After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 27.2

Bai Qin nodded. She still had to learn to do a little of this surface-level courtesy. No matter what, she could not leave others something to gossip about, and she especially could not lose face in front of Le Yuantian.

“Are you going for location shooting?”

Bai Qin nodded. “Being able to follow Director Wen’s crew and learn is something many people beg for but can’t get. Of course I’m going.”

“I think the same. We’re still newcomers now, so more experience following a crew is good. When we go to the mountains, we can also look after each other.” Le Yuantian smiled. “Actually, my hometown is in the mountains. Later, my dad’s business did fairly well, so we moved to the city, but in my bones, I still feel closer to the mountains and soil.”

Hearing that he had walked out of the mountains, Bai Qin’s gaze toward him became different, as if she had seen a living person who had changed his fate through his own efforts.

Le Yuantian continued, “But the place we’re going this time is very remote. My hometown is a bit better than there. At least we weren’t so poor that we still lived in mud-brick houses. Our place also has cars in every household, and everyone lives in big buildings built by their own families. Speaking of it, I’m quite lucky too.”

Bai Qin nodded dully. This was different from the remote mountain areas she wanted. Le Yuantian’s place was just an ordinary countryside village.

“Have you been to the countryside?”

“I haven’t. I grew up here since I was young.” Bai Qin wanted to go, but unfortunately, her family did not agree.

Le Yuantian smiled. “Actually, many people are prejudiced against the countryside and have many wrong understandings. They think the countryside must be poor and remote. In fact, many places have developed. They aren’t as bad as imagined. Every family has tall houses and big courtyards. If there’s a chance in the future, I’ll take you to my hometown to have a look. There are plenty of fun things too.”

Hearing this, Bai Qin’s eyes brightened, and she happily agreed to Le Yuantian. At first, she had found Le Yuantian unpleasant to the eye, but now he became somewhat pleasing.

“Then have you been to remote mountain areas? The kind often mentioned in reports, where children can’t eat enough, can’t wear new clothes, and can’t go to school. Have you been?”

Le Yuantian’s eyes flashed slightly, and the way he looked at Bai Qin gained a light of certainty.

Sure enough, it was just like the rumors said. This young lady full of love wanted to go to the mountains to send warmth. Talking with her about these topics was the fastest way to arouse her interest.

“I haven’t been. But I think after this drama succeeds, I’ll use my first pay to buy several truckloads of supplies and personally deliver them to those places to support the poor children.”

“I think the same!” Bai Qin was somewhat excited. She had finally met someone similar to herself. Although Le Yuantian only wanted to donate some supplies, that also meant he felt close to those places from the bottom of his heart. He planned to personally deliver them instead of giving the money to some charity organization to earn a good name and then ignoring the rest. He sincerely wanted to help.

Bai Qin still wanted to say a few more words to Le Yuantian, but unfortunately, she received a phone call and regretfully ended this chat with Le Yuantian.

“My sister is coming over here. I’m going out to pick her up. Let’s chat next time.”

Le Yuantian nodded. “Mm, let’s chat next time.” He stood up and smiled. “Do you want me to go with you to pick up your sister?”

“No need, no need. You just finished filming. Rest properly for a while. She’s right outside. It’s not far. I’ll be back soon.”

Bai Qin left. Le Yuantian was in a very good mood. He could not reach a big-status female star like Mo Yueshuang, and he could not climb close to Da Yi Entertainment’s newcomer Xie Shixian. Now, he had finally met Bai Qin, who was from the same company.

Stirring up a CP in the same crew would also be convenient. In the drama, they were life-and-death teammates. Outside the drama, they were a passionate couple whose love bloomed on set. Add to that the young lady’s saintly heart, and his path in the future was bright enough to see with the naked eye.

Bai Qin picked up Bai Jing and went forward to hold her sister’s arm. “Sister, why aren’t you busy today?”

