Ch.75 Helping in Secret (2)

He secretly made the decision to have the crew swap out the leading actress in “Wedding Outrage” to Lin Yueqi, pushing Qin Xue to the supporting position.

He knew that Lin Yueqi wouldn’t accept his good intentions, so he asked the crew to lie and say that it was Qin Xue who gave up her position.

With this indirect method, he succeeded in getting Lin Yueqi to accept the role.

Lin Yueqi’s “abnormal” self-destructive behavior was very puzzling to Lu Ting. He didn’t think this was as simple as her just being angry with him.

In order to figure out the whole story, Lu Ting specially investigated Qin Xue’s past with Lin Yueqi.

Over the years, Qin Xue had both overtly and covertly robbed Lin Yueqi of many jobs. What Qin Xue did to Lin Yueqi was no longer a secret within the circle.

In one of the movies, Lin Yueqi went to study martial arts for a long time so she could do the role well, enduring the hardships and endured many days of acting on horseback. In the end, she fell off the horse. She could have gone back to acting after resting for a few days, but the crew swapped her out with her injuries as the excuse.

But this wasn’t the worse one. After the movie was released, Lin Yueqi actually had a fight scene, but she had inexplicably become Qin Xue’s stunt double.

And because of this, Lin Yueqi got into an argument with the crew, offending a bunch of people.

In order to help Lin Yueqi vent her anger, Lu Ting decided to do the same to her and decided on his own to replace the super popular and beautiful Qin Xue.

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Lin Yueqi moved to a 2LDK apartment in the city center.

One room is reserved for Xiao Ke, and the other was their mother and daughter room.

On the first day after they moved in, Lin Yueqi and Xiao Ke had prepared hotpot together. While enjoying their meal, the three of them sat together to chat.

Xiao Ke picked out a piece of cooked fresh tripe from the pot and put it into Lin Yueqi’s bowl. “Li Xing called again. He’s insistent on signing you. You’re really not planning to go with them?”

“Nope.” Lin Yueqi looked up at her and asked, “How’s the shop I asked you to help me find?”

Xiao Ke took out the information of several shop-lots from her bag and passed it to her. “The first one is in Qiancheng Plaza. It’s currently under construction and will probably be completed next year on October. They’re still looking for investors. So far, there are no supermarkets around the plaza, but they have strict requirements for it. There’s no way they’ll let you set up shop for a supermarket if you’re not starting a chain in a large plaza like this. The second one is on 2nd Ring Road, it’s a small neighborhood of shops. It’s not too small but the location is good. Price is OK too. Then there’s a shop lot right outside a primary school. You can open up a small supermarket there to sell snacks. It’s good business. So, which one are you interested in?”

I’ll take the second, medium one. Help me set up shop first, then I’ll go hire some people to renovate it. After I’m done filming “Wedding Outrage”, it’s probably just about time for me to retire from the circle.”

“Alright. Seems like you’re really determined on this retirement.”

Xiao Ke glared at her.

Tuantuan stuffed a meatball into her mouth and asked with her head cocked to the side, “Mama, if you’re opening a supermarket, does that mean Tuantuan can still eat whatever I want?”

“Of course,” Lin Yueqi said as she popped a spoonful of rice into her mouth and said in her little apron.

Tuantuan felt excited for some reason.

She suddenly felt that her mother had a better future opening a supermarket than being a star.

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Two weeks later, the main cast entered the studio for “Wedding Outrage” together.

The movie was a love story based around eventing themes. The female lead, Zou Raorao, is a huge eventing fan and also a rider with superb skills. The male lead, on the other hand, Du Li, is a bigshot in the world of stocks. Due to his love for eventing, he decided to sponsor the female lead and help her achieve her dreams and succeed in her career.

The supporting female lead of the movie on the other hand is the only Olympic champion rider in China. She has a gentle character and her ex-husband is a mute man who is very outstanding in each aspect. In general, she was a brilliant character.

The first scene that day is a race between the female lead and supporting female lead.

Lin Yueqi and Qin Xue came out after they were done dressing up and they were taken to the stables by the staff.