Li Wanbai emerged from the styling department with a pale complexion. Spotting Su Chengzi leaning against the wall, she sighed with emotion: “Duo Duo, your decision to slip away early was absolutely brilliant! You have no idea what I just went through!”
Countless garments had flown before her eyes. Even though she had interest in such things, she couldn’t handle seeing dozens of outfits per second and hundreds per minute. To make matters worse, both Chen Jie and Ye Xiruo seemed to have lost their minds – the more they looked, the more excited they became, completely carried away. Standing beside them, Li Wanbai felt like a mere lamppost.
“Well, you’re out now, aren’t you?” Su Chengzi flashed a gleeful smile before quickly composing herself, clearing her throat lightly. “Let’s go, I’ll head home with you.”
Su Chengzi had originally planned to drive back, but Li Wanbai, not wanting to experience another round of QQ Speed, quickly stopped her. Instead, she arranged for a company driver, conveniently taking the Maybach Wang Xing had left in the underground parking lot.
Killing multiple birds with one stone.
“Take a left up ahead and we’re almost there.” Li Wanbai said cheerfully, “Thank you, driver.”
The driver chuckled warmly, “No need for thanks! We drivers at Canyang Entertainment should serve the artists of Canyang Entertainment! Especially when Miss Li is our company’s most popular artist – so many drivers would love to have the chance to serve you! Would you mind giving me an autograph when we arrive? I’d love to show off to the others.”
While Li Wanbai chatted with the driver, Su Chengzi remained silent, gazing out the window with a distant look in her eyes.
The car eventually came to a stop at the foot of the hill. “Miss Li, we’ve reached your destination! This is a high-end residential area with strict security. My vehicle isn’t authorized to enter, so I’m afraid you’ll have to walk the rest of the way.”
Li Wanbai waved dismissively, “No problem. I live in Villa 3, it’s very close to the gate.”
“Wait? What Villa 3?” Su Chengzi grabbed her wrist, looking puzzled. “You live here?”
“Yes, I live here.” Li Wanbai initially found this strange but then understood, “Given how terrible our relationship used to be, it’s no surprise you’ve never visited. But that doesn’t matter now. Remember, this is my home. Feel free to come see me anytime. We’ll register your fingerprint later.”
“But…” Li Wanbai pulled Su Chengzi out of the car before she could fully process this, leaving her stammering.
“It’s huge, right? I was surprised too at first. I never thought I’d make enough money over these ten years to afford a house in this villa district. If this address wasn’t saved in my memos, I might be sleeping on some street corner right now.” Li Wanbai laughed heartily, “Then we’d have headlines like ‘Famous Actress Found Homeless – What Led to This?’ Sounds pretty interesting, actually.”
Perhaps because her middle school and even high school dream was to become a jewelry designer, she still couldn’t quite grasp her current identity as a celebrity after somehow stumbling into this career.
Just going with the flow like this.
“That’s not what I meant. I was thinking…” Su Chengzi followed Li Wanbai to Villa 3, her expression complicated. “I’ve seen this place before. I’ve been here.”
“You’ve been here before? Then why do you act like you have no idea what’s going on?” Li Wanbai asked curiously.
“When I came here before, this was still your and Yu Baichuan’s newlywed home,” Su Chengzi continued. “I came here to attend your wedding banquet.”
Li Wanbai froze on the spot, her voice dry as she said, “You mean this is actually the shared home of me and Yu Baichuan? My own home isn’t actually here?”
“Probably, maybe—that’s between you two as a married couple, why ask me? I definitely don’t know!” Su Chengzi grumbled irritably. “If you can’t even figure out your own affairs, what’s the use asking others?”
Stop scolding me, sis, stop scolding.
The problem was, Li Wanbai had been living here ever since she woke up in the hospital.
Counting on her fingers, she’d already lived here for a week and hadn’t seen Yu Baichuan even once. If she had seen Yu Baichuan here even once, she wouldn’t have so openly treated this place as her own home.
If Su Chengzi hadn’t pointed it out, she probably still wouldn’t know.
Now she only wondered where her actual home should be.
After all, Li Wanbai had been a popular female star for so long. No matter how unscrupulous Canyang Entertainment was, the money that ended up in her hands wouldn’t be small. She should have assets under her name, since Yu Baichuan had mentioned sending the Divorce Agreement there before.
Thinking of this, Li Wanbai’s thoughts suddenly tangled.
“You should have some things recorded in your memos, let me see! Even if it’s just ordering takeout for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or when you bought certain groceries, when you bought certain medicines, I can deduce the specific location of your home.”
Su Chengzi patted her chest. “Don’t forget, I was the president of the reasoning department before.” Give me a few clues, and I guarantee I can even figure out what color your underwear is, you…”
Before she could finish, Li Wanbai interrupted: “Forget it, it’s quite comfortable living here. If I find out where I’m supposed to live, I’ll have to move later—too much trouble!”
Su Chengzi paused, giving her a strange look, then suddenly laughed. “Are you really only worried about that?”
“None knows me better than Duo Duo.” Li Wanbai chuckled. “Yu Baichuan definitely doesn’t know I’m still living here. He’ll definitely send the Divorce Agreement to where I originally lived. I was just thinking about what to do if I received the Divorce Agreement, but now it’s fine—I won’t receive it at all.”
Su Chengzi was speechless, giving her a thumbs-up to show her admiration.
Later, she realized she had given that thumbs-up too early.
Li Wanbai pulled open the villa’s main door, and what first caught her eye wasn’t the lifeless living room, but the terrace filled with all kinds of vibrant flowers.
Calling it a terrace now wasn’t quite appropriate anymore—it looked more like a glass room full of flowers.
Li Wanbai saw it and froze.
In contrast, Su Chengzi was more relaxed than Li Wanbai, the actual owner. She walked over to the glass room and said with a smile, “The flowers inside are still as bright and beautiful as ever. It makes me want to install one at my home too.”
“Wow, I didn’t expect the renovation team to work so fast. I just said I wanted a glass room the day before yesterday, and they finished it in one day yesterday.” Li Wanbai smiled, then blinked in confusion at Su Chengzi’s words. “Was there already a glass room here when you came before?”
“So you’re saying you didn’t go home at all yesterday and left the entire villa to the renovation crew?”
They exchanged a glance, both wearing peculiar expressions.