Friday 12 April 2024

TISHW 108




 Chapter 108 Like her

Jiang Yu was busy in the study room for a few hours. In the evening, she received a message from Qin Shiyu, saying that he had a temporary job to rush to and he might not be back for the next two days.

This news should have made her happy, but at the thought of Qin Shiyu's expression before leaving, Jiang Yu was a little worried. She had a niggling feeling that something was amiss with him. After spending this time together, she couldn't regard him as a paper figure in the book.

However, Jiang Yu wasn't a proactive person in interpersonal communication. After pondering about it, she opened Weibo to see his latest news.

As a result, videos of him playing the Demon King were everywhere on the main page.

Another week of "The Devil's Hour" had been aired. As the plot progressed, Qin Shiyu's role as the Demon King became more and more important. Especially last night, the Demon King finally couldn't help but fall in love with the heroine. On the one hand, he wanted to kill the heroine with a slash, but... he rescued her at the last moment. His handsome appearance and forbearing love for the heroine made the audience cry out sweetly. Many people began to ship the villain CP.

Jiang Yu had an urge to binge on the series, but put her foot down and decided not to follow the series. She would only enjoy watching it after it was completed. She couldn't stand the torture of waiting for updates.

Looking at Qin Shiyu's Weibo, there was no new official announcement. Presumably, the announcement must be recorded before there will be an official announcement of the event.

Glancing at the full box of private messages, she clicked them open and saw the message Jiang Xue sent her at a glance.

It seemed that Chen Yalian was already connected with Second Uncle Jiang’s family. Since they couldn’t get through her phone number and didn’t know where she was, Jiang Xue sent her a private message on Weibo. The content she sent sounded pleasant at first:

【Elder Sister Yu, are you angry with my mom because she didn't agree to you returning home last time? You can’t blame my mom. She is a commoner. The most promising person in our family is you. How can she dare to offend someone you can’t afford to offend? 】

【And what do you mean by making up such a story to lie to us? You don’t know how scared my parents were. They couldn’t sleep for a long time and were always worried about you. 】

【Please call me back when you see the message. Please, Elder Sister Yu, aren’t we one family? 】

Later, when Jiang Yu didn’t reply at all, she probably couldn’t bear it anymore and her tone was full of resentment:

【Jiang Yu, do you think you are popular? You have climbed onto a high branch and now disdain us? Don't forget who raised you like this. If the Qin Family knew that you are such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, would Elder Brother Shi Yu marry you? 】

【If fans know that you are a promiscuous person and burn bridges, do you think you can stay popular? 】

A few photos were posted below, including photos of Jiang Yu and their family, as well as some chat records of the original owner showing off to them that she had met a rich second generation.

Jiang Yu raised her eyebrows. Just as she was worried about how to cut ties with Uncle Jiang's family, Jiang Xue came knocking.

She replied with a "." to indicate that she had read her message and exited.

After reading the private messages from fans, she went back and still couldn’t find the latest news about Qin Shiyu. She later realized that she was stupid. Putting aside Qin Shiyu's ability, even if he needed help, weren’t Xu Lehua and Zhao Shunong better than her? It wasn’t her turn to worry.

She should take care of herself. Chen Yalian and Second Uncle Jiang's family should take action soon.

Jiang Yu's prediction wasn’t wrong. I didn't go to meet Chen Yalian the next day. Uncle Jiang's family didn't find her either. The full stop she sent back to Jiang Xue probably angered Jiang Xue as she had directly posted her relationship with the original owner on Weibo. In the intimate photo, she @ her and wrote in the text: 【I miss the carefree days before. Though it’s only two months ago, it felt like it was just yesterday. Now I don’t even know where you live, Elder Sister. 】

In order to expand the spread, she bought promotions. Netizens were immediately interested in this story that sounded white-eyed wolf. Those marketing accounts were like sharks smelling blood. They all came together to dig into Jiang Yu's family background and the story behind it.

