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Bao Ruan Ruan died.
She was an RPG character in the game “How Long Can a Female Celebrity Survive.”
This is a popular survival game set in the entertainment industry.
Every day, tens of thousands of players take on the challenge. She experienced multiple deaths in the game, from being killed while filming a martial arts scene, to dying from a contagious disease on set, to elevator malfunctions, and many other scenarios… In her small room, she kept track of her deaths with matches, piling up under the bed until they were five inches high—
Finally, one day, a male player’s lazy voice rang in her ears.
“I’ve cleared it, it’s not that hard.”
Bao Ruan Ruan would always remember that voice.
It had a casual and carefree tone, neither too high nor too low. He saved her like that, helping her reach level 10,000, sitting on the throne as the queen, wearing the crown.
If she could, she wanted to thank him.
But she didn’t have much time to enjoy her success before falling from her soft throne.
Everything went black, and the game level was completed. She gained a new life!
She transmigrated.
Bao Ruan Ruan found herself in a new world, with only one wish: to stay alive.
Heavy rain poured down, accompanied by the sound of rain and dense fog.
Lightning and thunder illuminated the gloomy sky.
Bao Ruan Ruan opened her eyes and felt a cold wetness all over her body.
Harsh rain whipped along by a strong wind, hit her face like sharp blades.
The world was shrouded in mist, making it hard to see.
“Come in and pack up your things, move out immediately! This is what happens when you offend Mr. Lu. I already warned you before!”
A slightly chubby man in a jacket, his voice filled with anger, rushed from indoors to the balcony.
Mr. Lu?
The flipping pages of a book exploded in Bao Ruan Ruan’s mind.
It seemed she had become a cannon fodder character in a book about the entertainment industry.
In the story, the male lead, a big shot in the entertainment industry, Lu Wen Yao, took an interest in her and signed a fake dating agreement with her to deceive his mother, who wanted a grandchild.
But ‘Bao Ruan Ruan’ fell for him for real, while Lu Wen Yao patted his butt and turned to the leading actress in the industry, who was also the female lead in the book. He got engaged to her, abandoned ‘Bao Ruan Ruan’, and even pressured her agency to terminate her contract and hide her away.
At this moment, the original character had contemplated suicide on the balcony in the rain, thinking of taking a leap.
Bao Ruan Ruan: …I can’t take this.
Why did she end up in this terrible side story right after leaving the game?
It felt like she was shouldering a burden that a retired queen shouldn’t have to bear.
As Bao Ruan Ruan was pondering this, her manager, Ji Fei, rushed to the balcony. Seeing her about to step onto the railing, he reached out to grab her.
“Are you crazy? You want to jump—”
Jumping was out of the question.
Facing the outstretched, unfamiliar chubby hand, Bao Ruan Ruan’s eyes widened.
Years of evading in the game had sharpened her physical reflexes more than her logical thinking.
When the large hand was about to touch her, she pushed herself away with her left foot, lifting the long, wet skirt and evading the hand.
Her speed was so fast that Ji Fei didn’t even have time to react.
A blur passed right in front of him.
He couldn’t even grasp the hem of her clothes and was left grabbing empty air.
“!”
Turning back, Ji Fei saw a girl using her delicate, slender arms to cling to the wall. Her fair skin almost blended in with the white wall, and her black, curly hair was drenched from the rain. It softly outlined her supple, curvy figure.
She appeared delicate and fragile, and it was as if her extraordinary athletic ability just now had been an illusion.
Her entire being seemed soft and tender.
Ji Fei’s thoughts were momentarily frozen.
Despite her stunning appearance and figure, which were already top-notch in the entertainment industry, she had an inexplicable fragility that made people want to protect her, in addition to her stunning features.
When he first signed her, he had been drawn to her delicate appearance and demeanor.
But as soon as she appeared on screen, her acting skills were a disaster. She came off as uninteresting, had no professional ability, and her acting in variety shows was terrible. She was seen as a wooden beauty by the audience.
