281: Chapter 281: Time to Eat the Big Melon 281: Chapter 281: Time to Eat the Big Melon After the car left the photography building, Fang Huaying came out from inside.
She watched the luxury car driving away, with a denser sense of jealousy in her eyes.
It was not until the Porsche Cayenne disappeared from sight that she went to the roadside and hailed a taxi to leave.
…
“By the way, I saw Pan Lian’s daughter, Fang Yingying, at the studio,” Jiang You suddenly remembered and mentioned it to Gu Beiyan in the car.
“She’s actually a Vlog blogger and somewhat successful at that.”
“Who’s Fang Yingying?” Gu Beiyan glanced sideways at her, “Chen Zhe’s investigation says Pan Lian’s daughter is called Fang Huaying.”
“Ah?” Jiang You was briefly stunned but soon realized, “So she’s using a stage name.”
Not really a fake name, more like a stage name, I guess.
However, Jiang You was no longer interested and merely responded with an “Oh”.
“Beiyan, my brother is coming back soon,” Jiang You said.
Ever since her brother went to find his wife in Country F, he had been staying there.
This morning, she chatted with her sister-in-law, who said they would return in a couple of days.
Gu Beiyan didn’t react much, “So he’s coming back, what are you afraid of?”
Jiang You still felt somewhat uneasy; it was alright when her brother wasn’t in Yue City, but now that he was coming back, what if…
Seeing her silence, Gu Beiyan chuckled and gently patted her head, “Alright, stop overthinking.
Your brother isn’t a flood or savage beast, he won’t do anything.”
Jiang You pouted and complained, “My brother is even scarier than a flood or savage beast.”
—
Two days later.
Fang Huaying collected some information about Jiang You and found the email of an entertainment journalist on a certain blog, sent the information anonymously.
She hadn’t waited long before receiving a reply.
Journalist: “May I ask if you have a personal grudge with her?”
When Fang Huaying saw the reply, she felt something was odd but still responded, “I just can’t stand her style.
There are many who work harder and are more talented than her, but she indulges in those shameful, hidden, disgraceful acts to steal opportunities from others.
Just expose her; all these are true.”
After sending it, she exited.
She just waited for Jiang You to be universally despised, sitting at home and ready to watch the drama unfold.
Two hours later, she kept refreshing her phone as everything online seemed calm and peaceful, and she didn’t see what she hoped for.
She frowned and thought to herself, “Could it be they haven’t edited the draft yet?”
Thinking it over, she decided to wait some more.
Generally, entertainment media thrive on exposing celebrities’ personal lives to earn traffic money, and for an in-demand young starlet like Jiang You, being supported by a sugar daddy was sensational news that these journalists would not miss.
On the other hand, the chief editor of Sunshine Newspaper, looking at the information his subordinates sent over, furrowed his brows tightly.
“Are you out of your mind, writing like this!” The chief editor slammed his hand on the table.
Wu Long shrank his neck in fright; he was a new intern, just started a month ago, and hadn’t made any significant achievements yet.
When he saw someone sent him this information, he was exhilarated, confirmed it, and quickly wrote a report.
“Chief editor, is, is there a problem?
I confirmed it, it’s true.
This artist, Jiang You, she’s a newcomer in the industry, but in just over a year, she’s continuously gotten the best resources, obviously, someone with substantial capital is backing her.
Otherwise, how could someone from a humble background secure so many resources…”
Wang Bin interrupted him directly, “What humble background, is your brain filled with water?
Let me tell you, if you release this report, our newspaper might as well brace for bankruptcy!”
“I’m telling you, Jiang You is from the Jiang Family, her brother is Jiang Yan, you’re telling me she’s from a humble background, are you blind?”
Wang Bin came to know Jiang You’s identity purely by coincidence, from an old friend who also worked at a newspaper.
There had already been attempts to smear her, but just seconds after those articles were posted, they were intercepted and withdrawn immediately.
Wu Long, being new to Yue City, wasn’t familiar with the backgrounds of the local elite families, so he naively asked, “Is the Jiang Family that powerful?”
Upon hearing his ignorant question, Wang Bin almost passed out from anger.
He took a deep breath, “In any case, if you want to keep your internship, from now on, keep your eyes peeled on what should be written and what should not!
I’ll pretend you never wrote this article, now get out!”
After being scolded, Wu Long left the editor’s office feeling completely EMO.
Seeing his condition, a colleague asked with concern, “Did the editor dislike your article?