“I have one day off, so I came to see you.” Bai Jing felt both angry and fond toward this younger sister.

Bai Qin smiled. After entering the crew and seeing Le Yuantian, she told Bai Jing about how Le Yuantian had come to chat with her just now. Bai Jing smiled and raised her hand to rub her younger sister’s head. “Hearing you say it like this, he seems quite pleasing to your eye.”

“Yes. Didn’t you always say that when finding friends or partners, you should choose someone with the same ideals? I think he and I are quite in sync. It’s just that sometimes he gives me a strange feeling.”

“That’s probably your misconception. If he’s a friend, you should get along well with him, understand? I think Mr. Le is also very good.” Bai Jing looked toward Le Yuantian, casually pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and smiled beautifully.

Le Yuantian, who had taken off his costume jacket, suddenly shivered. He somehow felt as if he had been targeted by a venomous snake. His whole body felt uncomfortable as he looked around. He just happened to meet Bai Jing’s gaze. Le Yuantian was so frightened he quickly looked away, clumsily balled his clothes together, threw them aside, picked up his things, and hurried toward the hotel.

Standing beside her younger sister, Bai Jing watched Le Yuantian’s departing back and commented, “He even folded his clothes before leaving. He’s a good man. Points can be added.”

“That counts as folding clothes? He wrapped them into a ball. It’ll be so troublesome for the crew staff to clean up!” Bai Qin said unhappily.

Bai Jing lightly nodded in agreement, then continued, “Knowing the crew is still busy, he didn’t greet everyone before leaving. He knows how to be considerate and understanding of others. Truly very good.”

“Sis, don’t you think he was very impolite? He left without saying a word.” Bai Qin felt that the little pleasing feeling from just now instantly vanished. The etiquette and upbringing she had learned for so many years made it impossible for her to approve of Le Yuantian’s behavior.

Bai Jing smiled again and rubbed her younger sister’s head. “How could that be? I think he’s very good.”

“Sis, your judgment has always been bad. People you think are very, very good all look terrible to me!” Bai Qin’s mood shifted back and forth this day. Just now, she had still thought Le Yuantian was not bad and wanted to introduce him to her sister. Now, hearing Bai Jing continue praising Le Yuantian made Bai Qin even more irritated.

“You came all this way here to see your dear younger sister, me, didn’t you?! Why is your attention all on him? You only saw him from afar once, and you’re already thinking about him like this?”

Bai Qin did not merely find Le Yuantian pleasing anymore. Now she had begun to hate him. Annoying, annoying, annoying. Another big pig trotter who might seduce her sister. She absolutely had to guard against these people.

Very soon, it was time for the final scene. Bai Qin had her makeup done and went over to film. Before leaving, she said to Bai Jing, “Sis, I’m going to work. If you’re bored, you can go over there and find Screenwriter Li. She hasn’t left yet today.”

Bai Jing watched her younger sister perform for a while before going to find Li Sheng. Her arrival made Li Sheng stop the action instruction. In any case, Mo Yueshuang had practiced almost enough, so Li Sheng simply waved her hand and told Mo Yueshuang to practice a few more times on her own.

“Long time no see. Did you come to see your sister?” Li Sheng came over to greet her.

Bai Jing said, “I happened to have a day off, so I came to take a look. My sister hasn’t caused you any trouble, has she?”

Li Sheng said, “Of course not. Her acting is pretty good. The director even praised her.”

Bai Jing said, “That’s good. This way, I can feel a little more at ease.”

Bai Jing said, “This is also thanks to you. Are you free tonight? I’ll treat you to a meal to thank you for taking care of my sister.”

Li Sheng said, “Sure. If nothing unexpected happens, your sister’s scene should pass in half an hour. If something goes wrong, the time might double. Wait here for her. I’ll go pick up my child. We’ll eat together tonight.”

Mo Yueshuang was hitting the little doll, listening to their casual conversation. Mo Yueshuang punched one fatal acupoint after another, making the corner of Bai Jing’s eye twitch in pain.

