Wen Tingzong made him feel a little appreciation.

“Hello, President Ji.” The assistant director came over and exchanged a few pleasantries, then immediately began explaining this scene to Ji Ruodong.

Ji Ruodong’s gaze stayed on Mo Yueshuang. Her costume had undergone special treatment and looked as if it had been soaked and stained red with blood.

Mo Yueshuang, half-kneeling on the ground, had such stubborn and tenacious emotions in her eyes. Her gorgeous, peerless face appeared fragile because of her injuries. This posture truly stirred pity in people, making one want to hug this delicate and weak person and cherish her lovingly.

Ji Ruodong could not help staring foolishly.

As men, and as men both interested in Mo Yueshuang, Guan Anru, who was in the scene, noticed the moment Ji Ruodong’s gaze stayed on Mo Yueshuang.

It was just that, because they were still filming, he could not go interrupt Ji Ruodong’s burning gaze, nor whatever colored trash he might be imagining as he stood there.

Guan Anru forced himself to finish acting this scene. Hearing the director call pass, Guan Anru immediately came out of character. Mo Yueshuang also quickly calmed down, settled the emotions belonging to the character in the drama, and slowly found herself again.

After filming ended, Ji Ruodong did not go find the director. Instead, he walked toward Mo Yueshuang.

Only halfway there, he was intercepted by Guan Anru.

“President Ji, long time no see.”

Guan Anru smiled and greeted Ji Ruodong. Ji Ruodong did not like this person. Like Li Sheng, he had no good feelings toward him at all, because Guan Anru was too insincere.

In outsiders’ eyes, he was a gentle and refined young master of a great family. Only those who had grown up with him knew that Guan Anru was someone who hid knives behind his smile.

On the surface, he smiled and acted like he was your good brother, but who knew what bad ideas he was hiding in his heart.

Guan Anru likewise did not like Ji Ruodong or Li Sheng. In his eyes, Ji Ruodong was reckless and quick-tempered. The Ji family would sooner or later be ruined by his arrogance and ignorance. He was also naturally promiscuous and had a head full of dirty colored thoughts, and one day, he would die on a woman’s belly. Li Sheng was cut from the same cloth as him. Relying on being the Li family’s young lady, she spent all day associating with low-class thugs. And five years ago, Li Sheng had publicly run away from the engagement, making her an untrustworthy, unrighteous idiot young lady.

“Tch, who’s long-time-no-see with you? What, you’re acting here, but the Guan family won’t even invest a little?” Ji Ruodong had inherited the family business early, so he was President Ji, while Guan Anru’s father still refused to hand over power, so Guan Anru was still Young Master Guan.

One sentence almost made Guan Anru break character. But his actor-level acting skills were not fake. He quickly stabilized his emotions, controlled his facial expression, and smiled, not bothering to argue with Ji Ruodong over such trivial things. No matter how powerful the Ji family was, weren’t they still walking the road of arranged marriage alliance? What right did someone who could not even decide his own marriage have to show off in front of him?

The two plastic brothers casually chatted for a few sentences. Only when Guan Anru saw Mo Yueshuang being taken to the dressing room by her assistant did he stop continuing to waste words with Ji Ruodong.

“I still have something to discuss with the director, so I’ll leave first.”

Ji Ruodong looked at Guan Anru’s back and sneered. If Shengsheng had not run away from the engagement five years ago, causing the Li family to feel guilty and help your family so much, with all the internal and external chaos in your Guan family, what would your Guan family even count as in F Province now? What are you acting so arrogant for? You don’t have any damn self-awareness. How annoying.

Ji Ruodong had crossed swords with Guan Anru here and held a bellyful of anger. He turned around and went to find Li Sheng. As soon as he saw Li Sheng, he said, “Shengsheng, you really were too wise not to get engaged to Guan Anru back then.”

Li Sheng looked at him, completely confused. “What happened?”

According to the novel plot, shouldn’t Ji Ruodong be flirting with Mo Yueshuang? Why had he suddenly come to her and said something so inexplicable?

