The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 19

On July 28, at 9:30 PM, just after two new episodes of “Jade Flute” were released, the show was already trending. The main topic of discussion was the female protagonist being a “green tea” (a term for a woman who feigns innocence while being manipulative).

At 10 PM, the most-followed entertainment gossip account on Weibo, which has the most fans, posted 13 consecutive tweets.

[The Gossip Entertainment Account V: The character played by Zhuo Xi is a green tea, but she’s not a good person herself. Based on the videos and photos we have, according to incomplete statistics, Zhuo Xi went to hotels with nine different men from September of last year to July of this year and expressed intentions to go to a hotel with 23 other men.]

As soon as the 13 tweets were posted, they shot up the trending list at rocket speed.

[Zhuo Xi]

The hashtag was followed by an “Explosive” tag.

Fans who clicked in intending to curse at the account fell into silence after watching the first video and began to question their lives after watching all 13.

It was irrefutable evidence. The videos were all from hotel surveillance cameras, and Zhuo Xi’s face was so clear there was no way to deny it was her.

When a man and a woman enter a room at 11 PM and leave at 9 AM, no one believes nothing happened.

One of the Weibo posts even included an audio recording.

It was the one recorded when Ji Mingxiao visited her on set.

The two things combined, with the timeline, were incredibly sensational.

A few minutes later, more topics started trending:

[Fu Youzheng Zhuo Xi Relationship] [Zhuo Xi’s Men] [Zhuo Xi Homewrecker]

Ji Mingxiao retweeted the post that included her in it.

[Fu Youzheng V: That day when I went to visit her on set, I asked her if she wanted to watch a movie on the bed. She said the bed was dirty because her feet were hurting and sweating. Actually, not long after I went to the hotel, someone sent me the video. I only asked that question to see her reaction. It turns out she just confirmed the evidence herself.]

Zhuo Xi’s mind was already reeling when she saw the trending topics. After hearing the recording of her conversation with Ji Mingxiao, there was nothing left she didn’t understand.

It was all a calculated plan.

Zhuo Xi hadn’t expected that to bring her down, Ji Mingxiao would be willing to get involved herself.

She had endured this for so long.

Ji Mingxiao was never a fool.

Her phone was going crazy. She hung up all the calls and tried to call her men, but no one answered. The men from the wealthy families were too busy dealing with their own problems to care about her.

Zhuo Xi called Ji Mingxiao, but she had been blocked. She wanted to explain, but her manager’s phone was also unreachable.

She didn’t dare to go out, but she knew that if she didn’t, people would soon come and block her.

Afterward, Ji Chanhan also posted on Weibo, retweeting Ji Mingxiao’s post.

[Ji Chanhan V: I’ve been wondering when you would realize you were so blind.]

The public was at a loss for words. Someone had already compiled a complete list of names.

When they saw that Zhuo Xi had even tried to harass Ji Chanhan, everyone marveled at her audacity.

Also, a GIF of Ji Chanhan dodging her had been made.

The trending topics didn’t die down the next day. Zhuo Xi remained at the top of the trending list, and reporters had her home surrounded.

There was no food left in the house, so she could only drink water. She didn’t know what to do, but she could hide for the time being.

Zhuo Xi listened to the knocking on the door, trembling all over.

At 10 AM, Ji Mingxiao posted a series of tweets.

[Fu Youzheng V: Zhuo Xi and I have been together for almost three and a half years, from when she debuted until now. At first, I didn’t want to date her, but then I fell in love with her. I like clean girls. Her eyes were very clear. She often asked me for money, but to me, money was nothing. In the entertainment industry, it’s normal for her to be a bit vain. I gave her a lot of money. Sometimes I would wonder if she was just using me as an ATM, but I always denied it myself. I repeatedly suggested we go public, but Zhuo Xi disagreed. I thought it would affect her career, so I gave up. Later, I wanted to go abroad to register our marriage, but she refused again.]

[Fu Youzheng V: When the Fang Qing incident happened, I talked to her. I asked her if she had done anything to betray me. She said no and blamed me for not trusting her. I thought that if she could be honest with me, I could let her stay in the entertainment industry and we could have a peaceful breakup. But someone sent me a video, and when I saw it, I couldn’t help but vomit. [Video]]

It was the video of Zhuo Xi saying she found Fu Youzheng disgusting.

The words in the video were shocking.

Ji Mingxiao then listed all the resources and money she had given Zhuo Xi over the years.

[Fu Youzheng V: I thought I was very good to her and spoiled her, and this is what I get in return.]

The comments on Zhuo Xi’s latest Weibo post were filled with curses. Zhuo Xi held her phone, trembling as she read them.

She had never been cursed at by so many people at once, and the words were so vile. There were also people photoshopping her picture onto funeral portraits, and her biggest fans were leading the charge to unfollow her.

[Running Grassland: Impressive, you have so many spare tires, can you handle them all?] [Today is a Good Day: Even a prostitute from an ancient brothel is cleaner than you.] [Let’s Go, Let’s Go: The first person you meet is the one you will walk with until the end. You’ve met so many people, do you even know who the first one was?] [Boiling Time: Where did this stinky insect from the gutter come from? You’re a bitch.] [Five Years: You find lesbians disgusting, but it’s not disgusting for you to sleep around every day? What a piece of trash. Go look in the mirror. Just seeing you makes me want to puke.] [Don’t Want to Code: Teach me how to curse her to get to the top of the hot comments.]

