The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

Stand-in literature?

Who is using whom as a stand-in?

Whose stand-in was she being used for?

While they were still in a daze, An Ling had already started reading about the past of Gu Chenming's parents by looking through Gu Chenming's original character settings.

[Mom and Uncle Gu were friends; in fact, they knew each other for many years longer than Mom and Dad had known each other.]

[But Mom treats Uncle Gu as a friend, while Uncle Gu sees Mom as his ideal woman?]

Pei Yuning: ?

An Shuhai: ? ? ?

Previously, Yun Xiaoyue had a crush on An Shuhai, and now Gu Yanming sees Pei Yuning as his ideal woman.

But An's parents were completely unaware of this.

Pei Yuning and An Shuhai exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

It shouldn’t be...

Unlike the Yun Xiaoyue family, who lost contact with them twenty years ago, the Gu family has always maintained contact with them. Gu Yanming and Pei Yuning's interactions are very natural, just like ordinary friends.

In any case, they never felt that Gu Yanming had any feelings for Pei Yuning that went beyond friendship.

According to An Ling, does that mean Gu Yanming treated Zhou Shuyun as a substitute for Pei Yuning?

Thinking about this, Mr. and Mrs. An were once again unsure...

Because Zhou Shuyun does look somewhat like Pei Yuning.

Zhou Shuyun is also an actress, and when she first debuted, her agency deliberately used "Little Pei Yuning" as a gimmick to promote her.

The advantage is that Zhou Shuyun has indeed gained a level of attention and discussion that most newcomers would never achieve. However, the disadvantage is also obvious: from the moment she debuted, Zhou Shuyun was seen as a pretty face who could only rely on hype and riding on Pei Yuning's popularity, and her overall reputation was not very good.

So if we really want to say that Gu Yanming and Zhou Shuyun are together because she looks similar to Pei Yuning and he uses her as a substitute, An's parents are not entirely sure that this is absolutely impossible.

The story of how Zhou Shuyun got to know them is quite complicated.

Back when An Shuhai and Pei Yuning had just gotten married, he returned to his hotel room after entertaining some business partners, only to find Zhou Shuyun in his room.

An Shuhai wasn't stupid; he naturally knew what this meant.

It must be that someone who was negotiating a collaboration with him thought they had figured out An Shuhai's preferences and wanted to curry favor with him in this way.

Even though An Shuhai and Pei Yuning are already married, some people still think that as long as you cheat on your partner, it's not a big deal to have a few bites behind their back, and you can even seek excitement and novelty.

Especially for someone of An Shuhai's status, many of them have a stable marriage at home while having affairs on the side. That person probably assumed that An Shuhai would like his arrangement.

As for Zhou Shuyun, she was treated like a commodity.

An Shuhai was extremely angry at the time and berated Zhou Shuyun, telling her to leave immediately.

However, Zhou Shuyun tearfully claimed that she was forced into it. She said that when she knew nothing about the entertainment industry, she was spotted by her current agency because of her appearance and signed an extremely unfair contract.

If she does not follow the company's arrangements, she will be deemed to have breached the contract and will have to pay an exorbitant penalty.

Because of this unfair contract, she only received a meager income after working for several years, making it impossible for her to afford the penalty for breach of contract.

Moreover, even if she leaves this time, the company might still use her to curry favor with other people.

Zhou Shuyun also said that the company had sent someone to take photos of her entering Gu Yanming's room. If she did not complete the task, the company would spread the photos to spread rumors that she had slept with her sugar daddy and ruin her reputation.

Zhou Shuyun felt that An Shuhai's decision to let her go at least showed that he was not a petty person who would take advantage of her, so she wanted to ask An Shuhai to let her stay there for one night so that she could complete her mission.

But An Shuhai knew he absolutely could not do that.

If he really lets her stay in his room, even if he doesn't do anything, he'll still get into trouble.

Everything else is negotiable, but the most important thing is that he absolutely cannot let Pei Yuning misunderstand.

But seeing Zhou Shuyun crying and begging him as if she had nowhere else to turn, An Shuhai couldn't tell whether she was really that helpless or just pretending to be pitiful to deceive him.

But no matter which one it is, he has to tell Pei Yuning about it first.

On the one hand, it's better for him to tell Pei Yuning the matter in person than for Pei Yuning to hear rumors from other places later. Moreover, while Zhou Shuyun is still around, things can be explained more clearly.

On the other hand, Pei Yuning definitely knows more about things in the entertainment industry than he does, and might have a more suitable way to handle them.

After the call was connected, An Shuhai briefly described the ins and outs of the matter.

"Yu Ning, I'm truly innocent! I really don't know anything about it, and I didn't do anything! You have to believe me!"

"I swear to God, I have never done anything to wrong you! Someone is trying to harm me! I will never forgive them!"

"Alright, alright, stop now," Pei Yuning interrupted An Shuhai's "pledge of loyalty," "Let's deal with the current situation first."

Similar incidents are not uncommon in the entertainment industry. Pei Yuning knew what was going on as soon as she heard it, and she understood it even better than An Shuhai.

If the person who arranged for Zhou Shuyun to enter the room was really just trying to curry favor with An Shuhai, then things would be simple; all they would do is make Zhou Shuyun leave and clearly refuse.

But it would be troublesome if that person had other motives.

Now that it's a fact that Zhou Shuyun and An Shuhai entered the same room one after the other, if they were able to take photos of Zhou Shuyun entering the room, what about An Shuhai's?

If photos of the two have been taken, and then accompanied by some deliberately mysterious captions, the fact that they were alone together in a room will be confirmed.

The identities of this man and woman alone are even more explosive. The man is Pei Yuning's husband, and the woman is known as "Little Pei Yuning." It's easy to imagine the uproar this would cause if even a little bit of this got out.

Back then, entertainment reporters had no bottom line when it came to their low standards, and coupled with the underdeveloped internet, clarifying things became even more difficult.

The person most affected was Zhou Shuyun. The fact that she was forced to sleep with someone was enough to ruin her reputation, make her despised by everyone, and completely deprive her of the opportunity to work in the entertainment industry.

Those who criticize her don't care whether she has a reason or was forced; they only think it's their right to criticize a so-called immoral woman.

Of course, Pei Yuning and An Shuhai could not escape unscathed either.

Especially Pei Yuning, who is a public figure, and the love lives of celebrities are always something that everyone loves to gossip about.

If tonight's events get out, even if An Shuhai later reveals the truth, it will only be seen as an excuse to fool the outside world, and very few people will believe it.

From now on, Pei Yuning's name will forever be associated with this matter.