Throughout her life, Xu Qingwan had never experienced any wind and storm. [T/N: wind and storm – adverse circumstances or problems]

In her previous life, she met Ji Lin as soon as she debuted through the talent show. At that time, Ji Lin was the king of superstars in the entertainment circle. With Ji Lin’s protection, Xu Qingwan’s road to stardom was smooth sailing and within a few years, she became an A-list actress. Although Ji Lin’s fans weren’t thinking highly of the relationship and there was always someone who would attack her, all of these trials and hardships were blocked by Ji Lin. Xu Qingwan just needed to obediently stay in Ji Lin’s embrace and allow him to dote and protect her. 

What really made Xu Qingwan scared was Ji Lin’s half-sister, Zhou Siyu. She was a madwoman. She just wanted to drag the entire Ji family to hell.  Since Xu Qingwan was genuinely Ji Lin’s girlfriend, so she [ZSY] naturally wouldn’t let her [XQW] off. For this reason, Zhou Siyu was willing to do anything, she was even willing to sell herself to climb up, all just to thoroughly beat down her enemy.

Because of Ji Lin’s guilt towards her sister, Zhou Siyu had almost succeeded several times.     

The reckless and insane zeal she displayed really frightened Xu Qingwan. Even if she lived another life again, Xu Qingwan couldn’t easily shake off the deeply rooted fear embedded in her bones.  When she saw Zhou Siyu’s familiar pale face, it was as if she saw a ghost. She was so scared that she was only thinking of how to quickly get away.

But unfortunately, in this lifetime, Ji Lin was both neither familiar nor distant towards her. She had no one’s embrace to hide into.

“Zhou Siyu, you shouldn’t be here…” Xu Qingwan’s trembling finger pointed at the bewildered Siyu. Her voice was loud enough that the other people in the shop all turned towards them. However, Xu Qingwan was entirely unaware of this and just continued to stare at Siyu.

Siyu was baffled. She had never seen this girl before, however, the girl seemed to know her. Could she be an old acquaintance of the original owner’s body? With this thought in tow, she asked politely, “Excuse me, you are…?”

Xu Qingwan choked as she realized that she had overreacted. Yes, at present, both  Zhou Siyu and her were just strangers. Why should she be afraid?

However, Xu Qingwan still felt uneasy. It was already clear that she had cut off a great opportunity for Siyu. Yet, Xu Qingwan still felt that it wasn’t enough. As long as Siyu was still able to appear in public, she would feel that what she had done wasn’t ruthless enough. 

While gritting her teeth, she justified that she was only taking precautions. At any rate, this vicious woman would sooner or later show her true colors and deal with her. ‘It is only natural that the one who strikes first would prevail! This is to protect herself and Ji Lin! ‘

With this thought in mind, Xu Qingwan slowly adjusted her breath and turned her eyes away from Siyu, she said, “Sorry, I-I met you once before. You may not remember me, so I won’t disturb you any longer.”

“Wait a moment, you…” Siyu, upon seeing that Xu Qingwan was trying to cover up something, started to be a little skeptical. She reached out her hand to catch her as she [ZSY] wanted to make her [XQW] speak clearly. However, who expected that with just a gesture of raising her hand, Xu Qingwan immediately shouted “Don’t touch me!”, as she flicked Siyu’s hand away before turning around and run.

“Hiss——” Siyu winced back in pain. As she looked down, she saw an obvious red mark on the back of her white hand.

Her skin was very sensitive. Just a little knock would be enough to leave a mark. During the previous car accident, her back had hit the railing. Even today, the blue and purple bruises on her back hadn’t disappeared yet. Just now, Xu Qingwan didn’t restrain her strength at all. So, at this moment, the back of her hand was burning with pain. 

“Siyu, what’s going on? I just heard a ruckus from here….. What happened to your hand?!” Yu Ling just went out for a moment to pay the bill at the cashier. When she came back, she was surprised to see that Siyu was rubbing her hand with a frown on her face. 

