After I Gave Up/Let Things Slide, I Became Famous Across The Entire Internet - Chapter 3

“What!!! Mu Yingying, she’s not mentally sound, and you’re going crazy along with her? Don’t you think about her status? Is she someone we can just call up and meet? Besides, why would she agree to meet a mistress who was kissing and hugging her husband? Do you think Mu Yingying is brainless like you all?”

“CEO Gao, Shuxia is not a mistress.”

“If you say she isn’t, she isn’t. Fine, produce evidence to slap those people in the face. Otherwise, you’re daydreaming, understand? Don’t just talk about me; even the fans online can blast you to death. I told you to convince her not to cause so much trouble, not to convince you to stir up things. Xie Jinzhi, do you not want this job anymore?”

“…”

Xie Jinzhi placed her phone a meter away from her. The roar of the company’s senior executive continued through the speaker.

She wondered if perhaps both of them had gone mad.

Xie Jinzhi had just informed the company of Tang Shuxia’s decision, only to be severely reprimanded by the senior management. Meanwhile, Tang Shuxia was sitting with her legs crossed in a lordly posture, flipping through a fashion magazine. After hanging up the phone, Xie Jinzhi had a helpless look on her face, “You heard that, right?”

Tang Shuxia nodded.

Her hearing had always been good, and given the other party’s loud voice, pretending to be deaf was not an option. However, failing on the very first challenge was unexpected. Based on what that man said just now, it seemed their “status” was unequal? What was “status” anyway?

Seeing her resting her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the magazine page, Xie Jinzhi said, “It seems the path of contacting Mu Yingying is probably not going to work. When you contacted Cheng Zeyu before, didn’t you leave any evidence? Even chat records would do.”

Tang Shuxia snapped back to attention, “I have.”

Xie Jinzhi was so excited she almost slapped her, but she managed to stop herself at the sight of the gauze wrapped around Tang Shuxia’s head, “You little devil, why didn’t you say you had evidence earlier?”

Tang Shuxia didn’t understand why she was so agitated. The original host had a habit of deleting chat records, so the evidence was most likely all erased. She casually tossed her phone to Xie Jinzhi, “If you have a way to restore the chat records, perhaps that would be the evidence.”

Xie Jinzhi: “???”

She almost coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Tang Shuxia wasn’t as angry as her. “Offering unsolicited courtesy means something is amiss. He is scheming against the original me.” If the information she received upon waking up that she was mobbed because she was seen as a ‘mistress’ suggested a simple scenario of a man being a scoundrel and a woman being foolish, after sorting through everything related to Cheng Zeyu from the original host’s memory, and looking at it from an outsider’s perspective,

she realized the matter was not simple.

Cheng Zeyu and Mu Yingying were recognized as a model couple. Anyone with a brain knew that once you intervened, you were undoubtedly the mistress. The original host wasn’t an idiot; why would she throw away a promising future for such a person? Moreover, in the memory, the original host had been constantly trying to keep her distance and find ways to refuse one on one meetings, but Cheng Zeyu always managed to send others away, turning a perfectly fine group gathering into a private ‘date’ for the two of them. And just like that, one photo leaks, and Tang Shuxia becomes the universally condemned mistress.

Xie Jinzhi said, “What do you mean he schemed against you? Shuxia, can you explain clearly? Don’t make me worry.”

Tang Shuxia felt the original host truly couldn’t defend herself in this situation. However, the only person who could clarify the entire matter now was one person. She stood up and lightly flicked the dust off her clothes, “Change clothes.”

She was going to meet that scoundrel, Cheng Zeyu.

Just a minor musician, and he really thought highly of himself.

Xie Jinzhi sighed, feeling that the person in front of her might actually have a damaged brain. She reached out and pressed her back onto the sofa, “Change what? You stay put in the hospital. The doctor said you might have a concussion and need to be observed for two days. I think a brain CT scan should be done more meticulously. I’ll go talk to the doctor.”

Tang Shuxia said, “Stop.”

Xie Jinzhi asked, “What is it?”

Tang Shuxia suddenly touched her chest and frowned, “Please find a doctor to examine this for me. It might leave a hidden issue.”

Xie Jinzhi: “!!!”

Not long after, Tang Shuxia was being pushed into various rooms in a wheelchair for examinations. Xie Jinzhi, standing beside her, turned pale with anxiety, frantically snatching up the reports after every test. In contrast, the person in question looked quite relaxed, even touching and poking things around, as curious as a three-year-old child.

When they passed the blood drawing room, Tang Shuxia looked at the vials and bottles, suddenly stopped the wheelchair, and said, “I have an idea.”

Xie Jinzhi hadn’t fully processed it, “What!?”

Tang Shuxia pulled the corner of her mouth into what could only be described as an evil smile, “It’s a way to deal with that scoundrel, naturally.”

Xie Jinzhi cautiously asked, “What way? Did you think of other evidence?”

Tang Shuxia let go of the handrail, allowing the out-of-control wheelchair to slide forward, which also caused Xie Jinzhi, who was pushing from behind, to stumble forward. Tang Shuxia’s soft voice reached her ears, “Have you ever heard of a truth serum?”

