Chapter 4: Doing Good Deeds Without Leaving a Name

Luo Ning left her apartment and drove to a feng shui shop in the antique market to buy supplies for drawing talismans.

The feng shui shop had private rooms specifically for customers. She rented one for the afternoon and began to draw.

In her previous life, she had learned metaphysics and feng shui from her father. Later, she transmigrated into worlds dedicated to mystical arts and immortal cultivation, so she had gained significant insight and experience in drawing talismans.

When she first entered the entertainment industry, it was not only to pursue Ji Xingheng but also to make money.

Thinking of her younger brother’s situation, she needed to earn more. She had to secure that auction item two months from now.

Recently, she only had the reality show gig, and the payment wouldn't be deposited until the first episode finished airing. Plus, she had to give half to the company; the money simply wasn't enough. She had to find another way.

Selling talismans was a good option. A good wine needs no bush.

After the improvements she gained from traversing several worlds, Luo Ning’s talisman-drawing skills were exceptional. By evening, she had drawn several talismans of different types. She tidied up and left the room.

Luo Ning missed the taste of a small wonton shop she used to frequent. Although it was a bit far, she drove there anyway.

By the time she finished her wontons and stepped out, it was completely dark. She checked the time—it was past eight-thirty—so she decided to take a shortcut to Xi Shu’s place.

Xi Shu had told her that afternoon that she had found a place for her, but it needed some tidying up before it could be lived in, so she should stay at her house for the next two days.

The area surrounding this road was currently under construction for a new residential complex; it was quite remote, and there weren't many cars at night.

Halfway there, Luo Ning suddenly saw a large truck blocking the road ahead, and further ahead, an overturned SUV.

She paused, then got out of the car to take a look.

The truck’s engine was still running, but the driver was nowhere to be found. It was almost certainly a hit-and-run.

She walked quickly to the SUV and, as expected, found someone inside.

She first called for an ambulance and the police, then pulled a steel rod from the truck, pried open the SUV’s door, and carefully dragged the person inside out.

When she saw the face of the person on the ground, Luo Ning was startled.

It was a peerlessly handsome and familiar face; few people would fail to recognize him.

Lu Xun, the youngest and most accomplished top-tier film emperor in the entertainment industry, and also the "white moonlight" idol in Bo Xiangxiang’s heart.

From reading the book, she knew that the female lead, Bo Xiang, was originally a mediocre, bottom-tier starlet. After she died in an accident, her soul possessed the body of Bo Xiangxiang, a beautiful newcomer who had just committed suicide by slitting her wrists.

From then on, her luck deepened. In particular, whenever she stepped on a high-luck female celebrity, Bo Xiangxiang’s own luck would increase.

She would encounter or save handsome, successful men through various coincidences—renowned directors, film emperors, TV kings, singing legends, top-tier stars, major investors, and so on—and become the object of their collective affection.

Some of these men already had families or girlfriends, but in the end, they all fell under her spell, even abandoning their wives or breaking up with their girlfriends to be with her.

There were two exceptions. One was Luo Ning’s scumbag boyfriend, Ji Xingheng.

Although he took great care of Bo Xiangxiang and would be the first to step up whenever she needed help, he was the only man in her harem who never had that kind of relationship with the female lead.

The other was the film emperor Lu Xun, whom Bo Xiangxiang had viewed as her idol when she was still herself.

He was a man she had deliberately created opportunities to approach but had never managed to win over.

As for Luo Ning, she was the cannon-fodder supporting character whom Bo Xiangxiang targeted to siphon luck from to climb the ladder. That was why her luck had become worse and worse, and everything she did went wrong.

There were quite a few such supporting characters in the book, but because Luo Ning had the highest intelligence and ability, she lasted through most of the book and wasn't finished off by Bo Xiangxiang as quickly as the others.

Luo Ning remembered that in her previous life, it was around this time that news broke online about Lu Xun’s car accident.

He had been in a coma for several months before waking up, and his legs were so severely injured that it took over a year of rehabilitation for him to recover.

Lu Xun was a legendary figure in the entertainment industry. After disappearing for more than two years, he returned and not only didn't fade into obscurity, but soon won an international award for a major film, becoming even more popular than before his injury.

Moreover, in her previous life, she had met him during the lowest point of her "all-internet-hate" period. He hadn't looked at her with the disdain or avoidance that others had.

When she was accidentally pushed by anti-fans and about to fall, he had gentlemanly and politely steadied her, told her to be careful, and had his assistant help her leave safely.

During that dark period, that bit of kindness without ulterior motives had given her a glimmer of warmth, which was why she remembered it so vividly.

Luo Ning checked his wounds; as expected, his legs were severely injured.

Feeling Lu Xun’s fingers twitch, she leaned down and whispered softly in his ear to soothe him: "Don't worry, you'll be fine."

After a moment's thought, she took the "Disease-Dispelling Talisman" she had just drawn that day, threaded it with a red string, and hung it around his neck.

"You're really lucky today. I just drew this talisman, and you're already putting it to use," she remarked with a sigh.

With the effect of the talisman she had drawn, Lu Xun’s legs would certainly not be as severely injured as in her previous life, nor would he remain in a coma for so long.

Soon, the ambulance and traffic police arrived, and the medical staff loaded Lu Xun onto the vehicle.

Because his car had a dashcam and her car showed no signs of a collision, it was determined that the accident had nothing to do with her, so they didn't require her to go to the hospital.

After explaining what she had seen, Luo Ning watched the ambulance disappear into the distance and got back into her own car to leave.

She didn't want Lu Xun to remember her kindness or repay her; giving the talisman was just to return that rare bit of kindness from her previous life. Naturally, she would do a good deed without leaving a name.

At this moment, she didn't know that Lu Xun, who was already in the ambulance, had his eyelids tremble before he fell into a deep coma.

As soon as Luo Ning arrived at Xi Shu’s place, she was pulled over to sit down.

Xi Shu said anxiously, "Ningning, you’re trending. Some marketing accounts are spreading rumors, saying that the person Ji Xingheng went to the police station to pick up last night was you."

As for who released the news, she guessed it was either Yan Qiuping or Bo Xiangxiang.

"These people are too much," she said indignantly while scrolling through her phone.

Luo Ning took out her phone and opened it, seeing that the comments under the trending Weibo post were all cursing her.

[Oh my god, it’s that vase Luo Ning again. Why does she always have to drag our brother down?]

[Shameless, stinky vase. Her character is so bad; she went to the police station in the middle of the night. Who knows what bad things she did, and now she’s dragging Xing-zai into it to pick her up.]

[I heard she has a sugar daddy behind her and has been kept by many people. Could it be that she was caught by someone’s legal wife and caused a scene at the police station?]

[If that’s true, it’s so disgusting.]

[Why did Xing-zai go to pick her up? Why bother with a woman like that?]

[It’s because Xing-zai shares the same manager as her. He’s always being dragged down by her; it’s so pitiful.]

[Can this vase Luo Ning stop trying to leech off our Xing-zai’s popularity? She’s been clinging to him for so long, isn't that enough?]

[Let Brother Yan have someone else to manage. I’m going to vomit my dinner from last night. Get the vase Luo out.]

[Yes, get the vase Luo out. Stop exploiting our brother.]