Don’t worry, it’s all about practice, he’s indeed quite a nitpicker, you’ll get used to it gradually.”
Wu Long retorted, “Mr.
Xue, who is Jiang Yan?”
Xue Qiang was taken aback and then asked, “Did you write about the Jiang Family?”
Wu Long nodded, “Yes.”
No wonder Wang Bin’s furious voice was heard just now.
It all makes sense now.
Xue Qiang sighed, patted his shoulder, “Young man, just look it up on Baidu Wikipedia, then you’ll know.”
After saying that, he returned to his workstation.
Five minutes later.
After reading about Jiang Yan, Wu Long turned completely pale with shock.
So, the brother of this rising star in the entertainment industry belongs to one of the top elite families of Yue City.
No wonder she gets so many resources.
Who says she rose by underhanded means?
Clearly, her family is a gold mine!
After Wu Long left the office, Wang Bin made a phone call.
Yue City International Airport.
Su He and Jiang Yan had just gotten off the plane.
In the car, Jiang Feng glanced at the rearview mirror and said, “Master, a newspaper just mentioned that someone sent them some negative material about Miss Two, hoping for them to expose it.”
Jiang Yan frowned upon hearing this, “What dirt could that girl possibly have?”
Jiang Feng hesitated for a few seconds before speaking, “It’s about allegations that Miss Two has a sugar daddy backing her, spending money on her and snatching resources, as well as…some videos and photos of Miss Two’s recent dates with Mr.
Gu.”
“But there’s something very odd, they pixelated Mr.
Gu’s face, leaving only Miss Two’s.”
Even though the face was pixelated, Jiang Feng was sure that the man with Jiang You was Gu Beiyan, because that globally limited car model, of which there are only two in Yue City, one is owned by Mr.
Wan and the other is Mr.
Gu’s car.
After finishing, Jiang Feng stayed silent, waiting for the man to speak.
Matters concerning Jiang You were handled by specialists; any slight disturbance, and someone would report immediately.
Su He looked at him, also waiting for him to speak.
After a few seconds of silence, a deep voice finally filled the car, “Do you still need me to give you advice on this matter, or do you think I have nothing better to do?”
Hearing this, Jiang Feng immediately understood, “Understood, Master, your subordinate gets it.”
Understanding the boss’s implicit intentions is a basic rule for an assistant in the workplace.
After all, he had grown up alongside his boss, and if he didn’t get this, his decades of experience would have been a waste.
Su He glanced at Jiang Feng, asking doubtfully, “What did you understand?”
She meant she didn’t get it.
Jiang Feng, looking at Su He in the rearview mirror, explained, “To the Young Madam, Master means that whoever Miss Two belongs to should handle her.”
Su He: “…”
Alright, she was slow to react.
Jiang Feng turned around and divulged this matter to Chen Zhe, asking him to handle it.
After all, the second young miss is now his boss’s girlfriend, practically the lady boss.
They were obliged to sort this out.
Upon receiving the message, Chen Zhe immediately reported it to Gu Beiyan.
“Check who’s behind this!”
Gu Beiyan glanced at it and said sternly.
Jiang Yan entrusting him with this matter meant that he wouldn’t look into it himself.
“Understood, Mr.
Gu.”
Chen Zhe responded and then turned to leave the office.
Gu Beiyan looked at the document in front of him with a deep gaze and twirled the pen in his hands.
Half an hour later, Chen Zhe returned with the results.
He was always quick in handling tasks, otherwise, he wouldn’t be Gu Beiyan’s right-hand man.
“Mr.
Gu, I found out, the person who leaked info about the second young miss to the press is her.” Chen Zhe laid the documents on Fang Huaying on the desk.
“Fang Huaying, the daughter of Pan Lian, the ID she used for the leaks was her own.
She thought she hid it well, but she’s not a professional and didn’t know that even if she went anonymous and deleted the records, as long as our people found her ID, they could restore the data she had sent.”
“As for why she did it, I don’t know,” Chen Zhe said.
“As far as I know, the second young miss had no conflicts with her, not even work-related ones.”
The two’s social circles were different; they usually wouldn’t even come across each other.
Besides, Fang Huaying wasn’t living in Yue City before but had just recently moved here.
She had only become popular online due to some short videos in the past two years and was somewhat a minor model.
A month ago, she followed Pan Lian to Yue City.
These were simultaneously investigated by Mr.
Gu a few days ago when he asked him to look into Pan Lian.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have the spare time to pay attention to a minor blogger’s life.
