Yu Yao widened her eyes, looking at Zhao Chuji in disbelief. She felt as though she were experiencing auditory hallucinations…
How could Zhao Chuji, who had always been excellent in both character and academics, be blacklisted?
What exactly had those people done to make Zhao Chuji, who loved learning so much, choose to drop out of school?
No wonder Zhao Chuji had suddenly acted so abnormally; she must have been severely triggered…
“Chuji, what on earth happened?”
Yu Yao could no longer bring herself to care about the fact that Zhao Chuji had suddenly kissed her. She only pressed for answers anxiously.
Zhao Chuji lowered her head, her face pale, as tears rolled down continuously like pearls from a broken string.
“I’m sorry, Yu Yao, I let you down…”
She untied the rope around Yu Yao’s wrists, apologetically caressing the red marks left on Yu Yao’s skin. Lowering her head and biting her lower lip tightly, her thin figure looked incredibly frail…
“The film academy is a massive network of interpersonal connections, and I had offended too many people before…”
Zhao Chuji briefly explained the situation regarding the director and Sun Yan’s family.
Just as she had anticipated, Yu Yao’s entire attention was instantly captured by her words, leaving her no room to pursue the matter of the forced kiss.
For the past three months, Yu Yao had been running around in remote areas and had rarely contacted her. Even when Zhao Chuji took the initiative to call, the signal was often poor, and the calls would frequently cut off abruptly…
Zhao Chuji had suddenly developed a sensation it seemed that Yu Yao was gradually drifting away from her.
She knew this was an inevitable process of growing up: life is a very long journey, and the people encountered at each stage are different.
For example, having only been in college for a little over a year, she had already drifted apart from her high school teachers and classmates.
But Yu Yao was different. She absolutely would not allow Yu Yao to exit the course of her life.
“Yu Yao, they criticized me collectively today. They said my acting lacks tension, that I can only play brainless sweet characters, and that the things I shoot look like a pile of dog shit…”
Zhao Chuji smiled bitterly: “I was too heartbroken, and in a fit of anger, I chose to drop out…”
The dynamic of being targeted and made difficult was real, and Zhao Chuji had even recorded a video of it.
However, everything had been deliberately orchestrated by Zhao Chuji.
Zhao Chuji realized things could not continue developing this way; she needed to become stronger faster…
Now that Yu Yao spent her days running around outside, if she conventionally waited until graduating from college, Yu Yao would drift further and further away from her…
She wanted Yu Yao to be able to see her anytime, anywhere!
After all, over the past year or so, she had already self-studied and familiarized herself with all the relevant theoretical knowledge. Since she could not utilize the academy’s network anyway, she simply dropped out.
But she also intended to extract the maximum utility value from this act of dropping out—
In a couple of days, the video of her being deliberately targeted by the academy’s teachers would be posted online. Capitalizing on the trending heat, she would announce her entry into her own company’s web drama crew.
More importantly, she wanted to use this incident to show weakness to Yu Yao, drawing Yu Yao’s gaze back onto herself, making Yu Yao care about and mind her once again…
As for kissing Yu Yao, it was a reward she gave to herself: after all, in order to better realize Yu Yao’s ideals, she would enter the entertainment industry hereafter, resulting in them spending more time apart than together.
If she didn’t taste some sweetness now, she was afraid she wouldn’t have the will to endure it.
Even though she had laid out tens of thousands of calculations well in advance, the moment her lips touched Yu Yao’s, her defenses still completely collapsed.
The long-suppressed emotions came roaring in, nearly destroying her rationality. She wished she could cast everything aside, confine Yu Yao, and stain every inch of Yu Yao’s skin with her own imprint…
Yu Yao’s lips were truly so sweet, like a plump peach.
Yet she only dared to nibble gently. Filled with bittersweet sorrow, she pressed down every internal emotion bit by bit, reluctant to chew and swallow this beautiful peach down into her stomach…
How could she be worthy?
She appeared to be surrounded by a cluster of flowers, but in reality, she was riddled with schemes and utterly filthy.
Yu Yao was a star in the sky. She was already greedy enough to want to hold the star in her embrace, so how could she dare to thoroughly defile the star with her own filth?
She was not Yu Yao’s dog.
She was Yu Yao’s most devout believer.
Having finished explaining the course of events, Zhao Chuji squeezed out another smile to comfort Yu Yao: “I’m fine. A company contacted me just now, asking me to join their company to shoot a web drama, and concurrently serve as the assistant director for this drama…”
“But,” she glanced at Yu Yao, biting her lower lip tightly as the tears she had just held back flowed down her cheeks again: “I’ve already lost my confidence. I’m afraid of failing the company’s trust…”
“Yu Yao, is my acting truly that bad?”
“I’m sorry,” she looked at Yu Yao with tearful eyes: “I wanted to prove myself so badly, so I kissed you. I beg you, please don’t hate me…”
The last time Yu Yao had seen Zhao Chuji cry was when she was endangered in the mountain village. At that time, Zhao Chuji’s cheeks still carried a hint of childish innocence, and she cried like a pitiful little kitten.
Now, Zhao Chuji had fully grown into her looks. Her crying face resembled pear blossoms in the rain, like a jasmine flower battered by wind and rain, making one feel exceptionally distressed for her.
Yu Yao even felt like crying along with her…
Without her knowing, Zhao Chuji had actually suffered so many grievances!
Chuji must have been utterly helpless to have made such a move just now…
But Yu Yao told herself she could not cry: Zhao Chuji was already so heartbroken right now, and needed a pillar of support to help her reclaim her confidence.
“How could I possibly hate you?”
