After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 3

Early the next morning, as soon as Li Ran woke up, she poked her small arms out from under the duvet and turned on her tablet to search for the name “Mo Yueshuang.”

She had a sweet dream last night. In the dream, a woman held her, took her to an amusement park, bought her delicious food, and even took her to the place she always wanted to go but Li Sheng never allowed—the thrilling Haunted House.

Little Ranran couldn’t see the person’s face clearly in her dream, but upon waking, her intuition told her it was Mo Yueshuang, who looked so much like her.

However, last night’s live broadcast was not pleasant. Starting from last night, the internet was flooded with gossip about Mo Yueshuang acting like a big shot on set and bullying the newcomer from her own company, Xie Shixian.

——’F***!!! [Insert 18-language profanity dictionary here], Mo Yueshuang is getting more and more disgusting. She debuted with a “Pure Goddess” persona, but her path has strayed further and further over the years. Our Shixian is only eighteen, the same age Mo was when she debuted; how could she have the heart to suppress and bully Shixian? Shixian is so kind—way better than this high-and-mighty “Goddess.”‘

——’Unbelievable. Has Mo Yueshuang gone crazy recently or has she really let fame go to her head? Acting like a diva on set, stealing resources from seniors in her company, and now bullying a rookie. Mo Yueshuang has really lost it. I just want to say one thing: Mo Yueshuang, get out of the entertainment industry, okay?’

——’A bunch of brainless keyboard warriors. Mo Yueshuang’s current situation is obviously the result of corporate manipulation, squeezing her for her remaining value. Her contract is about to expire, and she refused to renew it. My friend is an internal employee at Dayi Entertainment; she said the management offered generous renewal benefits, but Mo Yueshuang turned them all down. She’s basically in a half-torn-face state with the company. They aren’t doing PR for her and are exploiting her value for the remaining year of her contract. If you ask me, Mo Yueshuang is the most innocent one here.’

——’Bullsh*t! Dayi worked hard to make her famous, and now that she’s hot, she wants to leave. So what if the company doesn’t do PR for her? Dayi is still getting her roles and negotiating endorsements, right? Dayi is the one who’s been wronged.’

Li Ran couldn’t understand all of this, but the foul language online made her little heart ache. She woke up pouting, almost bursting into tears.

Knock, knock, knock. “Ranran, it’s Mommy. May I come in, Princess Ranran?”

A few gentle knocks sounded on the door. Having come from the apocalypse, Li Sheng was extremely sensitive to sound; she especially felt a sense of panic regarding sounds coming from outside in an enclosed space.

She was afraid Ranran would feel the same panic, so she always knocked very gently and immediately identified herself to reassure her daughter inside.

“Mommy, wait a moment!”

Usually, her daughter would joyfully jump off the bed to open the door after she knocked, or ask her to come in immediately if it was cold in winter. Why did she have to wait today?

“Okay, no rush. We aren’t heading to the set until 8:00. It’s only 6:30, we have plenty of time.”

“Okay, Mommy.”

Ranran rubbed her eyes with her small hands. After a few rubs, she remembered Li Sheng said she shouldn’t use her hands, so she took the handkerchief Li Sheng had prepared, wiped her eyes, and cleared away the tears gathering in her lids.

Li Sheng waited patiently outside without getting annoyed. A few minutes later, the door handle moved. Li Sheng watched expectantly as the door opened and her precious daughter’s small body peeked out.

“Mommy, good morning.”

“Good morning, Ranran.”

Li Sheng smiled. Her daughter was so cute and heartwarming—it was as if Heaven pitied her tragic past and specifically sent a little angel to warm her.

After breakfast, Li Sheng reminded Li Ran again of the rules for being on a film set.

“Do you have your phone? You must wear your GPS necklace and never take it off, okay? Be polite at the set. Call older people ‘Uncle,’ and for people around Mommy’s age, call them ‘Big Brother’ or ‘Big Sister’.”

