After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 552 - 542 No One Can Influence Her Decision

Chapter 552: Chapter 542 No One Can Influence Her Decision

Shen Chuyue reached out to push open the door of the reception room. "This reception room was originally my private reception room. Today, it’s being used for rest, makeup, and changing clothes. The studio next door is under construction for photography, so you can take a break and have something to eat first."

As soon as the door opened, the three people sitting inside the reception room stood up in unison and looked towards the door.

"Xiao Xi."

"Xixi Jie."

After Fang Yao realized that the young woman walking beside her own artist looked exactly like the photograph of the founder of Shanyue Zhiheng on the magazine cover she had just seen, she quickly hid the unfinished nuts behind her back.

At the same time, she cast an admiring glance at her senior, Zhengzheng Jie.

It really was the founder of Shanyue Zhiheng personally picking up Xixi Jie!

"Sister Tong, Zhengzheng, hello, nice to see you again." Shen Chuyue waved familiarly at the two, then looked at Fang Yao, who stood at the back somewhat nervously. "And this is? Is Cousin Sister-in-law with a new assistant again?"

"Yes, someone newly selected after returning from Liangchuan. Not bad, right?"

Shen Chuyue observed carefully again and nodded in agreement. "Someone chosen by Cousin Sister-in-law surely isn’t bad. What’s your name?"

"Hello, President Shen. I’m Fang Yao."

Fang Yao looked at President Shen in front of her, and then at Xixi Jie who had already taken a seat on a single sofa, and she suddenly felt her little brain might not be keeping up.

Just now, she seemed to have heard President Shen call Xixi Jie Cousin Sister-in-law. She shouldn’t have heard it wrong, right?

"It’s okay. Just be at ease around me. Cousin Sister-in-law, have a rest and a drink of water first. I’ll go check with the makeup artists and photographers to see how the preparations are going."

Jiang Lingxi waved her hand. "Go ahead and get busy. No need to look after me."

Only after Shen Chuyue left did Fang Yao breathe a sigh of relief.

Even though the opponent appeared genuinely friendly, just thinking about her status made her unable to relax.

Actually, she was also nervous when she first faced Jiang Lingxi, but ever since that time she went to wake her up and saw that Jiang Lingxi, like many young girls, would roll around on the bed hugging her quilt to vent her morning crankiness, the distance suddenly felt a lot closer, and she hadn’t been as nervous since.

When Tong Yue and Lu Zhengzheng sat down again, she followed suit.

Watching Sister Tong speak with Xixi Jie, she tugged on Lu Zhengzheng’s sleeve and asked softly, "Zhengzheng Jie, just now it seemed like President Shen called Xixi Jie Cousin Sister-in-law..."

"That’s another layer of the relationship Sister Tong mentioned between President Shen and our Xixi Jie. Our Xixi Jie’s husband is President Shen’s actual cousin."

The pistachio that Fang Yao had just put in her mouth fell out again. "Husband?"

"Shh, even though Xixi Jie admitted on the live broadcast yesterday that she has someone she likes, the fact that she’s married is still confidential. As Xixi Jie’s assistant now, you get to know the most accurate news."

However, her "shh" was obviously too late, because Jiang Lingxi had already turned her head at their whispers.

The two immediately synchronized their movements, shrinking their necks and mimicking a "locking the lips" gesture with their hands.

"Speaking of which, watching your live broadcast yesterday was really nerve-wracking for me. But it’s good to admit it openly. Otherwise, the way you carry on so carefreely, it wouldn’t surprise me if you were caught red-handed by netizens."

"Fortunately, there was already a trending topic about your potential romance, and this time you openly admitted it. From what I see online, your fans and netizens were quite accepting, mostly understanding and supportive. Just ignore those few extreme fans, no matter where you go, there are always such people. Paying attention to them is only making it hard for yourself."

Jiang Lingxi obediently nodded, but even after listening to Tong Yue’s lengthy dialogue, she didn’t dare to say that she hadn’t really checked whether the fans were accepting.

Whether they accept or not, her decision wouldn’t be swayed by the fans anyway.

"Sigh, if it weren’t for Xu Qingmei just conveniently waking up, your live broadcast this time spilled so much information and topics, it would definitely have hit the top of the trending list. But her incident garnered too much discussion; you see, it’s still unmoved from the top of the trending most list. But I guess this is probably Xu Qingmei’s last time at the top of the trending list."

Jiang Lingxi glanced at Tong Yue’s phone screen. The picture showed Xu Qingmei holding her assistant’s arm, wrapped in a gray coat, preparing to get into the car.

Upon noticing that someone was secretly photographing her, she even glared in the camera’s direction.

"She’s, leaving the hospital?"

"Probably transferring hospitals. Public hospitals come and go with people, it’s completely impossible to isolate the paparazzi. No privacy at all. I’m not surprised she’s transferring right after waking up; after all, no one wants to be ogled like a monkey, not even for the top of the trending list."

The paparazzi were lamenting that once she switched hospitals, it would be exceedingly difficult to get updates on Xu Qingmei’s whereabouts. Little did they know that as soon as Xu Qingmei got into the car and released her assistant’s hand, she used all her strength to give her a slap.

The doctors and nurses from the private hospital who had come to receive her jumped collectively at her sudden action.

But Xu Qingmei, having reached the end of her rope, didn’t even glance at them. She simply looked at her assistant, whose face had been slapped to one side, as if she were a dead person. "Who told you to take it upon yourself to call the police?"

Xu Qingmei’s assistant’s face swelled quickly, and she lowered her eyes to reply, holding back the pain, "Sister Xu, I... I was scared. You suddenly fainted, and I panicked. By the time I came to, the call had already gone through."

Xu Qingmei closed her eyes, barely suppressing the irritation that threatened to overflow from her heart. "Once we’re at the hospital, contact the police and drop the case!"

"But..."

"Do you not understand?"

"I understand, I understand."

The nurse, who had initially wanted to remind Xu Qingmei about her wounds, silently closed her mouth.

After all, the car from their hospital was driving rather smoothly, so perhaps she shouldn’t give the reminder and risk getting scolded!

Finally, once she moved into a private hospital’s private room, Xu Qingmei gazed at the wound on her chest, which left even the doctors puzzled and helpless, took the new phone her assistant had just brought her, and once again dialed those numbers she had memorized by heart.

She assumed that, like before, there would still be no answer.

But unexpectedly, after more than half a ring, the line was connected.

Upon hearing the voice from the other end of the line, her knees went weak, and she directly fell to her knees on the carpet.

"My lord, please save me!"

The assistant hadn’t had a chance to leave the room. Witnessing Xu Qingmei suddenly kneel down and utter such words of extreme humility, she widened her eyes in shock.

Lightly touching the swollen face she’d been too busy to attend to since entering the hospital, on a sudden whim, she took out her phone and began recording in Xu Qingmei’s direction, then slowly continued backing towards the exit.

Whatever the person on the other end of the phone said, Xu Qingmei’s already pale and haggard face became even paler, and then as if unable to endure any longer, she rolled her eyes and fainted again.

This time, however, the assistant didn’t rush forward to support her like she did before.

Instead, she calmly turned off the recording, pretended nothing had happened, dealt with several resignation letters sent over from the studio outside the room, and only after did she return to the hospital room, exclaiming in surprise and pressing the call bell.