As early as when Li Sheng said that she knew Mo Yueshuang and had Ranran call Mo Yueshuang her godmother in front of Ji Ruodong, the plot direction had already changed.

No matter how promiscuous Ji Ruodong was, he had never thought of making a move on a junior’s godmother.

“Guan Anru!” Ji Ruodong found a place to sit. He took the tea brought over by the crew staff and held it in his hand, not yet drinking it.

“I think Guan Anru is interested in Mo Yueshuang.”

As Ji Ruodong spoke, he nodded in self-affirmation. “Do you believe it?”

“Mm.” Li Sheng indicated that she believed it. Of course she knew Guan Anru was interested in Mo Yueshuang. Not only was Guan Anru interested in Mo Yueshuang, but Xie Shixian, who brought soup every day, also had special feelings for Mo Yueshuang.

Seeing Li Sheng so calm, Ji Ruodong became a little anxious. “Don’t tell me you think the two of them are a good match.”

“I didn’t make a move on Mo Yueshuang because of you and Ranran. But even so, I still can’t let her and Guan Anru end up together. If this gets out, where would I, Ji Ruodong, put my face? Wouldn’t outsiders misunderstand and think I lost to Guan Anru?”

“Is it important?” Li Sheng found it difficult to understand the brain-dead thinking of a domineering CEO.

Ji Ruodong put down the tea, clenched his fist, lowered his voice, and said to Li Sheng, “Of course it’s important. I pursued Mo Yueshuang first. A lot of people already know about this.” When he said this, Ji Ruodong even looked rather proud.

“But now I’ve let go, and Guan Anru has moved in. People who know the truth will say I, Ji Ruodong, am magnanimous and righteous, letting go once I learned she was your daughter’s godmother. People who don’t know will definitely think I, Ji Ruodong, can’t compare to Guan Anru, that I even lost in chasing a woman.”

Li Sheng felt as if Ji Ruodong was successfully brainwashing her. She lightly bit her lower lip and thought.

Ji Ruodong continued, “No matter how you put it, she’s someone I once pursued so publicly. Even if she can’t have a relationship with me, she can’t be allowed to be with Guan Anru either. Besides, Guan Anru is also from a wealthy family. His marriage definitely won’t be up to him either. If your daughter’s godmother gets together with him, then he’ll definitely just play around with her in the end and abandon her. You don’t want that either, right?”

Li Sheng was successfully brainwashed and nodded.

Ji Ruodong delivered another strong dose. “If they really get together, how will Ranran address Guan Anru in the future? Godfather? Or goddad?”

With a whoosh, Li Sheng stood up, followed by the chair falling over with a thud.

“Calm down!” Ji Ruodong tugged at Li Sheng’s wrist. “I knew you’d definitely be in the same camp as me.”

“We need to discuss this at length. I’ve slept with a lot of female celebrities in this circle—not that… I’ve seen a lot of them. What they care about is nothing more than money, resources, and face.” Ji Ruodong spoke as if he were experienced. “Mo Yueshuang is having a hard time right now. Da Yi is unstable, and rumors about her are spreading all over the crew. There are also some companies that are already thinking of canceling contracts because her image has been damaged.”

“Do you know what this means?”

Li Sheng blurted out, “It means Mo Yueshuang’s career has reached a low point. But ever since Mo Yueshuang fell out with Da Yi, her career has been like a roller coaster, rising and falling.”

“I’m not asking what it means for Mo Yueshuang. Think elsewhere. What else can it mean?”

Li Sheng shook her head. She did not understand, but she was diligent and willing to ask. “I can’t think of it. What else can it mean?”

“Opportunity!” Ji Ruodong said seriously. “This means an opportunity for a man. An opportunity for a man who has thoughts about her and also has money and power. At this time, if someone comes along to help her settle all those messy company troubles, suppress the rumors everywhere, and then stand behind her with a straight back, there are not many women who can withstand that kind of protection. There are not many women who won’t be moved by that man.”

“Do you understand?”

