Chapter 7.2: The Movie Queen’s Little Fortune Butterfly (7)

TL: Zhen
ED: Arya
PR: Dark
QC: Qian

Jian Yixin nodded eagerly.

    When Song Zhe came to see her, he also had to inspect the N City branch.

    After the separation, Jian Yixin found Liu Lele, and just as she was about to watch her task target filming, she heard:

    “Ah, Song—Song Pianzhen, right? Come here for a while.”

    It was Yu Bo.

    Taking advantage of the last moments before the filming starts, Yu Bo asked Jian Yixin, “Is that gentleman gone?”

    “Yes.” Jian Yixin replied, without mentioning that, she would have to go out with him in the evening.

    The Song family were a veteran family, and they had always acted low-key. Presumably, Song Zhe didn’t come here with great fanfare. There must be some important prior engagement that must have brought him here.

    Yu Bo said oh, and gave Song Pianzhen a few meaningful glances.

    After he finished fishing, he was unexpectedly crowded with a visit from the company’s boss and told about his visit to the film base, the boss even specifically told him to treat him well.

    He thought the boss was a fan of Qinglu, but he arrived only to see Song Pianzhen?

    What is this?!

    “Old Yu——”

    “It’s all right, lady.”

    Yu Bo’s train of thought was interrupted by Lin Qinglu.

    He didn’t want to figure it out, so he just pushed a chair towards Jian Yixin and let her sit and watch the show.

    Yu Bo yelled at Lin Qinglu: “You are so anxious today. If you dare to NG, see if I don’t scold you for half an hour!”

    “Ah, shit!” Lin Qinglu wasn’t afraid of him at all, her eyes swept towards Song Pianzhen.

    Look, if you didn’t know him yourself, you would also be suspicious of the director.

    Staring at the location where Lin Qinglu’s eyes gazed, Jian Yixin tilted her head, with a questioning expression as she smiled at her.

    Lin Qinglu’s heart turned crisp, and she immediately stopped looking at Song Pianzhen.

    She is so annoying.

    Movie Queen Lin had a rigorous work attitude and a professional level of responsibility in the industry. After trying her best to ignore Jian Yixin’s charm, she was finally able to get back into character.

    In yesterday’s scene, the actress playing Xiao Xiaoxia had invited Zhao Niang to her home and made her appear shameless. Unexpectedly, Zhao Niang was not only beautiful, but also wasn’t humble or overbearing. She was arrogant, and yet she did not let herself down in front of the lady.

    Today, they were to finish the second half of this scene.

    Xiao Xiaoxia not only invited Zhao Niang, but also invited Xu Bi to have tea at home. She wanted to introduce her childhood sweetheart in front of Zhao Niang, so that Zhao Niang could fully understand that she couldn’t be compared with herself.

    She was trying to overwhelm Zhao Niang from her actions as well as her words. Although Zhao Niang was a dancer, she was arrogant and flattened Xiao Xiaoxia, tearing her skin apart.

    The male protagonist was left on the side, as if he was the cream stuck in the middle of an Oreo, even though he had a little white face.

    The shots were taken one by one, and it was so easy to take two-thirds, the two women were now about to push the atmosphere towards the climax.

    The shot was taken with Lin Qinglu alone. As expected, she did not NG in a single shot, and she also didn’t take as many shots until three or four o’clock in the afternoon.

    Director Yu was good at taking pictures of women, and naturally he was the best at picking women’s thorns. Ye Zixuan kept eating NG under his hands.

    Shen Yu also made mistakes. When Ye Zixuan was being scolded, she didn’t even have the confidence to speak.

    Then Lin Qinglu lazily said: “Can you stop scolding?”

    Only then did Yu Bo stop, calm down, and patiently talk to Ye Zixuan for a while.

    Originally, they could take a break before the main show, but they won’t anymore. Taking advantage of Ye Zixuan’s state, they hurriedly finished filming.

    The camera began rolling.

    In the living room, two women sat face to face, Xu Bi sat on a wicker chair on the side, staring dryly.

    Xiao Xiaoxia sat upright on the sofa with sharp eyebrows and contempt for the dancing girl, but she had to smile.

    She tried her best to show the demeanor of a lady, but in front of Zhao Niang, she was lonely and reserved, like a tiger whose skin was ripped off.

    “I heard that women who have practiced dancing since childhood have soft bones and have their backbones taken away. They can only survive by leaning on others.” 

Zhao Niang’s back was straight, and her white cheongsam was quite charming. Hearing these words, she leaned forward, exuding a captivating allure.

