This translation is by Pocketrobbin at S h a n g h a i f a n t a s y . c o m

Gu Group had removed the trending searches and suppressed public opinion, but the official announcement was still there.

Lin Manman had also seen the post.

Her first instinctive reaction was anger.

Su Mei had deceived her!

Clearly, she had inherited Gu Hongguang’s inheritance, obtained shares, and even openly entered Gu Group’s shareholders’ meeting. Yet, when they met that day, Su Mei had the audacity to lie about how miserable her life was.

And Su Mei had the nerve to call her best friend. Hah, it was utterly ridiculous.

After her anger subsided, Lin Manman thought about how Su Mei not only hadn’t become poor but her wealth had multiplied nearly a hundred times. Lin Manman quickly regained her composure.

Taking out her phone, the first thing Lin Manman did was remove Su Mei from the blacklist, then she sent Su Mei a message.

【Susu, actually, you misunderstood what happened between Jingyi and me that day. I had something urgent come up and didn’t get a chance to explain it properly.】

【Notification: Sumey has enabled friend verification. You are not friends yet. Please……】

“She actually blocked me?!” Lin Manman was utterly incredulous.

She found Su Mei’s number in her phone contacts and dialed it.

“The number you are trying to call is busy……”

Suppressing her anger, Lin Manman dialed Su Mei again using a phone number that Su Mei didn’t know.

This time, the prompt was still, ” The number you are trying to call is busy……”

“That’s impossible……” This number was set up for her by Wei Jingyi after they got together, so there was no way Su Mei could know this number.

Lin Manman’s expression turned ugly.

However, what Lin Manman didn’t know was that her previous number had indeed been blocked by Su Mei. As for the new number, Su Mei had no idea about it.

The reason for the currently busy message was because Su Mei was genuinely on a call at that moment.

After the trending searches were swiftly suppressed by the male protagonist, Su Mei found it pointless to dwell on it and decided to focus on her livestreaming instead.

Finishing that day’s livestream, before she could even order takeout, another call came in.

At this point, it was the fifth call Su Mei had answered since ending the stream.

All the calls were from members of the wives’ group chat, also known as the ‘Head Sisters group’.

These women were all people ‘Su Mei’ had met after been taken home by Gu Hongguang, consisting mostly of wives of various company owners.

Normally, ‘Su Mei’ would arrange outings with them to attend concerts, get their hair done, enjoy spa treatments, or chat about the latest handbags and clothes, and they seemed to meet quite frequently.

However, ever since the news of Gu Hongguang’s death was released, the entire Head Sisters group had gone silent.

It was also possible that Su Mei had been unilaterally blocked by them.

“Mrs. Gu, are you feeling any better? I was so shocked to hear about Old Mr. Gu’s passing that I didn’t dare call you, since I feared that you hadn’t yet come to terms with it.”

Hearing ‘Mrs. Yu’s’ words on the phone, Su Mei rolled her eyes.

What was this? Had these women coordinated their calls today? Even their opening lines were the same.

“Ha ha, I’m fine, thank you for your concern.” Su Mei replied with a forced smile.

“What are you saying? How could I not be concerned about any of our sisters’ affairs? I thought you might have started to recover, so I finally dared to call you.”

“Well, thank you. If there’s nothing else……”

“Wait, don’t hang up, Mrs. Gu. I haven’t finished. I’ve got two invitations to the auction hosted by Shengyuan Group, and you were the first person I thought of.”

“Auction?”

To be honest, hearing those words piqued Su Mei’s interest. The other Su Mei had attended a few, but Su Mei herself had only seen them on TV.

“Yes, you know, Shengyuan Group’s auctions have always been quite successful, and this time, it’s focused on jewelry. Haven’t you taken an interest in jewelry recently? I heard the quality of the gems being auctioned this time is exceptionally high.”

“Really?” Su Mei’s eyes lit up.

Oh my, jewelry!

If the other Su Mei liked expensive things, Su Mei herself was completely irresistible to those bling-bling things.

“Of course! I even had my husband give me a credit card with an eight-digit limit in advance. How about we go together? It’ll be a nice way for you to get out and clear your mind.”

“Sure, sure!” Su Mei nodded eagerly.

Now that she was a billionaire, Su Mei had little to worry about. As long as it didn’t interfere with the novel’s plot or the romantic storyline between the male and female protagonists, she felt free to do whatever she wanted.

“Then it’s settled. The auction starts at 7 PM this evening, and it will be held at Shengyuan Hotel. I’ll send you the detailed information shortly. Let’s meet at the venue then.”

“No problem.”

After confirming with Mrs. Yu, Su Mei quickly went upstairs and rummaged through her wardrobe, pulling out a collection of evening dresses she had long kept hidden away.

Since coming to this novel world, Su Mei had mostly stayed at home except for those two days. Most of her clothes were casual homewear she had bought online.

The evening dresses in front of her were all from the other Su Mei’s collection.

