Foreseeing the Future: The Scheming Film Queen and I Got Married - Chapter 16

On Saturday, Lin Yunyi came over to hang out with Dong Yao.

As usual, they sat together and each played on their own, neither disturbing the other.

The only difference was that usually, Lin Yunyi played on her phone while Dong Yao drew. Today, however, Lin Yunyi was playing on her phone, and Dong Yao was also playing on her phone.

It was not that Dong Yao playing on her phone was especially unbelievable, but…

Lin Yunyi looked Dong Yao up and down. This person was staring at her phone and smiling nonstop. What did that mean?

Lin Yunyi asked, “Who are you chatting with?”

Dong Yao coughed lightly and pulled her phone closer. “No one.”

“If it’s no one, why are you smiling like you’re in love?” Lin Yunyi narrowed her eyes. “Don’t tell me you secretly got into a relationship behind my back. I haven’t seen you getting close to anyone lately. Online dating?”

Dong Yao said, “Play with your phone. Why are you asking so much?”

Lin Yunyi was quick-eyed and quick-handed. Taking advantage of Dong Yao’s lack of attention, she directly snatched the phone over.

Dong Yao grew anxious. “Are you annoying or what? You’re always like this. Ah, I’ll fight you!”

Lin Yunyi pressed one hand against Dong Yao’s head, preventing her from getting close, while using her other hand to unlock the phone.

It was easy and effortless.

Dong Yao: “…”

Dong Yao gave up struggling and sat back, letting her look. In any case, they had not chatted about anything shameful. If she wanted to look, then she could look.

The main point was that not letting her look would be useless anyway. Dong Yao could not beat her in a fight. It had been like this since they were little, and Dong Yao was already used to it.

Lin Yunyi glanced through the chat record. It was very plain. “What did you eat today?” “What am I doing right now?” Very boring conversation.

Lin Yunyi was puzzled. “You didn’t even chat about anything. Why were you smiling so happily? I thought there would be some explosive news to look at.”

Dong Yao rolled her eyes at her. “I’m telling you, even a clay figure has a temper!”

Lin Yunyi shrugged. “Oh, oh, oh. So fierce. I’m so scared.”

Dong Yao held out her hand. “Give me back my phone.”

Lin Yunyi had just been about to return the phone when she accidentally caught sight of the note at the top: Gu Shiqiu.

The phone she had been handing over was withdrawn again. “You said before that you were chatting with Gu Shiqiu. There really is someone named Gu Shiqiu?”

Dong Yao said irritably, “What else?”

Lin Yunyi was speechless. “I knew your brain sloshes when you shake it, but I really didn’t expect there to be nothing but water in there. She says she’s Gu Shiqiu, and you believe her? If she’s Gu Shiqiu, then I’m a Teletubby.”

“Why are you chatting with someone who is obviously a scammer at first glance? Are you planning to wait until she finds some excuse to borrow money from you in a few days, and then your brain short-circuits and you hand over all your money?”

After scolding her on her own, Lin Yunyi did not wait for Dong Yao’s reaction and directly sent a voice message.

Lin Yunyi: “Damn scammer, get lost.”

After sending the voice message, she deleted and blocked the account in one smooth motion.

By the time Dong Yao snatched her phone back, everything was already too late.

“You!” Dong Yao looked at the big orange cat lying in the blacklist and was furious.

Lin Yunyi patted Dong Yao’s shoulder. “No need to thank me.”

Dong Yao said, “Thank you? I want to strangle you!”

Dong Yao scratched her ears and cheeks anxiously, hurriedly removed the account from the blacklist, and struggled over how to explain what had just happened and add the person back again.

Lin Yunyi said, “What are you doing? I just deleted her for you, and you’re adding her back?”

Dong Yao shot her a glare. “Scram!”

Lin Yunyi pouted. “You don’t know a good heart when you see one. This is clearly a scammer, and you still…”

Before she could finish speaking, Dong Yao’s phone dinged. It was a verification request from Gu Shiqiu, with two question marks in the note.

Lin Yunyi glanced at that note. “Yo, this damn scammer is pretty persistent. Deleted, and she still dares add you a second time. Is she asking to be cursed out? Using my Shiqiu’s name to swindle people—no, deleting her is too easy on her. Come on, give me the phone. I’ll curse her to death.”

As she spoke, Lin Yunyi tried to snatch the phone again.

How could Dong Yao give her the chance? She directly stuffed the phone into her pocket.

Just then, Lin Yunyi’s own phone rang. Her attention shifted, and she picked up the phone on the table. With one glance, she saw it was a new entertainment news notification.

After reading the news carefully, she instantly flew into a rage. “What random nobody is daring to spread rumors about my baby?”

Lin Yunyi no longer bothered with Dong Yao and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the online war of words.

Dong Yao let out a breath of relief, quietly took out her phone, and accepted Gu Shiqiu’s verification request.

Gu Shiqiu: What scammer?

