After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, I Whitewashed Myself with the Movie Queen on a Reality Dating Show - Chapter 2
Xu Muyan turned to leave, but there was no way Tan Ning would let go of such a great endorsement opportunity. She quickly blocked her.
Gu Zhi also hurried to catch up. “Xu Muyan, listen to me. I didn’t tell them to say that.”
“If you didn’t, who did? They listen to you, no one else.” Xu Muyan couldn’t stand being harassed for no reason. She absolutely detested Gu Zhi.
“Muyan, that’s enough. Apologize to CEO Gu,” Tan Ning suddenly said sharply, grabbing Xu Muyan’s wrist. She whispered, “Don’t forget the contract you have with our company. If you want to break it, you need to listen to us. We’ve indulged you because you won an award, but no celebrity stays popular forever. You must know when to be pragmatic, understand?”
Xu Muyan paused, slightly taken aback.
Gu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and sternly warned the bodyguards not to speak nonsense.
“CEO Gu, you really put a lot of effort into this.” Once they were in the office, Tan Ning showered Gu Zhi with compliments.
Gu Zhi’s attention was focused on Xu Muyan, who sat on the sofa with the grace of a princess. Xu Muyan took off her sunglasses, revealing a face with only a light touch of makeup. It had to be said, Xu Muyan’s beauty was exceptional. Each of her facial features was a perfect work of art.
“Would you like some water?” Gu Zhi had a strange bias for beautiful people. Seeing a little sweat on her temples, she asked gently.
Tan Ning made a sound of surprise and looked at Xu Muyan.
Xu Muyan said coolly, “No, thank you.”
Gu Zhi smiled slightly and still had Han Yun pour hot water for all three of them.
“First, I want to say that my people accidentally got into a conflict with your assistant because of an unauthorized photo-taking incident. I want to apologize to you here.” Gu Zhi deliberately stood up and bowed her head to the assistant, Xu Ling, to apologize.
The little assistant was flattered and at a loss for what to do. Even the battle-hardened Tan Ning was startled. After a brief moment of shock, she said, “CEO Gu, your people weren’t entirely at fault.”
“The fault lies with me. I know what I did wrong.” Gu Zhi glanced at Xu Muyan. A flicker of astonishment crossed Xu Muyan’s face, but she quickly composed herself.
“To apologize, I would like to offer Miss Muyan the brand endorsement for Nini’er.”
Nini’er didn’t have a first spokesperson yet. If Xu Muyan took the role, even though the brand was already S-list, its popularity and value would continue to rise. Many big-name celebrities love to be the first endorser of a brand. For Xu Muyan and her company, this was a golden opportunity.
“You all get out of my way! Don’t you know who I am to CEO Gu?” A commotion erupted at the door.
Gu Zhi frowned. “Han Yun, what’s going on?”
“CEO Gu, I think it’s Ye Ranran, the actress you invested in before,” Han Yun said.
Ye Ranran was a not-so-famous female omega celebrity. The original owner gave her resources purely because she loved to act coquettish more than any other actress.
“Let her in.”
Ye Ranran walked in, her high heels clacking and her hips swaying. She immediately met eyes with the calm Xu Muyan. The two women were equally beautiful, but their auras were completely different. Xu Muyan exuded a noble and cool air, while Ye Ranran’s beauty was striking, but her demeanor was heavily perfumed and overly made-up. It looked like all it would take was one wipe to remove all her makeup.
“CEO Gu~” Ye Ranran twisted her slender waist and sat next to Gu Zhi. Her perfume was so strong it almost suffocated Gu Zhi.
Gu Zhi moved away.
“CEO Gu, what’s wrong with you? Just a few days ago, you told me I was your little darling and that you wanted to arrange a movie for me. Now you’re giving the Nini’er endorsement to this ungrateful woman?” Ye Ranran raised an eyebrow and glared at Xu Muyan.
Xu Muyan drank her tea nonchalantly. She thought if Ye Ranran put this much attitude into her acting, she might eventually win an award.
“It’s my business who I give the endorsement to. Did you rush over here to watch a show?” Gu Zhi looked at her sideways.
“CEO Gu, you…”
“Stop with the nonsense. State your business and get out if you don’t have any.”
“CEO Gu, why are you being so mean to me? You used to say you’d throw a huge birthday party for me and give me lots and lots of endorsements…”
“You’d better forget everything from the past.”
“CEO Gu~”
“Han Yun, drag her out for me. Make sure she never comes to my company again.”
“CEO Gu!”
Ye Ranran’s tearful wails echoed through the entire building.
Tan Ning was so startled she almost choked on her water.
“Are you planning to cut ties with all your canaries?” Xu Muyan sneered.
“More than just cutting ties, I’m not even going to see them.”
“Then why are you only coming for me?”
“Miss Xu, I told you I will take responsibility for you.”
What??
Tan Ning was so shocked she spat out her water. Wiping her lips, she exclaimed, “Take responsibility?” What in the world did these two do?!
“I don’t need you to take responsibility. I just want you to stop pestering me,” Xu Muyan said with a cold glare.
“I won’t pester you, but I feel what happened last night was too serious, and I can’t in good conscience let it go.”
