FCF 007

Former Cannon Fodder’s Self-Help Manual

Translator: Xiao Wentian

Editor: Kirishima Ririka

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　　Chapter 007: Marrying a Scum Man’s Mother (7)

　　Liu Ping’s cold sweats flowed down.

　　He was really afraid of what’s coming.
　　
　　In fact, he was tempted to say, “You may be able to find her on your son’s bed.”; but he didn’t dare, he has struggled for this position after so many years. It was hard for him to kick out the competition to climb to this position and he wanted to stay at the top for a few more years.

　　He didn’t dare to lie, Jian Yixian was his boss, no matter how high he climbed, he would still be Jian Yixian’s employee, and Jian Yixian would be able to get rid of him with a flick of the tongue. He as the middle managers also have their own way of living, so he decided to omit the truth and sell himself to get better rep with his boss.

　　Liu Ping wiped the sweat from his head: “President Jian, I wouldn’t dare.”

　　Jian Yixian stopped and stared back at him, her eyes sharp as a knife.

　　Liu Ping’s legs and stomach were trembling in fear.

　　He managed to speak cautiously, “President Jian, you aren’t close to men… The whole company knows about your work ethic and takes your behavior as our benchmark. We were all looking up to you, my office desk is full off words of honesty and service to the group.”

　　Liu Ping’s voice was getting smaller: “Even if I was given hundreds of guts, I wouldn’t dare to send someone to your bed, ah…”

　　Cao Feng actually saw a little disappointment in President Jian’s eyes. He looked down at the toe of his shoe. President Jian has always managed her emotions very well, but now she can’t stop thinking about a woman, who exactly is that woman? What’s so great about her?

　　Aside from being very beautiful to stirr her cold soul, could it be… President Jian must be in… Love?[1]

　　Cao Feng quickly stopped thinking of this possibility, as good assistant, he absolutely can not casually speculate on the boss’ emotion.

　　Jian Yixian was a little irritated, yet she could tell that Liu Ping was telling the truth.

　　Jian Yixian was very sure that Xia Changhan who climbed into her bed last night was a calculated move.[2]

　　After all, she had a fateful encounter with her at Bai Wei Ju[3] some time ago, she might have thought of climbing into her bed, and even after she has seen that man’s miserable end, she didn’t retreat.

　　Somehow, Jian Yixian was seriously considering the feeling of doing her inside the private restaurant box.[4]

　　Her delicious dessert’s taste must be better than all of Bai Wei Ju’s signature dishes.

　　A mixture of desire and irritation was shown on Jian Yixian’s face. Cao Feng, seeing this, was internally meditating; ‘You can’t guess what the boss is thinking, you can’t guess what the boss is thinking, you can’t guess what the boss is thinking.’

　　Jian Yixian recovered her expression, since it wasn’t Liu Ping who sent that woman to please her, there must be someone else behind the woman. Being able to avoid heavy security and send someone to her room, the person behind her should be somewhat capable, it was fine if she simply wanted some benefits, but if they were up to no good…

　　Jian Yixian looked at her right hand especially her fingers, a faint remorse rising in her heart, she was regretting her strong self-control.[5]

　　But that woman didn’t make her move last night when she was in the right place at the right time, so she could rule out the possibility that they wanted her dead.

　　Now she was waiting for them to show their intentions, whether they wanted her or wanted to ruin her, Jian Yixian has the confidence to deal with them properly, and will be able to take her little dessert into her palm.[6]

　　As Liu Ping watched Jian Yixian left riding the special elevator, he held onto the pillar and took two ragged breaths.

　　‘Hot damn it, this uncle has survived! Fortunately this uncle was resourceful, and didn’t get involved between the feud of the rich!’[7]

　　The battle between the two armies was all about patience, Jian Yixian decided to do nothing, waited for their action tonight.

　　For someone who had never eaten meat and finally knew the taste, it was a bit hard for Jian Yixian to endure the night.[8]

　　On the second day, Jian Yixian looked gloomy, but she kept telling herself that she was a patient person, so she stayed and waited another night for their action, at the Charleston Hotel.

　　On the third day Jian Yixian’s face was filled with clouds and storms.

　　She had to take the initiative to attack.[9]

　　Jian Yixian instructed Cao Feng to ask the list of guests and servers for the Charity Gala, before flipping the pages that listed everyone’s name and photos.

　　Jian Yixian quickly flipped the pages and finally found the woman whom she had spent the night with, her name is Xia Changhan, a little star.

　　Jian Yixian’s fingers quickly tapped on the photo of Xia Changhan in the paper and fell into a deep thought.

　　‘Why do I feel that this name is familiar, have I had heard of her before.’

　　Cao Feng couldn’t hide the expression on his face this time, it was too shocking for him, ‘What the hell was the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spending the night on the bed for!?’

　　He took a deep breath and tried to return his expression back to normal.