Li Ran was incredibly obedient; she had figured these things out long ago without needing reminders. However, to give her mommy a sense of parental achievement, she nodded dutifully, spread her arms toward Li Sheng, and after being picked up, she wrapped her small arms around Li Sheng’s fair neck. She leaned in and kissed Li Sheng’s cheek: “Thank you, Mommy, for teaching Ranran new things.”

“You’re welcome!”

Li Sheng indeed felt a sense of accomplishment. Her mood for the day would be brightened because of the little angel in her arms.

Li Sheng’s driving skills had been honed to perfection during her escape from the apocalypse. It was no exaggeration to say she had tried and mastered every type of vehicle that could run—especially fast racing cars. If she were to compete with professional racers now, she could at least take third place if not the championship.

However, there was no need to drive like her life depended on it now. Li Sheng drove steadily, occasionally turning her head to chat with Ranran in the back seat during red lights.

“Mommy is driving so slowly. When will we get there?”

“Don’t rush for a second while driving; safety is the most important thing.”

Li Sheng was replying to Ranran while passing through a crossroad. In that split second of distraction, an out-of-control luxury car crashed toward them from the side.

Li Sheng’s subconscious instinct was to hit it head-on—she was used to the modified vehicles of the apocalypse—but half a second later she snapped back to reality, immediately spinning the steering wheel and slamming the brakes to avoid the oncoming car.

Unfortunately, she was still a step too slow. The other car scraped against hers. Although she and Ranran were fine, her newly bought car now had several deep, unsightly scratches on its body.

Li Sheng pulled over and stopped the car, then went to the back seat to hold and comfort the little one.

In the other car, the assistant Chen Yue, sitting in the passenger seat, was so angry she hit the driver, scolding him: “Are you crazy? You can’t drive like this even if we’re in a hurry! Boss is in a difficult position right now, the whole internet is watching to blacken her name. Great, now add ‘Actress Mo Yueshuang crashes on the street’! We’re going to Director Wen’s audition; at such a critical moment, you have to mess up! Are you determined to annoy me to death?”

“Alright, Xiaoyue. Go quickly and negotiate a resolution with the owner. Otherwise, if a scene breaks out, we won’t be able to leave.”

Mo Yueshuang put down her script and tiredly rubbed her brow. It seemed fate was always against her. She had waited months to get an audition opportunity; if an accident happened at the last minute and caused a new scandal, she might be dropped even if her acting was perfect.

When Chen Yue approached Li Sheng’s car, she was extremely apprehensive. Her heart was thumping like a drum, fearing she’d encounter a difficult owner who would blow the incident out of proportion.

“I’m terribly sorry. Our driver’s improper operation caused this accident. We are willing to compensate you.”

“No need. We are fine. You guys should go.”

Li Sheng was always cold toward outsiders. The influence of the apocalypse on her soul was too deep, making her feel that even mutant plants and animals had more emotion than humans.

“This…”

Chen Yue had been brainwashed by too much internet news. When Li Sheng told her to leave, she suspected Li Sheng would quietly report them for a hit-and-run later.

Li Sheng truly didn’t want any trouble. As long as she and Ranran were fine, a car being hit was just a car being hit.

Little Ranran had been frequently watching videos of Mo Yueshuang lately, so she recognized the assistant—the person who followed Mo Yueshuang every day.

the little girl peeked out from Li Sheng’s arms, looking at the parked car in the distance. She couldn’t see inside and wasn’t sure if Mo Yueshuang was there.

“If you have an emergency, go quickly. I’m also rushing to work.”

Li Sheng’s tone wasn’t friendly; she even sounded a bit impatient. This made Chen Yue even more uneasy.

“Ma’am, because of our mistake your car ended up like this, and we scared you and your daughter. We are willing to provide all reasonable compensation and pay for mental distress.”

“I said no need. Go.” Li Sheng’s gaze turned cold. She feared trouble, and she feared trouble brought by an outsider even more.

Chen Yue wanted to continue persuading her. If this wasn’t settled properly and the media caught wind of it later—or if Li Sheng turned around and sold the story—her boss would suffer another wave of online bullying.

