After Encountering My Deceased Wife, I Became the Male Lead's Love Rival - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Coming Out

After the fall of Lin Mingcheng, Lin Mengyan’s silence left many people stunned. Everyone knew she loved that man to a point of madness without bottom lines, but now, it seemed she loved her career even more.

However, she had ruined so many people’s lives; did she really think she could simply turn around, act obediently, and pretend nothing happened?

The first wave of revenge came during the Gold Medal Awards for new songs. Lin Mengyan stepped onto her stage in magnificent stilettos, tearfully thanking her fans and team as usual, moving herself to tears. Normally, the audience would applaud or shout that they loved her, but this time, there was no reaction.

“I am truly grateful for everyone’s support all this time…” Lin Mengyan observed the audience under the guise of wiping her tears.

She saw only a chaotic scene of whispering. Her expression soured as she looked toward the host, signaling for her to smooth things over. To her surprise, the host, clutching her earpiece, seemed to be speaking with the backstage staff; when she looked up again, her eyes were filled with disdain and disgust.

The smile on Lin Mengyan’s face froze. She had a terrible premonition and gripped her trophy tightly, refusing to let go. She nodded to the host and turned to leave quickly—she couldn’t stay on that stage a moment longer! She was almost running as she bypassed her seat and charged toward the exit, wanting only to escape. Looking at those faces, she felt as if they knew something.

“Best Singer Lin, wait a moment.” The host’s voice sounded like a ghost’s whisper behind her.

Lin Mengyan trembled but pretended not to hear as she kept walking.

“Ah!” Suddenly, a leg shot out from the side, tripping her. She let out a scream and fell pathetically to the ground, the trophy sliding far away. Panicked, she looked to her side, and a single glance made her shake with terror, her face turning pale.

The student whose work she had stolen and whom she had forcibly sent to a psychiatric hospital was back!

Lin Mengyan had great talent, but because her heart wasn’t in creation, she quickly hit a plateau. She came up with a scheme: she began recruiting many students, screening for the most talented ones, and cultivating them with patience and resources. Once they produced works that satisfied her most, she would seize them by various means.

Of all the people she had robbed, only the girl before her had left a lasting impression. Why couldn’t this poor girl just take the “compensation” and crawl back home to marry and have kids? Why did she want to report her? It wasn’t Lin Mengyan’s fault for being heartless enough to send her to a mental hospital. She was the one who was sick; wouldn’t it have been better to just take the money and leave?!

“Best Singer Lin, your trophy. Hold it tight.” The girl skeletal and tortured but with an unquenchable fire in her eyes—shoved the trophy into Lin Mengyan’s arms. With immense strength in her withered arms, she dragged Lin Mengyan off the ground. Behind her, more and more victims stood up.

They pushed the screaming Lin Mengyan back onto the stage.

“Best Singer Lin, your acceptance speech isn’t finished yet.”

The girl’s raspy voice made Lin Mengyan collapse. In her panic, she was blinded by camera flashes. At some point, reporters had swarmed the front of the stage. They thrust their lenses in front of Lin Mengyan like black caves inhabited by man-eating ghosts, ready to drag her in and tear her apart…

Following the scandal of Lin Mingcheng forcing several female stars, another news piece #Lin Mengyan Steals Others’ Works# climbed the trending searches and stayed at the top. Numerous pieces of evidence were posted, exposing her thefts clearly. This massive “house collapse” attracted countless “melons” (gossip-seekers). Some even used the connection between the two to dig up evidence that Lin Mengyan helped Lin Mingcheng persecute other female stars.

Crap, I’m going to throw up. Truly a lid for every pot; this couple is disgusting! Do they have any humanity left? Passerby here. I initially felt sorry for Lin Mengyan for being with such a garbage man, but now I see they’re equally vile! A woman helping a lecher persecute other women is she even human? When will Lin Mengyan die! Die already! I knew our Wuwu was at the peak of her career when she suddenly announced her retirement! It was all because of this bitch! Lin Mengyan, go to hell!

Dashed paint, mailed razor blades everything Lin Mengyan once induced netizens to do to others was now being returned to her. Curled in a corner with disheveled hair, afraid to go out, Lin Mengyan held a pair of scissors and muttered neurotically: “I’m not wrong… I’m not wrong…”

But Ling Qiu would not be kind enough to let her go at this. When Lin Mengyan harmed others, she always went for the kill.

“Send him to her,” Ling Qiu ordered her people to deliver Lin Mingcheng to Lin Mengyan.

Her manager frowned, feeling it was unwise: “Are you sure they won’t run away?” Both were completely ruined; Lin Mingcheng had lawsuits, and Lin Mengyan seemingly had lives on her hands.

