Transmigrated as the Top-Tier Alpha's Secretly Married Ex-Wife - Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Shen Jun and Bai Xue talked for over an hour. As she left, she told Bai Xue not to worry, that she would do her best in the matter. Qiao Yanran, holding Shen Jun’s arm, smiled, “Miss Bai, don’t worry. Lawyer Shen is super amazing. If she says she can help, you’ll win nine times out of ten!”

Shen Jun tapped her on the head. Qiao Yanran, wincing, glared at her. Shen Jun kept a straight face. “I did not guarantee a definite win.”

With a fierce tone, Qiao Yanran complained in a low voice, “It’s all the same, isn’t it? With you on the case, even if we shouldn’t win, we can win…”

The weight finally lifted from Bai Xue’s mind. She managed a smile. “Regardless of whether we win, or what the outcome is, Lawyer Shen, thank you.”

Shen Jun nodded, said goodbye, and pulled Qiao Yanran toward the exit. Qiao Yanran reluctantly bid Su Tuantuan farewell. As she left, she looked back at Su Tuantuan several times, winking at her.

“Sister, keep it up!”

She mouthed the words.

Su Tuantuan knew what she meant.

Qiao Yanran still believed that she and Mo Xian had mutual feelings but hadn’t confessed them yet. Su Tuantuan’s mouth twitched. Shen Jun turned Qiao Yanran’s head back and pulled her shoulder. “Watch where you’re going.”

“Oh.”

Qiao Yanran was led further away, but she swung her hand back and gave Su Tuantuan a “V” sign.

The weight in Bai Xue’s heart had dropped. Finally, she didn’t feel as rootless as before.

She and Su Tuantuan returned to the dorm area. After a few steps, she hesitated and asked, “How are you and Mo Xian… doing?”

Su Tuantuan had never proactively mentioned Mo Xian.

Bai Xue, therefore, had no idea about the development of their relationship.

Although she still resented that Su Tuantuan had slept with Mo Xian on her behalf, she had mostly come to terms with it now.

Especially since Su Tuantuan was helping her so earnestly.

Su Tuantuan paused. Thinking of Mo Xian’s face, she felt inexplicably annoyed. “Mo Xian and I are not what you think.”

Bai Xue stopped walking and looked at her. Su Tuantuan took out a cigarette and asked if she wanted one. Bai Xue shook her head. Su Tuantuan lit one for herself and said flatly, “Mo Xian and I have no relationship now. Don’t link us together.”

Seeing her expression, Bai Xue got the hint that Su Tuantuan wanted to be alone. “You should go back and rest. I’ll stay here for a bit.”

Bai Xue wanted to say something more and considered staying with her, but she felt that Su Tuantuan was different from before. If she said she needed to be alone for a bit, she meant it.

Once Bai Xue was gone, Su Tuantuan stopped in the corridor, leaning against the railing and looking at the garden outside the window.

The night was beautiful. She stood there, lonely, like a statue. After finishing one cigarette, she returned to the dorm.

She had thought a lot about Qiao Yanran bringing Shen Jun tonight.

She hadn’t expected the current developments to be completely different from the original novel. Perhaps her transmigration had changed everything, causing all the character relationships to become chaotic.

Her guilt was lessened. Otherwise, she always felt like a homewrecker.

She knew that Mo Xian was afraid to approach her now. Approaching her was annoying, and her politeness was purely at the stage of “we are barely familiar.”

Mo Xian dared to flirt with her.

She was better at playing tricks on people than anyone.

Su Tuantuan thought while lying in bed.

Forget romance and love; let’s focus on making money first.

Nothing is more important than making money.

With the recent popularity from The Road to Performance, Bai Xue decided to terminate her contract. Shen Jun took charge of the termination proceedings. Since the lawsuit hadn’t been won yet, they couldn’t announce it, but Wu Ziqi moved quickly.

Within two days, a lot of negative material about Bai Xue appeared online.

There were pictures and apparent truths, all described vividly.

Some photos showed Bai Xue sitting on an investor’s lap, and others showed Bai Xue being touched and hugged intimately around the waist.

The accompanying text accused Bai Xue of being immoral, claiming she used these methods to get her spot in The Road to Performance competition. Even worse, some said Bai Xue had been selling her body for a living from the start and was a notorious social butterfly in the industry.

Su Tuantuan was speechless upon seeing these black materials. She dared not let Bai Xue know. Bai Xue was prone to emotional breakdowns, and with rehearsals every day, if she were eliminated from the competition, she would have no retreat.

Many netizens, hearing rumors, joined the attack, flooding the comments demanding Bai Xue be kicked out of the show and the entertainment industry.

People deeply hated backdoors and unspoken rules. Even with good public standing, such an incident could lead to being blacklisted, let alone Bai Xue, who had only just gained some momentum.

Fortunately, Shen Jun immediately filed a lawsuit against the rumor mongers, and Su Tuantuan also reposted a clarifying Weibo post.

Su Tuantuan V: “People are watching, and the heavens see. Slander is a crime. Please do not follow the trend and harm others.”

She had accumulated quite a few fans recently, and many were waiting for her to update her Weibo. They hadn’t expected to see such a repost.

Many fans expressed dissatisfaction.

: “Tuantuan, why bother with other people’s business? Are you not bothered by your already poor reputation? You finally have some fans; please don’t mess it up.”

: “Tuantuan, delete it quickly. This is no time to take sides. You don’t even know if what they’re saying is true.”

Although the fans expressed concern for Su Tuantuan, she didn’t want to be a coward.

