What's Wrong with Spoiling You? [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 34

Fox Wife V: Promise me a lifetime of cherishing, and I’ll be your flower-like beauty, fleeting as flowing years image.

Cheng Xiaoai widened her eyes as she looked at her official Weibo post, clicking open the “hotel hookup” photo.

“Would your company approve of this?” For an artist to do this is practically career suicide, and Cheng Xiaoai couldn’t help but feel concerned.

“My contract doesn’t have any clause restricting my freedom to date.” Otherwise, Yun Duan’s previous relationship wouldn’t have ended so disastrously. If she dared to post this so brazenly on Weibo, it meant she had nothing to fear.

“Aren’t you afraid of being blacklisted?” Entertainment companies often use this tactic against disobedient artists. Cheng Xiaoai’s favorite artist had been blacklisted for defying company arrangements and never made a comeback.

Yun Bo smiled. “Only if I choose not to act can they blacklist me.”

The entertainment industry was something Cheng Xiaoai only knew through hearsay and Weibo. The behind-the-scenes manipulation was beyond her understanding.

Their call ended just as Tan Yun stepped out of the bathroom in her new outfit.

She looked slightly embarrassed. The beauty had picked out a blue knee-length shift dress for her, its hem swaying with each step. “Um, I…”

“Beautiful,” Yun Bo answered the question in her heart. “You look good in anything.”

Such smooth talk. Tan Yun walked over to the table in her chunky heels and asked, “What did you buy?”

Yun Bo unwrapped all the packages on the table. “Open them and see.”

Tan Yun eyed the dishes, thinking she really shouldn’t keep eating like this.

“Cheng Xiaoai called earlier, asking if you could go to the company today.” Yun Bo didn’t plan to tell the whole truth—the timing wasn’t right, with some people still making moves.

“Of course I can go. Why wouldn’t I?” Tan Yun picked up her bowl, sipping the soup delicately to appear more ladylike.

Unlike her restrained demeanor, Yun Bo kept adding food to her bowl. “If your arms are tired, I can feed you.”

Was the beauty complaining about her slow eating?

She quickly shoved a mouthful of porridge in, swallowing it in one go. “No, no, I’m fine.”

“Corner of your mouth.”

The sudden comment made Tan Yun tilt her head up in confusion. “Huh?”

Then she saw the beauty leaning in, one hand on the table, fingers lifting her chin.

A breakfast kiss!

Tan Yun excitedly shut her eyes, feeling something ticklish licking the corner of her lips, moving up and down haphazardly.

She slowly opened her eyes to find Yun Bo’s breathtaking face just an inch away.

She—she—she—she’s licking the corner of my mouth?

The air grew thick, her chest tight with anticipation. Tan Yun suddenly grabbed Yun Bo’s shoulders, ready for a lip battle.

Yun Bo softly hummed, “What’s wrong?”

“Ah? I, um…” Tan Yun deflated, releasing her grip. “We should finish eating. I need to go to the company later for paperwork.”

Her earlier move had clearly betrayed her thoughts—she’d been too eager and scared Yun Bo off.

“When are you going to City A?”

“Once I get the sample garment, I’ll be heading over. Um, do you want to come with me?” Tan Yun naturally wanted the beauty to accompany her, but she also had her own work and couldn’t insist.

“I’ll go. I happen to have a performance scheduled in City A.” She wasn’t lying—her hard work over the past week was precisely to move up the schedule for City A.

Tan Yun’s company was nearby, so Yun Bo dropped her off at the entrance. “I need to go back first—there are some things I need to take care of.”

……

……

The “things” she mentioned referred to the sudden post she had made on Weibo. By now, the internet was probably in an uproar.

She turned on her phone.

As expected, Youyou had called dozens of times.

She called back and got straight to the point: “Don’t forget, my contract with the agency doesn’t have a clause restricting me from dating.”

“No, the company hasn’t said anything, and the director hasn’t made any comments either,” Youyou replied.

“Then what did you want to say?”

“Your medical report from the last checkup is out.” Youyou tried to keep her voice steady, afraid of alarming her.

Twirling a strand of hair between her fingers, she exhaled after a long pause. What was coming would come. “Just say it.”

“The car accident caused some damage to your retina. There’s a possibility you might lose your sight in the future.”

The words echoed in her mind. She had suspected as much over the past few days, which was why she hadn’t allowed herself to get too intimate with Tan Yun.

“Duanduan, are you okay?” Youyou was worried. For an artist, losing their eyesight meant the end of their career.

Though she hadn’t witnessed Yun Duan’s condition after the accident, she had heard enough. If not for her passion for acting, which reignited her will to live, the superstar Yun Duan might not exist today.

“Duanduan, I’ve already consulted the doctors. This can be treated and reversed.”

The medical technology here was far more advanced than in the Republic era. What she feared most was that this was a side effect of her rebirth—that if heaven had destined her to go blind, it wouldn’t grant her even a sliver of light.

“How’s my overall health?” Before meeting Tan Yun, she had no attachments in this world, so she hadn’t paid much attention to her body.

But now that she had met her, she was afraid.

Afraid that her presence here was just a fleeting mercy from God—

A final glimpse of her before her time in this world ran out.

Youyou replied, “The doctor said your physical condition has mostly recovered, but there are still some underlying issues that can’t be ruled out.”

“What else did the doctor say?” She was desperate to cure her eyes, to live—to stay with her for lifetimes.

“The doctor hopes you can be hospitalized within the month for surgery,” Youyou said. “Duanduan, please go through with it.”

The surgery was non-negotiable. “Can my schedule be cleared?”

The operation would take a month, meaning all filming would have to be postponed.

“That depends on whether the company agrees.”

“They will.”

Yun Bo was certain.