Li Sheng said, “Wait. Stop practicing. That’s enough for today. When you go back, apply a warm compress to your hands. Otherwise, when you wake up tomorrow morning, you won’t even be able to hold chopsticks.”

After hearing Li Sheng’s words, Mo Yueshuang obediently stopped practicing. She also had no more scenes. After wiping her sweat, she said to Li Sheng, “I’ll go with you to pick up Ranran.”

“You’re covered in sweat. Don’t you need to clean up first?” Li Sheng looked at her in surprise. Could Mo Yueshuang really stand running outside drenched in sweat?

Mo Yueshuang could not stand it. Her face showed some difficulty. She wanted to go back to the hotel and soak in a bath, but she also wanted to follow Li Sheng to pick up Ranran.

“I’ll go back to the hotel first.”

After saying this, Mo Yueshuang took her things and left. On the way, Chen Yue carefully shrank her neck, always feeling that her boss’s mood today was very off. In the morning, she had still been bright and sunny, but by evening, it had become continuous gloomy rain.

“Boss, are you all right?”

Hearing Chen Yue’s concerned question, Mo Yueshuang shook her head. “I’m fine.”

“How is the matter I asked you to contact Mr. Zheng about, the acquisition of Da Yi’s scattered shares?”

“Mr. Zheng said he arranged to meet at Yutian Banquet tonight. He’ll explain it to you in detail.” Only recently had Chen Yue learned that her boss was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. She was not at all the timid person on the surface, waiting to be slaughtered by Da Yi. This news had excited Chen Yue for several days, but after she calmed down, what she felt more was heartache for Mo Yueshuang.

If she had not been forced into helplessness, how could Mo Yueshuang have trained herself into someone with such ability? An actress in the entertainment industry and a businessperson in the market were two entirely different professions. At first, Mo Yueshuang had nothing. She had only taken her acting pay and gone out to fight and struggle. According to Mr. Zheng, Boss had even been cheated twice, and both times she lost everything she had. If her stardom had not been so bright at the time, Boss might not even have had the chance to turn things around. By now, she really could only let others slaughter her.

“I’ve thought about it for a long time. If Da Yi keeps going through this kind of chaos, then even if I take over, it won’t be worth it anymore. So for now, we should control Da Yi’s upper levels and let them fight among themselves. As long as Da Yi is busy enough to be overwhelmed and has no time to care about me, then it’ll be fine as long as I successfully leave Da Yi in a year.” Mo Yueshuang was afraid. Especially now that she understood she had fallen in love with Li Sheng, she became even more afraid.

What happened five years ago had become her lifelong nightmare. She was not certain whether it had been recorded back then, but the light she saw had indeed looked like the light of a camera. She did not dare gamble, and she especially did not want Li Sheng to know about it.

Originally, she thought that if she swallowed Da Yi, she would be able to completely hide this matter. However, the person Mr. Zheng sent into Da Yi sent back news that five years ago, Da Yi had still been operating normally and had not designed schemes against any artists. Even now, only a few people who had completely fallen out with the company and refused to behave were taught lessons by the company using such methods.

If it was not company behavior, then it was very likely personal behavior, and the difficulty of investigation increased greatly.

Mo Yueshuang was afraid that if Mr. Zheng really swallowed Da Yi and her identity was exposed, the people of Da Yi would become desperate and do something reckless.

Before finding out who had schemed against her, she suspected everyone. Even Sister Deng, her manager at the company before, had only maintained a working partnership with her. It was precisely because of this that when the company wanted to abandon her, Sister Deng had let go so decisively, because there truly had not been much private friendship between them.

The fact that Sister Deng had specially come to say those words before leaving instead made Mo Yueshuang somewhat moved.

That night, Li Sheng brought Ranran and ate with Bai Jing and Bai Qin at a decent nearby restaurant. The entire conversation revolved around thanking her for helping take care of her sister, and asking her to continue taking care of her sister when they went to the mountain area.

