The phone call was connected.
The female voice on the other end sounded rather capable.
"Hello?"
"Miss Lin."
"I knew you'd call."
"The offer I made to you back then still stands."
"Huanxiao is always short-handed, but back then, Miss Lin was at her peak, and it's understandable that she looked down on a small teahouse like ours."
"Now that Miss Lin seems to have fallen into some trouble—"
"Are you willing to lower your head and consider Huanxiao now?"
Lin Muchen was silent for a moment, and then she said,
"Who wants me to go?"
"I'm notorious now, burdened with tens of millions in breach of contract fees. I don't believe, in the eyes of others, I still have any value that would warrant Sister Yi throwing an olive branch to me based on my reputation alone."
Lin Muchen's words were extremely calm.
The person on the other end chuckled.
Lin Muchen heard her say,
"Miss Lin is indeed as sharp as ice and as wise as jade."
"But Miss Lin said one thing wrong. Miss Lin's face, along with that peerless figure, is enough to make me extend an olive branch."
"Someone has indeed asked me to pass on a message to Miss Lin."
"The person who asked me to pass on the message is called Third Master Jin."
"Everyone in the Northern City should know that Third Master Jin's name carries weight. Third Master Jin has always been thinking of Miss Lin and wants to invite Miss Lin for tea."
"There's a banquet at the teahouse tonight. If Miss Lin is willing to come to the stage and personally serve tea, one million will be directly transferred to your account, how about it?"
Lin Muchen pursed her lips.
She thought about it carefully in her mind, then said,
"Just serving tea?"
The person on the other end chuckled.
"Just serving tea."
"Moreover, Third Master Jin is not the only guest tonight. There are also acquaintances of Miss Lin present. We wouldn't do anything nefarious, would we?"
Lin Muchen's brow furrowed slightly. She thought for a moment and asked,
"My acquaintances?"
"Who?"
She asked this question with great caution.
For Lin Muchen, she had no information at the moment, and any additional piece of information was good.
The woman on the other end of the phone smiled even more meaningfully.
"Someone you acted with."
"Isn't the male lead of the drama you're currently in, Master Ling Qi?"
"This TV series was tailor-made for him. Miss Lin must have seen him on set. He's Third Master Jin's guest, and they're going to discuss some business."
"If Miss Lin is willing to come and serve tea, it's one million."
Lin Muchen had originally no intention of accepting the invitation.
She made this call solely to gather information.
Now she had what she wanted.
And, there was even some unexpected gain.
Would Master Ling Qi be Ling Qianhe?
She had to go and see to know.
She raised an eyebrow and then said,
"Alright."
...
Lin Muchen reached out and slowly stroked her abdomen. She still found it unbelievable that there was indeed a small life within her.
This was truly unexpected.
However—
Since this world had her conceive a child right from the start.
She couldn't possibly abort it.
The only headache...
Who was the father of this child?
She casually flipped through her phone, but the messages on her phone were very clean. Most of them had been deleted, and the remaining ones were related to work, along with some messages asking her to pay breach of contract fees.
She scrolled through them one by one.
Seeing the abusive messages,
She flipped past them without even a frown.
Then, one message suddenly caught her attention.
"Lin Muchen, you slut!"
"Don't think that by seducing our brother, he'll look at you more... He never liked you anyway, and now you're carrying a bastard child of who knows whose, he'll like you even less!"
"Hahaha, you deserve it!"
Such abuse was common for female celebrities.
But below this message was an attached photo.
It was this photo that attracted Lin Muchen's attention.
In the photo, the girl was in a bar booth, holding a wine glass, with smudged smoky makeup. A man had her pinned against the wall and was kissing her lips fiercely. Her red lips were smeared, her eyes were hazy, and tears were welling up in the corners of her eyes.
The face was clearly her own!
But the man, due to the dim light in the bar, was impossible to see clearly.
Lin Muchen, however, stared blankly at the photo.
That back, even though it was incredibly blurry,
She could recognize it at a glance.
It was Ling Qianhe!
Damn it...
Damn Ling Qianhe!
He was indeed in this world this time!
What kind of damned identity did he have this time?
The person who sent her this photo continued with a few more private messages, still verbally abusing her.
"Shameless woman! Don't know who you hooked up with, got pregnant... and now you're trying to seduce my brother!"
"Bah!"
"My brother only got hooked up with you because he was drunk. Did you bribe paparazzi to try and frame him with your pregnant belly by spreading rumors?"
"No wonder you're trying to infiltrate this crew..."
"Let me tell you, the media won't release this photo, so give up."
"My brother won't look at you, a dirty woman carrying an illegitimate child!"
Lin Muchen was still wondering about Ling Qianhe's identity. Seeing the keyword "crew" in the private messages, her brow furrowed slightly, but a thought suddenly dawned on her.
Could it be.
The person photographed with her was the film emperor from the same crew?
And was that him, Ling Qianhe?
Her brow furrowed.
Still pondering.
A new message arrived.
"Miss Lin. You have a prenatal check-up scheduled for this afternoon... Do you have time to come over?"
...
Lin Muchen walked out of the private hospital, still holding the prenatal check-up report.
She had already sold her car, so she stood at the hospital entrance, hesitating whether to take a taxi. But remembering that she only had a few hundred dollars left after paying the hospital fees, she sighed.
After all, she was a celebrity...
Living such a miserable life.
It was truly a disgrace to her reputation worth two million eight hundred thousand.
As she was hesitating,
A black Maybach stopped in front of her. The car window rolled down, revealing a woman driving, and a very beautiful woman at that.
She stopped the car and glanced at Lin Muchen.
"Get in, I'll take you to the teahouse."
As soon as she spoke, Lin Muchen recognized the woman by her voice.
"Sister Yi?"
The woman opposite her appraised her.
"How many months pregnant are you?"
"You're not showing yet, right?"
"This outfit won't do."
The woman narrowed her eyes, a smile appearing on her lips.
"I've already prepared clothes for you. Go change first."
"Miss Lin, I have... high hopes for you."
"I hope Miss Lin won't disappoint me!"