The Omega's Vow: Never Marry a Mama's Boy Alpha - Chapter 36

Time flew by on the film set.

Wen Yan had truly entered the peak of her career. Besides filming, she had a packed schedule of promotional events. With her appealing image and status as the future daughter-in-law of the Gu family, she was appointed as the promotional ambassador for Qinghong, the most renowned cosmetics brand under the Gu conglomerate. This immediately sparked widespread controversy.

It was worth noting that the current brand ambassador for this cosmetics line was Su Suxin, another acclaimed actress in the country, while the previous ambassador was Ye Lan, a triple-crown award-winning actress and the current matriarch of the Gu family. Apart from these two distinguished women, no one else had ever earned Qinghong’s favor. Although Wen Yan was not the brand ambassador, she was the first and only promotional ambassador since Qinghong’s inception.

The prestige of this role was so high that fans of other rising stars were green with envy, scrambling to dig into the background of Wen Yan, who had debuted as the female lead in a singer’s music video.

Gossipmonger: Before Su Suxin even retired, Qinghong couldn’t wait to appoint their own newly debuted artist as the promotional ambassador. Just think about it, really think about it.

When Will I Win a Prize: Just a casual observer here hadn’t even heard of Wen Yan before. But judging by this momentum, she must be a rich kid just playing around, right? Ah, life’s winners you can’t envy them enough.

Super Cute Baby: This makes me sick. Does Wen Yan even have any notable works? Now she’s trying to snatch brand endorsements from my idol? Does she even deserve it? Have some shame!

Death to All Alphas: Could they be any more blatant with their favoritism? Capital is just too arrogant and unchecked. Boycott Wen Yan, boycott Qinghong!

Anonymous Account: A piece of gossip from a friend take it or leave it. I heard Wen Yan’s first movie role as the female lead was snatched from an art school student who hadn’t even graduated yet. That girl had already been in the crew for a long time, but Wen Yan took a liking to the role and used her connections to steal it.

Every Day Should Be Happy: Seriously? Is what the person above said true? That’s just disgusting. The girl who got replaced must be so miserable.

This revelation quickly caught the attention of all the “casual observers,” providing material and an outlet for netizens who envied and resented Wen Yan.

They readily accepted the claims made by the “Anonymous Account” and spread the rumors further, even tracking down the original female lead, An Ran.

Countless bored netizens flooded An Ran’s Weibo page, leaving comments asking if it was true.

Little An Ran V: Justice lies in the hearts of the people. Let’s not bring up the past.

Her ambiguous, suggestive words successfully misled the public, pushing their anger to a peak.

Three hashtags #WenYanStoleTheRole, #WenYanShameless, and #WenYanBoughtHerWayIn, suddenly trended, leaving no time for Jin Yin and Wen Ding’s public relations teams to react.

Another hashtag, #ChangeOfFemaleLeadDueToFavoritism, also surged simultaneously.

Before the movie was even released, it garnered unprecedented attention because of such gossip.

Wen Yan’s Weibo and the movie’s official account were both inundated, with tens of thousands of hateful comments. The top comment, with tens of thousands of likes, stood glaringly at the forefront:

“The more likes this gets, the sooner Wen Yan’s career will flop.”

Many other comments echoed similar sentiments: “Talent without virtue,” “A pretty face but no kind soul.”

Wen Xiu nearly exploded with rage at the sight, his temper flaring as he almost rushed to defend his sister.

He was lightly flicked on the forehead by Wen Yan.

“Stop looking. It’s upsetting, isn’t it?”

“Sis!” Wen Xiu felt utterly wronged. His sister was so wonderful, how could these clueless netizens dare to criticize and judge her like this?

They knew nothing at all!

“The company will handle this. Don’t act impulsively.”

Wen Yan tapped her brother’s fair forehead, warning him sternly.

“They’re all so mean.”

Wen Xiu was heartbroken. He recognized a few familiar accounts people who had once claimed to be his sister’s fans now commenting below about “switching from fan to anti-fan” and “being blind.”

No one was willing to speak up for her.

So far, he hadn’t seen a single person.

The young man couldn’t bear the injustice. His eyes reddened, and tears fell in big, heavy drops, each one tugging at the heartstrings.

Wen Yan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She hadn’t even broken down, yet her brother was crying for her. She quickly tried to comfort him.

“Alright now~ How come you’re still so quick to cry at your age?”

“You’re making it seem like I’m the one bullying you.”

Wen Yan spoke gently, her fingers softly wiping away the tears at the corners of his eyes. She was, without a doubt, the kindest and most caring sister in the world.

How could anyone dare to insult his sister?

The thought only made Wen Xiu cry harder, his cheeks soon soaked with tears, his makeup smudged and ruined.

He looked like a pitiful, tear-streaked kitten.

Wen Yan patiently took out a tissue and wiped his tears. It wasn’t that she wasn’t upset, it was impossible to be completely unaffected. But her strong inner resilience kept her from showing her frustration. She didn’t want to let strangers she’d never met ruin her day.