Li Sheng agreed. After all, she was the one who had asked Bai Qin to follow the crew and learn. She had the responsibility to take good care of Bai Qin.

On this side, the meal was harmonious and cheerful. On Mo Yueshuang’s side, she was facing a pile of documents, files, and contracts with worry.

She was not a professional. Although over the years she had studied privately, hired teachers to teach her, and followed Zheng Yusheng to learn through real practice, compared to those old foxes who had fought countless battles in the business world, Mo Yueshuang’s little bit was completely not enough to look at.

Zheng Yusheng did not ask her to understand everything. He only wanted her to gain a deeper understanding of her own company. If there were places she did not understand, he would explain them from the side.

“You mean, as long as Da Yi’s upper levels become turbulent again this time, some of their small shareholders will continue selling off their shares. As long as we can collect twenty percent, there’s hope of swallowing Da Yi?”

“That’s right. Da Yi is basically an empty shell now. People outside don’t know, but internally, everyone is very clear. Recently, Jiawei Media Entertainment appeared in the industry. I don’t know if you’ve heard of it.”

“Mm, I know.”

“The president of this company is the granddaughter of the chairman of Xiongtao Industry. She came out to establish herself and start a business. In reality, the chairman cherishes his granddaughter very much. Although he said no one was allowed to help her and that he wanted his granddaughter to suffer a little hardship…”

“But up until now, Jiawei Media Entertainment has encountered three difficulties. Once, President Yu Jiawei brought the company staff through it by force on her own. The other two times, the old master released word, telling people not to be too calculative with his little granddaughter. If a child wants to play, then let her play. If some adults insist on interfering, he doesn’t mind helping his granddaughter either. After that, he contacted several small companies to cooperate with Jiawei Media and helped them get through the difficulties.”

“Our Taoguang was one of the companies that contacted the old master that time. We received the old master’s promise and also had our first cooperation with Jiawei Media. To be honest, if the old master hadn’t come to us, no one would believe such a small company had any connection to the chairman of Xiongtao Industry.”

“If not for the Yu family having risen only recently and lacking enough foundation, F Province’s four great families would also include the Yu family.”

“However, if things continue developing with this momentum, perhaps in a few years, Li, Guan, Ji, and Chi will also have to reshuffle.”

When Zheng Yusheng spoke of these things, his eyes were full of yearning. He wanted to say more to Mo Yueshuang, but Mo Yueshuang suddenly interrupted him. “The one ranked first is the Li family?”

“That’s right. Currently, Old Master Li is still in power, but he has already released part of it to the adopted son, Li Junhao. Looking at this posture, it should all be kept for Miss Li.”

“Li Sheng?”

“Yes. That one. But half the information about her is true and half false. The Li family deliberately hides things, and Li Sheng herself is not high-profile. Among the four great families in recent years, only her sense of presence has been the lowest.”

Mo Yueshuang finally connected this to Li Sheng. Previously, Li Sheng had been familiar with Ji Ruodong and also knew Guan Anru, so Mo Yueshuang had thought Li Sheng was only the daughter of some wealthy family in the capital. She had never connected her to the four great families.

It must have been her imagination and knowledge that had limited her. Now, she finally understood. That Li Sheng, who looked like she cared about nothing, was the daughter of the head of F Province’s four great families, the richest family in Hua Country. Suddenly, she could understand why that little child Ranran opened her mouth and talked about planes, villas, castles, and gardens. That was not subtly showing off wealth. That was simply the little one’s daily life.

Before learning this news, Mo Yueshuang felt she had fallen in love with an impossible person. Now, she felt she had fallen in love with an impossible god.

The distance between her and Li Sheng was too great. It was not something she could catch up to just by working hard.

“What’s wrong?” Zheng Yusheng noticed Mo Yueshuang’s mood. He felt that after listening to his words, her whole person had become dispirited, visibly dejected.

