Pei Mingxuan was the type of person who would swallow her own blood rather than let others see her weakness.
She locked herself in her room, blocking out all information, waiting for this turbulent night to pass.
She knew she had lost this round, but she wouldn't admit defeat. Someday, she would find a way to get even.
After a sleepless night, as dawn broke, she put on her makeup, turned on her phone, and prepared to go to the company to handle the handover matters.
As soon as she turned on her phone, it was flooded with calls.
Pei Mingxuan sneered, assuming it was Sun Mo's obsessed fans, still unwilling to let her go, able to call as soon as she turned on her phone.
But when she looked at her phone, it was the company.
At the top of her phone, the latest hot topic on Weibo popped up.
#Shocking! The chaotic love triangle, the truth is actually like this!#
#Sun Mo's manager became the biggest scapegoat#
#Was last night's livestream intended to incite fans to cyberbully the manager and shift the focus?#
#Two-faced Sun Mo, cuckold king Yang Hong, master player Xu Meng#
Faced with such a sudden change in the narrative, Pei Mingxuan was stunned. She immediately opened Weibo to find several explosive revelations topping the hot search page.
Just an hour ago, at 7:30 in the morning, right as the morning rush hour was starting.
Videos leaked by two marketing accounts, riding on the heat from last night, directly set the internet ablaze.
Pei Mingxuan's pupils gradually dilated as she answered the incessantly ringing phone. The roaring voice on the other end was the company's vice president, after all, this had directly hit three money-making tools at once.
"Pei Mingxuan, did you do this?"
Pei Mingxuan coldly replied, "If I had this ability, I would have done it last night."
"Nevermind, go to Sun Mo's house quickly and find him. We can't reach him. You need to discuss how to resolve this situation immediately."
Pei Mingxuan sneered, picking at her ear, and said, "We've already terminated our contract. His crisis is none of my business!"
"You... he was cultivated by your own hands, how can you be so heartless?"
"Ah yes, yes, I'm the most heartless."
The other party seemed to be choked up, "You're determined not to get involved?"
"My home isn't a garbage station, I don't deal with trash sorting."
The other party could only say, "Then at least delete your Weibo post from last night."
Pei Mingxuan laughed, "That's my Weibo, I'll do what I want with it, it's none of your business!"
That was her, the victim's, helpless self-protection measure when she was framed. How could she delete it?
She must constantly remind those fans about the despicable things their idol had done.
Not only would she not delete it, but she would also open the comment function.
If she didn't kick them while they were down, she'd be letting down those who helped her.
Both videos might have come from the same person, and they were willing to release them to help her. She could only think of the top-tier group. Picking up her handbag, the professional manager stepped out of the door, heading towards Qin Zhao Studio.
Even though it was early in the morning, the heat on the internet was no less intense than last night.
"What did I just see? Xu Meng first kissed Sun Mo, performing a scene of tortured love, then kissed Yang Hong, emphasizing that she still loved him. You call this an amicable breakup and rekindling of an old flame?"
"Damn it, the relationship between these three really has me confused."
"So when Xu Meng broke up with Sun Mo initially, it was because she was forced by another bad person, then why last night..."
"She couldn't offend that person, right? A coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong. I thought the manager was right yesterday, which manager would allow their idol to date during their rise to fame?"
"So it really was a frame-up tactic. Even the script selection could be blamed on the manager. It's true that you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't tell if it's human or beast under that human skin."
"So the manager did try to save our eyes, not wanting us to see that kissing scene on stage. Unfortunately, it didn't work, so we were subjected to Sun Mo and Xu Meng's eye-searing display."
"Fortunately, the manager sister successfully terminated the contract, at least escaping from this misery. Their movie is too crowded with the three of them, it's better not to be involved."
"I was halfway through writing a small essay condemning the manager, and now you show me this?"
"I'm worse off, I had just finished recommending to my friends how those three people face their feelings openly, how true love prevails in the end. Now my face hurts so much, my friends are all looking at me strangely! My reputation is ruined!"
"There are too many points to criticize, I really don't know where to start. Forget it, I can't suffer alone with this disgusting thing. I'll forward it to my sisters first, my sisters are always a step behind me!"
The door of Sun Mo's apartment was being frantically knocked on.
Sun Mo's assistant, Xu Meng's assistant, and Yang Hong's manager were all crowded at the door.
All three were holding their phones, sweating profusely with ashen faces, but no one had opened the door for a long time.
Xu Meng, who was sleeping in the first-floor room, was finally awakened by the noise. Supporting her hungover head and aching body, she groggily woke up.
Remembering something, she was startled and quickly got up, turning to look, only to find the bed empty. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It was very noisy outside. Xu Meng quickly tidied herself up and went to open the door, trying to avoid waking Sun Mo upstairs.
Looking through the peephole and seeing who had come, she opened the door with a frown and said, "What's all the noise about so early in the morning? Be quiet."
"Meng Meng, something's happened!"
"Where's Yang Hong?!"
"Where's Brother Mo!"
The three speaking simultaneously left Xu Meng bewildered. "Yang Hong... he went back long ago, right? Sun Mo should still be upstairs. What's wrong with you all?"
"Yang Hong didn't go back, didn't you see? His shoes are still on the floor!" the manager angrily said.
Xu Meng was stunned, not quite understanding.
"Meng Meng, something big has happened, quick, look at your phone!" Xu Meng's assistant hurriedly took out her phone to show Xu Meng.
First were two familiar videos, then the hot search topics, comments...
"If I hadn't seen the video, I really wouldn't have known that the hardworking, drama-free little sister I've been a fan of for so long was actually like this..."
"Your idol has no shame, cheating isn't enough, she even psychologically manipulates Yang Hong!"
"Don't be so anxious, Yang Hong fans above. Isn't your idol willingly downgrading himself to a backup? Maybe he's into that kind of thing. Really, what a perfect match, haha."
"Anyway, I'm disgusted. These three should all get out of the entertainment industry. People with such twisted values and corrupt morals will only bring down the entire industry."
"But to be fair, the breakup five years ago really was forced. I still feel quite sympathetic towards the initial young couple. If they hadn't broken up, would they have ended up like this today?"
"You're so naive. Looking at her subsequent behavior, she's clearly a master player. How could she sacrifice for others? Only an idiot like Sun Mo would believe that."
Xu Meng's face turned deathly pale from the moment she saw the first video. Her lips trembling, she snatched the phone and stared at it intently. "How could this happen? How could this happen?!"
Those comments targeting her seemed to expose all her thoughts, nailing her to a pillar of shame.
The public image she had carefully cultivated seemed to be crumbling.
And there was one more troublesome issue - in the video, she had slandered Second Young Master Lin from back then.
If Second Young Master Lin saw this...
The color drained from Xu Meng's face due to those comments, and finally, her whole body began to tremble. It's over, it's really over.
She immediately rushed upstairs in a panic, charging towards the master bedroom. The other three quickly followed.
Xu Meng suddenly pushed open the door and shouted, "Sun Mo, something terrible has happened, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
[Ah ah ah ah ah! I just wanted to see if those three had seen the news and what their reactions were. Why am I subjected to this mental pollution!!!]
On this rare occasion of a family breakfast, although everyone was enthusiastically discussing the satisfying gossip from this morning, they were startled by Ji Fei's sudden mental outburst, almost dropping their utensils.