Yet, seeing her brother so distraught and crying uncontrollably for her, Wen Yan was deeply moved.

Somehow, she felt a pang of sorrow too, her throat growing slightly hoarse.

“Stop crying.”

“If you keep this up, I’ll start crying too.”

Emotions are contagious, and omegas naturally have weaker emotional control. They tend to be sensitive, overthink, and have overactive tear glands. Wen Yan could feel the heat gathering in her eyelids. She blinked, trying to hold back the tears that hadn’t yet formed.

Hearing this, Wen Xiu quickly shook his head, his words broken by sobs.

“Sis, d-don’t cry.”

He let out a hiccup, unbearably adorable.

“I-I’ll s-stop crying. You d-don’t cry.”

As he spoke, he wiped his tears, his peach-blossom eyes red and swollen, evoking pity. Fair-skinned youths like him were always endearing. The bodyguard, Li Xiaomeng, silently handed over a wet wipe.

Mistaking it for a tissue, Wen Xiu blew his nose loudly with it.

Only after did he realize his mistake, but it was too late. He could only look weakly at Li Xiaomeng.

Wen Yan smiled silently. Li Xiaomeng remained expressionless and handed him another wipe.

Wen Xiu quickly took it and hurried off to the restroom to wash his face.

Just then, Gu Lin called.

They rarely spoke on the phone, the last time had been at the Empire State Building. For some reason, the moment the call came through, Wen Yan could sense her urgency.

It felt like last time, as if Gu Lin would drop everything and rush to her side.

“Are you okay?”

Gu Lin’s voice was steady and calm, tinged with concern and worry.

“I’m fine.”

“Stop looking at your phone. I’ll handle this matter.”

“You won’t suffer this injustice for nothing.”

Wen Yan lowered her head and smiled softly. “Mm, I believe you.”

Gu Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing Wen Yan wasn’t as disheartened as she’d feared put her more at ease. After chatting briefly about upcoming work, they ended the call.

Setting down her phone, Gu Lin’s expression turned stern. A faint dark aura seemed to swirl between her brows, her presence cold and imposing.

Assistant Qin Xia had long prepared all the materials needed to clarify the situation online and turn the tables, awaiting only the Fifth Young Miss’s command.

An Ran dared to ride on this hype, ambiguously slandering Wen Yan? Even if Dingding Productions and the film crew didn’t destroy her, they’d make sure she paid dearly.

“Get this resolved quickly.”

Gu Lin massaged her temples as she issued the order.

“Understood, Director Lin.”

Qin Xia sprang into action.

That evening, the official “Rivalry” Weibo account posted a video, tagging An Ran with an identical caption.

Official Movie Rivalry Weibo V: Justice resides in people’s hearts, let bygones be bygones. @Little An Ran V

The studio’s official Weibo and main cast members all reposted it except for Wen Yan.

Instantly, the post captured the attention of netizens following the drama. The hashtags #RivalryClarification and #Wen YanRoleReversal quickly climbed the trending charts.

The Weibo content was straightforward: an edited compilation of An Ran’s filming footage.

In just over three minutes, it showcased her repeated NG scenes forgetting lines, failing to convey emotions, even botching simple movements. Her acting was unbelievably poor.

The final minute featured the scene where her contract was terminated, with An Ran admitting she couldn’t deliver the performance and lacked the capability.

That was why the director had replaced her.

There was no role-stealing, no buying her way into the production.

Only An Ran’s incompetence forcing the director to recast, even at a loss of five million yuan.

Slapped in the face.

How satisfying?

Netizens who had been swayed by the earlier narrative angrily closed the video some rushing to An Ran’s Weibo to vent, others returning to Wen Yan’s page to apologize.

But this wasn’t the end.

Dingding Film and Entertainment’s official Weibo served a legal notice to the account “Just a Throwaway,” which had instigated the online harassment, stating they had collected screenshots and evidence and looked forward to meeting in court. The account holder panicked, deleted all posts, and vanished entirely.

As for the other key figure, An Ran though she later claimed she never accused Wen Yan of stealing her role her vague statements and feigned pitiful demeanor only fueled public disgust. She endured even more vitriol than Wen Yan had suffered. Moreover, led by Dingding Film and Entertainment, talent agencies blacklisted her industry-wide.

“Talentless and virtueless, a scourge upon the scene.”

An Ran never appeared on screen again.

Of course, that came later.

Throughout it all, Wen Yan never made a statement or posted anything related to the incident.

Her most recent Weibo remained the one where she’d written, “Hearing someone call me ‘sister,’ here comes sister~”

A line so gentle, doting, and adorable, now flooded beneath with a mix of hateful comments and apologies.

Later, netizens desperately tried to push down those hurtful comments, and some even voluntarily deleted their own past remarks. Yet, those damaging words seemed to have gained a life of their own, stubbornly refusing to fade away.

They remained there forever, starkly revealing the sins people had once committed.

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