The Salted Fish And Protagonist A Ended Up Together - Chapter 15

Wen Mian was stunned. Not just her, everyone was frozen in place.

【Together?! Does Gu Man even know what she’s saying?】

【I am truly shocked. Did these words really come out of Manman’s mouth?!】

【I can’t deal with this. Didn’t Manman hate Wen Mian? And now?】

【Listen to me, Manguang fans. Manman must have misspoke. Everyone, don’t panic!】

There were also those just there for the drama.

【Now this is a true “crematorium” scene. More of this, please!】

【Haha, us gossip-seekers are fearless!】

The few remaining CP fans began to celebrate wildly.

【Ahhh! Our “Gu Mian for the Rest of Our Lives” ship has finally set sail!】

【I never expected the day my CP would actually stand on its own two feet!】

The polite smile on Wen Mian’s face stiffened. Her eyes went blank, her mind filled with questions: Does she actually know what she’s saying?!!!

Forcing a light laugh, Wen Mian finally responded after a long silence, “How about… the three of us go together?”

Gu Man and Wang Mo exchanged a glance, both seeing the cold spark in each other’s eyes.

Then, they turned simultaneously to look at Wen Mian, nodding in unison. “Fine.”

The moment the words left their mouths, they glared at each other again before flanking Wen Mian on either side and staring straight ahead.

Wen Mian felt like she had lived her life for nothing; she truly didn’t know how to react to this.

Finally, Wen Mian looked toward the direction Zhang Yunxi had left. Shuffling her feet, she whispered, “I’m going to find Xixi.”

With that, she fled the scene of the crime as fast as she could.

Seeing her leave, Gu Man and Wang Mo turned their backs on each other and returned to the sofa.

Song Xue bit her lip, her face twisted with jealousy and her eyes bloodshot with resentment. Her hands were clenched into tight fists, her nails digging deep into her palms.

Catching sight of the camera lens, she quickly relaxed her grip and forced a gentle, tender smile, though her palms were marked with bright red crescent moons.

The netizens couldn’t help but pity her.

【Song Xue is so pitiful. Is she going to have to perform alone?】

【Probably, unless someone else is willing to join her.】

Her fans, of course, were furious.

【Our Xuexue is so kind, yet no one agreed to be with her. Death to Gu Man! She has no eye for character, what’s so good about Wen Mian anyway!】

【And she calls herself a Best Actress? No grace at all!】

【Exactly! My poor Xuexue!】

An invisible wave of cyberbullying began to brew.

Back in her room, Song Xue received a call from her manager.

“Didn’t you say Gu Man would definitely agree to work with you? Why is she performing with Wen Mian now?”

Song Xue immediately tried to play it off. “It’s all that bitch Wen Mian’s fault! I don’t know what’s wrong with her lately, she suddenly stopped pestering Sister Gu Man, so Sister Gu must have been tricked by her!”

There was a two second pause on the other end, followed by a cold voice: “So, what do you plan to do next?”

Thinking of how Gu Man had proactively invited Wen Mian while the latter acted like she didn’t care, Song Xue’s eyes filled with malice. “Since Wen Mian wants to be famous so badly, why don’t we give her a hand?”

“You mean…”

Song Xue looked down at her reddened nails, her voice dripping with venom. “She must have plenty of skeletons in her closet. We should help the fans see the reality.”

The person on the other end thought for a few minutes before sighing. “Fine. We can’t be blamed for this, she’s just unlucky.”

In a single conversation, they had decided a person’s worth.

Hanging up, Song Xue looked out the window. The glass reflected her pretty but distorted face.

Unaware that she had provoked a snake in the grass, Wen Mian was sitting on a swing chair in the garden, swaying back and forth while thinking about what to perform.

Unable to come up with anything, she opened a short video app.

“The CEO held the heroine’s corpse for a long time, refusing to let go.

The special assistant standing nearby sighed softly and advised: ‘President, Miss Xu is gone. It’s useless to stay like this.’

The CEO lowered his gaze, his eyes bloodshot, and said in a low, hoarse voice…”

Wen Mian’s interest was piqued. She clicked off her phone and ran to the living room, her voice cheerful. “Gu Man, Momo, how about we perform this?”

Gu Man and Wang Mo looked over together. “Perform?”

Wen Mian nodded and sat between them. “It’s like this…”

She stopped mid-sentence, glanced at the camera, and lowered her voice. “You play her, you play her, and I’ll play her…”

Wang Mo’s eyes lit up and she nodded immediately, looking excited. “That’s great! We can even adapt it a bit.”

Wen Mian turned to Gu Man, her fox-like eyes blinking expectantly.

Gu Man nodded as well. The three of them were in total agreement.

The livestream audience was growing anxious.

【Is it a CEO short drama? Who’s playing who? Let me hear it!】

【Exactly! Let us be the judges first.】

【Is that even a question? Our Manman has to be the CEO!】

【Right! Manman was born to play a CEO.】

【Why?! Our Momo can play a CEO too!】

【True, Momo’s CEO would be one of a kind!】

While everyone argued over who would play the lead, Wen Mian’s fans stayed in the middle just watching the show.

To build anticipation for the gala, Director Wang Qiang consulted with the staff and decided to stop the livestream for two days to film in a recorded format instead.

The news caused a meltdown among netizens.

【Why?! I don’t want this!】

【Ugh, watching the livestream is the only thing that makes me laugh. If you close it, I’ll be so emo!】

【At worst we won’t watch the rehearsals, just don’t turn off the stream!】

【Ahhh! My Mo Mian CP, I can’t bear to leave you!】

【And my Gu Mian for the Rest of Our Lives!】

But no matter how the audience pleaded, Wang Qiang firmly shut down the livestream.

At the same time, a video about Wen Mian began to go viral.

The content showed Wen Mian “clinging” to Gu Man at the airport, refusing to let go, paired with news of her allegedly disrespecting staff at other events.

First exposed by a tabloid, the story was quickly picked up by marketing accounts.

Everywhere, people were speculating whether Wen Mian was stalking Gu Man, being rude to staff, or if joining the dating show was just a PR stunt to clear her name.

When her fans first saw it, their hearts pounded and their faces turned red. They rushed to the comments to explain: It’s not like that! Our Mianmian is very respectful! She didn’t join the show for PR!

Then, a netizen shut them down with one sentence: So, did she or did she not harass Gu Man?

The fans went silent. Before they had fallen for Wen Mian, they too had heard rumors about the new starlet harassing the Best Actress, they had even joined in on the gossip back then.

But they still chose to be her fans. They believed in their hearts that Mianmian wasn’t the person described online.

But what did it matter? Now that there was a video to watch and drama to follow, who would actually take the time to truly understand a person?

Wasn’t that exactly how they used to find Wen Mian annoying?

Still, they clenched their fists and replied word for word: That wasn’t her. The person in that video isn’t who she really is.

After finishing the script revisions, Wen Mian went to Grandma Zhong’s house to keep her company for a while.

The night deepened, and moonlight flooded the earth.

Wen Mian had just entered her room to rest when her phone rang.

Xu Qing’s voice was frantic. “Wen Mian, you’re in trouble!”