The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 16

By the time she got home, it was past eight.

Auntie Zhao was watching TV in the living room. Seeing Si Yu walk in listlessly, she said, “The birthday party ended that quickly?”

Si Yu did not want to explain. She gave a weak “Mm,” then caught sight of what was playing on the screen. It was the web drama Favored Consort. Liang Yufei was under a peach blossom tree, talking sweetly with the male lead.

Liang Yufei’s historical costume look was very eye-catching. She was lively without losing gentleness, obedient with a hint of mischief, the kind of female-lead face that could suit a wide range of roles.

Si Yu flopped bonelessly onto the sofa and asked, “Is it good?”

Auntie Zhao said with a smile, “My daughter recommended it to me. It’s especially good. This girl, her name is Liang… Liang…”

“Liang Yufei.”

“Yes, Liang Yufei.” Auntie Zhao said, “She’s pretty and acts well too. My daughter is even her fan. She praises her on Weibo every day.”

Si Yu laughed. “Auntie, you even know how to use Weibo?”

Auntie Zhao waved her hand. “I don’t know how to use those things. Every time I go home, my daughter keeps talking about it beside my ear. I’m tired of hearing it.”

She said she was tired of it, but her eyes held an indulgent smile. This was probably maternal love.

Si Yu had lost her parents when she was very young and had relied on her grandmother all along. Forget maternal love, she had never even enjoyed the privilege of being complained about by a mother. Her heart suddenly felt hollow.

She sat up properly and looked at the happy smile on Auntie Zhao’s face. “Auntie, let me ask you something.”

“What is it?”

“Everyone hates me. What about you? What do you think of me?”

Auntie Zhao’s expression froze. Then she smiled ingratiatingly and said, “Miss Si, I don’t hate you.”

“You hesitated just now.”

Embarrassment flashed across Auntie Zhao’s face at being exposed so directly. After wavering for a moment, she said, “Your temper isn’t good. You’re picky, and you curse at people at the slightest thing. When I first came, I really did… have quite a lot of complaints about you.”

“I remember once, you were arguing with someone from your family over the phone and disturbed my afternoon nap. Your expression was very frightening. I thought you were going to fire me, but not only did you not do that, after hearing that my husband had no money for surgery, you even advanced me a year’s salary. From that day on, I realized I might have been biased against you. Your heart isn’t bad. You’re a good person.”

Si Yu suddenly understood. She had bought her over with money. No wonder Auntie Zhao’s attitude toward the female supporting character was completely different from everyone else’s.

Auntie Zhao said the female supporting character’s heart was not bad, but Si Yu did not agree. Putting aside the malicious words on WeChat, the female supporting character had framed the heroine five times. There was no way she could be considered a good person.

That money had been life-saving money for Auntie Zhao, which was why her impression of the female supporting character had changed. Maybe the female supporting character simply had too much money and had casually tossed some away, and it had nothing to do with whether she was kindhearted or not.

Just like Liu Meimei had said, the original female supporting character was stupid and loaded.

Still, it counted as one good deed.

Si Yu stopped talking and watched two episodes of Favored Consort with Auntie Zhao.

By the time they finished, it was almost ten. Auntie Zhao hesitated and said, “It’s so late. Is Miss Lu Xi not planning to come back again?”

Si Yu thought for a moment and said, “She should be working overtime. She’ll come back.”

“Then you wait for her. I’ll go sleep first.”

“Mm.”

The TV was still playing behind-the-scenes footage of Liang Yufei and the others. Si Yu did not want to watch, so she turned off the TV and played with her phone.

The female supporting character had Weibo installed on her phone. Si Yu had not noticed before, and only remembered after Auntie Zhao mentioned it. She tapped it, and it logged in automatically.

When she saw the username, Si Yu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

The female supporting character’s Weibo username was “Liang Yufei Is an Ugly B,” and the entire homepage was filled with reposts of various “dirt” about Liang Yufei…

It seemed the female supporting character hated Liang Yufei to the bone. Cursing her in Moments had not been enough; she had even made a Weibo account to curse her together with Liang Yufei haters.

Si Yu casually tapped in and discovered countless alternate accounts in the comments of these “dirt” posts. She even suspected the female supporting character had hired paid commenters to deliberately smear Liang Yufei.

This would not do. In the future, she was going to enter the entertainment industry. She could not let this Weibo become her dark history.

After deleting everything on the homepage, Si Yu tapped into personal settings and planned to deactivate the account. Then she noticed the number of accounts followed was “1,” and assumed the female supporting character had followed Liang Yufei.

When she tapped it open, however, what she saw was not Liang Yufei’s name, but Guangying Entertainment’s Lu Xi.

Lu Xi had Weibo?

Curious, Si Yu tapped into it. The first thing she saw was a profile picture made from Guangying Entertainment’s logo. Then came the bio under the name: CEO of Guangying Entertainment.

And then there was nothing else.

Lu Xi’s homepage was clean and empty, like a zombie account. Quite a few people followed her, though, over two thousand fans, most of them celebrities in the entertainment industry. The most recent follower was Liang Yufei.

Si Yu followed the trail and tapped into Liang Yufei’s Weibo. She saw the cute photo the other woman had posted five minutes ago, with the caption: “Fei Baby is so hungry. I really want crayfish, but my agent won’t let me. [cry cry]”

Fei Baby, huh.

The original heroine Liang Yufei’s previous Weibo style had been simple and plain. Only this latest post was filled with an indescribable affected green-tea flavor.

Thinking of how Liang Yufei was also a transmigrator like her, Si Yu’s expression turned solemn.

Her own task was to win Lu Xi over. What exactly was Liang Yufei’s task?

