After I Gave Up/Let Things Slide, I Became Famous Across The Entire Internet - Chapter 4

As Xu Yujing fell from the building, she saw an extra person on her balcony.

A woman with several layers of gauze wrapped around her head.

When Tang Shuxia saw the person fall, her first reaction was to fly out and try to catch them steadily, only to realize the inside was empty. The internal energy she had cultivated for many years… had not come to this world with her. She had to change her strategy, swiftly grabbing a vine under the eaves midway and wrapping it around her waist. As she passed the second floor, she hooked her toe hard onto the railing of the second floor balcony, stopping her descent. She yanked the other person’s slender wrist, “Hold tight.”

Xu Yujing gripped the other person’s wrist in return, leaving a clear scratch mark on the fair skin due to the excessive force.

The two were suspended in mid-air for a short moment. Tang Shuxia then realized this body seemed less capable; even pulling someone felt strenuous. She hooked her legs tightly, exerted force with her waist, gritted her teeth, and flung the person back onto the second-floor balcony. Just as she was about to return to the second floor.

Crack

The second floor railing couldn’t bear the weight and broke into two pieces. Tang Shuxia lost her support with her legs and plummeted toward the ground in an inverted posture.

Xu Yujing was gasping for breath. If she had felt lingering fear just now, seeing this scene made her heart skip a beat. She nervously called out, “Hey.”

Just as she used her elbows to push herself to the edge of the balcony, a black shadow suddenly shot up from below, forcing her to lean back. Tang Shuxia landed with one knee touching the ground, half-crouching, and came face to face with Xu Yujing. The two stared at each other. The terror in Xu Yujing’s eyes had not yet faded, but Tang Shuxia immediately saw the pair of legs dragging behind the other person. She had thought the person’s posture leaning over the window earlier was a bit strange; so that’s how it was.

Tang Shuxia glanced, quickly withdrew her gaze, casually dropped the vine that had saved her life, and nonchalantly patted her hands. “Dying is easy; I have better methods. Do you need one?”

Veins popped on Xu Yujing’s forehead. She coldly spat out, “No need.”

Tang Shuxia looked slightly regretful. “The way I die isn’t as bloody as suicide by jumping, and it’s simpler; it would make others think you just fell asleep. Are you sure you don’t need it?”

Xu Yujing took a deep breath. “Who are you, and what are you doing breaking into my house?”

Hearing this, Tang Shuxia happily leaned in to look her over repeatedly, only to find the other person’s gaze filled with vigilance and confusion. She was shocked. “You don’t recognize me?” Then Tang Shuxia murmured, “Xie Jinzhi said I’m now someone who can be recognized anywhere I go. It seems she exaggerated.”

Xu Yujing felt her situation had become troublesome. This person looked mentally unstable. She subconsciously patted her pocket, only to realize her phone wasn’t with her. She knitted her brows and decided to follow Tang Shuxia’s line of questioning. “Should I know you?”

Tang Shuxia replied, “Whatever.”

After that, she walked through the second and third floors with her hands behind her back, openly inspecting everything. She found that compared to her own place, this person was quite good at living. The house was filled with cozy little decorations, and even the tiles were covered with comfortable rugs. When she got to the third floor, she found a room full of messy books and a wheelchair by the window.

Xu Yujing had never hated her legs as much as she did now. She leaned against the corner of the balcony, and after resting a bit, she slowly began to move back inside. There was an alarm bell by the bedside in the second floor bedroom, installed in case she had an accident. It seemed it might actually be needed now.

“Hey, is this yours?”

Xu Yujing looked up to see her wheelchair right in front of her.

Tang Shuxia shook her hand. She heard a phone ringing next door and paused slightly. “I’m leaving.”

Saying that, she quickly walked past Xu Yujing. When Xu Yujing turned to look at her, she saw the other person easily jump onto her own balcony and disappear from view the next second.

“…”

Tang Shuxia soon forgot the small interlude of her friendly exchange with the next door neighbor. Perhaps due to her extreme curiosity about unfamiliar things, she didn’t sleep the entire night, studying all the new electrical appliances like the television, mobile phone, and hairdryer one by one. In the end, she even urgently ordered a batch of expensive medical equipment, the best selling medical books on the market, and all sorts of Chinese herbs some she hadn’t even heard of from Xie Jinzhi overnight. Xie Jinzhi, in a half-awake state, even asked her over the phone what they were for.

Tang Shuxia smiled without answering, “It’s a secret.”

At the same time, someone online edited and posted a picture of Tang Shuxia being discharged from the hospital. The haters, whose voices had quieted down a bit due to her injury and hospitalization, stirred into action upon hearing the news, their words sharper and even worse than before. After fermenting overnight, Xie Jinzhi was ‘comforted’ again by her company’s leadership the next day. She sat on the sofa, looking at the trending topics on her phone, and found the situation was escalating into something absurd. The more she read, the more something felt wrong.

