After I Gave Up/Let Things Slide, I Became Famous Across The Entire Internet - Chapter 27.1
【Wow, your analysis is all very logical.】
Tang Shuxia had no idea that her identity as the Tang family’s daughter was about to be exposed. The moment she got off the plane, she immediately felt a wave of heat wash over her. The sunlight hitting her felt scorching, and the sun overhead was dazzling. Before she could frown, an open parasol blocked the light for her.
A boy who looked like a xiaobailian (pretty boy) stood beside her. His height barely reached her shoulder. He was diligently standing on his tiptoes to hold the umbrella for her, calling out intimately and obediently, “Sister Xia.”
Tang Shuxia pointed at him. “You are” The xiaobailian opened his mouth to introduce himself, but Tang Shuxia suddenly recalled the assistant Xie Jinzhi had mentioned. Yes, the company had graciously assigned her a helper. Although he didn’t seem very useful, it was better than nothing. “I know.”
The xiaobailian was excited. “Sister Xia, you know me?”
Tang Shuxia glanced at Zhang Zeyang, who was pushing the luggage cart, and quickly waved. “Xiao Zhang, give the luggage to him, you take the umbrella.”
Zhang Zeyang politely nodded to the xiaobailian, took the umbrella from his hand failing to pull it away on the first attempt. The xiaobailian was glaring at him fiercely. Zhang Zeyang used a little force the second time and finally snatched the umbrella, then pushed the two suitcases in front of the other boy. “Thank you for your effort.”
Tang Shuxia called out, “Let’s go.”
The xiaobailian was so angry he stomped his feet but could only watch Tang Shuxia and the scheming man gradually walk away. Just as he hesitated whether to pick up the two suitcases in front of him, a boy wearing a simple white T-shirt and jeans rushed over. “Has anyone seen Teacher Tang? I’m her assistant.”
The xiaobailian glared at the other person’s height of one meter eighty. “Assistant, right? These are Sister Xia’s suitcases. You push them.”
The assistant nodded repeatedly. “Sure! But since you’ve seen Teacher Tang, could you tell me where she is?”
Tang Shuxia’s steps were large and fast, walking with a brisk pace. By now, she was almost out of sight, only a glimpse of an elegant back remained. The xiaobailian pointed towards the exit. “There she is, the one holding a flowered umbrella.”
The assistant peered over, thanked him, and immediately pushed the suitcases, running like the wind.
The xiaobailian was speechless.
These people were going to drive him crazy.
“Sister Xia, Sister Xia.”
“Miss Tang, it seems someone is calling you.”
Seeing Tang Shuxia oblivious, Zhang Zeyang had to remind her, “As an artist, Miss Tang should be aware of an artist’s consciousness.”
Tang Shuxia stopped and asked with the curiosity of a child, “What does an artist’s consciousness mean?”
Zhang Zeyang found that this woman truly lacked basic common sense. He didn’t know how Agent Xie usually taught her. He tactfully said, “Miss Tang, your popularity is no longer what it was. Plus, the program group has already publicized your involvement. I think there’s a high probability that your fans will be waiting outside the airport. If you don’t want to cause too much commotion…”
Tang Shuxia smiled. “I have fans?”
When the original owner was young, the entire internet attacked her. Didn’t all her fans already run away?
However, it reminded her of Xu Yujing’s serious question from last time, “Do you know how to become a fan?”
Zhang Zeyang, “Huh!? What?”
“Sister Xia, Sister Xia, wait for me.”
“Are you calling me?”
The assistant was a college student working a part-time job. He quickly handed the hat and sunglasses from his backpack to Tang Shuxia. “Sister Xia, before coming here, Sister Xie repeatedly warned you to put these on.”
Tang Shuxia had worn these things before. Mu Yingying seemed to like them, wearing large-framed glasses in every episode. She casually placed the sunglasses on her nose and covered her head with the hat. Her inherent commanding presence, even when unrestrained, was already striking. This attire only enhanced her allure.
Zhang Zeyang felt the probability of her being recognized this way was one hundred percent. Even if Tang Shuxia wasn’t an artist, her figure and aura guaranteed a hundred percent head-turning rate.
However, Miss Tang shouldn’t have many fans, right?
In fact, they underestimated Tang Shuxia’s recent popularity, especially since the topic #Tang Shuxia, Daughter of Tang Technology Chairman was particularly hot online. Fans had all turned into Sherlock Holmes, digging into the details of the small incident where Mu Yingying tried to corner Tang Shuxia. They really did uncover a lot, even vaguely piecing together the complete truth.
