Chapter 667: Chapter 10: The Cannon Fodder Starlet Who Gives Up on Struggling (Part 10)

After finishing speaking, Lu Huan sat down at the dining table with the bread on the plate.

Behind her, Lu Ming looked at his sister’s back with a troubled expression, but after noticing the camera, he forced a smile and turned around.

Cherry jam needs sugar, and only Jiang Lai has sugar here.

For his sister’s cherry jam, he had to bite the bullet and walk up to Jiang Lai.

"Sister Jiang Lai, may I borrow some sugar from you?"

Jiang Lai was cooking, and she turned to glance at Lu Ming.

This was the first time she’d looked closely at one of the young male protagonists in this novel, and he did look quite good—clean and fair-skinned, the kind of kid who looked like a Domineering President from a young age. The key was being versatile and considerate, no wonder he could step on Jiang Qu’s head to become a top figure.

"Borrow? Have you thought about how you’re going to pay me back after borrowing it?"

This question immediately embarrassed Lu Ming.

It was the first time he met someone like this—her first reaction when he asked to borrow something was to ask how he would pay it back.

In front of the camera, does she not even plan to pretend a little?

Lu Ming thought for a moment.

"Once I make the cherry jam, I’ll share half with you."

"There are cherries outside, and I have sugar, so why should I need your cherry jam? Try again."

Lu Ming didn’t want to borrow anymore. If he could, he’d love to just throw out a "Forget it then" and walk away.

But in front of the camera, he had to maintain his good persona.

A gentle and patient Lu Ming wouldn’t do such a thing as turning around and leaving.

"Then you tell me, what should I use to exchange for it."

"Go pick cherries for me, exchange the cherries with me for sugar."

Lu Ming looked baffled, completely unable to understand what Jiang Lai really meant.

Why didn’t she just go pick cherries herself if she wanted them? Why insist on using sugar to coerce him into picking them?

"If you don’t want to, then forget it. Anyway, those little cherries of yours aren’t enough to make any jam."

"I agree, I’ll go pick them, and then exchange the cherries with you for sugar."

Jiang Lai nodded and turned around to continue with her tasks.

Just like that, Lu Ming took off his apron and turned to go out and pick cherries.

At this time, the livestream chat exploded with comments.

[What’s going on, does Jiang Lai really need to haggle with a kid?]

[Jiang Lai is too stingy! Little Lu, don’t let her bully you! Just go to the director’s team!]

[It’s just a little sugar, yet they’re calculating this and that, so ridiculous. Do stars really lack this much sugar?]

[Poor Little Lu, having to go out and pick cherries in the hot weather. Jiang Lai, be a decent person!]

[Little Lu, come to sister’s arms, sister has sugar, lots of sugar!]

[A bunch of idiots in the chat, what’s wrong with give and take? The sugar is Jiang Lai’s, she can give it as she pleases, what does it matter to you?]

There were neutral fans, but their comments were quickly drowned out by the massive amount of messages from Lu Ming’s fans.

In the end, Jiang Lai was scolded into the trending topics for not lending sugar.

Across the lens, Jiang Lai was indifferent.

These audience likes and dislikes have nothing to do with her, whatever they say, Jiang Lai did things her own way.

Outside, Lu Ming looked at the huge cherry tree before him, the cherries below had long been picked, the only way to get more was to climb up.

Lu Ming didn’t want to climb, thinking it would be very dangerous.

But there was no choice, he had already promised Jiang Lai, if he backed out now, the audience would think he was cowardly, which would affect his public perception.

After lots of thinking and weighing the pros and cons, Lu Ming decided to climb.

The upward process went smoothly, and soon he was at the top of the cherry tree.

After picking the cherries, when he wanted to go down, he looked down, and the massive height difference made his brain spin and his legs go weak, nearly slipping.

This is too high!

As he slid down, his palms were painfully shredded by the rough tree bark, and he had no choice but to cling to the tree trunk, inching down bit by bit.

Suddenly, a scream came from below the tree.

"Brother, why did you climb so high!"

The shock made Lu Ming’s hand twitch, causing him to lose control and slide down, finally landing heavily on the grass.

He landed butt first, his body wasn’t too hurt, but looking down, his palms were red and sore with scratches, the skin even tearing in some places.

He frowned, looking at Lu Huan who ran over.

"What happened? Are you hurt?"

Lu Huan was terribly worried; her brother’s hands were precious, any injury could even affect his upcoming film shooting.

Lu Ming’s eyes reddened from pain.

"It’s so dangerous, who told you to climb up?"

"Sister Jiang Lai, told me to pick cherries to exchange for sugar with her."

Upon hearing this, Lu Huan’s face darkened. She immediately pulled up Lu Ming from the ground and stormed into the house.

Jiang Lai was making soup in the kitchen. The soup had bones given when buying meat, without a trace of meat, but perfect for soup.

"Jiang Lai, was it you who made my brother climb up to pick cherries for you?"

From behind, came the voice of questioning.

Filled with anger.

Jiang Lai turned around, looking at the siblings in front of her, and Han Li who was quietly watching the drama from the side.

"What’s the matter?"

"My brother is still young; if you want cherries, go yourself. Don’t push responsibilities onto such a young child!"

This unequivocal accusation would earn anyone praise as a good sister.

Jiang Lai’s face remained expressionless.

"What’s the matter? You want cherries, yet you let my brother pick them, how is it now they’re climbing for sugar it’s different?"

"Cherries are not something I wanted, okay? Lu Lu wanted them, your brother wanted to show off, I don’t bear this blame."

Jiang Lai laughed.

"Lu Lu wants to eat, how much does Lu Lu eat? How much do you eat? As a grown-up, both lazy and greedy, how do you have the face to lecture me here?

And, your brother didn’t climb because of me, it was because of you, because you wanted to eat cherry jam, understand?

Also, a manly man cried just because of slightly injured hands, that’s not called a little crybaby, no one likes that; it’s called lack of spirit."

Jiang Lai was fully fired up.

What is she afraid of?

She’s not afraid of falling out.

Lu Huan glared at Jiang Lai, gnashing her teeth.

"Jiang Lai, you’re really so petty! You’re just retaliating against my brother.

If you have a problem with me, come find me directly, don’t drag the child into it!"

"No, no, no, that’s wrong, I don’t just have an issue with you, I have an issue with both of you."

"You... you’re so blatant!"

Jiang Lai shrugged.

So what? If you have the ability, kick her out.

[It’s on! It’s on!]

[Jiang Lai must be sick, if sick go get medicine, why go crazy here? Does she think this is being straightforward?]

[Did Jiang Lai say anything wrong? Jiang Qu’s hand was so scratched up, and yet Lu Ming just had a little tear and cried, ugh!]

[Stop the insults, stop the insults, our Little Lu has always been a crybaby since childhood, there’s no need for Jiang Lai to be so malicious to a child!]

[Indeed, Jiang Lai shouldn’t be like this to Lu Ming, Lu Ming is innocent]

[Laughing out loud, only you fools think Lu Ming is innocent and naive.]