After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 4

Little Ranran’s sweet call sounded inside the car. Li Sheng found it a little strange. Ranran had always called her Mommy, so why had she changed the way she addressed her today?

Mo Yueshuang had the illusion that this little girl was actually calling her Mama.

“Ranran, what’s wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”

Li Sheng could not care about the change in address and nervously asked Li Ran. Li Ran shook her head. She kicked her little legs and moved toward Mo Yueshuang, soon pressing closely against her.

Mo Yueshuang was afraid the child would fall, so she quickly reached out to support her, encircling the child to prevent her from falling off the seat.

Li Ran took the opportunity to hug Mo Yueshuang’s forearm and sweetly called again, “Mama! I’m Ranran!”

Mo Yueshuang looked at the little girl. There had been too many things today, disturbing her mind. Since she had not looked carefully, she had not felt that the little one looked very much like her. When the little girl called her Mama, Mo Yueshuang’s initial surprise turned into a smile.

“Hello, Ranran. Why is Ranran calling me Mama?”

“Because you’re the mama I lost many years ago.”

That was how Miranda had analyzed it for her. If two people looked alike but did not know each other, maybe they were long-lost relatives.

If a father had brought a child over and said something like this, Mo Yueshuang definitely would not have continued coaxing the child with such a gentle smile as she was doing now.

At this moment, both Mo Yueshuang and Chen Yue inside the car were thinking: could Li Sheng be the child’s adoptive mother? Otherwise, why would the child still go around looking for her mama when she already had a mother?

Li Sheng did not want to have too much involvement with the female lead. Finally, for the first time today, she turned cold toward Ranran and said sternly, “Li Ran! You are not allowed to make trouble.”

Ranran pouted and was about to cry. Mommy had actually been fierce to her.

But the stubborn Li Ran, in order to leave a good impression in front of Mama, held back her tears. She only pressed even closer against Mo Yueshuang.

Mo Yueshuang’s heart softened. A little doll dressed like a small angel was leaning so softly beside her, as if treating her as a kind of support. This made Mo Yueshuang’s heart soften a little, and also loosened the tense nerves she had been carrying recently.

“This lady…”

“My name is Li Sheng.”

“Miss Li, the child is still young and doesn’t understand things. I don’t mind.” Mo Yueshuang thought Li Sheng was angry like this because she felt Li Ran was messing around and being impolite.

Li Sheng’s beautiful brows furrowed slightly, and her tone was not very friendly as she said, “I mind.”

She had raised this child for several years. On what basis was she calling an outsider Mama?

“Ranran, sit properly back in your own seat. Don’t stay so close to Miss Mo.”

The atmosphere inside the car gradually lowered. Chen Yue, who was sitting in the passenger seat, directly felt Li Sheng’s anger beside her. She was so frightened that she tried her best to lean toward the car door, avoiding making her presence too obvious and being discovered by Li Sheng, which might then bring misplaced anger upon herself.

Li Ran also knew that Mommy was truly angry, but she was somewhat reluctant to leave Mo Yueshuang.

Mama had a faint fragrance on her body. It was different from Mommy’s grassy scent, and different from the little milky fragrance on her own body. She liked Mama’s scent, and sitting beside Mama made her feel very happy and joyful.

“Li Ran, I don’t want to say it a second time.”

Little Ranran reluctantly moved her little bottom away from Mo Yueshuang, but she only moved a palm’s width away.

Her little hand was still unwilling to give up and reached toward Mo Yueshuang, carefully grabbing Mo Yueshuang’s index finger.

Mo Yueshuang was thinking about the audition later. It was said that the original author would rush back from overseas to participate in the audition casting. Director Wen valued faithfulness to the plot very much, so the casting would, to a large extent, be decided based on the original author’s judgment.

As for Director Wen’s casting style, most people in the industry knew it clearly. The only thing unknown was what this original author would favor more during casting: acting skills? Appearance? Temperament?

While Mo Yueshuang was lost in thought, she suddenly felt her finger being grasped by a small hand.