Besides, they were indeed in the wrong, and compensation was only right.

Ranran sensed Li Sheng’s mood was off. She grabbed Li Sheng’s arm and pouted: “Scared. Ranran is scared. Don’t want to sit in this car.”

In the middle of the road, Ranran refused to sit in the car anymore. This put Li Sheng in a difficult position. She knew about “psychological shadows”; she had read many parenting books while pregnant. Apparently, trauma in childhood can affect a child for life.

“Okay, we won’t sit in this car. Mommy will take you in a taxi.”

Li Sheng quickly packed their things and prepared to get out to hail a cab while holding Ranran.

But once Ranran was out of the car, she pointed at Mo Yueshuang’s parked car in the distance: “Mommy, want to ride in that one.”

“That’s that big sister’s car, not a taxi. We can’t ride in it.”

Li Sheng explained, but Ranran uncharacteristically became willful. She acted like a spoiled child, shaking Li Sheng’s arm: “Mommy, Ranran is scared. I want to ride in that car.”

Li Sheng didn’t understand the child’s logic, but perhaps because of the collision, Ranran was afraid to sit in the car that was “broken,” but felt safe in the “victorious” car.

Perhaps.

Seeing the little girl’s terrified expression, Chen Yue was dumbstruck.

She wasn’t the child’s mother, so she wasn’t blinded by care. Looking at it as a bystander, this kid was a total “little drama queen”!

Then looking at her mother—who looked like a cold, aloof goddess from a snowy mountain—she really couldn’t figure out why the daughter was such a drama queen.

Li Sheng tried to coax Ranran for a while with no success. In desperation, she said to Chen Yue: “Please take us to the nearby Pingyang Film City, and we’ll call it even.”

Chen Yue understood now. Li Sheng’s personality didn’t seem like the type to stab someone in the back. Plus, given her clothes and the child’s brand-name custom outfit, Li Sheng wasn’t short on money—she wouldn’t create a scene just for media money. As long as they kept her happy, Li Sheng likely wouldn’t pursue it.

“Pingyang Film City?”

Chen Yue asked again. Li Sheng nodded: “It’s very close, about a ten-minute drive. It shouldn’t delay your business, right?”

“No, no, we happen to be going there too.”

Chen Yue led Li Sheng and the little one back to the car.

Mo Yueshuang was very surprised to see her bring people back. Chen Yue explained the situation immediately. Mo Yueshuang apologized profusely to Li Sheng and Li Ran.

The moment she saw Mo Yueshuang, Li Sheng felt a headache. She really hadn’t expected to run into the female lead so directly.

In the novel, however, it was the male lead Ji Ruodong who was rushing to an emergency meeting and crashed into Mo Yueshuang’s car.

But in that version, Ji Ruodong’s side did the hitting, and it was Mo Yueshuang who was hit hard.

Ji Ruodong, being a gentleman, wanted to take her to the hospital, but she refused to miss her rare audition.

Since it wasn’t appropriate for a female star to take a taxi in public, Ji Ruodong personally drove her to the Film City. That was how the leads met and started their story.

Unexpectedly, now the female lead had hit her car, and she was the one taking her child into the female lead’s car.

Li Sheng handed her car keys and contact info to the driver: “Find a repair shop and get my car fixed. Here is my contact info; call me when everything is done and I’ll come collect it.”

The driver looked at Mo Yueshuang. Seeing her nod, he took the keys and left.

Chen Yue was about to get into the driver’s seat, but Li Sheng stopped her: “I’ll drive. I don’t trust you guys.”

Chen Yue couldn’t win the driver’s seat, so she could only sit in the passenger seat nursing a small grudge. She fastened her seatbelt meticulously, thinking to herself: What are you acting so high and mighty for? We don’t trust you either!

The car started. Sitting in the back seat, Li Ran looked at Mo Yueshuang from up close.

She looked very carefully and seriously. This big sister looked so, so much like her. This must be what Miranda said—her long-lost mother.

“Mama!”