Chapter 15: Smiling Gently While Looking at the Poem

Ying Jing returned to her room, full and satisfied.

Her good friend Wei Yi had been waiting for quite some time.

"Spit it out, where did you go off to fool around?"

Ying Jing flopped backward, lying flat on the bed. "It’s tough! I have no idea where to start." Even now, she could still picture the way Wen Fucheng had walked her to the door, looking so serious and proper as he saw her off.

He had politely offered to send her back.

Ying Jing had declined, using the excuse that he should get some rest early.

She regretted it the moment the words left her mouth.

It was only a few steps; what would it have mattered if he had walked her?

You can’t spoil a man.

Even if he wasn't her man yet.

"You aren't actually going to pursue Wen Fucheng, are you? I’ve heard he’s not someone to be trifled with. Do you know what the socialite circle says about him?"

"What do they say?"

"Chasing Ying Zenan is called having hope; chasing Wen Fucheng is called having a slim chance."

Ying Jing rolled over onto her stomach, propping her chin in her hands, looking at her friend with wide, expectant eyes.

"I never realized my brother was so popular."

Wei Yi rolled her eyes at her. "Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about your brother?" Ying Zenan really wasn't bad at all; on the contrary, compared to Wen Fucheng’s type, Ying Zenan was clearly more popular with girls.

Nonsense.

Ying Jing felt that Wen Fucheng was the best in the world, a ranking that even her own brother had to step aside for.

Wei Yi mocked her, saying this was a case of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Having eaten too much in the middle of the night, Ying Jing didn't sleep well at all. The next morning, she sat at the table with dark circles under her eyes, eating the breakfast her friend had gone out to buy.

Before heading out, Ying Jing glanced to the side.

Wei Yi adjusted her hat and kindly reminded her, "No need to look. Xie Weisi left very early, along with your Mr. Wen." She had run into them on her way to buy breakfast.

Ying Jing felt a rare moment of shyness; she just loved the blunt truths her best friend spoke.

"Oh!"

Just an "oh"? That didn't sound like this young lady's style.

"What’s this? After a night of deep contemplation, have you finally figured it out?"

"Mm-hmm." Ying Jing nodded, pulling out her phone to search for the entry rules for the "Supernova Grand Show" hosted by Dynasty Entertainment. "I’ve figured it out. I’ll infiltrate the enemy’s camp first."

She had told Xu Yi this back in Shanghai, and she hadn't been joking then, either.

She just hadn't made up her mind yet.

"You’re really going to enter the entertainment industry and become a star? If you want to be by his side, wouldn't working at Dynasty Entertainment be a case of 'being near the water to get the first moon'?"

Ying Jing hadn't failed to consider this question. It wasn't that she didn't want to; it was that she truly wasn't capable.

She wasn't suited for the corporate world.

In her past life, Ying Zenan had thrown her into a branch office to toughen her up. Less than six months later, the company went under.

That was the fate of a villainous supporting character!

"I’ve already decided. Once I officially sign with Dynasty Entertainment, I’m going to earn lots and lots of money for him."

Her friend was deeply worried about Ying Jing’s "love-struck" behavior.

"Aren't you afraid of ending up with nothing?"

"I am!" Ying Jing put down her phone and took a deep breath. Not knowing what she was thinking of, she spoke slowly, "Compared to having nothing, I’m more afraid of missing him again."

She had experienced days of having nothing.

The Ying family went bankrupt.

Her brother’s reputation was ruined, and he was imprisoned.

She had hit rock bottom in life.

But her days had never been truly miserable because he had always been quietly watching over her.

She still had beautiful clothes to wear, roles to play, and endless money to spend.

She died in the prime of her youth.

Possessing the pride and dignity that belonged to Ying Jing.

But she had lost Wen Fucheng, and only at the moment of death was she brave enough to admit that love.

In this life, the worst that could happen was that she’d have to work hard to chase him.

Even if the process was arduous, what did it matter? Compared to him, she was already so lucky.

Thinking of this, Ying Jing felt as energized as if she’d been injected with adrenaline.

She dragged her friend straight to Dynasty Entertainment to sign up.

Along the way, they were stopped by several paparazzi claiming to be reporters, but Ying Jing was well-versed in dealing with them and brushed them off before entering the lobby.

"This is my first time at Dynasty Entertainment. It’s so grand."

What Ying Jing was actually thinking was that this wasn't their first time here; as her former manager, Wei Yi had run to entertainment companies more times than she could count. It was just that in her previous life, she hadn't signed with Dynasty Entertainment, but another agency.

Thinking of the hundreds of millions in breach-of-contract penalties she’d been scammed out of by the original agency in her past life, Ying Jing’s expression shifted.

She hoped that in this life, she could stay far away from the original book's male and female leads. Let bridges be bridges and roads be roads.

She was truly tired of fighting.

After filling out the registration form and leaving her contact information—completing the main purpose of their visit—Ying Jing and Wei Yi prepared to leave.

She hadn't expected to run into Wen Fucheng at this time.

She didn't meet Wen Fucheng, but she unexpectedly ran into Xie Weisi.

Xie Weisi, who had come down to buy coffee, found the people standing at the front desk familiar. Upon walking closer, he realized it really was them.

He took the initiative to invite them, "Do you want to come up and sit for a while?"

Facing the proactive invitation from classmate Xie—a rare opportunity to get closer to Wen Fucheng while he was working—Ying Jing still refused.

Even Wei Yi didn't understand why she would refuse.

Wasn't this a great opportunity!

Ying Jing replied to her

"If love between two people can last for a long time, why does it need to be together day and night?"

Poor Xie Weisi, a Chinese-language idiot, had no idea what it meant, so he did something "brilliant."

Before returning to the office, he made a detour to Wen Fucheng’s office.

"Wen Fucheng, you’re so smart, translate this sentence for me and tell me what it means."

"No time." The man, still looking at documents, refused without a second thought.

Oh! No time, huh!

"That’s a real pity then. I guess I’ll just have to wait until I see Miss Ying again to ask her!" Hmph! I don't believe you won't take the bait.

Sure enough, before his other foot had even left the office, he was called back by the person behind him.

"What did she say? You saw her?"

"I thought you didn't have time?"

Even though his intentions had been seen through, he remained calm and unhurried.

"She is much more important than you."

Xie Weisi:...

Do you believe I’ll turn into a stumbling block on your path to chasing your wife?

In the end, classmate Xie succumbed to the temptation of money and repeated Ying Jing’s words to Wen Fucheng exactly as they were.

After everyone had left, he was still savoring the meaning of those words.

The beautiful poetry leaped off the white paper.

The man read it over and over again.

Finally, after folding the paper, he smiled gently.

That night, Ying Jing returned to Shanghai. If it hadn't been for Mother Ying calling to tell her that Ying Zenan’s birthday was coming up, she might have continued to drift along.

Right! She had even forgotten her own brother’s birthday.

She was teased by Wei Yi the entire way for "forgetting her brother for the sake of a man."

Ying Zenan’s birthday was always celebrated in a flashy way every year; first, he would go through the motions at home, and as soon as he stepped out, he would immediately call his friends to set up a party.

In previous years, Ying Jing had been interested in attending, but this year she planned to spend it at home with him and not go out.

In the end, she couldn't win against Ying Zenan and was dragged out.

It wasn't until she was sitting in the neon-lit private room that she saw the person she least wanted to see in this life, besides Lu Zishu.

The original book's female lead, Xiao Qinghe.