She turned her head and looked at the little one. Ranran covered her mouth with her other hand and giggled softly, like a child who had secretly eaten candy.

In her previous life, she had struggled through the apocalypse mixed with blood and sweat, crossing through life and death. How could Li Sheng fail to notice such a small movement?

But even though Li Sheng knew, she pretended not to see. Ranran liked Mo Yueshuang. Just staying close to Mo Yueshuang made her happy, and Li Sheng did not want to continue wearing a cold face and ruin her daughter’s mood.

At worst, after today, she would take Ranran far away from Mo Yueshuang.

They finally arrived at the film city. Li Sheng and Chen Yue silently let out a breath of relief at the same time.

Li Sheng opened the car door, carried Ranran down from the back seat, and naturally thanked Mo Yueshuang.

“You’re welcome. This is what we should do.” Mo Yueshuang looked at Li Ran somewhat reluctantly. The little girl really was like a warm little angel.

Li Sheng carried Ranran into the film city. On the way, she called Guan Tai, and Guan Tai quickly rushed over.

“Little Uncle Guan!”

Li Ran struggled twice in Li Sheng’s arms. Li Sheng naturally put her down, and the little girl bounced happily like a cheerful little bird, waving nonexistent little wings as she came before Guan Tai.

Guan Tai bent down and crouched, holding the little one in his arms. “My Little Princess Ranran. Did you miss Little Uncle Guan?”

“Yes! Little Uncle Guan, this place is so beautiful.”

Li Sheng had taken Ranran traveling many times before, but this was still Ranran’s first time returning to Hua Country since she had grown up. The scenery and buildings here were completely different from what she had seen outside.

Guan Tai picked Li Ran up and said cheerfully, “Does Ranran like this place?”

“I like it!”

“If you like it, then when Ranran grows up, all of this will be Ranran’s!” When Guan Tai said this, a trace of envy flashed through his eyes.

Li Sheng, who had followed over, heard Guan Tai’s words and said with a very bad expression, “She’s still young. Why are you saying these things to her?”

“No matter how young she is, she is still the eldest grandchild of the Li family. Li Ran, you…”

“Guan Tai!”

Li Sheng had neither the patience nor the good temper to listen to Guan Tai finish speaking. Usually, it was fine if Guan Tai joked around with her for a few lines, but now that he was saying these things in front of the child, Li Sheng could not go along with him.

Guan Tai shut his mouth, then gave an awkward smile and continued teasing Li Ran.

“Oh right, Li Sheng, it’s only seven-thirty now. Do you want me to take you two around? There’s also a production crew filming a movie here today. I have a pass, so how about I take you through the internal passage to have a look?”

Li Sheng did not want to go, but Ranran was in very high spirits and pestered them to let her go play with Guan Tai.

“Li Sheng~ Let’s go together. You weren’t like this when you were little. Back then, you were so lively.”

“Stop. End it there. I’ll go. But there’s one condition. You are not allowed to mention the past again.”

This Guan Tai must have been the reincarnation of Tang Seng. Every time she met him, that mouth of his would chatter nonstop.

Guan Tai looked at Li Ran, and the two exchanged a knowing smile.

Guan Tai carried Li Ran and walked side by side with Li Sheng. From afar, they looked like a family of three.

…

“Boss, look. Is that Miss Li and her husband?” Sharp-eyed Chen Yue saw Li Sheng and Guan Tai.

The distance was not very far. They could see Li Ran being held in Guan Tai’s arms, giggling from his teasing. It was still that adorable action of covering her mouth when she smiled.

Mo Yueshuang suddenly felt very uncomfortable watching this. A nameless anger rose within her, making her feel irritated for no reason. Mo Yueshuang withdrew her gaze. “All right, don’t look around. Hurry and get ready, so nothing goes wrong during the audition later.”

While waiting at the audition site, Mo Yueshuang saw quite a few colleagues she knew had come. But those people who used to chat and laugh with her on screen, and who would shake hands and hug her when they met, only glanced at her a few times today before treating her like a stranger.

