Chapter 702: The Cannon Fodder Actress Opposing the Slacker Female Lead (Finale)

The world has been explored by her almost completely.

She has been to many places more than once.

Each one is as familiar as her own hometown.

Little Buding is pondering why people are attached to this world.

Because they are attached to the people in this world.

Family, friends, lovers...

When these people no longer exist, what’s the meaning of this world?

The reason Jiang Lai feels bored must be because she has never found a sense of belonging deep in her heart.

Everything she has belongs to the original owner.

Everyone around her, they are the original owner’s family and friends.

They have nothing to do with Jiang Lai.

Thinking like this, Little Buding looks into Jiang Lai’s eyes once again and understands that what hides in her pupils is deep loneliness.

Then follows a long silence.

In the time after that, Little Buding doesn’t choose to disappear like before, but logs in every day to chat with Jiang Lai.

Even if she dislikes him, it doesn’t matter, anyway, he has a mouth and can talk back.

"You’re pretty active lately."

Jiang Lai is on a plane heading to a luxury cruise in Europe, and Little Buding has started making small talk again.

"Afraid you’ll be lonely, so I’m here to chat with you, isn’t that nice? Be glad I’m not charging you."

"Which dog’s eyes did you use to see that I’m lonely?"

"Even if your dog’s mouth can’t spit out ivory, it shouldn’t spit out poop, okay?"

...

Time passed quickly, and before they knew it, Jiang Qu had graduated from high school.

He got into the best media university in the country, becoming the top art student of his class, with his cultural course scores also being quite high.

This caused quite a stir at the time.

After all, it was widely known that child stars usually have poor grades, as they’d be busy filming since childhood and hardly have time for cultural studies.

Before the college entrance exams, many people speculated online whether Jiang Qu could pass the art entrance exams.

Everyone thought it was uncertain, especially since he was still filming in a crew three months before the exams, frequently appearing in TV shows, with no time to focus on his cultural courses.

Many people even believed that Jiang Qu would fail this year.

However, in the end, Jiang Qu’s solid scores silenced everyone.

Even without the art points, his scores in Chinese, Math, and English were enough to get into a very good university.

In that same year, he became the country’s youngest triple-award-winning actor.

The TV series in which he starred won the Golden Award, and the film released the same year crowned him in the film industry. As the male lead, he not only achieved exceptional success in his career but also presented his fans with a satisfactory academic test result.

The day after receiving the admission notice, Jiang Qu was invited to attend an awards ceremony.

When he heard the name "Best Actor of the Hualan Awards" followed by his own, he smiled calmly at the camera and walked steadily to the podium to accept the award.

Receiving the trophy, he bowed to everyone present.

"I’m truly surprised and humbled to receive this award today.

It’s not just because of my age but also because my experience and knowledge are far less than the esteemed teachers below the stage.

So, I am very grateful for the encouragement and support from the judges and teachers, and I will carry this encouragement forward with determination.

Finally, I want to express special thanks to one person.

That person is my sister, Jiang Lai.

Sorry she can’t be here today because she’s abroad receiving an award, but it’s okay, I still want to say this to her.

Sister, I still remember what you once told me, and I promise I will never let my capabilities fall short of my ambitions. I will walk the path ahead step by step.

I will be your pillar, your most reliable brother!

Sister, look at me, I am finally capable of protecting you now!!"

Jiang Qu’s eyes were red.

Thousands of miles away, Jiang Lai watched the live broadcast and smiled reassuringly.

"What a good child."

"Jiang Qu is really great, isn’t that Liao Yuan also great, what a good brother, he’s so devoted to you."

Mentioning Liao Yuan, the expression on Jiang Lai’s face changed slightly.

"Too young, annoying."

"People now like the younger ones, moreover, Liao Yuan came to find you as soon as he turned eighteen, full of sincerity."

Recalling the scene where he was driving a Bentley, holding flowers, and inviting Jiang Lai to a movie, Little Buding, as a man, couldn’t help but be moved.

"So handsome and young, with a good family background, being a top scholar in the province, and most importantly, deeply infatuated with you. If you don’t want this, what do you want?"

Many people wouldn’t even dare to dream of such a thing.

Jiang Lai actually turned to him and said directly.

"Brother, I am not interested in dating right now."

The brother was very polite, asking if he could at least get a love number ticket.

Jiang Lai rejected it outright.

She has no such plans for now.

Even Little Buding felt heartbroken.

"I don’t understand you."

Might as well, just date casually.

Jiang Lai murmured.

"Meaningless."

Changing over and over, it’s all the same, no meaning whatsoever.

——

In the second year after Jiang Lai left the entertainment industry, Jiang Qu was attacked during an awards ceremony by a black fan disguised as a fan.

Fortunately, he had taken Jiang Lai’s advice and learned self-defense skills early on, so before the person got close, he kicked them flying away.

Later, a knife, a bottle of acid, and a photo were found on the person.

The photo was familiar, and Jiang Qu took a few seconds to recall.

"This is Lu Ming, a former classmate who was blacklisted for misconduct and hasn’t been seen for years."

The police nodded and shared what they had learned with him. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"What we’ve gathered is that she’s a fervent fan of Lu Ming, attacking you to avenge her idol. However, we retrieved her chat records, and although they were deleted, our technicians recovered them and found it was Lu Ming who incited her to harm you.

Now the suspect Lu Ming is being hunted, and you will receive an answer soon."

"Alright, thank you all."

Jiang Qu wasn’t surprised at all.

This was indeed something Lu Ming would do.

Back then, when he dropped out and left the circle, having been hidden for years, he thought Lu Ming was living quietly somewhere in the world.

Unexpectedly, he had been planning revenge all along.

Finally, Lu Ming was caught in a small city, and charged with intentional injury, the evidence being clear, he was sentenced to one year of detention.

After resolving everything, Jiang Qu told Jiang Lai.

"He has always been resentful, thinking I stole everything from him, and now it’s quite laughable to think I was hurt by someone like that for so long."

Jiang Qu was now fully mature, handling things steadily and reliably, with a career that was thriving.

Jiang Lai completed her task very well and continued to live in this world for more than twenty years, passing away from illness at the age of fifty.

In the year she left, Jiang Qu canceled all work schedules, changed all of his social media profile pictures to grayscale.

For many years, the description under his profile picture only had one sentence.

Sister said: The view from the mountaintop is something I must see for myself.