【Does anyone else feel Tang Shuxia’s recent injury and hospitalization are mysterious? Was the angle of that previous video problematic? Many people said she was seriously injured and almost died. And she was sent to the hospital almost unconscious. How could she be discharged in less than a day?】

【I heard from a friend at the hospital that she only had a small scratch, about the size of a little finger, on her forehead. And the photo of her covered in blood was fake; it was actually tomato juice. The physical data check showed she was even healthier than most people. She probably faked being unconscious.】

【About that incident at the shopping center, I heard she’s going to sue for rights protection. Is that true?】

【Ha, that trash Tang is just trying to gain your sympathy. You all fell for it. It’s a pity for those aunties she sued, one of whom has a three-year-old daughter and a sixty-year-old mother waiting for her. It wasn’t a big deal, but she insisted on pursuing it and suing them. Now the hospital has issued proof [Image attached][Image attached]. Look everyone, and you’ll know if I’m lying.】

【F*ck.】

【I also feel a bit sorry for those poor people Tang that b*tch is suing.】

【??! Do I just feel like hitting people is wrong? Regardless of whether Tang Shuxia is a mistress, weren’t those people in the video who openly hit her supposed to bear civil liability?】

【Is the person above a Tang fan? I advise you not to try to whitewash for your idol. No matter how you wash it, she’s still a b*tch.】 …

The wave of negative sentiment online gave Xie Jinzhi a headache. Company executives kept pressuring her, even suggesting, ‘If it comes to it, let Tang Shuxia come out and apologize, admit her mistake.’ Xie Jinzhi’s heart skipped a beat. This was the worst-case scenario. In her view, the company’s stance was to completely abandon Tang Shuxia, letting the ‘mistress’ label stick to her, which would likely ruin the artist’s career. Xie Jinzhi argued with the company for a long time and managed to secure three days for Tang Shuxia.

However, the emperor wasn’t worried while the eunuch was anxious. Amidst the uproar, the principal character, Tang Shuxia, paid no attention to the outside world, focusing only on her own affairs. Xie Jinzhi couldn’t reach her after more than ten calls, becoming as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and finally had to stake out outside the villa area to find her.

The villas in this area were in Kyoto’s most expensive district, unaffordable for ordinary people, so the security and other measures were more comprehensive.

Xie Jinzhi pleaded until her mouth was dry but couldn’t get in. Finally, in frustration, she returned to her car and started scrolling through online comments on her phone. The more she read, the angrier she became, and the angrier she became, the more annoyed she was at Tang Shuxia’s total lack of concern. Just then, her phone rang.

“Where are you?”

“I’m at the gate of your friend’s villa area.”

It took Tang Shuxia a while to realize where Xie Jinzhi meant by the gate. Wearing a white coat and holding her phone, she went out to meet her. The security guard handed Xie Jinzhi a registration book, and only after registering was she allowed in. Xie Jinzhi kept looking at Tang Shuxia. “Why are you dressed like that?”

Tang Shuxia looked down at her own dirty white coat and didn’t think there was anything wrong with it.

Xie Jinzhi knew she liked acting, but was role-playing a bit too relaxed right now? “By the way, you said you needed a favor from me just now. What was it?”

Tang Shuxia led her through winding paths, and as they passed the neighboring villa, she sharply noticed a gaze from the second-floor balcony. A young man stood beside Xu Yujing, his mouth opening and closing as if speaking to her, but Xu Yujing’s eyes were fixed directly on Tang Shuxia passing below. Different from that night, the gauze on Tang Shuxia’s head was gone, and she was casually draped in a dirty white coat with some dust on her cheek, looking even more casual than that night, but the smile on her face was particularly dazzling.

Xie Jinzhi followed her gaze and only saw two people. Perhaps due to her profession, Xie Jinzhi gave them a slight nod. “What are you looking at?”

Tang Shuxia summarized, “A strange woman.”

Xie Jinzhi, “???”

Once inside, Xie Jinzhi couldn’t help but exclaim. The famous paintings on the wall, the uniquely styled architecture all she saw were glittering gold! “Is your friend too rich?”

Tang Shuxia told her to sit wherever she liked and walked towards a certain room.

Xie Jinzhi looked at the wall of treasured red wine and couldn’t help but pull out her phone to search. After searching for each one, she would let out an exclamation of wonder. Tang Shuxia didn’t quite understand her hobby, so she handed Xie Jinzhi a glass of water. “Here’s a candy for you, want some?”

Xie Jinzhi turned. The words of refusal died on her lips when she saw the black lump in Tang Shuxia’s hand, which was almost the size of half a fist. Her jaw almost dropped. “You call this candy?”

Tang Shuxia picked it up to look at it again. “The appearance is indeed a bit poor, but the effect should be similar. Want to try it first?”

Xie Jinzhi quickly backed away, shaking her head like a rattle drum. She felt that eating this black, murky thing would at least cost her half her life, if not kill her, and it looked like a non-compliant product.

Tang Shuxia looked troubled. “I’m truly sorry.”

Xie Jinzhi didn’t understand the meaning in her words. “What do you mean sorry”

Tang Shuxia trapped her jaw with one hand and stuffed the thing into her mouth, then snapped her jaw shut. “There.”

Xie Jinzhi couldn’t believe it. She pinched her throat. “I, I swallowed it!!!”