Guilongchao: I played the domineering CEO to the bone.

The Dragon Tide Pavilion also welcomed the morning, and Tong woke up from her old single sofa with a sore back.

Perhaps it was the thrill and tension of being held hostage by Du Juan yesterday afternoon, or perhaps it was the lingering, mysterious power of the smoke exhaled by Boss Shen that remained in Tong's room.

In short, Tong took another nap in the afternoon, skipped dinner, and slept soundly until early the next morning, with excellent sleep quality.

"Waaah!"

Tong stood up, stretched, and decided to start her new life today!

Never let the little setbacks in life hinder your progress!

We've survived poverty and destitution, so what's so tough about... being... you know?

Let's decide to start making a new movie!

So, Hitomi took out her phone and decided to contact two of her few friends in Nakaura Ward to "help out" on the male and female leads.

"Hey? Little Grey? Are you free today?"

"What? You're taking care of Chan Chan? Sigh, bring her to Longchao Pavilion, and I'll have Master Du help you take care of the child. As for you... this director is taking you to do something big!"

"What do you mean I can still do something big? Make movies! I've even reserved the lead role for you. With me as the director, the box office is guaranteed to be a huge hit!"

"What do you mean 'can't it' or 'can't it'? Are we still brothers? You don't even believe what I, the great director, say? One word: are you coming or not?"

"You've come to the right place! That director is waiting for you at the entrance of Longchao Pavilion, bye."

Tong hung up the phone and let out a long sigh—sigh, it's really not easy to get an actor for free.

Then, another phone call was made.

"Hey? Xiao Guang? Got some free today? This director will help you make big money!"

"What? You want to work at a bubble tea shop? How much money can you make there? Don't you have any ambition?"

"Of course you'd come make a movie with me! Would I lie to you? I've already reserved the lead role for you! I'm just waiting for you!"

"Guaranteed to make money! Just come on over. Anyway, the money you make in a day isn't even enough to fill Biaozi's (a real money-devouring beast) stomach. At worst, let Biaozi go hungry for a day, or I, the director, will provide you with two meals a day!"

"That's right! Meet at the entrance of Dragon Tide Pavilion, and Little Grey too, come quick!"

After making two phone calls, Tong smiled with relief, packed her things, and took her most expensive possession—her camera.

After telling Master Du that he would need his help taking care of the children, and without waiting for Master Du's agreement, I walked straight out of Longchao Pavilion, leaned against the telephone pole at the entrance, basking in the warm sun, and waited idly for Little Grey and Little Light to arrive.

Tong opened a bag of snacks she had casually taken from Mr. Du's desk for breakfast—it didn't matter if it was human food or cat food, it tasted dry like compressed biscuits, but it was edible anyway.

Bathed in sunlight, I can't help but sigh: our lives are finally getting back on track.

Little did she know, from the moment Tong left Dragon Tide Pavilion, she also entered the surveillance range of Azalea and White Dove...

...............

On the other end, Wang Hui, who was taking care of a child at "Sister Hua's Maternity Matron and Domestic Service Center," also known as Xiao Hui, Tong's best friend, helplessly put down his phone and sighed.

"Making money by making movies with you? I'd be a fool to believe that!"

"I wonder if Mr. Du can really help take care of the child..."

He silently complained to Xiao Lingtong after she hung up the phone.

But even so, if a big director asks him to act, he still has to go.

Wang Hui is a notorious black hole in his industry; he fails at every job he works for. Despite his hard work and dedication, every place he's worked inexplicably experiences various accidents, ranging from costing him his job to causing the company or store that hired him to go bankrupt...

In any case, Wang Hui had already made a name for himself in just a few years since his "debut," and almost no enterprise, company, store, or even street vendor dared to hire him.

Wang Hui lost his enthusiasm for work and started doing any kind of work. He didn't care about the low wages; he would just slack off and not put in any effort. He considered it a balance.

As long as a job can support me, that's fine. If I can't make it in one line of work, I'll just switch to another. I might as well just coast along and wait to die.

Until Director Tong discovered by chance that Wang Hui was a descendant of the Dragon King, he introduced him to the Dragon Tide Pavilion.

Wang Hui knew that the Dragon Tide Pavilion was no ordinary force. After joining, he even asked the mysterious cat (Master Du) of the Dragon Tide Pavilion to take a look at him and see if it was because of that damned Dragon Curse that he was so unlucky.

Master Du examined Wang Hui and told him that his failure in every job he did had nothing to do with the Dragon Curse...

Anyway, in the end, Mr. Du still managed to get Wang Hui a job elsewhere—at "Sister Hua's Maternity Matron and Domestic Service Center," a job taking care of children...

So even Master Du was afraid of his "bad luck," right? He said it was nothing, but it probably was, after all!

Otherwise, why wouldn't Longchao Pavilion accept him?

Wasn't it said that dragon blood and such were very rare?!

