The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

"Su Ran, what are you doing? Put these things down! Have you forgotten what you promised me?" Shi An ran downstairs and stopped Su Ran.

“I never said I would stay indefinitely.”

"Su Ran! Do you still want to go to school? The tuition—"

"Don't threaten me with tuition fees. Mr. An has already waived all my tuition and fees, and I don't need to worry about living expenses. You should use the money for yourselves. I can't stand the meager meals your Shi family provides; they'll choke me to death."

The Shi family was shocked. They never expected An Yecheng to go to such lengths. It seemed that Su Qinya's relationship with the An family was deeper than they had thought.

Shi Youyou clenched her fists involuntarily. If Su Ran hadn't suddenly appeared, Mr. An's resources would have already been poured into her.

She regretted what she had done.

I shouldn't have sent Su Ran an invitation just to show off a little.

Did Su Ran tell Mr. An about shaving her head at her graduation banquet? How will Mr. An view her?

The Shi family members stood there, stunned.

Seeing that they reacted to An Yecheng, Su Ran suddenly wanted to take advantage of their power.

“Mr. An told me personally that he hates you swindlers who have abandoned morality for profit. For a very long time to come, he doesn’t want to see you, either in life or at work, and he’s cutting off all cooperation with Producer Shi.”

Shi Zheng's face turned ashen, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Mr. An's words were tantamount to blacklisting him in the industry, no wonder many things had not gone smoothly recently.

Su Ran said she only said those words to scare them, but what she didn't know was that An Yecheng actually did it.

Although Shi Zheng has retired, he is still trying to connect with industry contacts for Shi An's sake, hoping to find a good agent and resources for his son, but all of these attempts have recently been rejected.

"Mr. An, do you really say that?" Shi Zheng's face was deathly pale, as if he was about to collapse at any moment.

“Mr. An told me himself, so how could it be false?” Su Ran crossed her arms and gazed at them with a smile in her eyes.

"Impossible! Mr. An would never do something so ruthless. He has a relationship with Su Qinya, how could he possibly target our Shi family? Shi An is Su Qinya's own son!" Wang Xiaoxia's face was full of disbelief.

Su Ran looked at Shi An, whose head was hanging down, seemingly lost in thought.

Thinking of Shi An's indifference towards his deceased mother, she sneered, "Who knows? Maybe he's not my biological brother. Mr. An only needs to know that I am my mother's biological daughter, and that's enough."

Shi An's body suddenly trembled.

"Ranran! He's your brother!" Shi Youyou's face was no longer gentle; she looked at Su Ran as if she were looking at a rebellious and immature sister.

"Oh, that's a clever way of putting it. Go ask him if he considers me his sister." Su Ran shrugged nonchalantly.

Shi Youyou couldn't bring herself to ask, but anyone could clearly see how Shi An treated Su Ran.

After speaking, Su Ran picked up her luggage, which was full of her mother's belongings, and kicked open the door of the Shi family home without any hesitation.

She stood at the doorway, waved her hand behind her, and called out, "I wish you all a happy family reunion, and that you will always be one family."

In complete silence, the door slammed shut.

The fruit platter and vase were all swept off the table, shattering into pieces all over the floor.

The entire living room was filled with Shi Zheng's roaring voice.

"Rebellious daughter! Rebellious daughter!"

The piano teacher was frightened and left in a panic.

Su Ran took the high-speed train back to her apartment in Kyoto. She first made a video call to her grandmother, and then Zhong Jue suddenly sent her a message.

Zhong Jue: [Your three songs were all a cappella, without accompaniment, and it's truly unbelievable that they made it into the top three on the charts. I've found someone to arrange the music for you; come over tomorrow to meet up. Also, shouldn't you take your guitar lesson, which you postponed for several days?]

Ghostly voice: [Good]

When she arrived at the company, she was surprised to find that the music arranger Zhong Jue had mentioned was actually Gu Cai!

Thinking of Gu Cai's frantic state that day, Zhong Jue thought to himself that he must have done it on purpose!