    Her voice was not clear, and when she spoke, you couldn’t help but have itchy ears, her eyes blinked gently:

    “I heard that the expensive cats and dogs raised at home wouldn’t even be able to beg for food, if they went outside.”

    She raised her eyebrows, “It’s okay to be kept by someone, but if it becomes useless, no one would want it. It will eventually starve to death.”

    Xiao Xiaoxia’s eyes were cold: “If the pet is lost, there is a servant in the noble family to find it, so why worry. It would be a human being, who couldn’t become someone else’s pet, behaved, and used to flattery.

    Zhao Niang grinned.

    “How?”

    “If… even the home is gone, what shall we do?”

    “Xue Yingzhao!” Xiao Xiaoxia said sharply in an anxious tone.

    Zhao Niang smiled, as if joking, but her eyes were filled with pain: “If the Xiao family can still stay the same, then there will be no Zhao Niang today.”

    Before anyone could react, she turned to raise her voice and said, “You don’t have to be angry, who knows when the sky would fall?.”

    “Brother Xu, she actually cursed the Xiao family! How vicious!”

    “Xia Xia, Zhao Niang must not be—”

    “You both make fun of me, and why do you care now that I make fun of you? Really mean.”

    Zhao Niang interrupted one of their scenes and stood up, like a stretched white camellia, with its petals hanging down, trying to not fall.

    “You are the scumbag of the dance studio—”

    “Xiao Xiaoxia!” Xu Bi whispered.

    Zhao Niang’s eyes darkened.

    Immediately, she smiled again.

    Her trimmed oval nails glowed with light, as she traced them from her beautifully-lined jaw to her ears, bringing out a sweet smile.

    “Look, you are even jealous of someone from the dance studio.”

    “It’s so pitiful.” She sighed lightly, pitying her infinitely.

    Xue Yingzhao had a smiling expression, but she really wanted to cry.

    In the studio, everyone was watching Xue Yingzhao, only Xue Yingzhao.

    No, it was Lin Qinglu.

    Jian Yixin breathed lightly.

    At this moment, Xue Yingzhao looked as beautiful as a white flower blooming to the extreme, but as fragile as a dandelion, and it seemed as though a gust of wind would blow her away.

    The flower would disperse with the wind and then you won’t find it anymore.

    Ye Zixuan sat on the sofa and looked up at Lin Qinglu.

    The images of Lin Qinglu and Xue Yingzhao gradually merged, the beauty always on top along with her arrogance.

    As soon as she entered the entertainment industry, she acted as a point of comparison for Lin Qinglu. 

    She succeeded in attracting the attention of Xingyao President Ji Jing. Ji Jing provided her good resources and she was very happy. At first glance, it turned out that the so-called good resource was for Lin Qinglu’s glory.

    As long as she was in this circle, Lin Qinglu was everywhere. The director praised her, the old directors praised her, even passers-by who didn’t know anything about her praised her.

    She went to the drama school for further studies, and her acting skills improved. She thought she could fight, but when she got to the battleground, she was easily crushed by Lin Qinglu, and she didn’t even give her a second glance.

    Why?

    She was jealous of Lin Qinglu, just as Xiao Xiaoxia was jealous of Xue Yingzhao.

    ——It would be great if they didn’t exist.

    At this moment, Ye Zixuan could not tell whether she was acting or not. She stared at Lin Qinglu, her eyes full of jealousy, but she said:

    “Envy you?”

    She raised her chin slightly, her eyes ridiculing, “What’s the use of your ability? You will always be a dancer, inferior to me. What I have, you will never get.”

Arc 1 Chapter 6: The Courtesan’s Daily Life

TL: ZhenZhen
ED: Anna
PR: Dark
QC: Vaishu

Fourteen listed Qu Feiqing’s information in Su Xin’s mind in detail.

    Qu Feiqing, female, twenty-three years old, the eldest of three princesses of Quliu Kingdom, the current queen, and has been on the throne for four years.

    Su Xin read Qu Feiqing’s life little by little, and couldn’t help rubbing her forehead.

    This one is very ugly. Violence and cruelty is her label.

    Unlike the only female emperor in the history of Su Xin’s world, this female emperor took pains to plan and sit in that position when she was old. Qu Feiqing is still very young, but the capital is a deep place filled with murky waters and schemes, and she is a great existence that kills decisively. 

    The female emperor killed her son, and Qu Feiqing killed her father and her brothers and prisoners.

    Qu Feiqing was not a good person, if she was a good person, then she would not be the Empress.

    Su Xin thought of the question she wanted to ask such a great woman, and already felt how ghostly the picture was.

    Xue Yao’s wish was to let the first beauty of the four countries recognize that she is the most beautiful.

