Chapter 701: Chapter 44: The Cannon Fodder Actress Opposing the Slacker Female Lead (Part 44)

"Mm-hmm, it’s all up to you. What would I do without you? I definitely couldn’t have completed the task so smoothly without you.

How did I get so lucky to meet a great partner like you, solving everything for me, even using high-tech to help me get videos, saving me so much time.

Little Buding is amazing, Little Buding is truly the most amazing person I’ve ever met."

"You... hehe... what you’re saying is a bit exaggerated... hehehe... I’m not as amazing as you say... hehehehehe..."

Little Buding needed some time to cool down.

Jiang Lai ignored him and continued to finish her coffee.

The shooting successfully wrapped up at the end of the year.

Due to the need for lots of post-production, the entire shooting process was basically done in the studio.

After wrapping up, Bob reluctantly gave Jiang Lai a big hug.

"Darling, when I finish this year’s work, I’ll come find you. You promised to take me to that male model restaurant in China, don’t forget."

"I remember, I remember."

Bob reluctantly sent Jiang Lai to the airport, and this scene was captured again, naturally becoming the media’s talk of lovers parting, about to embark on a long-distance relationship.

The agent kept persuading on the plane.

"That Bob didn’t want to clarify because he can use you as a shield, people are overjoyed. But what about you? Why are you staying silent? If you were really dating him, it would be something, but... sigh, I can’t tell if you’re really silly or what, this isn’t beneficial for your career at all!"

Jiang Lai looked at her.

"Then you choose, do you want me to date an internationally famous fake straight man and not hinder my career, while also catching heat to get endorsements,

or should I find a real man who’s not as famous as me, someone who needs to catch my heat to climb up, and ultimately hinder my career?"

The agent looked back at her, soul-searching.

"Do you really have to fall in love?"

"I’m so excellent, if I don’t, men swarm to flirt with me."

"..."

Fair point.

Forget it, let people say what they want.

Thinking about it, since Jiang Lai doesn’t suffer any loss, just let it be.

Who wouldn’t want to date an international star?

And without wasting emotions or time, you can ride the wave for free.

After returning to the country, life was rather leisurely.

Because Jiang Lai has always been assertive and decisive, even Mrs. Jiang, a domineering strongwoman, couldn’t do anything about her.

If she was in a good mood, she’d take on some odd jobs, if not, she’d stay in her two-hundred-square-meter home watching movies and snacking.

But there’s one thing she’s consistently done—assisting in agricultural livestreams.

The previous livestream effects in the variety show were great, and the impoverished area that was once so poor they split every cent is now earning its first bucket of gold by beekeeping and honey production.

The elderly and children left behind in the village now have tasks to do.

The elderly, as long as they can still move around, have all entered the factories to earn money by beekeeping.

They’ve been doing this since childhood, their generations rely on honeybees for a living, so nobody knows bees better than the elders here, hence no need for much training, they can get on the job directly.

"Now every household in the village can earn money through labor, with at least two thousand yuan a month!

This amount might not seem like much to you, but you must know that before the agricultural livestream began, the average monthly income here was only four hundred yuan.

Four hundred yuan, what’s that for the young, just a meal’s worth. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

So everyone is very satisfied with their income now, and many young people are considering coming back to work."

Jiang Lai looked at the newly transformed village in front of her and silently smiled.

"Since they need to transport goods, the roads here were also repaired. It used to take two hours to get from here to town, now just half an hour, and many kids can go out to study now."

"This place is resource-rich, and the people are hardworking and capable, now relying on beekeeping to prosper."

Jiang Lai also helped them do a few more livestreams for free, helping sell many other agricultural products besides honey.

Like the local milk and mountain eggs, etc...

After working all day, talking from morning till night, the reward was a big countryside feast in the end.

On the way back late at night, Jiang Lai leaned back in the seat, closing her eyes to rest.

"I didn’t expect you would continue to help them livestream for free, Jiang Lai, I find you seem quite alright."

Little Buding never missed a chance to tease Jiang Lai.

But this time Jiang Lai didn’t respond to him, pulled down her cap, and continued to sleep.

Little Buding muttered.

"Why aren’t you responding?"

Jiang Lai: "Dogs barking, where’s the barking coming from."

Little Buding: "What a coincidence, I heard the barking too, how the dog barks again."

Jiang Lai: "What a coincidence, I heard the barking too. Dogs bark like this."

Little Buding: "..."

His skills seemed to have truly diminished.

Or is it that Jiang Lai has already become enlightened?

On the way back, Little Buding asked.

"How long are you planning to stay here?"

"Sigh... a bit boring."

After completing the task, one feels a bit bored, not that this world is boring, but because Jiang Lai herself has seen too much, lived too long, always in a hurry coming and going, clearly aware of the ending yet living each life.

So, she feels bored.

"Then in the next world, let me see if I can find some excitement for you?"

"Given how old I am, what kind of excitement do you think I can handle?"

"How old are you anyway?"

Jiang Lai chuckled.

"In these worlds, I’ve been living day by day for real.

You don’t know crap."

Little Buding didn’t say anything.

Because he felt guilty.

Every time he went into hiding, he was either slacking off or goofing off.

The flow of time outside and inside the worlds is different.

Even though he always accompanied Jiang Lai, he stayed in reality, so he could witness half of Jiang Lai’s lifetime in one day, hence indeed feeling not much time passed.

Jiang Lai was different; she truly lived through one world after another, year by year.

Thinking about this, it made him inexplicably feel a bit sad.

Jiang Lai lived so long, no wonder her sharp-tongued skills have sharpened.

At the end, she’ll definitely roast him thoroughly and leave him without a shred intact.

"Jiang Lai, do you prefer the small worlds, or the outside world?"

"What do you think?"

"I don’t know, I’m not the one living them."

"If these aren’t your experiences, why ask? Would talking with you let you understand?"

"..."

To the point, blunt and direct.

Little Buding decided to keep his mouth shut, no longer bothering Jiang Lai with these pointless things.

Even he felt the question was a bit boring.

After all, he couldn’t empathize.

In the following days, Jiang Lai signed everywhere across the country, flying around.