Chapter 72: More Please – Because It’s You
Dong Ling ate the pastries contentedly beside her newly minted girlfriend. Having a mature and understanding lover was a great advantage, she could handle those misunderstandings and miscommunications, even her previous anger and outburst made her seem even more caring.
She likes me, Dong Ling thought sweetly.
“Who is the prince in your Cinderella story?”
Just as Dong Ling finished eating and wiped the crumbs from her fingers, she heard her girlfriend’s question.
The use of fairy tales was to avoid the silencing restriction, Dong Ling thought this mechanism should be similar to the task system’s, both rigidly literal.
Dong Ling answered honestly: “Wen Han.”
Song Mingzhi: “…………”
Song Mingzhi didn’t need to speak for Dong Ling to sense her speechlessness.
“He’s in a coma, so you had to take his place, why you?”
To understand how a program worked, you had to understand its structure and operating rules. Song Mingzhi wanted to directly access the source code, but unfortunately, under the restriction, Dong Ling couldn’t explain it clearly.
“Because I was the closest and also one of the attendees at the ball.”
Song Mingzhi raised an eyebrow and said: “It just chose you like that, regardless of gender?”
Dong Ling nodded, yes, yes, practically robbery.
“It seems it wasn’t very smart, but from another perspective, it was also quite smart, if it were you, I would probably be interested.”
Song Mingzhi said thoughtfully, looking rather satisfied.
So some of the past events now made sense.
“That agreement was also its doing?”
Song Mingzhi asked, and Dong Ling nodded.
“So, I’m not really your muse?”
Dong Ling coughed lightly, her initial joy from the love confession turning into guilt, she didn’t dare speak.
Song Mingzhi didn’t mind, she played with Dong Ling’s fingers and asked: “Why is Wen Han in a coma, or rather, how did all of this start?”
“Because…” Dong Ling sensed the restriction, adjusted her wording, and continued, “Because the prince should be with the princess, but they didn’t fall in love as the story dictated, so the fairy godmother appeared, to guide everything back on track, otherwise the story would collapse.”
Apologies to 021, that greasy, domineering CEO system, for comparing it to a fairy godmother, this was probably the most humiliating moment for fairy godmothers.
Song Mingzhi frowned and said: “Quite absurd.”
Dong Ling agreed: “Indeed.”
She was the vicious female supporting character, wasn’t that absurd enough?
“Then let’s talk about that girl, what’s her name, when did you start paying attention to her, and what role does she play?”
Her girlfriend asked three questions in a row, her aura imposing as she leaned against the sofa.
“Her name is Zhong Zhong, stage name Zhong Suizhuo, nineteen years old, I noticed her when you were filming your last movie. At the time, I was just looking for promising newcomers to sign, and I happened to see her. To confirm her role and background, I wanted to have her under my control, so I signed her.”
“I don’t know her identity yet, because I’m just a temporary replacement, I don’t have access to much information, I only know she’s an important character, and I think she might be related to you.”
“I went to the temple with her yesterday, I went there for Xuan Du and happened to run into her, and we came down the mountain together.”
Dong Ling told her everything, honestly.
“I need to meet her,” Song Mingzhi pondered for a moment and said, “I suspect she might be my younger sister.”
Dong Ling had also considered this possibility, but there was no basis for it, she didn’t know much about Song Mingzhi’s family.
“Was your sister lost?”
Dong Ling recalled that Zhong Zhong didn’t continue her studies after graduating from high school, she didn’t know the reason, but her family seemed to be of average means. According to Yuki’s report, Zhong Zhong lived in the dormitory and often took on commercial gigs while training at Dream Machine.
“Yes, I don’t know who my biological parents are…”
Song Mingzhi briefly recounted her past, it was actually quite simple, trafficked, spent a few years in an orphanage, and then adopted.
“One of the main reasons I entered the entertainment industry was to gain popularity, so the people who might still be looking for me could find me.”
As for her adoptive parents’ background and her current situation, Song Mingzhi planned to tell Dong Ling at a more appropriate time, there was no hurry.
Dong Ling’s heart ached when she heard it, if this was just a story, she would simply sigh at the female lead’s tragic and dramatic past, but the person in front of her was real.
She couldn’t imagine how Song Mingzhi escaped from human traffickers at such a young age, finally found a loving family, only to lose them early on. She, who had grown up pampered, compared her life with Song Mingzhi’s and wanted to give half of her parents’ love to her.
“Don’t be sad, I was actually quite lucky, my adoptive parents gave me access to good education and also left me considerable assets.”
Although those assets were also the source of her troubles, forcing her to hide her capabilities and live in the shadows for years, Song Mingzhi was very grateful to them, so she would protect what they left behind, use the assets as they wished.
“You’ve grown up very, very well.”
Dong Ling nuzzled Song Mingzhi’s cheek, lying in her lover’s soft embrace.
Being praised like a child, Song Mingzhi kissed her cheek.
“I’ll arrange for you to meet her…” Dong Ling immediately took action, taking out her phone and scrolling through her contacts, “Have her stay here for a night, then she can go to the hospital for a test tomorrow.”
Dong Ling contacted Yuki and asked her to buy a plane ticket for Zhong Zhong and arrange accommodation for her at the same hotel.
Yuki immediately got to work, but she grumbled inwardly, her boss was truly ruthless, using this to stimulate her former lover.
Dong Ling hung up the phone, remembered something else, looked at Song Mingzhi, and said: “About the contract termination…”
“It’s done, but we need to sign another contract.”
Song Mingzhi didn’t have any strong feelings about staying in or leaving the entertainment industry. Since she was in the industry, she naturally wanted to be under her girlfriend’s company, and she was also worried that terminating her contract would disrupt the so-called “progress,” but she needed to sign a different contract with Dong Ling.
“What contract?”
“A profit-sharing contract. The previous one was too one-sided. For this new contract, all my earnings will be transferred to your account, and then you can transfer the money to my account.”
Dong Ling shook her head and said: “That’s also too one-sided, there’s no need for that.”
Although Song Mingzhi said her adoptive parents left her some money, and she had also earned quite a bit from working in the past few years, she still saw her wife as a poor little thing, and her family wasn’t short of money anyway, and the company was doing relatively well, it was better for Song Mingzhi to keep the money for herself.
“It’s only natural for a wife to make money for her family, to hand over her salary.”
Song Mingzhi twirled Dong Ling’s hair around her finger, her voice gentle.
Dong Ling’s face flushed, Song Mingzhi was being mischievous sometimes, how could she call her that so naturally? Just a few hours ago, she was also doing that while asking her, it was so…
“There’s no need to refuse, the things you gave me were all very expensive, what I’m giving you is just a token of my affection, this is also part of my affection.”
Song Mingzhi looked at the girl’s flushed earlobes and gently pinched them.
Thinking of the expensive gifts she had given, Dong Ling bit her lip, then finally decided to speak: “Will you mind?”
“Like playing a dating sim, some of those actions I did, I might not have even been aware of them, will you mind?”
Dong Ling felt that any doubts should be addressed as soon as possible to avoid future misunderstandings.
Dong Ling herself would mind if someone approached her so schemingly, although having a plan was normal when pursuing someone, it was completely different from taking someone to see a movie they liked.
“Of course I mind, I like you because of those actions, because you were the one who did them.”
What made people feel special wasn’t the action itself, but the person doing the action.
Song Mingzhi truly loved Dong Ling’s straightforwardness, clear and direct, no beating around the bush, raising questions, discussing them, and solving them.
“It’s only because it’s you that it matters.”
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