Chapter Sixty-Four
Su Qianqian's mind was in a mess at the moment, but she remembered everything.
Wise men do not fall in love, and the lonely king pursues profound knowledge along the way.
The waste management system is really great.
They lied to her, telling her that skipping the second half of her senior year was irrelevant to the system's plot and unimportant to her. As a result, she lost her memories of those six months, which affected the plot of her two years in college.
[Useless System: Host, don't say that. This is how the main system made its judgment. It's not your fault, little waste. After all, this is a world where people are obsessed with love... Isn't being crazy in love and falling in love the most normal thing?]
'But I'm not from this world. Is the purpose of this to assimilate me? Since I transmigrated to this system world, I should be the protagonist of this system world.'
This time, Su Qianqian didn't wipe the water off her face from top to bottom. Instead, she swept her bangs, which made her look soft and cute, up from bottom to top, revealing her fair forehead. Her usually harmless but sharp eyes now seemed rather sharp.
I should have focused on making money from the start and ignored this damn system's nagging.
Unfortunately, she had been lonely and afraid of being alone since childhood in her original world. She thought that coming to this system world would allow her to gain some genuine affection. She really wanted a home and a confidant to accompany her.
In this systemic world, giving is not wrong, but expecting a return is wrong.
She overestimated these two-dimensional characters.
Su Qianqian turned around, her entire demeanor completely different. She looked up and saw Su Lian standing at the airport exit, holding a black umbrella and staring at her intently.
Su Qianqian remembered everything. Su Lian was not the original owner's half-sister, but was adopted by Bai Qiu.
Su Lian drugged her during the second semester of her senior year of high school. The housekeeper discovered this and investigated. Su Qianqian had always been indifferent to Su Lian, but since Su Lian had done this, she couldn't let him stay, so she kicked him out.
Su Qianqian was too lazy to delve into why Su Lian did what she did back then; perhaps it was for money.
That's why Jiang Cuo was so angry when she saw the photo of Su Lian stealing a kiss from her.
Jiang Cuo is truly a strange person. He is clearly so ruthless, yet he acts as if he loves her so much. I don't know if he is deceiving himself or others. It's really laughable.
Even in the pouring rain, Su Lian still wore a delicate white dress, resembling a small white flower that could be broken at any moment but remained strong in the storm.
Su Lian: "Sister."
Su Qianqian walked straight over, her eyes cold and devoid of warmth. "Don't call me sister. I have nothing now. You don't need to play tricks on me. You followed me so quickly, so you must have been behind what happened today. You really have some tricks up your sleeve."
Su Lian's heart skipped a beat, and she tilted the umbrella to Su Qianqian's side. "Sister, you've remembered everything?"
Su Qianqian: "I haven't forgotten at all. I just wanted to give you a chance. I don't like scheming people. I've said that from this moment on, I will lose all my property and have nothing. You don't need to follow me anymore."
Su Qianqian stepped directly out from under Su Lian's umbrella.
When the airport staff saw Su Qianqian return, they immediately put away their stools, packed up sunflower seeds, and shook their heads with a sigh. It seemed she was another one who loved to fail.
Su Lian stared at Su Qianqian's heartless back, stamped her foot, bit her lip, and felt extremely unwilling. She had worked hard for a year and a half, so why did Su Qianqian still refuse to look at her even though Jiang Cuo had already left?
"Sister, I know I was wrong. Please don't abandon me. You're not completely destitute. You still have me. I don't care about any of that."
Su Lian chased after her closely.
Su Qianqian walked very fast, randomly choosing a direction and walking forward without stopping.
Knowing that Su Lian had run up to Su Qianqian, he stretched out his arms to block Su Qianqian's way.
Su Qianqian then looked up at her.
“I knew a long time ago that you weren’t my sister. The day you took me back from the mental hospital, I saw on the first page of the white diary that it said I was adopted by her. Since I went to the villa, I haven’t treated you as my sister for a single day. I like you, I want to have you, I want to be with you.”
The heavy rain was still falling, but Su Lian, who was standing in front of Su Qianqian, had already thrown her umbrella aside and was getting soaked with Su Qianqian. She yelled at Su Qianqian, "I just hope you can turn around and look at me. Jiang Cuo is gone. She doesn't care about my sister. My sister was so good to her. Jiang Cuo is a heartless ingrate!"
