I Am A Matchmaker On Taotao

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I AM A MATCHMAKER ON TAOBAO CHAPTER 1

At seven o'clock at night, Shen Chuchu, whose stomach was rumbling with hunger, was about to leave her house for dinner.

As an 18th tier actor, Shen Chuchu felt that she had really diminished the word "actor". They say that acting is the fastest career in making money, but she felt that it was the fastest career in spending money instead.

After debuting for three months, she had shot two advertisements in total and only earned thirteen thousand yuan* of hard-earned salary. Four thousand of that was spent on cosmetics, another six thousand on rent, while the remaining three thousand was spent on clothes and food.

*TL-note: Yuan is widely used to refer to the Chinese currency "renminbi". One dollar is about six to seven yuan. Eighteen thousand yuan is equivalent to just under two thousand USD.

She looked down at her shrivelled wallet and counted her money again. A total of twenty-three yuan! It was her lucky number! This was great, she could go out and eat some spicy hotpot. As for tomorrow......she would figure it out then!

She took her wallet and walked out of the apartment.

After walking down two streets, she could finally see the shadow of the spicy hotpot shop. Currently, Shen Chuchu was hungry to the point of dizziness. As she looked across the street, there were still three seconds remaining until the green light. She glanced left and right to check for cars, and started to hurry across.

She could practically see the spicy hotpot waving at her. But just as Shen Chuchu was about to reach the shop, a ray of dazzling light followed by an ear-piercing sound of brakes causing her to suddenly freeze on the spot. She never clearly saw who the driver was, but she did feel a ray of red light shine over her. The next second, she let out an "Ah!" and lost consciousness...

Shen Chuchu dreamt for a very, very long time. In her dream, an old man with a long white beard who claimed to be the Yue Lao*, the god of matchmaking, told her that he could help her fulfil her dreams. However, at the same time, she would be given the mission to save the world. Shen Chuchu thought to herself, she was already nearly starving to death, where does she have the time to think about saving the world!　

*TL-note: Yue Lao is the god of marriage in Daoism.

When she woke up, Shen Chuchu silently laughed to herself and felt that it was the most outrageous dream she'd ever had. A surplus of unmarried young adults and an increase in divorce rates, why would these things concern her? She'd just recently graduated this year and was only 22 years old, she didn't need to concern herself about such problems.　　

She only wanted to make money, a lot of money for that matter. Then she would instantly become famous across the country and around the world. While in thought, she unconsciously laughed out loud.　

"Miss, are you awake now?"　　

While Shen Chuchu was dreaming, she heard a stranger's voice. She frowned and slowly opened her eyes, wondering who disturbed her beautiful dream.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was a blank white ceiling. She scanned left and right, and realized that this was not her bedroom! She lifted her hand to hoist herself up and found a drip attached to it. After some thinking, she finally remembered what had happened.

She remembered that she might've been hit by a car! However, everything after that was a huge blank.
　　
At that point, she started to break out in a cold sweat. Had she been disfigured or one of her limbs amputated? If that were the case, she would never become a star. She quickly touched her face and moved her legs.