The Scumbag Attackers Regretted It Deeply After My Death - Chapter 9

Back in the car, Yao Anna couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief. She looked at Pei Congling, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and said with a look of gratitude, “Thank you, President Pei, for helping me out.”

As the head of the Pei family, one of the four major families in the Imperial Capital, Pei Congling didn’t really need to be so polite to Jiang Nian’an. Since the two of them had reached a collaboration agreement, the scale in Yao Anna’s heart naturally tilted more toward Pei Congling.

“Jiang Nian’an was so fierce to you just now, so why were you so polite to her?”

Hearing this, Pei Congling couldn’t help but look at her deeply with a look of hidden meaning, and retorted, “What do you think?”

She gently shook her head and continued.

“Who knows if you and President Jiang were just having a lovers’ quarrel and you were using me to provoke President Jiang?”

Yao Anna couldn’t help but give her a thumbs-up and said in a mock-serious tone, “President Pei, it’s a real shame you didn’t become a screenwriter with that kind of brainpower!”

“Was I wrong?”

Yao Anna snorted coldly, started the car, turned the steering wheel, and headed in the direction of the Pei Group.

To ensure smooth future cooperation with Pei Congling, she patiently explained, “Jiang Nian’an and I are not in the kind of relationship you think. I don’t like her, and she doesn’t like me.”

“Are you trying to fool a ghost?”

Pei Congling looked unconvinced. Based on how angry Jiang Nian’an was just now, she questioned, “You say she doesn’t like you, so why was she so angry when she saw us together?”

“From what I know, Jiang Nian’an is not someone who gets angry easily. To be honest, that look of hers, like she wanted to eat someone alive, is the first time I’ve ever seen it.”

“Are you saying she was jealous? Stop joking. She’s probably just sick, which is why she was angry.”

Sick?

Yao Anna’s one sentence made Pei Congling laugh out loud. Suppressing her smile, she looked at the Omega beside her, who was driving without looking away, and the amusement in her eyes grew stronger. This was the first time she had seen someone dare to call Jiang Nian’an sick, and the person who cursed her was actually Jiang Nian’an’s fiancée, Yao Anna.

This Omega seemed to be getting more and more interesting.

The warm air was blowing, and Pei Congling, who had drunk some wine, was feeling a slight headache from the wind. She saw Yao Anna wearing sunglasses and humming a tune happily, seeming to enjoy the feeling of driving and the wind. She pursed her lips, and the words on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back.

Forget it. It’s rare to see her in such a good mood. I won’t disturb her pleasure.

Pei Congling took out her phone from her silver suit pocket and casually clicked on Weibo. The first thing she saw was the eye-catching title hanging on the top search trend list: Phoenix Nirvana Reborn# Is popular actress Yao Anna exposed for stealing a role?

The second place on the hot search list was: Yao Anna’s acting is too poor!

Pei Congling was startled at first, frowning deeply. She clicked on the number one trending topic and scrolled through it. The comment section had already been dominated by Yao Anna’s anti-fans and the internet trolls she could instantly recognize. Looking at the chaotic comments, her temples throbbed with pain.

“Did you steal someone’s lead role?”

Seeing that the protagonist of the gossip was right beside her, Pei Congling, both as a business partner and the Imperial Capital’s all-knowing source, couldn’t help but ask.

Hearing this, Yao Anna, who was driving, glanced at the Alpha beside her. Noticing the Weibo interface on her phone screen from the corner of her eye, Yao Anna calmly adjusted the sunglasses on her nose and curled her lips casually.

The female lead role in Phoenix Nirvana Reborn was already set for her to audition by Director Zou. She wasn’t exactly stealing it; at most, she was taking back the role that should have belonged to her.

“Yes, I stole my own female lead role.”

Pei Congling was stunned and didn’t quite understand what Yao Anna meant. She lowered her head and continued to look at the detailed content of the Weibo post, saying as she read,

“The internet is buzzing right now. Someone is exposing you for stealing your younger sister Yao Zhenzhen’s role, saying you are petty and intolerant. Some people have even hired trolls to badmouth you. Your fans’ fighting power is really too weak; they can’t control the comments at all.”

“Do you need my help?”

“No need.”

Yao Anna rejected Pei Congling’s kind offer without a second thought.

Are you kidding? If she had hired the trolls herself, and Pei Congling intervened, wouldn’t her entire setup be messed up?

The Alpha seemed surprised that she would reject her help. Pei Congling frowned, thinking that Yao Anna, relying on her status as a top-tier popular star, didn’t take these things seriously. She opened her mouth, just about to advise her new partner not to be so arrogant, as it would lead to losses.

Before she could speak, the Ferrari made a sharp, beautiful turn and steadily parked at the entrance of the Pei Group building. Yao Anna turned her head, smiled at Pei Congling, and leaned back against the seat, “We’ve arrived.”

The implication was a reminder that it was time for her to get out of the car.

Pei Congling stared at her for a while, shook her head, and decided to secretly suppress the internet trolls that were unfavorable to her when she got back. She got out of the car and was about to close the door when the woman’s faint voice came from the side.

