When Wan Tong was preparing to take Lin Ruoruo back to China, they unexpectedly received an invitation from James. It turned out that Lin Ruoruo’s selfie with him had been circulated on the internet. He also found Wan Tong’s story about being a koi intriguing, and coincidentally, he needed an oriental female face for his new film. So, he decided to give Lin Ruoruo a try.
Excited about the opportunity, Wan Tong and Lin Ruoruo postponed their trip plans and spent a few days trying out for the role. Surprisingly, they succeeded.
In summary, Lin Ruoruo was incredibly lucky, as she ended up collaborating with James!
After the news was announced on Weibo, fans were ecstatic, and netizens flooded Wan Tong’s Weibo to ask for blessings.
Jin Wantong, a true koi fish indeed.
Were the people around her blind before? How did they see her as a jinx?
Wan Tong never expected her popularity to explode like this, and fans were practically offering sacrifices to her.
After returning to China, Wan Tong received a series of good news. For instance, Hu Yanting’s company went bankrupt, Zhong Yuheng was arrested, and Geng Yue ventured into filmmaking.
To everyone’s surprise, the unknown current owner of Star Entertainment suddenly transferred the company to Wan Tong. Many thought she had found a wealthy sugar daddy, but there was no news of this sugar daddy, as if they only existed as this sole identity without any traces of personal life.
Wan Tong knew that Geng Yue was originally the owner of the company, so she calmly accepted the transfer.
Geng Yue had already transferred his shares of the company to her before, and her wealth came from these shares, not the few thousand yuan in her bank account.
In a way, Geng Yue had paved the way for her to become a koi.
At this point, Wan Tong didn’t need to worry about the Raiders; after all, she was now a koi.
If anyone wanted to harm her, they had to think twice.
Given the overwhelming requests for blessings under her Weibo posts, Wan Tong selected a few wishes.
Mother’s health improvement? Okay.
English proficiency exams? Pass.
No failing grades in final exams? Achievable.
Successful Christmas confession? Sure.
In the blink of an eye, Christmas was approaching. In less than a year, Wan Tong had transformed from an assistant at Star Entertainment to the company’s owner.
She counted her little treasury and happily immersed herself in her work.
Her foster parents called, but she glanced at the phone and chose not to answer.
They had been calling repeatedly after hearing about the koi rumors online. They accused her of causing their bankruptcy and mentioned that Wen Ting was seriously ill, urging her to visit the hospital or send some money…
Wan Tong, considering their past adoption, inquired about Wen Ting’s condition at the hospital. Surprisingly, the doctor mentioned it was just the flu.
After that, Wan Tong stopped answering the calls from the Wen family.
As expected, the Wen family didn’t actually care. Relying on a bit of petty wealth, they teamed up with tabloid journalists to cause trouble again.
The explosively popular female agent coldly refused any communication, regardless of her foster parents’ life or death.
In the video interview, the middle-aged couple tearfully complained about how heartless Wan Tong was, breaking their hearts. Their daughter lay in the hospital, yet Wan Tong didn’t come to visit.
Under the video, a large number of keyboard warriors emerged from somewhere, every comment filled with hostility and personal attacks against Wan Tong, cursing and wishing her death.
Clearly unrelated individuals, but after her surge in popularity, suddenly there were more people considering her a thorn in their side.
Of course, some of them were hired trolls.
This wasn’t the first time Wan Tong faced online criticism. She glanced at it and moved on, but it infuriated Lin Ruoruo.
Geng Yue also made several calls to Wan Tong, saying he wanted to accompany her.
To prevent them from worrying unnecessarily, Wan Tong directly posted a video of Wen Ting hospitalized due to the flu, along with medical records and audio recordings of Wen’s parents repeatedly asking her for money.
Wen’s parents had never expected Wan Tong to have prepared such a move, completely catching them off guard.
As for those keyboard warriors online, they were heavily counterattacked. Either they slinked away, or turned to attack Wen family, accusing them of orchestrating a deception to manipulate netizens’ emotions.
Coincidentally, the College English Test was just over, and various answer keys were circulating online. People who had checked the answers returned to Wan Tong’s Weibo to express their hopes: unless something happened, they should pass!
This lovely group of people quickly cleansed Wan Tong’s Weibo.
Feeling she had been too high-profile, Wan Tong decided to promote her newly signed artists.
@Jin Wantong : [Please follow my artists @The Idler Zhou Zhou @Chen Lin @Fang Yu]
Not seeing Lin Ruoruo there, netizens made some teasing comments.
Lin Ruoruo also responded playfully : [Little Agent has a new love, don’t hold on to old love. Let me cue myself.]
Their nonsensical interaction wasn’t something new; netizens had already gotten used to it.
But at this moment, Geng Yue suddenly posted a new post.
@Geng Yue : [Will the concert tickets, going on sale at nine o’clock, be sold out? @Jin Wantong]
Geng Yue’s previous interactions with Wan Tong were quite normal, so it seemed fine for him to take advantage of the current hype to promote his own concert.
However, his fans collectively started wailing : Ahhh, there are only a few minutes left until nine o’clock, they are already nervous enough, who knew Geng Yue would post a Weibo and even remind so many people that there will be ticket sales? Now their chances of grabbing tickets have become even smaller!
