DTBS – Chapter 39
Chapter 39: You're Not Worthy
"Big Bold! Big Bold, what's wrong with you!"
Tao Aiqin, wearing a small hat, small sunglasses, and a ripped denim jacket, ran over quickly and threw herself onto the big dog, crying loudly, "Big Bold, wake up, I can't live without you. We've depended on each other since we were little. I never thought that because I was playing around, you'd be harmed by a villain and end up with me, a black-haired person, sending off a white-haired dog, boohoohoohoo!"
Seeing her cry so sadly, the big dog couldn't help but open its eyes and lift its head, only to be immediately pressed back down by the little cat.
Dog: ?
System: This plot of yours, I seem to have seen it somewhere before? It has quite a few elements.
Tao Aiqin: Shut up and watch the show!
Qin Qingshang stared at her, always feeling that this little girl...
Wait! Isn't this Tao Aiqin? Even though the little cat was fully armed, she still recognized her.
Her face changed. Seeing Jiang Lihe about to pull Tao Aiqin, she was afraid he would hurt her daughter, so she quickly stepped forward, pushed the man's hand away, and said nervously, "Don't touch her!"
"?" Jiang Lihe was startled. He straightened up, pointed at the whimpering dog and "cat" on the ground, and said angrily, "These two guys are clearly in cahoots, trying to extort money. I've seen many people like this. Qingshang, don't be fooled by children. Many criminal gangs now use children to scam people."
"CEO Jiang," Qin Qingshang stood in front of Tao Aiqin, "I don't care if she's a scammer or what, can you please leave? This is a film set, and I have a scene to shoot later. If CEO Jiang insists on staying, please ask the director for permission, otherwise I'll have to find someone to handle it."
"Or perhaps," Qin Qingshang stared at him, her eyes threatening, "CEO Jiang wants to talk to the police about what happened that night?"
"Hmph!" Jiang Lihe turned and left, glaring at Tao Aiqin's back before he went.
Seeing that he finally left, Qin Qingshang breathed a sigh of relief. She was also glad he didn't see Tao Aiqin's face, otherwise, with the mother and daughter standing together, anyone with eyes could see how much they resembled each other.
"Tao... Where's your Qiuqiu Mama?" Qin Qingshang looked down at her.
"Qinqin rode the doggy out!" Tao Aiqin stood up and gave her a sweet smile.
"Woof!" So pretty, so pretty, just as pretty as Master!
The dog lying on the ground wagged its tail at Qin Qingshang.
"You, rode a dog out by yourself?" After saying this, seeing the little one nod, Qin Qingshang suddenly ignited. She grabbed the little cat who hadn't reacted yet and dragged her into the lounge.
The dog on the ground quickly flipped over and stood up straight, trotting to follow.
Woof's tip!
Seeing Qin Qingshang's dark expression, Tao Aiqin had a bad feeling...
The female lead seems less easy to talk to than Tao Qiuyun.
Sure enough, her premonition came true the next second. As soon as they entered the lounge, Qin Qingshang sat on the sofa, then pressed her onto her lap and smacked her butt hard twice.
"Ran out by yourself? Aren't you afraid of bad people outside! Or cars!"
"Wah—!" Tao Aiqin immediately burst into tears.
How could the novel's female lead hit people!
"Crying? You're crying before I even used any force. Did she spoil you so much that you learned to fake cry?"
The woman's voice was cold and clear, her heart completely unmoved by the crying. She smacked the little cat's butt hard several more times. "Is it because CEO Tao is soft-hearted that you often use crying to threaten her?"
That simpleton Tao Qiuyun, like a Bodhisattva. The female star actively came to her door, yet she remained calm and composed, acting like an innocent party. If she's this good-tempered towards outsiders, how spoiled must this little cat, her daughter, have become in the past month? Wouldn't she be spoiled rotten?
Just looking at how the little one acts so bossy when talking to Tao Qiuyun usually, you can tell how they get along. Before, she didn't interfere, leaving it to Tao Qiuyun to handle. But now this girl actually dared to ride a dog out! She really doesn't know how serious things are until something happens!
And Tao Qiuyun too, spoiling, spoiling, spoiling her until she's left to fend for herself, completely neglecting her, right!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and the harder she hit. If Tao Aiqin was just acting and fake crying before, this time she was genuinely crying from the pain.
