"Ruan Jia is sick, she's fallen ill, and you didn't even know? I'll beat you to death, you rascal!" Sheng's father reacted, furious beyond measure.
Sheng's mother was also stunned into silence, "Ruan Jia's parents are gone, you're all she has left, and you managed to let her fall ill under your care? You beast!"
Sheng's mother also slapped Sheng Wenyue, nearly losing her balance from anger.
The illustrious Best Actor was beaten and humiliated by his parents in front of everyone. His manager rushed up anxiously to intervene, not wanting the situation to worsen, desperately asking the director and producer to cut the live stream.
But the director and producer had already given up, figuring that since things had gone this far, they might as well capitalize on the views and popularity, while also clearing themselves of any suspicion of being unwitting accomplices.
In their view, the Best Actor's career was thoroughly finished after this incident.
"I didn't know, I really didn't know, she didn't tell me..." Sheng Wenyue mumbled in disbelief.
Ji Fei and Qin Zhao, who were watching from the sidelines, were dumbfounded by these words.
[Trying to shirk responsibility at this point is just shameless.]
Qin Zhao sneered, "Looks like our act just now was all for nothing."
Everyone recalled the scene, and the comments section exploded with insults.
The Best Actor's phone was still on, and suddenly Eldest Sister Qin Yan's voice could be heard on the other end.
Evidently, both the lawyer and Qin Yan were outside the operating room.
"Is Best Actor Sheng still trying to smear the victim? When Miss Ruan Jia was hospitalized, we urged her to notify her family. She called you in front of us medical staff, have you forgotten how you responded?"
Sheng Wenyue seemed to remember something, his breath catching.
"You said she was acting to trick you, that you were tired of her cursing her own body out of jealousy," Qin Yan said coolly.
Sheng Wenyue panicked, seemingly unable to accept that he had made such a mistake, instinctively looking for excuses, "We were arguing then, I really thought she was just saying things out of anger. Why didn't she say anything afterwards? If she had shown me the report, if..."
"To tell the person closest to you that you're sick, only to be repeatedly doubted, did Miss Ruan often lie to you before?"
Hearing the questioning on the phone, Sheng's father couldn't help but cry out, "How could that be possible? Ruan Jia was never that kind of person."
Sheng's mother also pounded on Sheng Wenyue's chest, saying, "How did you become like this? Don't you know Ruan Jia anymore? No, it's we who don't know you anymore!"
Sheng Wenyue's mind went blank.
"Not to mention that the very next day, rumors spread of you accompanying Wang Jiani to the hospital because she twisted her ankle. Miss Ruan probably felt there was no point in telling you anymore," Qin Yan continued to twist the knife.
The color drained from Sheng Wenyue's face.
Wang Jiani's face also turned deathly pale.
Ji Fei couldn't help but interject with a taunt, "Come to think of it, Ruan Jia has been sick for nearly three months. When I saw her buying a dress last time, I thought she looked unnaturally thin and sickly. How is it that Best Actor Sheng hasn't seen his wife for three months and has been accompanying someone else?"
Qin Zhao scoffed, "Maybe his eyesight is poor, and he can only see other women looking hurt and scared?"
"It might really be a vision problem. After all, he thought those leaked hospital photos were fake, unable to see that she was truly ill," Ji Fei pretended to whisper to Qin Zhao, but her voice was broadcast to everyone.
Sheng Wenyue almost collapsed, slumping down. His lips trembled, wanting to deny something, but he could only shake his head frantically. His expression seemed extremely pained, but it didn't evoke any sympathy.
Because of the more detailed revelations, all the audience members, both present and online, felt utterly shocked. The more they thought about it, the more disgusted they felt, as if they had eaten excrement.
"I thought I was consuming sugar, but it turns out I was consuming shit. I want to vomit."
"Where are those who loved the Best Actor, shipped the CP, and insulted the original wife? Come out and face punishment, apologize!"
"I'll apologize first, I'm on my knees for sister, I'm sorry, I misjudged people, actually supporting a scumbag man and a cheap woman, I don't know how much virtue I've lost, I deserve this!"
"Scumbag man and cheap woman, get out of the entertainment industry!"
The lawyer coughed, maintaining professionalism, "Well, Mr. Sheng, regarding your commission, I've completed it, so I'll hang up now..."
But Sheng Wenyue suddenly seemed to wake up.
"No, where are you? I want to stay with her, how can she have surgery alone? I'll go accompany her, and... we're not divorced, I don't agree, that's fake!"
Sheng Wenyue was so anxious that tears started flowing, his whole person seeming on the verge of collapse. Some things, it seems, are only valued when they're about to be lost.
[Playing the devoted lover now? Disgusting~ He's not still thinking of entangling Ruan Jia, is he?]
"Sir, let me emphasize once again, regardless of whether your intention was genuine or false, whether there are any other operations in the future, it is legally binding, and you were the one who signed it first and had me deliver it to Miss Ruan, so you gave the decision of divorce to Miss Ruan, and Miss Ruan decided to divorce," the lawyer said seriously before quickly hanging up.
"I'm dying of laughter, was Sheng Wenyue planning to fake a divorce with his wife to help whitewash himself and Wang Jiani? Is his brain underdeveloped? What was he thinking?"
"The question is, how was Sheng Wenyue so confident that his wife would agree to such an absurd thing?"
"I think he's been so bewitched by the mistress that his intelligence has dropped."
The comments mocking Sheng Wenyue came in waves, making the big screen unwatchable.
In the end, it was Sheng's parents, overcome with grief, who came to their senses and angrily dragged him away.
After Sheng Wenyue left, the entire screen was filled with "Shameless mistress!"
Stimulated by this, Wang Jiani could no longer stay and ran off the stage crying.
In the end, before the voting even began, only the top-tier group was left on stage, securely winning the first PK.
After returning home, Ji Fei and the Qin family couldn't help but continue to follow the online gossip.
Seeing more and more improper interactions between Sheng Wenyue and Wang Jiani being dug up, yet they still dared to insist they hadn't had an affair, Ji Fei couldn't help but admire their audacity.
Before going to bed, she learned two pieces of news. First, Ruan Jia's surgery was over, but she hadn't woken up yet. Sheng's parents and Sheng Wenyue had found the hospital, but since they no longer had a legal relationship, the hospital wouldn't let them stay as caregivers, so they could only wait outside.
Second, the authorities had issued an announcement criticizing the Best Actor and Wang Jiani by name for this defamation incident, citing moral decay and severe negative influence. All their endorsements and collaborations were terminated overnight, posts deleted, and their once-defining work was flooded with insulting comments from netizens, forcing it to be temporarily taken down.
Now, the Best Actor and Wang Jiani were like rats in the street, everyone shouting to beat them, with no possibility of a turnaround.
Many people online prayed for Ruan Jia, hoping she would get better soon and start a new life.
Three days later, Ji Fei was sleeping in. This was a three-day break she had fought for after finishing the show recordings, allowing her not to go to the studio for classes.
Suddenly, someone knocked on her door.
She groggily opened the door to find Qin Rong and Qin's Mom standing anxiously outside.
"Qin Yan just said in the group chat, Ruan Jia has woken up."
Ji Fei immediately perked up, happily saying, "That's great, good things really do happen to good people."
But why were Qin's Mom and Qin Rong so excited that they worried she might miss it while sleeping and came specially to wake her up? Usually, they didn't care what time she woke up.
"But... she's lost her memory," Qin's Mom said excitedly, as if holding her breath.
Ji Fei: ????
"What?"