However, Wang Hui was still very grateful to Director Tong and Master Du for introducing him to the job, and after that, he always considered himself an unofficial member of Longchao Pavilion—want to get rid of me? Dream on!

Back to his current job, which is the one introduced by Mr. Du, where he works at a postpartum care center taking care of children.

The child they were to take care of was named "Chanchan," a little girl with a mother who worked at the Dragon Suppression Division. Chanchan herself was also a Dragon, and even stronger than Wang Hui...

When Wang Hui first realized this, he was dumbfounded—he couldn't even compare to a little girl who had just started elementary school?!

This time, we've really met our "little tyrant"!

Wang Hui's Dragon Curse power is geared towards attack; it's water-based, capable of condensing water into ice to create blades. There's not much to say about it; it doesn't really mean anything.

But when it comes to Chan Chan's dragon spell ability, that's interesting—she can communicate with a magical breed of rabbit called "Rabbit Fairy" and has a certain degree of foreknowledge of the future.

It's roughly about how "Rabbit Fairy" can foresee the future and then tell Chan Chan.

But sometimes, or rather most of the time, "Rabbit Fairy" has her own ideas...

This resulted in the future that Chan Chan knew almost always being the opposite of what she expected.

In short, after being scammed a few times, Wang Hui discovered this characteristic and cleverly used it to make money everywhere with Chan Chan, for example:

Chan Chan said the weather would be great tomorrow, with clear skies and perfect for going out. Upon hearing this, Wang Hui immediately went to buy a hundred umbrellas. The next day, he took Chan Chan to the subway entrance early in the morning. Sure enough, as expected, the heavy rain arrived as scheduled, pouring down and lasting all day!

Wang Hui had no choice but to sell all one hundred umbrellas, making a small profit with tears in his eyes!

Although using Chan Chan's abilities to make money required offerings to Chan Chan and Rabbit Fairy, Wang Hui still reaped considerable benefits.

It could be due to the suppression of lower-level dragon curses by higher-level ones, or perhaps Wang Hui's cleverness in taking advantage of Chan Chan's precognitive abilities, or maybe Chan Chan possesses some kind of luck that suppresses Wang Hui's misfortune...

And so, taking care of the baby Chan Chan at Sister Hua's Maternity Center became Wang Hui's highest-paying and longest-running job.

That's all for my recollection.

Wang Hui put the little spirit into his pocket, then turned to look at Chan Chan, who was lying on the sofa studying math.

只见缠缠正艰难地计算着：“5+7=57；7+5=75；3+3=8........”

Looking at her racking her brains, her suspicious and hesitant expressions, and then her sudden realization, Wang Hui rubbed his head, sat down next to Chan Chan, and said in a gentle voice:

"Chanchan, do you like kittens? How about your brother Grey takes you to find kittens to play with?"

Hey—speaking of which, Wang Hui suddenly thought of a meme,

It's that meme about having a cat at home that can do backflips.

First, let's be clear!

He, Wang Hui, absolutely, absolutely did not have any ill intentions towards Chan Chan! He just happened to think of that meme.

Then I just realized that Mr. Du really should be able to do a backflip.

It's... pretty realistic.

Is it a gray kitten or a white kitten?

Swinging her little feet, clad in white silk stockings, she mumbled curiously, her eyes no longer fixed on the math problems that annoyed her.

"Isn't the adorable little bunny fairy cute?"

"Uncle Grey?"

Wang Hui forced a smile and explained:

"It's... uh... a little black and white kitten? It doesn't matter, it should be... quite cute, right?"

"Also, Chan Chan, be a good girl. Chan Chan should call me 'Brother Grey,' not 'Uncle Grey,' okay?"

Chan Chan hopped off the sofa, carrying Rabbit Fairy, kicking her homework to a corner, and excitedly pulled Wang Hui out.

"Okay! Uncle Grey! Take me to find the little black and white cat!"

Wang Hui let her cling to him and try to correct him again.

"He's my older brother... not my uncle... Do you think your Uncle Gray is that old...?"

"Uncle Grey~"

Chan Chan persisted.

"Fine, fine, whatever you want..."

Seeing that Chan Chan wouldn't change no matter what, Wang Hui gave up.

"Hey Chan Chan, can you check with your Uncle Hui to see if anything good is going to happen today?"

Ever since Wang Hui tasted the "sweetness" of Chan Chan's prophetic abilities, he's always asked this question whenever he goes out.

Moreover, Wang Hui was also very curious: would the director have a chance to make a lot of money by asking him to make this film?

Chan Chan brought her ear close to the mouth of the pure white rabbit in her arms, which had not a single stray hair on its body, and listened intently for a while before raising her head and replying to Wang Hui:

"Uncle Grey, Fairy Rabbit says you're going to have a stroke of good luck today! Congratulations in advance!"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Gray's face vanished, his hands and feet instantly turned icy cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his heart skipped a beat...

The prophecy of the entangled woman is the opposite!

The opposite!!!