If she was going to help, she would see it through.

What was the point of regretting and blaming oneself after someone was truly defeated, when one didn’t offer help in their time of need?

She hadn’t expected that after she reposted, Mo Xian would also repost her repost.

Mo Xian V: “Support rights protection. The internet is not outside the law. Please do not spread rumors and create trouble.”

The moment Mo Xian logged in and reposted, the momentum shifted significantly.

Many netizens called her righteous and kind, but more people noticed the blind spot.

She had reposted Su Tuantuan’s Weibo.

Mo Xian follows Su Tuantuan?!

Mo Xian’s follower list was private, so others couldn’t check, but this instantly made everyone sense a hint of gossip!

The “Lights” were afraid Su Tuantuan would latch onto her and immediately clarified and distanced themselves.

: “They were on a variety show together. They’re acquaintances. Besides, can’t she repost after seeing it on the hot search? Does it have to be someone she follows?”

: “If Mo Xian likes Su Tuantuan, you can use my head as a football. Stop joking. Go to sleep and dream; it’s better than anything.”

The fans’ resistance was obvious, but since Mo Xian’s repost didn’t mention anything else, the fans could only help repost.

With Mo Xian joining, Qiao Yanran and Sun Qiushuang also stepped up to repost and help.

Qiao Yanran V: “Stop throwing dirt on girls. What’s the difference between judging someone a criminal based on a few pictures and being a murderer?”

Sun Qiushuang V: “The God of Xian is right.”

The popularity and influence of these two were stronger than Su Tuantuan’s. Even people who had been suspicious of the rumors about Bai Xue now chose to believe in Bai Xue’s innocence.

By Saturday, everyone was waiting for the competition as usual.

This week, four groups of contestants performed, and the instructors’ performance was also added.

Jiang Zhizhi still performed on Saturday. Her acting skills had improved a lot since the beginning, and she had indeed worked hard this week. Before the performance results came out, she remained very composed.

Sunday was Su Tuantuan and Bai Xue’s group.

Su Tuantuan didn’t let Bai Xue pay attention to the online comments this week. Bai Xue was quite dedicated to rehearsal. In the four-person performance, Su Tuantuan had the fewest lines.

She decided this herself.

She had been number one in popularity for the first three weeks. If she took the most scenes, many people would be dissatisfied.

Even if her acting was good.

Bai Xue was a different person when acting than when she was normally. As she was fully immersed in her role, one of their co-stars suddenly made a mistake.

In this play, Bai Xue played the warlord’s concubine, and Su Tuantuan was the concubine’s maid.

The concubine, who usually swayed her hips and only sought to please the warlord, was actually an intelligence agent.

When Su Tuantuan discovered Bai Xue’s true identity, she was constantly threatened by Bai Xue.

Later, the warlord interrogated Su Tuantuan, demanding she reveal Bai Xue’s true identity.

The original script was that Su Tuantuan chose to conceal the truth, and Bai Xue successfully escaped a disaster, but the warlord still shot and killed Su Tuantuan.

This was because the warlord had long known Bai Xue was an agent but indulged her because he loved her.

In the end of the story, the warlord chose interests over love.

When he was about to shoot Bai Xue, the old butler, whose identity had been hidden all along, protected Bai Xue, allowing her to escape. Bai Xue left with hatred. After she was gone, the warlord fired the gun, but there were no bullets inside.

The warlord gave a bitter smile, saying that she had never trusted him.

The plot was paused at the moment the warlord interrogated Su Tuantuan.

The actor playing the warlord grabbed Su Tuantuan by the collar and was supposed to ask Su Tuantuan why she had helped her behind his back. The actor accidentally misspoke, “Why were you messing with her behind my back?!”

Su Tuantuan: “???”

Her eyes widened. The actor’s blunder had been transmitted through the microphone, and everyone must have heard it.

The actor panicked too.

The hand holding the gun trembled slightly. The butler flinched, and even Bai Xue, who was covering her face and crying nearby, nearly burst out laughing.

Su Tuantuan cried out loud, grabbing the warlord’s hand. “I was wrong! Marshal! My feelings for the concubine are one-sided! We are innocent! Marshal! I have never touched the concubine!”

Her eyes were tearful, and she looked distraught. She knelt down, tightly holding the Marshal’s gun. “But the concubine deeply loves the Marshal. She is not an intelligence agent! Even if I die, I cannot lie! Marshal… I’ve wronged you…”

She pressed the warlord’s gun to her chest and fired. “Marshal, I die to prove my innocence!”

After the gunshot, Su Tuantuan fell to the ground “dead.”

No one noticed the difference. Everyone thought this was the original script.

The stunned actor slowly recovered. His moment of shock looked exactly like he was stunned by the maid’s death.

Su Tuantuan had changed the lines and a small part of the plot, but the rest could naturally follow.

The warlord looked at the lifeless Su Tuantuan, chuckled twice, and looked at Bai Xue. “Stop pretending.”

He sounded weak. “I’ve known your identity for a long time.”

There was no sound from the audience. Su Tuantuan could only continue pretending to be dead. She couldn’t get up until the scene was over. Although her head was facing backstage when she fell, she couldn’t just open her eyes.

Before closing her eyes, she had seen Bai Xue almost laugh.

If Bai Xue was acting and suddenly saw her open her eyes on the floor, she might let out a burst of laughter that the entire hall would hear.

Su Tuantuan held her breath, waiting for the scene to end.

She was so exhausted.

Why were these people so difficult to manage!