Mo Yueshuang had already been abandoned by Da Yi Entertainment and was currently in the exploitation period. At a time like this, anyone who had a good relationship with her might get dragged into trouble. Among the plastic feelings in the entertainment industry, how many people would come over and greet her for the so-called sake of friendship? At a time like this, not excluding her or kicking her while she was down was already their kindness.

Once, wherever she went, she was the shining point. Now, sitting among the crowd, she was not even comparable to a few newcomers who had just debuted. If one said Mo Yueshuang did not feel any gap or discomfort in her heart, that would be impossible. But after all, she had spent nine years in the entertainment industry. She had long since seen some truths clearly. At a time like this, she blamed no one and was angry at no one. She only calmly focused on doing her own job well.

She truly liked acting. The female lead in this script was a very complex character. It would truly not be easy to perfectly present this character. If she acted it well, both her fame and status would rise to a higher level.

Director Wen’s film was aiming for an international award. This was currently the first chance in the circle for everyone to turn things around. No one was willing to give up, so there were especially many people who came to audition today.

There were even actresses who had retired for several years and wanted to use this chance to make a comeback. Even if they were not chosen, simply coming to the audition was enough to create a topic and attract attention.

The director’s team had already finished preparations, and the first audition began on time at eight o’clock.

Li Sheng’s seat was arranged in the main position, but she did not like the feeling of being surrounded by strangers on both sides, so she chose an outer seat to sit in. At first, the few actors who came in to audition did not notice Li Sheng. Some people who politely bowed even ignored the position where Li Sheng was sitting.

Li Sheng did not care about these things either. People who had experienced the apocalypse could see human nature more clearly than anyone else. They were only empty courtesies. Whether they existed or not did not matter. She valued ability more.

Unfortunately, those who could not even do those empty courtesies well did not have much ability either.

This drama told the story of a certain day in the future, when a new type of virus suddenly broke out in the world. Humans who were infected would mutate and become monsters without humanity.

As time passed, the virus began to infect animals. After a world in chaos went through a century-spanning rainstorm, plants that had originally represented vitality and life also began to mutate.

Human survival became increasingly difficult. In the end, there was only one piece of pure land left that had not been infected. It was the ancient imperial city of Hua Country, which had stood for several centuries.

People from all over the world fled here for their lives. Although they avoided the life-threatening danger of mutated monsters here, humans who settled down peacefully developed new conflicts.

During an underground upheaval, the imperial mausoleum not far outside the ancient capital cracked open. Waves of deathly aura surged out, and the king who had died a thousand years ago, along with his soldiers and generals, crawled up from beneath the ground.

Before humanity had even digested this disastrous news, they learned that an unknown force from outer space was rapidly rushing toward this planet.

The story’s scale was grand, with heavy fantasy elements, but the author’s writing style was very unusual. It was as if it were a historical record, documenting a world that had truly existed.

This was only because after Li Sheng was reborn, she did not want everything from her previous life to increasingly resemble a nightmare, so she began to write down everything from her previous life.

In her previous life, she had lived like a laboratory mouse, and also like a monster-killing NPC in a game. When she recorded it, she did not mix in too many of her own private emotions. She only carefully recalled everything that had happened in her previous life, as well as some things she had seen and heard.

Unexpectedly, Guan Tai saw it. Guan Tai and Miranda kept it from her and submitted that diary-like memoir to a competition.

As a result, after it won first place, this memoir became a bestseller and was translated into many languages and sold all over the world.

The memoir recorded quite a lot of apocalypse-related knowledge. For example, the modification of apocalypse combat vehicles, the repair of apocalypse resource vehicles, and the cultivation and breeding of mutated fruits, vegetables, and grain from the apocalypse.

These were global orders issued by the leaders. Every apocalypse survivor had to learn and master these basic skills.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that when the reaper’s scythe of the apocalypse hung over one’s neck, aside from those who already had intellectual problems, there was not a single bad student in the apocalypse.

“Stop! Go back. You’re not suitable.”

The audition had begun half an hour ago, and this was Li Sheng’s first time speaking.

