Chapter 151: Getting paid without having to go to work—absolute bliss!

Song Jinse was sitting in the living room, shelling vegetables while watching her precious grandson's variety show, when she saw that very grandson burst out of the bedroom with a bird's nest for hair, darting around the house like a headless fly in circles.

"My good grandson, what are you looking for?"

"Grandma, where is my spare suitcase? I just got a call from my manager; I have a flight at five this afternoon, and there's a scheduled gig."

Song Jinse quickly put down the vegetables she was shelling and rolled over with her spare suitcase. "Why are you in such a rush? Even celebrities don't get temporary overtime notices like this! I look at your father's schedule, and everything is arranged well in advance."

"..." Bai Lu scratched her head, feeling immensely awkward. "Ahem, well, didn't my dad and I get caught in a scandal? So they temporarily arranged this gig for me to go be a guest performer for my dad, which can also serve as an indirect response to... uh, the romance between my dad and me."

Yesterday, less than half an hour after she and her dad hung up the phone and went out for a post-dinner stroll, her grandparents had stormed back home.

Song Jinse and Lu Cheng, who had already learned to surf the internet proficiently, were right at the front lines of the gossip-munching mob. As a result, going out for a casual walk resulted in them choking on the romance gossip involving their own son and precious grandson...

What kind of nonsense was this!

The two old folks were so furious their eyes rolled back on the spot, especially Lu Cheng, whose walking stick looked as if it was about to punch through the villa's foundations.

Lu Cheng played the hard cop, while Song Jinse played the soft cop. Using a combination of carrots and sticks, playing both good cop and bad cop, they forced her to go to the media and immediately, right then and there, publicize their father-daughter relationship.

Bai Lu rubbed her lips raw, but she still couldn't persuade her grandparents. In the end, out of sheer desperation, she turned to her uncle for help.

When the old fox makes a move, you know it right away.

No one knew what the old fox had said to her grandparents, but as soon as she hung up Gu Pianran's call, her grandparents stopped forcing her to instantly publicize their father-daughter relationship.

The old fox was truly immensely useful.

Upon hearing that it was a scandal between the father and daughter, Song Jinse immediately dropped her face, her tone rigid. "Why bother with an indirect response? If you ask me, you should just publicize your father-daughter relationship. If worst comes to worst, just have your and your father's management agencies issue some sort of announcement to deny it. Why make things so complicated?"

Bai Lu patiently explained to her grandmother, "With these kinds of things, the more you deny and explain, the more it looks like 'the culprit protests too much.' If I go and be a guest performer for Dad now, doing it openly and above board, it will instead leave those filthy bugs hiding in the dark with nothing to say."

Song Jinse was still very unhappy, but since she had promised to support her precious grandson's career, her words had to be matched by actions. "Never mind waiting for your grandfather; Grandma will go cook right now. You must eat lunch before you leave."

"There's no time, my makeup artist is already on the way and will be here soon. I have to go to Room 444 to wait for her. Grandma, I'll miss you so much! As soon as I finish the guest performance, I'll head straight off to shoot the variety show, and I won't be back for a whole week, wuwuwu..."

Bai Lu threw her arms around her grandmother, rubbing against her and acting thoroughly spoiled in her arms.

Ever since she had recognized her family, she hadn't even had the chance to properly spend time with her grandparents.

She was always unable to stay at home for more than a few days before having to leave for work.

It didn't matter; this variety show would end before the Chinese New Year, so she would be able to spend the Spring Festival properly with her grandparents, and after the new semester started, she would have even more time to stay at home.

She could even let her grandparents enjoy the pleasure of picking up their granddaughter from school.

It wasn't until Xiaodan called her that she reluctantly broke away from Song Jinse's embrace. "Grandma, you have to watch my variety show, and you have to miss me. I'll call you every single day, so I'm off now!"

Bai Lu first put the spare suitcase back into Room 444, and only then went downstairs to the security booth to pick someone up.

Xiaodan grabbed her arm. "Xiaolu, tell the security uncle so that the next time I come to find you, it won't be such a hassle for you to come down and pick me up every time."

Bai Lu told the security uncle, "Remember this face. Next time he comes without me to pick him up, absolutely do not let him in."

Xiaodan wailed, "Why is Xiaolu like this?!"

"I'm a female celebrity, okay? Can you just casually knock on a female celebrity's door? Do female celebrities not need to do makeup and dress up before seeing people?"

Xiaodan: .........That sounds so reasonable, but you don't even wear makeup when you're on variety shows, do you!

"Wuwuwu, Sister Huahua, I missed you so much." She bear-hugged the makeup artist, cycling through acting cute and coquettish with practiced ease.

"You didn't miss me at all; you don't answer when I call you, and it takes ages for you to reply to WeChat messages." Sister Huahua angrily tapped her on the forehead.

"That's because I'm too busy... But I bought you a gift in every single city I went to! Could it be that Xiaodan secretly pocketed them and didn't deliver them to you?"

Xiaodan executed a triple denial: "I didn't, it wasn't me, stop talking nonsense."

Sister Huahua: "Consider you having a conscience."

Bai Lu asked craftily, "Sister Huahua, how does it feel to collect a salary without needing to go to work?"

Sister Huahua: "It feels fucking amazing! Occasionally going to work feels like the Lunar New Year, I even look forward to it."

Xiaodan: I am so envious.

While doing her makeup, Sister Huahua made no effort to conceal her gossipy nature, asking quite bluntly, "Xiaolu, did you really capture that high-mountain lotus of a Best Actor Lu?"

"..." Bai Lu raised three fingers. "I swear, if I am dating Best Actor Lu, may I gain fifty pounds."

Xiaodan: "You really didn't need to swear such a poisonous oath..."

Sister Huahua: "Right, you've got your fairy prince charming now anyway. So, how far have things progressed with your fairy prince?"

"............"

Gossipy people who eat melon are truly annoying.

Because she had to reserve time for reporter interviews, once her makeup and preparations were done, it was almost time to leave.

Sister Huahua carefully checked her suitcase for her. "Xiaolu, do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder?"

The one with obsessive-compulsive disorder is my uncle; he's the one who packed my spare suitcase.

If she encountered a situation like today's, she could just wheel her spare suitcase and leave without worrying about leaving anything behind.

Gu Pianran: the ultimate home-essential, professional-grade male nanny.

The nanny van had just driven out of the gates of Yipin Lan when it was suddenly surrounded by a crowd of people rushing out from the side.

The flashing lights and popping sounds were more intense than a gunfight in a movie.

Some people even lunged forward, frantically slapping the car windows and hood.

The nanny van was actually swaying.

Xiaodan, who had only been on the job for a few months, had never seen such a scene and instantly turned pale with fright. "Where did all these people pop up from?! They weren't here when I drove in just now!"

Sister Huahua feigned composure and grabbed her hand. "It's fine, it's fine. Xiaolu, don't be afraid."

She smiled and gripped Sister Huahua's hand back. "I'm not afraid, and you don't be scared either." She lifted her chin. "Xiaodan, car locks."

Xiaodan: "Right, right, right! Car locks, car locks... No problem, as soon as this nanny van starts up, it automatically locks. People outside can't open it."

Bai Lu sighed helplessly: "I know. Not only can people outside not open it, but people inside can't open it either unless the driver unlocks it. I'm telling *you* to unlock it."

Xiaodan: "Unlock it? Are you insane?!"