Who is still a star after rebirth?

Chapter 405: Ambiguous Transaction
Dusk is falling outside the window.

The crystal chandelier glowed with a honey-like color, but Chen Linyu's usually stunning face now revealed an unconcealable fatigue.

"Although I really want to help you, after all, we are classmates with a good relationship."

Lin Luo looked at Chen Linyu, whose brows were filled with fatigue, and raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "But your favor is obviously not that easy to help."

"clear."

A trace of helplessness flashed across Chen Linyu's eyes, and he immediately looked directly at Lin Luo and asked in a straightforward tone:
"what do you want?"

Lin Luo chuckled, his eyes deep: "The question should be what can you, Chen Linyu, give me now?"

Chen Linyu was speechless for a moment.

Lin Luo looked slightly downward and inadvertently glanced at Chen Linyu's ankle. He noticed that her right foot was trembling slightly. The heel seemed to be rubbed and a little blood was oozing out.

"Sit down first."

Lin Luo spoke in a gentle and calm voice. He motioned for her to sit on the sofa, and then he turned around to make tea.

The water in the teapot gradually boiled, and the fragrance of tea slowly filled the air. Chen Linyu sat on the sofa with his hands clenched tightly, his knuckles slightly white.

"The board asked me to submit an operational plan tomorrow, but I can't come up with any plan now."

Chen Linyu said in a hoarse voice: "According to my current work intensity, even if I work ten times harder, I still can't win the bet we made before."

"so what?"

Lin Luo sat down beside her and poured her a cup of tea. The fragrance of tea lingered between the two of them.

Chen Linyu turned his head and looked at Lin Luo's profile, his voice so soft that it almost sounded like he was talking to himself: "If you can appear in my operation plan, many problems can be solved easily..."

"Am I so powerful?"

While Lin Luo was laughing, he took out a small medicine box from the drawer of the coffee table, took out an iodine cotton ball, and then motioned to Chen Linyu to stretch out his feet.

"I will do it myself……"

Chen Linyu was about to refuse, but Lin Luo grabbed her exposed ankles and gently pulled them onto his thighs without giving her any explanation.

Chen Linyu's body stiffened slightly, and he subconsciously tried to break free, but Lin Luo's actions were too strong.

After struggling for a few seconds, Chen Linyu silently gave up resistance and allowed Lin Luo to carefully wipe the wound on her ankle with an iodine cotton ball.

The air was filled with a faint smell of medicine, which mixed with the fragrance of tea made Chen Linyu feel a little peaceful.

Looking at Lin Luo's focused profile, Chen Linyu felt complicated and asked inexplicably: "If I were Feifei or Yueyue and Yinyin, would you help me without hesitation?"

"of course."

After Lin Luo treated the wound, he looked up at Chen Linyu and smiled, "They are my women."

Chen Linyu smiled and said, "The peak period of phenylethylamine can generally last from six months to four years, with an average of less than 2.5 years. This is the duration of a relationship. Humans are not creatures of long-lasting love. The love that lasts till death in novels and stories goes against human nature and can be called the eighth wonder of the world. So, Lin Luo, is your love for them really love?"

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to say that what you covet, Lin Luo, is nothing more than their beauty. Of course, I have no intention of belittling you by saying this. In fact, I think desire is a human instinct and it is not shameful in itself. But if it's just about beauty, I'm actually no worse than them."

Chen Linyu spoke with a smile, but in the calm ending of his voice, there was an imperceptible tremor and sadness.

Lin Luo suddenly exerted force on his hands, and Chen Linyu immediately felt a tingling sensation on the wound that had been wiped with iodine.

"hiss……"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Linyu instinctively curled up her toes, but her calves rubbed against Lin Luo's thighs, making an ambiguous rustling sound: "If you didn't mean it that way, you wouldn't be holding on to my legs and not wanting to let go, right?"

Lin Luo remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Linyu bit her lower lip, her ears turned red, and her voice was hoarse and seductive: "As long as the company can survive..."

Lin Luo's thumb suddenly pressed hard on the wound on her heel, and the sound of Chen Linyu's gasp was particularly clear in the silent space.

"pain!"

"It hurts."

Lin Luo used less force and moved his fingertips along the arch of Chen Linyu's foot: "You're willing to do something that's a hundred times more painful than this?"