So, when they learned the exact time of Tang Shuxia’s flight, fans and paparazzi were already waiting inside the airport, ready for battle.
On the other side, Xi Qingshu was constantly urging Jian Chunyu. “Sister Chunyu, stop fussing over all this. Tang Shuxia is already gone, just ahead. We need to catch up to her. You even said before that you wanted to ‘bundle’ with her for a stylish effect. We did it last time, but it had no effect, and I even lost quite a few followers.”
Tang Shuxia’s popularity had been quite high recently. Even without actively promoting herself, her followers were steadily increasing, which made Xi Qingshu extremely envious.
Xi Qingshu hurried along and saw Tang Shuxia just a few meters away. She was finally catching up. Excitement made her quicken her steps. “What a coincidence, isn’t this our ouch!”
Someone running quickly bumped into her hard. Xi Qingshu was already walking fast and anxiously, and to look better than Tang Shuxia today, she was wearing seven-centimeter heels, leather jacket, and leather pants. Her body lost balance, and she completely fell to the ground, landing hard on her butt.
“Tang Shuxia.”
“It’s Tang Shuxia.”
The fans searching all over the airport heard the name and, as if receiving a signal to gather, they instantly ran toward the sound, quickly surrounding Tang Shuxia, who was wearing large-framed sunglasses and walking with a big sister presence.
Forget the assistant, even Zhang Zeyang rarely experienced such treatment.
As for Xi Qingshu, who fell to the ground, not only did no one notice her, but passersby rushing to see the commotion also stepped on her feet twice. She watched helplessly as the crowd of fans completely blocked Tang Shuxia.
And on her side, no one even offered to help her up. She was so angry she almost cried.
The xiaobailian who hurried after them saw Tang Shuxia besieged by the crowd and immediately remembered the company’s promise. It would be best to stage a ‘hero saves the beauty’ moment. The photos would definitely look great. His agent had already thought of the headline:
#Tang Shuxia and Han Haohao, Suspected Couple.
Yes, he had to take the initiative.
The xiaobailian encouraged himself. “Sister Xia, I’m coming to save you.”
The result he squeezed and squeezed, relying on his height advantage, and managed to get into the crowd. However, he accidentally bumped into a ‘steel plate.’ A large man got annoyed, pushed him, and threw him right out of the crowd, sending him tumbling onto his butt.
The xiaobailian turned his head and met the gaze of a somewhat disheveled Xi Qingshu. The two looked at each other, finding the situation incredibly awkward.
Zhang Zeyang saw the situation, felt a headache, and quickly worked with the assistant to maintain order.
Tang Shuxia pushed her sunglasses down slightly. Her bright and captivating eyes scrutinized the group of young people, most of whom appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. They were all red-faced with excitement, their eyes shining as if they had seen someone they adored.
Was this what Xu Yujing meant by “fans”?
Tang Shuxia quickly made a mental comparison. Based on this, she must have had fans in the past, but they were all a bunch of not very bright fans with extremely strong career ambitions, constantly urging her to destroy the established order in various ways.
The only one who was relatively smart was a traitor.
Thinking of betrayal, Tang Shuxia felt a pang of pain where she had been stabbed. She didn’t want to continue living that kind of life.
So, she pushed the sunglasses back up, concealing her gloomy eyes. “Are you guys not in school or at work today?”
The fans excitedly replied, “We took the day off just to see you, Tang Tang.”
“I don’t have class.”
“I switched shifts with someone today.”
Tang Shuxia listened carefully to their chatter for a while, nodded to show she understood, and then said, “Don’t block the way here, everyone. Disperse. Don’t like me; it won’t work out.”
Her words were like a bucket of cold water poured over their heads. The young fans were stunned. They liked Tang Shuxia because of her unique personality, but they never expected her to be this unique. Artists usually crave as many fans as possible, but Tang Shuxia was actively pushing them away. A few fans’ eyes turned red with sadness.
They didn’t understand why this was happening.
Tang Shuxia, however, acted as if she hadn’t noticed, and beckoned Zhang Zeyang and the assistant to leave.
“Tang Shuxia, I just like you!”
“Tang Shuxia, are you the daughter of Chairman Tang of Tang Technology?”
The two sentences overlapped, showing surprising synchronicity.
