After I Gave Up/Let Things Slide, I Became Famous Across The Entire Internet - Chapter 17

Xie Jinzhi asked several service staff, but was told that customer privacy could not be disclosed. She had no choice but to check every private room and was nearly mistaken for a thief and kicked out. Just then, the door to one private room was wide open, and noisy sounds came from inside.

“Old Tang, Old Tang, don’t scare me, wake up.”

“Tang Shuxia, are you trying to kill Dad?”

Xu Yujing only heard the person next to her quietly mutter, “Fainted just like that?”

Before Tang Shuxia could make her big move, Tang Mingcheng clutched his chest and collapsed, his face pale. The accident happened too quickly, and the scene was chaotic. After a moment of stunned silence, Xu Heng reacted quickly and immediately called an ambulance. Xu Yujing rotated her wheelchair and skillfully pressed the hotel’s emergency service button. Soon, the hotel’s dedicated medical team arrived and administered first aid to Tang Mingcheng.

“Does the patient have any medical history?”

“This… no, right? Old Tang was usually quite healthy.”

Tang Shuxia stood with her arms crossed against the hotel wall, watching Yu Huimei stammeringly unable to give a clear answer. “He has high blood pressure and has been taking medication.”

The doctor gave her a surprised look and quickly recorded it in the medical chart.

When the ambulance arrived, both parties handed over the patient, and Yu Huimei and Tang Wenjing immediately got into the ambulance and left. Only then did Xie Jinzhi rush up to Tang Shuxia. “What’s going on? You guys are making too much noise just for a meal, even an ambulance had to be called.”

Tang Shuxia glanced sideways at the growing crowd gathering outside the hotel entrance. “Didn’t you say you were going back to the company?”

Xie Jinzhi really wanted to dust off her hands and leave, but she was too worried about Tang Shuxia, especially since the other party had mentioned attending a ‘Hongmen Banquet’ (a hostile banquet), which was equivalent to telling her there was danger. “I was afraid if I left, there would be no one to drive you. Do you think you’re still that invisible person from before who wouldn’t turn heads walking down the street?”

The group of fans online nagged the company’s official Weibo daily, urging Tang Shuxia to operate (work/be active). Xie Jinzhi had held back from pushing her, considering Tang Shuxia needed time to process the trauma from that period, but it didn’t mean she lacked fame now.

Just as Tang Shuxia was about to turn her head, a hat was placed on her head. “Don’t look back, someone probably recognized you.”

Mu Yingying’s recent mess had affected quite a few people in the circle, and negative news was flying everywhere. After the public learned she had been a kept woman, all sorts of old gynecological examination reports and multiple miscarriages were thrown at Mu Yingying. The halo that once adorned her shattered. Perhaps sensing that the capital had abandoned her, those who had been stepped on by Mu Yingying previously joined in to tear her apart. Tang Shuxia also gained some traffic as a victim, earning public sympathy and apologies.

In the past, Xie Jinzhi wouldn’t have dared to dream of such attention.

As for Cheng Zeyu, because he fell out with Mu Yingying, his secret was also exposed. It turned out that his withdrawal from the peak of his career wasn’t due to some beautiful love story, but because a polyp had grown in his throat, forcing him to retire; otherwise, if he continued singing, he might have tumbled from his high throne… Regardless, he had fallen into a mire because he had been relying on Mu Yingying’s fame for years, the two of them bundled for sales. Now that Mu Yingying’s reputation was ruined, his outcome wasn’t going to be much better.

The huge compensation would crush them, and they would live in poverty for the next few years.

In summary, evil begets evil.

Xie Jinzhi spoke animatedly, but Tang Shuxia maintained a steady pace. Only when they reached the parking lot did Tang Shuxia suddenly turn around, “Why are you following me?”

Xie Jinzhi belatedly noticed the sound of a car with rolling wheels following them. She recalled it was a beautiful woman in a wheelchair, with a unique temperament that made her stand out in a crowd. However, those legs were truly a pity. “She… she looks a bit familiar. Ah, Shuxia, she looks like your next-door neighbor.”

Xu Yujing asked, “Is it convenient for a ride?”

Xie Jinzhi glanced at Tang Shuxia. “Convenient, convenient.”

Tang Shuxia quietly watched Xu Yujing, and Xu Yujing’s beautiful eyes stared back without blinking. As the two stared at each other, Xie Jinzhi was already enthusiastically opening the rear passenger door, and then she looked at the wheelchair beneath Xu Yujing and suddenly felt troubled.

The wheelchair seemed too big.

And her little beat up car was too small.

But the words were already out.

Tang Shuxia gave in first, sighing, “Troublesome.”

Xu Yujing lowered her eyes, about to say it wouldn’t be troublesome, when she was suddenly lifted up. She looked at Tang Shuxia in shock, who easily settled her securely in the back seat. Xu Yujing only smelled a faint jasmine scent coming from Tang Shuxia. She had actually smelled it in the hotel earlier; it was very fragrant, as they were so close at the time.

She couldn’t help but touch the area near her ear that had just been touched.

