Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Returning to her senses, Shi Su put the towel washed in cold water onto the man’s head and then inspected his face.
Over the past two days, she had not found any identifications on his body, nor did he have a cell phone, probably lost after falling off the cliff. Although there were bumps and bruises on his face, it was obvious that he was a very good-looking man.
After studying the man’s face for a while, she turned to look at her daughter, who was by the bed. Inexplicably, she became dazed for a moment and turned to look at the man’s face again.
No, it was probably an illusion.
She pushed aside the wet, black hair strands on the man’s forehead and continued scrutinizing his visage.
A vague scene from five years ago started to flash through her mind—
At this moment, the cellphone on the shelf rang without warning. Shi Su’s hand shook against the man’s forehead, and she hurried to answer the phone.
Sister Jun’s voice sounded very angry on the other end. “Why did you run away after a few drinks with the crew on Sunday night? The boss got a good impression of you because of your performance in the show, but you just left so casually.”
Glancing at her daughter, who was still lying next to the bed, she turned around and walked a little further before speaking. “I was in a hurry to pick up Mianmian that night, and the nanny I hired also returned to her hometown yesterday. There’s no one else to pick her up…”
“Stop using your daughter as an excuse. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re hiding on purpose; those capitalists are ancestors with several layers of gold plates in the circle. Do you know how many people are vying for the second female lead of such a big production and cost-intensive Chinese fantasy drama? You wanna talk about the opportunity to cooperate, yet you just turned around and ran away. Are you trying to piss me off?”
Shi Su: “I explained that I was in a hurry before I left…”
“I know you have a clear heart, and you guard against other people’s actions with regard to you, but those newcomers in the circle aren’t even in their twenties yet, and all of them are young and beautiful with very sweet mouths. As for you, you’re already twenty-four! If you remain so indifferent to the capitalists, you’ll really be eliminated from the circle. There’s no way that you can be an actress or an entertainer like this. I’ve been kind enough to help you hide your daughter from the public over the years; can’t you just ease my worries a little? Even if you’re unwilling to do those deeds with the capitalists, can you at least be a bit more tactful?”
She naturally knew that Sister Jun was saying this for her own good, so she replied lightly, “What I did before leaving that night should already be considered tactful and shouldn’t have offended anyone. The capitalists were too drunk to care about me at that time. Two days have passed already; why are you only getting angry now?”
“Haven’t you watched the news in these two days?”
“No.”
“Yujing Corporation’s president has disappeared. I heard that he had met with a mishap, and rumor has it that the prestigious domestic chaebol company will have a complete change of blood. The female artists, who have had ambiguous relationships with the Jing family’s side companies or relatives previously, are all using the trending topic ‘Yujing Corporation’ to gain popularity. Just yesterday, Kelin took advantage of this increase in attention to grab the ‘Blazing Clouds’ movie’s female lead role and even posted on Weibo, which became a hot search. That actress has been robbing you of your resources since day one. I think she’s getting better and better at it now, so I really wanna instill the emotional intelligence that attracts men into your head at once!”
Shi Su sighed faintly and then went back to the main point. “So, did I offend any capitalist?”
Sister Jun paused for a while and coughed. “No.”
The woman then chided once more. “But you can’t do this again!”
“Understood.”
After hanging up the phone, Shi Su turned around and was about to return to her daughter’s side when she received a WeChat message from Sister Jun: [Are you unable to come to the company today? We’ve just talked to the styling team about the new play trial and the details that need changing.]
Shi Su: [Make an appointment tomorrow. A new rabbit came to my house today. Its whole body is injured, so I’ll have to take care of it.]
Sister Jun: […You should just be a veterinarian.]
Shi Su put aside her phone and walked toward the door. She stared at the ‘new rabbit’ on the bed, who was in a coma and was having a high fever now from the serious injury.
If this person died in her house, she feared that she would really be on the hot search just as Sister Jun wished.
However, the content would be #unknownmalecorpsediscovereinfemalecelebhouse.
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The man, who had remained in a deep coma for three days, finally woke up on the evening of the third day.
Everything in front of him was very unfamiliar—the white walls, the four-panel windows only seen in old quarters, the simple single bed, and the white teddy bear placed by the bed.
Jing Jihan’s eyes were habitually cold. In fact, the air temperature in the room seemed to have dropped suddenly at this moment.
He was not dead. He had held onto his breath to ask for help, but he could not remember whom he had asked and also did not expect to wake up in such a place.
“Wow, uncle! You’re awake!”
A sweet voice suddenly sounded a few meters away from the bed.
Shi Mianmian trotted over to the bed, and her cute, small body crawled onto the bed before rushing to his side. “Are you still in pain?”
The temperature in the room, which was almost reaching freezing point, instantly regained warmth when the little cutie jumped onto the bed.
With a stagnant expression, he glanced at the girl, who had squeezed to his side in an instant, and then at her bright eyes.
His hand hanging on the side moved subconsciously, but the little cutie reached out a white and soft hand and grabbed his wrist. “Mommy said that you can’t move during an injection, or else your hand will swell like a big bun!”