Lu Caiwei who originally wanted to confront the car owner: “……”

It’s her cousin^[1]daughter of mother’s brother who is younger than oneself whom she wasn’t particularly close with. Even if she didn’t like the other party, it would be too embarrassing to really quarrel with her. After all, they were related by blood—— although they weren’t particularly close and was separated by an indescribable barrier.

Chen Chacha first smiled at Lu Caiwei before glancing at Chen Cha. Concealing her displeasure, she revealed a very sweet smile and said, “I’m sorry, I haven’t drive by myself for a long time. It wasn’t intentional just now. Did I scare you?”

It’s great if you’re scared.

Chacha smiled warmly and looked very calm. There’s no sign of being scared at all. “It’s okay, but you should never drive by yourself in the future. Fortunately, you didn’t hit anyone or a building, otherwise, you would harm yourself and others. And as a celebrity, this kind of thing will have a negative impact. Us fans will be very sad.”

“……” Chen Chacha clicked her tongue inwardly. “Hehehe, thank you for your reminder.”

Chacha remained smiling. “It’s no problem. It’s for the sake of an actress that I like.”

Lu Caiwei felt like there were daggers hidden in the two girls smile. However, she was more inclined towards Chen Cha in her heart, because it was indeed Chen Cha who got almost hit. Moreover, Chen Chacha’s apology didn’t really sound repentant.

Lu Caiwei was quite used to it. This cousin of hers had been like this since they were little. She’s always capricious and never know how to repent. Although the other party could deceive adults who think that she didn’t know any better since she’s just a child, Lu Caiwei was much more sensitive as someone about the same age. It was very obvious to her who was really good and who was really bad.

However, although Chen Chacha was capricious, she hasn’t done anything particularly vicious so far, nor does she dare to endanger her own interests. Therefore, Lu Caiwei had been pretending to turn a blind eye to the other party’s covert behaviour.

Lu Caiwei voiced out, “What did you come to see me for?”

In the past, in order to show familiarity, Lu Caiwei always called her cousin Chacha, but because Chen Cha’s Weibo name was ‘Chacha Loves Drinking Tea’, everyone calls her Chacha. She originally got curious due to Chen Cha’s username, and because the other party was so good at arguing, it led to her following Chen Cha.

Over time, there would be feeling of attachment. And now, she calls Chen Cha, Chacha by default, instead of her cousin Chacha.

Chen Chacha walked up to Lu Caiwei and held her arm. “Isn’t today your birthday? It’s still early. I pushed off an appointment and come here to go shopping with you.”

Lu Caiwei nodded. “Hmm, alright.”

“Since the person you’re waiting for is here, I’ll leave first.” Chacha told Lu Caiwei, “By the way, happy birthday.”

“Thank you.” Lu Caiwei smiled sweetly.

Just as Chacha left, another car came. The window rolled down, revealing Chen Yingge’s face. He said, “I happen to pass by. Caiwei, happy birthday. I’ll drive you back.”

“Okay.” Lu Caiwei preferred Chen Yingge to Chen Chacha purely because of personality issues. Plus, she had a better relationship with the former.

“Brother, I almost crashed while driving just now. Let me ride with you as well.”

“Okay.”

Chen Chacha went to park her car and got into Chen Yingge’s, then the three of them went back together.

Chen Chacha wanted to ask Lu Caiwei how she met Chen Cha, but due to the presence of her older brother, she felt that it wasn’t good to mention Chen Cha in front of him, thus she didn’t say anything.

However, Lu Caiwei couldn’t stay idle and gossiped with Chen Yingge, saying, “Brother Yingge, do you know Chen Cha?”

Chen Yingge said, “Chacha Loves Drinking Tea?”

That’s right, Chen Cha was most known online for her Weibo name ‘Chacha Loves Drinking Tea’. Many only recognize her username and not the name Chen Cha.