Su Qianqian looked at Su Lian with calm and unwavering eyes, and after a long while, she finally spoke, "Jiang Cuo is an ingrate, but what about you? How many times have you tripped me up behind my back? Jiang Cuo was determined to go abroad, and you pushed him along the way. You could have told me in advance so I could have prepared, but you remained indifferent and waited for things to happen, and then saw me in such a sorry state. Su Lian, from the moment you found out you weren't my half-sister, you should have kept to your proper place. The way I treated you before was because I thought you were related to me by blood, so I gave you some face. That incident in the second semester of our senior year had already exhausted all my patience. What you did wasn't love, it was obsession, it was selfishness."
As an outsider, you shouldn't interfere in my relationship with Jiang Cuo. Relationships are a matter between two people. I won't hold grudges against you for what happened before; let's wish each other well from now on.
After Su Qianqian finished speaking, she immediately turned around and left in another direction.
“I admit I’m selfish, I admit I used a lot of tricks, but I wanted you to see me, instead of only having eyes for Jiang Cuo. What did I do wrong? I like you, I want to have you, I want a better life. Do you think I can get what I want without doing anything? Sister, I am not you, nor am I Jiang Cuo. I am the one who truly has nothing.”
Su Lian initially stayed by Su Qianqian's side as a sister, but she never expected that she and Su Qianqian would only remain sisters in the future.
Su Lian shouted at Su Qianqian in resentment, "Why? Just because Jiang Cuo is pretty, just because Jiang Cuo is good at studying, just because I realized my feelings too late? Didn't Jiang Cuo appear in your heart earlier? I will not give up."
Su Lian dug her nails into her palms.
She was unwilling to accept it.
She was never a good person to begin with. She was selfish, greedy, treacherous, and scheming. So what? She was willing to throw away all shame just to get Su Qianqian to look at her. What did she have to be afraid of?
That was her light, and she wouldn't allow it to be extinguished by anyone else.
Hearing Su Lian shouting behind her, Su Qianqian smiled self-deprecatingly.
There aren't so many whys. The only reason is that Su Lian is just a supporting character who isn't even cannon fodder.
Su Qianqian stomped hard on the puddle in front of her, splashing water everywhere.
Because her memories of those six months were erased, she did many self-deprecating things, but that doesn't mean she can accept Su Lian.
Only the deer antlers remained, squatting in the corner of the airport boarding gate.
After the rain stopped and the airport staff went home, he quietly slipped out and began searching carefully, inch by inch, for the necklace that Su Qianqian had lost.
Everyone else was just watching the show, but she was genuinely moved.
Qianqian's misplaced love was for the child she had protected for three years; she couldn't let him just disappear like that.
Su Qianqian struggled to get through this month-long summer vacation.
She had nothing, and no one cared about her, but thankfully, she had experienced it all.
Walking step by step from her home to the school, Su Qianqian met the female protagonist of the original book, Jiu Cuo.
[Waste System: Detected the latest storyline with the most main characters in the system world. Binding to the host is underway, adjusting the host's tasks and the system world's integration level. Ding dong, congratulations, host, everything has been restored.]
"You want to enter the entertainment industry? I can promote you, but you have to sign a five-year contract with me. During these five years, you have to work hard without complaint and do whatever I ask you to do. In return, I will use all the best resources to promote you."
Jiu Cuo's eyes widened. "You...you're Su Qianqian? Is it true? I promise! Not just five years, I'll take ten."
Jiu Cuo's biggest dream is to enter the entertainment industry, but her father disagrees and her mother doesn't care about her at all. She is coerced by her mother and forced to transfer to this school.
Su Qianqian remained unfazed by the restoration of everything, her eyes cold as she looked at Jiu Cuo as if he were a commodity.
“I will set up an entertainment company just for you. I have no shortage of money, but I only like obedient artists.”
...
Two years later.
[Waste System: Congratulations on graduating from university, host. A new storyline has begun. Since the host's character in the original book did not survive to the present, the host will encounter many new characters and new challenges... Congratulations also on achieving 100% integration with the system world. The host will no longer be subject to system restrictions, all of the host's assets have been secured, and the host will be rewarded with 100% luck.]
From this moment on, the Waste System is officially offline. Thank you for your appearance and companionship, host. We wish you good luck.
Su Qianqian, dressed in a fitted black suit, sat in the CEO's seat at her company.
The housekeeper poured her a cup of refreshing tea.
Lu Rong knocked on the door and took out a stack of documents. Lu Rong has now become the planning and publicity manager for Su Qianqian's company.
"President Su, this is Jiu Cuo's first drama. It's already generated enough buzz, but we need a gimmick to promote it."