    If Su Xin ran to her and asked this question, she would definitely cross Qu Feiqing and be thrown outside the door to be chopped to death.

    Something was wrong.

    Fourteen, I’m starting to worry.

    [Don’t be afraid, you will be more afraid later, come on, maybe there will be more difficult things waiting for you later.]

    Fourteen had meant to comfort it’s host.

    Su Xin felt that she might have a fake system, how could there be such a vicious system in the world.

    [Yes, I can be more vicious.]

    Fourteen answered nonchalantly.

    Su Xin didn’t talk to Fourteen anymore. She was sitting in He Yun Shu’s carriage, which was relatively spacious and simple in style.

    Su Xin also knew that the task was not so easy. After all, it was the price of resurrection. If it was easy, wouldn’t it be too fake?

    He Yun Shu was dressed in women’s clothing, reading a book, leaning on the carriage walls, the light falling on her features, looking quite leisurely.

    Miss Luck is indeed Miss Luck, who also came from modern times. Su Xin has a flying license, but she doesn’t know how to cook, make medicinal materials, or make skin/facial masks. Miss Luck also does not. We are the same, I feel like we will have to make do with everything. 

    “Xue Yao, this time when we go to the capital, we will be separated when we get there. You take care of yourself.”

  He Yun Shu had told Su Xin that she was still very unfamiliar with that Xiang Manor, and she didn’t know what kind of problems would arise. In case someone had to deal with her, it would be bad if she got tied to Xue Yao.

    Although it is not very good to say that, no matter how you say it, she is a daughter-in-law of the Xiang Manor, and Xue Yao is just an ordinary woman without a background.

    “Great.”

    Su Xin still has a lot of money in her hands, but she doesn’t know the housing prices in the capital, she always thought it would be much more expensive.

    The only way for Su Xin’s identity to approach Qu Feiqing is through the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms. If she ran to Quliu State, she couldn’t say how far the border is and how difficult it is to reach Quliu State. It is estimated that she would be dead before reaching the palace. It’s unsafe, and she is still good friends with Miss Luck, who will rise to the pinnacle of her life and become the winner of her life in the future, so it is safer to stay here.

    When you arrive in the capital, you pay money to enter the capital, and Su Xin paid her fare.

    “Xue Yao, after you and I have settled down, I will come to you. If you are bullied, you must tell me.”

    He Yun Shu held Su Xin’s hand, and Su Xin nodded.

    Su Xin found a relatively remote alley to settle down, because the rent was quite  cheap, and the landlord was a grandmother. When she saw a young girl like Su Xin, she took a servant and made the rent a little cheaper.

    Su Xin had previously asked Shu Quan if she wanted to leave. After all, she might not have a good future, but Shu Quan’s eyes reddened when she heard Su Xin’s question, and she was about to cry.

    “Miss doesn’t want Shu Quan? Is it because Shu Quan is incompetent? Shu Quan can change. As long as Miss says something, Shu Quan will follow.”

    Shu Quan looked panicked, as if she wanted her to be free, leaving Su Xin to live without restraint. On the contrary, it was a sin. She thought Su Xin was going to abandon her.

    Su Xin had no choice but to let Shu Quan follow her, besides life was a lot easier if someone served her, at least Su Xin doesn’t have to cook by herself.

    Su Xin can learn anything, but cooking is the only thing she can’t. She seems to be a natural kitchen killer, but she can still enjoy eating.

    Qiu Qing Qing once commented on the cooking skills of her companion, that even the dogs were reluctant to eat what she made.

    Even if she changed her body, Su Xin still did not have this great skill.

    Su Xin and Shu Quan have been busy all day, cleaning the small yard and tidying up the temporary home.

    There is still one year before the start of the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms.

    Su Xin was thinking about how to participate in it. Generally speaking, they are recommended by brothels. They aren’t selected by auditioning like in modern times. Then they are screened out layer by layer. At the same time, many people can see the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms. Being selected by a brothel is absolutely impossible.

    Just let the emperor wait for important people to watch.

    So, Su Xin could not start from the brothel inside the capital, she had to start from the powerful.

    I don’t know if there is a romantic and enchanting prince in every world where Luck is in the sky. He seems to have nothing to do, but he is in fact hidden, and generally will be the protagonist or the main supporting role.

    This is Su Xin’s goal, the romantic Fifth Prince.

   The Fifth Prince loves beauties and wine, but he has a quirk. He likes to see beauties cry.

    After Su Xin knew of this quirk, she asked Fourteen whether it was a Prophet. Why had it given her that gift before? Su Xin had received Fourteen’s gift “Crocodile Tears” before.

    [That’s a coincidence, I just released it officially.]

