Early the next morning, Qin Yiyang went out to find a man.
Wealthy, handsome, 188 cm tall.
She absolutely had to find a man who met all three criteria before the show started filming.
Otherwise, she would have to sell everything she owned to scrape together the 500 million breach-of-contract penalty.
However, after wandering around various CBD areas and commercial streets in Haicheng all morning, Qin Yiyang came up empty-handed.
[This is a novel world. All men who meet these three criteria are infatuated with the female lead, Shen Yan. Even if you find one, they won’t agree to pretend to be your fiancé.]
The System couldn’t help but advise her.
[According to my data calculations, the best solution right now is: your second brother returns and pretends to be your fiancé! That meets all the conditions!]
Qin Yiyang: 【Are you even listening to yourself?】
[I’m just data, not human.] The System sighed. [Expecting humans to stay rational is truly a luxury (facepalming with a bitter smile).]
Qin Yiyang: …
Just then, Qin Yiyang stared at the green belt for a long time.
Something seemed to be wriggling there.
She walked over to take a look and was stunned!
It was a three-legged toad!
She couldn’t find a two-legged man, but she managed to find a three-legged toad!
【But I can’t bring a three-legged toad to the variety show, can I?】
【Am I supposed to tell the production team: My fiancé has been reborn, and this time he’s become the Toad Prince, here to reclaim everything he’s lost!】
The System, hearing her inner thoughts: …
Oh no! It had bound itself to an idiot!
While Qin Yiyang was squatting on the ground studying the toad, two figures approached.
“You’re not thinking of taking this toad to the variety show because you can’t find a man, are you?” An unfriendly voice sounded above Qin Yiyang’s head.
Qin Yiyang’s internal alarm bells went off!
Who was it? Who had read her thoughts!
She looked up and saw two familiar faces.
It was Shen Yan and her agent.
Shen Yan’s agent curled her lips. “I heard you’re also joining ‘The Heir’s Romance’? Too bad, Young Master Bo has already agreed to join the show with our Yan Yan. Some people probably aren’t qualified to participate anymore and will just have to pay the breach-of-contract penalty.”
Qin Yiyang: “Who says I’m not qualified?”
Not having a boyfriend isn’t embarrassing—she’s proud of it!
But joking aside, don’t mess around with the breach-of-contract penalty!
“Oh?” The agent raised an eyebrow. “Then tell us which wealthy young master it is. Maybe our Yan Yan knows him. As you know, Yan Yan is very popular with men.”
Qin Yiyang glanced past Shen Yan, who hadn’t spoken. “So curious about my boyfriend, huh? What, trying to steal him again?”
Shen Yan’s face paled.
She seemed not to have expected Qin Yiyang, who had always been foolish and dull, to become so sharp-tongued.
Qin Yiyang crossed her arms. “I just don’t get it. These days, it’s bad enough that debtors act like they’re the boss, but how did mistresses become the boss too?”
“Well, I guess it runs in the family. The mother got a taste of the benefits, so the daughter wants to follow suit.”
“What nonsense are you talking!” The agent stepped in front of Shen Yan.
She immediately took out her phone. “I’ll call the director right now and tell him you’re not even qualified to participate!”
Qin Yiyang remembered the gossip the System had shared.
—[The Beijing circle magnate Lu Wu has mysteriously disappeared, and his whereabouts are unknown. To stabilize the Lu family, his mother wants to find a woman to pretend to be his fiancée, claiming that her son has finally fallen in love and is so smitten that he’s been spending all his time with his girlfriend and hasn’t been seen lately.]
When you’re out in the world, your identity is what you make it.
Qin Yiyang spoke up, “Since you’ve asked so sincerely, I’ll mercifully enlighten you.”
“Lu Wu, have you heard of that name?”
“A wealthy heir, a Beijing circle magnate.”
“I’m not afraid you’ll steal him away—if he were that easy to take, I wouldn’t be his white moonlight!”
Qin Yiyang sounded smug, but inside, her inner self was screaming!
[I’m sorry, Big Boss Lu! I didn’t mean to pretend to be your girlfriend!]
[I’m not the white moonlight, just a white mushroom!]
[If you make it back alive, I’ll apologize to you and your white moonlight in person!]
[If you die… then I’ll definitely burn more paper money for you every holiday, so you can live a lavish afterlife—driving paper cars, spending paper money, living in paper houses, and marrying a female ghost!]
Whether Big Boss Lu heard these words remained unknown for now.
But the System heard them clearly.
Its data strings twitched, as if wanting to say something.
But Shen Yan’s manager cut in first.
“Are you crazy? If President Lu really were your boyfriend, I’d call you my ancestor!”
Who in the Beijing circle doesn’t know the Lu family?
Lu Wu, Lu Yanzhi, is the head of the Lu family. Countless wealthy families in the Beijing circle have tried to marry their daughters to him, but none have succeeded.
And Qin Yiyang thinks she’s worthy?
Shen Yan curled her lips, her gaze filled with pity. “I look forward to seeing President Lu and his wife on the variety show.”
In response to the provocation, Qin Yiyang crouched down.
She picked something up from the greenbelt.
Shen Yan’s eyelids twitched, a bad feeling creeping over her.
The next second, Qin Yiyang raised her hand high!
Then, shouting “Go, Pikachu!” she threw the thing in her hand.
Greenish-black, bumpy and rough…
Shen Yan looked up in shock, meeting a pair of wise eyes.
It was a toad!
“Ah!”
Shen Yan was terrified, frantically waving her arms, afraid it would land on her.
But what she feared most came true!
The toad not only landed on her collar but, as she moved, slipped into her clothes.
The cold, slimy sensation against her back made Shen Yan’s hair stand on end. She screamed and jumped up!
Qin Yiyang kindly reminded her, “Toads are protected animals in China. Killing them is illegal.”
Shen Yan: “…”
For a moment, Shen Yan was not only desperate to get the toad out of her clothes but also had to be careful not to step on it, her movements frantic and bizarre.
The manager wanted to help.
But she was also afraid of toads, so she could only offer empty gestures.
The scene was so bizarre that people around them started staring.
A social media influencer was live-streaming a shop review, and when the camera caught this moment, it sparked quite a buzz.
—【Holy crap! Is that Shen Yan?】
—【Why is she acting so weird? Is she on something?】
—【Suggest a urine test!】
—【You rumor-mongers are sick! I’ve screenshotted everything, and you’ll be hearing from our lawyers! Our Yan Yan is now the stepdaughter of the richest man—she’ll hire the best lawyers to bankrupt you all!】
—【Which Shen family? The one that framed their teammates in a honey trap? Or the one that offended two royal families?】
—【Hahaha! You guys are savage!】
#Shen Yan Suggest Urine Test# Trending!
#Shen Yan Twitching on the Street# Trending!
Several hashtags instantly climbed the trending charts.
Meanwhile, Qin Yiyang had already left the crowd, humming a tune as she walked away.
At that moment, the rear window of a parked Maybach slowly rolled down.
A well-maintained noblewoman took off her sunglasses, her gaze lingering deeply on Qin Yiyang’s retreating figure.
The assistant’s voice sounded, “Madam, is this young lady really the CEO’s girlfriend?”
The noblewoman smiled.
“Whether she is or not, from now on, she is Yanzhi’s girlfriend.”