Jiang Yu directly forwarded this Weibo post with the registered minor account and put the accompanying text that she had prepared in advance: 【This is indeed Jiang Yu’s younger cousin sister. Their family is famous in our village. After Jiang Yu’s parents had a car accident, the second uncle of the Jiang family adopted her. With the addition of one child, they soon built a big property. Jiang Xue’s food and clothing are all from famous brands. Which is quite strange. I didn’t see anyone from their family going out to work and there seems to be endless money to spend. 】

Because Jiang Xue bought the popularity herself, this information quickly appeared in everyone's sight. Jiang Xue's Weibo followers began to soar. Jiang Yu watched the data jumping on the computer. The increase in search for "Jiang Family’s den in L City" was apparent.

She smiled. Second Uncle Jiang’s family were too naive and wanted to use public opinion to force her.

Not to mention that she didn't plan to be a star and didn't care about this. Today’s Internet was a place with the highest moral standards. Ordinary people may be exposed to cyber bullying if they accidentally say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing. What’s more, their family was full of flaws. There were many people in the village who couldn’t stand them.

With a little inquiry, one could deduce the cause and effect. After swallowing the compensation money from Jiang Yu's parents, they now forced Jiang Yu to continue to let them suck her blood. When the time comes, netizens will be the first to go against them.

After sowing the seeds, Jiang Yu no longer paid attention to the Internet. She coded at home every day and did some stock trading. After the fifth episode’s remuneration arrived, her money was more abundant than usual.

She originally thought that the revenue from the recording of the fourth episode of "All Rounder 3" was already considerable, she didn't expect that the income from the fifth episode would almost double again. Firstly, because the content was interesting. Secondly, Qin Shiyu's traffic had reached a new level. What’s more, she accidentally stayed until the end and took up more screen time. Maybe it was because she formed a CP with Qin Shiyu?

Jiang Yu looked at the soaring income in her account and suddenly felt that Qin Shiyu seemed to be her lucky star. She seemed less unlucky when she was with him.

However, Qin Shiyu seemed to be very busy and didn't go home until Thursday.

Jiang Yu looked at the messages on her phone and finally packed up and prepared to go to City S first.

Ye Yuanyu said that some functional requirements need to be discussed in person. At the same time, they could avoid being chased by the entertainment media.

After two days of online fermentation, there were media outlets that were exposing Jiang Xue and Jiang Family. Even more media wanted to find her for personal verification. Her residence at Zhao Shunong's place was exposed yesterday - although she only lived there for three or four days, she was photographed after the two times she went out twice because something was missing when she first moved in.

There were now a large number of reporters lying in wait there. They felt that sooner or later she would have to attend the recording of "All Rounder 3" and they could block her as soon as she went out. The most guaranteed way for those with the same idea was to lie in wait at the airport.

After all, she might not live there, but there was no way she wouldn't go to the airport.

So Jiang Yu decided to go directly to City S and will take the high-speed train to City C with Ye Yuanyu and the others tomorrow.

Before going out, she mulled over it before sending a message to Qin Shiyu: 【I'm leaving first, see you the day after tomorrow. 】

At the shooting site of a fashion magazine, the cameraman looked at the perfectly proportioned man in the camera and was very excited. After clicking the shutter several times, he said, "Great, let's take a rest first."

Qin Shiyu stood up straight and walked to the sofa nearby out of boredom to sit down. His assistant Xiao Ding said, "Elder Brother, do you want to go over and look at the shots?"

Qin Shiyu didn't care, "You can tell by the cameraman's expression that he has a satisfactory picture, so there's no need."

Then he stretched out his hand toward him.

Xiao Ding hurriedly handed the phone to him, feeling that Qin Shiyu did have a lot of odd habits. He didn't like to reply to messages or answer calls, but he would check his phone as soon as possible after work. After getting the phone, he glanced at the missed calls and the messages he received before returning it. It seemed that he only wanted to know who contacted him, but didn’t bother to contact them.