    Fourteen gave Su Xin the information about the Fifth Prince Yu Hongliang, and let Su Xin study it by herself.

    Fourteen, you are really a good system with due diligence, as if you are omnipotent.

    Su Xin felt that Fourteen was a very anthropomorphic, human-like intelligent system, and it would even ridicule others in a venomous tongue. More importantly, Fourteen seemed to be very versatile, and the required information was not unavailable.

    [Thank you for the compliment, this is what I should do as a system, but the system is not omnipotent. If the system is omnipotent, what is the use of the hosts?]

    Fourteen said very seriously.

    System you big asshole.

    This can’t be boasted about, your narcissism is high up in the heavens.

    [The call request from the host next door, do you want to answer it? ]

    Fourteen gave Su Xin a ringtone, and then asked Su Xin’s opinion.

    Pick it up.

    Su Xin remembered that the system didn’t tell her when a colleague was doing things, which made her call in an inappropriate time and be scolded.

    [Hi, Sun Yixiao here, please reply when my colleague receives it. ]

    Unlike the electronic sound of Fourteen, a hearty female voice sounded in Su Xin’s mind.  She felt a little dizzy.

    [Su Xin.]

    [Oh, oh hello, I was very embarrassed last time, I was working when it asked to call on Fourteen, so cough cough…]

    [It’s okay, I understand. ]

  [Actually, I have nothing to do, just came to say hello to you, if you have any doubts that can’t be solved in the future, you can find me, this matter Fourteen should not stop it, after all, it is a task-oriented system, quite responsible. ]

    [Okay, thank you. ]

    The call was cut off. Su Xin sat in a chair and thought about it. The sudden call made Su Xin unable to think about what questions she wanted to ask. There is no problem that can’t be solved. Su Xin is not particularly fond of it. People like to chat with homely people, so let’s do that first.

    It has been half a month since Su Xin came to Beijing. According to the hobbies of the Fifth Prince, Su Xin was dressed very clean and fresh and went to deliver the goods.

    Su Xin had no source of income, so after she arrived in the capital, she found a job with the help of the landlord’s grandmother as an embroiderer in the embroidery room.

    Fortunately, the original owner has the foundation. Ancient girls like to play the piano and embroider when they are free. For female workers these things are a requirement, so Xue Yao’s embroidering is not bad. Su Xin might be a kitchen killer, but if one works hard enough, talent and diligent practice become almost the same thing.

    She took the embroidery samples to the embroidery workshop that grandma said, and was taken in by the boss. Su Xin made the usual large clothes in the embroidery workshop and took some small purses back home to finish making them. 

    Su Xin bought a roast chicken when she went back and wrapped it in greased paper. She bumped into a person on the road, and tightly protected her greased paper bag.

    “Sorry.”

    Su Xin glanced at the man, just a glance, and then she began to leave.

    “Wait a minute, you are going to bump into me and just leave?”

    The man’s voice was so good that he stopped Su Xin. 

    “Is there anything else, Young Master?”

    Su Xin looked at the man’s eyes, and she actually couldn’t tell whether the man just hit her intentionally or accidentally.

    Fifth Prince, Yu Hongliang.

    Yu Hongliang looked at Su Xin with his arms clasped and a smile on his lips, thinking that he should be pretty good. All the girls in the capital saw his affectionate eyes and blushed, but the woman in front of him didn’t care.

   She looked good, as good-looking as all the women he has seen. He planned to buy a roast chicken for the little idiot today, and continue to eat chicken and drink with the little idiot, but he did not expect to bump into one that he thought was good. 

    “Listening to your accent, it isn’t from Beijing right?”

    “I’m from the south, so… what else does Young Master want?”

    Su Xin was using the bitterness that Fourteen had given her.

  Su Xin was going to use the ‘Crocodile Tears’ that Fourteen had given her.

   Fourteen said, for this kind of charming and distinguished man, it’s better to bait him a little without overdoing it, afterwards do something unexpected and fresh that he has never seen before, and then you can do whatever you want with him. Great. 

    When Su Xin heard Fourteen say this, she felt it was an AI written story, but was interrupted.

   “Master Yu, you are too slow in buying that roasted chicken. I have already bought my wine and yet here you are empty-handed, teasing  a girl.”

    Su Xin heard a very familiar voice from not far away, and Yu Hongliang turned helplessly.

    “Little idiot, what are you saying, come.”

    “You are the idiot.”

    He Yun Shu came over with a smile, and was stunned after seeing Su Xin.

    “Xue Yao!”

    He Yun Shu strode over, pushed Yu Hongliang away, and hugged Su Xin.

    “He Yun Shu.”

    Long time no see, Miss Lucky.