Li Sheng slowly nodded, as if she somewhat understood.

“You’re saying Guan Anru will take advantage of her vulnerability?”

“What do you mean, take advantage of her vulnerability? For men, this is an excellent chance to win a woman’s heart. As long as Guan Anru grasps this opportunity, Mo Yueshuang will definitely be moved by him.” Ji Ruodong’s words were sincere and earnest, as if this matter was about to become reality. For some reason, panic rose in Li Sheng’s heart, but she did not know why she felt this way.

“You also don’t want them to be together, right?”

Ji Ruodong asked. Li Sheng fell silent. It seemed she did not want Mo Yueshuang to be with anyone, whether it was Guan Anru, who wanted to grasp the opportunity and take advantage of her vulnerability, or Xie Shixian, who delivered soup every day while gazing at her tenderly.

“I…”

But Li Sheng felt as if she had no standing to interfere in this matter. It was Mo Yueshuang’s freedom to choose to be with anyone. Although she and Mo Yueshuang had a child together, Mo Yueshuang did not currently know about this. Li Sheng also did not want to tell Mo Yueshuang directly, because that would feel like moral blackmail.

“Shengsheng, help Brother Ruodong this once. Ruin Guan Anru’s good thing. I’ll handle Mo Yueshuang’s company matters, using your name. We’ll say that you wanted to help your daughter’s godmother, so you came to me. Let’s seize Guan Anru’s opportunity before he can.”

Ji Ruodong swore solemnly, feeling proud of the brilliant idea he had come up with.

Li Sheng always felt that something was not quite right. “Why use my name?”

“I’m getting engaged next month. How can I make a huge fuss over a female celebrity at this time? Anyway, she’s your daughter’s godmother. Isn’t it normal for you to want to help her?”

“All right, I agree.” Li Sheng decided to help, but her gaze changed slightly, and she said to Ji Ruodong, “However, you need to find a way to let Mo Yueshuang know that I’m the one helping her.”

After Li Sheng finished speaking, she felt her little heart speed up and beat wildly. Her heart grew even more flustered.

At first, Ji Ruodong frowned, not understanding why Li Sheng emphasized this matter. Very quickly, he figured it out.

“Shengsheng really has grown up.” Ji Ruodong was quite emotional. Shengsheng must be afraid that Mo Yueshuang would misunderstand this matter, afraid Mo Yueshuang would turn around and fall in love with him, causing trouble when he was about to get engaged. So for Mo Yueshuang’s sake, and also for the sake of his engagement ceremony, this matter absolutely had to be made clear to Mo Yueshuang, so Mo Yueshuang would know who she should be grateful to.

“All right, I’ll immediately return to the company and arrange for people to negotiate with Da Yi. You watch over the crew. You absolutely cannot let that kid Guan Anru succeed.” Ji Ruodong suddenly became somewhat excited. After thinking about it, he said to Li Sheng again, “Don’t feel burdened. Anyway, Guan Anru’s final fate is also like mine: marrying a young lady from a great family. Even if he and Mo Yueshuang got together, it wouldn’t last long. For your daughter’s godmother’s good, while she still hasn’t developed that thought, strangle every possibility in the cradle!”

“Wait…” Li Sheng’s gaze drifted toward Mo Yueshuang, and then she asked, “How do you know Mo Yueshuang still hasn’t developed that thought?”

“I’m a man. A man who has fought hundreds of battles in the field of love and pleasure. Whether a woman has romantic feelings in her eyes or not, I can tell at a glance.” Ji Ruodong said this very smugly.

Li Sheng gave him a bored side-eye. “I understand.”

Ji Ruodong left. Li Sheng looked toward Mo Yueshuang, feeling somewhat lost. Today, Mo Yueshuang’s mood seemed a little off. When she was filming, she did not seem to be in the right state.

Mo Yueshuang watched Ji Ruodong and Li Sheng whispering intimately to each other from afar. Forget merely being in the wrong state—being able to maintain her condition and continue filming already tested her mental state greatly.