"Boohoohoo— Mama, boohoo it hurts—"
"Hurts? You hurt? If something happened to you, it would hurt even more! I don't think you feel any pain at all!"
"Boohoohoo—"
The cat cried loudly, frantically calling out to the System in her mind: "Sys! Sys! Buy me a pain shield, it hurts so much!"
"Hehe~" The System let out a strange laugh.
Then it used its own points to buy a 【Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains】 firework and set it off in Tao Aiqin's mind. "Hahahaha, you finally got what you deserved!"
"Stop messing around, open the store! Boohoo~"
The System simulated the sound of cracking melon seeds, cracking them as it said, "Detected that the female lead's emotional fluctuation value is quite high right now. It's recommended that the Host doesn't cry out, it will only provoke her to hit harder."
Hearing this, Tao Aiqin immediately shut up, silently enduring the female lead's rage and scolding. A child's body is weak and has poor tolerance. She couldn't hold back for long before tears started welling up again.
The cat sobbed.
Really, she regretted it. She shouldn't have thought about riding the dog to look cool and sneak a peek at the female lead filming, boohoohoohoo—
It was cool, but it was also truly miserable.
The female lead... boohoohoo, she really hits hard!
Compared to her, Tao Qiuyun, who never hit or scolded children, was simply an angel.
Seeing the little one sobbing with red eyes, Qin Qingshang's anger had already subsided by half, and now it was reduced by a large chunk. She stopped hitting, deliberately keeping a cold face as she asked, "Do you know you were wrong?"
"Wrong, boohoo~"
"Wrong about what?"
"Not... shouldn't have ridden," the little cat choked physiologically, "ridden the doggy out."
She originally wanted to say something like she shouldn't have come out to find Mama because she missed her, but noticing Qin Qingshang's expression, Tao Aiqin swallowed the words back.
Sweet-talking might work on Tao Qiuyun, but it probably wouldn't have much effect on Qin Qingshang, who had been in the entertainment industry for years and was on the verge of exploding. It might even add fuel to the fire, leading to another round of spanking, and she wouldn't get off easy.
So she was honest.
"Will you dare next time?" Qin Qingshang let go of her, rubbing her slightly sore and numb right hand as if nothing happened.
The little cat covered her butt and got up, her tear-stained little face looking pitiful. She shook her head frantically: "Never again~ Never again."
"Why did you come here?" Seeing her miserable appearance, Qin Qingshang felt a pang of heartache. She picked up the small sunglasses that had fallen to the ground. "And wearing this kind of thing?"
"Wanted to, secretly see Mama..." Tao Aiqin saw that Qin Qingshang seemed less angry, so she dared to act spoiled. She trotted over and hugged the big dog sitting nearby, rubbing its fur. "So I let the doggy bring me."
Qin Qingshang looked at the dog, finding it familiar while frowning. She asked, "Who bought you this dog?"
Actually, she already had an idea in her heart. After all, besides Tao Qiuyun, who would buy a pet for her daughter?
Tao Aiqin saw her face turn cold again and hugged the big dog tighter. She said to the System, "Sys, she's not going to cause trouble for Tao Qiuyun again, is she? But I brought the dog out. Tao Qiuyun usually puts a leash on the dog when she takes it out."
What if the female lead misunderstood that the villain mom walked the dog without a leash and had no public etiquette? That wouldn't do.
So, the little cat blinked her eyes and said in an innocent tone, "Bad Mama bought it. Bad Mama said to use a leash when taking the doggy out, but this time the doggy brought Qinqin out, so we don't need a leash, right?"
Sorry, Woof Woof, you'll have to take the blame for now. I'll definitely clear your name later.
Dog: What are you saying, Woof?
Qin Qingshang stood up, took out her phone, and pressed the name 【Tao Qiuyun】 with force.
"Hello? Qin Xiao..."
"Tao Qiuyun," Qin Qingshang interrupted her, calling her full name, "Your daughter rode a dog out. Such a big deal, and you didn't even know! Such a big dog, if it ran wild, do you think Qinqin could hold it back!"
