Assistant to My Contracted Husband

Sister Ping has been professionally doing this for many years; what kind of script and director can make an actor blow up in popularity, she knows full well.

Hearing this, Gu Xiran nodded, the corner of her mouth hooking into a trace of sarcasm.

Mm...

It really is pretty lousy.

As for Song Le’s character, Gu Xiran had no doubts.

"Mm, I got it... Sister Ping, later my mommy will help me take a palace drama, help me keep an eye on a supporting female role, okay? I want her to come audition."

When Sister Ping heard what Tang Bao said, she was startled and couldn’t help trying to talk her out of it: "Tang Bao, don’t. If you let this kind of crappy actress act in it, won’t that ruin the whole drama?"

"Mm. Sister Ping, trust me, I have other uses for her... Don’t worry, an audition doesn’t count for much anyway. Besides, casting depends on the director. Maybe the director won’t even like me; I might not even get the female lead."

"You child... how is that possible."

Sister Ping had watched Gu Xiran claw her way up step by step from child star; she knew exactly how capable she was.

If Gu Xiran didn’t cut it, then there weren’t many people in the current entertainment circle who did.

Gu Xiran’s lips curved up, and she said softly, "Sister Ping, other people might not know how good I am, but you can’t not know. Honestly, I’m just playing around on a small scale. I’ve only had better platforms and opportunities since debut, that’s all. What I always need is a breakthrough. These years, I’ve basically been hovering in the same circle, never really breaking out."

Gu Xiran spoke very earnestly. She’d loved acting and being a fan of celebrities since she was little, which was probably why she’d gotten into the entertainment industry at all.

In short... liking it, treating it as work, having the right attitude, being serious—Gu Xiran had always done extremely well at all of that.

Mm, the reason she wanted to give Song Le the chance to audition was undoubtedly to force the woman to come to her doorstep.

Sometimes, if you know yourself and know your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without losing one.

Gu Xiran was not someone who clung and pestered. When Qin Jin said he wanted to get engaged to Song Le, she had just let it be. As for the fiancée being Song Le—heh—she really had no intention of going to question her; it was enough to let the woman walk to her of her own accord.

"You girl, you’re really modest... Looking around the whole entertainment circle, Tang Bao, honestly, even without the Gu Family, you could’ve made it... I’m speaking from a professional standpoint."

"Thank you, Sister Ping..."

A bright smile lifted the corners of Gu Xiran’s lips. She chatted idly with Sister Ping for a bit and felt her mood improve.

"Oh right, Sister Ping, do you still remember when I was filming at the cliff in the Primeval Forest..."

Gu Xiran wanted to ask. Back then, because of an accident during filming, there was a problem with the wire rig, and she fell straight from a great height. She’d been unconscious and only knew someone had carried her out of the Primeval Forest. Who it was, she’d judged purely on instinct and feeling.

Now Qin Jin suddenly said that he wasn’t the one who’d saved her back then, that it was Qin Song. Gu Xiran was skeptical about that.

She’d wanted to ask Sister Ping and get the story clear, but after thinking it over for a moment, Gu Xiran decided not to.

"What’s wrong?"

"Nothing... I’ll tell you later, Sister Ping... As for the movie, I’ll trouble you with that. I’m in my last year of high school this year, and I only plan to take two projects, one drama and one film, that’s it. You just help me take them. If my parents ask afterward, I’ll explain it to them."

"Okay, no problem."

Gu Xiran was no longer a child; she had her own judgment when it came to doing things.

On this point, Sister Ping had absolute faith.

...

On the other side, at the Qin Family:

The old master Qin flew into a rage. He was over ninety now, at the sunset of his life. Although his body was barely holding up, it was naturally far worse than before.

The Qin Family had always taken good care of the old man, all hoping he could live to a hundred.

Because of his age, the old master couldn’t join in the fun, so he hadn’t attended Gu Xiran’s eighteenth birthday banquet last night, though the rest of the Qin Family had all gone.

He only learned of the little episode at the birthday banquet from the TV news afterward, especially Qin Jin’s act of playing dumb, which became the butt of the media’s jokes. But most of the coverage was positive; they thought the brother and sister were very close and were just messing around.

The Qin Family knew the two had been childhood sweethearts, and they were even hoping to see this lovely match come true.

"Qin Jin, are you trying to anger me to death? In what way has Tang Baobao ever wronged you? In what way is she not outstanding enough, that she doesn’t deserve you? Why were you evading it again and again last night?"

In the Qin Family living room, the old master Qin sat in the main seat, so angry he almost smashed a cup right at Qin Jin.