Dong Yao explained: My friend snatched my phone just now. It was a misunderstanding. She thought you were a scammer. She’s so annoying. She always makes decisions on her own like that.

The other party was typing. After half a minute, she sent a sentence: You can’t really blame your friend. If I were her, I’d also worry that you’d get scammed.

Dong Yao: ???

Gu Shiqiu: You do look a little silly.

Dong Yao: I’m very smart!

Gu Shiqiu sent a cat sticker asking her to calm down.

Dong Yao silently saved the sticker she sent.

After they chatted a few more lines, Gu Shiqiu went off to work.

Dong Yao put down her phone and stared at Lin Yunyi with unfriendly eyes. It was all because she was too weak. Otherwise, she really would have fought Lin Yunyi to vent her anger.

Lin Yunyi sensed nothing. Her fingers tapped loudly against the screen, furious beyond measure.

“What are you doing?” Dong Yao asked irritably.

Lin Yunyi said, “Someone is spreading rumors and buying marketing accounts to smear my Shiqiu. I’m so angry.”

Dong Yao frowned. “Let me see.”

Lin Yunyi handed her phone to Dong Yao.

The headline was especially eye-catching:

A Certain Three-Character Female Star Surnamed Gu: Hypocritical! Scheming Bitch!

Opening the article, there was a whole page of content. Summed up, it had only one point: Gu Shiqiu was creating a persona, but privately, she was deeply scheming.

The replies below had already exceeded ten thousand.

Dong Yao opened the comments.

First comment: Speed-eating melon. Claiming a front-row seat.

Second comment: You said that when you were in school, Gu Shiqiu forced you to drop out. Where’s the evidence? Don’t just sell misery there, and don’t drag in random irrelevant stuff. If you have proof, show it. Empty words mean nothing. Netizens aren’t stupid.

Third comment: Is this ever going to end? This is the second time this month. Do you people have no KPI if you don’t latch onto Gu Shiqiu?

Fifth comment: Not taking sides. I don’t think Gu Shiqiu is necessarily that innocent.

Sixth comment: I’ve long thought something was off about her. But this circle is like that. One face in public, another behind closed doors. It’s all a persona. Gu Shiqiu is just one of them.

Seventh comment: Are the two people upstairs okay?

…

Looking at these comments, Dong Yao kept frowning. “This is obviously nonsense. There’s no evidence at all. Why are there still so many people believing it?”

“When someone is popular, trouble follows. They’re blackening her just for the sake of blackening her. For traffic, they dare spread any kind of rumor.” The more Lin Yunyi spoke, the angrier she became.

“Truly, kind people are bullied. They rely on the fact that my Shiqiu is easy to talk to and never makes a fuss, so they push further and further. If you ask me, she should sue them. Sue them until they lose everything. Then they won’t dare run their mouths again.”

Dong Yao fell silent. She took out her phone and stared blankly at her chat with Gu Shiqiu. Had Gu Shiqiu seen those comments too? Would she be upset?

Or had she long since grown used to these baseless guesses?

Should Dong Yao comfort her?

After thinking about it again and again, Dong Yao selected a few pictures from her album and sent two of them over one after another.

One was braised pork belly, and the other was braised chicken with rice.

Dong Yao did not know how to comfort people, but when she herself was in a bad mood, eating something delicious made her mood better. Right now, she could not make Gu Shiqiu anything delicious, so sending her pictures of good food should have the same effect.

After finishing the interview, Gu Shiqiu checked her phone at the first opportunity.

Xiaowen watched from the side and found it unbelievable. Since when had Gu Shiqiu become so fond of looking at her phone? Usually, she would rather sit there spacing out than touch her phone much.

When had this change started? It seemed to be about a week ago. As soon as work ended, she immediately stared at her phone.

Xiaowen secretly peeked. It seemed she was chatting with someone.

Xiaowen smiled and asked, “Sister Shiqiu, who are you chatting with?”

Gu Shiqiu’s gaze did not leave her phone as she replied, “A child.”

A child? Xiaowen became even more curious, but although Gu Shiqiu was easy to talk to, Xiaowen was not someone who could not read the room. After asking once, she stopped the topic.

Gu Shiqiu looked at the food pictures Dong Yao had sent, frowned, then placed the pictures in front of Xiaowen and asked, “What does it mean when someone sends me these pictures?”

A picture of braised pork belly.

Xiaowen said, “She wants to eat it?”

Gu Shiqiu nodded, looking thoughtful.

After that, Gu Shiqiu opened a food delivery app. But that small town had no delivery service. The nearest county town to the small town was a two-hour drive away and outside the delivery range.

Gu Shiqiu thought for a moment. Food delivery could not be ordered, but she should be able to find a same-city errand courier.

After some twists and turns, the order was finally placed successfully.

Xiaowen caught a glimpse of Gu Shiqiu’s order and was shocked. “Sister Shiqiu, what did you order? The delivery fee alone is five hundred.”

Gu Shiqiu said, “Braised pork belly and braised chicken with rice.”

Xiaowen: “…”