Editor: Casey

Shi Qing being ‘sincere’ was cute in Tan Mingjin’s eyes, but Cheng Yunling couldn’t stand it.

It’s not that Shi Qing’s attitude bothered her or anything. Truth be told, although the young master never hid the fact that he was using Cheng Yunling as a means to an end, he treated her pretty well.

Young Master Shi was easily able to offer her positions as a brand spokesperson or even lucrative contracts with lots of future merchandise.

If it wasn’t for how he looked prettier than her, how his collar bone was more delicate than hers, and how even his skin was so soft and supple and three shades lighter than hers…

Cheng Yunling might have fallen for him.

After all, although Shi Qing has a hair-trigger temper, he’s been all talk so far. Besides, he saved Cheng Yunling’s life and didn’t mind how she thought he had drugged her.

That’s right. Right now, Cheng Yunling was 100% certain that Shi Qing wouldn’t drug and take advantage of her.

After all, Young Master Shi was overflowing with disdain for her.

In short, human tool Cheng Yunling didn’t really want to be a tool anymore.

It’s not that she felt mistreated or anything, it’s just that her weight’s been slowly but surely inching upwards since Shi Qing arrived on set.

As we all know, actors needed to maintain a certain weight in order to look good on camera. Cheng Yunling wasn’t an exception. She was known by her fans as a little fairy, but she’s already gained five pounds in the past few days.

Five pounds!!!

Five pounds, ah!!!

How could she let this slide?

The culprit was Shi Qing, who kept feeding her. After all, after the young master figured out how to video chat with his uncle, he stopped taking pictures in favour of videos.

Before, Cheng Yunling was able to rely on her strong perseverance and desire to be thin to barely resist eating after taking pictures.

This was also in part because Young Master Shi couldn’t care less if she ate or not after the photos had been taken.

But now he’s changed to videos!!!

So Cheng Yunling was now a backdrop in Shi Qing’s video calls with Tan Mingjin.

Unlike other backdrops, backdrop Cheng Yunling had food in her mouth all the time.

After eating so much, it was no wonder she gained weight.

But most importantly, to her horror, Cheng Yunling discovered that her original iron grasp over her appetite had vanished, perhaps due to being able to indulge lately. She had uncontrollable cravings for all sorts of food at night.

It was truly terrifying.

She had to do something.

Learning from her pain, Cheng Yunling decided to confront Shi Qing.

After listening to her various explanations, the young master narrowed his eyes slightly and looked Cheng Yunling up and down.

“You’re rejecting my advances for such a simple reason?”

Cheng Yunling: “…Young Master Shi, it’s not that I’m rejecting your advances. I’m rejecting your superficial advances.”

“Oh.”

The youth’s fair face, which was at least two shades paler than hers, showed a bit of arrogance like he was doing Cheng Yunling a favour.

“Fine, my superficial advances.”

As expected, he didn’t get angry. Shi Qing just gave a very bland request, “That’s fine too. But you can’t remain single. That’s out of the question.”

Cheng Yunling: “……”

What did her being single or not have to do with Shi Qing no longer treating her like a tool??

She really did not understand what went through this young master’s head. She decided to just ask outright.

Young Master Shi replied with a straight face, “Of course, it’s to prevent you from becoming my aunt.”

“Tsk, you know how my uncle feels about you. If it wasn’t for me in the middle, you two might’ve hit it off long ago. That’s why I’ve always said his taste was bad. He actually fell for someone like you.”

Cheng Yunling, who always felt like the gaze of the young man in front of her was filled with disdain: “……”

She really didn’t expect this.

She’s obviously been trying to explain that her past relationship with President Tan was whiter and plainer than tofu.

But the reason Shi Qing’s been tormenting her for so long turned out to be because he was afraid of her becoming his aunt.

Besides, just look at those recent video chats. President Tan’s eyes were glued to Shi Qing the whole time. He didn’t even look at her once, okay?

So on what basis did Shi Qing think the president liked her??