If it weren’t for the company making her get involved with Lu Wen Yao to gain resources, she would have been abandoned long ago.
But she was a love-sick fool, entangling herself with Lu Wen Yao, creating a scandal of him having affairs and financially backing someone else. She even caused the company to receive a lot of criticism.
Thinking about it now, it all seemed so unfortunate.
He signed her for a year, didn’t get his bonus, and even had his salary deducted because of her!
Ji Fei frowned deeply. “Don’t be so suicidal! Get rid of that pitiful act of yours! You got yourself into this mess, so why are you crying?”
He finished speaking and looked at her with his eyebrows raised, but all he saw was her cautious expression.
‘Cautious?’
Huh?
Bao Ruan Ruan carefully examined him several times. “May I ask if you’ve ever gone to have a health checkup in the past month?”
Ji Fei: …Huh?
Bao Ruan Ruan looked at the original owner’s agent, Ji Fei. She saw that his face was somewhat dark and yellowish, with a stout neck and a beer belly, and he made a nasally sound when he spoke, accompanied by bad breath.
She was on high alert.
Hepatitis, viral diseases, the flu, tuberculosis… all have similar symptoms, and these diseases were even contagious!
All with a fatality rate higher than 0.1%!
In “How Many Days Can a Female Star Live,” she had died 1,295 times from these types of infectious diseases.
Being tormented by illness, even with money, there was no cure, and all she could do was only lie in bed, suffering, choking and convulsing to death.
This slow death was not as quick and merciful as being stabbed to death.
“Ah…choo!” Ji Fei was about to speak but suddenly felt an itch in his nose and didn’t have time to grab a tissue.
As expected!
pls do not share this anywhere or u will always stub ur toe when u walk past a door frame !! this translation has been stolen from mioscorner.com, pls only read there i’m begging u :kneels:
Bao Ruan Ruan’s face changed drastically, and she quickly retreated into the center of the living room.
Her slender fingers pulled out a somewhat wrinkled mask from the pocket of her wet dress, and she covered her small, clean face with it, pressing the malleable wire strip on the edge of the mask with her index finger.
“You have symptoms similar to the flu, please wear a mask to prevent the spread of the virus. No disease should be underestimated. I suggest you go to the hospital for a detailed examination.”
Ji Fei: “?”
…
Bao Ruan Ruan was soaked from head to toe.
Although she had only figured out a small part of the situation, she was not in a hurry. She left Ji Fei in the living room, opened the doors and windows and turned on the ventilation system. Then she went to her bedroom to change into clean clothes.
She also grabbed a hair dryer and blow-dried her hair.
Looking at herself in the mirror, her appearance unchanged, Bao Ruan Ruan patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed like she had successfully brought all her survival abilities from the game into this world.
Escape speed, evasive skills…
Thank goodness.
“Are you okay now?” Ji Fei, waiting at the door, was already growing impatient.
Bao Ruan Ruan just blinked, continuing to dry her hair.
“If you don’t dry your hair, it can easily lead to migraines, colds, and, in severe cases, pneumonia and encephalitis, resulting in death. Don’t be in such a hurry.”
“…” Ji Fei had a headache.
She was definitely a tough nut to crack.
How did he ever think she was easy to control?
Ji Fei’s lips twitched.
After she finally walked over to the sofa in the living room, Ji Fei took a deep breath and placed the contract termination agreement on the coffee table.
However, just as he was about to move to the sofa opposite her, she crossed her arms in front of her chest, creating a barrier.
“This is not in accordance with prevention protection, please keep a respectful distance with your loved ones.”
With her naturally upturned clear almond-shaped eyes, she made it clear with a resolute refusal.
“During this special period, please sit with an empty seat in between us. You can sit diagonally across from me. And, you should wear a mask too.”
She handed him another mask carefully.
Ji Fei: “……..”