As Xiao Ding thought this, he reached out to pick up the phone when Qin Shiyu finished scrolling. However, he saw Qin Shiyu suddenly paused. The hand holding the phone stopped moving. Shortly later, he raised his head and asked, "What day is it today?"

Xiao Ding said, "Thursday."

Qin Shiyu said, "The recording time of "All Rounder 3" wasn't changed, right?"

Xiao Ding was confused, "No, at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. We can rush there tomorrow night."

After that, Qin Shiyu sat on the sofa, holding the phone and not returning it to Xiao Ding. Instead, he stared at the screen for a long time, raising his hand as if he wanted to type. Finally, he gave up for some unknown reason.

It dawned on Xiao Ding, he was waiting for someone’s message.

He became curious, what kind of information made Qin Shiyu wait for so long but found it difficult to reply?


It was already noon when Jiang Yu landed in S City. The person who came to pick her up turned out to be Xiang Chen.

She was perplexed. Xiang Chen reached out to help her with her luggage, "Ye Yuanyu is extremely busy and can’t pull himself out. I heard that you are coming and volunteered. You won't mind, right?"

Jiang Yu chuckled, "How can I? It's my pleasure."

Xiang Chen's eyes curved up. He raised his hand to check the time, "Let's go, the restaurant has been booked. We can go over and wait for Ye Yuanyu for a while."

Xiang Chen took her to a small restaurant that didn't stand out, "Don't underestimate the restaurant, it's very authentic local food."

He smiled at her, "I heard that you like delicious food, so I brought you here. The braised river eel and soy sauce crab are a must-have.”

The two found a seat and sat down. Xiang Chen introduced, "Especially the soy sauce crab. It has no fishy smell. Smooth and tender. So fresh that you’ll swallow your tongue."

Hearing this stirred Jiang Yu's hunger. Xiang Chen couldn't help but curved his eyes when looking at her expression, "Then let's eat first and not wait for Ye Yuanyu. That workaholic, who knows when he’ll finish his work."

Jiang Yu said quickly, "It's fine. It’s better to wait, otherwise it will be rude."

Xiang Chen contemplated, "Then you wait a moment."

Then he got up and went out. Shortly later, he brought in a cup of milk tea. After sitting down, he inserted the straw and handed it to Jiang Yu, "Then let's drink and chat. Let it cushion the stomach first."

Jiang Yu was amused by him, still she didn't act reserved.

They were initially familiar with each other and Xiang Chen had a very gentle temper and was very good at taking care of others. Especially after hearing his introduction to various delicacies, Jiang Yu was ready to give into the urge.

"...In the evening, eat at a food stall...I'll take you to Huji for breakfast tomorrow morning. It's a time-honored brand and the soup dumplings are heavenly..."

When Ye Yuanyu arrived, he saw Jiang Yu looking at Xiang Chen with bright eyes, while Xiang Chen appeared enthusiastic. After pondering about it, he raised his hand and took a photo and sent it to the 【All Rounder Investigation Team 】 group:

As expected, Shu Hua was the first to jump out: 【What's going on? Why is the Bigshot with you? 】

Ye Yuanyu raised the corners of her mouth slightly: 【Guess? 】

Shu Hua: 【Where are you? I'm coming too! 】

Ye Yuanyu: 【Then you will probably need to fly to get here. 】

……

"...Where are you going back to today? The hotel or my place?" In the nanny's car, Xu Lehua took Qin Shiyu home after filming and babbled on "How did that property in Tinglan Community irked you? It's convenient and safe. It’s comfortable, why don’t you want to live there all of a sudden…”

Qin Shiyu, who had put down the seat next to him and was lying bored, suddenly sat up and startled Xu Lehua, "Fudge! What are you doing? What's going on? Is the earth going to explode or is the world coming to an end for the heavenly calm you to get shocked and surprised."

Qin Shiyu stared at the photos on his phone and pursed his lips...

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