Cheng Yunling: “Young Master Shi, I have already explained this many times, but I don’t feel that way about President Tan at all.”

Shi Qing: “Tsk, my uncle is so handsome and nice. How can you not like him?”

His voice grew gloomy. He lifted his chin and condescendingly sized up Cheng Yunling again.

“But you, on the other hand… You’re not as good-looking or as wealthy as my uncle. Your eyes aren’t big enough, your nose isn’t lifted enough, and your lips aren’t red enough. Your hands are so small and short too. I really don’t know what Uncle sees in you.”

Cheng Yunling: …I’m going to beat him to death.

After forcefully hypnotizing herself several times with the mantra ‘you can’t, can’t, can’t afford to offend this young master’, Cheng Yunling took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile.

“Then we have a deal, Young Master Shi. I’ll quickly find someone to be with, so you don’t have to worry about me becoming your…aunt.”

The word ‘aunt’ was said through gritted teeth.

Her words came straight from her heart.

She had no intentions of being saddled with a big nephew like Shi Qing.

Fortunately, Cheng Yunling was somewhat interested in the male lead for this drama. As a girl, she was too embarrassed to speak to him before.

But now…

In order to get rid of mental patient Shi Qing, her previous hesitance vanished into thin air.

This guy liked Cheng Yunling too. It was just that he thought he didn’t have a chance after seeing Shi Qing’s enthusiastic courting and how Cheng Yunling warmed up to the young master after he saved her life.

Life was indeed filled with great ups and downs. Just as he was dealing with heartbreak, the girl he liked came straight to him.

The two got close quickly, but they didn’t make their relationship public immediately because they were both famous. They planned to announce it at a suitable time.

Due to this, some people misunderstood what was going on.

Zheng Xuexue was overjoyed, thinking she found evidence that Cheng Yunling was cheating.

Tan Mingjin was worried that Shi Qing would feel down now that Cheng Yunling found someone else. Even though little Shi Qing has always disliked Cheng Yunling, Shi Qing’s been chasing after Cheng Yunling for quite some time. He was a person concerned with reputation, so seeing Cheng Yunling being in the arms of someone else might be hard for him.

Tan Mingjin, who had to video chat with Shi Qing everyday before he could work lately, hesitated for less than a second before deciding to go visit Shi Qing in person.

Just as he arrived, he bumped into Zheng Xuexue who was going to tattle.

Zheng Xuexue was overjoyed to see Tan Mingjin.

Isn’t there a saying for this..? Oh, hitting two birds with one stone!

She blurted out everything about how Cheng Yunling was a two-timing schemer.

However, the two people who should have been furious didn’t react too much.

Shi Qing gave Tan Mingjin a smug look.

Why was he so smug when the beauty he’s been chasing after ran off!?!

Tan Mingjin’s lips were tinged with a smile as he looked back at Shi Qing.

And the ecstatic little Shi Qing twirling and dancing joyfully on his shoulder.

Zheng Xuexue: “Young Master Shi, Cheng Yunling has really gone too far this time. Sigh, even I can’t believe she would do such a thing.”

No one paid her any attention.

She paused out of embarrassment for a few seconds, but she decided to continue, “You’re here too, President Tan? I’ve heard that you and Cheng Yunling have a good relationship. Have you heard the news about her new boyfriend?”

Just like before, no one paid any attention to her.

Zheng Xuexue gnashed her teeth and pressed on: “Although we’re good friends, I can’t condone some of the things she’s done. Actually…sigh. Nevermind, I shouldn’t be saying such things…”

She waited for Shi Qing or Tan Mingjin to ask her a question so she could elaborate, but neither of them even glanced at her.

Finally, Tan Mingjin shifted.

Zheng Xuexue grew excited. She opened her mouth, “President Tan, I…”

However, the slim man didn’t even spare her a glance. He went straight to Shi Qing.

With a smile, he reached out and rubbed the youth’s head, speaking in a doting tone.

“Are you happy now?”

Zheng Xuexue: “……”

Alright, fine.

Apparently I’m transparent now.