Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When Cheng Zhi heard her say this, he eased up, and he said with an annoyed expression, “I really regret what I did to her back then since we’re being threatened by her with it now. Perhaps, we should just leave Mu City tonight. Let them fight Gu Liangchen by themselves.”
“No,” Lu Anna quickly refused. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“Why? You want to live a life at the mercy of others?”
Lu Anna also realized that she almost made a blunder and swiftly answered, “Although I am quite recognized now, it’s only in Mu City. When I go elsewhere, who will hire me to act in their shows?”
Cheng Zhi stared at her for a long while before snorting coldly, “I think you aren’t reluctant to leave the city because of Gu Liangchen.”
“You…”
“Don’t think I can’t tell. Your eyes brightened so much they are almost like searchlights every time you see him. You arranged the car accident to frame Lu Anran because you were jealous of her, right? You’re envious of her position as the genuine heiress of the Lu family. You’re envious that she’s outstanding in almost all aspects. Most importantly, you’re envious that Gu Liangchen loves her.”
“Bullsh*t!”
After the secret that had been buried in her heart was suddenly exposed, Lu Anna suddenly lost her composure.
“She had always been a pretentious nerd, but now, she’s just an unknown doctor with nothing to her name, and I’m already a big star. If anyone were to be envious, she should be envious of me.”
Cheng Zhi sneered and continued to rub salt on the wound, “Even if the spotlight is on you, Gu Liangchen still won’t look at you because Lu Anran isn’t pretentious, but naturally elegant and sophisticated. That’s something that you can’t imitate.”
“Shut up!” Lu Anna slapped him angrily. “Who do you think you are? You are nothing but a manwh*re in my eyes!”
Cheng Zhi didn’t dodge and let the forceful slap fall on his face.
Then silence followed.
After a long time, Cheng Zhi stuck out his tongue to lick his tingling cheek, then chuckled again. “Okay, today I finally found out where I stand in your heart. I’ve had enough of being your backup. In the future, let’s go our own way. As you said, if I can really marry Lu Anran, I might be rewarded by my superiors. If I can marry an exceptional woman as a wife, it will be my gain.”
Cheng Zhi got up and started dressing up. When Lu Anna calmed down, she was the only one left in the room.
She closed her eyes in annoyance and blamed herself for being too impulsive and easily provoked. She shouldn’t have hurt Cheng Zhi, that obedient pawn… After all, if he slept with the wives of the officials, she wouldn’t have to sleep with the old men who were officials yet still get money and information.
But what he said just now really hit her sore spot.
During those years in the Lu family, although everyone called her Miss Lu in person, she could see the blatant contempt and disdain in the eyes of those people, and everyone looked down on her and saw her as fake.
And Lu Anran, because she was born to a good family, whether at home or outside, took being kissed up for granted.
She couldn’t choose her parents, but she had to accept her fate no matter how unwilling she was. That was until an argument between her mother and Lu Shixun happened. She inadvertently learned that she was actually Lu Shixun’s illegitimate daughter, but, for his own reputation, he resolutely refused to recognize her.
If Lu Shixun disclosed her identity to the public earlier, then she would also be a genuine young madam of the Lu family.
Gu Liangchen wouldn’t only have Lu Anran in his eyes and dismiss her.
That’s why she helped Zhu Lanyi to separate them.
She later became a star through unscrupulous means, and this was also in order to attract Gu Liangchen’s attention in the hopes that one day, she would be able to stand by his side.
But she found that as long as Lu Anran was there, he wouldn’t look at her.
Therefore, even if there was no Zhu Lanyi, she must try her best to drive Lu Anran out of Mu City or use some accident to make her disappear completely.