Ji Fei glared at her fiercely, then moved to another seat. “I don’t want to waste time with you. Check the company’s official Weibo yourself.”
He opened the Weibo page on his tablet.
【Why did Huangtai sign this kind of trash? From now on, I’ll blacklist all Huanghai artists!】
【Mistress Bao is claiming to be the legitimate girlfriend?! How dare you? Are you trying to copy our Xinxin? Do you know that spreading rumors is illegal? Go straight to the police station!】
【Shameless, get out of the entertainment industry!】
【Terrible acting and a lousy personality! Damn, disgusting!】
“Your inappropriate behavior has caused significant damage to the company. All your endorsements have been canceled, and you have to compensate for the breach of contract, including the hard-won endorsement deal with Hongxue cosmetics. We’ll have to terminate that too, and you’ll be held liable for the negative impact you’ve caused to the brand,” Ji Fei said seriously.
Hongxue cosmetics?
It seemed like just some wholesale brand with around twenty genuine customers.
Bao Ruan Ruan raised an eyebrow.
“Adding it all up, you’ll have to compensate the company at least—”
Bao Ruan Ruan raised her hand. “Stop.”
She wasn’t interested in hearing this.
After working for the game for so many years, she hated these shameless Party A clients the most!
They were the ones who forced her to be with Lu Wen Yao, the big shot behind the scenes. And now, they were treating her like a soccer ball, kicking her away.
What’s with all these breach of contract fines? How could they be so shameless?
Weren’t they the ones who created this absurd situation with Lu Wen Yao in the first place?
Thinking about their despicable behavior, attempting to exploit workers without pay, and trying to drain the last drop of blood out of them, Bao Ruan Ruan wanted to knock their heads together.
“Want money? I have none. Want my life? I… also don’t have that.” Bao Ruan Ruan sat up straight, her tone resolute.
She only had her fists.
Ji Fei took a sip of water and almost choked. “Calm down, did you eat firecrackers today?”
“Cough,” Ji Fei returned to the topic. “Now, Boss Lu is even so kind as to request that you don’t need to compensate him. Even if our company wanted to terminate your contract, Mr. Lu advised us to consider the past and show you some leniency.”
Vomit!
Bao Ruan Ruan almost couldn’t hold it in.
“So, apart from the contract termination, the company has offered you a better option. All you need to do is post on Weibo, admitting that you secretly loved Mr. Lu, and that all the rumors were fabricated by yourself. Then, you can go abroad for three years. After things settle down, you can come back. Not only will we not terminate your contract, but we’ll also give you this two-bedroom apartment in the city center in three years.”
Bao Ruan Ruan blinked.
In the novel, they never really intended to terminate Bao Ruan Ruan’s contract from start to finish. They just wanted to scare her into agreeing to go abroad to put an end to everything. However, once they succeeded in throwing her out, they completely disregarded her well-being.
She was overseas, unable to speak the language, had no friends, and spent her days in her room crying. Two months later, she went to school, got involved with drugs under the influence of some foreign youths, lost her senses, and contracted a sexually transmitted disease after a wild night, ultimately dying tragically in a foreign land.
When Bao Ruan Ruan thought about this, her face turned pale, and her heart pounded.
There are always evil people trying to harm her!
“I won’t go,” Bao Ruan Ruan stood up. “If you want to go, go by yourself.”
Ji Fei’s face changed drastically. “Don’t be ungrateful! If it weren’t for Mr. Lu, I would have terminated your contract with you earlier this year because of your bad acting—”
Bao Ruan Ruan nodded. “Yes, I want to terminate my contract. Isn’t it just moving houses? Let’s get on with it; it’s almost lunchtime.”
Eating a meal after the lunch hour makes it easier to get a stomach ache.
“Can you finish signing the termination contract by 12 o’clock? I’ll go pack, and you can apply for the company’s approval.”
Ji Fei: “!”
