Goddess Strategy GL - Chapter 9
“Ren Xi…” Zhao Xin lightly called out a name, and Ye Ruoqing felt a chill run down her spine.
After calming down, she realized she was really involved in something big today. If Zhao Xin’s two million was truly meant to sexually proposition her, then perhaps Zhao Xin was also the same as her… This would truly be a bombshell in the entertainment industry!
Bombshells followed one after another, and Ye Ruoqing was dumbfounded.
“Ren Xi, I’m sorry… I know no matter how I compensate, the physical harm I caused you is irreversible. But you still have a way out, let’s go back together, I will accompany you for the rest of your life…”
It’s over, she’s going to be hunted down by two major film queens.
Ye Ruoqing’s first reaction was to run. The amount of information was too huge, and she couldn’t digest it for a while.
The Nation’s Goddess is gay… The Goddess’s rival is also gay… Caused physical harm… Holy moly! Goddess, did you… that to your rival? And now you want to accompany her for the rest of her life!
Ye Ruoqing mechanically turned her head, truly unable to imagine how a clean, aloof woman like Zhao Xin could force herself on someone, and Ren Xi didn’t look like someone easy to mess with either.
Zhao Xin was still calling Ren Xi’s name. Ye Ruoqing’s mind was in chaos, as if she had experienced several cycles from heaven to earth, and was finally buried tightly under a pile of secrets.
It was fine that Zhao Xin wasn’t interested in her, and she was even happier that there was no sexual proposition, but dumping this pile of secrets on her was truly unkind. Everyone in the entertainment industry was calculating and cunning. Tomorrow, when Zhao Xin woke up and discovered that she knew everything, would she still have a good life?
Little Ye girl was single-minded, not at all connecting Zhao Xin’s ‘proposition’ and Zhao Xin’s current distress. She only knew she was in big trouble. In any case, she was definitely stuck with a piece of sticky toffee.
Ye Ruoqing also wanted to cry: “Please, I have no interest in your love history or scandals or anything. Can you talk to someone else?”
Zhao Xin murmured Ren Xi’s name, rubbed her face against Ye Ruoqing’s, and fell asleep.
“…”
Ye Ruoqing regretted not calling the police just now.
She reached out to feel Zhao Xin’s pocket for her phone, until her face was about to turn red again, but still found no trace of a phone.
“This is really bad…” Ye Ruoqing murmured, looking at the gray sky, knowing that this ordeal was unavoidable.
She exerted a lot of effort to bring Zhao Xin back to her small rented room. Bai Xiaoli wasn’t home, so there was a spare bed for Zhao Xin. However, Zhao Xin was not as cooperative as she had imagined. When she prepared to boil water to wipe Zhao Xin’s face, Zhao Xin held her hand tightly and wouldn’t let go.
Ye Ruoqing didn’t dare to wake her up. If she woke up, it would be like catching a cheating partner red-handed, with undeniable evidence. Even if she said she heard nothing, Zhao Xin wouldn’t believe it. With Zhao Xin holding onto her, preventing her from leaving, she could only sit at the bedside and keep muttering: “See, you broke up with your girlfriend, and I also broke up with mine, but we don’t have to settle for each other, right… Hey, hey, don’t lean so close, you’re annoying, get away!”
While saying she was annoyed and to get away, Ye Ruoqing still lowered her head and hugged the leaning-in Zhao Xin.
She needed warmth, and a person who had also gone through a separation to give her that warmth.
The next morning, Ye Ruoqing was woken up by a heavy knocking on the door. She looked at the sleeping Zhao Xin beside her, pulled the quilt over to cover her, and then put on her clothes to open the door.
She thought it was the landlord. Bai Xiaoli had returned home because her parents were ill, so she had paid two months’ rent in advance, but hadn’t said when she would return. Since Bai Xiaoli left, the landlord had started coming to find fault, sometimes complaining about excessive use of coal balls, other times about not being careful with the furniture in the house, all leading to one purpose—raising the rent.
The cost of living here was much greater than Ye Ruoqing had imagined. In a similar area, the rent would have to increase by at least two thousand. This urban village only had the advantage of location; when it came to quality of life, there was absolutely none.
She wondered what Zhao Xin would think when she woke up and saw this sparsely furnished room.
Ye Ruoqing opened the door, ready to have a good talk with the landlord. But when she opened the door, she found it was neither the landlord nor the usual neighbors who came to visit—
What kind of blockbuster movie was this?
