…I’m floored.

I thought Chen Die was just a beautiful poor thing who found sugar daddies to break into the entertainment industry, but it turns out she’s a wealthy heiress.

At first, I was wondering if there was some relationship since both had the surname Chen, but since no one mentioned it, I thought I was overthinking.

So, Chen Die is the Chen family’s daughter, and high-quality men like Wen Liang are actually legitimate boyfriends?

I thought you were just a beauty, but you’re a rich woman???

Some anti-fans have been viciously attacking Chen Die these past few days like crazy people, while she probably viewed them as a joke—they even spread rumors about her having a kept relationship with her cousin.

After receiving that phone call from Chen Shao, Chen Die had assumed he would only clarify their relationship as one between a normal boss and an artist. She never expected him to say those words directly to the camera.

It truly cut off all rumors at the source.

Fang Ruan was completely shocked.

“Didn’t you tell me you had no relationship with Chen Shao!” Fang Ruan pointed at her.

Chen Die: “…Let me explain.”

“If you had clarified earlier that you’re Chen Shao’s sister, would there have been so many problems?!”

“…” Chen Die buried her head in her arms. “Forget it, I don’t know how to explain either.”

Although Chen Shao’s move was indeed impressive, it truly rescued Chen Die from the depths of trouble.

The previously rampant “sugar daddy theories” all shifted toward a rich young lady experiencing life in the entertainment industry, with natural acting talent, and even a boyfriend with a “top-tier face” worth billions. If she didn’t pursue acting well, she’d probably go home to inherit billions and marry into wealth to become a rich madam!!

It’s truly too miserable!!

Chen Die could finally breathe a bit easier, while the most uncomfortable person now was probably Chen Shuyuan.

Her greatest fear in life was others finding out that she wasn’t the Chen family’s biological daughter.

She had previously mentioned to several friends that the Yiming Entertainment president was her cousin. Although her relationship with Chen Shao was very ordinary, it didn’t stop Chen Shuyuan from showing off through him, once telling friends that if they wanted any celebrity’s autograph, she could ask her brother for help.

The video of Chen Shao clarifying that Chen Die was his cousin immediately attracted widespread attention, soaring to the top of trending topics.

Many friends privately messaged Chen Shuyuan about this matter.

Yuanyuan, isn’t Chen Shao your cousin? How did he become Chen Die’s cousin?

Are you sisters with Chen Die??? Ahhh I love her so much! Can you help me get her autograph!?

Looking at these messages, Chen Shuyuan trembled with anger.

Besides her, another uncomfortable person was Wang Yunxi.

She never imagined that after all this turmoil, not only had it provided Chen Die with days of exposure, but it had also gained her a wave of fans.

The atmosphere at the Wen Yuan Group had been strange lately.

If you were to ask how it feels when the always-feared and admired Mr. Wen suddenly appears in a poorly shot, secretly recorded video in entertainment gossip, every member of the Wen Yuan Group could write a thousand-word essay with thoughts flowing like a spring.

The food court manager finally understood why Mr. Wen had appointed Chen Die as their main spokesperson without a second thought. When he recalled that he had even enthusiastically recommended a paired endorsement, he shuddered at the thought—not being fired was truly lucky.

The Wen Yuan Group employees had a stereotypical impression of Wen Liang: ruthless and decisive.

Like when he first took over the company, making several investments to stabilize the foundation, then boldly reforming and successfully replacing key personnel, effectively making the Wen Yuan Group belong to Wen Liang.

This image completely contradicted the man bending down to kiss Chen Die in the video. One could even detect a hint of anxiety and urgency in that kiss.

The video spread rapidly through various company group chats, both large and small.

In the evening, Zhu Qicong gently knocked on the door and entered the CEO’s office.

“Mr. Wen.”

Wen Liang looked up: “How’s the investigation going?”

“We’ve identified a car on the roadside that had a dash cam. We’ve purchased the video content from the owner, which includes footage before and after the segment that’s online,” Zhu Qicong said. “I’ve extracted the following 20 seconds of content. Would you like to review it?”

“No need,” Wen Liang tiredly pressed his brow. “Release it.”

Zhu Qicong paused briefly, recalling the video footage he had just seen, and hesitated before nodding: “Yes, sir.”

“Have you found the person leaking dirt on Chen Die?”