Just thinking about Tao Aiqin riding the dog and running around, she felt a wave of fear. What if... what if she got hit by a car!
The woman's voice was clear and sharp, but her words gave Tao Qiuyun a feeling of biting cold wind.
"I, she..." The quick-witted CEO Tao was momentarily speechless. It took her a while to react, and she quickly said, "Is she with you now? Where are you? I'll come right away."
"I'm at the film set, I'll send you the address right away." Qin Qingshang hung up the phone, her face still not looking good. She turned to look at the trembling little cat. "Stay in the lounge, don't run around, got it?"
"Got it, Mama, I definitely won't run around~" The little one nodded frantically.
After this incident, she wouldn't dare to casually defy or fool the female lead again. She said she'd hit, and she really did hit!
The System gave the female lead a thumbs-up: "That's how it should be, otherwise no one can control you."
It didn't have any hope for Tao Qiuyun anyway. Everything was fine, except her personality was too slow!
One could only say that the villain was indeed a villain. In terms of being protective and blindly doting, this character setting was very stable. But educating a naughty child, it really had to be left to the self-reliant and independent female lead.
After hearing the news from Qin Qingshang, Tao Qiuyun's face turned extremely pale. She naturally also thought of the risks brought by the dog running wild.
It's just that kindergarten was off today, and Tao Zhuohua volunteered to say he was on annual leave and could help look after his niece... Is this how he looked after her!
The air in the conference room turned cold. Seeing CEO Tao in a bad mood after taking the call, everyone immediately lowered their heads.
Although the joyful expression she had when she saw the caller ID didn't last long, it was enough for them to gossip and speculate.
"Meeting adjourned." Tao Qiuyun picked up her notebook and fountain pen, stood up and said, "For the few people I just mentioned, we haven't finished our discussion. Think carefully about how you should report to me, and come to my office tomorrow to continue."
"Okay, CEO Tao." The few people wiped their sweat and breathed a sigh of relief.
Being scolded alone in CEO Tao's office was much better than being scolded in front of so many colleagues.
Returning to the CEO's office, Tao Qiuyun called Zhang Xunmeng, "Miss Zhang, please go to the garage at West Wind Courtyard and bring the Volkswagen over."
"Volkswagen?"
"Yes."
Although she didn't understand why her boss suddenly changed cars, the driver was a qualified employee. She did her job for the money, and even when she saw the model that was out of place among the other cars in the garage, she absolutely didn't ask why.
However...
The CEO Tao in front of her had completely changed from her sharp suit this morning. She was wearing ripped jeans, a cheap black hoodie, a baseball cap, and a camera hanging around her neck, looking like a paparazzi with a celebrity face who insisted on going down the wrong path to be a tabloid reporter.
"CEO Tao?" Seeing Tao Qiuyun get into the driver's seat herself, Zhang Xunmeng quickly said, "Don't you need me to drive for you?"
"No need, I have personal matters to attend to."
Tao Qiuyun put the camera in the back seat, rolled down the window, pulled the seatbelt and fastened it. Wang Huai had bought her an old-fashioned automatic for cheap. After stepping on the clutch and shifting gears, she looked at Zhang Xunmeng and smiled, "You have the day off today."
With that, she shot out like an arrow from a bow.
"CEO Jiang, don't be angry," the glasses-wearing assistant followed behind Jiang Lihe. "Qin Qingshang doesn't know what's good for her. Don't worry, her current drama will definitely not go smoothly."
"Oh?" Jiang Lihe's face sank, his voice suppressed: "She's already joined the crew, what methods can you still use? This drama has Fuyao's investment behind it. That bitch Xia Zhuohua definitely won't be willing to withdraw the investment."
The more he spoke, the angrier he got. "Even if we get other investors to withdraw, he definitely won't."
"CEO Jiang," the man offered advice, "We can't handle the investors, but can't Sufeng handle the actors in the industry? Now, to leverage Qin Qingshang's popularity, the crew is focusing their promotion on her first female lead drama. Among the other actors... there are always some who don't like her."
"You mean?"
"There were quite a few actresses who auditioned for her role before."
Jiang Lihe understood, his eyes narrowing in thought. "She is unkind, so the company can't be blamed for being unjust."
