Reborn! Caught Up by the Critically Obsessed Actress - Chapter 27

The car cabin finally fell quiet. Song Qingxing looked at the blocked contact list and finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was the most foul-mouthed person she had ever encountered in her life.

The attitude was arrogant and condescending.

The person immediately threatened her to break up with Xie Jingcheng.

What a joke.

If Xie Jingcheng had truly had a past or was currently involved with that person, it would have been made public.

Xie Jingcheng was a very responsible person, not like those so-called scumbags who would flirt and run, denying everything afterward.

Xie Jingcheng had clearly heard the conversation on the phone. Her ears were sharp, and the enclosed environment of the car cabin made it hard not to hear.

“I’m sorry. I’ve caused you trouble.”

Xie Jingcheng felt a little ashamed. She had known An Wenqing since childhood. The other person had a similar family background but a completely different personality.

She was a high-and-mighty young lady who looked down on everyone. Because their parents were too busy when they were young, the butlers and nannies didn’t dare get too close to them.

An Wenqing was often sent to the Xie family’s house.

Over time, the two became friends. As time went on, An Wenqing also dated a few boyfriends and girlfriends, but eventually found them all boring.

So, she set her sights on Xie Jingcheng.

She said that childhood sweethearts were the most compatible, and so she started a fervent pursuit. Xie Jingcheng was quite speechless about this.

If childhood sweethearts were the most compatible, she would have been with An Wenqing back in college. Why wait until now?

“That’s my childhood friend. Our parents are friends.”

“She thinks she likes me, but I believe she is only mistaking friendship for love.”

Xie Jingcheng turned the car and parked it in the underground garage. This was not the apartment she usually lived in, and there were many luxury cars in the underground parking lot.

She didn’t need to guess to know that Xie Jingcheng’s neighbors were all high-quality men and women.

After parking the car securely, Xie Jingcheng opened her door.

Song Qingxing was about to get out herself, but the car door was pulled open. Xie Jingcheng stood outside the door and extended her fair, soft palm.

“Come on, walk with me.”

“This underground garage is a bit confusing.”

High-end architectural designs often result in strange layouts. If you weren’t familiar with the place, you might really get lost.

Song Qingxing placed her hand in the other person’s palm.

She felt that she had experienced too much this day and should wash up and go to sleep early.

However, they had only walked a few steps when they saw a person coming towards them. The person was unshaven, with dark circles under their eyes, and even the whites of their eyes were streaked with red.

“I’m sorry, Xie Jingcheng… I was wrong!”

Peng Zhi’en knelt on the ground with a thud. At the same time, his pleading eyes turned to Song Qingxing.

“Song Qingxing, I shouldn’t have hired someone to target you. I was foolish…”

After saying that, he raised his hand and wildly slapped his own cheeks. The sound of the slapping echoed continuously throughout the underground garage, which was quite frightening.

His cheeks quickly swelled up, and blood was seeping from the corners of his mouth. It was clear he was hitting himself with all his might. Someone who could be this cruel to themselves was truly a formidable character.

Song Qingxing couldn’t even bring herself to cut her own finger with a small knife.

If she hadn’t experienced so much in her previous life, with her current personality, Song Qingxing would definitely have been startled, as she had never seen such a crazy person.

But in her previous life, she had seen all sorts of monsters.

So, she could handle Peng Zhi’en’s current lunatic-like behavior to some extent.

Sure enough, seeing a little bit of the world can help one stabilize their emotions.

In truth, Peng Zhi’en’s methods were more cunning than the average person in the circle. However, ever since he hired someone to pour coffee on Song Qingxing, the head of the Xie family had found out about it.

Although Peng Zhi’en did not suffer an immediate public downfall, he could still take variety show announcements because his movie needed pre-promotion, and the TV series and films he had already shot could be broadcast normally.

But the problem lay here.

Since Xie Jingcheng was hospitalized, from that day on, Peng Zhi’en could no longer receive any invitations for movies or TV dramas.

Variety shows were available.

But he absolutely couldn’t turn them down.

With his finances slowly depleting, Peng Zhi’en initially wasn’t worried, thinking of finding the directors he knew in the industry for some leeway, or perhaps lowering his salary to outcompete newcomers.

But trouble rolled in one after another. The debts he owed, which hadn’t even reached their repayment date, suddenly had creditors coming after him repeatedly.

Even the chain of hot pot restaurants he started began to lose business. Within just over ten days, several stores were exposed for hygiene problems.

How could Peng Zhi’en not understand?

The only reason he was still relatively unscathed was because the movie featuring Xie Jingcheng and Song Qingxing had not yet been released.

Once the movie finished its run, what awaited him would be an unprecedented disaster. He might face more than just a simple ban from the industry.

“Enough.”

“What do you think you’re doing, cornering people in the garage?”

Xie Jingcheng looked down, her tone laced with coldness. This person should have thought about this day when he first targeted Song Qingxing.

He would also have a day when he was targeted by others.

“Truly, I sincerely repent.”

“Xie Jingcheng, I didn’t know… I didn’t know Song Qingxing was your girlfriend. If I had known, I wouldn’t have dared even with a hundred guts!”

Peng Zhi’en was somewhat incoherent, speaking with tears and snot running down his face. The mucus clung to his whiskers, and he kept sniffing it in, making Song Qingxing feel disgusted.

“Qingxing, do you forgive him?”

Unexpectedly, Xie Jingcheng didn’t walk past him without acknowledging him as she usually would, but instead turned her head to ask the person beside her.

Although she was the one who got scalded.

That was because Xie Jingcheng protected Song Qingxing, and Peng Zhi’en’s target from start to finish was Song Qingxing.

“Why should I forgive him? He’s the one who scalded you.”

Song Qingxing was puzzled at first, but after realizing what was happening, she couldn’t help but feel touched. A sugar daddy who would ask for the opinion of her ‘kept woman’ was rare in the world.

“Then, of course…”

In Peng Zhi’en’s expectant and grateful gaze, Song Qingxing spoke words of utmost coldness.

“I won’t forgive him.”

Furthermore, when Xie Jingcheng was bedridden due to the scalding, Song Qingxing was by her side the entire time, and she knew that these actions were actually not done by Xie Jingcheng herself.

Since the other party had already decided to make things difficult after the movie premiered.

They naturally wouldn’t change their mind.

Then the one who did this could only be Xie Jingcheng’s father, whose power was much greater than Xie Jingcheng’s.

After speaking, Song Qingxing pulled Xie Jingcheng forward, leaving Peng Zhi’en alone, staring dejectedly at the luxury cars in the distance.

The darkest thoughts began to breed in his heart.

His future was already bleak. He might as well be a cornered dog, and even if he died, he should drag a few people down with him, especially Song Qingxing!

She could have solved the problem just now by nodding, but she didn’t.

“Just you wait…”

Peng Zhi’en muttered to himself.

Perhaps because of the cold night, Song Qingxing felt a chill on her shoulders, and goosebumps rose on her skin.

“A-choo!”

Song Qingxing took out a tissue and sneezed.

“What’s wrong?”

Sensing that the underground garage was indeed a bit too cold, Xie Jingcheng took off her coat and draped it over Song Qingxing’s shoulders.

The body-temperature-warm coat instantly alleviated the coldness.