After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 249: Fan Growth, Capturing Audio

Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Fan Growth, Capturing Audio

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xiyu sat motionless in her wheelchair for a while. When she came to her senses, she realized she was drenched in cold sweat.

The voice on the call hadn’t said much, but she had a strong feeling that her every move was under the other person’s watchful eye.

Jiang Xiyu took a deep breath, trying to recall the few words she heard while attempting to stay calm enough to analyze the situation.

"Stay home and rest up honestly." This indicated that the person knew she was injured and needed to recuperate quietly.

"Xiaotao will be back by your side shortly, and when you see her, don’t ask about anything that happened during this time." This was a warning!

"In a few days, someone will contact you with a new job." The new job provided must be in the entertainment industry, indicating that their influence had already penetrated it, even deeper than she imagined.

The friend of her aunt, it wouldn’t be surprising if they also knew some strange cultivation methods, and it was even possible that what they knew originated from the same source. But the question was, why did this person want to help her?

She had messed up her aunt’s arrangement, and the last call almost got her scolded badly by her aunt. She thought her aunt would never help her again, but now a friend of her aunt appeared!

Jiang Xiyu racked her brains but couldn’t figure out any link that could connect the dots.

She restrained the urge to call back and ask questions again, tightly gripping the armrest of the wheelchair, looking down at her plastered leg.

She couldn’t stand up and move freely now. If there was new work, it would most likely be an interview type that only required sitting down for recording.

What are the trending interview shows these days?

To avoid overthinking, she could prepare in advance.

*

On the other side.

Xiazhi paced hesitantly at Shen Yunqing’s bedroom door.

Originally, the master had obediently returned to his room to rest after watching Your Majesty’s appearance on the show, but when he passed through the living room just now, he happened to see the phone that the master had left outside charging receive a message.

The master, like him, though familiar with electronic products, usually does not use them often. Whoever sent a message to the master’s phone at this time must be quite important.

But was it important enough to disturb the master’s rest?

Remembering that the master had a fever yesterday, Xiazhi decided not to fret anymore and turned to leave.

Even if there was something important, it couldn’t be dealt with so late. They would have to wait until tomorrow.

"Xiazhi?"

The door behind him was opened from the inside, and Xiazhi quickly turned around, "Sir, you haven’t slept yet?"

Shen Yunqing came out of the bedroom, "I was about to sleep but was awakened by footsteps at the door. Why didn’t you knock?"

Xiazhi’s ears turned red, having forgotten that the master’s hearing was much sharper than his own, "I saw a message come to your phone." He said, handing the phone over, "I didn’t intend to disturb you, but I ended up waking you anyway."

"It’s nothing." Shen Yunqing took the phone, unlocked it, and opened the message. His face, which had been wearing a light weariness, immediately turned serious when he saw the sender, as he walked toward the study while instructing Xiazhi, "Make a strong cup of tea and bring it to the study."

This meant he was going back to work.

Xiazhi’s face turned sour upon receiving this instruction, but he could only nod obediently, "Yes."

Jiang Lingxi wasn’t asleep yet, sitting next to Lu Zhengzheng and Xu Ling’an, each holding a phone. One was gleefully reading trending comments, while the other occasionally refreshed her account.

"Sis, it seems those who were always slandering you have disappeared, and many of the previous comments are nowhere to be seen."

Jiang Lingxi and Lu Zhengzheng exchanged a glance. They were much more familiar with the entertainment industry’s complexities than Xu Ling’an.

Lu Zhengzheng slammed a fist onto the sofa armrest with a thud, saying angrily, "I knew it, these are professional blackmailers."

Xu Ling’an had never heard of this term before, "What are professional blackmailers?"

"These accounts, though real, are nurtured or bought at high prices by a group of people to be hired for things like this, just like they were hired to mindlessly slander Xixi sister this time."

"Someone paid these professional blackmailers to attack you?" Xu Ling’an’s face tensed.

All she did was appear on a program; how could there be such malicious people in the world?

"Xixi, should we have Tong Jie check it out?"

Upon learning that the negative comments about her on the trending topics were hired, Jiang Lingxi already had her suspicions.

She only had a few people she’d clashed with before, and those who the original owner had offended wouldn’t likely go out of their way to spend money to slander her after such a long time.

She suspected someone acted impulsively after seeing news about her online and feeling upset.

It backfired, ultimately working in her favor.

"Let Tong Jie know, but tell her not to spend too much effort on this. If nothing turns up, let it go."

Compared to finding out who spent money to slander her, it’s more important for Tong Yue to investigate another matter right now.

Lu Zhengzheng nodded, sent a message to Tong Yue, then habitually refreshed Jiang Lingxi’s account, turning with delight to report, "Xixi, your account’s followers just broke 3.5 million! An increase of over 400 thousand!"

"I thought a high-class show like ’Inheritance’ wouldn’t have that many viewers, but there are quite a few!"

Xu Ling’an looked at the new comments on her phone, "I think there are many students watching this program, especially since schools are on summer break now. Look at this comment: After watching the show, they want to learn Go like the sister who won the competition. Their mom said she’ll sign them up for a Go class."

"That certainly seems possible." Lu Zhengzheng smiled at Jiang Lingxi, "Xixi, looks like you’ll have a lot of young student fans."

"Learning Go is great." Jiang Lingxi was pleased that her show sparked an interest in Go among viewers.

"You guys enjoy, I’m going to my room to take a call." She got up, taking her phone that started vibrating on the coffee table.

Once inside, she closed the door before answering, "You have a flight to catch tomorrow morning; why aren’t you resting?"

Shen Yunqing, on the other end, could even imagine how the person on the other side looked while saying this.

Probably with slightly furrowed brows and lips slightly pursed, a subtle displeasure and authority could be felt even across two phones. He quickly explained his call, "I just received a message from the person I hired. Around ten minutes ago, they captured a phone call between Jiang Xiyu and Xiaotao. I’ll send the relevant audio to your phone. Unfortunately, they couldn’t trace Xiaotao’s location due to some obstruction on that end."

Jiang Lingxi understood that Shen Yunqing wouldn’t call so late unless it was important; her earlier words were an instinctive reaction.

"Mr. Shen, you have quite a few skilled people." She noted his team had both medical and magical skills like Wu Jue, and today’s member could even remotely monitor calls.

Shen Yunqing: He strongly suspected Your Majesty just hesitated over using another word.

"I’ve sent the audio files."

Jiang Lingxi immediately got serious, "Okay, I’ll listen to them now."