Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 402 - 403: The Instinct to Court

Chapter 402: Chapter 403: The Instinct to Court

He Jinxia left Meng Wan’s place when it was already evening.

She called for a car and finally had the chance to check the messages on her phone while sitting in the vehicle.

Luo You had sent several messages telling her to call him if there was any issue, to which He Jinxia replied with a "no issues".

The rest were greetings from some celebrities, asking when she would return to Huaxia, as well as when she would have some free time to get together and share weight loss tips and other various topics.

He Jinxia replied to each one, regardless of the fact that some messages were already several days old.

She wasn’t powerful enough in the circle yet, so she had to remain humble all the time.

After she finished replying, He Jinxia had also arrived at Dongting Lake Garden. As she got out of the car, her phone "buzzed" with a vibration. It was a message from Sheng Yan—

[Are you okay?]

He Jinxia’s thoughts suddenly became complicated, and without thinking, she dialed his number.

Only after hearing the unique international long-distance dial tone did she snap back to reality, realizing Sheng Yan was still in the ’M’ country. She wanted to hang up, but the person on the other end had already picked up.

"Hello?"

The man’s voice was low and mellow, striking a chord in her tender heart.

He Jinxia walked circles in a nearby park and asked him, "What time is it over there in ’M’ country? You should be sleeping by now, right?"

"It’s not late, I can make time to chat with you."

He Jinxia also inquired about his schedule for the day, and after a brief conversation, she brought up the matter of Meng Wan wanting to leave JY, feeling somewhat emotional,

"I’ve always been at odds with JY. I’ve suffered a lot of unfair treatment within the group. Once I went solo, I thought that if one day I became famous, I’d dismantle JY and leave those who bullied me with nowhere to turn. But now that the group is truly facing disbandment, I feel lost."

It was that sense of bewilderment that came from not having applied much effort before the huge obstacle in front of her came crashing down.

What she thought was an impregnable wall turned out to be a shoddy construction project—barely touched and it crumbled apart.

Sheng Yan’s voice was refreshing, "Do you want JY to stay together?"

He Jinxia came back to her senses and shook her head, "No, better not to keep it."

Zhang Yingru, Li Zimu, and Wen Ningning were not kind. The other members weren’t as pure as she had imagined. They were like a tumor, and the sooner it was removed, the sooner a wish would be fulfilled.

She spoke to Sheng Yan about Meng Wan and mentioned her ideas.

Sheng Yan responded indifferently, and after she finished talking, he said, "She’s older than you. She must have given this decision a lot of thought, so don’t worry."

He Jinxia smiled, "I’m not worried about her, I’m thinking about how to reply to her family. Believe it or not, it won’t be long before Meng Wan’s family comes looking for me."

Meng Wan had clearly stated her intention to rest for a while, which meant temporarily saying goodbye to the entertainment circle. Leaving the entertainment circle left her naturally heading home.

Based on her limited previous interactions with her family, He Jinxia felt they would definitely come to understand the reasons for Meng Wan’s departure from the industry.

Sheng Yan’s voice came through the phone, "Do you need my help? I have business dealings with her brother."

He Jinxia, "No need, this is my battlefield."

Sheng Yan’s eyes flickered with a smile, agreeing with her, "Hmm, your battlefield, I won’t interfere."

He Jinxia’s eyes glinted with slyness, "But you’re my little soldier, right?"

Sheng Yan went with the flow, "Then I’ll be at your beck and call."

He Jinxia: "Won’t this make me look like a heartless person, using you and then discarding you?"

Sheng Yan: "You can’t throw me away. The moment you used me, I became tightly entwined with you."

He Jinxia blushed and asked a question that had been stifled in her heart for a long time, "Have you really never been in love? Are all men this talented, coming up with sweet nothings on their own?"

Sheng Yan’s voice came from afar, each word etching itself into her heart, "No, you are the first one."

He chuckled, "Jinxia, this is an instinct that is elicited in males when they face females. You can think of it like this, these are all mating instincts."

He Jinxia blinked, and it took her several seconds to understand what Sheng Yan meant. She immediately hung up the phone with a "snap."

She looked around, her heartbeat a bit fast, and found herself alone, but for some reason, she felt like a thief.

This scoundrel is speaking more plainly by the day. Where is the cold and abstinent Sheng Yan of before?!!

So it’s true, people should interact more to see each other’s "true nature" ah~~

The next day, the internet was still in a ferment over the issue of JY disbanding, with fans and onlookers arguing for a week, until yesterday when Meng Wan officially announced her departure via her Weibo, pushing the whole affair to another climax.

By then, the fervor had died down a bit, but JY seemed to treat the matter as a publicity stunt. Seeing that Meng Wan was leaving, they decided to go all out. Members of the group began to bad-mouth her en bloc.

But in the entertainment circle, no matter how much you hate someone, you can rarely tear into them openly. Apart from those who boldly take the "love and hate" image, other stars never step on potential landmines carelessly. Even if JY was slinging mud, they did it in a veiled manner.

Starting from seven in the morning, each member of JY would post a long Weibo every hour on the hour.

On Weibo, they talked about the bits and pieces of their times with Meng Wan, from the struggles they faced after first forming the team, to the team’s development over five full years. There were too many words and events to recount.

He Jinxia read two of their press releases. On the surface, they seemed to be reminiscing about Meng Wan, unwilling to let her go, but a careful analysis of the details revealed many of Meng Wan’s shortcomings, such as not valuing activities, lacking patience, being playful, and not having team spirit, among other things.

She shook her head and scoffed inwardly, nibbling on the heart-shaped pancake that Mrs. He had made, scrolling through the comments.

Sure enough, the direction of the comments had changed.

In the press release from the first member, all the comments were nostalgic about Meng Wan, saying they didn’t want her to go.

But in the press release from the second member, people began to question whether Meng Wan deserved to be a girl group member.

[After gaining fame, she abandoned the team to go solo. Forgive my bluntness, but such a person shouldn’t be a girl group member.]

[Whether she can or can’t is someone else’s business. Aren’t you all being too meddlesome?]

[It turns out that public personas are all manipulated by the company. So this is the real Meng Wan. I feel so played!]

[Whimper, whimper, Wanwan, please don’t leave the group, I only stan you!!]

[Lacking team spirit and soul, it’s better for her to leave.]

...

He Jinxia browsed through several rounds of comments but found them uninteresting, so she returned to the Weibo homepage.

Truths and lies within the entertainment circle are interwoven, and Weibo is yet another place governed by public opinion. Rumors repeated by many can turn into truths; it’s strange and twisted.

At first, she found it amusing to follow, but after seeing more and more, she lost interest.

Casually scrolling, she happened to catch it right on the hour, and another member of JY was starting to release a press statement reminiscing about their days with Meng Wan.

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