Gu Huaian sat on the sofa working while Shen Tang curled up on the cradle playing on her phone.
The treaty that they had previously agreed on to maintain a three meter distance had long been discarded without them realizing it.
In their recent interactions, Shen Tang discovered that Gu Huaian was not as cold and unfriendly as the rumors said. On the contrary, most of the time he was very considerate and generous.
Especially when it came to money, he was simply Shen Tang's money god, a rich daddy whose fingers leaked wealth whenever he lifted them, allowing her to get rich quick.
However, this money only passed through her hands briefly before she passed it on to Luo Chen.
Shen Tang clutched her chest, pained.
Thinking about how this money would become even more money made her feel a bit better.
The preparations for the variety show Luo Chen was going to be on were going well, and he had also contacted the female lead.
However, Shen Tang still hadn't received any news about her audition results, and she was inevitably a little nervous.
She searched online and found lots of vague information.
There was even a blogger who posted about her going for the audition, and was inevitably ridiculed in swarms.
Shen Tang didn't care about any of that. She had been cursed at enough that this no longer hurt her.
This was normal in the industry, inflating and deflating people.
Moreover, she only cared about whether the audition was successful or not.
Because she was worried, she couldn't resist contacting Huo Yingying to ask if she knew any inside information.
Huo Yingying said her old-fashioned brother had scolded her fiercely.
"I think you have a high probability of success, don't worry."
If it was a director without money, they might still have to worry about whether the choice of cast and script would be controlled by capitalists. But her brother had money, so they didn't have to worry about any of that at all.
Shen Tang was also confident in her own acting skills. Hearing Huo Yingying's words, she relaxed a little.
But only a tiny bit.
With the full moon hanging high in the night sky, after eating dinner, Shen Tang finally received the text notification of her audition results.
She was extremely excited. After all, in her previous life she had never played the second female lead!
That night, Shen Tang tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Holding the densely packed character background she had written, she went over it again and again.
The group chat was also very lively. Qi Yue and friends Shen Tang had met on the desert island variety show all sent congratulations.
The drama's official Weibo account also began heating up. Without even looking she knew the comment section must be awful.
Although she had promised everyone she wouldn't check Weibo, Shen Tang still couldn't resist taking a peek.
Sure enough, in the comments section, many original novel fans were boycotting Shen Tang and requesting she be replaced.
Shen Tang felt a little sad, but she also understood.
She didn't respond. Right now anything she said would be useless.
The best method currently was to just wait until the show aired.
Thinking about it, she couldn't sleep anyway, so she might as well get up and pack her luggage to get ready to join the crew in a few days.
Because it was a closed set, she wouldn't be able to leave in the middle, so she had to bring a lot of stuff.
Shen Tang packed a full three suitcases before the sky finally began to lighten and she fell asleep.
She slept until almost noon before groggily coming downstairs, only to see a boy and a girl, two children, playing in the living room.
She looked at Gu Huaian and blurted out, "Your kids?"
【Hiss, they look so much alike! They must be his own blood children...】
Gu Huaian paused for a moment. "They're my sister's children. They just got back from overseas and will be staying here for a while. Xiao Shuai, Xiao Mei, call auntie."
"Auntie!"
"Hello auntie!"
The two children looked very well-behaved.
Shen Tang was stimulated by this and suddenly opened her eyes wide.
"What did you say their names are?"
Xiao Shuai? Xiao Mei? Those names didn't seem to match the Gu family at all!
Gu Huaian pinched the bridge of his nose. "Those are names they chose themselves. They'll probably change again after a while. Their original names are Gu Anran and Gu Wuyang."
Shen Tang clutched her chest, nearly scared to death.
This also reminded her of something from when she was little.
When she was small, she liked butterflies and wanted to change her name to Butterfly Princess, but luckily Matron didn't agree.
Gu Huaian suddenly laughed a little. Shen Tang was puzzled, what was he laughing about?
Wait a second! That's not right, Gu Huaian has an older sister?
Shen Tang carefully recalled the plot, but the novel didn't have detailed writing about Gu Huaian's family.
Oh well, with her as a variable, reality had already begun to change. The content of the book could no longer be completely trusted.
Moreover, these were all living, breathing people, right?
The longer she stayed here, the more muddled she felt, unable to distinguish whether this was reality or the book.
There was no plot god forcing her to complete missions, and everyone had flesh and blood and was no different from real people. Shen Tang felt that this was the real world.
The two children were both very good looking. Shen Tang was great with kids, and soon hit it off with the two.
However, because Shen Tang was so young, the two children stubbornly refused to call her auntie anymore, and instead switched to calling her big sister.
Shen Tang was quite happy about this, though Gu Huaian's expression was not too pleasant.
After playing for a while, Xiao Shuai, or rather Gu Wuyang, took out his phone. "Big sister, do you play King of Glory?"
"I do!"
"Then let's play together!"
"Sure, big sister will carry you flying!"
Shen Tang was originally worried their ranks might not match, but she was surprised to see Xiao Shuai was already in King rank.
"Wow, you're so good!"
Xiao Shuai straightened his back, unable to hide the pride on his face. "Just average!"
"Xiao Mei, you don't want to play?" Shen Tang asked.
Xiao Mei shook her head. "Big brother doesn't let me play with him."
"No problem, let's play together. I'll take you." After saying this, Shen Tang looked again at Gu Huaian and casually asked, "Do you want to join too?"
"Okay."
Shen Tang: "!!!"
She had really just asked casually!
To be honest, she couldn't imagine what the big boss looked like playing games.
But Gu Huaian was outstanding in every area, so gaming should be no exception, right...
Xiao Shuai, on the other hand, seemed hesitant to speak.
Shen Tang helped Gu Huaian download the game and briefly explained it, then pulled the few of them into a room.
She had wanted to pull in Miao Miao too, but unfortunately she wasn't online.
The four of them matched with a random player.
Soon, Shen Tang discovered that Gu Huaian's gaming talent was nearly zero.
She couldn't save him nearly as fast as he fed deaths.
Shen Tang: "......"
Xiao Shuai sighed, "See, I knew we shouldn't bring him."
Shen Tang glanced at him. Hindsight is 20/20! Why didn't you say so earlier!
But she didn't really mind. After all, the original intention of gaming was to have fun. They were playing the game, not being played by it.
Gu Huaian's fingers paused and his character died again.
Shen Tang consoled, "It's okay, just play passively and don't leave the base."
"Mm."
Luckily there was only one weak link on their team, and they still won in the end.
Xiao Shuai tentatively asked, "Uncle, will you keep playing?"
"Yes."
Xiao Shuai's face instantly drooped. He wanted to refuse but didn't dare.
"What, do you have an objection?"
"I don't dare." Xiao Shuai pouted.
"Oh, not that you don't dare, but that you don't want to. So you do have some objections, right?"
Xiao Shuai: "......"
Xiao Shuai threw himself into Shen Tang's arms. "Auntie, look at how uncle is bullying me!"
Shen Tang glanced at Gu Huaian, her expression slightly awkward. She wasn't his real aunt after all.
Moreover, this kid was pretty interesting. Calling her big sister when he didn't need her, then calling her auntie when he did. Tsk tsk.