Yu Yao gazed earnestly into Zhao Chuji’s tear-filled eyes: “I know you are very heartbroken. When a person is heartbroken, they might act on impulse, and you were just acting out a scene…”
“Chuji, you have to believe in yourself. Your acting was very realistic. That dynamic of simultaneous love and hate was performed thoroughly and vividly by you. I was even frightened by you, almost truly believing you had improper intentions toward me…”
Her mind was in a mess, and she didn’t know what to say to comfort the pitiful Zhao Chuji, so she could only speak whatever came to mind.
“You are my best younger sister, I believe in you…”
She wanted to continue speaking, but Zhao Chuji suddenly rushed into her arms, interrupting her words: “Yu Yao, I am truly so heartbroken…”
“Thank goodness I have you to accompany me! Otherwise, I really wouldn’t know how to carry on living…”
Zhao Chuji was truly crying too pitifully!
Yu Yao’s tears ultimately could not help but flow down as well.
This was the first time she had seen Zhao Chuji in such a state of utter despair, like dead ashes.
“Chuji, you have to believe in yourself. You truly have talent!”
“Your acting is really good, don’t underestimate yourself. We will step over this hurdle together. I will forever be your most loyal audience member…”
Yu Yao choked with emotion as she comforted Zhao Chuji, feeling more and more regretful the more she spoke: she should have paid more attention to Zhao Chuji…
After quite a while, Zhao Chuji’s emotions finally stabilized a bit.
“Yu Yao, you are so good!”
Zhao Chuji’s eyes were moist as she leaned against Yu Yao. She glanced at Yu Yao with a seemingly embarrassed look: “When I kissed you just now, your expression was so cute too. I thought you would hate me to death, who could have thought…”
“Ahem!”
Yu Yao did not want to discuss this topic. Her face flushed red as she quickly cut her off: “Right, you mentioned just now that a film and television company contacted you, which company is it?”
“Right now you are at a low point in your life. It’s possible someone might try to take advantage of the crisis, so it’s better to be cautious…”
“It’s ‘Newborn Film and Television Group’. You once told me that their group donates a large sum of money to you every year, and you felt that this enterprise’s style of conduct was very good…”
“Why, is there a problem with them?”
Zhao Chuji was very innocent, and as expected, her attention was successfully diverted by the topic change.
Newborn Film and Television Group had insisted on donating to Yu Yao’s charity organization all these years, with the amount increasing year by year. Despite being an entertainment company, they had never informed the media about this matter.
This company had produced many high-quality short dramas and was the undisputed leader of the industry; they were currently preparing to shoot a web drama.
Yu Yao had an excellent impression of this company. Hearing that Zhao Chuji had entered this company’s drama crew, she instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
“There is nothing wrong with them. I am very at ease with you working with them.”
“But just to be safe, I want to follow you when you join the crew this time…”
The two of them chatted until very late that night.
Yu Yao felt increasingly regretful about her previous neglect of Zhao Chuji, secretly vowing that she must contact Zhao Chuji more and care about Zhao Chuji’s status going forward…
In the end, Zhao Chuji seemed tired. Looking delicate and pitiful, she fell asleep while lying in Yu Yao’s arms.
Yu Yao did not dare to startle her awake, so she just stared absentmindedly at Zhao Chuji’s sleeping face.
Only at a time like this did she dare to closely examine Zhao Chuji.
Zhao Chuji was truly becoming more and more beautiful, with almost every feature hitting her aesthetic preferences perfectly.
For some unknown reason, Zhao Chuji had nudged her collar open, revealing a large expanse of fair skin. She was already wearing a short skirt, and at this moment, the hemline had curled up almost to the root of her thighs…
Yu Yao’s ears burned hot. Out of habit, she wanted to find that thin blanket to cover Zhao Chuji’s exposed skin, but she couldn’t find it no matter what.
She called out to Xiao Hei to bring the blanket over, but Xiao Hei, who was usually extremely understanding of human nature, acted as if he couldn’t hear. Wagging his tail, as if something were chasing him, he swiftly ran into the guest room…
Yu Yao’s entire body went stiff. It took an immense amount of effort before she managed to pull Zhao Chuji’s collar tight and tug her skirt down.
She broke out into a sweat and couldn’t help but glare at Zhao Chuji. As she kept looking, she swallowed her saliva, and suddenly her anger dissipated again…
How could there be such a good-looking person!
Her skin was snow-white, her eyebrows resembled distant mountains, her face shape was small and exquisite, her nose bridge was high and straight, and then there were her lips…
Looking at Zhao Chuji’s plump and lustrous lips, and remembering that previous kiss, Yu Yao bit her lip tightly, unable to stop her heart from skipping a beat…
This was the time Yu Yao wanted to press the “Emotion Controller” the most.
She realized soberly: if things continued like this, her feelings toward Zhao Chuji would undergo unpredictable changes.
But Zhao Chuji’s emotions were incredibly sensitive right now, and her proud, stubborn self had once again plummeted to the bottom of her life. Once she cleared her emotions toward Zhao Chuji, Zhao Chuji would definitively notice it…
Her heart was filled with immense conflict, yet the Zhao Chuji in her arms knew nothing of her inner turmoil, still holding her tightly in her sleep with an expression of absolute reliance.
Yu Yao sighed, unable to help but recall the miserable state Zhao Chuji was in when they first met.
Unwittingly, Chuji had already grown this big.
Although it was for the sake of completing the mission, she had to admit that Zhao Chuji was her deepest bond in this world.
Now that Zhao Chuji had fallen to a low point in life once again, she could not sit idly by and watch.
In the end, Yu Yao did not press the “Emotion Controller”.
Just endure for a while longer… She told herself in her heart.
Zhao Chuji had already grown up, becoming excellent and independent.
Once they crossed this difficult hurdle, she would bound to shine brilliantly.
And at that time, it would likely be the moment her mission was completed, and she would leave this world…