In the mist of tea fragrance, Chen Linyu's breathing was already disordered, and the shame and anger she had been suppressing in her heart could hardly be concealed: "Can you be more straightforward? For example, how many times do I need to accompany you before you can help me through this difficult time?"

"So your bargaining chip is yourself, and I am the one who can help you."

Lin Luo smiled and spoke, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes: "If someone else could help you right now, would you make such a deal with them?"

"Lin Luo!"

Chen Linyu suddenly struggled to retract his ankle in a rage, put on his shoes and walked out, saying with an embarrassed expression: "Even if you don't want to trade, don't humiliate me in this way!"

"stop."

When Chen Linyu was about to push the door and leave, Lin Luo said slowly: "So you can only trade with me?"

"Ah."

Chen Linyu sneered: "Maybe it's just because you don't look that annoying. Are you very proud of what I said?"

Lin Luo sighed.

Chen Linyu looked back at him suspiciously, but he didn't expect Lin Luo to stand up and walk over, saying with a serious expression: "I don't mean to humiliate you, you are humiliating yourself."

"..."

Before Chen Linyu could speak, Lin Luo helped her back to the sofa and said in a gentle tone:

"If you want my help, you can pay something else, such as company shares. I thought this would be a business negotiation, but you only wanted to take advantage of my lustful weakness. You simply don't treat me as a friend."

Chen Linyu looked stunned.

Lin Luo looked at Chen Linyu, who was dumbfounded, with a look of deep sorrow: "Even if you don't want to give me actual company shares, then you can just ask me for help and tell me how much money you will repay me in the future. Why do you have to humiliate yourself in such an extreme way?"

"no……"

Chen Linyu almost cried: "Just now, didn't you hold my feet and take advantage of me by applying medicine on me? Are you pretending to be a gentleman now? If you weren't a pervert who took advantage of me when I came to you for help, how could I have mistakenly thought that you were hinting to me that what you wanted was my body!?"

"So that's what you thought?"

Lin Luo coughed and said, "It's not the first time I've taken advantage of you. Why are you so sensitive? As a normal man, it's understandable that I would have some lustful thoughts when I see a beautiful woman like you. But Chen Linyu, how can you treat me as a villain who takes advantage of others? You are looking down on me!"

Listening to Lin Luo's scolding, Chen Linyu was stunned for a while, and suddenly laughed. Lin Luo's eyes flashed with a smile, but he looked unhappy: "What are you laughing at, Chen Linyu, I'm telling you the truth, I really don't like your behavior of trying to exchange your body for benefits. Fortunately, you found me today. If it was someone else, you might have been taken advantage of by others. After sleeping with you, even if they don't help you, they don't have to pay any price!"

"Lin Luo, I can't tell whether what you said is true or false. You are more advanced than me."

Chen Linyu's smile faded slightly: "But even if you are acting, I am also somewhat moved."

Lin Luo knew that it was meaningless to pretend in front of Chen Linyu: "A gentleman judges by deeds, not by heart. Anyway, I didn't sleep with you, so you should be touched. Next, tell me how you want me to help you."

"TV drama."

Chen Linyu stared at Lin Luo: "If you can take me with you to shoot a TV series with a viewership of over 3, all problems can be solved."

"No."

Lin Luo seemed to have heard a joke: "Chen Linyu, are you crazy? Do you know how difficult it is for a TV drama to have a viewership rating of over 3?"

"Of course I know."

Chen Linyu said calmly, "Last year, only one drama had a viewership rating of over 0.8. So far this year, only two dramas have a viewership rating of over . If we count over the past ten years, there are actually only dramas with a viewership rating of over per year on average."

"It seems you understand."

Lin Luo smiled and said, "But since you understand everything, why do you make it so easy to say that the ratings have exceeded 3?"

"because……"

Chen Linyu said with a burning gaze, "Last year, the TV series with a viewership of over 3 was called Full House, which was a script adapted from your novel. This year, the first TV series with a viewership of over 3 was called You Are My Glory, which was written and starred by you. This year, the second TV series with a viewership of over 3 was Love O2O, which was also yours! For others, producing a TV series with a viewership of over 3 may be harder than climbing to the sky, but for you, Lin Luo, it's just a matter of stable performance."

There was a pause.

Chen Linyu said: "Of course I know how valuable a TV series with a viewership of over 3 is. I don't have anything I can do to repay you right now. Since you are not interested in my body..."

