Transmigrated as the Top-Tier Alpha's Secretly Married Ex-Wife - Chapter 62

Chapter 62

Su Tuantuan and Mo Xian kissed in the quiet night. Su Tuantuan didn’t care about the past.

If she truly was Su Tuantuan, the one who had a secret crush on Mo Xian since she was young, she wouldn’t mind either.

The lover she had pursued for years and could finally embrace was the genuine love she had yearned for countless times.

Let her love; let her be with Mo Xian.

Su Tuantuan, snuggled in the coat, was cradled by Mo Xian. She thought, she was truly, truly, truly very lucky.

For a period after this, Su Tuantuan settled down in Lincheng. She and Mo Xian enjoyed the wind by the Jialing River, cycling on old bicycles through the streets lined with sycamore trees.

The sound of students reading echoed from the school nearby.

The small county town was peaceful and simple. Su Tuantuan would often take Mo Xian out for a bowl of seven-yuan beef noodles or eight-yuan lamb rice noodles in the morning.

Sometimes Su Tuantuan would help Uncle Liang watch the convenience store. Fewer customers came to buy things. Some customers left quickly after buying, while others would look at Su Tuantuan and exclaim, “You look so much like that actress Su Tuantuan!”

Su Tuantuan would smile. “That’s what everyone says.”

Then, someone must have let slip the news, because more and more people came to the convenience store to buy things, many wanting to see just how close her “celebrity resemblance” was.

But Su Tuantuan stopped going soon after.

Su Tuantuan stayed in Lincheng for a month, and Mo Xian accompanied her for a month. Every night, Su Tuantuan slept with Pingping. The film Redemption became a huge hit, and Su Tuantuan’s acting skills were once again praised by the audience.

Su Tuantuan even treated Uncle Liang’s family to a viewing at the cinema.

Afterward, Aunt Liu held her hand, choked up, and told her to live well from now on.

Redemption‘s box office revenue was climbing fast, but Su Tuantuan didn’t feel much of a sense of achievement.

It was just a movie. She had acted in big productions before, so she no longer felt much excitement.

She also went to sweep her grandmother’s grave and talked to her for a long time before leaving.

In early April, Qiao Yanran sent her a WeChat message, saying that Su Tuantuan had been resting for so long and hadn’t popped up, and that Bai Xue had caused trouble for her.

Su Tuantuan was taken aback. “What did she do?”

Qiao Yanran immediately called her on voice.

“After Redemption became a hit, Xiao Yu spoke out, saying a few things about you being bullied on set. You know Bai Xue’s temper. She went and smashed Sun Qiushuang’s head open with a bottle. We were just having dinner, and Sun Qiushuang got drunk and started saying that Redemption did so well because of her strictness, and then—”

Qiao Yanran explained the whole sequence of events. Su Tuantuan had a headache.

Redemption‘s success led Sun Qiushuang, who was showing off, to invite a group of friends for dinner. Although Qiao Yanran’s relationship with her was so-so, she had to go when invited. Bai Xue, who had heard from Xiao Yu that the two lead actors on the set were bullying people, also attended that day.

The other two leads weren’t there that day, only Sun Qiushuang. Perhaps she had too much to drink, but Sun Qiushuang started talking aggressively.

It wasn’t the first or second time she got aggressive when drinking. Last time, she even told Qiao Yanran in front of everyone that she liked Lawyer Shen. She wasn’t malicious, but sometimes she spoke without thinking.

Bai Xue asked about the bullying on set at the dinner table. Sun Qiushuang challenged her to give an example. When Bai Xue finished citing examples, Sun Qiushuang claimed it wasn’t bullying but a good set atmosphere and that strict requirements were being responsible to the actors, telling Bai Xue not to be dramatic, especially since Su Tuantuan hadn’t said anything.

Unexpectedly, Bai Xue got furious, grabbed a wine bottle, and smashed it over Sun Qiushuang’s head. Sun Qiushuang was taken to the hospital. It wasn’t until she sobered up the next day that she remembered what happened. She was typically loud and quick to anger, but since the matter involved Su Tuantuan, she didn’t immediately pursue charges against Bai Xue.

However, Bai Xue assaulted someone. If Sun Qiushuang pressed charges, Bai Xue would have to be detained for a few days. If the incident was exposed, it would definitely affect her career.

Qiao Yanran knew Su Tuantuan was in retreat to clear her mind, but she felt it wouldn’t be right not to inform her. So, she told her.

Su Tuantuan had no mind for retreating anymore. After understanding the situation, she said goodbye to Uncle Liang’s family and returned directly to A-City.

When she rushed to the hospital to see Sun Qiushuang, Sun Qiushuang was sitting woodenly on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the Teletubbies on TV, not speaking.

Su Tuantuan glanced through the glass, then turned to look at Qiao Yanran and Bai Xue. She asked Bai Xue, “You didn’t hit her so hard that she got brain damage, did you?”

Bai Xue shook her head, also feeling a bit wronged. “I hit her in a fit of anger. I didn’t hit hard, but who knew the bottle would break and split her head open.”

Su Tuantuan was annoyed.

No matter what, things shouldn’t escalate to physical violence. She carried the fruit basket in. Sun Qiushuang’s eyes lit up when she saw her, but upon seeing Bai Xue and Qiao Yanran behind her, her face fell.

Then she whispered, “You’re here.”

