The Mad Beauty and the Sick Young Lady [Transmigration Novel] - Chapter 22

During Su Li’s recovery at home, Jiang Zhuoye became a trending topic on social media several times because the video of her at the street food stall was exposed.

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Various marketing accounts frantically reposted the video. Jiang Zhuoye usually had many rivals, and now with this opportunity to kick her while she was down, the marketing accounts were having a field day.

No one knew who first posted the video, but by the time it reached the trending topics, all the marketing accounts had already reposted it. New analytical articles kept appearing, detailing Jiang Zhuoye’s alleged past misdeeds.

Many curious onlookers watched the video, seeing a tall, beautiful woman with long legs approach Jiang Zhuoye with a white rose, gently placing the rose nearby as if she was just an ordinary fan expressing admiration, and then turning to leave.

Yet, in the face of such a fan, Jiang Zhuoye shockingly picked up the rose, chased after the woman, tore the petals to shreds, and threw them onto her!

Netizens commented in droves:

“I’ve always felt that Jiang Zhuoye wasn’t much of a celebrity. Her EQ is too low. I thought she’d mess up when she was rudely confronting reporters before. Now look at this video, she has absolutely no manners!”

“Wuwuwu, although I’m not Jiang Zhuoye’s fan, I imagined myself in that situation. If I were treated like that by my idol, I might be so heartbroken that I’d doubt my life…”

“Can Jiang Zhuoye like this still mix in the entertainment industry? It’s simply an eyesore! The authorities should ban her!”

“No matter the cause or consequence, what Jiang Zhuoye did is wrong. Fans, stop defending her. Do you want to be hit with flower petals by your idol too if you try to defend her so hard?”

Jiang Zhuoye’s fans were also severely impacted. They had always believed that Jiang Zhuoye was just straightforward, perhaps a bit wild in her behavior, but she had never done anything excessive to her fans, at most just ignoring them.

But now, with this incident, the fans felt their hearts were broken.

Jiang Zhuoye’s actions were practically a slap in the face to her fans, clearly stating that she didn’t need their love!

The atmosphere in her super topic community was gloomy:

“I’ve been crying all morning. How could this happen? I don’t believe A’Ye is this kind of person!”

“I don’t believe it either, but her face in the video was so cold. It hurts my heart just watching, as if I were the one being hit… it seems she really doesn’t care about us…”

“Five-year veteran fan, I’m unfollowing now. Thank you everyone for your company over the years. Now my dream is over and I see clearly. Jiang Zhuoye isn’t worth it.”

Jiang Zhuoye’s fan count plummeted, and she truly fell into a crisis of public opinion. Her manager, Jia Sihan, called her several times but couldn’t get through, pacing around the studio like a cat on a hot tin roof.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhuoye was still by Su Li’s bedside, slowly feeding her the last spoonful of porridge.

Placing the nearly empty bowl down, she leaned close to Su Li with a serious expression:

“You’re not allowed to eat street food stalls anymore. Taking care of your health is the priority.”

Su Li was still a little unhappy:

“But I just want to experience life more while I’m still alive…”

Jiang Zhuoye lowered her eyes and smiled, a faint light sweeping across her profile. Su Li actually saw a hint of compassion in it.

“There are many ways to experience life. I will take you to all of them; it doesn’t have to be limited to just food and drink.”

Hearing this, Su Li also cheered up:

“It’s a deal then! But my health isn’t very good, and I might not be able to handle long-distance travel. And you’re so busy with work, and I can’t wait… Can I experience it by visiting your workplace first?”

Jiang Zhuoye slightly frowned:

“Why can’t you wait?”

Su Li realized she had let slip, feeling a pang of sadness but smiling cheerfully nonetheless:

“I just said that casually! I’m just too excited! It feels like every day is a year!”

Jiang Zhuoye hid the complexity in her eyes and gently said:

“Of course you can visit my set. You can also participate in my other activities. No problem at all.”

Su Li was low on energy and fell asleep again after a few more words. Jiang Zhuoye quietly got up, gazed at her for a long time, and then left her side, closing the door as she went downstairs.

Li Zhenzhen had gone out to run an errand and felt completely at ease leaving Jiang Zhuoye by her daughter’s side, not even telling Jiang Zhuoye that she was leaving.

Jiang Zhuoye slowly returned to her own apartment and finally turned on her phone. The flood of incoming messages completely froze it.

Countless missed calls.

She slowly picked out Jia Sihan’s number and called her back.

Jia Sihan rapidly explained the situation and asked Jiang Zhuoye what to do now. She and her team were already trying to delete posts, contact the companies behind the marketing accounts, and planning a strategy to change the public narrative.

But Jiang Zhuoye was the boss of the studio, and all decisions had to be made by her. Moreover, the truth of the matter had to come from Jiang Zhuoye.

“What on earth happened? Who is that woman who brought the rose? Was she really a fan? I don’t think so, you’ve never been so cruel to a fan before, have you?”

Jiang Zhuoye spoke flatly, her tone devoid of emotion:

“That person is not a fan, she is non-recyclable garbage.”

Jia Sihan: “…”

Jiang Zhuoye searched for the main page of the Ying family’s enterprise online and sent it to Jia Sihan:

“She is the future successor of this group, and also Su Li’s former fiancée.”