“Although we are cooperating, it doesn’t mean you can interfere in my other affairs outside of the Yao Group.”

Hearing this, Pei Congling couldn’t help but look up in surprise. Yao Anna was wearing sunglasses, so she couldn’t see her eyes, only the slight curve of her lips, which held a hint of indifference.

“Are you sure you don’t need my help?”

The other party clearly saw through her thoughts. A look of slight helplessness appeared in Pei Congling’s eyes. She actually felt that Yao Anna, as a delicate young Omega girl, now had no towering tree like the Yao family to rely on. Despite her good acting skills, she was being slandered online, which was quite pitiful.

She wanted to lend her a hand.

But Yao Anna didn’t seem to appreciate it.

“Why didn’t I notice that President Pei’s sympathy was so overflowing before?” Yao Anna rolled her eyes. It was truly funny. Did she need her help?

She couldn’t help but coldly remind her, “President Pei, don’t forget the agreement we made at the hotel!”

“…Don’t worry, I’ll wait for your news.”

Since the Omega didn’t accept her kindness, Pei Congling didn’t insist. Given her status, there was no need for her to offer help where it wasn’t wanted. She watched the red Ferrari drive out of her sight and turned to walk toward the skyscraper.

When Yao Anna returned to her hotel room, it was already dark. She casually tossed her bag and car keys onto the table and plopped down on the soft bed, reaching for the laptop beside her.

After the afternoon’s events had fermented, the top search trend she had originally purchased had expired. Yao Anna logged into Weibo and, upon confirming that the top search trend was still the one she had purchased earlier, she narrowed her eyes, a triumphant smile curving at the corner of her mouth.

This was clearly within her expectations. Phoenix Nirvana Reborn was a major IP and a big production, with an initial investment of 1 billion yuan. It was directed by a famous director and based on a well-known novel by a popular internet author. Any topic related to Phoenix Nirvana Reborn could easily reach the top ten of the hot search lists, even without her spending a large sum of money to buy a spot.

So why would she go to such great lengths to buy a top search trend?

Seeing that the preliminary warm-up effect had reached her expectations, Yao Anna picked up her phone and dialed her assistant’s number. The other party seemed to have been waiting for her, answering almost instantly.

The assistant’s nervous and respectful voice came through the phone, “Anna, can we start now?”

Yao Anna had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

“Okay, please begin your performance!”

At the same time as she hung up the phone, Yao Anna refreshed Weibo. Sure enough, ten major Weibo influencers simultaneously posted a video and a pre-edited Weibo article!

The video was only two minutes long and had been edited. The first segment was of Yao Anna’s audition, along with scenes of staff members being amazed by her acting, all set to melancholic music, making it comparable to a movie blockbuster!

The second segment was of Yao Zhenzhen’s very hard and serious performance, which was so awkward it was cringey!

In less than half an hour, the video had already climbed to the third spot on the hot search list. This time, she hadn’t paid to buy the spot; this was genuine traffic!

The bullet comments on the video screen were wildly hot. The anti-fans who were initially jumping around barely spoke now. Apart from Yao Anna’s fans who were showing their support and mocking the trolls, the rest were just passersby.

Anna Goddess needs a hug: “Holy crap! Holy crap! Anna’s looks and her acting skills, ahhh, she truly is the goddess in my heart!”

Anna is the only female lead in my heart: “I have to say, a certain third-tier actress is doing a good job of trying to gain popularity. I’m very grateful to this Weibo influencer for coming forward to uphold justice. I just don’t get it, are all the netizens blind now? How can anyone say that certain third-tier actress has better acting skills than my Anna?”

Anna is the only female lead in my heart: “If you have eye problems, you can go to the hospital. If you have brain problems, then you are simply useless! I suggest the relative should go back and get remade!”

Seeing this comment, Yao Anna couldn’t help but “pfft” and laugh out loud, thinking that the fan with this ID must be her major fan leader. She often saw this fan ID active in the comment section of her Weibo. She had also seen them in the comment section of the top search trend she had bought earlier, where they were fighting the anti-fans, doing the work of a hundred of her other fans.

In her previous life, because Yao Anna’s personality was too soft, her fans were also very laid-back and didn’t “battle the crowd” everywhere like other celebrities’ fans.

It was precisely this point that, when she was later slandered across the internet, her fans, although they firmly stood by her, were almost invisible in the comment section.

Those anti-fans easily conquered her Weibo comment section, and her fans simply had no power to fight back!

In fact, the fighting power of fans is very important. For example, many celebrities with bad reputations have successfully redeemed themselves and gained a foothold in the entertainment industry by relying on their highly combat-effective fans. Yao Anna has a decent number of fans, over three million. Excluding those who are easily swayed, a large portion of them are loyal fans.

Yao Anna reflected that the reasons for her failure in her previous life, besides Yao Zhenzhen’s wild antics, also included the fact that her fans were too passive and their fighting power was too weak.

And the fighting power of fans is determined by the idol’s personality. So, in this reborn life, Yao Anna was determined to change herself and let the fans who supported her see it!

Passersby who were previously misled by the trolls also started leaving comments—