Chen Zhe didn’t know that Jiang You was also present when Pan Lian approached the Gu Family that day.
Hearing this, Gu Beiyan pondered for a while.
He roughly guessed why Fang Huaying had targeted Jiang You.
“Mr.
Gu, what about this matter?” Seeing him silent, Chen Zhe took the initiative to ask how to handle it.
Gu Beiyan’s expression darkened, and his cold voice sounded, “Fight fire with fire.
Since she likes to leak information and watch dramas, let her have a good look for herself!”
Hearing this, Chen Zhe thought it was quite a vicious move, but then again, Fang Huaying’s dark past was indeed quite rich.
Compared to Miss Jiang You’s scandals, this woman’s past was truly scandalous.
The things with Miss Jiang You hardly counted as scandals; they were just some gossip, nothing morally corrupt, but Fang Huaying’s scandals were indeed distasteful.
“Understood, I’ll see to it.”
…
Jiang You’s recent schedules were all in Yue City.
However, starting next week, she would join a new crew, and the filming location would be in Hengdian, meaning she would have to part with Gu Beiyan for a while.
She sat on the chair, sighing heavily, mainly because they were still in the honeymoon phase of their relationship, and it was hard to part.
But she couldn’t just abandon her job and focus solely on the relationship; she couldn’t do that.
She wanted both—to act and to love…
At this moment, Lu Ling suddenly gasped and exclaimed, “Oh oh oh, Youzi, it’s time for gossip.”
Jiang You gave her a brief look and then turned away, not in the mood to gossip about others.
She might ignore, but couldn’t control Lu Ling’s incessant chatter.
Lu Ling scrolled through Weibo, sighing as she browsed.
“My goodness, did Fang Yingying poke a hornet’s nest?
The counter-leaks about her were harsh; the persona she had built up has completely collapsed…”
“Unbelievable, the cooking videos she posted were all done by someone else.
She never actually cooked, only posed with the final dish for photos.
Isn’t that deceiving the public and her fans?”
“And furthermore, insiders claim she’s only twenty-one and has already had seven or eight abortions…
Oh my god, how chaotic must her private life be?
Girls should take better care of themselves; she’s trashing herself.”
“Isn’t she afraid these children will come looking for her at night?”
After hearing this, Jiang You furrowed her brows and replied nonchalantly, “They were aborted before they were even formed, just embryos, how could they have consciousness?”
When Lu Ling found something even more sensational, she handed her phone to her, “Come on, look at this, this one’s even more explosive.”
“Is there anything more explosive than having seven or eight abortions?” Jiang You wondered.
People always have a curiosity for gossip, and Jiang You was no exception.
Although she just mentioned she wasn’t interested, when she learned the person involved was Fang Huaying, some curiosity was piqued.
“There is, take a look,” Lu Ling said.
“Someone revealed that she’s married and during this period, she has been someone else’s mistress; that’s infidelity within marriage, right?
A married woman seducing another man’s husband, who knows what she was thinking?
Her morals are simply blinding; has her brain been waterlogged to still engage in such ludicrous actions?”
After reading, Jiang You was also somewhat shocked.
She looked so soft and weak, but her actions were quite bold.
However, Jiang You was curious, “Who did she offend?”
Lu Ling replied, “I really don’t know that, but I can try to find out.”
After all, she had connections in the media.
Jiang You stopped her.
“If you don’t know, then let it be.
Don’t deliberately dig into other people’s private matters and end up dragging yourself into trouble.”
“Oh, alright, you have a point,” Lu Ling agreed and dropped the inquiry.
“But as for Fang Yingying, she’s pretty much ruined after this leak.
Almost no one wants her endorsement anymore, and probably tens of thousands of followers have deserted her,” Lu Ling said.
…
Meanwhile, Fang Huaying was lying at home, originally waiting for Jiang You to trend, but unexpectedly, it was her own scandals that blew up.
She looked deathly pale as various posts and comments from netizens stared back at her, “How…
how did it turn out like this…”
She was both shocked and panicked, almost at a loss, with shaking hands as she held her phone.
All those shameful past events slid in front of her eyes like a movie replay, things she had striven to forget and crush.
But now, being exposed to the public felt like being stripped naked, left to be ravaged.
Who did this?
She had already had someone settle these issues, so why did they resurface?
Many questions floated in her mind, but she couldn’t find the answers.
Meanwhile, Pan Lian called.
“Yingying, what are you doing?
Didn’t I warn you to clean up those messes?
Ah?”
Pan Lian’s angry voice transmitted from the phone.