Mo Yueshuang shook her head. “I’m fine.”

“You don’t look fine.”

“I’m really fine.” Mo Yueshuang tugged at the corners of her lips and smiled. It looked stiff and awkward, so she simply stopped smiling. With a trace of hope, she asked him, “How is the investigation I asked you to do about who framed me five years ago?”

“Most of F Province’s excellent detective agencies are likely established by those wealthy people, so I didn’t investigate openly. Some time ago, when I was on a business trip, I met a detective whose nickname is Peach. Her surname is Tang, and her name is Tang Xiaozhi. Her professional ability is very strong. There is no case that has passed through her hands that she could not settle. It’s just that her fee is a little expensive. Just hiring her costs this much…”

Zheng Yusheng stretched out his hand. Mo Yueshuang was somewhat surprised. “One million?”

“But she also has rules. The advance payment is this much. Later, it depends on how much the result is worth. If she fails, she will return three times the advance payment as compensation and will additionally provide one piece of commercial confidential information worth ten million. She really makes people both love and hate her. Some people can’t wait for her to fail. Doing business with her is like gambling. What you play with is a racing heart and a stopped heart. The whole process is thrilling.”

“Then hire her. We must be quick. Find out clearly within half a year.” This time, Mo Yueshuang was paying a heavy price. Zheng Yusheng was very excited. “All right, I’ll contact her now.”

Zheng Yusheng’s call connected, and a lazy female voice came from the phone. “Hello, Mr. Zheng. You’re a little faster than I expected. Looks like you really couldn’t wait.”

Zheng Yusheng had only heard of her reputation before. He had met her and asked a few more questions. The other party had given him a business card. He had not expected that this time, once he called, before he even spoke, the other party already knew who he was.

“Hello, Miss Tang. I have something I’d like to ask you for help with.”

“Stop. I don’t help. If you want cooperation, say it directly. Don’t use these empty words.”

“Yes, yes, yes. Help me investigate the incident where actress Mo Yueshuang was harmed at Huasheng Hotel five years ago.”

“Do you want the culprit’s person, or the culprit’s life?” Her voice was still lazy, but the faint sound of clothing rubbing could be heard, so she had presumably climbed out of bed. After a while, they heard her say, “If you want the person, I’ll bring them back to you whole and complete. If you want their life, I can only take half of it. The price is the same for both. Choose.”

“No, Miss Tang, you misunderstood. We want to know all the people who participated that night, as well as the specific details of what happened.”

“Heh.” A laugh came from the other side. “Mo Yueshuang is ruthless enough toward herself. This is the first time I’ve encountered a victim asking to investigate the detailed process of their own victimization. Does she… happen to have some special kink?”

This time, it was Mo Yueshuang and Zheng Yusheng’s turn to be shocked. “How do you know she herself wants to investigate?”

“Five years ago, four groups of people were investigating that matter. Five years passed, and now this matter has been dug up again. I was very curious, so I took the initiative to understand the situation. In the end, I discovered that the people connected to this matter back then had all begun investigating. Only Mo Yueshuang had not moved for a long time. Perhaps because she was one of the victims, she was afraid of coming into contact with this matter again, so she didn’t dare investigate.”

“But that day at the airport, I ran into you and chatted with you for a few sentences. Only then did I realize that it turns out you people were investigating too. You just couldn’t find a suitable detective agency and were also afraid that if your movements were too big, you would force the culprit into desperation.”

Mo Yueshuang’s heart tightened. “What do you mean by one of the victims? Who are the other four groups investigating?”

“Ai, don’t get excited. Calm down. The two questions you asked have a market price of seventy thousand. Buying?”

“I’m buying!” Mo Yueshuang said.

The woman smiled. “Seeing how straightforward you are, I’ll tell you and also give you one piece of inside information for free. The card number has already been sent to you. Transfer the seventy thousand, and I’ll tell you right away.”

