However, while she wished others well, for herself it was completely useless.

Wu Mangmang collapsed like a boneless worm on the ergonomically designed sofa in Wu Yong’s office, listlessly glancing at Wu Yong.

“How have you been lately?” Wu Yong sat across from Wu Mangmang with his notebook, “You seem very tired?”

Being employed in multiple roles, of course she was tired.

“You haven’t come for two weeks already. Have you been feeling better recently?” Wu Yong was somewhat curious.

Wu Mangmang had always been punctual, coming for her appointments every week without fail, so this was rather strange.

How could she possibly be feeling better?

Wu Mangmang rested for a while before saying, “Dr. Wu, why do you think there are so many perverts in our modern society? What causes this?”

The reasons were far too complex, enough to fill ten books and still not analyze them thoroughly.

“Why do you ask?” Wu Yong said.

“Dr. Wu, do you know how many perverts I’ve encountered on the subway?” Wu Mangmang asked and answered herself, “One every other day on average!”

Wu Mangmang looked at Wu Yong with an expression that said “I’m shocked and you must be shocked too.”

Wu Yong simply nodded, encouraging Wu Mangmang to continue.

Once the floodgates opened, there was no stopping the flow.

“On the first day, I encountered a bag-slashing maniac at the subway station. No matter what kind of bag, he would slash it with a blade whenever he caught sight of one. Initially everyone thought it was a thief’s doing, but later we discovered this person just enjoyed using blades to slash other people’s bags. Poor my bag.” Wu Mangmang pushed her studded backpack toward Wu Yong to prove her point.

Now the studded bag had a famous camellia flower attached to it. “Look, right here, he slashed an opening. I didn’t have money to buy a new bag, so I took the camellia flower from the packaging bag of my previous bag purchase and stuck it here. It’s DIY, I suppose. Not bad, right?”

Wu Yong really didn’t understand how to appreciate women’s various bags.

“On the third day, I encountered an exhibitionist on the subway, ugh.” Just thinking about it made her nauseous.

“That person actually looked smug seeing everyone’s shocked and disgusted expressions. Fortunately, I happened to have work gloves in my bag that day, so I helped him zip up his jeans.”

Wu Mangmang suddenly burst into laughter as if remembering something extremely funny, laughing while saying, “That exhibitionist’s pained expression at the time was really hilarious.”

“On the fifth day, I encountered a sex maniac who nearly got my skirt dirty.” This directly resulted in Wu Mangmang never daring to wear earphones while playing games on the subway again, and never daring to wear skirts either.

“On the seventh day, I encountered a kleptomaniac. She was quite pretty. It was only when I gave my statement at the police station that I learned she was Lu Qingqing’s cousin. Her family was quite wealthy, but she just liked stealing things.”

…

Wu Mangmang talked for a long time, finally saying, “Thinking about it this way, I feel my little problem is actually the least destructive, right?”

Wu Mangmang felt she had instantly gained a sense of superiority.

Wu Yong could only sympathize with Wu Mangmang’s experience of going to the police station countless times to give statements in just two short weeks.

Because according to Wu Mangmang’s account, she had to catch a thief almost every other day, interspersed with encounters with various perverts.

It was truly miraculous that her face hadn’t been slashed in retaliation yet.

“Very rich entertainment life. Have there been any new developments in your performance hobby recently?” Wu Yong said.

Mentioning this, Wu Mangmang immediately expressed her boredom, collapsing back onto the sofa, lazily saying, “Recently, to pay off my credit card debt, I found a part-time job.”

“Dr. Wu, do you know about a new universal app called ‘Shenzhou Rent-a-Person’?” Wu Mangmang began educating Wu Yong.

“You should download it. That way when you go home for New Year, you won’t have to be single.” Wu Mangmang pulled up the app on her phone and showed herself to Wu Yong.

“Dr. Wu, look, I’ve already gotten twenty thousand likes.”

A photo that looked completely different from the real person after photo editing, stage name: Angela.

Proficient in multiple instruments and languages, providing services for banquets, dates, movies, photography, etc., at 800 yuan per hour.

“You know some people who suddenly become wealthy find it very difficult to find a proper, suitable female companion for high-class banquets. I play that role.”

“Also, some people are quite pitiful, watching movies alone, very heartbreaking. I can temporarily play the girlfriend or even lesbian partner, accompany them to watch movies, and even discuss the film afterward.”

