Chapter 38

Shen Tang always felt that Xu JiaoJiao's state was a bit off, but she didn't seem to be lying. If she encountered this kind of thing, she would definitely stand up for justice.

She couldn't help but want to ask if she had a boyfriend in her previous life, but then thought, if she knew in advance, it wouldn't be as fun, so she'd just let nature take its course.

Seeing Xu JiaoJiao cry, she panicked to comfort her, "Why are you crying?"

"I'm just a little relieved," said Xu JiaoJiao.

Xu JiaoJiao threw her arms around Shen Tang, and continued in her heart: I'm relieved that nothing has happened yet, I'm relieved that I still have a chance to start over.

In my previous life, I was blinded and plotted with the enemy to harm Shen Tang.

She would never forget that day when Shen Tang gripped the wine glass tightly and asked her sincerely, "Do you really want me to drink it?"

Seeing her nod, a tear flowed from the corner of Shen Tang's eye, but she drank it all in one gulp anyway.

At that moment, she already regretted it, but it was too late.

Although nothing happened to Shen Tang, she could not forgive herself, and the two of them broke up.

Xu JiaoJiao held Shen Tang tightly. In this life, she would redeem herself properly.

After getting to the bottom of her doubts, Shen Tang slept well that night.

They were nearing the end of filming, and would soon wrap up shooting.

During this period, a few minor incidents occurred, like accessories or makeup items being tampered with. Fortunately there were no major incidents.

To be cautious, Shen Tang stopped using the tampered makeup items, and even specially installed a small camera in her makeup room. Unexpectedly, it did come in handy.

That morning, as usual, Shen Tang first checked everything before starting on makeup and costumes.

Unexpectedly, she discovered a problem as soon as she looked.

A man wearing a duck bill cap had pried the lock and sneaked in. First he added something to the makeup, then took apart some threads in the costume.

Shen Tang found the costume. The unraveling wasn't obvious, but the costume could no longer be worn. With just a little force, it might rip.

If not for her recent cautiousness, she surely would have fallen into the trap.

Shen Tang wearily pinched her brow. She wasn't the female lead, so how did she run into so much trouble just shooting a drama?

Although unwilling to disturb the director, there was no choice. She had to let her know about this.

And who knows what was added to the makeup.

Shen Tang had someone take it for testing.

Director Huo also didn't expect so many incidents with the crew.

But Shen Tang was the victim here, it wasn't her fault.

"Investigate it," said Director Huo.

Although there was video footage, the person was dressed all in black with a duck bill cap, and you could only see half his chin, so he was difficult to identify.

There were a lot of blind spots in the set’s surveillance system. “It looks now like the person was likely an outsider,” Director Huo frowned.

This incident was frightening. Fortunately so far it was only tampering with items without harming anyone. Otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Shen Tang couldn’t resist secretly asking Xu JiaoJiao if this had happened in their previous life.

Xu JiaoJiao shook her head, her complexion pale. “I don’t know...”

She was now starting to doubt whether this rebirth was real or fake.

Before joining the crew, she had suddenly gained some memories. She had firmly believed it was rebirth. But now she discovered reality was somewhat different from her dreams.

What was going on here?

Could it be she hadn’t rebirthed?

"Don't worry, don't worry. Whether it's rebirth or whatever, who cares. Living well in the present is most important," Shen Tang consoled.

Xu JiaoJiao murmured, "You're right..."

Shen Tang called the police.

The police took the remaining makeup for testing. The results would take a few days.

As for that person, it wasn’t certain if he could be found either, since he seemed quite familiar with the local surveillance situation.

When Gu Huaian learned of this incident, he immediately sent over his bodyguard Xiao Yu.

Shen Tang had originally thought the set would be safe this time. Unexpectedly there were still problems.

Xiao Yu arrived quickly. Shen Tang told others she was her new assistant.

After all, Tao Sister’s mother’s surgery was successful, but she hadn’t fully recovered yet.

Having Xiao Yu around was very reassuring.

But this girl could really eat. Shen Tang seriously suspected Gu Huaian had sent her over to save on food expenses.

A few days later, Shen Tang wrapped up shooting and received a big red envelope from Director Huo.

"Congratulations on wrapping up filming!"

"Thank you!"

"Sister Tang, let's keep in touch!"

"Sure!"

"Let's play games when we're free."

"Don't worry, sister will raise your rank!"

......

Shen Tang couldn't have dreamed she'd have such a harmonious relationship with the crew. On her way out, she was loaded down with all kinds of stuff they gave her.

On the ride home, Shen Tang received the message that the test results were out.

The things added to the makeup were glue and jy.

The jy was added to the lotion. If you didn't look closely, you really couldn't tell.

Shen Tang: "......"

She nearly vomited. How disgusting!

What a psycho to add this stuff!

Shen Tang didn't even want to tell others about it, but Gu Huaian still found out.

Over the phone, his voice was low and tense. "Don't worry, I'll find out who this person is working for."

"Thanks. I also want to know what this pervert was trying to do."

After hanging up, Shen Tang took a few deep breaths to calm herself.

There was no need to be depressed over some perverted psycho.

Returning to the villa, Shen Tang discovered no one was home.

"Sister Tao?"

"Uncle He?"

"Wuyang?"

"Anran?"

Not a soul around. How strange.

Shen Tang went upstairs to her room. Just as she pushed the door open, there was a loud "pop" by her ear, followed by everyone shouting "Surprise!" Then shards of firework debris lightly pattered down on her head.

"Congratulations on wrapping up filming!"

"When, when, when, when!"

Shen Tang felt somewhat embarrassed, although she knew their intentions were good.

"Thank you."

"Here's your wrap gift red envelope."

Each of the four people gave her one.

Just as Shen Tang was about to put them away, Gu Anran piped up, "Sister, quick, open them and take a look!"

"Should I really open them now?"

"Open them, open them!"

Shen Tang opened the red envelopes to discover that combined, Sister Tao's, Uncle He's and Wuyang's envelopes held several tens of millions.

—Be happy for tens of millions reasons, be fortunate for tens of millions blessings, be safe for tens of millions days.

Anran's envelope contained a hand-drawn voucher.

"What's this..."

"This is Uncle's one-day complimentary experience voucher. You can use this voucher to have Uncle accompany you for a whole day, he has to do whatever you want."

Shen Tang's imagination inevitably wandered to inappropriate places. She hastily gave a little cough to rein her thoughts back in.

"Does...does your uncle know about this?"

Gu Anran's gaze drifted left and right. "He'll definitely agree to it!"

Shen Tang neither agreed nor disagreed, just smilingly put all the red envelopes away. "Thank you all, I really like your gifts."

How fortunate to know this lovely group of people.

"Alright, the welcome ceremony is over now, next up is––"

"Cleaning up the trash," Uncle He killed the mood.