Xie Jinzhi felt she was truly foolish for believing someone whose brain had been damaged by a blow. She couldn’t help but sigh, “I really need to give you fewer ancient costume scripts in the future.” Then she thought about the trouble Tang Shuxia was currently in, let alone accepting ancient costume scripts; her entire acting career might be coming to an end.

Don’t believe it?

Tang Shuxia raised an eyebrow slightly, offering no needless explanation.

After a full body examination, Xie Jinzhi stared at the reports repeatedly and asked the doctor in disbelief, “Didn’t you say there might be a mild concussion earlier? How can she be discharged in just one afternoon?”

The doctor stated, “Ms. Tang is young and has a good constitution. Her recovery ability is among the fastest I’ve seen in most people. Moreover, all her test results today are excellent there’s no need to worry. She is perfectly healthy. And since Ms. Tang wishes to be discharged immediately, you can proceed with the discharge procedures if you wish.”

Xie Jinzhi: “…………”

The company had intended to use a livestream from the hospital to play the sympathy card and gain public compassion.

Now the doctor was telling her that Tang Shuxia had recovered exceptionally well??

Xie Jinzhi walked out of the doctor’s office with a dazed expression, with only two words echoing in her mind. “Unbelievable.”

Tang Shuxia didn’t notice her drifting gaze. Upon hearing she could leave this place, she quickly gathered her things. Actually, besides her phone, which had been powered off since she arrived and hadn’t been turned on, she had nothing to pack. She had even discarded the clothes she initially wore. Seeing her about to leave the hospital brazenly in her patient gown, Xie Jinzhi quickly grabbed her, “Are you crazy? Do you know how many people are waiting to corner you outside? Don’t you realize how famous you are?”

Although infamy is also a form of fame.

Xie Jinzhi used to dream of having her artist become famous, even thinking that infamy was okay because it carried the word ‘famous.’ Now, she wanted to go back in time and slap herself twice.

Finally, Tang Shuxia was wrapped up like a mummy by Xie Jinzhi and pushed into the car. Tang Shuxia protested multiple times to no avail. Finally, she glanced at Xie Jinzhi, who was also wearing men’s clothing, and disdainfully thought the disguise was too perfunctory, completely violating her identity as the Demon Cult Leader.

However, seeing that she would soon be able to punish that scoundrel, she endured it.

Xie Jinzhi looked at her lounging lazily in the back seat with some worry, “The apartment the company assigned to you probably can’t be lived in; someone might be staking it out. Do you have anywhere else to stay? You have a head injury; even though the doctor said you can be discharged, you still need to rest well and avoid any after effects. If you don’t mind, you can squeeze in with me.”

Tang Shuxia tilted her head and smoothly pulled a string of addresses from the memories.

When Xie Jinzhi’s car reached the famous large villa area, it stopped by the gate due to the unfamiliar vehicle. She looked at Tang Shuxia in shock, “You actually have such a wealthy friend who is willing to take you in at a time like this. Your friend is quite good.”

Tang Shuxia didn’t explain and waved at her.

The villa’s gate was equipped with fingerprint and iris verification. Tang Shuxia touched such advanced equipment for the first time, got momentarily playful, and spent several minutes before pushing the door open and entering. The villa had three floors. Besides the famous painting hanging in the first-floor living room, there was an entire wall dedicated to wine. The rest of the interior furnishings were sparse, making it feel quite desolate. However, for Tang Shuxia, who once owned an entire mountain, this was not a big issue. She adapted well and quickly explored the upstairs and downstairs.

The first floor had a gym and a storage room. The second floor had bedrooms and guest rooms. The entire third floor was covered with various paintings. In the memory, these paintings were all left by the original host’s mother. Tang Shuxia took a look and quickly found her master bedroom, unexpectedly discovering that the mattress was very soft, so she spent some time bouncing on the bed.

After tiring herself out, she ran to the balcony to look at the starry sky. Looking up, she noticed the moon was still as round as the moons she had seen in the past. For no reason, a wave of loneliness washed over her. This strange world, this unfamiliar environment, even everything felt alien…

Crash!

A loud crash of breaking things came from next door.

Tang Shuxia looked at the balcony not far away and immediately felt an itch of curiosity. She cautiously observed her surroundings, confirmed there were no surveillance cameras, and immediately climbed over with agility.

In the house next door, Xu Yujing watched coldly as a bookshelf collapsed and the floor was a mess. The document she had been desperately looking for was fluttering lightly in the gap of the open window. Seeing the paper flap as the wind caught a corner, she tried to reach it but couldn’t. Annoyed, she slammed her useless legs, then supported her body weight with both hands, propped her elbows on the windowsill, and reached, reaching, moving most of her torso out the window.

This was the scene Tang Shuxia witnessed in her memory, such situations were termed suicide.

Although she thought falling from such a height of three floors would at most result in some internal injuries, people in this world were very fragile.

“Hey.”

Xu Yujing had all her attention focused on the piece of paper just tens of centimeters in front of her. Hearing this sound beside her ear, she was startled, slipped, and tumbled out of the window completely.

Tang Shuxia: “!!!”