Although she didn’t have a great character setup in 《Contract Lover》, her taste in clothing was genuinely excellent.

Su Mei genuinely liked every single one of these evening dresses.

“Susu?”

“Eh? Wu Fei, why are you here?”

“I kept getting a busy signal when I called you and was worried you might be shutting yourself off, so I came over to check.” Wu Fei said.

As soon as the official post from Gu Group came out, the internet exploded. Just reading those comments made her angry, let alone how Su Mei must have felt.

Fortunately, CEO Gu handled the situation swiftly.

“Shutting myself off? Not at all.” Su Mei said. “I was just fielding a series of condolences from my plastic sisters.”

“Pfft—”

“Forget about that. It’s not important. Come over and help me check these out.”

“Evening dresses? So many? What are you planning to do with them?” Wu Fei asked, eyes wide.

“Going to an auction.”

“Well, you don’t need to pull out so many at once.” She said, almost hating the rich.

“I just don’t know which one to wear.” Su Mei said, biting her finger with a look of frustration. “I’ve been picking for ages and still can’t choose the best one. At this rate, I feel like I’ll end up picking the ugliest one.”

Such are the woes of the wealthy.

Wu Fei thought, This person seems to be making nonsense sound so reasonable.

“Fortunately, I don’t have the same problem.” Wu Fei quipped.

Immediately, she pointed to one of the dresses, her eyes shining. “That one, that light champagne-colored one is gorgeous. I think the color suits you perfectly.”

Following the direction of Wu Fei’s finger, Su Mei saw the long dress hanging in the corner.

Su Mei: “……”

First, Su Mei had to admit that Wu Fei’s taste was indeed excellent, as she also thought this dress was the most beautiful one. Moreover, it was the most expensive piece among the other Su Mei’s belongings.

But!

Coincidentally, this dress was the very one Su Mei was wearing on the day she arrived in this world— the same day the other Su Mei had someone put sleeping pills in the male protagonist’s drink.

If it hadn’t been so expensive and beautiful, Su Mei would have destroyed it long ago.

“Not that one.” Even after so many days, just seeing the dress made Su Mei recall the embarrassing moment of sneaking off from the kingsized bed that day.

“Why not? I think that one looks really great.”

“Uhh, I wore that dress the last time I attended a banquet, and it hasn’t been long since then.”

“Oh, okay then.” Wu Fei nodded, agreeing with Su Mei’s reasoning.

Then, she took another evening dress out of the wardrobe.

“How about this one? It’s also really nice.”

Seemingly convinced that Su Mei would look great in this color and style, Wu Fei chose a gown that, while different from the previous one, was quite similar.

“Alright, this one it is.” Su Mei looked at it, nodded, and said. After all, she didn’t have any psychological trauma associated with this dress.

With the evening dress chosen, Su Mei spent another hour applying exquisite makeup.

Having been accustomed to seeing Su Mei in either homewear or sporty outfits from certain online shops, Wu Fei was almost stunned by Su Mei’s refined appearance. She couldn’t help but stare at Su Mei for a while, her eyes practically sparkling.

“How do I look, Xiao Feifei?” Su Mei deliberately gave Wu Fei a flirtatious glance.

“Mmhmm, beautiful!” This was how Su Mei was supposed to look, right?

“So, are you planning to find a new romance?” Wu Fei asked.

“Xiao Feifei, I’ve noticed that you’ve been talking unrestrainedly to your boss more and more recently.” Su Mei said, giving Wu Fei a playful look.

So much for the cute girl— she seemed to be getting bolder and bolder.

“Though, I think your suggestion is quite good.”

With her looks and wealth, having a glamorous romance also seemed appealing.

Once she was completely free from the novel’s plot, she could let go of herself— that’s not right— she could enjoy life right now. Then, should she go for a charming little puppy^[1]a man who is younger than the girl, simple, naïve, caring, emotionally dependent, and loyal or a fierce little wolfdog^[2]handsome young guys who are confident, strong, and determined about winning the heart of those they love, usually a woman years older than themselves?

“Susu, I was just joking. You’re not actually thinking of finding someone else, are you?”

Given how quickly Su Mei’s assets had increased over the past few days, she hadn’t yet calculated the exact amount, but the other party was already within the top 50 on the list of wealthiest individuals in Z Country. Why would she still look for a second one?

However, seeing Su Mei’s longing expression, Wu Fei felt a bit uneasy.

“What are you thinking about? Is it not okay for me to seriously find a cute guy to date?”

“Huh? So that’s what you meant?”

“Otherwise?”

“Hehe, nothing, nothing. By the way, didn’t you say the auction starts at 7? If you don’t leave soon, there might be heavy traffic. Boss, would you like me to give you a ride?”

“No need.” Su Mei wanted to drive the most stylish car from her garage.

“Alright then. I hope you have a romantic encounter as soon as you step out!”

“Absolutely!”