The live stream had just finished saying there was something suspicious about Zhang Tian’s background, and the next moment, her fiancé received a text message calling off the engagement.
【Is Zhang Tian really that bold?】
【First, let’s throw some confetti for Chen Yizun going to jail~ Now I can finally enjoy other gossip in peace.】
【Same here! Right now, I just want to know if Zhang Tian is an illegitimate daughter!】
【Could it be that Zhang Tian found out about her real identity and that’s why she called off the engagement?】
The gossip-loving netizens’ imaginations were running wild.
The system eagerly finished sharing the manhua and looked expectantly at Yu Jiaojiao for her reaction.
Yu Jiaojiao’s reaction was… no reaction. Her delicate, adorable face was blank with confusion.
“Host, are you still half-asleep?” The system felt that it had laid so much groundwork for the second season of the manhua. Surely Yu Jiaojiao wouldn’t be as clueless as she was in the first season, unable even to keep the characters straight.
Yu Jiaojiao paused for two seconds, then asked, “Who are the heiress and her brother?”
The System collapsed in exasperation.
The bullet comments seemed to sense the system’s speechlessness, and a wave of 【Hahahaha】 swept across the screen.
【Oh my god, I actually find Yu Jiaojiao kind of cute. It must be my imagination.】
【So she never really understood the gossip from start to finish?】
【I remember last time, after this voice talked to her for ages, she suddenly asked if Chen Yizun was the “C-actor”—hahahaha.】
The system was utterly crushed. It didn’t recover until Yu Jiaojiao had finished washing up. Then, in a dejected tone, it explained to her the identities and relationships of the heiress Xu Jiayi, her brother Xu Yeting, and the young female star Zhang Tian.
Yu Jiaojiao responded with a flat “Oh.”
The System pulled itself together to announce the next mission: “Host, the unlock mission for the second season of the manhua is very simple. You just need to land a role in a TV series or movie! From what I understand, your agent has already received several script offers. She’ll be here soon. All you have to do is pick one of those roles. See how good I am to you?”
Yu Jiaojiao gave a noncommittal response.
Sure enough, not long after, Sister Wang appeared at the villa and told her about the script offers she had received.
“Jiaojiao, it’s been quite a while since your last web series and music video. These are the scripts I’ve received recently. Take a look and see if there’s any role you’d like to play.”
Yu Jiaojiao took them and flipped through them. Although she didn’t know much about acting, after a brief skim, she could tell—they were all pretty terrible.
Sister Wang studied Yu Jiaojiao’s expression and knew she wasn’t interested. “It’s fine. I’ll go find you something else.”
The system was suddenly at a loss for words. “Host, could you at least pick one at random? Just choose ‘Runaway Moon.’ Even though it’s a web series, it’ll become popular later!”
Yu Jiaojiao puffed up her cheeks. “You want me to play an idiot?”
The system argued its case. “It’s clearly the female lead! How can you call her an idiot?”
“Every time she meets the male lead, she either falls into his arms or ends up kissing him after tripping. She gets framed by the second female lead every single day and never thinks to tell anyone about it. How is that not an idiot?”
The bullet comments had initially thought Yu Jiaojiao was being too picky. Given her reputation, she should be grateful to even get a script offer. But after hearing her lay it out like that, the gossip-loving netizens fell silent.
【How come… I feel like Yu Jiaojiao’s rant actually speaks to my soul?】
【I’m so tired of those brainless sweet dramas in the industry! The male lead, female lead, second male lead, second female lead are all love-obsessed. They can’t think of anything besides romance.】
【Who would’ve thought? Dramatic as Yu Jiaojiao is, she actually has some principles when it comes to acting.】
【For the sake of the gossip… I happen to know a major production team looking for a good-looking actress, and Yu Jiaojiao fits the bill perfectly. I’ll ask someone to recommend her to the director.】
【Wow, a kind soul appears!】
…
Sister Wang, knowing that Yu Jiaojiao wasn’t interested in those scripts, turned them all down.
Unfortunately, despite Yu Jiaojiao’s impressive real identity, her standing in the entertainment industry wasn’t high enough yet. Sister Wang was about to ask Company President Xu for some resources when she unexpectedly received an offer that made her feel like she was dreaming.
“You mean Director Yu Wenguan’s new TV series, ‘Dreams of Jianghu’?”
The caller confirmed it, asked for her email address, and then hung up.
Before long, Sister Wang’s inbox received a partial script for “Dreams of Jianghu.”
Overjoyed, Sister Wang immediately went to find Yu Jiaojiao. After reading it, Yu Jiaojiao saw that although the role they offered was small, the character was finally a normal person. So she nodded her precious head and agreed.
The system was almost moved to tears. “Host, how can you be so lucky? ‘Dreams of Jianghu’ is going to be this year’s hit drama. The female lead has been regretting missing out on it because she took another role at the same time. And you actually got an offer from the production team. Is this the butterfly effect or what?”
The barrage was also teary-eyed: 【Does this mean we can finally get some gossip?】
【Was this recommended by that kind person earlier? Listen, thank you. Because of you, the seasons are warm…】
【You’re welcome. Just call me Lei Feng.】
After the system finished celebrating and Sister Wang had left, it began sharing the second season of the gossip manhua with Yu Jiaojiao.
【The heiress’s brother, a young master surnamed X, had been engaged to a young lady surnamed Z since childhood. The two grew up as childhood sweethearts.
However, around the time she came of age, the young lady surnamed Z fell in love with acting and stepped into the entertainment industry. She made an agreement with the young master surnamed X not to disclose their engagement to the public.
Deeply in love with his fiancée, the young master surnamed X agreed to hide his identity for love.
Under the protection of the Z family, the young lady surnamed Z quickly rose to fame and became a new generation’s young female star.
But not long after, something completely unexpected happened to them.
It turned out that the young female star surnamed Z was not the biological daughter of the Z family. To give her daughter a better life, her birth mother had swapped her with the real Z family heiress at birth.
She had taken the place of the true Z heiress and enjoyed twenty years of wealth and privilege. Meanwhile, the real Z heiress had grown up enduring a difficult life under her adoptive mother’s abuse—and, by a twist of fate, had also entered the entertainment industry.
This secret had only been exposed a few months ago.】
After reading this, the gossip-loving netizens were completely stunned.
【Holy crap?! Something this melodramatic actually happened?】
【Key point: this was exposed months ago! But why have we never heard about it? And Zhang Tian has been actively appearing in wealthy circles and the entertainment industry as a rich heiress all this time. Her parents and brother even filmed a family variety show with her just three months ago…】
【Her mother doted on her like the apple of her eye in that variety show…】
【What the hell is going on here???】
【The real Zhang family heiress is also in the entertainment industry? Who is she? Hasn’t she been reclaimed by the family?】
【What actually happened?! How does this gossip manhua know exactly how to leave us hanging? And they haven’t even explained that breakup text yet!】