Tang Shuxia fastened the seatbelt for her, and then, to Xie Jinzhi’s dumbfounded gaze, she easily folded the wheelchair and tossed it into the trunk.

Xie Jinzhi, who was about to lend a hand, asked, “When did you get so strong?”

In the past, Tang Shuxia needed help just to twist open a mineral water bottle cap. She had even teased her back then, thinking that if she ever got a beverage endorsement in the future, she would need to arrange for a strong assistant to be on standby. Otherwise, every time filming started, if it got to her Shuxia and she couldn’t open the cap, leading to continuous NGs, it would be bad.

Tang Shuxia said, “Drive.”

Xie Jinzhi replied, “Oh.”

Xie Jinzhi tried to bring up work several times, but when she opened her mouth, she remembered there was another person in the car. She glanced in the rearview mirror and saw the two people in the back sitting rigidly, not interacting with each other, one looking out the left window and the other out the right. An awkward atmosphere spread inside the car.

She opened her mouth, trying to find a topic to ease the tension, but a car suddenly sped past them. Xie Jinzhi quickly turned the steering wheel.

Xu Yujing could vaguely see the blurred shadow of the person beside her through the window. She was staring blankly when the car made an emergency left turn, and her body uncontrollably lunged toward the glass window. She forcefully braced herself on the seat cushion below with both hands, but the anticipated impact of her face hitting the glass didn’t happen. Besides the contracted seatbelt around her waist, there was also a pair of strong hands, and then she was pulled back to her original position.

Tang Shuxia instructed, “Sit properly.”

Xu Yujing replied, “Thank you.”

Xie Jinzhi gave an awkward laugh. “There was someone in a hurry to be reincarnated just now. Actually, I always drive quite steadily.”

Xu Yujing lowered her eyes and glanced at her legs, which showed no reaction.

No one in the car responded.

Xie Jinzhi sighed, “…”

The atmosphere seemed to get even more awkward. Help me.

It wasn’t until they reached the villa entrance and both people got out of the car that Xie Jinzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Shuxia diligently unfolded the wheelchair and reached out to lift her out when Xu Yujing grasped her hand. “Actually, I can do it myself” In the next second, she was lifted up again. This time, Xu Yujing quickly wrapped her arms around the other’s neck, clearly feeling the other’s body stiffen slightly. She noticed it, but only after being placed in the wheelchair did she slowly let go.

Tang Shuxia said, “Pick me up another day; I have to go to the company.”

Xie Jinzhi exclaimed, “!!!”

Holy crap, my artist is finally changing her mind! Xie Jinzhi was excited and wanted to say a few more words, but Tang Shuxia was already pushing the wheelchair next door.

Xie Jinzhi stammered, “???” Are they already close enough to visit each other casually?

Tang Shuxia pushed the person into the house, turned the wheelchair with a strong push, and the person in the wheelchair spun a circle on the spot. After a momentary panic, the person quickly calmed down. The two faced each other again. Tang Shuxia slowly leaned down, supporting the handles of the wheelchair with both hands, looking down at the woman before her. “Following me all the way are you impatient to claim your reward?”

Xu Yujing’s gaze lingered on those fiery red lips. Just now in the hotel, this person had whispered a promise in her ear in an extremely intimate manner. Xu Yujing hadn’t even had a chance to react before being forced into the situation. And now this person was applying pressure as if asserting ownership she was someone who liked to control everything.

Xu Yujing leaned back slightly. “Any reward will do?”

Tang Shuxia frowned.

This person was smarter than she expected, but also more troublesome.

With a slight exertion, Xu Yujing pulled the person closer to her, their breaths instantly intertwined. “You were deliberately using me just now to anger your father.”

Tang Shuxia asked, “Is it that obvious?”

She never liked being threatened. If Tang Mingcheng dared to use the money in her account to threaten her, he should have expected this day.

Xu Yujing licked her lips. “Then do you want to anger him even more?”

Meeting Xu Yujing’s clean eyes and her expressionless proposal of such an exciting idea, Tang Shuxia suddenly became interested. Her body visibly relaxed, and her posture lowered even further, almost to the point where their noses were touching. “Tell me, how can I anger him more?”

Xu Yujing suggested, “Didn’t you say you like women? What would he think if he knew you found a girlfriend?”

The thought of Tang Mingcheng having a heart attack made Tang Shuxia feel particularly satisfied. “Feasible.”

Xu Yujing licked the corner of her lip. “Then what if he knew you found me as such a… girlfriend? Wouldn’t that make him even angrier?”

Tang Shuxia followed her gaze. Those legs still seemed motionless. The smile on her lips widened. “Excellent suggestion.” She leaned slowly toward Xu Yujing’s ear. “But doing this, what’s in it for you? It makes me think you have ulterior motives.”

Xu Yujing tilted her head slightly, and Tang Shuxia’s lips almost brushed past her cheek.

Both froze for a moment.

Xu Yujing quickly recovered, gently kissing a stray lock of Tang Shuxia’s long hair, choosing the same spot, as if retaliating for what the other person had done to her in the hotel just now. “Because I also need your… help.”