Surprisingly, Gu Jinyan, who had just been rejected, didn’t seem angry. His assistant and driver, Xiao Li, peeked at him from the driver’s seat and noticed that their film emperor, after being turned down like that, didn’t show a hint of embarrassment or annoyance.
He couldn’t help but stick out his tongue in amazement.
Gu Jinyan was actually in a rather good mood at the moment.
He found this version of Jiang Tian much more interesting than before.
In the past, his perception of Jiang Tian always seemed constrained by some unseen force. But starting yesterday, this woman had changed completely, and the way he saw her was now something he could control.
While this world didn’t believe in ghosts or spirits, Gu Jinyan couldn’t shake the feeling that he had been liberated from something.
Lost in thought, Gu Jinyan began to wonder.
Could it be because of what happened that night?
Suddenly, he remembered an important question.
He wanted to get out of the car and talk to Jiang Tian, but just then, the ride she had called arrived.
Jiang Tian didn’t even spare him a glance. She opened the car door, got in, and urged the driver to leave quickly.
Gu Jinyan raised an eyebrow.
He took out his phone, found Jiang Tian’s contact, and sent her a message.
[Go to a pharmacy.]
Receiving Gu Jinyan’s message, Jiang Tian was a bit surprised.
She didn’t remember adding his number?
[Why go to a pharmacy?]
[Did you take any protective measures after that night?]
[…]
Seeing this message, Jiang Tian frowned.
That night had been her first time with Gu Jinyan.
But given the nature of this tragic novel’s plot, she was bound to get pregnant with just that one encounter.
The system had also hinted earlier: The next comeback mission is #Hoping the naïve sweetheart gets transported into a tragic novel and is forced by the male lead to have an abortion, after which her uterus is removed# Completion reward: three optimization points.
In other words, the upcoming plot would be: she gets pregnant, is forced by Gu Jinyan to have an abortion, and after the abortion, her uterus is removed!
What the heck kind of plot is that…
Jiang Tian shuddered involuntarily.
“Driver, could you please stop at the nearest pharmacy? Thank you.”
The driver did as asked and dropped her off at the pharmacy entrance. Jiang Tian rushed inside, bought the 48-hour emergency contraceptive pill, and took it.
Technically, it had been less than 36 hours since they had slept together, so the pill should still be effective.
Staring at the empty contraceptive pill box, Jiang Tian’s expression turned conflicted.
In her past life, she had been dragged through the mud online.
Countless anti-fans spread all sorts of rumors about her—that she had a messy personal life, slept her way up by cozying up to directors, got involved with producers, and was kept by a sugar daddy.
But in reality, until her death in her past life, Jiang Tian had been a virgin.
And now, in this life, before she could even consciously experience what it felt like, she had to take emergency contraception first.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She walked over to the car that had been following them, knocked on the window, and as soon as Gu Jinyan rolled it down, she threw the contraceptive pill box inside.
It hit Film Emperor Gu right on the forehead.
“Take a good look. This is the real deal—contraceptive pills. Don’t go around saying I’m scheming to trap you by getting pregnant and forcing you to marry me.”
“…”
Gu Jinyan raised an eyebrow. “So, that’s what you were originally planning?”
Jiang Tian: “… What are you even talking about?”
Rolling her eyes skyward, she turned and walked back to the taxi in her high heels.
Li Xia couldn’t help but glance back at Gu Jinyan, who had just been hit.
“Brother Gu, are you okay? When did Miss Jiang become so fierce?”
Before, Miss Jiang had been timid, gentle, and mild as water.
How did she suddenly become bold enough to even throw things at Brother Gu?
Gu Jinyan rubbed his forehead.
He chuckled softly. “Probably turning love into hatred.”
Li Xia: “…”
Heh, Brother Gu sure knows how to spin it.
…
Jiang Tian and Gu Jinyan arrived at the set one after the other, but they had no interaction whatsoever from start to finish.
Ever since she transmigrated to this parallel world, Jiang Tian had been determined to draw a clear line between herself and Gu Jinyan.
As for what Gu Jinyan was thinking, only he knew.
“Tiantian, last night… you and Film Emperor Gu… you didn’t… do anything, right?”
Cheng Fang had arrived at the set early. When she saw Jiang Tian, her expression was a bit awkward.
Jiang Tian was momentarily stunned.
Then she remembered that the previous Jiang Tian hadn’t told Cheng Fang about her relationship with Gu Jinyan.
She wasn’t sure how the original Jiang Tian had interacted with Cheng Fang.
But to her, whether it was Cheng Fang from her previous world or this one, she was the most important person in her life.
She was the Fangfang-jie who had struggled alongside her, who could survive on instant noodles for a week for her sake, who could stay in front of the computer for a whole day and night arguing with anti-fans.
So, there were some things she didn’t need to hide from her manager.
“I have some kind of relationship with Gu Jinyan. It’s a bit complicated. I’ll explain when we get back.”
Jiang Tian’s expression was serious, which made Cheng Fang even more anxious.
For the rest of the day, Jiang Tian didn’t have much to do on set.
Tang Jiang had told her to spend a couple of days familiarizing herself with the crew, and that’s exactly what she did.
She changed into her school uniform from the drama and watched the male and female leads filming.
Sometimes she joined in some large group scenes, just to get her face on camera.
It was all about getting a feel for her character.
Jiang Tian was ambitious but also patient.
Even though she had already filmed this drama in her past life and remembered every detail of the plot vividly, she still felt a bit nervous when facing the script.
While watching the performances of the male and female leads, she sat off to the side, studying her own character over and over.
In her past life, “See You There” had been wildly popular. Although it was just a low-budget campus drama, it rode the wave of trending topics, aired during summer vacation, and had the backing of a mysterious investor—it was almost impossible for it not to succeed.
Speaking of the mysterious investor, Jiang Tian suddenly thought of someone.
The actor she would be acting opposite—Lu Xin.
He was the one playing the academic prodigy in the drama.
But she hadn’t seen him since yesterday.
Lu Xin was quite handsome and had a good heart. In her past life, he had comforted her many times when she was facing criticism. Unfortunately, he hadn’t had much luck and rarely appeared in anything after this drama.
As Jiang Tian’s popularity grew in her later years, the gap between her and Lu Xin widened, and they gradually drifted apart.
But Jiang Tian had seen Lu Xin’s acting and knew he had solid skills.
Moreover, in her past life, he had been in a car accident during the filming of this drama and was injured, which affected his performance and contributed to his lack of success.
Since she had been given a second chance in this life, she felt she should warn Lu Xin.
As for whether he would become successful later, that would be up to him.
“Fangfang-jie, who’s playing opposite me? Is it Lu Xin? Why haven’t I seen him come?”
Based on the current timeline, Jiang Tian shouldn’t know Lu Xin yet. To avoid raising Cheng Fang’s suspicions, she pretended to ask casually, “I want to rehearse with Lu Xin. It’ll help me get into character.”
“Lu Xin?” Cheng Fang paused, glanced around, and said, “I haven’t seen him come.”
“Then could you get his number from the production coordinator for me? I want to ask.”
“Sure thing.”
While Cheng Fang went to get the number from the coordinator, Jiang Tian picked up her script but suddenly couldn’t focus, feeling an inexplicable sense of unease.