Her voice was somewhat hoarse and she looked unwell.

Su Tuantuan put down the fruit basket. Qiao Yanran placed a bouquet of flowers down. “We came to see you and offer our apologies. We’re all friends; we shouldn’t let things get too ugly.”

Bai Xue stood stiffly, not moving.

Su Tuantuan looked at Sun Qiushuang, who also hadn’t spoken, and said softly, “You two go out first. I’ll chat with her alone.”

Bai Xue wanted to stay but was pulled out by Qiao Yanran.

With the door closed, Sun Qiushuang’s eyes looked dazed as she stared at the TV screen. “I didn’t know they were bullying you. I thought they were genuinely trying to help you.”

Sun Qiushuang lowered her head, clutching the bedsheet. “Ever since I was little, the most frequent thing my parents said to me was that I was clueless. At the time, I truly didn’t understand what ‘clueless’ meant. Later, when I went to school, my classmates would always borrow my pens, erasers, and all sorts of things, and they never once returned them.”

Her gaze was somewhat scattered. “I never asked for them back either. I didn’t know then that this was called ‘clueless.’ Later, in college, my roommates often said I had low emotional intelligence. They said whatever I said would offend people, but I never intended to hurt anyone.”

Her face was blank. “The first time I saw you, I thought you were really cool. You seemed so composed in any situation. People couldn’t tell what you were thinking. I was so envious of you then, Tuantuan. I was genuinely attracted to that cold coolness of yours and desperately wanted to be your good friend.”

“But I never expected to hurt you.”

Sun Qiushuang thought a lot after being hospitalized. “I actually don’t blame Bai Xue. Her anger directed at me made me understand exactly why she was angry, and it made me realize how serious this matter was. It’s better than me remaining in the dark. If she hadn’t spoken up, I would never have known, and I certainly wouldn’t have realized that I would lose a friend over this.”

She looked at Su Tuantuan. “Tuantuan, I’m sorry. I get too easily absorbed in my own world when working. Filming is my life. Many people have said I’m obsessive when I film. I didn’t realize I was hurting you, and hurting you so deeply.”

Su Tuantuan saw her about to cry and helplessly pulled out a tissue, handing it to her. “It’s okay. Bai Xue already paid for this injury for me.”

Sun Qiushuang was teary-eyed. “I’ll make those two publicly apologize to you. If they don’t apologize publicly, they will be blacklisted. I also apologize, Tuantuan.”

Su Tuantuan hadn’t expected that Sun Qiushuang, who was always so self-centered, would one day have such self-awareness and apologize to her.

Su Tuantuan held no grudges. She had spent a month deciding who she was.

She had no emotional attachment to past grievances.

“I accept.”

Su Tuantuan said, arms crossed. “Stop crying. Your face is all swollen. You look even uglier when you cry.”

Sun Qiushuang cried even harder.

The two chatted for another half hour. The nurse was coming to change the dressing, and Su Tuantuan was about to leave. Sun Qiushuang called out to her, “Tuantuan, will we still be friends in the future?”

Her tone was anxious.

She was seriously awaiting an answer.

Su Tuantuan turned to look at her and raised an eyebrow. “We can be friends, but not colleagues.”

Sun Qiushuang broke into a tearful smile. Su Tuantuan waved her hand and called the two outside to leave. Before leaving, Bai Xue leaned against the door, quickly mumbled “I’m sorry” toward the room, and then ran off.

Su Tuantuan hadn’t called Mo Xian, after all, Sun Qiushuang was Mo Xian’s fan. No one wants to look like this in front of their idol.

Besides, she hadn’t gone into detail about this with Mo Xian.

Bai Xue still felt quite bad. She was prone to impulsiveness and could be reckless, but at the time, anger had taken over. The thought of her friend being bullied was too much to bear.

Su Tuantuan saw her looking downcast, patted her back, and took Qiao Yanran’s arm. “Alright, let’s go have hotpot. There’s no problem a hotpot meal can’t solve.”

The assault was wrong, but the incident spread within the industry.

Sun Qiushuang posted on Weibo.

Sun Qiushuang: “I have always been someone who struggles to make friends. I seem sociable, but I’m reluctant to meet new people, and often, I haven’t considered whether my way of treating friends is correct. During the filming of Redemption, my team and I…”

The Weibo post spanned hundreds of characters, yet the language was sincere, detailing everyone’s perspective during the filming.

Where she thought it was just actors being demanding, she never realized it was outright workplace bullying. For this, she apologized to Su Tuantuan.

The discussion among netizens was also unusually heated, given that such incidents occur not only in the entertainment industry but also in real life.

One netizen complained:

: “Last year, I started working at a company after graduation. Every day, I had to make tea for the older employees. I was the one who changed the water in the company’s water dispenser. They’d call me to change it when it was empty. They never told me about any tasks. When I asked, they said nothing, then turned around and told the boss I was always slacking off. I couldn’t take it anymore and resigned voluntarily.”

: “In my previous company, there were only five employees. One was an older employee, not related to the boss. She would constantly subtly criticize me on social media for not being proactive at work and would arrange outings with the others on weekends. While there was no physical violence, I became genuinely depressed in that environment.”

Therefore, everyone felt an even stronger sense of empathy for what Su Tuantuan faced on set.

The other two, who had intended to play dumb, were forced to publish apology Weibo posts.