Sun Chengcheng looked up and saw an unforgettable face.
The close-up, face-to-face shot was so intense that even she, a straight woman, felt her heart flutter.
Sun Chengcheng took a half step back and stammered, "It's...it's my friend. She only told me to deliver this message, nothing else. Who are you?"
Zhou Yi'an, who was behind, asked, "What's your friend's name?"
Sun Chengcheng swallowed hard, feeling as if the air around her was about to freeze. The people in front of and behind her had powerful auras, staring intently at her as if they wanted to poke a hole through her.
Sun Chengcheng immediately replied, "Just...just an ordinary friend."
"Name," Zhou Yi'an said in a low voice.
She naturally has a roguish air about her, and her smile is a bit sinister. She's deliberately releasing her powerful aura right now.
Alpha pheromones exert pressure on Omegas; this is an innate instinct of the body.
Xu Qingzhu sensed something was wrong. She glared at Zhou Yi'an and walked away.
Sun Chengcheng felt her legs go weak and instinctively reached out to grab Zhou Yi'an, but Zhou Yi'an dodged her.
It was at this moment that Sun Chengcheng realized that this person was an Alpha, which meant it wasn't Xu Qingzhu, because Xu Qingzhu was an Omega!
"Aren't you Xu Qingzhu?" Sun Chengcheng asked.
Xu Qingzhu said, "Yes, that's me. So, can you tell me your friend's name?"
Unable to withstand the pressure, Sun Chengcheng said coldly, "Her name is Liang Shi, and I don't know anything else."
Sun Chengcheng said, "Those were her last words... I'm just here to relay a message."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
For some reason, after saying those words, Sun Chengcheng felt as if the air around her had frozen.
And she also needs to win over Xu Qingzhu.
She gave Xu Qingzhu a weak smile: "I'm sorry, my tone was a bit harsh just now."
"It's nothing. You seem a little unwell. Why don't you go upstairs and have a cup of tea?" Xu Qingzhu said.
//
Xu Qingzhu actually had a good impression of this person who suddenly appeared, provided that she didn't say those dying words.
People value first impressions when they meet.
She really liked this person, but...
Xu Qingzhu took a deep breath to calm herself down, and asked Sun Chengcheng again in the office, but the information she got was the same.
There wasn't much content.
Xu Qingzhu treated her to tea, snacks, and dinner.
They exchanged contact information.
Hsu Ching-chu said she didn't understand the message either, but still asked her to reply, "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."
Xu Qingzhu said it was just politeness.
Sun Chengcheng was caught off guard.
After Sun Chengcheng left, Xu Qingzhu immediately had someone check her information.
It's a very normal and unremarkable document.
That evening, Liang Shi received a new message on his phone from Gu Yixue: "You haven't been in contact with Sun Chengcheng?"
Soon another message came: "I've rested enough. Is your schedule free yet?"
Xu Qingzhu was surprised when she saw the name Sun Chengcheng, and then politely replied to Gu Yixue on her phone, explaining the current situation.
Then I saw a document titled "Clarification" on Liang Shi's phone homepage.
She clicked on it, and the first thing she saw was—As an artist, I know that learning art begins with learning morality. It's not my fault that I didn't go to university, but I ask myself honestly, my morals are perfectly sound. I did not sexually harass Sun Chengcheng while filming, and I certainly didn't lay a hand on her just because I liked her…
It's a long and detailed piece of writing, nearly a thousand words long.
Xu Qingzhu also learned who this Sun Chengcheng was.
Liang Shi had mentioned it to her before. He said that she hadn't done anything there, but people still scolded her, and rumors kept coming at her, so she could only endure it.
Xu Qingzhu finished reading the clarification with tears in her eyes.
As expected, she went back.
She returned to her world.
Before she could even gather her thoughts, she received a call from Zhou Yi'an.
Zhou Yi'an asked directly, "Liang He... you mean Liang Shi?"
Xu Qingzhu remained silent and did not respond.
Zhou Yi'an continued, "What about Liang Shi from before?"
That crazy, irritable Liang Shi, whose eyes were full of hostility.
Xu Qingzhu let out a soft breath: "I don't know."
She couldn't even find her own lover, let alone someone else's.
//
On her way back from Sun Chengcheng's house, Liang Shi solemnly asked Wang Zhaozhao, "Sister Wang, could you help me hold a press conference?"
Wang Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow: "What? Are you making a comeback?"
Liang Shi shook his head and smiled slightly, "No, it's a press conference announcing my retirement from the entertainment industry."
She will definitely find a way to get back to Xu Qingzhu's side. Even if she can't go back, she will never be an actress in this world again.
She said in a deep voice, "I want to be an honest and upright person."
She denied those baseless accusations.
Xiao Bai was a little sad. "Sister Liang, are we really just giving up like this? People are actually quite tolerant of these things these days."
"It's okay." Liang Shi patted her head. "I'll bake with you."
"Wouldn't that be a waste of talent?" Xiaobai shook his head: "No, you should just be a shareholder."
Liang Shi chuckled and said to Wang Zhaozhao, "This can also be considered a clarification press conference."
Wang Zhaozhao thought for a moment, "Are you still deciding to go back?"
Xiao Bai asked in confusion, "Go back? Go where?"
Wang Zhaozhao scoffed: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."
Liang Shi said, "I haven't found a way yet... but if I have the chance, I will."
Now we can only pin our hopes on that garbage system.
All they do is exploit bugs!
That'll infuriate her.
However, Liang Shi suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She seemed to know what she, Sun Chengcheng, and Qi Jiao had in common!
—It seems they all exchanged time and space because of their wishes/obsessions!
Chapter 130
Liang Shi once had a wish: to have lots and lots of love.
Those were lines from a movie she watched many years ago, and she often quotes them.
In everyone's eyes, she is Qiu Zimin's most beloved daughter.
But love that is said a thousand times over is not true love.
True love can be felt, like my older brother's.
But the eldest brother was too busy at that time. He was being groomed as the primary heir of the Liang family, and there were extremely high requirements for him in terms of both skills and character.
So at that time, he not only had heavy coursework, but also all kinds of social classes.
The time available to Liang Shi is limited.
The days spent playing and joking with my older brother were very happy; I could feel love there.
That's why she could clearly feel that the "love" Qiu Zimin gave her was distorted.
Qiu Zimin only "loves" her in public.
Behind people's backs, they are always contemptuous and disgusted.
Her father was merely a background figure, indifferent to her.
It was because of her older brother that she realized what she had received from Qiu Zimin was all an illusion.
So she wants lots and lots of love.
She didn't want to be sent to Yang Jiani by Qiu Zimin, nor did she want to always see Qiu Zimin's disgusted look.
As a child, she didn't even understand why Qiu Zimin disliked her.
She clearly really likes... kids.
She was always strict yet loving towards both her eldest and second eldest brothers, but she was different towards her.
At that time, all she wanted was some warmth in that cold, lifeless home.
After she came into this world, although she had no parents, her grandparents gave her plenty of love.
They depended on each other for survival, and even though they lived in poverty, they had enough love for each other.
The original owner of this body took on Qiu Zimin's "revenge" for her, and became world-weary and irritable.
The system once said that her relationship with the original owner was about restoring order and correcting past mistakes.
Who caused this change in order?