Su Qingqing wasn’t lying. The original owner had indeed been possessed, which was why she’d stumbled into Xiao Yufan’s room in the dead of night and, completely unconscious, crawled onto his bed.
She’d felt that wisp of evil energy on her forehead just moments ago—it had dissipated the instant she arrived. It happened fast, in the blink of an eye, but she’d still caught it.
Moreover, this body of hers had clearly encountered something before. Her luck was abysmally low—for most people, that level would just mean being cursed, but for her, it had actually caused her soul to leave her body entirely, killing her outright.
In other words, if she hadn’t crossed over, the person lying beside Xiao Yufan right now would be a corpse.
But no one believed her. No one listened to her explanations.
In the end, after bowing and apologizing to Sister Xu, Director Zhang, and the production crew who knew how many times, she was dragged out of the filming site, humiliated and dejected.
As Su Qingqing was leaving, the commotion on her side drew the attention of the other guests in the building. Male and female contestants alike came downstairs, eager to gather around and watch the drama unfold.
Among them was Wang Luxue, a female celebrity who’d been playing the pure, innocent white-lotus role throughout the show. She stood in the crowd, her face full of “concern” as she looked toward Su Qingqing, repeatedly asking: “What happened? Why was Qingqing suddenly taken away?”
Another sharp-tongued, fiery female contestant explained from the side: “Hilarious, you’re still clueless about what’s going on. This Su Qingqing crawled into your CP Xiao Yufan’s bed in the middle of the night, got caught on camera on the spot, and now she’s been forcibly released from her contract and taken away!”
“Ah, this…” Wang Luxue wore a shocked, flustered expression, but hidden deep in her eyes was a glint of gleeful satisfaction.
Su Qingqing didn’t catch her concealed smile, but she did see that wisp of evil energy on her—identical to the one that had possessed her earlier.
Case closed. Tonight’s incident was this woman’s doing.
Before leaving, Su Qingqing flashed Wang Luxue a toothy grin: “You’d better be careful. Those who do evil will meet their own end. Within three days, you’ll have blood on your hands.”
“Hey, what’s wrong with you? You can’t have Xiao Yufan, so now you’re cursing his CP?”
“Exactly, how disgusting—there are cameras rolling right here! Shameless!”
“…”
People around immediately chimed in with righteous indignation, and in the end, Su Qingqing was dragged away by Sister Xu, who pulled and tugged her along.
Sister Xu was on the verge of tears. Dear heavens, she’d lost all face in this industry!
Once they were in the car, Sister Xu began lecturing Su Qingqing earnestly: “Qingqing, your situation isn’t what it used to be. Now that your sister is back, the Su family doesn’t want you—they kicked you out with nothing. No one’s going to have your back anymore. Don’t mind me nagging, but I’m only telling you this out of the kindness of my heart. From now on, keep a low profile, tuck your tail between your legs in this industry, or else… sigh…”
She glanced at Su Qingqing in the passenger seat as she spoke, only to find her beautiful face utterly expressionless, as if she’d zoned out, her gaze unfocused and staring blankly ahead.
She could only let out a long sigh: “We’re here. It’s too late today—go home and rest first. Come to the company early tomorrow; they’ll probably want to talk to you.”
“Okay, thank you, Sister Xu.” Su Qingqing replied quite politely.
Before getting out of the car, she looked at Sister Xu and paused, then suddenly said: “Take a different route home tonight.”
“Wh… why?” Sister Xu was caught off guard by the out-of-nowhere remark.
“Nothing. Heavenly secrets can’t be revealed. I’m off—if you’re lucky, we’ll see each other tomorrow.”
With that, Su Qingqing waved casually behind her and walked away, leaving Sister Xu utterly bewildered.
Sister Xu pressed her forehead: “Great, this kid’s condition seems to have gotten worse. Did she actually snap from the shock?”
That’s what she said, but when she drove home, she inexplicably took a different route anyway.
After all, hearing something like that, she couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy.
Su Qingqing returned to her rental. It wasn’t big—a studio apartment costing three thousand a month.
The original owner had been a pampered young lady raised in the Su family. She’d toiled in the entertainment industry for a year, and with the Su family’s connections, she’d earned a decent income—close to ten million, give or take.
But the original owner had been raised far too foolishly. The Su family had been wealthy for over three generations, yet Su’s parents had never taught Su Qingqing anything about managing money, letting her spend recklessly and waste it all.
As a result, after being kicked out of the family, her savings amounted to a pitiful twenty or thirty thousand. To maintain the bare minimum of a celebrity’s dignity, her basic monthly expenses ran to around a hundred thousand.
Caught completely off guard by being cast out, with no property to her name, the original owner could only, with Sister Xu’s help, rent this studio apartment—paying one month’s rent plus a deposit.
The studio was spartan inside—almost nothing beyond the most basic necessities.
Su Qingqing, a cultivator, didn’t mind the surroundings. After a quick wash, she lay down on the bed and went to sleep.
After her transmigration, her cultivation base was at least nine levels deep, so she had to rise early and sleep early, seizing the moment when spiritual energy was most abundant in the morning to cultivate, striving to restore her cultivation base as soon as possible.
After falling asleep, the original owner’s po kept sobbing and complaining to her, saying how miserable and pitiful her life was, that the Su family never truly cared for her—the real daughter had been found just the day before, and the very next day she was kicked out of the house.
Moreover, with the Su family’s vast business, both of her older brothers already held considerable assets under their names, yet she had nothing, and was cast out of the door without a second thought, as if they had long been prepared to expel her.
She said she refused to accept it and had to find out what was really going on.
Just as Su Qingqing’s brow was furrowing and she was about to lose patience, the other girl told her that when she had been adopted from the orphanage by the Su family, she had carried a jade pendant left by her biological parents. In her haste to leave, she had forgotten it at the Su residence, and she still wanted to retrieve it.
Perhaps someday she might find her biological parents through it, and maybe they truly loved her?
Su Qingqing took a deep breath. “Fine, so these are your two main dying wishes, right? Once I fulfill them for you, will you be willing to come back and merge with me?”
That Su Qingqing nodded with sniffles, saying, “Mm! You must stand up for me!”
Su Qingqing: “…”
Standing up for herself—what a bizarre experience that was?
But for the sake of restoring her soul’s completeness as soon as possible, Su Qingqing gritted her teeth. “Don’t worry, I’m here now. With me around.”
Only then did the original Su Qingqing’s consciousness recede into hiding.
The next morning, Su Qingqing rose early. After a five-kilometer morning run, she sat in meditation for a while, until Sister Xu’s call came urging her to the company. Only then did she leisurely buy breakfast downstairs and board the subway to the office.
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