Su Ding's scalp tingled.
She knew she was doomed tonight, but she still couldn't bring herself to speak!
Then, she lost her voice.
The man suddenly lowered his body, kissing her lips, muffling her cries between them...
"You! You're not playing by the rules!"
"..."
...
Two days later, Su Ding's important scenes were wrapped.
She needed to focus her energy on the recording of a variety show, and would also rush back to the set during her free time to reshoot some scenes.
This variety show was a lifestyle program.
The program team invited six artists: Cao Ruxue, who had previously won the Best Actress award; Lv Xi, a popular young actor; Zhang Meng, a rising star in film and television; Wei Yang, a male host from a certain TV station; Chen Xi, a member of a boy band; and Su Ding herself.
The show's rules were that the six people would live in a villa, complete program tasks to earn funds for their shared living expenses, and broadcast everything live to the audience.
During the filming, none of the six participants were allowed to use their mobile phones.
On the first day of recording, Su Ding, along with Xiao Yuan, set off with her luggage. Their destination was city Z in the neighboring province, a journey of over three hours.
That afternoon, Su Ding arrived at her destination in a car sponsored by the program team.
As the car door opened, she stepped out.
Her sports shoes were the first to appear. These were an affordable but very comfortable brand.
Real-time comments scrolled:
"Wow! I have the same shoes as a celebrity! Amazing!"
"Me too, haha hahaha"
"Didn't they say this woman had a sugar daddy? Why is she wearing these? Are the media reports false?"
"Scheming b*tch, deliberately dressing like this, hehe"
...
Unaware of the netizens' chatter, Su Ding appeared in a white tracksuit with yellow trim, her hair tied in a ponytail, looking neat and tidy.
She had researched the show's director beforehand; the director focused on capturing the artists' real lives, so she had come naturally.
She opened the car trunk and took out her luggage.
There were no staff members to help.
She dragged her suitcase to the front gate, rang the doorbell, and after a short wait, someone emerged from inside.
It was a woman in her thirties.
Su Ding recognized her as the Best Actress Cao Ruxue. She was friendly and helpful to the younger generation.
"You must be Su Ding, right? Come in quickly," Cao Ruxue said with a smile, inviting her inside. "I'm the only one here so far; everyone else hasn't arrived yet."
"Yes, thank you, Sister Cao."
Su Ding dragged her luggage inside. Just as she set it down, she heard the doorbell ring again.
"Coincidentally, someone's here. Let's go see."
Cao Ruxue took Su Ding's hand and led her outside. Standing at the door was a familiar face: Zhang Meng, Shao Lin's best friend, whom she had met during a previous film and television variety show after returning to the country.
During that show, Zhang Meng had deliberately made things difficult for her.
Su Ding didn't want to dwell on their past grievances. If no one offends me, I won't offend them.
"Sister Cao, you're here so early."
Zhang Meng, wearing sky-high heels and a dress, with impeccable makeup, walked over and linked her arm through Cao Ruxue's.
Cao Ruxue smiled, "Not really, Xiao Su and I just arrived."
Only then did Zhang Meng look at Su Ding and say with a smile, "Ding Ding, we've met before. Please take care of me in the future."
Su Ding, surprised by Zhang Meng's acting skills, managed a polite smile as well.
"Not at all, we'll look out for each other."
Then, Zhang Meng looked around. "Hmm? Aren't any staff members coming to help with the luggage?"
Cao Ruxue chuckled, "No, why don't we help you together?"
Zhang Meng playfully tapped her forehead, "I'm so silly, I forgot."
Saying that, she looked at Su Ding. "Ding Ding, could you help me carry it? Sister Cao can open the door for us."
This arrangement appeared to show respect to an elder, but for Su Ding, it felt like a form of moral blackmail that was hard to refuse.
Su Ding voluntarily offered to help, versus being told what to do by Zhang Meng.
Two different feelings.
Su Ding didn't refuse and went to help Zhang Meng open the car trunk.
She took out four large boxes.
Each box was very heavy, and she had to exert considerable effort to lift them down.
Zhang Meng picked up one box and smiled at Su Ding, "Ding Ding, I'm troubling you."
Saying that, she walked slowly and with difficulty in her high heels.
Su Ding also picked up a box. Although it was very heavy, it had wheels, making it manageable to control its direction.
Within a couple of steps, she had dragged her box past Zhang Meng and was ahead of her.
The path from the courtyard gate to the main entrance of the living room was not short, so it was a considerable distance.
Seeing Zhang Meng's face turn red, Cao Ruxue went to open the main living room door wide, then returned to help Zhang Meng.
"You've packed quite a lot in these boxes, haven't you? Let me help you," Cao Ruxue joked.
"Oh... thank you!" Zhang Meng looked gratefully at Cao Ruxue.
Cao Ruxue, seeing Su Ding's brisk pace ahead, said, "Ding Ding, you're quite strong. Slow down a bit."
Su Ding happened to be returning to the car to get the second box. "It's fine, Sister Cao."
The barrage of comments arrived:
"This Miss Su Ding is so kind!"
"Did that Zhang Meng just move in? Bringing four boxes and asking Su Ding to carry three, how shameless!"
"My Meng Meng is carrying the weight a normal female celebrity should! It's perfectly fine!"
"Meng Meng is the most beautiful! That woman who relies on her sugar daddy just wants to gain popularity, right? Our Meng Meng is giving her a chance! Besides, she's the one eagerly offering, tut"
"Yeah, Meng Meng is too naive. She's giving that woman screen time."
"That third party is such a good actress, gag"
Soon, the comment section was flooded by Zhang Meng's fans, and the neutral viewers fell silent.