Little Cannon Fodder is Really Panicking [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 32: The Second World (8) [Part 2]

System No. 444: [Yun Luo is a very kind-hearted person, she won’t find it troublesome. Besides, she couldn’t wait for you to go over. Yinyin’s situation isn’t looking good right now. If you go, the little girl will be more than happy.]

“What happened to Yinyin? Wait, how do you know her situation isn’t good? 444, aren’t you unable to monitor other people’s situations? Your dog system has learned to deceive people.”

[Women ah, they can be overly suspicious sometimes. Aren’t I just guessing based on the plot? With what happened between Yun Yang and Xia Qing, do you think Yun Yin can be fine The little girl spends time with others during the day but goes home to her house at night even though it’s just a few steps away.]

Ji Mo still called Yun Luo to inquire about Yun Yin’s situation and also expressed her gratitude for last night’s help.

Yin Luo also asked if Wu Ling had returned home to see the child, and Ji Mo answered truthfully.

Yun Luo: “So, you’re alone at home?”

“Yeah.”

“Haven’t you been working lately?”

“No.” The other artists also need resources, and it’s not like she is trying to please anyone. She just wants to take it easy. Currently, there are no major breakthroughs in her acting career, so the company doesn’t bother with her. In fact, this should have some connection with the small cannon fodder halo. But that’s fine, she prefers it this way.

“How about coming over to stay for a couple of days? It just so happens that those two children are clamoring for you to come here.” 

Ji Mo didn’t reject her offer. She was a bit concerned about the well-being of the future big shots. Yun Luo said she would come to pick her up later, which Ji Mo found completely normal. Yun Luo always came to pick her up whenever she visited them. It was a normal thing.

She packed up, grabbed her bag, and waited for Yun Luo’s call before going downstairs.

An hour later, Yun Luo called, and Ji Mo went downstairs.

Just as she stepped outside the community, she saw someone she really didn’t want to see—Zhuo Rui. She had no idea about Zhuo Rui’s intentions were for coming here, but it certainly wasn’t to pursue her romantically. She couldn’t see any affection in the other party’s eyes. Instead, there was only interest, the desire to prey, and a surge of control and aggression.

“Ji Mo.” Zhuo Rui put on a smile. “How come you didn’t reply to the message I sent to you? Seeing you so drunk yesterday, I thought you were sick. I really couldn’t rest assured.”

Although Zhuo Rui appeared affectionate at the moment, she had encountered all sorts of gazes during the post-apocalyptic survival, and she had learned to read people’s intentions. Because if she can’t learn this, it’s very easy to be killed by others. Perhaps her teammates might betray her for a ring resource, and she could end up with a knife in her back.

In that world, true affection didn’t exist. To be able to survive, people would do anything to stay alive no matter how unscrupulous their actions were. So she was highly sensitive to human emotions, easily detecting whether someone was good or evil judging from their eyes and expressions. 

“Are you still not willing to give me a chance?” Zhuo Rui’s tone suddenly changed. He put on the expression of a pitiful and wounded wolf, similar to a cunning wolf trying to deceive a naive rabbit. In Ji Mo’s eyes, this was a wolf that could snap her neck at any moment.

“Movie King Zhuo, since you’ve already opened your mouth to say this, then I’ll be straightforward, we’re not compatible.”

“Why not give it a try before deciding if we’re not compatible or not?” Zhuo Rui was very annoyed in his heart. He initially assumed that he could win Ji Mo over in just one week, but it had been months now. The longer it took, the more disadvantageous it became for him.

If he chose to give up Ji Mo, not only would he lose face, but it would also cause him to lose a considerable amount of money.

Ji Mo was getting a bit angry. She felt that it must be because she acted too gently before. After all, she needed to maintain her ‘salted fish’ image, which made Zhuo Rui think that she was an easy-to-fool young girl. Well, she was still under twenty. In the eyes of someone like Zhuo Rui who was an older man, she indeed seemed like a tender bud.

“It’s clear that someone knows that eating shit is unpleasant, but they still insist on making me eat it. It’s really difficult for me. Although this example might not be very appropriate, that’s how I feel right now. Movie King Zhuo, do you understand? If you don’t understand, it’s also alright. Just take that sentence as face value and try to relate it.”

She wants to live a long and fulfilling life, but that doesn’t mean she is afraid of trouble.

Besides, this wasn’t a strength-based world where the strong were respected, so she wasn’t afraid of Zhuo Rui making things difficult for her. If Zhuo Rui tried to ban her from the industry, she could stay at home, do design work for others, and learn some other skills along the way. She wouldn’t starve to death.

Zhuo Rui’s expression visibly changed to one of as if he had really eaten something unpleasant, and his eyes were also filled with disbelief. 

Did Ji Mo just call him shit?

“Ji Mo, even if you disliked me, there’s no need to use such descriptions to embarrass me.” Zhuo Rui tried to evoke a sense of guilt and shame in Ji Mo.

System No. 444 really wanted to interject at this moment. Expecting Host No. 44 to feel guilty and ashamed. Simply impossible!

“I don’t want to either, but having a piece of shit showing constantly in front of me severely affects my life,” Ji Mo said with a cold smile, looking entirely different from her usual soft and gentle appearance.

This change of demeanor caused Zhuo Rui to be taken aback for a while. If Ji Mo was really like this from the beginning, he definitely wouldn’t have chosen her as his target.

“Ji Mo, you’re going a bit too far this time.”

“Just saying the truth, nobody will die. Besides, if that shit stayed in its right place instead of flaunting itself in front of me, who would bother going there and scolding it for being stinky?”

System No. 444: Excellent!

Zhuo Rui’s face was filled with extreme anger, and he couldn’t restrain himself any longer. “You are still an artist, at least pay attention to your image when speaking like this. Aren’t you afraid of getting caught on camera and ruining your career?”

Alright, since the soft approach doesn’t work, he planned to try the hard one.

“Did you record it or take a video?” Ji Mo seemed unconcerned. “If you have the guts, go ahead and share it with the world. Let them come and blacklist me.”

“In this industry, some things can be said and some are better left unsaid.” Zhuo Rui was getting impatient. His cold eyes landed on Ji Mo. “Arrogance requires capital.”

“Go ahead, blacklist me.”