“Yes.” Lu Caiwei said with shining eyes, “Let me tell you, isn’t she from the same school as me? She has never joined any club before, but she suddenly joined our club yesterday. She’s really beautiful in person. Looking at her up close, tsk, tsk, tsk, that skin ah, I doubt she even has pores.”

Chen Yingge smiled.

Chen Chacha’s tone suddenly became urgent, “By the way, Sister Caiwei, do you have any gifts you want?”

Lu Caiwei answered, “Anything is fine.”

Chen Chacha’s question was untimely. Wasn’t it because she wanted to interrupt Lu Caiwei? If not, why would she ask about it at her birthday? If she really cares about Lu Caiwei, she should have either asked in advance or just buy a gift directly. Asking at this point in time was obviously not right.

However, Lu Caiwei didn’t pay much attention to this. Knowing that this made people angry didn’t mean that she would really become angry. She could see that Chen Chacha was a bit jumpy today. The other party was usually hypocritical, but she could still act well on the surface.

Lu Caiwei was interrupted by Chen Chacha and wasn’t interested in continuing.

The entire journey was silent.

Chen Chacha’s mental state at the moment alternated between shock, fright and anger.

The reason was that after Lu Caiwei returned, the family had dinner together, and when her grandparents, uncle and aunt asked about how Lu Caiwei was doing at school, she brought up Chen Cha again.

The group of elders were also interested in people Lu Caiwei was interested in, so they asked all kinds of questions, almost finding about all the eighteen generations of Chen Cha’s ancestors.

From the time they were in the car and Lu Caiwei said that Chen Cha suddenly joined the opera club, Chen Chacha understood that Chen Cha did it on purpose. Because Chen Cha knew that the two assailants were closely related to her, she deliberately approached Lu Caiwei.

But why did Chen Cha think that an outsider could trip her up by getting close to her cousin?

No, no, Chen Cha wasn’t an ordinary person. She had been enduring until she was eighteen years old. No one knows what she was thinking before, much less what her plans were now.

Beneath Chen Chacha’s anger, there was more panic.

What she fears most was the Chen family finding out that she’s a fake. Even if she knew that Chen Cha having contact with the Chen family wasn’t a big deal, and that unless special circumstances happened, they would never know the truth, but, she’s still afraid.

This caused her to have nightmares all night long after dinner ended and she went to bed.

———pr

The next day.

Chacha called Yan Shanmei.

“Hello, President Xiao Cha.”

Chacha asked, “Is Chen Chacha also in Ning An’s new drama?”

Yan Shanmei said, “Yes. She’s originally going to play the second female lead but she didn’t want to, but because this is a large production and has a high reputation, she made a guest appearance to gain some popularity. Afterwards, she took on the lead role in another costume drama. She happened to have her part today and is currently taking a break.”

“Mm, okay.” Chacha hung up the phone, then sent Ning An a WeChat message asking her if she was free.

Ning An instantly replied, 【Yes, I’m resting and will continue shooting in ten minutes.】

Chen Cha called her on WeChat and Ning An answered with a confused look on her face, “Do you have anything particularly important to talk to me about?”

One must know that Chen Cha would only normally send her text messages and rarely made phone calls, much less a video call. The main reason Chen Cha would seek her out was if she needed to find her for something, or it was another sudden impulse to bully her……

Thinking about it, it’s really sad.

Chacha revealed a smile and said, “I just want to see how you’re doing. You’re the most anticipated actress in our company. As the boss, I naturally care about you.”

Ning An was flattered by Chen Cha’s words but she still asked cautiously, “Has something…… um…… happened to you?”

“Nope.” Chacha said, “Come on, show me the surrounding area and let me see how the crew is doing.”

Ning An obediently moved her face away from the camera, revealing the full view of the set as she moved around. When the camera arrived at Chen Chacha’s side, Chacha said, “Okay, stop, this is the angle.”