The person currently auditioning was a female actress whose acting skills and ability were both quite commendable within the industry. She was fully immersed in her performance, but she was suddenly called to stop.

And the one who stopped her was a cold and distant woman sitting in the corner. Aside from a few internal staff members of the production crew who knew her identity, not many people knew who she was.

Director Wen felt that Fang Yitang had acted well. Her line delivery was excellent, and from the beginning until she was stopped, her performance had been very smooth throughout. She was a rare good actress.

But since the original author had called for a stop, she must have her reasons. Director Wen turned his body and looked sideways at Li Sheng. “Miss Li, may I ask what problem there is with her performance?”

“Her acting skills are very good, and her emotions are also expressed very well. But the Di Xue in my memory—the female lead in the drama—is absolutely not this delicate and weak. I don’t want to waste everyone’s time, so this is enough.”

When she was seven years old, she had fallen into a crowd of zombies and was later taken to a base for research. She had been very lucky to meet a lifelong close friend, Di Xue.

Di Xue was two years older than her, but even two years older, she was still a child. In that era of the apocalypse where human life was cheap, because of her special ability and special constitution, Li Sheng was protected very well by the laboratory. But Di Xue was different. After awakening her ability, she had always been doing everything she could to survive.

From the time she knew Di Xue until after her death and rebirth into this place, Li Sheng had only ever seen Di Xue cry once.

That was when Di Xue personally dealt with the big black dog that had accompanied her for seven years, but had been accidentally infected with the virus while protecting her.

Di Xue was strong, wise, sharp, intelligent, decisive, resolute, and even more so a ruthless character who made people afraid whenever she was mentioned in the apocalypse.

Fang Yitang had acted very delicate and weak. When a male character confessed his love to Di Xue, what Fang Yitang showed was shyness and hesitation.

But the real Di Xue would not consider such unnecessary emotions. Di Xue’s gaze was always firm and cold.

Moreover, the Di Xue in Li Sheng’s memory hated and was most disgusted by this type of delicate woman who needed to rely on men to survive. Women in the apocalypse were even more looked down on. Di Xue had not lived easily. She had once kindly saved several women, but in the end, she was betrayed by a delicate woman who looked pure and flawless. That woman colluded from inside and outside with a man from the leadership and seriously injured Di Xue.

It was also that time, when Di Xue was badly injured, that Li Sheng’s escape plan failed. Without Di Xue there to meet her, she was quickly captured again. After several experiments, she lost her life on the operating table.

Di Xue hated this type of woman from the depths of her bones, and so did the current Li Sheng.

You could be delicate and weak. You could display feminine beauty. But when facing men, the schemes and plots revealed in your eyes were disgusting.

She was far too similar to that traitor from Li Sheng’s previous life.

“I believe that although Di Xue is a female hero of the apocalypse, she is also a woman. She also has her own feelings. When a man appears who protects her with his life, and everything he does is for her sake and considers her, it is very normal for Di Xue to be moved.”

Fang Yitang defended herself. This was also what she had felt after reading the original work.

But Li Sheng’s gaze turned cold, and her tone could not be considered good as she said, “Di Xue would not!”

Fang Yitang was very angry, but she still needed to maintain appearances. She smiled and asked the director, “Director, what do you think?”

Director Wen also felt that it was somewhat strange for Di Xue to develop feelings for a man. But even if it was the apocalypse, romantic feelings between men and women should not be completely cut off with one stroke. Would adding a little romance make it more exciting?

Director Wen had always been conflicted over this matter. Originally, he had even thought of finding a time to properly discuss it with Li Sheng, but now that he had seen Li Sheng’s attitude, Director Wen felt there was no need to discuss it.

Everything would be centered on highly restoring the original work.

“All right. We will carefully consider it. Please go back and wait for the notice first.” Director Wen was a somewhat old-fashioned director. Although he was only forty-eight years old, he already kept a stern face and treated himself like an eighty-four-year-old stubborn old artist.

Since the director had spoken, Fang Yitang did not dare continue arguing. Unwillingly, she swallowed down that foul anger, smiled brightly, thanked them, and left.