“Run?” Ling Qiu let out a low laugh. “They won’t run. How could Lin Mengyan bear to let Lin Mingcheng live?”

“?” The manager didn’t understand.

Ling Qiu handed her a file. It contained something she had discovered recently something that could cost Lin Mingcheng his life and drive Lin Mengyan completely insane.

“A person like Lin Mengyan never thinks she’s wrong. The way to make her regret is to take away the thing she values most.”

Doesn’t she love Lin Mingcheng? Doesn’t she think he saved her? What if that “heroic rescue” at the banquet back then was a deliberate setup by Lin Mingcheng? What would Lin Mengyan do to him after learning the truth?

Ling Qiu curled her lips; she was looking forward to it.

“Alright, evil people have their own ways of tormenting each other. Ling Qiu, it’s time for you to leave.” The manager draped a coat over her.

As autumn arrived, the weather turned cold. The person far across the ocean had even called the manager’s phone just to supervise Ling Qiu into wearing more clothes. The black overcoat draped over her shoulders belonged to Fang Ziyue. Ling Qiu didn’t know why, but when she went to get a coat today, she had instinctively reached for the hanger belonging to Fang Ziyue.

The black coat carried a faint scent of cedar. Ling Qiu raised the collar to hide her slightly burning cheeks and took a deep breath. It had been two days; she wondered if things were going smoothly for that person abroad. If they were… she wondered if she could come back sooner.

Leaning against the chair, the woman rubbed her face. Undeniably, she missed Fang Ziyue…

With this on her mind, Ling Qiu gave her manager a warning just before she was about to take the stage at her destination.

“I remember you carry fast-acting heart relief pills, right?” She might do something outrageous next; she hoped her poor manager could hold up.

“What?” The manager’s eyes widened warily. She had a bad premonition.

Ling Qiu didn’t answer. She patted the manager’s shoulder pityingly: “Remember to keep more medicine ready. You might need it.” One pill might not be enough; she might need several.

In the end, the manager didn’t know what she was planning and was left frantic with worry.

Once on stage, Ling Qiu realized the guests were all single. She had a general guess about what the program team would ask. Sure enough, after the normal game segments, the audience Q&A session arrived, and topics about whether they had a sweetheart came thick and fast. Among the guests were two “evergreens” of the single life.

“I want to have a girlfriend too, but no one likes me,” one veteran Best Actor said helplessly. “I’m often too busy filming to even go home; what girl could stand that?”

The other, a Best Actress, had never even had a scandal. she maintained a “aloof goddess” persona pure and untainted by the mortal world. But when she spoke, her words were malicious and full of innuendo.

“I don’t have one either, because I don’t know how to interact with men. Though I suppose Best Actress Ling would understand that, right?”

Who didn’t know that Ling Qiu was once engaged to Lin Mingcheng? And now that her ex-fiancé had been personally crushed by her, the other woman clearly wanted to see her make a fool of herself. Ling Qiu had seen many such people and couldn’t be bothered to get angry. She picked up the conversation and laughed lightly: “You truly flatter me. That matter caused such a stir back then; netizens dug up everything they could.”

Ling Qiu teased: “Thinking back, I was even cursed by netizens for never even holding hands during my relationship with Lin Mingcheng. They said I was being haughty and faking a ‘goddess’ persona. I was truly wronged in that regard.”

As the two “immortals” fought, the host could only offer awkward laughs. Finally, a famous screenwriter picked up the topic and asked Ling Qiu: “Xiao Ling, you’re at the right age. It’s time to find a companion.”

This screenwriter felt like those meddling aunts who push for marriage. However, Ling Qiu didn’t dislike it; instead, she was glad for the question.

The woman in the black mermaid dress possessed the allure and charm of the Bixun River. Her serene face was like a treasure kissed by angels, making it hard to look away. Such a person suddenly broke into a sweet smile like clouds dusted with sugar, a sweetness that others could only dream of but never touch.

It was a smile reserved for only one person.

“I have a girlfriend. She loves me very much, and I love her too.”

Boom. It was like dropping cold water into a vat of hot oil; the stage and the audience exploded. The live stream comments scrolled so fast they became a blur.

#Best Actress Ling Publicly Comes Out!#

After the Lin couple incident, the trending searches which had finally calmed down boiled over again.

#A Famous Best Actress publicly comes out at the height of her career! Is it courage or recklessness?!#

Backstage, the manager who was frantically swallowing heart relief pills could already visualize the headlines. Her eyes rolled back, and she promptly fainted. Let whoever wants this troublesome artist take her; she certainly couldn’t handle it anymore!

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