　　Jian Yixian handed the paper to Cao Feng, “Check the person behind Xia Changhan… What happened with your face.”[10]

　　Cao Feng: “I have face cramp.”

　　He received this hot potato[11], went downstairs, and arranged for someone to investigate Xia Changhan.

　　It wasn’t evening yet, and Cao Feng was carrying a stack of information to Jian Yixian’s office and knocked lightly on the door.

　　”Come in.”

　　Jian Yixian took off her glasses, “Did you find out?”

　　”Yes.”

　　”Who’s behind her.”

　　”There’s no one behind her, but…”

　　Cao Feng hesitated to tell that Xia Changhan was Jian Ming’s ex-girlfriend and he was already interrupted by Jian Yixian.

　　”So she did it on her own?”

　　Jian Yixian frowned, this was the first time Cao Feng had seen such an indecisive expression on the usually decisive and determined Jian Yixian…

　　Jian Yixian sat motionlessly on the chair, the atmosphere gradually became cold, Cao Feng stood still and didn’t dare to move, time slowly passed, until his foot went numb, Jian Yixian’s fingers suddenly trembled, and her eyelids were half-lidded, making it difficult to guess what was on her mind, she whispered: “Let’s wait. Next week, you’ll go talk to her, ask her if she wanted to accept my offer, 300 million a year.”

　　Cao Feng didn’t know why he had to wait for a week, but he didn’t question it.

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　　After nesting at home for five days, cleaning up the house, finally Xia Changhan started her plan to return to the Entertainment Circle.

　　Xia Changhan opened her tablet and contacted director Wang Mingti on WeChat.

　　He has been working with her quite a bit in the past, and has handled many idol dramas, earning the nickname of ‘The Idol Specialist’ in the Entertainment Circle.

　　[Director Wang, how do you do…]

　　Director Wang didn’t reply.

　　Xia Changhan then found director Zhang Zetian. Zhang Zetian was very famous, and he had invited Xia Changhan to participate in his TV series many times before, and at that time, Xia Changhan was very popular. He was polite and Xia Changhan didn’t have to audition to work with him.

　　[Director Zhang, how do you do?]
　　
　　[Who are you?]
　　
　　[I’m Miss Xia Changhan, Director Zhang.]
　　
　　[Little Xia, I haven’t seen you for years.]
　　
　　[Yes. Director Zhang, do you have time for a casual dinner? Let’s catch up on old times.]

　　Zhang Zetian’s short reply, [No time]

　　Zhang Zetian’s conversation was also failed.

　　Xia Changhan wasn’t discouraged and contacted each directors and producers on her address books.

　　Unfortunately, although the director and producers’ replies were polite, everyone refused Xia Changhan’s request for making a movie. There was a producer who was really annoyed by her, saying It wasn’t as if he didn’t want to give her a chance, Nianhua Media was eyeing him, and he didn’t dare to offend the behemoth Nianhua Group.[12]

　　There were also a few elite directors who hinted that if Xia Changhan would be accompanying them for a night, she would be given a cannon fodder role.

　　Xia Changhan immediately blacklisted those people.

　　Her well-thought plan was to make a scene when she jumped, not only would she make Jian Ming be frazzled, but also attracted traffic and finally she would get the opportunity to make a comeback to the Entertainment Circle.
　　
　　‘Too bad my whole plan is ruined by Jian Ming’s backer, Jian Yixian, hmph!’

　　‘Jian Yixian, why are you so ruthless!?’
　　

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Footnote:

[1] Hahaha Cao Feng’s hunch is actually correct
[2] Climb into someone’s bed: slept with them, you know, since it’s the Entertainment Circle, it’s Unspoken Rules to get resources by climbing on someone’s bed, usually the backer/Gold Master, which is, Jian Yixian in this case…
[3] Bai Wei Ju: Lit All Kinds of Taste Restaurant
[4] President Jian, you haven’t even known your wife’s name, yet you’ve been thinking of doing it again, ah!
[5] Hahahaha President Jian is regretting not eating our MC clean~
[6] President Jian: Woman, you’re mine.
[7] Liu Ping knew that the feud revolves around A rich Mother, Her heir Son, and Her Son’s Ex.
[8] Jian Yixian has never had s3x before, so after tasting how it felt like, she craved for more.
[9] President Jian’s patience only lasted for three days~
[10] Later this will be explained why Jian used a dot instead of question mark, because her tone is flat, so it’s definetely not an Editorial problem, okay~
[11] A controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with.
[12] The author changed the Media name from Huanian to Nianhua, so I’ll stick to Nianhua and edited the first chapter already.

XWT: So, if anyone has little children (or plan to have any), never ignore them and leave them to someone’s care for so long, okay? Yesterday my irresponsible bro and sis in law made a video call to my 2,75 years old nephew, and my nephew straight out ignoring them coldly.

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Author: is thanking for the gifts.

Ririka: Special thanks for Hori, bebe, and blah blah who wanted more Cannon Fodder~~~ (*≧▽≦)

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