Having a stroke of good luck = having a terrible time!

Wang Hui knew that Director Tong's visits to him were never for anything good!

I'm afraid I'll be going out upright and coming back sideways today!

No way!

"Chan Chan? Wait, Chan Chan! Don't rush off... How about we make a deal? We won't go out today, okay? Your brother Hui will teach you how to play games..."

As he spoke, he was about to take out the Little Spirit Eye to return to the great director Jue Tong.

"No! Uncle Grey promised to take me out to play!"

Chan Chan covered her ears and shook her head frantically, looking like she was refusing to listen.

"What if I refuse to leave?"

Hui asked out of curiosity—what if the future that Chan Chan foresaw was Director Tong's? Could Wang Hui really just sit idly by and not help?

"Then Chanchan will tell her mother to arrest you, you big liar Uncle Gray!"

Chan Chan's attitude was quite tough. With a mother who was part of the official Zhenlong Division, how could she not be assertive!

"Oh... my little darling... I surrender, I surrender..."

"Go! Let's go, okay...?"

"Hehe~"

It has to be said, this little girl has a mother who's an official...

And he's even a tiny bit stronger than me, Old Gray...

At once......

That's really impressive.

..................

Meanwhile, on the other side, Hikari, the ageless girl and working queen who had just hung up on Hitomi, seemed much simpler than the socially savvy one. Her background was a mystery. She woke up in a frozen puddle in winter and was rescued by a fat cat, losing all her previous memories.

After listening to Tong's enticing words, Xiao Guang's eyes were filled with a bright light like little stars!

"Wow~ Tong-jie is truly my best friend! She actually wants me to be the female lead in her movie!"

"Wow! This sounds like it could make a lot of money! It's definitely more promising than working at a bubble tea shop!"

"Biaozi! Biaozi! You're right, aren't you?"

Xiao Guang shook the gold-devouring beast beside him, which was eating something in its mouth—a small lion with golden fur all over its body, about the same size as Master Du, with extremely vivid facial expressions, able to speak human language, and liking to eat high-value things such as Nine-Fang Coins, gold and silver jewelry, and dragon jade.

This is also the fundamental reason why Xiao Guang is still poor despite working hard – he has to support Biaozi.

"Awoooooo... Don't think I didn't hear that: 'At worst, let Biaozi go hungry for a day' or something like that!"

Biaozi was shaken so badly by Xiaoguang that he foamed at the mouth. He swallowed the nine-square coin that Xiaoguang had taken out of his bag, feeling guilty but determined to expose Tong's cruel deception to Xiaoguang!

But Xiao Guang was completely oblivious to the hidden meaning in Biaozi's words, and kept getting excited.

"Biaozi, how can you say that? I've heard that the entertainment industry is very lucrative! As long as I can become the female lead in Tong's show today and showcase my superb acting skills in front of the camera, my future career in the entertainment industry will definitely be smooth sailing!"

"It's me, Xiao Guang! Who else but me could be the lead actress in their first movie? You agree, right? Your owner is amazing, isn't he, Biaozi?"

"Ah, yes, yes..."

Biaozi was too lazy to care about her. He was sleepy after eating, so he hid in Xiaoguang's backpack, zipped it up, leaving a small gap to block out the light, and started snoring as if to appease Xiaoguang...

After Xiaoguang woke up from the ice, she had worked for several years and had gained some understanding of human relationships. So she thought:

Tongjie contacted me about filming at this time. Knowing her personality, she definitely wouldn't have eaten a proper breakfast to save money, and she's probably still hungry... If I buy her a cup of hot soy milk when I go to Longchao Pavilion, she'll be so touched! Then she'll take a few more shots of me and edit the photos to make me look beautiful?

Yes! Let's do it!

Although I didn't save much of my 9F coins from yesterday's job, it's still enough to cover breakfast...?

Xiao Guang rummaged through the compartments of her backpack and then through her pockets, and found—

Where are my Jiufang coins?

Why does this backpack feel so strangely heavy today...?

Xiao Guang gradually recalled Biaozi's guilty expression from earlier and immediately understood everything.

He reached into the backpack, pulled open the fat cat Biaozi's mouth, and yelled at it:

"Biaozi! You stole my Nine Coins again?!?!?! Didn't I give you two as a midnight snack last night? Why did you steal them again?!"

"Are you going to pull it out yourself, or should I take you to get your stomach pumped?! Hurry up! Don't ruin your sister Guang's important business!"

Awakened, Biaozi, still half-asleep, put his paw in his mouth, pretending to rummage around, and muttered in dissatisfaction:

"Only two? That's enough for anyone to eat..."

"Stomach pumping? The cost of stomach pumping is far more than the meager food this divine beast lord eats. Do you even have the money for that...?"

"Still trying to scoop it out? This old man already digested it..."

In a daze, Biaozi openly and honestly spoke his mind.

It will be met with Xiao Guang's even fiercer rage:

"Biaozi!!!"