A group of black-suited bodyguards stood in neat rows outside the door, and Ye Ruoqing was stunned.
Seeing someone open the door, a leading bodyguard “invited” Ye Ruoqing out the door, and then two female bodyguards filed in, neatly and well-trained.
“How dare you trespass into a private residence? Where are the police!”
“The police? Are you sure you really want the police?” As the words came out, Ye Ruoqing recognized the person.
“Little Round Face!”
Little Round followed a woman wearing glasses over. Seeing Ye Ruoqing, she exclaimed, “Why is it you?”
A female bodyguard stepped out and said, “Miss Zhao is inside.”
The woman with glasses glanced at Ye Ruoqing and walked in: “Little Round, you talk to her. I’m going to see Zhao Xin.”
“What’s going on?”
“I’d like to ask you what’s going on?”
Little Round said, rubbing her temples, “Boss said she was going out for some air last night, and didn’t allow anyone to accompany her. But as soon as she went out last night, she didn’t come back all night, and the phone kept being unreachable. Sister Susan hired people last night to check the traffic department’s surveillance footage, and after asking around, they finally found this place… Seeing this kind of place, I was almost scared silly. This really is a good spot for murder and kidnapping.”
Ye Ruoqing said, “Hey! This is where I live! What murder and kidnapping, can you speak like a normal human being?”
Little Round pointed at the dilapidated eaves and the stained outer wall: “The effect for a horror movie at night is superb.”
Ye Ruoqing said, “If you have the guts to say my place is broken, then don’t crash at my place!”
Little Round said, “Okay, okay, sorry. By the way, nothing happened last night, right? Did any paparazzi follow? Was anyone seen?”
Ye Ruoqing said, “No.”
Little Round took out a notebook: “Can you tell me the details of last night’s situation and route?”
Ye Ruoqing massaged her forehead. These people weren’t the police, but they acted very much like them. Little Round was serious about her work and insisted on recording every word from last night. Halfway through their conversation, Zhao Xin walked out. She wore sunglasses and looked tired.
Ye Ruoqing’s heart started to pound. She had already prepared a set of excuses to deal with Zhao Xin last night, and there had been no slip-ups during her chat with Little Round just now. Now that the main person was here, Ye Ruoqing immediately lost her composure.
Act! Act! She had been a background extra for several days.
Little Round asked, “Did Boss say anything to you last night… like certain things in the industry?”
Ye Ruoqing said, “N-No…”
She secretly glanced at Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin was talking to her manager, but Ye Ruoqing always felt like Zhao Xin was looking at her.
Little Round asked again, “Did you leave anything behind yesterday… like photos or anything?”
Ye Ruoqing felt even guiltier: “No…”
Little Round asked, “Then you…”
“Stop asking.”
Ye Ruoqing was drenched in cold sweat. Zhao Xin walked over and pulled the pen out of Little Round’s hand: “I caused you trouble last night. I’m really sorry.”
“It’s nothing, nothing.”
Ye Ruoqing said it was nothing, but she was unhappy inside. Crying heartbrokenly in her arms last night, but this morning, she was cold and indifferent, acting like nothing happened. Couldn’t she be less aloof!
Ye Ruoqing felt inexplicably frustrated. Little Round explained the situation to the manager. The manager, Susan, walked over, thanked Ye Ruoqing in a formulaic way, and finally instructed Ye Ruoqing not to spread the word about this incident.
Manager Susan waved her hand. Little Round walked over and slipped a red envelope to Ye Ruoqing: “Little Ye girl, this is a small token of our appreciation, please accept it.”
Ye Ruoqing weighed the red envelope, estimated that the amount was substantial, and immediately pushed it back: “I don’t want it.”
Little Round knew Ye Ruoqing was financially strapped and quickly winked at her: “It’s just a thank you, we don’t need you to do anything else.”
Susan saw that Ye Ruoqing wouldn’t accept it and said, “Or, if there’s anything else you want, you can ask.”
The melodramatic scene continued. Ye Ruoqing felt that Susan was especially like Zhao Xin’s mother, and she was the poor girl. After being loved by the rich girl, Zhao Xin’s mother, Susan, would take out a check and demand that she break up with her.
“A request? I do have one request.”
Zhao Xin, Little Round, and Susan all looked at her. Under their gaze, Ye Ruoqing walked back into the room and took out her wallet.
“This is the two thousand yuan you gave me last time. I’m returning it to you now. My request is very simple: please don’t interfere with my life again. I will not go home, and I will repeat it once more—I will not go home.”