“Look, there’s also photography. Some people have strong vanity but can’t find a beautiful girlfriend. I can take intimate photos with them, like kissing fish photos and such, for them to show off on social media.”

There really was no part-time job more suitable for Wu Mangmang than this.

It was practically allowing her talents to be fully utilized.

Work was entertainment, and entertainment was work.

At least that’s what Wu Yong thought.

“But I should be very excited, right, Dr. Wu?” Wu Mangmang looked at the ceiling somewhat bewildered. “But why do I feel so tired? This kind of performance is really too artificial, and it has no dramatic tension. I have no energy at all when performing it.”

Obviously, Wu Mangmang, this superstar, was no longer satisfied with box office success. She was pursuing higher awards, like the Oscar for Best Actress, and usually such awards required more challenging roles.

“I think the stepmother role from Cinderella would be more suitable for me.” Wu Mangmang gave herself a definition.

But life was realistic, and credit card debt was deadly.

So despite wanting to play the stepmother, that evening Wu Mangmang still took on a perfectly normal, perfectly elite job as usual.

The client valued her multilingual skills, and the evening involved a business banquet.

After negotiation, an additional five thousand was paid for wardrobe expenses.

It was definitely a big deal. Wu Mangmang, bending her back for five bushels of rice, readily accepted.

Wu Mangmang rented the most high-end evening gown that five thousand could rent. Though she was short of money, she wasn’t so petty as to misappropriate the wardrobe fee. Moreover, judging by tonight’s banquet venue, this business banquet should be quite high-class.

Although Wu Mangmang hadn’t attended many banquets, she had at least absorbed knowledge through observation and knew some of the rules.

Hopefully the dress she wore wouldn’t embarrass her client. After all, in their line of work, five-star ratings were really important, relating to her monthly bonus.

In front of the mirror, Wu Mangmang spun around in a circle, very confident about her looks, but somewhat anxious about her “multilingual” skills.

Wu Mangmang indeed knew multiple languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and even Italian.

But except for English and French, she only knew simple conversations in the other languages. Especially Japanese—the most fluent phrase she could say was “yamete” and such.

She still remembered when she traveled to Lijiang, the small inn’s soundproofing was too poor. The young couple next door didn’t rest for most of the night, making Wu Mangmang so angry that she spent the latter half of the night loudly performing “yamete” (no), “itai” (it hurts), “motto, tsuyoku” (harder)…

Nobody got to sleep. You sing the first half of the night, I’ll shout the second half.

Well, thinking about it this way, Wu Mangmang’s Japanese vocabulary was actually quite rich.

As for other languages, they were thanks to the influence of Wu Mangmang’s dozens of returned-overseas-student ex-boyfriends from prestigious universities worldwide. Birds of a feather flock together—after dating for a while, naturally she learned a few phrases.

Based on this language foundation, when initially applying for app verification, it was said that the more pretentious the resume, the higher the approval rate and the better the business, especially the special skills section, which required special attention and could get app recommendations.

Wu Mangmang, following the principle that lack of money was paramount, shamelessly wrote “proficient in multiple languages” to add some prestige and increase her hourly rate. But she really hadn’t expected to receive this kind of job.

Who would look for a multilingual female companion through “Shenzhou Rent-a-Person”? This was generally an app used by single loser guys, right?

Tonight’s situation was really a coincidence.

According to the client’s secretary on the phone, the boss was on a temporary business trip to this city, temporarily accepted a partner’s invitation, temporarily decided to attend, but it was temporarily difficult to find a suitable female companion and translator.

The secretary, forced into a corner but resourceful, happened to “amazingly” discover Angela Wu on “Shenzhou Rent-a-Person,” and the two hit it off immediately.

The secretary also had no energy to further examine Wu Mangmang’s language abilities. At this point, they couldn’t find anyone better than Wu Mangmang anyway.

When Gu Hongdao saw Wu Mangmang arrive at the hotel room as arranged, he very much doubted whether his secretary had deceived him.

Wu Mangmang was wearing a nude-colored, rhinestone-studded mermaid evening gown today, her hair pinned up, leaving only one strand coquettishly by her ear, swaying inadvertently.

In her hand was a crystal clutch covered in rhinestones.

This outfit made her look extremely stunning, but also made her appear older, making her very appropriate for tonight’s business banquet.