Zheng Yusheng transferred the money. The other side smiled. “You’re really straightforward. I like people like you who don’t bargain. I’ll give you one more piece of information later.”

Mo Yueshuang and Zheng Yusheng, who did not know they could bargain, expressed: Thank you!

“The first answer.”

“Real estate magnate Ji Ruodong hired Duode Detective Agency to investigate. The richest family’s young lady, Li Sheng, hired Yuansu and Yihuan Detective Agencies to investigate. There is also a mysterious person who spent a huge amount of money to hire Haoyuan Detective Agency, known in our industry as the vampire Zhou Bapi. The last one, who only started investigating recently, is the Chi family’s young lady, Chi Yunman. She privately hired Geshu Detective Agency. I heard the agency head personally took the case and even gave a ten or twenty percent discount. But cheap goods aren’t good, dear. Geshu’s side has not made progress for a long time. Eldest Miss Chi has already started asking people to contact me. If you hire me now, you’re still in time. If you’re one step late, an outstanding talent like me will belong to someone else.”

After joking playfully, this detective returned to her proper tone, though she still sounded somewhat lazy and tired.

“The second answer.”

“The reason Li Sheng wants to investigate is because she is also a victim. Otherwise, whose child did you think that child was?”

Mo Yueshuang was caught completely off guard by this news. She had always thought Li Sheng had become so cold because she had been hurt in love. She had not expected that five years ago, Li Sheng had also suffered harm, and even had Ranran because of it.

“What else do you currently know?” Mo Yueshuang’s voice trembled slightly, and only by suppressing her emotions could she ask.

Detective Tang paused for a moment. After a short while, several sounds of “clear, clear, clear” came through, followed by the sounds of numbers being added and subtracted on a calculator.

“Clear pricing, fair to old and young. The information I currently have totals eight million, seven hundred ninety-three thousand, two hundred fifty-one yuan, four jiao, and two fen. Since you’re a big star, I’ll wipe off the change. You don’t need to pay the four jiao and two fen.”

More than eight million. Mo Yueshuang hardened her heart and paid again.

What followed was more than a dozen gigabytes of materials. Mo Yueshuang spent money again to open VIP high-speed decompression. In the end, unable to wait, she opened some kind of super VIP too.

After waiting more than ten minutes, it was finally done. She clicked it open. There were videos, introductions, photos, and supplemental text explanations.

As she looked through them, Mo Yueshuang saw something wrong and asked Peach, who was still on the call, “Why are there some repeated parts?”

“Normal, normal. These were all obtained by me from Geshu, Haoyuan, Lesu, Yihuan, and Duode. Other people can only look at one set of files from their own detective agency. You spent one sum of money and got to see all the files from four detective agencies. Worth it, right? For the next half year, I’ll also update the database for you in real time at a low price. Whatever information they know, you’ll be able to know too.”

Mo Yueshuang and Zheng Yusheng looked at each other. They felt this money was worth spending, yet also felt it was such a loss. It seemed they would continue spending money on subsequent data updates.

“Miss Tang, do your detective agencies privately trade intelligence with one another?”

This sentence made the person on the other end pause, then burst into laughter. “What kind of joke is that? It’s always only other people paying to buy information from me. Their databases are like my backyard garden. I come and go whenever I want. If I see a flower I like inside, I take it away.”

“However, some people have noticed that I often stroll through their databases, so they hand-copy information and carry it with them. Unfortunately, they all forgot that back then, I was a thief. Hahaha.”

Mo Yueshuang could not help roasting her in her heart: What is there to be proud of about that!

“Miss Tang, I want to hire you to help me investigate this matter. Name your price. You must investigate it clearly within half a year.”

“That’s natural. I won’t delay your departure from Da Yi. Don’t worry.”

Mo Yueshuang was surprised that the other party even knew this, but after thinking about it, she felt it was normal. If she did not even know this, how could she do intelligence business?