“We’ve traced the IP address and confirmed the identity. It’s Wang Yunxi, who played the second female lead in ‘Hairpin Flower.’ She previously faced strong fan dissatisfaction over her relationship issues. I suspect she wanted to divert attention using Miss Chen.”

Wen Liang frowned, nodded, and waved for Zhu Qicong to leave.

At ten o’clock that night.

Another video hit the recently calmed online community like a bombshell.

It was the second half of the ten-second video released in the early morning, showing Wen Liang bending down to kiss Chen Die. In the video, just as Wen Liang leaned in, Chen Die slapped him directly.

The conversation couldn’t be heard, but one could see the unusual atmosphere between them, and at the end, Wen Liang cautiously reaching out, wanting to embrace Chen Die.

Damn!!!! How much more gossip do we get today!!!!!

These two consecutive plot twists are so juicy aaaahhhhhh!!!! My God, what kind of amazing video is this again!! Any sisters here who can read lips??!

So, in the previous video, the kiss never happened because Die-mei slapped him first (sorry, although the video looks like forced kissing, he’s so handsome that I actually feel a bit sorry for him. Does his face hurt? Die-mei seemed to slap quite hard…)

Which girl in the world wouldn’t want to be Die-mei?

Aaaahhhh after Mr. Wen was slapped, he still reached out to hug Die-mei, my goodness!!!! What unrequited love, what deep passionate torment!!!!

Damn, I take back what I said about Qi and Chen Die’s “Hairpin Flower” CP being the best. Just from this short, unclear 30-second video, I think they’re so well-matched!!

I think they’re well-matched too!!! It genuinely gives the feeling of “I may command respect everywhere else, but I’m only vulnerable with you.” And there’s also this sense of two strong personalities on equal footing. This is so addictive!!

Because of this video, Weibo nearly crashed.

Even until the early morning, a group of people kept rewatching the video. At one o’clock in the morning, a netizen finally “translated” the lip movements after repeatedly watching.

Let me share my guess, and everyone can share their thoughts too.

After Die-mei slapped him, she seems to have said something like “Wen Liang, I think we’ve already broken up.” The words “broken up” I’m pretty sure about, it’s very clear.

After that, Mr. Wen’s first words aren’t clear, looks like something about a “little bun” (?), followed by what seems to be “even your slapping is fierce.”

Finally, when Mr. Wen went to hug Die-mei, he said, “Be good, Lingling, come with me.” So our Die-mei’s nickname is Lingling??

Damn, sister, you’re a living Buddha! I compared it and watched it three more times, and I think your analysis is completely spot on!!

Aaaaaahhhhhhh so it’s an ex-boyfriend!!! Could it be the boyfriend from university who was mentioned earlier, the one she was with for several years?

Why is even their slapping so sweet…

I’m crying, Mr. Wen is so doting, even after being slapped he still compliments how well she slaps.

Die-mei and Mr. Wen reconciled today!!!

As a career fan, I approve of this relationship!!

Are all CEOs like this nowadays?? Waaaah, handsome and doting!

Fang Ruan, who had been very worried about this situation escalating, was now completely resigned.

She finally understood why Chen Die had seemed both helpless and unable to explain when these two troublesome matters first emerged.

This kind of explanation would probably cause someone to have a heart attack—

“Sorry, actually I’m the Chen family’s daughter, and I’m also being persistently pursued by the even more impressive Wen Yuan Group CEO.”

What a situation.

Fang Ruan no longer thought Chen Die’s achievement of a billion-yuan box office was impressive; she was impressively personified.

Chen Die went to bed early that night. After showering and receiving Chen Shao’s call, news of her being Chen Shao’s cousin broke. Seeing the shift in public opinion online, she went to sleep. These days of continuously being hit with so-called “dirt” had indeed left her sleep-deprived.

She was awakened in the early morning by Xia Ying’s call.

Since graduation, Chen Die and Xia Ying had few opportunities to meet, only occasionally getting together, mostly keeping in touch by phone.

“You bastard!! When did you get involved with that handsome guy without telling me!!??” Xia Ying demanded angrily.

Chen Die, still drowsy, mumbled: “Which handsome guy?”