Chacha carefully admired the fake Chen Chacha. The other party was wearing a puffer jacket and the face buried in it was full of fatigue. Her brows were furrowed and she looked like she was troubled by something. The circles under her eyes were so dark that even concealer couldn’t cover them up. The other party appeared really unsettled.

Satisfied, Chacha told Ning An, “It seems that you’re in good condition. Keep up the good work. I’m hanging up.”

“Oh, okay, bye.” Ning An thought Chen Cha must be in a wonderful mood. For the first time, she felt so safe……

———pr

If Chacha really hated someone, she would never be quick to deal with them. She would watch the other person fall and lose hope bit by bit, until they could never recover.

It’s twisted, but there’s no way around it, her character was already set.

Perhaps only the mysterious and legendary thing called love could change her.

If the fake Chen Chacha had only hired spam bots to attack her online, Chacha wouldn’t have cared. After the fake was done with her part of the plot and Chacha had determined whether it was worth it to recognize the Chen family or not, she could have let the fake Chen Chacha off and let her return to her original identity.

But the fake Chen Chacha actually hired someone to kill her openly and made her work unpaid day shifts for a long time, which made her extremely, extremely unhappy.

Therefore, naturally, she must slowly wear away the fake Chen Chacha’s will, mental strength and hope in order to relieve the hatred in her heart.

“What are you thinking about that made you so happy?” Jiao Yushi came suddenly.

Before, Chacha basically regarded Jiao Yushi as a tool in order to receive some of his halo. And because his voice was so nice, she was particularly tolerant and friendly towards him.

However, in that last incident, Jiao Yushi rushed over to help her. And he even seemed to be crying—— although, it was probably just the rain.

So Chacha’s view of him changed and she included him among her own people, just like Ning An.

At first, she just felt that Ning An was stupid and easy to bully. She was the female protagonist, so Chacha would help her both overtly and covertly to prevent her from really getting hurt. But over time, Chacha felt that Ning An was as harmless and cute as a small pet, so it wasn’t bad to keep her under her care.

She was twisted and cold, but she wasn’t a monster and was still very kind to her own people.

Chacha said, “The last time someone attacked me, it was Chen Chacha who was behind it. So I plan to use some gentle and friendly means to psychologically abuse her.”

“It seems that you’re very confident in your methods. Care to share it?”

Chacha told him, “I’ll tell you when the time comes. Remember what you said before. Don’t take action against Chen Chacha.”

She regarded Jiao Yushi as one of her own, but she wasn’t particularly sure what Jiao Yushi was thinking yet. She didn’t mind telling the other party everything, but only if she was completely sure that he would keep her secret.

“Don’t be narcissistic. I won’t interfere in irrelevant people’s affairs.”

Chacha smiled. “I’m your business partner, neighbor, classmate, and we’re in the same club.”

Jiao Yushi: “……” He was unable to refute.

“What did you call me for?” Jiao Yushi changed the subject.

Chacha asked him, “Are you engaged in game development?”

Jiao Yushi sat opposite her. “Not really, just investing money. The development and management work are done by professionals.”

Chacha said, “Didn’t we set up a live stream platform before? The two company can collaborate and the games can be played there live.”

“Well, someone recently wanted to acquire the game company I invested in to do just that. You just happened to propose it at the right time. I’ll mention it to the people at the company.”

“Okay, for the specifics, you can tell them to send it to the email address of the live stream company, and the employees there will follow up on the matter.”

Jiao Yushi nodded and asked, “By the way, you still owe me eight meals. When will you pay me back?”

“Today.” Chacha said with a smile, “I saw an interesting themed restaurant online a few days ago. But only couples can go there, so it’s just as well that you’re going with me.”

“You’re taking advantage of me, so you must add another meal to the list.”

“Alright, alright, alright.” Chacha was very tolerant and she had on a kind smile on her face.

Jiao Yushi: “……”

He regretted saying so. He felt as if he had been coaxed like a child and was embarrassed.