After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 553 - 543: Truly Blissful, Truly Dazzling

Chapter 553: Chapter 543: Truly Blissful, Truly Dazzling

Yin Chong listened to the noise coming from the other end of the phone, then hung up expressionlessly.

He raised his eyes to look at the Luan siblings, Luan Hua and Luan Feng, who were standing respectfully to the side.

"After Xu Qingmei’s years of operations, it’s impossible for her to be unable to deal with that small actor named Jing Huai. There must be someone helping Jing Huai from behind. Who do you two think it might be?"

The siblings couldn’t help but exchange a silent glance.

Luan Hua gave her brother a look as he prepared to speak, and she spoke first, "My lord, I speculate that the person helping Jing Huai is likely Jiang Lingxi. Jiang Lingxi should have already guessed that Xu Qingmei is your person, and besides, there is old hatred between them in their circle. Now that there’s a chance to suppress Xu Qingmei at once, with Jiang Lingxi’s character, she shouldn’t let it pass."

Luan Feng glanced at his sister, standing in front of him.

He originally wanted to say, ’Who else could it be but Jiang Lingxi,’ and although his thoughts were the same as his sister’s, her wording was undoubtedly much more tactful than his.

It seems he still has a lot to learn.

"Jiang Lingxi’s character, what kind of character?" Yin Chong muttered softly.

Luan Feng instinctively wanted to say ’vindictive and ruthless’, but before he could, his arm was pinched hard.

Luan Hua knew in her heart that the lord wasn’t looking for an answer to this question.

Sure enough, Yin Chong didn’t even look at them, only muttering to himself in a low voice, "So ruthless!"

Back in the underground tomb, the moment it collapsed, he watched that woman turn and leave without looking back, disappearing completely from his view, not even glancing back once.

He barely escaped with heavy injuries, and when he finally got online, he wanted to see if there was any news about Jiang Lingxi. The first thing he found was a trending topic about her suspected romance.

In the photos, those two people embracing and kissing seemed extremely glaring to him.

"What is Jiang Lingxi up to now?"

Since the confrontation in the underground tomb, the Sect Leader was so injured he had to retreat to recuperate, and Master Yin Chong was also heavily injured, with the Life Gu in his possession now completely wiped out, and Chong Shi along with dozens of Changcang Sect elites entirely buried in the underground tomb.

On the contrary, the group they fought against suffered almost negligible losses, not even losing a single person.

Since then, Jiang Lingxi’s name joined Wu Jue, the Sect Leader’s senior brother, on the Changcang Sect’s watch list.

Luckily, since the other party is in the entertainment industry, it’s easy enough to track her movements.

Soon, Luan Feng got the information and began reporting, "After returning to the Imperial City, Jiang Lingxi didn’t make any major moves. Last night, she had a promotional live stream with the director and other actors of ’The Story of Empress Yuan’. We even had someone climb the wall to specifically record it. Today’s itinerary reveals that she is going to Shanyue Zhiheng for a promotional photoshoot. Additionally, there’s definite news that she will be attending this year’s International Fashion Event in a few days."

"The International Fashion Event?" Yin Chong tilted his head slightly, "The gathering to be held in the International Fashion Town?"

"Yes."

"Get me an invitation letter."

Luan Hua hesitated for a moment, but before Yin Chong looked over, she quickly agreed.

Although she felt that with the lord’s current state of being heavily injured and yet to recover, it was not advisable to confront Jiang Lingxi so soon, especially since she had witnessed Jiang Lingxi’s true strength in the underground tomb, it wasn’t wise to take risks.

But the lord’s decision is not something she could comment on.

The siblings bowed slightly and were about to leave.

"What about the live stream recording?"

Luan Feng almost lost control of his expression for a moment, quickly lowered his head, and found the relevant video on the tablet in his hand, handing it over with both hands.

Yin Chong took it, waved his hand, "Leave now."

As soon as Luan Feng walked out the door, he couldn’t help but rub his face, "Sis, what do you think the lord is really..."

Luan Hua directly knocked the back of his head, "Just go outside first."

Once they were out of the courtyard reserved for high-level personnel of the Changcang Sect, "What did you want to say just now?"

"I just think the lord is acting weird right now, like he’s torn between wishing Jiang Lingxi dead and being unable to stop paying attention to her. It feels really contradictory!"

Luan Hua listened with a complicated heart; even her usually thick-skinned brother had noticed something was wrong, and the lord’s thoughts were already quite apparent.

But in the end, she just sighed, looked at her brother with sincere advice, "The lord’s mind isn’t something we can influence. Don’t overthink it. How’s your recovery coming along?"

"Still, still not good."

"Then hurry up and heal, stop thinking about pointless things."

Luan Feng hurriedly ran off, leaving Luan Hua to turn back and glance at the courtyard behind them before walking away with heavy steps.

Yin Chong watched the live stream recording on the tablet.

Even severely injured, his hearing was much sharper than that of ordinary people.

The clutter in the live stream room that ordinary people paid no attention to, he could hear.

He could tell that someone was in the same space as Jiang Lingxi during the live stream, even though that person never appeared, the sounds of walking, flipping through books, and writing intermittently maintained their presence.

He patiently watched until he heard the question ’Is the live stream over?’, and his hand holding the cup suddenly clenched tightly.

Even though he still hadn’t seen the person, that voice...

Shen Yunqing!

Upon watching Jiang Lingxi openly admit in the live stream that she had someone she fancied and candidly express her preference and protection for that person, the screen finally went dark.

Truly blessed!

And so glaring!

*

The shutter sounds echoed incessantly in the spacious room.

Many people had gathered at the photo studio, besides the photographer responsible for the shoot and the stylist responsible for makeup and styling, the agent and assistant of the spokesperson, even Mr. Shen and the brand director were present throughout.

The people from the design department came in and never left again.

However, with so many people present, no one spoke or communicated during the shoot, all eyes were on the figure so effortlessly navigating in front of the camera.

The photos appeared one by one on the computer screen connected to the camera; someone inadvertently glanced over and after watching for a while, they didn’t see a single unusable shot. It’s no exaggeration to say that each one was good enough to be the main promotional image.

The brand’s publicity manager, Hua, noticed the somewhat sympathetic glances from colleagues in the design department beside her, only then reluctantly shifting her gaze from the figure standing in front of the camera, asking in a low voice, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Just thought you guys have it really tough!"

Eventually, when selecting a promotional photo, they’d have to pick one as the main feature, a task difficult just to think about given the number of photos available.

Fortunately, it wasn’t the work of their department, otherwise, they’d be the ones struggling.

Director Hua: "..."

Inexplicably!

Until not long after, the job of selecting photos was delivered to her desk, Director Hua immediately understood why her colleagues from the design department expressed sympathy towards her in the photography studio.

Because now she also sympathized with herself!