Translator: Fringe Capybara

Chapter 78 - The Woman Four Years Ago

“JiaShu?” asked Shu Bai politely. Her voice dry and weak.

Tong JiaShu chuckled heartily. “Haha, yeah, it’s me. Long time no see.”

It hasn’t really been that long.

Shu Bai recalled what she had witnessed hiding behind the door with Chi Ying the day of Director Gu’s audition and felt a sense of unease.

It has been a long time since Shu Bai had looked into anyone’s eyes. That, plus witnessing the entire incident of Tong JiaShu trying to seduce Gu YuanChen, made Shu Bai wanted to avoid looking into her eyes.

Tong JiaShu, on the other hand, looked Shu Bai up and down blatantly.

The girl sitting across from her has no makeup on. She looked pale and grim and there were severe dark circles around her eyes. Due to insomnia, she has pink pimples breaking out on her face and she looked very listless.

Tong JiaShu was very surprised, “BaiBai, what is going on with you?”

Shu Bai remained silent.

Tong JiaShu said slowly, “I heard that you did get the role with Director Gu and you also lost the role of second female lead in ‘Sting Us’.”

“Oh, you’ve heard of that as well,” said Shu Bai softly.

“Is there anyone who didn’t know about that?” Tong JiaShu raised her brows but all she saw was the girl in front of her lowering her head even more.

“Look at yourself.” Tong JiaShu sighed and shook her head. “BaiBai, I know you are kind, but how can you not fight back when others are already walking all over you?”

“Others?” Shu Bai looked up with curiosity in her eyes. “Are you talking about Chi Ying?”

Then, she sighed. “I am okay with that. She is the better of the two of us.”

Tong JiaShu said in disbelief, “Do you still think that the entertainment circle cares about who’s the better one? Haven’t I told you years ago that that is no such thing as fairness?”

But you failed too. Shu Yan grumbled in her mind.

“Do you know why Chi Ying was able to have such good resources immediately after she had joined the entertainment circle?” Tong JiaShu reached her hand over and lifted up Shu Bai’s face by her chin. “Look up and listen to me. That’s because…

“Lu JingYan thought Chi Ying was the one who in bed with him four years ago. But that was you, not her,” said Tong JiaShu as she laid her palms out.

All the blood left Shu Bai’s lips at that very moment and something exploded in her head. There was an undeniable surprise on her eyes and her entire body quivered. “You…”

Tong JiaShu said very matter-of-factly, “I happened to walk past and saw it.”

Shu Bai suddenly let out a sigh of relief and most of her nervousness was gone. “So that was you.”

When she walked out of the room four years ago, she has, indeed, saw a silhouette of someone walking past. She has always been a timid person who worried just about everything. Even though it wasn’t a big deal but it had been bothering her all these years. Now that she knew it was someone she knew, she felt better.

“We weren’t talking to each other at the time so I never asked you about it,” said Tong JiaShu.

Shu Bai started to explain, “It not what you think….”

Tong JiaShu didn’t care about what she had to say. She looked Shu Bai up and down and sneered. “I don’t get it. The two of you don’t look anything alike. Exactly how did he make that mistake? That is so strange.”

Tong JiaShu shrugged and carried on, “But I heard it loud and clear. Lu JingYan thought Chi Ying was the one but Chi Ying denied it definitively.”

Shu Bai was dumbfounded still. “Where did you hear this from?”

“In a restaurant. Lu JingYan and Chi Ying were having dinner together. They were sitting by the window and I was right outside of the window. I figured out what happened right away. That was how you lost your role as second female lead.” Tong JiaShu slowly took a sip of her coffee. “Not only that. Chi Ying’s screen time increased by over 10 folds in Director Gu’s movie – she was like half a protagonist now. That reason was simple as well – those from the production crew said that she walked back to where they were staying with Director Gu.”