Siyu made a wry smile. She also didn’t understand what that girl meant with her words. When that girl saw her just now, she was like a cat seeing a mouse. “It’s nothing. I only had a bit of conflict with someone just now, that person had already left.”

Yu Ling hastily took her to a nearby pharmacy. She bought an ointment and helped her apply it while scolding Siyu that she shouldn’t just let people go like this. “She ran  away after hurting you, that person is definitely not someone good.” 

Siyu said, “She seemed to know me. However, I really don’t recall her. Maybe we had some bad history in the past…”

Yu Ling snorted in her heart upon hearing this. She obviously thought that Siyu’s temper was too meek, this little angel was so meek and delicate just like a little rabbit. Who could she have a bad history with? Ever since Siyu saved her daughter, Yu Ling would use an eight-layered filter lens whenever she looked at her. After looking left and right, she felt that Siyu was prone to be taken advantage of and hated that she couldn’t carefully safeguard her everywhere. As a result, in Yu Ling’s mind, there was no concept of Siyu bullying others, only other bullying her.

Therefore, Yu Ling did not hesitate to put the blame on Xu Qingwan’s head.

“You don’t need to worry about these troubles. From now on, I’ll help keep an eye open for you. Don’t worry too much.” Yu Ling felt somewhat a pity for Siyu when she looked at the red mark on the back of her hand, which was nicely covered with medicine. Such a beautiful hand had been damaged by a red mark. The person who hurt her Siyu was so hateful! “Let’s go, I’ll take you to a stylist. We aren’t done yet”. [T/N: We aren’t done yet –  the preparation for the Huanyi’s banquet if y’all forget]

Siyu: “…Ling-jie, please let me go…”

On the other side, Xu Qingwan rushed out of the shopping mall and was gradually awakened by the cold wind outside.

She stood blankly for a long time, after a few more moments, as if she had finally made up her mind, she quickly dialed a number on her cell phone. There were several rings at that end before someone picked it up.

“Hello, it’s me.” Xu Qingwan pursed her lips and whispered,  “Didn’t you say before that you could help me get that role in Director Liang’s movie 《Qing Guo》? … Yes, I’ve decided I want to act in that drama. That role mustn’t be given to others!”

Who knew what the other side said that made Xu Qingwan’s expression suddenly turn unsightly? However, she quickly took a deep breath and replied, “Okay, I promise you. As long as you can help me get this role, I will listen to you.” 

Riel: Hmmm… I smell some conspiracies…

On the day of Huanyi’s banquet, the hotel that hosted the banquet was nearly surrounded by the sea of various mass media. Countless long microphones and big cameras were aimed at the gate. As the actors and actresses entered one after another, the reporters were also getting more and more excited. They could already estimate that all the headlines tomorrow would be monopolized by Huan Yi.

Before the sudden appearance of Huanyi, only a few people had heard of this mysterious new company. It acquired several old entertainment companies at a rapid speed. Many famous artists were recruited by the company. However, these news were covered tightly, until today, it was officially released to the public.

Many people have curiously asked who’s the backer of Huanyi to actually be this awesome. However, when they heard the two words of ‘Lu Family’,  these people couldn’t help but gasp.

Rong City’s Lu Family!

They actually made a move in the entertainment industry, is the day changing?

Many hearts were beating like crazy, but the reporters waiting outside the hotel couldn’t control it. They press the shutter button wildly when Ji Lin stepped off the car. The media were all seething with excitement.

“It’s Ji Lin!”

“ Oh My God, even Ji Lin had signed with them! Huan Yi is going to make a big move this time!”

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“Hurry, hurry, make a room for me!”

Reporters rushed forwards, but they were all stopped by Ji Lin’s bodyguards. For a while, the chaotic scene made Ji Lin, who was used to it, frowned. But soon after, Ji Lin’s eyes swept across the inside of the hotel, seemingly caught a glimpse of something, his sight was fixed at that spot. Ji Lin’s eyes brightened up. He pushed away the crowd two or three times and forced out a way to rush in.

