Luo Ning left the apartment, drove to the antique market's Fengshui Store, and bought some materials for drawing talismans.
This Fengshui Store had private rooms specifically for customers' use; she rented one for the afternoon and began to draw talismans.
In her previous life, she had learned Mystical Feng Shui from her father, and later transmigrated to worlds specifically about Mystical Techniques and Cultivation, so she was quite adept and experienced in talisman drawing.
She initially entered the entertainment circle not just to chase after Ji Xinghang, but also to make money.
Thinking about her brother's situation, she needed to earn more money. She had to secure the auction item coming up in two months.
Recently, she only had the notice for that reality show, and she wouldn't get paid until after the first episode aired. And with half of it going to her agency, there wasn't enough money, so she had to find other ways to make some.
Selling talismans was a good choice, as good wine needs no bush.
Having improved her skills across several worlds, Luo Ning was quite skilled at drawing talismans. By evening, she had drawn several kinds of talismans, and after tidying up, she left the room.
Luo Ning fondly remembered the taste of a little wonton shop she had once visited. Although it was a bit far from here, she still drove there.
After finishing the wontons and coming out, it was already completely dark. She checked the time and it was already past the half-hour mark, so she decided to take a shortcut to Xi Shu's house.
Xi Shu had told her that afternoon that she had found a place for her, but it needed to be cleaned up before she could move in, and in the meantime, she was welcome to stay at her house.
The road was surrounded by new residential complexes under construction, quite remote with few cars at night.
Halfway through the drive, Luo Ning suddenly saw a large truck parked ahead, blocking the road, and beyond that, an overturned SUV.
She hesitated for a moment, then got out of her car and walked over.
The big truck's engine was still running, but the driver was nowhere to be seen; most likely a hit-and-run.
She hurried to the SUV and, sure enough, found someone inside.
First, she called for an ambulance and the police, then pulled a steel rod from the truck and pried open the SUV's door to carefully drag the person out.
When she saw the face of the person on the ground, Luo Ning was taken aback.
It was a stunningly beautiful and familiar face, one that few people would fail to recognize.
The youngest and most promising leading actor in the entertainment circle, Lu Xun, who was also the eternal crush in Bo Xiangxiang's heart.
She knew from the books that the heroine, Bo Xiang, was originally an unremarkable little star ranked far down in the celebrity hierarchy, who had died in an accident and whose soul had taken over Bo Xiangxiang, a very beautiful but newly debuted starlet who had attempted suicide by wrist cutting.
From then on, Bo Xiangxiang's luck improved drastically, especially when she stepped on female stars with good luck, boosting her own fortune.
She also encountered or rescued various handsome and successful men by chance, such as famous directors, leading actors, kings of pop, top influencers, and big investors, and became the beloved pet of their circles.
Among these men, some were already married or had girlfriends but eventually fell at her feet, abandoning their wives or breaking up with their girlfriends, and getting involved with her.
However, there were two individuals who were somewhat special, one being Luo Ning's scoundrel ex-boyfriend, Ji Xinghang.
Although he took great care of Bo Xiangxiang and was always the first to help when she needed it, he was the only man in the heroine's harem who never had that kind of relationship with her.
The other was the superstar actor Lu Xun, whom Bo Xiangxiang had idolized when she was herself.
She deliberately created opportunities to interact with him, but never managed to win him over.
And Luo Ning was the cannon fodder female rival that Bo Xiangxiang caught stealing her luck to rise in the ranks, which was why her own fortunes had grown worse, making everything go awry for her.
In the book, there were quite a few female supporting characters like Luo Ning, but because she had the highest intelligence and abilities, she was central to the entire story, unlike the others who were quickly taken care of by Bo Xiangxiang.
Luo Ning remembered that at about this time in her past life, the news had exploded online that Lu Xun had been in a car accident.
He had been in a coma for several months before he woke up, and it took him over a year of rehabilitation to recover because his leg was seriously injured.
In the entertainment circle, Lu Xun was also considered legendary. After disappearing for over two years and then coming back, he wasn't washed up. Instead, he quickly won an international award with a big-budget movie and became even more popular than before his injury.
Moreover, in her past life when she was at the lowest point of being cyberbullied across the entire internet, she had encountered him. He didn't disdain her or avoid her like others would have treated someone with the plague.
When she was carelessly pushed by cyberbullies and almost fell, he genially and courteously helped her up, telling her to be careful and instructed his assistant to help her leave safely.
During that dark period, such untargeted goodwill had brought her a sliver of warmth, which was why the memory was so vivid.
Luo Ning checked his wounds and found indeed that his legs were severely injured.
She felt Lu Xun's fingers twitch and whispered soothingly into his ear, "Don't worry, you won't have any trouble."
After a moment's thought, she took out a Healing Talisman she had drawn that day, strung it on a red thread, and hung it around his neck.
"You're really lucky today. I just drew a talisman and you get to use it immediately," she sighed again.
With the effect of her drawn talisman, Lu Xun's legs surely wouldn't suffer as severely as in his previous life, nor would he be in a coma for as long before waking up.
Soon, the ambulance and traffic police arrived, and the paramedics carried Lu Xun into the vehicle.
Since there was a dashcam in his car and no trace of an accident on hers, the police confirmed that the car crash had nothing to do with her, so they didn't ask her to go to the hospital.
After explaining what she had seen when passing by, Luo Ning watched the ambulance drive away into the distance, then got into her car and left.
She did not want Lu Xun to feel indebted to her or repay her; giving him the talisman was her way of repaying the rare act of kindness from her previous life. Thus, she naturally did the good deed anonymously.
At this moment, she didn't know that Lu Xun's eyelids had fluttered just before he completely passed out in the ambulance.
As soon as Luo Ning arrived at Xi Shu's house, she was pulled over and seated.
Xi Shu said anxiously, "Ningning, you're on the trending searches. Marketing accounts have released information leading the narrative, claiming that the person Ji Xinghang picked up from the police station last night was you."
She guessed the information was released either by Yan Qiuping or Bo Xiangxiang.
"They're going too far," she said angrily while scrolling through her phone.
Luo Ning took out her phone to look and saw the trending Weibo post filled with comments berating her.
"OMG, it's Luo Ning, the vase, again. Why does she keep dragging our Brother down?"
"Shameless stinking vase. This person's character is so bad, sneaking into the police station in the dead of night, who knows what bad things she did, and now she's even dragging Star baby down with her."
"I heard she has a sugar daddy and has been kept by many people. Was it a wife catching her in the act that led to the police station ruckus?"
"If that's true, it's just disgusting."
"Why does Star baby have to go pick her up? Why bother with such a woman?"
"It's because Star baby and she share an agent, constantly being dragged down by her, poor thing."
"Can Luo Ning stop leeching off our Star baby's popularity? She's been tying herself to Star baby for so long, isn't that enough?"
"Brother Yan should switch to managing someone else. I feel like vomiting out last night's dinner; let Luo Huaping get lost."
"Yes, let Luo Huaping get lost. Don't exploit our Brother any longer."