Acting as the Vicious Second Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 19

As a qualified second female lead, Qin Xiaoxiao was arrogant, defied everyone and everything, and spent her days hovering on the edge of “seeking death.” Unfortunately, reality often refused to cooperate with her plans.

With great effort, she had managed to draw hatred from all directions and achieved the milestone of being “blacklisted by the entire internet.”

However, the production crew unexpectedly released a clarification statement. Even the director himself reposted it from his personal account, explicitly pointing out that the culprit was Zhu Qian. He clarified that the photo in question was just him joking around with someone else and that he was perfectly fine. He urged netizens not to be misled by the narrative and to stop hurting innocent people.

The “innocent person” here, naturally, referred to Qin Xiaoxiao.

In an instant, public opinion flipped, and all of Qin Xiaoxiao’s previous hard work went down the drain.

[LiangLiang ty]: Oh my god, a massive reversal! Wait, is there going to be another reversal later?

[Teddy Three]: When I first saw that post by ‘Lu Ren,’ I thought it was some justice warrior. Turns out it was posted by Zhu Qian. Hahaha, I’m dying. Her double standards are amazing. She calls others out for bullying while staying silent about how she bullies other minor actors.

[Gong Li Ran]: Don’t leave, person above! Share the tea!

[Teddy Three]: (Link)

The link led to a post by an actor with fewer than 1,000 followers. The title read: “Regarding Zhu Qian: Some Past Events That Must Be Told.” Seeing this, Qin Xiaoxiao knew her previous negotiations with the actors Zhu Qian had bullied had worked.

She scrolled down and found that besides the blogger’s account of being verbally abused by Zhu Qian, there was also an audio recording.

Upon clicking the recording, Zhu Qian’s voice immediately rang out, spewing a stream of incredibly foul and fluent profanity. Interspersed throughout were the intermittent sobs of another woman.

With the truth exposed and solid evidence provided, the case was ironclad.

The public wasn’t stupid. They immediately realized that Zhu Qian had exploited their sympathy to force an innocent person out of the entertainment industry to satisfy her own dark motives.

Realizing they had been fooled and used as pawns, the crowd’s anger instantly shifted from Yin Ni (Qin Xiaoxiao) to Zhu Qian, swarming and “exploding” her Weibo comment section.

How harshly they had cursed Yin Ni before was exactly how much their faces stung now.

At this moment, the comment section under Qin Xiaoxiao’s latest Weibo post was remarkably harmonious. Many people were offering comfort, vividly “whitewashing” her into a pure “White Lotus.”

[Lost Fish]: Sorry, I’m apologizing for the things I said about you before.

[Lloyd]: My heart aches for you, being hated all this way. Some people are just too much. What’s wrong with her liking to change boyfriends? What’s wrong with her liking to hang out at bars? Did she eat your family’s rice? To put it bluntly, what business is it of yours? It’s her freedom. There’s nothing to hate on.

[Cloud Pig]: Exactly, some people just worry too much about other people’s business. Wake up, you virtue-signalers! The Qing Dynasty is over.

[Mi Xiao Jiu]: Don’t you guys feel like the blogger’s last post had a “cheeky-cute”  vibe to it?

Me? Cute?

Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless. She couldn’t help but reply: “Yuck, that’s so sappy. Don’t use ‘cute/moe’ to describe me. I’m not cute at all. :)”

A moment later, the user replied: “Mhm, mhm, mhm. (We’ll go along with her on the surface, but we all know she’s f-ing adorable.)”

Immediately, that reply was flooded with likes, quickly breaking 500.

Qin Xiaoxiao pretended not to see the text in the parentheses. She rubbed her stomach and put down her phone.

“Xiao Lin, what’s for lunch?”

It was almost mealtime, and she was getting hungry.

“I’ll order takeout in a bit. I heard there’s a ramen place nearby that’s really good,” Lin Yu replied without looking up.

Then, she gossiped excitedly, “Look, Entertainment Daily and Sina Entertainment have published a lot of positive reports about you.”