Ji Lin’s movement was too obvious. The reporters with a keen sense of smell excitedly turned their camera towards the direction Ji Lin rushed too. They have never seen Ji Lin this excited. Could it be he saw someone he liked…. Oh, it turned out he saw [Fashion]’s vice-editor, Yu Ling? 

After seeing the person standing there, the reporters were disappointed. With Yu Ling’s age, she could be counted as Ji Lin’s mother, so it’s definitely not the kind of thing they thought of. Could there be new cooperation between Ji Lin and Fashion? Without any exciting news, the reposters lost their motivation and the camera aimed at Ji Lin moved away boredly.

Therefore, no one noticed that after Ji Lin rushed over and came to a stand, he only faced Yu Ling to say hello and his eyes immediately moved to Siyu who was standing behind Yu Ling.

This is the first time Ji Lin saw Siyu dressed up. The close-fitting snow=shite long skirt outlined the slender figure. It defined the outline of the soft and slender waist even more, looking so graceful and making people unable to hold their desire to grasp it. The long hair was nicely donned up, showing the white slender neck and the exquisite clavicle. Because they were joining a banquet, Siyu put on light make-up. After putting on the eyeshadow, there was a touch of redness on her always pale face. Compared to the normal times, she looked much more lively. She’s truly a rare beauty.

The little man in Ji Lin’s heart almost couldn’t help shouting: his elder sister is so beautiful! Nice clothes, too! How beautiful!

Siyu noticed Ji Lin’s burning gaze. She tilted her head and smiled at him. With this one smile, Ji Lin’s also immediately smiled back, except that his expression looked somewhat silly. Xiao Ai at the side couldn’t bear to look at him.

Ji-ge ah, you should be a little more restrained, we are currently in public….

However, Ji Lin didn’t hear Xiao Ai’s prayer. He took out his cellphone and put it into Xiao Ai’s hand. He commanded, “help me… cough cough, help me take a picture with them.”

Xiao Ai opened the camera numbly, looking at the scheming bitch Ji Lin who nonchalantly pushed Yu Ling away. A big man just inserted himself in the middle and his body deliberately turned towards Siyu. Xiao Ai realized that their Ji-ge is beyond hope.

After taking the picture, Xiao Ai paid attention to Ji Lin and saw that he quickly cropped Yu Ling out of the picture, leaving only the picture of him and Siyu. Then he set this picture as his phone’s wallpaper, which further confirmed Xiao Ai’s conjecture.

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Xiao Ai:….. Ji-ge, when did you become so scheming? ! only daring to do this covertly behind others’ back, aren’t you a man? !

The “I schemed until I am happy” Ji Lin still knew how far he should and shouldn’t go. There’s a busy flow of people here and it’s really not suitable for having a chat. Therefore, after the group photo, he didn’t continue to pester.  He obediently let Siyu and Yu Ling go, except that the eyes looking at Siyu’s back revealed their reluctance.

It would be nice if I could admit she’s my elder sister… Ji Lin thought. He had actually probed his mother Duan Rulan, but once he mentioned a bit of this elder sister, Duan Rulan would always be tight-lipped. Her attitude wasn’t just unwilling to mention, but it also contained disgust. Ji Lin was afraid that Duan Ru Lan would think too much, so he didn’t dare to speak more. As for his father Ji Wenhan, how can he recognize a child that is not his own?

{T/N: I’m not sure how to put the word, but Ji Lin wished that Siyu could be officially admitted into their family, that she’s his parents’ child, and she’s his elder sister]

Therefore, even if Ji Lin wanted to openly call Siyu “elder sister” very much, he still had to restrain his impulse. If Siyu became implicated because of his selfishness, he would certainly regret it till his death.

After gazing at Siyu’s receding figure, Ji Lin was thinking of going to the other side when a pleasantly surprised female voice sounded behind him, “Ji-ge!” 