From Gu Hongdao’s experience, a girl of Wu Mangmang’s caliber, if she were a call girl, would charge at least a thousand US dollars per hour.

Eight hundred yuan was really too cheap.

“Mr. Gu.” Wu Mangmang smiled at Gu Hongdao very professionally, then took his arm.

In their line of work, they absolutely had to ensure guest satisfaction, as this related to whether she could upgrade from “quick rental” to “exclusive rental” tier, which would significantly increase her hourly rate.

Taking the elevator to the banquet hall, Gu Hongdao couldn’t help asking Wu Mangmang, “Miss Angela, how did you get into this line of work?”

Although he had paid an extra five thousand for wardrobe, it absolutely couldn’t buy Wu Mangmang’s platinum diamond-studded wide bracelet on her wrist, nor the camellia gemstone ring on her left index finger.

Wu Mangmang had really invested heavily tonight. Though the dress was rented, the jewelry was birthday gifts from Boss Wu and Ms. Liu over the years.

But Gu Hongdao’s tone was quite unpleasant.

This line of work?

What line of work?

She was doing legitimate business.

“Need money.” Wu Mangmang answered gently like water, following the principle of customer first.

“You’re very frank.” Gu Hongdao smiled, a sophisticated yet cool fragrance lingering around his nose, refreshing and delightful. “Someone like Miss Angela shouldn’t be short of money.”

Wu Mangmang’s eyes reddened, she sniffled and lowered her gaze slightly, “Everyone has times when they’re short of money. If I could help it, I wouldn’t want to do this line of work either.”

Absolutely the ultimate “that lowered head’s gentleness, like a water lily unable to bear the cool breeze’s shyness.”

Wu Mangmang felt she was really fighting hard for that five-star rating.

She hoped Gu Hongdao wouldn’t ask further questions, forcing her to fabricate some melodramatic story about selling her body to pay for medical treatment to gain sympathy.

Readers seeing this should realize that Wu Mangmang’s condition, if known by insiders, could be said to be involuntary entertainment.

But those who didn’t know might later think she was just a liar, which also explained why countless ex-boyfriends had abandoned her despite her looks.

Men, when choosing wives, were usually more picky about character than they imagined.

Choosing mistresses didn’t have this requirement.

Fortunately, Gu Hongdao was tactful and didn’t ask more about Wu Mangmang’s sad story.

The elevator reached the ground floor. Upon entering the banquet hall, Wu Mangmang was shocked to discover that the city’s prominent figures, celebrities who often occupied the top ten richest list in magazines, were almost all present.

Famous young wives were also competing to attend, vying to outshine each other.

Financial god uncle Lu Sui, playboy Ning Zheng, poker-faced male god Shen Ting, financial god uncle’s former brother-in-law Lin Jinnan, Lu Lin, Shen Yuanzi, and other socialites were all there.

Even tri-media superstar Dong Keke was present.

A banquet with such a complete gathering of people was truly luxurious.

Later Wu Mangmang learned this was a business banquet hosted by the city’s political figures, with multinational entrepreneur representatives who had come as a group to develop the city’s commerce and finance also in attendance.

Wu Mangmang really wanted to send a WeChat to her father. What Boss Wu couldn’t accomplish, his daughter had unexpectedly achieved first today.

Thinking of this, Wu Mangmang decisively sent a WeChat to Ms. Liu, with a selfie attached.

Ms. Liu’s business acumen was no joke—otherwise the Wu family wouldn’t have flourished and grown under the couple’s hands, making it onto the nouveau riche rankings.

Soon, Wu Mangmang received a bank transfer from Ms. Liu.

This month’s, next month’s, and even the month after’s credit card debt were no longer a worry.

Thank you, almighty Ms. Liu. Wu Mangmang wouldn’t have to torture herself with three-inch high heels for the foreseeable future.

“Mr. Gu.” The first to spot Wu Mangmang was Ning Zheng, whose eyes had been constantly scanning for beautiful women, but he was greeting Gu Hongdao.

Gu Hongdao was precisely invited by Ning Zheng to attend the banquet.

What a coincidental coincidence.

“So Mr. Gu also knows Mangmang?” Ning Zheng looked at the man and woman before him with a smile.

Shen Ting also walked over at this moment, “Why haven’t you been returning my calls?”