“Also, the people from Director Li’s crew are all supporting you. You must have a good relationship with them.”

Hearing this, Qin Xiaoxiao was stunned. “Director Li?”

“Li Zhengxing, the director from your last project.”

“Oh.”

Qin Xiaoxiao was even more confused. “I don’t have a good relationship with them. To be precise, I don’t have a good relationship with anyone.”

This time, it was Lin Yu’s turn to be shocked. “Huh?”

Meanwhile, at the filming set.

“I gained two thousand followers!” a young man shouted, waving his phone with an excited face. “Entertainment Daily even screenshotted my comment and posted it on Weibo. Waaa, I never thought I’d see this day.”

Hearing this, others flocked over to ask for his secret on how he gained followers so quickly.

The youth smiled and showed them his phone screen. It was his personal homepage.

Liu Xiaota: Did a certain someone forget who was more arrogant? Who was it that intentionally threw Yin Ni’s script onto the floor on the first day they joined the crew? @ZhuQian

“Yin Ni is a trending topic right now,” the youth explained. “Many people are following the situation. Posting about her attracts attention and even catches the eye of the media.”

In other words, he was “leeching” off the heat.

However, heat isn’t always easy to leech. If they took a side now, they would be “bound” to that person in a sense. For an average person, it wouldn’t matter, but regarding Yin Ni—as the saying goes, “the weather is unpredictable.” They couldn’t guarantee that Yin Ni wouldn’t be blacklisted again in the future with no way to recover.

The internet has a long memory. Those who spoke up for her might be “dug up” later for public mockery. People would sneer, saying, “Birds of a feather flock together; since you were her friend, you must not be a good person either.”

They cherished their “feathers” and didn’t dare to take the plunge easily, yet they were still envious of the traffic.

Just as the group was hesitating, someone suddenly shouted: “Qu Li has made her move!”

Hearing this, they all entered Qu Li’s homepage in unison.

Qu Li V: I’m also very happy to work with Yin-er~ I hope we can be together again in the next project. // Yin Ni V: It is a great honor to cooperate with Teacher Qu Li. I hope everyone supports the new drama. Be there or be square! (#SoHappy)

Although Qu Li hadn’t reposted the latest clarification Weibo, choosing this specific time to post made it obvious that her “intent was not in the wine” (she was subtly showing support).

With a popular “young flower” (starlet) leading the charge, the others no longer hesitated. They decisively took to the field to speak up for Yin Ni.

Watching their comments and followers soar, their faces filled with smiles.

“Director, where is Sister Qu Li?” Xiang Liwei asked, noticing something.

The director thought for a moment and replied, “She asked for leave and left early this morning.”

“I see.”

The curve of Xiang Liwei’s lips dipped slightly. Then, in a timid voice, she asked, “Then… what about Miss Zhu Qian? Will she be coming back to the crew?”

“No.” The director sighed with some emotion. “Originally, for the sake of our past acquaintance, I thought a simple apology would be enough.”

“But she actually harbored the thought of attacking someone. I can’t leave a safety hazard here. Sigh, I hope she goes back and reflects, and truly realizes her mistakes.”

“I hope so too,” Xiang Liwei said with a beaming smile.

Inwardly, however, she thought with pure malice: As expected, Zhu Qian has been sent packing. So smooth.

Xiang Liwei’s eyes darkened. After all… Zhu Qian was an irredeemable idiot. A little stimulation was all it took for her to lose her mind and charge in.

There was a knock on the door of the small company office.

“Xiao Lin, is that the takeout?”

Qin Xiaoxiao was curled up on the sofa playing with her phone. She didn’t look up.

No one answered.

She frowned and looked toward the other sofa. She discovered that there wasn’t a soul around; her manager was nowhere to be found.

Where did she go…

Knock, knock, knock—

The knocking continued.

Having no choice, Qin Xiaoxiao got off the sofa, walked to the main door, and turned the handle.

However, the first thing that caught her eye was a lock of chestnut-colored curly hair…