…

After the initial frenzy on the trending topics began to subside, it was revealed that Zhuo Xi had been using a body double for her scenes.

[The Gossip Entertainment Account V: Did you know that those ethereal, fairy-like back shots were not Zhuo Xi? They were her classmate, Xi Ruan, who was forced to be a body double for three years because she looked similar to Zhuo Xi.]

A compilation of scenes where Xi Ruan was Zhuo Xi’s body double was released.

Xi Ruan had been following the gossip, and when she saw that it was finally her turn, she sat up on the sofa, feeling a bit excited, to be honest.

Zhuo Xi’s fans, who were previously devastated, were now oddly relieved. Many of them had fallen for Zhuo Xi because of the fairy-like back shots in the edited videos. When they found out it was someone else, they figured they could just like that other person instead.

And this girl was even prettier than Zhuo Xi. When they looked up her work, they found she had only been in one web drama.

How tragic.

Such a good girl was bullied by that bitch Zhuo Xi for so long!

Xi Ruan watched as her fan count exploded and people praised her from all sides.

[Fu Youzheng V: Many of Zhuo Xi’s resources were things I helped her get by using my own connections. Rest assured, I did not harm the interests of other artists. I generally picked resources that were a match for her star power. Even though my brain went bad, I still had some sanity left. This time, I specifically chose “Jade Flute” for her because I thought the green tea female protagonist role suited her. There’s no one more suitable than her.]

[Gossipmonger A: CEO Fu, you’re so patient. If my boyfriend was like that, I’d probably go up and smash his head in immediately.] [Gossipmonger B: Okay, now that you say that, watching the drama feels even more immersive.] [Gossipmonger C: I knew it. Zhuo Xi’s previous characters were all so likable. How come this one is so annoying?]

Many people were also cursing Fu Youzheng, mostly saying she was disgusting and attacking her sexual orientation.

[Fu Youzheng V: I’ve never thought there was anything wrong with loving a girl. It’s my freedom, and others have no right to interfere. Thank you. I pay so much tax to the country every year, and in the end, I can’t even decide whether I like a girl or a boy?]

Zhuo Xi’s door was rammed open.

She saw the wealthy woman who stormed in and immediately ran back to her room, closing the door and screaming, “I’m telling you, I’m calling the police!”

“Go ahead! But I’m going to beat you first!” The woman sneered. “Smash her door down! CEO Fu has a good temper, but I have a bad one. It’d be a pity not to slap you myself. Don’t worry, I’ll beat up the one in my family, too.”

Zhuo Xi shivered. The room door was far less sturdy than the security door and quickly fell.

She knelt on the ground, her voice hoarse, “I was wrong, I really was wrong! It wasn’t on purpose!”

The woman grabbed her by the hair and dragged her from the room to the living room. “Oh, weren’t you so tough before? Didn’t you call me a tigress? Huh? I’ll show you what a tigress is.”

“I was wrong, I was wrong,” Zhuo Xi felt her scalp being torn and the pain was unbearable.

Reporters had already taken many photos, and no one came forward to stop the woman.

The woman raised her hand and gave her two hard slaps.

Zhuo Xi was not wearing any makeup, and her face was swollen from the slaps. With snot and tears streaming down her face, she looked especially hideous.

“Heh, let them see this face of yours now!”

“You said I’m old and haggard and can’t compare to you?”

Zhuo Xi actually wanted to fight back, but the woman held her down tightly.

This video was quickly posted online.

Many netizens cheered, feeling a sense of satisfaction.

Ji Mingxiao glanced at the video and then closed it, continuing to handle official business. She wasn’t interested in this kind of commoner-style fighting.

With 95% of the task completed, she still needed to see Zhuo Xi one more time.

“Host, aren’t you happy?”

“Happy about what?”

“People usually get happy when they see a big villain getting punished.”

“I only feel sorry for Fu Youzheng right now.”

Zhuo Xi’s work was quickly all suspended and given to other artists. To be precise, under Wu Duo’s deliberate control, she had no work left at all.

The final nail in Zhuo Xi’s coffin was the liquidated damages.

Zhuo Xi had to pay not only Radiant Entertainment but also all the major brands she had endorsement deals with.

She sold all her luxury goods and even her house to barely fill the hole in her finances.

When Ji Mingxiao saw Zhuo Xi again, the woman looked ten years older, and her spirit seemed a bit lost, but she wasn’t completely crazy yet. This woman’s ability to handle pressure was excellent, and she had a strong heart. But then again, if she wasn’t strong, she wouldn’t have been able to be with so many people at once.

The two looked at each other.

“Why are you here again?” Zhuo Xi’s voice was hoarse. “To laugh at me?”

Zhuo Xi glared at Ji Mingxiao.

Ji Mingxiao closed her umbrella, and the tip rested against the other woman’s chin, revealing a gentle smile. “Do you know you were wrong? Do you regret it?”

“What do you think?” Zhuo Xi clenched her fists.

“Come on, smile. Tell me you know you were wrong.” Ji Mingxiao’s voice grew even gentler.

Zhuo Xi looked at Ji Mingxiao, silent for a few seconds.

“Smile, be a good girl.”

“I regret it, are you satisfied?” Zhuo Xi showed a hideous and miserable smile.

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