"That's the logic. Furthermore, there are many female roles in this drama, and even the director is a woman," the assistant's glasses glinted, revealing malicious intent. "Where there are many women, there is much gossip. Women are most likely to tear each other apart. Why don't you, CEO Jiang, take this opportunity to invest a sum, and then enter and exit the crew in the name of an investor? I'm sure with CEO Jiang's charm, many female stars will be thinking of throwing themselves into your arms."
"Am I the kind of person who accepts anyone?" Jiang Lihe frowned, very displeased.
"Those people naturally aren't worthy of CEO Jiang, but what I mean is, CEO Jiang can use the jealousy among women to divert trouble and kill with a borrowed knife."
Jiang Lihe stopped, considering the feasibility of his method. After a moment, he smiled. "You're right, but I have an even better idea."
"Please tell me, CEO Jiang."
"They say this drama is a big female lead drama, but there's inside information in the industry that it's actually a dual female lead drama, only the second female lead isn't very prominent. Go find out who is playing that role, offer a high price and good resources to get her to quit, and the liquidated damages will come from my private account."
"CEO Jiang is brilliant!" The man with glasses nodded, praising, "We can also have her post some ambiguous messages, leading netizens to speculate whether her quitting is related to Qin Qingshang. First, there are seniors who auditioned and are dissatisfied with her, plus conflicts within the same crew. This series of events will leave her half-dead, even if she doesn't die."
"And it can also ruin her public image." Jiang Lihe adjusted his tie, his eyes frivolous. "High Platform Immortal? Aloof? Sufeng can lift her up, and naturally, it can also make her fall hard!"
Qin Qingshang will come crawling to beg him sooner or later!
"CEO Jiang," the man suddenly looked in one direction, "Look, isn't that Qin Qingshang?"
Jiang Lihe followed his gaze and indeed saw the woman acting suspiciously, fully armed, looking back every two or three steps.
"She's standing by the side of the road, is she waiting for someone?" The assistant asked, then his eyes lit up. "She took out a compact mirror! A date! It's definitely a date!"
Wearing a mask, sunglasses, and a hat, wrapped up so tightly her own mother wouldn't recognize her, and still paying attention to her image. If she wasn't meeting someone she liked, he'd cut off his head!
Jiang Lihe immediately hid to the side to peek. "A date?"
Flames shot from the man's eyes. "Good, I want to see who she's dating after rejecting me time and time again."
If she was meeting Xia Zhuohua, there would be no need to be so cautious, right? They could meet in other ways.
Thinking this way, the person she was meeting was definitely not Xia Zhuohua.
Soon, a gray ordinary Volkswagen drove over and stopped in front of Qin Qingshang.
"Just this? Just this? What kind of crappy car is this!" Jiang Lihe cursed in a low voice.
The assistant took out his phone, zoomed in, and opened the camera. "Something's definitely not right. This car has special anti-peep film on it."
Seeing Qin Qingshang look at her phone, then stand in front of the car, the glasses-wearing assistant quickly changed the angle to film. "Oh no, she just blocked the rolled-down window, can't see the person."
"Driving this kind of crappy car, it doesn't matter if it's a person or a ghost," Jiang Lihe frowned. "Qin Qingshang wouldn't fancy this kind of..."
Qin Qingshang opened the car door and got in.
Jiang Lihe: ...
"CEO Jiang," the assistant put away his phone and frowned. "The person in the car is very alert. We don't know if it's a man or a woman yet. When Qin Qingshang opened the door, the window was rolled up. It seems that person is very vigilant."
"No matter how vigilant, they were still discovered by us." Jiang Lihe ground his teeth, practically fuming with anger. He roared, "Does any Tom, Dick, or Harry deserve to be involved with Qin Qingshang? This kind of lowlife dares to touch the woman I fancy, it's like Zhu Bajie wanting Chang'e!"
Seeing the gray car start, Jiang Lihe immediately pushed the assistant forward. "Go! Get in the car quickly, follow that car."
"Told me she had a scene to shoot, but then turned around and ran out of the set. Two-faced, playing me!"
Jiang Lihe got into the passenger seat, urging the assistant to drive, his gaze fierce.
"Today I'm going to see what kind of thing dares to compete with me. They're really looking for death!"
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