“The one we saw at the bar before! You said he wasn’t your type. Oh right, I also ran into him once when I went to your hotel. That day,” Xia Ying paused suddenly, enlightened, “he wasn’t looking for you, was he?”

“…”

Xia Ying: “Chen Die, I’m going to kill you.”

Chen Die sat up, rubbed her face, and at this point didn’t bother hiding it: “He was my boyfriend from university. We broke up later, but our relationship is complicated. I just didn’t know how to tell you.”

Chen Die was thinking about apologizing to Xia Ying, after all, keeping this from her for so long wasn’t right.

Before she could apologize, Xia Ying asked: “He wanted to get back with you and tried to car-kiss you but got slapped instead? Damn, girl, you’re so principled! How could you bring yourself to slap that face??”

Chen Die: “…”

After about five seconds, Chen Die suddenly reacted, “What do you mean I slapped him?”

“A new video came out. It should be real, right? The video doesn’t seem edited.”

“…”

Chen Die painfully uttered “It’s real,” chatted with Xia Ying a bit more, then hung up and opened Weibo.

Thanks to this incident.

The top trending topics were all about Chen Die.

#ChenDieWenLiang Slap#

#ChenDie ChenShao#

#ChenDie WealthyHeiressWealthyWife#

#EveryGirlWantsToBecomeChenDie#

#HaveChenDieAndWenLiangReconciledToday?#

What the hell is that last trending topic???

Chen Die already knew that Wang Yunxi’s team was behind the leaks, and now there were two twists: one was Chen Shao’s interview video, and the other was the second half of the surveillance footage from that night.

Fang Ruan had initially wanted to check the surveillance footage, but there was no surveillance coverage in that area. It was unclear where the online surveillance video came from.

Since it couldn’t have been released by Wang Yunxi, and the only people who knew about that night besides Chen Die were Wen Liang, it wasn’t hard to guess who had released the video.

But why would Wen Liang do this?

After Chen Shao’s clarification, the voices criticizing her had already diminished greatly. The rest could have been left to time.

After this video came out, many people would be greatly surprised—not only netizens but also the young gentlemen who usually had good relationships with Wen Liang, as well as company employees.

After being awakened by Xia Ying’s call, Chen Die lost all sleepiness. She lay on her bed, letting her thoughts wander.

The gossip-loving crowd was also dazed by the video, all sighing that this New Year they’d consumed so much gossip they were stuffed. Yet somehow there was a premonition—there was still more to come.

Sure enough, half an hour later.

Wang Yunxi, who had been out of the public eye due to Chen Die’s chain of news, was once again thrust into everyone’s attention.

“Counting Wang Yunxi’s Four Sins: Dating During Her Idol Career Rise; Acting Like a Diva on Set; Manipulating Votes in Talent Shows; Cold Violence Toward Group Sisters.”

The article was extremely detailed, combining various data, pictures, text, and videos, without a single loophole.

Chen Die, who couldn’t sleep anyway, clicked to take a look.

She was somewhat familiar with Wang Yunxi and knew her temperament. After reading the article, even she was surprised, not to mention the fans attracted by Wang Yunxi’s carefully crafted image.

However, for some reason, this rigorous, well-illustrated analytical article gave Chen Die a momentary glimpse of Zhu Qicong’s shadow.

Compared to Die-mei’s string of trending topics, Wang Yunxi has lost value.

Honestly, I always thought Wang Yunxi’s face looked fierce like she’d be hard to get along with. Then her fans called it a “high-class face” 🙂 I’ve wanted to say this for a long time—don’t use “high-class face” to whitewash a harsh face, okay?

She even manipulated votes?? So Wang Yunxi never actually deserved a debut position, right? How dare she cold-shoulder her teammates?

Wait, doesn’t anyone find this blog poster suspicious? The account was created today! It’s a throwaway account targeting Wang Yunxi.

Could it be Chen Die…?

The entertainment industry is so scary, it’s just like palace harem intrigue.

What benefit would Chen Die get from targeting Wang Yunxi now? A few days ago it might have been useful, but now that everything’s been clarified, bringing Wang Yunxi out would just divert attention, wouldn’t it?

Everyone, think with your brains. Didn’t Chen Die’s dirt come out right when Wang Yunxi was being heavily criticized? That photo of being driven home wasn’t anything special, but it was interpreted in so many ways. Wasn’t the biggest beneficiary Wang Yunxi?

