Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 36: Fat People Deserve Human Rights

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Fat People Deserve Human Rights

The days passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month’s deadline was about to arrive.

He Jinxia hadn’t quite moved on from her career, but her fans were already growing anxious for her.

Li Fang was among them, a die-hard fan of He Jinxia from her debut, through her weight gain, to her resignation announcement, still faithfully devoted to this idol.

Unable to wait any longer for her idol to update her status, Li Fang couldn’t help but go and leave a message on He Jinxia’s latest Weibo post.

Even though the post was a month old and just a perfunctory Weibo repost about the start of "Letter to Future Self," which she participated in recording.

Adorable Little Fang: [Fat Emperor, why haven’t you been online for a month, did you evaporate or something?]

A few minutes later, this comment was bombarded with replies.

Ou Maidika: [Did Fat Emperor just evaporate?]

Glass Mood: [Could it be that she couldn’t take the criticism and so she deleted her Weibo?]

The Innocence of That Year: [Can you stop with the conspiracy theories? Why can’t it simply be that my dear Fat Emperor is striving hard, ignoring external disturbances and focusing on losing weight?]

Glass Mood: [Heh.]

Due to the ironic "heh," the two netizens started tearing into each other.

The Innocence of That Year: [Heh what?]

Glass Mood: [The thought of He Jinxia successfully losing weight could probably become the funniest joke of the year. When has she ever followed through with her dieting?]

The Innocence of That Year: [She has announced her resignation, with such a firm decision, can’t you trust her just this once?]

Glass Mood: [Go ahead, naively believe that. In my view, it’s very likely that after six months, He Jinxia will announce that the resignation was just a casual remark. After all, it’s not the first time she’s gone back on her word.]

Glass Mood’s comment received many likes, and it wasn’t just from true fans or haters of He Jinxia, even passersby mostly agreed.

Given the previous precedents, it’s hard to believe that He Jinxia could deliver on her promises.

Of course, because He Jinxia’s situation had changed, there were still fans who supported her, believing their beloved idol was indeed focusing on losing weight.

They left messages on Weibo, desperately defending her, but ultimately they couldn’t overcome the overwhelming army of skeptics.

It was unclear who started it, but one phrase sparked a spree of copy-pasting among many netizens, and eventually, it became a trending catchphrase across the network—

"He Jinxia is done for" topped the trending search!

Although it didn’t reach the top ten, it still forcefully entered the top fifty, ranking 46th in search volume.

As more and more people saw it, "He Jinxia is done for" passed through the ranks and officially entered the top twenty, with momentum still rising.

Accidentally landing on a hot search, it was somewhat of a pleasant surprise, though the content of the "pleasant" part wasn’t that great.

When Luo You found out, he immediately called He Jinxia’s personal phone to share this "happy" news with her.

He Jinxia, always mindful that she was still a "mute," didn’t speak and silently listened to Luo You.

At that moment, in the office, a phone started ringing with a "ding-a-ling" sound. He Jinxia was still listening to Luo You and didn’t answer it.

When the ringing persisted, it seemed piercingly sharp to some.

The aging clerk sitting across from her stood up and yelled at He Jinxia, "The phone is ringing, didn’t you hear it?"

Only then did she notice that He Jinxia was listening to something on her phone, apparently on a call, and couldn’t help but sneer sarcastically,

"Aren’t you a mute? Even if someone calls you, can you reply?"

Maybe she felt her remark was too harsh, so she quickly added, "Xia Jinhe, I didn’t mean to say it like that. It just slipped out.

It’s still working hours. Aren’t you going to answer the phone?"

He Jinxia glanced at the aging clerk but made no move.

Luo You had been talking nonstop. When he heard the noisy sound coming from He Jinxia’s phone, he suddenly realized she was still working and quickly hung up.

However, He Jinxia still maintained her position holding the phone and did not put it down.

In the office, the phone rang for several dozen seconds before it stopped, and after a while, it started ringing again, stopping another few dozen seconds later.

This cycle repeated several times. Seeing that He Jinxia was still on the phone, the aging clerk glared at her fiercely and picked up the phone.

Only after the aging clerk went back to work did He Jinxia leisurely put down her phone.

The remaining clerk in the office occasionally lifted her head to sneak a peek at her, but as soon as their eyes met, she immediately shifted her gaze.

He Jinxia tilted her head slightly, thought about it, and decided to try her own way of navigating the workplace.

By tomorrow, she would meet the director’s requirement—having trained in the workplace for half a month, and then she would submit her resignation.

With only a day and a half left, He Jinxia didn’t think anything significant could change, but she could still do some things to make herself feel better.

Being bossed around at the company like a mere underling, even though He Jinxia was generally indifferent, they had annoyed her.

Unable to endure it anymore and no need to, this time, she decided to hit back in her own way!

What’s wrong with being fat? Can’t fat people talk about equality?

What’s wrong with being mute? Must mute people be discriminated against?

He Jinxia lifted a chair and placed it right in the center of the office, countering with her own rigid and even foolish method—staring intently!

Yes, just sitting right in the center and staring at them hard.

The phone started ringing—ignore it!

Colleagues telling her to do something—ignore it!

Sarcastic and covert threats—ignore it!

He Jinxia declared that she simply wanted to sit in the middle and not answer the phone, so what?

Her sudden defiance greatly troubled the other two clerks.

He Jinxia could pretend not to hear the phone ringing; they could also pretend not to hear it, but ultimately, they couldn’t outlast He Jinxia.

He Jinxia could afford to lose her job, able to face losing her livelihood, but the other two couldn’t.

So, the two aged clerks stood up, gave He Jinxia a resentful glance, and went off to run errands.

He Jinxia watched their frustrated faces, forced to work, and felt a surge of satisfaction.

However, this good mood lasted only until she got to work the next day.

"Xia Jinhe?"

The HR manager flipped through He Jinxia’s fabricated records, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "I received a report from your colleagues accusing you of idling. Is it true?"

He Jinxia shook her head and made a hand gesture.

The manager paused, understanding a bit, "You’re saying it’s not true, then why did they report you?"