Also, what does he mean by ‘sold out’? Shouldn’t it be them asking ‘can we grab the tickets’?
Every time Geng Yue has a concert, tickets were sold out in seconds!
And indeed, it happened again.
At nine o’clock sharp, Geng Yue posted another Weibo : [Fulfill the wish @Jin Wantong.]
At this moment, Wan Tong was nervously holding her phone, not knowing how to reply. Geng Yue didn’t even say hello and directly mentioned her in two posts. If she didn’t reply, it would seem too aloof, and it would definitely be used as material for gossip.
So, she commented below with a row of silly laughing emojis.
Geng Yue almost instantly replied : [Cute.]
Fans : ??? What’s going on?
Following that, a neat row of silly laughing emojis appeared under the Weibo post.
Oddly, Geng Yue didn’t reply to any of them.
Wan Tong gritted her teeth and bombarded Geng Yue with messages on WeChat.
[Geng Yue, stop it!]
[What are you doing? Don’t mess around, be careful your fans come at me with a forty-meter-long knife!]
Geng Yue : [Okay.]
Wan Tong : …
The boss was never obedient. There was no way she would believe him.
However, these two interactions didn’t spark more curiosity among the fans. They could just assume that the two were promoting each other in the business.
On Christmas Day, Wan Tong received dozens of date invitations, including from successful businessmen and some lesser-known newcomers.
She took screenshots and sent them to Geng Yue, intending to show off.
In response, Geng Yue also sent a screenshot.
A sparse conversation list, the latest message from half an hour ago : [Wait for me on Christmas.]
Wan Tong : ???
Did he send her messages?
Wan Tong opened her WeChat, and among the pile of unread messages, she found the boss’ profile picture and clicked to check.
Sure enough, he had sent her several messages, and she hadn’t even noticed.
Feeling guilty, Wan Tong sent back a few hugging emojis.
Geng Yue : [Compensate me when we meet.]
Wan Tong : [How to compensate?]
Geng Yue : [My little bear at home wants to see you.]
Wan Tong : [… Shameless.]
But, there was indeed a little bear on the bed at Geng Yue’s home.
On Christmas Day, Geng Yue did come back, but it was already past dinner time. Wan Tong went to pick him up at the airport and, fearing he might be hungry, took him to eat something outside first.
Interestingly, despite having been out alone with Geng Yue many times, they had never been caught in a photo.
She thought it might be due to her ‘koi physique’ working.
Late at night, Wan Tong’s phone rang, but it was Geng Yue who answered and put it to his ear.
He didn’t speak, but heard the voice of Hu Yanting from the other side.
“Tongtong, can we talk for a moment?”
Although Geng Yue knew that he shouldn’t speak at the moment, he looked at the person sleeping soundly in his arms and still lowered his voice, “She’s asleep.”
The male voice with possessive tone made Hu Yanting pause for a moment.
“… Geng Yue?” Hu Yanting exclaimed in surprise.
Although he knew that the relationship between Jin Wantong and Geng Yue might not be simple, he didn’t expect that they were already together, and there was no news at all!
Geng Yue turned slightly, and his low voice continued, “I’m curious, do you consider me a rival or an enemy?”
“Is there a difference?”
“Rival, you’re not qualified. Enemy, I didn’t even know you before.” But like Zhong Yuheng, Hu Yanting started targeting him and Tongtong for no reason.
Hu Yanting chuckled, meaningfully saying, “You’ll never understand. In my eyes, you’re just a capable NPC.” As for Jin Wantong, she was also special, but unfortunately, they wouldn’t be able to meet again in the future.
As for tasks and such, he no longer planned to do them. He was a bit reluctant to kill Jin Wantong. As for Zhong Yuheng, she couldn’t kill Jin Wantong even if she wanted to.
Suddenly, Hu Yanting hung up the phone, and Geng Yue frowned as he listened.
He put the phone aside and hugged the person in his arms again. His uneasy mood was slowly calmed.
While Wan Tong was sleeping deeply, she was suddenly awakened by the harsh reminder sound from Shishi.
She woke up trembling, and Geng Yue was also awakened by her. He reached out and patted her back, asking in a hoarse voice, “Nightmare?”
Wan Tong’s mind was a bit hazy, and she blurted out, “I dreamt that Hu Yanting killed Zhong Yuheng, and they died together.”
Geng Yue chuckled softly, “That shouldn’t be a nightmare.”
Wan Tong, realizing it belatedly, smiled foolishly, hugged him, rubbed against him, and closed her eyes again.
But that’s what Shishi said.
Hu Yanting actually killed Zhong Yuheng, it’s really… beyond words.
Early the next morning, Geng Yue saw the news, then looked silently at Wan Tong, who was drinking water with puffed cheeks.
Putting down the cup, Wan Tong looked at him blankly, “What’s wrong?”
Geng Yue shook his head, reached out to touch the back of her head, smoothed the messy hair, and said softly, “It will be quieter from now on.”
Hmm… he suddenly hoped that she wouldn’t dream of him in her dreams, otherwise, it would be considered as killing her husband.