Chapter 16: Financial Backer James

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In Kimberly’s eyes, James was already a walking ATM. She suppressed the excitement in her heart and looked at the person in front of her, who was emitting holy light. She carefully took the card and asked, “Really?”

“Yes.” Not forgetting his modesty at this time, James added, “It’s not much, but it should be enough for food.”

“It’s already a lot!” Kimberly sighed. “I didn’t expect the entertainment industry to be so profitable. Even you can easily take out 100,000 dollars a month.”

James thought to himself, “Other than me, I’m afraid there’s no lousy celebrity who can take out so much money.”

“But…” Kimberly stuttered for a long time before she braced herself and said, “I don’t think I can cash out my credit card. I… Actually, I borrowed 5,000 dollars from someone else. I don’t think I’ll have a job for a while, so I can’t pay it back…”

Kimberly felt that she was a little too shameless. Who would be so shameless as to act aggrieved after receiving advantage?

However, James didn’t have much of a reaction at this time. Instead, he immediately understood what she meant and said, “I’ll transfer it to you. Can I use wechat?”

“Okay! You’re such a good person!”

It was the first time James felt this way after being given a good person card. What was this feeling like? He probably wanted to open Kimberly’s little head to see what made her so interesting.

It was as if this was the first time in his calm and tranquil life that he had met someone like this, who made eating seem like an interesting thing.

He opened wechat to find the familiar pink profile picture and transferred 5,000 dollars to her.

“Ding!” Kimberly immediately clicked on the transfer. When she received it, she realized something was wrong. “Eh, why did you give me an extra 5,000 dollars?”

“I didn’t think it through just now, so I really should have given you some cash. Just treat it as an advance payment on your credit card.” James nodded at her, however, the next second, he was stunned when he accidentally glanced at her phone screen.

“A random dumpling?” He read the note in a subtle tone and said thoughtfully, “Is this how you perceive me?”

“No! Listen to my explanation.” Kimberly laughed awkwardly. She felt that if she didn’t give an acceptable explanation, she would lose this benefactor.

“This is a nickname for you! ‘Random’ refers to an objective fact, and ‘dumpling’ explains your current situation, as well as my expectations for you to become famous in the future!”

“No, no, it’s not a expectation but it’s an inevitable outcome.” Kimberly looked at James firmly and clenched her fist to encourage him. “Don’t worry, you will definitely become famous.”

James was speechless and his fingers trembled slightly. After a long while, he replied, “Thank you for your kind words.”

“It’s better to change it, just change it to something else.” James opened his phoenix-like eyes, and there seemed to be tears in them as he asked softly, “Is that okay?”

Kimberly had never seen such a scene. Just the look in his eyes was unbearable, not to mention the flirtatious and coquettish question at the end. It made her heart itch and tickle like a cat.

Kimberly gave in at that moment.

She picked up her phone excitedly and changed the notes. She even raised her head and asked him happily, “What do you think of ‘The wildly popular James’?”

“…?” James couldn’t think of any difference between the two, so he tactfully asked, “Can’t you just simply write my name?”

Kimberly’s eyes widened and she said, “How can I do that! Let’s use this, it sounds good.”

“Okay.” James slowly raised the corners of his mouth, lowered his voice and inched closer to her ear. “As you wish.”

“Hey…”

Kimberly thought, “Was he flirting with me just now? He must be.”

Kimberly covered her red ears and watched his back as he walked into the room. For some reason, her face was burning with a heat that could not be removed.

“A rascal… should change to a rascal,” she muttered softly. “Aiya, I forgot to ask him why did he join that variety show.”

The next morning, Kimberly slept until late in the morning. For some reason, when she closed her eyes last night, she couldn’t fall asleep because the words “As you wish” kept lingering in her ears, making her struggle repeatedly.

She yawned and found that Helen had sent her the schedule of the variety show and the things she needed to bring.

[Helen said, “the recording of ‘Super Heartthrob’ will be on July 25th. The recording location will be near Phoenix Mountain, which is 200 kilometers away from S city. The preliminary plan is to climb the mountain and to experience farm life. The things you need to bring are as follows: a few sets of clothes, toiletries, skincare products, sports shoes, and so on.”]

“Oh right, I still have to ask James.” Kimberly casually replied ‘ok received’ to Helen before leaving the room.