Today I Will Also Be the Male Protagonist’s Rival - Chapter 16

[Ding! Target has appeared, please be alert, Host!]

Su Yu’s eyelids lifted slightly.

Cheng Chen walked back with a cold expression.

“Tut, had enough fun venting with Ling Qingqing?”

She sneered lightly, playing idly with a round fan. Her bright red nails complemented the exquisite embroidery on the fan, and the laziness in her posture seemed to seep out from her very bones—utterly bewitching.

“Yuyu.”

Cheng Chen called her with a hoarse voice.

Su Yu’s face stiffened. When she looked up again, her brows and eyes curved charmingly—she was breathtaking.

“How did the talk go?”

Cheng Chen paused, then seemed to remember something and nodded. “Not bad, Senior Ling has agreed to give me a recommendation.”

Su Yu let out an “oh.”

Her side profile was delicate, the curve of her chin graceful, making her long white neck appear even more elegant.

Cheng Chen suddenly felt his throat dry and parched. His voice was slightly raspy. “Yuyu, I missed you.”

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. “Hmm?”

“I want to hug you.”

“No way!”

Su Yu took a step back, her eyes instantly reddening. “Did you not take my words to heart?”

“There are too many people and too many eyes in the crew. Do you want our scandal to be plastered everywhere?”

She turned her head away, her shoulders trembling slightly, her voice also shaking as if she might cry at any moment.

Cheng Chen’s heart softened. He lowered his voice and coaxed, “Okay, okay, I was wrong. Please don’t cry, alright?”

“I’ll be more careful. I know you’re doing this for my sake. I understand, Yuyu, don’t cry. It breaks my heart to see you cry.”

His voice was low and gentle—enough to drown someone in it.

Su Yu’s body stiffened.

Sensing an opportunity, Cheng Chen added, “Yuyu, I swear next time I definitely—”

“Mr. Cheng, it’s time for your scene.”

A crew member called out, then added, “Director Wang is rushing you. Please hurry.”

Cheng Chen replied, glanced one more time at Su Yu’s back, hesitated, but eventually turned to leave.

His footsteps gradually faded.

Su Yu tilted her head and asked internally, “Iron Hammer, is Cheng Chen gone?”

[He’s long gone.]

Su Yu let out a sigh of relief and burst out laughing. “Pah! That dog of a scumbag. Where does he get the confidence to think I’m deeply in love with him?”

[Well, how else would he be the male lead?]

“You’re right. That level of narcissism—I can’t match it.”

Su Yu echoed, then asked, “How is he planning to deal with Ling Qingqing?”

[Check the original storyline yourself.]

“He plans to leak a video?”

[Yep.]

Su Yu tilted her head, a bit puzzled. “Isn’t he afraid Ling Qingqing will go berserk when cornered?”

[In Cheng Chen’s mind, Ling Qingqing doesn’t have that kind of courage, and she would never go against him.]

Su Yu: ……

Seriously?

If it weren’t for her stepping in and saying those things to Ling Qingqing, that girl might have just gone along with it—no resistance at all—only to be destroyed by Cheng Chen in the end.

In this world, no one would know Cheng Chen’s true nature. He would still be the respected triple-award-winning Film Emperor.

“Wishful thinking.”

Su Yu sneered coldly and left the set without another word.

If Cheng Chen wanted to go all out, who couldn’t?

“Iron Hammer, do you know how to use Photoshop?”

Iron Hammer: ???

“Who doesn’t know how to stir up rumors?”

Su Yu casually explained, “You should know, in the world I came from, this kind of baseless slander was everywhere. Whether it’s true doesn’t matter. As long as the netizens believe it, that’s enough.”

[Host, you’re absolutely right.]

“So, do you know how to use Photoshop?”

[…] No, but… I can learn.

Su Yu grinned slyly. “I knew it. A system that doesn’t know how to Photoshop isn’t a good system. You can do it, Iron Hammer—I believe in you.”

Iron Hammer: ???

Su Yu flagged down a car and leaned back in the rear seat. “Just download a few porn clips online, slap Cheng Chen’s face on them, then send it to a media outlet that loves stirring up trouble. Then we can just sit back and enjoy the show.”

[What if netizens don’t beli—]

Iron Hammer instinctively started to ask but realized halfway that it was breaking character, and forcibly swallowed the “believe it” part.

Su Yu yawned and patiently explained, “Whether they believe it or not, the seed of doubt has been planted. In the future, no one will believe Cheng Chen’s pure and devoted Film Emperor persona.”

Iron Hammer: ……

Somehow, it felt like its host was acting more like a system than it was.

She was so capable that Iron Hammer suddenly felt insignificant.

It had just started this job, and the first host it encountered was this full-level expert.

Too hard!

[Okay.]

Iron Hammer accepted its fate and got to work.

At 2 p.m., Su Yu arrived at Ren Qianxia’s house.

It was an old neighborhood built years ago. The environment was crude, the facilities worn out. The gray-white walls had cracks, and from the outside, the place gave off a sense of decay.

Su Yu frowned slightly.

No matter what, Ren Qianxia had been popular for a time. Even if she had passed away, her family shouldn’t be living in a place like this.

But the address Ling Qingqing gave shouldn’t be wrong.

Su Yu lowered her head to glance at the slip of paper. With a slight squeeze, she crumpled it into her palm.

Whether right or wrong—she had to check to know.

Knock knock knock.

A few moments later, the door was pulled open from the inside, revealing a tired-looking face. “Who is it?”

Su Yu pressed her lips into a faint smile. “Hello, Auntie. I’m a friend of Qianxia’s. Today I—”

Before she could finish, the door slammed shut with a loud “bang.”