Jia Sihan felt complicated after reading it:

“In that case, things are very complex, involving a circle we can’t easily provoke… Shouldn’t we try to communicate with them, and ideally get the other party to cooperate and issue a statement? I’ll contact them. If push comes to shove, maybe we should offer some compensation?”

Jiang Zhuoye let out a cold laugh:

“Hmph, compensation? Is she worthy?”

Jia Sihan:

“Although the Ying family is only a mid-tier group in this city’s circles, they are still someone we can’t afford to offend! You really messed with the wrong person this time, stop acting out! What am I going to do with you? You’re never this confused when facing big issues. I thought you were someone who knows when to bend and when to stand tall, so why are you suddenly targeting the Ying family?!”

Jiang Zhuoye looked up and out the window. It was a winter afternoon, the dusk was heavy and gloomy, just like her eyes.

She didn’t say anything more, only telling the person on the other end of the phone:

“I’ll handle this matter. You just help monitor the public opinion online and wait for my news.”

Jia Sihan was still confused when the other party hung up. She stared at her phone helplessly. When she tried to call back, Jiang Zhuoye didn’t answer at all.

“This person really is… Sometimes I seriously doubt if she’s even an Omega. She always acts more aggressively than an Alpha…”

Jia Sihan mumbled to herself. Having no other choice, she could only return to monitoring the online public opinion as Jiang Zhuoye instructed.

Waking up in the evening, Su Li stared blankly at the afterglow of the sunset outside the window.

She felt a little dazed, a little unsure. Did Jiang Zhuoye really come today? Did she really feed her a bowl of porridge spoonful by spoonful? Were these not just things that happened in her dream?

She still remembered the warmth of Jiang Zhuoye’s finger lightly touching her lips.

Su Li touched her lips and smiled slightly.

She turned over and got out of bed, walking unsteadily to the small desk, picking up her phone. First, she checked various communication apps to see if anyone was looking for her.

Nothing much else. Guan Jingxian sent her daily greetings and a few funny cat videos.

In the party group she had joined earlier, several people had @ her. Someone said:

“@Su Li, I saw that Jiang Zhuoye seems to have gone to your place. Your relationship with her is really good. I’m so jealous! When can we gather again?”

Su Li didn’t reply to these messages, just casually looked at them, closed the group chat page, and then clicked on Weibo.

Her comic The Daily Life of Miss Sickness had just updated a chapter two days ago, which told the story of the street food stall, including the conflict between Miss Yezi and Miss Fei.

However, people were already guessing the prototype of Miss Yezi, so Su Li didn’t dare to draw it too revealingly, only drawing Miss Yezi throwing the flower at Miss Fei, not daring to draw the tearing of the petals.

There were over a hundred comments and two thousand likes. The data was similar to usual. Su Li randomly opened the comments to read, everyone was expressing their views, and it looked quite normal.

But then, when she checked the trending topics, Su Li was completely upset!

#JiangZhuoyeHitsFanWithFlower was hanging brightly at the number one spot on the trending list, followed by an “Explosive” tag!

After clicking in and seeing the general situation, Su Li was speechless for a moment.

How can these netizens make things up like this?! Ying Feiyan didn’t look like a fan at all! Every single one of them was eager to fabricate eight hundred background stories, and they even moved themselves!

So what should she do now?

Su Li felt an urge to post the content of her updated comic in this topic, and incidentally reveal her identity to help Jiang Zhuoye explain the truth.

But on second thought, one, netizens might not believe her, and two, she didn’t think she could outperform Jiang Zhuoye’s public relations team. Would speaking out at this time be counterproductive?

Su Li prepared to call Jiang Zhuoye, but who knows what Jiang Zhuoye was doing, the call was constantly going unanswered. She called several times but couldn’t get through.

Su Li didn’t have her manager’s phone number, so she could only sit helplessly at home, mechanically refreshing the trending topics.

She had never been a celebrity chaser, so she didn’t know that being targeted by haters and trending was not an uncommon occurrence for celebrities. She just felt that the problem was extremely serious, that she should do something, yet she couldn’t do anything.

Just then, Su Li noticed that someone commented under her comic:

“After reading today’s update, and then seeing today’s trending topic, the sense of déjà vu is so strong.”

The opportunity had arrived! Su Li clicked the mouse, liked this comment, and sent it to the front row.

At the same time, in a high end restaurant, Ying Feiyan and Jiang Zhuoye sat opposite each other.

Jiang Zhuoye had entered later, but she was behaving more like the host than Ying Feiyan, ordering food from the menu as if no one else was around.

Ying Feiyan held a teacup and sipped her tea, her slender fingers rotating the porcelain cup, admiring the ripples in the tea water, her eyes occasionally falling upon Jiang Zhuoye.

After seeing Jiang Zhuoye, seeing other women truly showed a clear difference in quality.

Jiang Zhuoye had a small head and face, narrow shoulders, yet her skin possessed a naturally full feeling, white with an alluring hint of pink.

Her figure was even more shapely, unlike Su Li, who looked like nothing more than a stick after a long gaze, with little to see.

Thinking this, Ying Feiyan once again confirmed her long held thought breaking up with Su Li might not be a bad thing. Wasn’t there someone better waiting for her?

She gazed at Jiang Zhuoye across the table, her face almost tender, and slowly spoke:

“Miss Jiang… why not consider, trying to date me?”