Late at night, Lu Xi returned home after finishing work. Seeing the living room light on, she thought Auntie Zhao had forgotten to turn it off. After changing shoes and walking in, she discovered Si Yu asleep on the sofa.

Half the woman’s face was buried in her hair. She was hugging a throw pillow, her mouth slightly open as she made faint breathing sounds. She looked deeply asleep.

Lu Xi slowly walked over and seemed to step on something. Looking down, she saw it was a phone.

She could fall asleep while playing on her phone?

Just as Lu Xi picked up the phone, Si Yu woke up.

Their eyes met.

For an instant, the air seemed to freeze.

“You’re back?” Si Yu rubbed her eyes, breaking the silence.

Her newly awakened eyes were misted with moisture. The woman’s voice was slightly hoarse, and her drawn-out ending carried a hint of allure, even though she was saying something perfectly ordinary. Lu Xi felt something was not quite right.

She turned her head aside, handed the phone back to her, and said coldly, “What are you doing here?”

Si Yu threw her a flirtatious wink and said sweetly, “Waiting for you to come back so we can sleep.”

“…” Lu Xi said, her tone unreadable, “You seem to really like sleeping on sofas.”

Si Yu took the phone, glanced at the time, and muttered, “Who likes sleeping on sofas? I only fell asleep because I waited too long for you, okay?”

“…There’s no need to wait in the future.”

Si Yu stood barefoot on the soft wool carpet, one hand climbing onto Lu Xi’s arm. In a gentle voice, she said, “You work so hard every day to earn money and support the family, while as your wife, I can’t help you with anything. My heart aches for you, so of course I should wait for you.”

The way she said this was almost exactly the same as her expression last night when she had “seduced” Lu Xi while wrapped in a towel.

Lu Xi pressed her lips together, removed Si Yu’s hand, and turned to leave.

“Wait.” Si Yu grabbed her. Before Lu Xi could react, she leaned close and took a fierce sniff of her body. Looking into Lu Xi’s eyes, she said seriously, “Don’t you dislike using perfume? Why is there such a strong women’s perfume smell on you?”

Lu Xi: “…”

Lu Xi did not know what brand of perfume Zhang Manni used, but the scent had somehow not faded even after several hours. She had also not expected Si Yu’s nose to be so sensitive.

The woman suddenly leaned close, her breath mixed with a faint fragrance as it brushed against Lu Xi’s exposed neck. Lu Xi’s expression stiffened slightly, and by reflex, she pushed her away.

Si Yu swayed a little, pressed both hands over her heart as if wounded, and said, “Even if you don’t say it, I can guess. We haven’t divorced yet, so you’d never do something immoral like that. It must be those flashy little vixens seducing you, right?”

Lu Xi: “…”

Si Yu said, “I don’t blame you for being too beautiful. I only blame myself for not being charming enough to keep your… Hey, don’t leave. I haven’t finished act— I haven’t finished speaking yet!”

Lu Xi left her with a cold, ruthless back as she turned and went upstairs.

“So boring.”

Si Yu stretched lazily. All the sorrow and resentment on her face vanished. She put on her shoes and returned to her own room while yawning.

The next day.

Si Yu deliberately woke up an hour later than Lu Xi. After eating breakfast, she drove to Guangying Entertainment.

She saw the security guard from last night again. “Morning, handsome.”

The security guard had a deep impression of her and recognized her at once. Seeing her walk straight over, he said uncertainly, “You’re not also one of Guangying’s artists, are you?”

“Starting today, I will be.” Si Yu said with confidence, showing him the text message invitation for her interview.

The security guard let her through and encouraged her, “Good luck. I hope your interview succeeds!”

Si Yu made a finger heart at him and thought: Of course I have to work hard. I still have to become Guangying’s top actress.

Si Yu could not remember the name of Guangying’s current top actress. She only knew that in the novel, Liang Yufei later replaced her in that position.

After failing to show off last night, Si Yu thought this security guard seemed young and was probably new, so it was not strange that he did not know she was one of the three major shareholders.

The other staff at Guangying Entertainment would definitely recognize her.

She was just a little worried. What if, when those people saw her later, each one became respectful, calling her “Miss Si” one after another and crowding around her? What should she do then?

She did not want to make things so high-profile. What a headache.

After entering the lobby, Si Yu discovered she had completely overthought it.

From the front desk to the cleaning staff, to the employee who led her to the interview location, to…

Forget it. In any case, not a single person knew her.

The vicious female supporting character did not deserve any grandeur.

This was fine too. She could rely completely on her own strength and enter Guangying in a perfectly justified way.

The interview time had not arrived yet, so the staff arranged for her to wait in a lounge first.

Si Yu pushed open the lounge door, thinking she would be the only one there for the interview. In the end, she discovered there were eleven people sitting inside!!! Every single one was handsome or beautiful.

Was this an interview to sign artists, or an audition to fight over a role???

Full of doubt, Si Yu walked in, squeezed out a smile, and took the initiative to greet them. “Hello.”

Everyone else: cold indifference dot jpg.

Were they this unfriendly?

Si Yu awkwardly lowered her hand, found a corner to sit in, and pretended to casually size these people up.

The others were also secretly sizing her up.

Some were even whispering to each other.

“Who is she? She’s so beautiful.”

“Never seen her before. Maybe she’s some unknown artist.”

“Wonder if she’s an actress or a singer.”

“You can go ask.”

Amid the small commotion, a girl with heavy makeup walked toward Si Yu, her gaze sweeping over her body without restraint. “Si Yu?”

Si Yu raised a brow. Looking at this unfamiliar face before her, she gave a reserved smile. “You know me?”

“We used to be desk mates!” the girl cried excitedly. “Even if you turned to ashes, I’d still recognize you!”

…You’re the one who’ll turn to ashes. You can go explode.