Unlike her fully covered-up outfit when she was Gu Cai's personal assistant, Su Ran was now wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, gray casual pants, and white sneakers.

Unlike the usual pure black face mask, this one was dark blue, paired with a matching duckbill cap.

In addition, because she has lost a lot of weight recently and her figure is not as muscular as before, Gu Cai couldn't match the Su Ran in front of him with his previous personal assistant.

Besides sound.

"Tch, if it weren't for Brother Zhong, I wouldn't bother composing music for you."

Upon seeing Su Ran, Gu Cai felt no sense of mutual appreciation between talented individuals. This guy had released another song, and he himself had been pushed down to fourth place on the charts. He had never felt so frustrated before. From childhood to adulthood, when had he ever fallen out of the top three?

But because of this guy, Brother Zhong even forced him to compose music for her, and for free, even though he's very expensive!

Thinking about it this way, he found Su Ran increasingly unpleasant.

Su Ran coughed, then extended her hand, "Thank you."

Gu Cai glanced at her, his gaze settling on her outstretched hand. Her fingertips were long and slender, her skin delicate, and the knuckles did indeed have a slight pinkish glow, just as described online—quite beautiful.

Seeing that her hand hadn't been grasped after reaching out for so long, Su Ran had no choice but to awkwardly withdraw it. But then, a shadow suddenly loomed over her, and when she looked up, she met a pair of deep eyes.

"Are you really my little assistant?" Gu Cai suddenly asked.

It's astonishing that a guy with such a cute, puppy-like appearance has such sharp eyes.

Su Ran, unaware of what he had discovered, braced herself and said, "It's the real deal."

Gu Cai rested his chin on his hand and circled Su Ran three times, scrutinizing her from head to toe with a probing gaze, as if trying to figure something out.

As for her physique... when Su Ran was his personal assistant, she was quite muscular. It's impossible for someone to lose so much weight in such a short time, right?

The personal assistant, Su Ran, was bundled up tightly, but the skin on her hands was quite dark. This ghost voice, on the other hand, was quite fair-skinned, clearly not wearing any skincare products. Having been in the entertainment industry for many years, he could tell that.

The personal assistant is still a bit short of money, and this ghost voice is already an internet celebrity, so why would she lower herself to cook for others?

Gu Cai concluded: There's definitely a conspiracy! He knew Zhu Hong had been disliking him for a long time and deliberately found Su Ran to pretend to be down on her luck to mess with him! She wanted to see him make a fool of himself!

Under Gu Cai's gaze, which felt like a laser beam, Su Ran was filled with trepidation and stood rooted to the spot, not daring to move.

Seeing Gu Cai's face grow increasingly angry and his teeth clenched, for some reason, they couldn't understand why.

Su Ran had no idea what kind of resentment and misanthropy he was imagining. Was it really necessary to look at her like she was a criminal?

It wasn't until Gu Cai said, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and follow me," that she wiped away imaginary cold sweat from her forehead and silently followed Gu Cai's steps.

Gu Cai took her to the recording studio.

Besides her and Gu Cai, the sound engineer, band, and other staff were already in place.

"Go inside and put these on. Sing me a song first." He tossed her a pair of headphones.

"Oh, which song?" she asked.

"Any song will do, but I need to hear your voice clearly, stop dawdling."

Gu Cai didn't even glance at her. He took a can of cola from the freezer with one hand and sat down in front of an electronic piano.

It was Su Ran's first time using recording studio equipment, and she was nervous. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Hurry up, if you're not going to sing, then leave. Don't waste my time." Gu Cai's impatient voice came through the earphones.

Su Ran had experienced Gu Cai's volatile temper firsthand and knew that if she didn't speak up, he would really rush in and throw her out of the recording studio.

Zhu Hong was right; Gu Cai was indeed a madman.

I told myself not to argue with a lunatic.

Gu Cai's impatience had reached a breaking point.

He pulled the tab off the Coke with one hand, thinking that he would kick this guy out of the recording studio before he even opened his mouth to sing after he had just finished his first sip of Coke!