Although Shangguan Wan'er did not explicitly state it, Lin Jingxing, who had also experienced transmigration, suddenly understood the real reason why she was reluctant to acknowledge their connection.
Even though she had lived here for six years, the influence of her past life was deeply ingrained.
Therefore, in Shangguan Wan'er's understanding, a woman's reputation was extremely important.
She could afford not to care whether the father of the child in her belly was the Crown Prince or the Fourth Prince. After all, in her original world, her mother was long gone, and her father was a scoundrel who favored concubines over his wife.
She did not need to worry about anyone's status or reputation.
But this place was different. She did not want to implicate the Shangguan family, who had once shown her kindness, and she feared seeing looks of rejection on her family's faces.
"So, Sister Wan'er, you chose to enter the entertainment industry, hoping that one day they would see you and acknowledge you on their own?"
As if surprised that Lin Jingxing had seen through her most secret thoughts, Shangguan Wan'er first愣了愣, then her lips curved into a mocking bitter smile.
"Nothing can escape you."
"Sister Wan'er, don't worry. Your family has just moved abroad to develop. Once they receive news of your safe return, they will definitely come back to see you as quickly as possible!
By the way, isn't the Ye family a long-standing friend of your Shangguan family?
Ye Xiangchen is outside right now. Why not let him send a message to the Shangguan family?"
"Let's forget it."
Seeing Shangguan Wan'er falter again, Lin Jingxing had to change the subject.
"By the way, Sister Wan'er, there's something I've never understood.
Sister Wan'er, you're so popular now, appearing on variety shows and endorsing advertisements. How come you don't even have a place to stay?"
Mentioning this, a rare blush appeared on Shangguan Wan'er's face.
After hesitating for a long time, she confessed everything about being tricked by her agent into signing a "pig-slaughtering contract."
As a result, whether it was for acting fees or endorsement fees, she herself could only earn a small portion, with the rest being taken by the经纪公司.
"What! They're an unscrupulous company! Sue them!"
Lin Jingxing was so angry she puffed up her cheeks like a pufferfish.
But Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, "It's all in black and white, and I signed the contract myself. If I breach it, I'll have to pay a hefty penalty.
I originally heard that getting a stable job in the system could waive the penalty, but I'm simply not cut out for it, so I had to give up.
But luckily, I don't have to worry about food and drink.
Although I haven't been in the industry for long, I've managed to save some money. I originally planned to buy a small house in Tianshui City after this variety show was filmed, just like you, to have a place of my own.
Alas, man proposes, heaven disposes.
The variety show recording was suspended, and the dormitory was assigned to the company's newcomers, so I can only stay with you.
But don't worry, I'll pay rent."
"Sister Wan'er, are you being so formal?
We have a life-and-death friendship!
Let alone staying here, I wouldn't even mind giving you this house!"
It wasn't that Lin Jingxing was bragging, she genuinely wasn't short of money.
At least, not short of money to buy a house.
"Alright, I know you're not short of money."
Shangguan Wan'er smiled and didn't really ask for the house. Instead, she transferred five thousand yuan to Lin Jingxing via her phone.
Under the guise of covering the electricity, water, and food expenses for the next period.
Having gained a preliminary understanding of Shangguan Wan'er's personality, Lin Jingxing no longer refused and cleanly confirmed the receipt of the payment.
Seeing this, Shangguan Wan'er finally revealed a rare smile.
After clearing the air about the past, the two chatted much more, their conversation mainly revolving around Lin Zimo.
Even though she knew they would never meet again in this life, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but want to hear more about that child.
And throughout their conversation, both of them tacitly avoided mentioning the men outside.
When Lin Jingxing went to the kitchen for water because she was thirsty, she discovered that the three men were nowhere to be seen.
Lin Jingxing, who suddenly felt the house much more spacious, hurried to the door and locked it from the inside.
As if this wasn't enough, she took out her phone, browsed properties for sale nearby, and mentally calculated how long it would take from buying a house to moving in.
However, upon thinking of Ye Xiangchen's financial power and Gu Qing's dangerous remarks, she reluctantly exited the browsing page.
Of course, it wasn't that she was afraid of Gu Qing.
It was just that considering he was an acclaimed actor, delaying his precious time would be letting down his millions of fans...
Having convinced herself, Lin Jingxing returned to her room and began to plan her next stage of revenge.
As for Lin Yuyan, she had brought it upon herself.
However, the male and female protagonists had done even worse things than Lin Yuyan. To this day, they were still unharmed, which was enough to prove the power of the protagonist's halo.
However, through Lin Yuyan's situation, she thought of a way to break the protagonist's halo.
The so-called protagonist's halo was not unique.
At the very least, the male and female protagonists, who were the central figures of this world, both had a protagonist's halo.
So, if the male and female protagonists stood on opposing sides and clashed fiercely, would their protagonist's halos influence each other, leading to mutual destruction?
Thinking of this, she curved her lips with interest, her eyes filled with cunning.
She sat in front of several computer screens, typing string after string of code.
She was busy until evening.
Night fell.
Although the variety show recording had stopped, Lin Jingxing had promised her students that she would stream for an hour every evening to explain problems.
Without professional streaming equipment, she turned on the computer's front-facing camera.
Her "Lin Shen's Little Classroom" officially opened for business.
As the streaming account was newly registered and there was no paid promotion, there were only a couple of people in the live stream room.
However, this was no match for her, a master of technology. She linked her own live stream room with popular live stream rooms of similar types.
In just a few minutes, the number of viewers in her live stream room broke ten thousand.
Among them were many who came out of curiosity, but they were quickly converted into loyal fans of the live stream room.
In their excitement, they wanted to give gifts to Lin Shen, who excelled in both appearance and knowledge, but they found that Lin Shen had not enabled the gift-giving channel at all!
This greatly frustrated the netizens.
[Crazy for Lin Shen, mad for Lin Shen, bumping into walls for Lin Shen!
The best Lin Shen in the world, no arguments accepted!]
[Lin Shen, please!
Open the gift channel!
Even if it's just for a little while!
I'm sure I can give you thirty "Carnivals"!]
[The person above, pay attention! Flooding the screen with gifts will affect Lin Shen's teaching!
I strongly suggest Lin Shen open a storefront!
No matter what Lin Shen promotes, I promise I won't impulse buy!]
[Hmph, you want to impulse buy? Do we give you the chance to do that?
If I'm even a second late to grab it, it means I'm disrespecting the value of the knowledge Lin Shen is teaching!]
In the live stream room, Lin Jingxing, too busy to look at the rapidly scrolling bullet comments, was earnestly explaining physics concepts.
Knock knock—knock knock—
After a rhythmic knocking sound.
Her room door was pushed open from the outside, and a tall figure intruded directly into the camera's view.