Lin Luo interrupted: "Interested!"

Chen Linyu frowned: "Since you didn't choose this deal, I can only say that I will repay you with money in the future, not shares, because this is what my mother got with her failed but regretful love."

"I see."

Lin Luo went back to the bedroom safe, took out a document, then returned to the living room and threw it on the coffee table: "I can help with this."

Chen Linyu's breathing quickened as he opened the sealed document, which contained a brand new script.

The moment Chen Linyu saw the script titled "The Story of Minglan", his breathing almost stopped.

Because his family runs an entertainment company, Chen Linyu has come across countless scripts, but the script in his hand is different because its author is Lin Luo!

The famous Jiu Ye!
And this "Jiu Ye" is still a hit-making machine in the domestic entertainment and film and television circles. The two dramas with the highest ratings this year are both from his hands!

"can I see?"

"Of course, open it and take a look."

As soon as Lin Luo finished speaking, Chen Linyu had already turned to the first page of the script and began to read it very carefully.

Smile.

Lin Luo drank the no longer hot black tea in one gulp, his eyes fixed on the curve of Chen Linyu's superior face.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Just when Chen Linyu was completely fascinated by the script, Lin Luo's fingertips kept moving along the lines of her calves, and finally turned into a restrained light grip when they touched her knees: "Can you interrupt me for a moment? Do you remember the reward you gave me backstage in the school auditorium?"

Chen Linyu's eyes left the script and fell on Lin Luo's face.

She didn't even want to devote herself to this guy, but tried every way to take advantage of her. Chen Linyu didn't quite understand him, but her lips quickly kissed his face.

"Is this okay?"

Chen Linyu's expression was as if she had done something insignificant, although her fingers under her sleeves were clenched together tightly.

"Okay."

Lin Luo was very satisfied and said, "Keep reading the script. This script is very expensive, so you need to be mentally prepared."

"Ah."

Chen Linyu looked at the content of the script about family feuds and suddenly felt a sense of fate, as if this script had been waiting for him in Lin Luo's hands for a long time.

The heroine Sheng Minglan described in the book is almost an ancient version of my alter ego.

Why did Lin Luo create such a character with traits so similar to his own?

Although this idea is a bit narcissistic, and Chen Linyu is not a narcissistic person, is this really just a coincidence, and not a script that Lin Luo tailored for her?

Just like "The New Drunken Concubine".

Thinking carefully, when the two of them were about to break down in their conversation, Lin Luo seemed to have said something like this:

"So your bargaining chip is yourself, and the one who can help you happens to be me. If it was someone else who could help you right now, would you make such a deal with them?"

Lin Luo's eyes were very cold at that time, but wasn't the reason why he was angry a little strange?
Even if Chen Linyu is no longer a narcissistic person, she is still a smart and sensitive woman.

A smart and sensitive woman can easily catch some details in Lin Luo's words, such as the subtle jealousy hidden in Lin Luo's words.

If the jealousy is real, can it be understood that Lin Luo likes me?
Even if he didn't like it, at least he had a certain possessive desire, so when he thought about the possibility that he might have sex with other men today, he became very angry and even furious...

And after finding out that he only traded with Lin Luo, this guy was no longer angry?
These were the thoughts that naturally popped up in Chen Linyu's mind after Lin Luo forced him to kiss him:
"Could it be that because the other three girls in our dormitory have all become this scumbag's girlfriends, he naturally thinks that I should also become a member of this guy's harem?"

This kind of pervert would think that taking in everyone in a dormitory is a very fulfilling thing, right?

If this is the idea, then it is understandable that Lin Luo regards himself as his "property" in advance.

But why did he say "Maybe it's just because you don't look that annoying"? This was clearly a disguised explanation to Lin Luo:

Because the object of the transaction is you, I am willing to exchange my body for the script.

If it weren't for you, Lin Luo, I would never have adopted such an extreme method.

Although this was true, Chen Linyu felt that her explanation seemed like a sign of weakness, especially with the last sentence "Are you very proud of what I said?" Now thinking about it, it actually had a bit more of aggrieved and coquettish meaning——

Chen Linyu was a little confused about herself.

Until a voice suddenly popped up in my mind. Could this be what Feifei had talked about before, the feeling of falling in love with someone?

(End of this chapter)