“Hmm? But what?” Chi Nian was curious.
Was there something else?
Everyone knew that what came after “but” was usually the more important part.
Chi Nian’s heart skipped a beat, and a faint sense of unease rose within her.
“The variety show you’re currently on still has its final episode left. You have to finish recording it,” Wang Shengnan said seriously.
As if she knew what Chi Nian was about to say, she didn’t give her a chance to speak and continued, “Of course, you can choose not to record it. Missing one episode will only cost you two million in breach-of-contract fees.”
That sentence successfully blocked all of Chi Nian’s refusal.
“Two million? Are they robbing people?” Chi Nian couldn’t help but mutter.
Wang Shengnan replied casually, “Who told you to have a history of walking off shows whenever you feel like it? Your penalty is higher than everyone else’s.”
Oh, she understood now. This was the fault of the female actress “Chi Nian.” What did that have to do with her, the future Doctor Chi?
Well, the Original Owner had already disappeared somewhere, so this blame firmly landed on the future Doctor Chi’s head.
It was just a variety show, right? She would film it!
“Alright, hurry in. I’ll come pick you up in a week,” Wang Shengnan paused, then added, “to take you out of the industry.”
Under her manager’s urging, Chi Nian walked briskly toward the filming house.
Countdown to leaving the industry: 7 days, 6 days, 5 days…
Humming an off-key tune, Chi Nian couldn’t help but fantasize, as if she could pack up and leave the entertainment world to practice medicine as early as tomorrow.
When she was only a few steps away from the house, her footsteps gradually grew heavier.
Even if it was just a variety show, she… she didn’t want to film it!
Thinking about how, in the original story, this very show had been the final straw that crushed the Original Owner, Chi Nian felt extremely uncomfortable—deeply repulsed.
Silently reciting the eight-character mantra a few more times, she adjusted her breathing and continued forward.
Just as Chi Nian placed her hand on the door, before she could push it open, someone rushed out from inside and slammed into her, knocking her aside.
“Move!” the person shouted.
A few more people came rushing out afterward, chattering all at once.
“Has the ambulance arrived?”
“Not yet,” someone answered.
“I’ll call again to urge them.”
An ambulance?
Having spent many years in a hospital, Chi Nian was highly sensitive to that word.
Someone was in trouble—that thought had just surfaced in her mind.
Then someone was helped out of the house.
Seeing that person’s pale face, Chi Nian felt puzzled. Wasn’t this supposed to be a lifestyle variety show?
How could a lifestyle show push someone into this state?
Out of long-ingrained professional instinct, Chi Nian couldn’t help but step forward a couple of paces, and she finally saw the injured person clearly.
It was the top idol Lu Yu.
The second male lead, Lu Yu, from the original story.
Based on her understanding of the original plot, wherever the second male lead appeared, the female lead was never far behind. Chi Nian glanced to the side.
Sure enough, the female lead was following behind the crowd, her small face filled with anxiety, worry, and a trace of timidity, making anyone who saw her feel their heart tighten along with hers.
Tsk, worthy of being the female lead.
Chi Nian only took a glance before withdrawing her gaze.
There was still a patient here.
Perhaps due to the natural attraction between a female lead and a supporting female character, the moment Chi Nian shifted her gaze away, the female lead spoke up.
“Chi Nian! Lu-ge is already like this. Can you stop causing trouble here?!”
Seeing the female lead—radiating righteous indignation—look as though she could no longer endure it, Chi Nian felt confused. Could it be that she had done something unforgivable without realizing it?
After thinking it through carefully, there were still several people between her and Lu Yu. Clearly, she couldn’t have even touched him. Oh, or was it that simply standing here and breathing meant she was stealing Lu Yu’s air?
Even making false accusations shouldn’t be done like this.
Chi Nian blinked. Was this really the female lead who thrived in the entertainment industry in the original story?
As expected of the female lead—her thought process truly wasn’t something a “supporting female character in the control group” like her could understand.
Before Chi Nian could say anything, voices of agreement rose from the crowd.
“Xiao Xiao is right. At a time like this, Chi Nian, can’t you be a bit more sensible?”
From the tone, it was clearly one of Lin Xiao’s supporters.
Sensible?
Chi Nian: …
Today, she could redefine what “being sensible” meant.
The director, who had been anxiously pacing nearby, noticed the situation. Without asking much, he walked over to Chi Nian. “Chi Nian, it’s chaotic here. Go inside and rest for a while.”
With top idol Lu Yu having an incident on his show, the director was naturally in a bad mood, and his tone wasn’t pleasant either.
Hearing the director’s words, someone nearby seemed to have received imperial authorization and quickly chimed in with feigned concern, “Chi Nian, just listen to the director.” The disdain on their face was undisguised.
Chi Nian understood the director’s implied meaning: things were already chaotic enough—don’t add to the mess.
Under normal circumstances, she might have gone inside after hearing that. But this time, it clearly wasn’t a normal situation.
Chi Nian took a deep breath. They wanted her to leave, did they? She! Refused!
Not to mention there was still a pale-faced patient over there—her professional ethics wouldn’t allow her to turn a blind eye. And that person acting self-important over nothing also annoyed her greatly.
In her previous life, Doctor Chi had been known as the “Light of Neurosurgery.” Because of her young age, she had been a treasured member of her department. When had she ever suffered this kind of treatment?
Chi Nian steadied herself internally. Just a little follower of the female lead—you’re not the plot’s favored child. Just wait.
However, the most important matter at hand was obviously not this. Compared to saving a life, settling accounts with the female lead’s follower could wait.
Chi Nian sighed, then pushed through the crowd.
It was really her fault—her professional “habit” from her previous life had carried over into this one.
Who cared whether he was some deeply affectionate second male lead? At this moment, in Chi Nian’s eyes, he had only one identity—
“patient.”
Chi Nian moved too quickly. By the time everyone reacted, she was already at Lu Yu’s side.
“Chi Nian, what are you doing? If you want attention, at least pick the right time!”
A sharp female voice rang out.
The piercing sound stabbed into her ears. Chi Nian rubbed her ear but ignored it.
Aside from the patient, everyone else was irrelevant in her eyes.
Lu Yu was placed on a reclining chair that had been found from who knew where. His eyes were tightly shut, his hands unconsciously resting on his abdomen, his body curled in pain. There was not the slightest trace left of the cool, domineering top idol he had been before.
“It hurts here?” Chi Nian warmed her fingers, then pressed lightly on the lower right side of Lu Yu’s abdomen.
Lu Yu didn’t respond.
Chi Nian moved to the area around his navel and pressed again.
This time, Lu Yu reacted, letting out a muffled groan.
Chi Nian reached out and felt his forehead temperature, already forming a rough diagnosis in her mind.
“Ugh—”
At that moment, Lu Yu turned his head to the side and vomited.