Ji Lin looked back. He saw Xu Qingwan holding her skirt and shyly looking at him. He felt a headache forming.

This Xu Qingwan, don’t know what’s wrong with her. They both only cooperated once during that MV shooting and before, they didn’t know each other at all. But Xu Qingwan always stared at him with the gaze that seemed to convey that they had been in love and married for a long time. As long as he said a word with the opposite sex, Xu Qingwan would gaze condemnly at him, as if Ji Lin had betrayed her and all of these were beginning to get on Ji Lin’s nerve.

Even privately, Ji Lin suspected  Xu Qingwan had a delusional disorder. Otherwise, why would he always feel that Xu Qingwan regarded him as her property? 

Now, when they meet, Ji Lin didn’t want to talk to Xu Qingwan at all. He nodded perfunctorily and wanted to leave. Who would have thought that upon seeing this, Xu Qingwan immediately jogged to block the way in front of Ji Lin and even attempted to hold his hand. Ji Lin quickly dodged to the side and avoided her.  

“What the hell do you want?”, Ji Lin’s patience was running out.

“Ji-ge, listen to me. I just- just want to remind you……” Xu Qingwan looked down at her hand and felt very wronged, But she didn’t give up, “Ji-ge, that woman named Zhou Siyu harbor ill-intent! She approached you with a goal in mind! You must not be deceived. She, that person, would do anything…..” 

“Enough!”, Ji Lin originally wondered what Xu Qingwan wanted to say. However, after he heard this, he was so angry that the smiled in his eyes quickly turned cold. “This time, I will just regard it as you talking nonsense. However, if I heard you slander her again, don’t blame me for being impolite.”

Zhou Siyu approaching him with ill-intent? It’s all he wished for! If elder sister had this idea, he would have burned incense and worshipped Buddha to give thanks. What’s the use of talking in a roundabout way?

Xu Qingwan saw that Ji Lin didn’t believe her. In bewilderment, she even forgot to cover up and directly called out, “ A-Lin, What I said is true! Zhou Siyu is not sincere towards you. She just wants to….”

Ji Lin didn’t want to listen at all and interrupted directly, “ Miss Xu, first of all, I’m not familiar with you. Please don’t directly call my name. Besides, you and I don’t have any kind of relationship. You don’t have any qualifications to criticize my personal affairs.

When had Xu Qingwan ever seen Ji Lin so harsh towards her. Her eyes immediately went teary, looking rather pitiful. She was still unresigned and stretched her hand, trying to hold the edge of Ji Lin’s coat, “A-Lin…..”

This time, it was Xiao Ai who blocked her, “Xu Qingwan! Ji-ge is polite, but it doesn’t mean that I will be polite too! If you dare to speak bullshits again, aren’t you just stupid?”    

Facing Xiao Ai, Xu Qingwan put away her tears and glared at her angrily. Where did this woman come from? How dare she get close to Ji Lin!

After throwing down the warning, Xiao Ai hurriedly pushed Ji Lin to leave from there. This crazy woman is sick. Who does she, she thinks she is! 

Xu Qingwan wanted to follow, but Ji Lin’s bodyguard quietly blocked the way. She had to give up angrily and hatefully thought: It’s all Zhou Siyu’s fault! It won’t d0, she must stop her, otherwise, A-Lin will be deceived by that vicious woman! 

Siyu, who was being cursed furiously by Xu Qingwan, was in a good mood at the moment. She entered the banquet hall and looked around. Almost everyone’s luck was pink or red.  But well, to be able to participate in such a level of banquet, they surely had a considerable amount of luck. How could it possibly be bad?

For Siyu, being in such an environment was like coming to a forest from busy streets. The atmosphere was several times purer. She felt a steady flow of luck pouring into her body. The slight illness was cleanly swept off. The whole being had never been this relaxed. She almost cried in tears of joy.

Ah, this exuberant good luck. This time, she’s right to come!

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