Tang Shuxia accurately located the person who asked the question. The person was holding a phone horizontally, with the camera pointed at Tang Shuxia’s face, having likely been filming for a while.
Upon hearing the question, Zhang Zeyang quickly pulled out his phone to check. In the time they had their phones off, someone had actually exposed Yu Huimei’s entire background, including her brother Yu Tianlei running an entertainment company… This subtly lined up with the resource-swapping issue Cheng Zeyu mentioned in his self-exposure.
Even the blockbuster movie that Mu Yingying had previously revealed was linked to a key project under that company’s name. Everything matched up.
One stone had indeed stirred up a thousand waves.
The news about the bad woman being Yu Huimei had already caused a stir online, but the focus was now shifting more toward digging up Tang Shuxia’s family background.
Zhang Zeyang quickly whispered a few words in Tang Shuxia’s ear. Tang Shuxia nodded slightly and then addressed the young man who had asked the question. “If I answer this question, can you all move aside?”
The young man was momentarily stunned. He hadn’t expected Tang Shuxia to be so accommodating. “Yes.”
He had come with a trial and error mentality, hoping for a hot, first hand scoop. He hadn’t expected to truly seize the opportunity. Thinking about this, his palms were subtly sweating with nerves.
Tang Shuxia, “Legally, yes.”
Everyone, “!!! Holy cow, it’s really true.”
After speaking, Tang Shuxia walked forward with the assistant and Zhang Zeyang. Perhaps because her aura was too overwhelming, the fans and passersby on both sides instinctively cleared a path.
The people behind saw that the first person to take a risk had succeeded and quickly threw out their own questions. “Tang Shuxia, the internet says the chairman’s wife of Tang Technology hired someone to hurt you. Is that true?”
“Was Ms. Yu Huimei also involved in the Mu Yingying incident?”
“Why would Yu Huimei hurt you?”
“Tang Shuxia, don’t rush off, look at me!”
Tang Shuxia didn’t say another word. Seeing that the questions being thrown out were getting increasingly outrageous, the assistant and Zhang Zeyang held them back. Zhang Zeyang said, “Sorry, Teacher Tang has work to do.”
It wasn’t until Tang Shuxia had walked far away that someone finally gasped.
【Tang Shuxia is actually the daughter of Tang Technology’s chairman. She’s been in the entertainment industry for over a year, and no one found out about her profound background.】
【She’s too low-key, wuwuwu. Now I like her even more, what should I do?】
【Why would Tang Tang say something like that? Her words really hurt me.】
【Upstairs, I share your pain. Clutching Head and Crying.jpg】
【Could it be that Tang Tang hasn’t recovered from the last incident? I think that must be it. She’s so cold, but I also think she’s so cool.】
【It could also be that she’s in a bad mood. Don’t forget that the woman who hurt her is still related to her legally.】
【Just because she’s in a bad mood, she can say things like that to her fans? I think she simply doesn’t want to be an artist anymore. She doesn’t promote herself daily. I’ve never seen a star who slacks off more than her. Does anyone remember the last time she posted on Weibo?】
【If she doesn’t want to be a star, what will she do? Go home and inherit the family fortune?】
【Woc, that’s very possible.】
Xi Qingshu, who had heard all the gossip, was stunned. Her previous determination to outshine Tang Shuxia vanished. She quickly grabbed her agent. “Sister Chunyu, hurry and think, did I ever offend her?”
Jian Chunyu felt a pang of guilt. In the past, she had caused a lot of trouble for Xie Jinzhi, snatched a lot of resources, and spoken badly about them. Just recently, she had even told Director Gao that if they gave Tang Shuxia the cold shoulder a few times, she would become obedient. “I think… probably not.”
She couldn’t help but inwardly complain. Were both Xie Jinzhi and her artist crazy? With the identity of the Tang family’s daughter, what was wrong with them pretending to be an innocent little flower, kho and desperately competing with them for resources?
Xi Qingshu let out a deep breath, patting her fluttering heart. “That’s good, that’s good.” Then she clenched her fists. “I must cling to Sister Shuxia’s long, powerful leg. Then, she’ll eat fragrant food, and I’ll drink spicy soup. Hehehe.”
Jian Chunyu poked her forehead with a finger. “Stop dreaming in broad daylight.”
‘Eating fragrant food and drinking spicy soup,’ even getting a little bit of the scraps from someone else’s bowl would be more than enough. Besides, why did she feel that Tang Shuxia’s personality had completely changed and seemed much harder to deal with than before?