Serious??
Han Yun’s eyes widened. He thought that last night CEO Gu got drunk and Xu Muyan took her to a room, but he assumed Xu Muyan had escaped halfway. Given CEO Gu’s personality, she was the one who bullied others. If she was taking responsibility, it meant…
Xu Muyan was—and possibly pregnant with—CEO Gu’s baby. But shouldn’t CEO Gu take her to get an abortion? Did she fall in love with Xu Muyan?
“So besides the first Nini’er endorsement, I’ve also prepared several movies and a reality show for you to keep your popularity going. Are you willing?” Gu Zhi said sincerely.
Tan Ning looked at Xu Muyan. She didn’t care what they did last night. As long as there were resources and money, why not take it?!
“Muyan, our company is counting on you. CEO Gu is doing you a great favor by giving you so many resources. You’d better agree,” Tan Ning urged.
Xu Muyan frowned. If Gu Zhi thought she could win her over this way, she was delusional. She didn’t want to use Gu Zhi’s resources; it would feel like she owed her something.
“If you give me these resources, do you not expect anything in return?”
Gu Zhi pursed her lips. Her face was naturally delicate and still had a lot of baby fat. The original owner, wanting to seem more mature, wore sexy and daring clothes, but Gu Zhi didn’t like that style. She was now simply wearing a beige sweater. Her fair-skinned face with its rosy lips and white teeth looked a little more innocent than before. She looked very cute.
“This is something I want to give you. Just take it.”
Xu Muyan shook her head in a daze. “The endorsement is enough. The rest…”
“Thank you, CEO Gu!” Tan Ning interrupted her. She would absolutely not let this opportunity slip away.
“Sister Ning, you—” Xu Muyan frowned.
“You should take it. Since CEO Gu is giving this to you, don’t be ungrateful. And you have a long way to go in your career; you won’t be able to handle it all by yourself,” Tan Ning advised kindly.
Xu Muyan still didn’t want to agree.
Gu Zhi spoke up. “Sister, where do you live?”
Xu Muyan: “Don’t you already know where I live?”
Because the original owner had people monitoring her, Xu Muyan hadn’t bought a house and only rented apartments to hide from their sight.
“How about I get you a house?”
“!!!”
Tan Ning’s eyes widened. Was this for real? This was City A, a major economic hub in the country. The “house” Gu Zhi was talking about wasn’t just a simple apartment. It could be a villa in some wealthy mountain estate, worth at least tens of millions.
Tan Ning almost fainted from excitement. If there is a next life, I must become an actress and get a sugar daddy.
“I don’t need your house.” If she took her house, their relationship would become even more unclear.
“It’s not mine. I just bought it, and it will be in your name.”
“I said I don’t want it.”
“Okay then, how about a luxury car?”
Tan Ning almost fainted again. A mansion, a luxury car… she wanted it all!
In the end, with Tan Ning’s persuasion, Xu Muyan agreed to participate in a reality show invested in by the Gu family.
After they left, Gu Zhi held a wine glass filled with red wine and looked out at the night view from the window. The neon lights and city’s splendor were all in her sight.
Han Yun was still thinking about what happened between them last night. “CEO Gu, you were too careless,” he said with a pained expression.
Gu Zhi didn’t understand what he was talking about. “Huh?”
“The Gu family finally has a successor. But the old CEO seems unwilling to let you be with an actress. What are you going to do about the child?”
A child?
Gu Zhi was stunned. “What child?”
“Last night you were with Xu Muyan—no, you should call her Madam Gu now—and she went into the room with you. You know, that happened. So now she’s pregnant with your child, isn’t she?” Han Yun blinked.
Although she didn’t know whether the original owner used a permanent mark, if she did, Xu Muyan could be pregnant with her child. To be precise, her own.
This means her responsibility just got a whole lot bigger!
…
After washing up, Xu Muyan came to her bed and saw a red dot on her phone’s WeChat. Gu Zhi had sent her a contact request. Xu Muyan sneered. This person was just like she was before. She decided to ignore it.
A moment later, Gu Zhi called. “What do you want?” Xu Muyan answered reluctantly.
“Um, did you see the WeChat request?” Gu Zhi asked tentatively.
“I don’t want to add you.”
“That’s okay. Just… just delete me when we have nothing to do with each other in the future.”
Hearing such a cautious tone, Xu Muyan felt like she had traveled to a parallel world. She still suspected this was just another one of this person’s schemes, but she chose to accept the WeChat request.
“Is there anything else?”
“Um… if your stomach changes in three months, please tell me. I’ll… I’ll listen to your opinion. Whether you want to keep it or not, I’ll follow your lead,” Gu Zhi said, mustering her courage and speaking in a stutter.
Xu Muyan frowned. “???”
Before she could ask, Gu Zhi hung up.
Xu Muyan sighed. She was feeling a little unwell and calculated that her heat cycle should be coming soon.
Gu Zhi sat comfortably on the sofa. If she didn’t want the child, they could get an abortion, but that would be too hard on an omega’s body. If she wanted to keep it, she would. She would be good to the child. Yes, that’s what she would do!