Before graduation, Jiang Cuo was restricted from entering the entertainment industry while in university. After graduation, Su Qianqian began to reap the rewards and monetize this cash cow.
Su Qianqian raised her eyelids slightly. "I've looked at the two plans you gave me. I'll proceed with plan two."
Lu Rong: "Okay, President Su, it seems Jiang Cuo will be back soon. This is the job application she sent me the day before yesterday."
As everyone knows, the name Jiang Cuo was taboo in the first year of university, and only became better in the second year.
Lu Rong looked at Su Qianqian's expression. Su Qianqian raised her hand and said coldly, "We refuse. Our company is currently the largest entertainment company in the market. We only accept face-to-face meetings. No one has this privilege."
Su Qianqian's indifferent response was like rejecting a stranger.
Lu Rong could only nod and then silently left.
After Lu Rong gently closed the door to Su Qianqian's office, her phone suddenly rang.
"Our CEO Jiang will be getting off the plane in half an hour. Aren't you going to send someone to pick him up? Our CEO Jiang is bringing back resources with him."
Lu Rong gasped, his teeth aching with worry. "Don't worry, I'll go get it."
In the past two years, the only person Jiang Cuo has kept in touch with is her.
Su Qianqian broke off contact with Jiang Cuo.
Only she continues to update Qianqian's Misguided Love. Although not many people read it anymore, she still continues to write at her own pace. For example, how Su Qianqian waits for Jiang Cuo to return with resentment, crying every day and begging bitterly, but she does not want to be looked down upon by Jiang Cuo, so she suppresses all her emotions in her heart and does not show them.
In the end, passersby noticed that the number of views had dropped to one, and they wondered who had been persistently watching it.
Preparations for the promotion of Jiu Cuo's new drama have begun again. Lu Rong called his subordinates in the publicity department, "Get it trending on social media first, and have all the major marketing accounts and public accounts start preparing. The headline should be 'Rich Second Generation Su Qianqian Spends a Fortune for Love, Promoting a New Actress, Has She Completely Forgotten Her Ex-Girlfriend Jiang Cuo?'"
Jiang Cuo appeared at the airport after getting off the plane, wearing black sunglasses. He looked capable and refined, with a calm expression that exuded an imposing aura. His delicate chin was exposed, and his thin lips were slightly pursed. He glanced around with a slight gesture, as if waiting for someone to leave.
Before she went abroad, the person who had been in contact with her overseas knew about her situation and asked her if she was willing to leave Su Qianqian.
Su Qianqian doesn't seem like a rich second-generation at all; she's more like her caged canary, influenced by her every move, her joys and sorrows all stemming from her.
She wasn't afraid at all. Su Qianqian liked her to death, and had been clinging to her for so many years, using all sorts of reasons, excuses, and methods to stay by her side.
She was certain that Su Qianqian would be the first person to pick her up after she got off the plane.
He went abroad, underwent special training and extensive learning, and almost cut off contact with the outside world, but the only thing he persisted in was pursuing Qianqian's misplaced love.
Su Qianqian hadn't contacted her for two years, so she must have harbored some resentment, but compared to her love for her, it was nothing, not even worth mentioning.
She could already picture Su Qianqian seeing her soon. She would hug her tightly, weeping and pounding her chest, pouring out the pain she had endured for the past year or two. When she took off her sunglasses, Su Qianqian would be stunned by her beauty, then fall into her arms, unable to pull herself away. Just as she was about to explain, Su Qianqian would stand on tiptoe and seal her lips with hers, forbidding her from blaming herself.
Then at night, if she coaxed her a little, Su Qianqian would unleash her beastly nature and 'punish' her properly, and she would be more magnanimous and do it without complaint.
However, Jiang Cuo stood quietly at the airport for ten minutes, standing out from the crowd of people coming and going. Everyone who saw the elegant Jiang Cuo would turn their heads and focus their attention on her.
Jiang Cuo's composure gradually crumbled.
Suddenly, a group of fans rushed into the airport, seemingly there to greet the arriving passenger.
Carrying a large loudspeaker.
Jiang Cuo heard the name, Jiu Cuo.
A banner was suddenly unfurled not far behind the group of fans, and the content on it made Jiang Cuo narrow his eyes, his phoenix eyes becoming much more dangerous.
"Rich second-generation Su Qianqian is spending lavishly on love and promoting a young actress. Has she completely forgotten her ex-girlfriend Jiang Cuo?"