An hour later, Bao Ruan Ruan packed her luggage and walked out of the small community of Hongrun with her bank card, which didn’t have much savings.
In the distance, at the street corner, there was a coffee shop that served lunch.
At the intersection, an up-and-coming internet celebrity coffee shop had an outdoor seating area, and a pair of long, slender legs stretched out from under one of the tables.
Well-defined, long, slender fingers were shuffling a deck of cards on the table.
“I’m about to laugh to death, Huangtai announced that they have terminated their contract with Bao Ruan Ruan due to her dating rumors. If it were you, Brother Xue, how could you let a beautiful woman come to this point? Huangtai boasts about being the best in the industry, but the difference is like night and day compared to you.”
“Brother, you’re so much better than Huangtai’s agent, so there’s really no need for you to bet with Uncle Xue anymore—”
伯父 could refer to father’s older brother or just a respected elder
Before he could finish, a card flew towards the man in the hoodie who was talking, and he scrambled to avoid it.
“It was him who wanted to bet with me.”
A casual voice spoke up.
A slender hand pulled the hood string of the hoodie tight.
“And put the cards away. Stand by the door.”
“Huh?”
“The first person who talks to you, I’ll sign her.”
Chen Feng snatched back the hoodie string that had been yanked on by Brother Xue, surprised. “Isn’t this too random? Isn’t it either promoting her or inheriting the family business for you? Brother Xue, are you planning to lose to Uncle Xue?”
Xue Jing crossed his long legs, the corners of his narrow, upturned eyes narrowed. “I won’t lose.”
Chen Feng opened his mouth.
Back when he was studying at a university, Brother Xue was already treating the entertainment industry as a part-time job, excelling in his studies and becoming an underground ace agent within a few years.
He didn’t participate in the socializing within the industry, nor did he work for any agency, but he always made anyone he signed with famous.
Many agencies had tried to bring him on board but failed.
It was normal for them to fail because no one would have expected that this guy would be among the top ten on the Asian billionaire list, the heir of the Xue family!
A true heir to a big capital, he was running the agency as a sideline and didn’t want to work for anyone or follow any company’s orders.
Not to mention, he himself was a person who wouldn’t be open for business for three years, then open to eat for three years, and worked whenever he felt like it.
Chen Feng watched helplessly. Brother Xue Jing had not worked part time as an agent in the past three years.
But this time, because he didn’t want to inherit the family’s wealth and suddenly made a bet with his family, he was coming out again.
It really was not giving him both gold and silver mountains.
Chen Feng rubbed his nose and picked up the cardboard that Brother Xue had thrown at him.
“If I put up this sign, will someone come?”
After saying that, he saw a line of large, graceful characters on the cardboard: “My phone was stolen, and I don’t have money to go home. Please help me kind soul.”
“…”
Just act as if he didn’t say anything.
“As long as it’s a person, Brother Xue can make her famous,” Chen Feng laughed awkwardly and suddenly realized, “But does it have to be a kind person?”
This immediately ruled out the possibility of a scandal-ridden artist, brilliant!
Brother Xue leaned back, closed his eyes, and used his long fingers to press against the tissues, covering his fatigued peach blossom eyes.
“And, not illiterate.”
“I see!” Chen Feng greatly marveled at him.
But as soon as he put up the sign and they were ready to wait, a shadow covered the bright sunlight falling on Brother Xue’s face.
A clean, blemish-free voice sounded in their ears.
“Sir with the sign, could you move over a bit, please?”
“According to the ‘Architectural Design Fire Prevention Code,’ no obstacles should be placed within 1.4 meters of the exit. Otherwise, in the event of a fire, people won’t be able to escape, resulting in casualties. Could you stand a bit farther away?”
Brother Xue’s peach blossom eyes opened, and he saw a figure with a fluorescent pink figure, wearing a hat and a thick scarf.
“Brother Xue, does this, does this count?”
“…”
the female lead for this is so unintentionally funny HAHHAHAAH
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