Holy shit, I have a thought—if Wang Yunxi did set up Chen Die, is this explosion of dirt Chen Die’s retaliation?

Think about Chen Die’s identity—she has a brother like Chen Shao and an ex-boyfriend/pursuer like Wen Liang. Wang Yunxi must have been crazy to target Chen Die. Now she’s going to be finished.

I don’t know why, but I find this so satisfying… it feels so good.

Additionally, many fans dug up photos of Wang Yunxi and Chen Die together in the past.

Judging by Wang Yunxi’s expression, she probably disliked Chen Die for a long time.

Wow, I had this feeling when watching Wang Yunxi’s livestream before.

Chen Die, who disliked Wang Yunxi, joined everyone in consuming gossip without any psychological burden. She unconsciously scrolled for a long time before receiving a message from Fang Ruan.

In the dead of night, Fang Ruan was also still awake.

Everyone was surfing the web.

[Fang Ruan: Wang Yunxi is truly finished this time. I just heard that Wen Yuan Group has a long-term project collaboration with her agency. Mr. Wen is suppressing her. Even if the agency wants to protect her, they have to give Mr. Wen a face. Moreover, her affair with Zhan Xiao has indeed made the company very dissatisfied. I heard they’ve already broken up. The company will probably still protect Zhan Xiao, but the impact of this incident can’t be eliminated.]

[Chen Die: Was that information online really released by Wen Liang?]

[Fang Ruan: Obviously, it’s clear at first glance, right? Although Mr. Chen is your brother, he’s not a good person. It has nothing to do with whether he’s your brother or not. It took him so long just to clarify, how could you expect him to take down Wang Yunxi for you so quickly?]

Chen Die: “…”

She hadn’t expected Chen Shao to do this for her.

[Fang Ruan: But Mr. Wen’s methods are quite ruthless. He immediately made sure Wang Yunxi can’t bounce back.]

[Chen Die: It’s alright, standard procedure.]

After all, it was Wang Yunxi who had framed her with those false news stories, and there was so much unpleasantness between them before. Chen Die felt no sympathy for Wang Yunxi’s fate.

Fang Ruan sent her a string of thumbs-up emojis.

[Fang Ruan: I understand why Mr. Wen can’t forget you now.]

[Fang Ruan: Mr. Wen’s inner thoughts: “Such a unique woman. Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention.”]

Chen Die: “…”

In the middle of the night, it was quiet outside. The city’s nightlife had already settled down, yet because of tonight’s events, people online hadn’t quieted down. It was rare to see news with a billion views in the middle of the night.

Chen Die and Fang Ruan chatted for a while before Fang Ruan declared she would die if she didn’t sleep now, and went to bed.

But Chen Die truly had no trace of sleepiness left.

She sat quietly on the bed for a while, her thoughts flying chaotically, lost in random thoughts.

After quite some time, she slowly crawled out of bed, inexplicably feeling a bit hungry. Her thick winter pajamas had been sent to the wash, so Chen Die was only wearing a large T-shirt, though thankfully the room’s heating was adequate.

She got out of bed, her slender, straight long legs visible beneath the loose hem of her shirt.

At this hour, she didn’t dare eat puffed snacks or cake, so she just took out a box of strawberries from the refrigerator, rinsed them, and was about to take them back to bed.

But as she passed by the bedroom window, her sixth sense seemed to activate. She turned her head and looked down.

And saw that familiar car.

The last time this scene had occurred was on New Year’s Eve night. Wen Liang had sat in the car smoking, only sending her a message at midnight.

Chen Die took out her phone to check the time.

Three in the morning.

She quickly realized that the light from her phone would be visible, so she immediately turned it off and put it away.

Chen Die still held the box of strawberries. With no desire to sleep, she simply took a chair to the window, lazily watching the car below while eating strawberries.

Looking into the car window, a point of bright red light glowed in the driver’s seat.

Chen Die finished the box of strawberries. After sitting for a long time, drowsiness somehow gradually crept in.

When she woke up again, it was five in the morning. Winter sunrise in Yan City came very late; it was still dark outside, with street lamps sparsely lit.

Chen Die rubbed her eyes, and as she sat up, she saw the car at the bottom of the building had just pulled out of its parking space and driven away.