Professional Stand-in, With an Hourly Salary of 100,000

24 - She Was With You?

Song Shiyu was not a fool. He wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

Interestingly, in the future Ji Fanyin had gotten a glimpse of when she first transmigrated over, she remembered that Song Shiyu was the one who introduced Cen Xiangyang to her.

After Ji Xinxin flew off to Paris, Song Shiyu's obsession and demands began to grow out of hand. He viewed 'Ji Fanyin' as an ornament that he could go around boasting about. Due to the attitude he had taken, it didn't take long before 'Ji Fanyin' became known in their little fishery.

Naturally, the twisted Cen Xiangyang joined the circle too.

That being said, there was already a divergence from the present and the 'future' Ji Fanyin had seen even though she was still in the stand-in business, and the most notable one was likely the barrier to entry.

In the 'future', Song Shiyu had no requirements as to who he allowed to join his little circle. He was just about willing to lend 'Ji Fanyin' out to anyone as long as he was in a good mood.

Due to 'Ji Fanyin's' feelings for Song Shiyu and her weak temperament, she always ended up obeying his orders no matter how reluctant she was.

But things were different now.

One, Song Shiyu didn't have the power to control her. Two, Ji Fanyin was the one deciding on the barrier to entry now.

For one, her charge of 100,000 dollars per hour was already more than enough to filter out those who weren't ultra-wealthy. The average man wouldn't be able to afford her service.

It would appear that Cen Xiangyang and Song Shiyu are already acquainted with one another based on their interactions at the movie premiere. As long as I slowly reel him in and let out some 'unintentional' clues about Fish No. 1, the latter would probably take the initiative to pull him in, right?

Ji Fanyin thought that it was feasible to give it a try.

She finished her movie and wrote up a review before finally picking up her fully charged phone to reply to Cen Xiangyang's message.

[My apologies. I thought that you were busy so I put my phone aside and went to work. Zhang Ning told me that you were looking for me?]

She didn't mind having a game of patience with Cen Xiangyang if the latter wanted to continue playing hard to get. She would just respond to him with insignificant things once every few hours just to let him know that she was still breathing, a 'time zone difference conversation'.

However, it looked like Cen Xiangyang had decided to abandon his previous strategy. He replied within two minutes.

[Is it the dream weaver job you spoke about? When will I get a chance to experience it for myself?]

Ji Fanyin took a sip of water while typing with just one hand.

[If an opportunity arises.]

It would depend on when Song Shiyu was willing to let Cen Xiangyang join the fishery.

She noticed that Cen Xiangyang had neglected to answer the other question she had asked, but she magnanimously decided not to pursue it.

After exchanging a few messages, Ji Fanyin used dinner preparation as an excuse to end the conversation.

She intended to send a post in her Moments page later on so as to give Cen Xiangyang an excuse to strike up a conversation with her, but barely as she got up from her seat, Cen Xiangyang suddenly sent her a picture, asking.

[Guess who I just met here.]

Ji Fanyin tapped into the photo to take a look. It was a selfie of Cen Xiangyang dressed in casual formal, and the background suggested that he was in some sort of gathering or banquet.