After Slacking Off, I Became Popular Online (GL) - Chapter 3
“What?! Arrange a meeting with Mu Yingying? Her mind’s not right and you’re going crazy too? Don’t you even consider her status? Can we just meet her whenever we want? Besides, why would she agree to meet a homewrecker who was kissing and hugging her husband? Do you think Mu Yingying is as brainless as you are?”
“Boss Gao, Shuxia is not a homewrecker.”
“You say she’s not, so she’s not? Fine, bring out the evidence to slap those people in the face, otherwise, you’re just fantasizing, understand? Don’t even get me started; those fans online can drown you with their spit. I told you to convince her not to stir up so much trouble, not for her to convince you to cause problems! Xie Jinzhi, do you not want to work here anymore?”
“…”
Xie Jinzhi placed her phone a meter away from her, and the roaring of the company’s senior executive continued to filter through.
She thought, Is it possible that both of them have gone crazy?
Xie Jinzhi had just informed the company of Tang Shuxia’s decision, only to be harshly reprimanded by the higher-ups. Meanwhile, Tang Shuxia was leisurely flipping through a fashion magazine, legs crossed in a relaxed posture. After hanging up the phone, Xie Jinzhi looked helpless. “You heard all that, right?”
Tang Shuxia nodded.
Her hearing had always been excellent, and given the other person’s loud voice, it would have been impossible to pretend she didn’t hear. However, it was truly unexpected for her first “declaration of war” to end in such a swift defeat. From what that man just said, it seemed their status wasn’t equal? What even was status?
Xie Jinzhi saw her propping her chin, staring blankly at the pages. “It seems that meeting Mu Yingying probably won’t work. When you were in contact with Cheng Zeyu before, didn’t you leave any evidence? Even chat logs would do.”
Tang Shuxia snapped back to attention. “I did.”
Xie Jinzhi was so excited she almost slapped herself, but stopped just short when she saw the gauze wrapped around the other’s head. “You brat, if you had evidence, why didn’t you say so earlier?”
Tang Shuxia didn’t understand why she was so agitated. In her memories, the original owner had a habit of clearing chat logs, so the so-called evidence was likely all deleted. She casually tossed her phone to Xie Jinzhi. “If you can recover the chat logs, maybe that would be evidence.”
Xie Jinzhi: “???”
She almost coughed up a mouthful of old bl00d.
Tang Shuxia wasn’t as angry as she was. “Offering courtesies for no reason usually means mischief. He was plotting against the original owner…against me.” If the information she received when she woke up was that she was beaten by a mob because she was labeled a “homewrecker,” Tang Shuxia initially thought it was a simple scenario of a man being a scoundrel and a woman being foolish. But after sorting through all of the original owner’s memories related to Cheng Zeyu, and looking at it from an outsider’s perspective, she realized that this matter was not simple.
Cheng Zeyu and Mu Yingying were known as a model couple. Anyone with a brain would know that interfering would undoubtedly make one a homewrecker. The original owner wasn’t a fool; why would she give up a promising future for such a person? What was the point? Moreover, in her memories, the original owner had always tried to maintain distance from him, trying every way to refuse private meetings. But each time, Cheng Zeyu always found a way to dismiss others, turning what should have been a group gathering into a private “date” for just the two of them. It was such a coincidence that a photo leaked, and Tang Shuxia became the homewrecker everyone wanted to condemn.
Xie Jinzhi: “What do you mean he plotted against you? Shuxia, can you please explain clearly? Don’t leave me so worried.”
Tang Shuxia felt that the original owner truly had no way to argue her case. However, now only one person could clarify the whole matter. She stood up and lightly brushed her clothes. “Change of clothes.”
She was going to meet that scoundrel, Cheng Zeyu.
Just a mere musician, yet he truly thought highly of himself.
Xie Jinzhi sighed, feeling that the person in front of her might have truly had her brain damaged. She extended her hands and pressed her back onto the sofa. “What change of clothes? You stay in the hospital honestly. The doctor said you might have a concussion and need to be observed for two days. I think a brain CT should be done more thoroughly again. I’ll go talk to the doctor.”
Tang Shuxia: “Stop.”
Xie Jinzhi: “What’s wrong?”
Tang Shuxia suddenly touched her chest and frowned. “Please find a doctor to check this for me; it might leave hidden dangers.”
Xie Jinzhi: “!!!”
Before long, Tang Shuxia was put in a wheelchair and pushed through various floors for examinations. Xie Jinzhi, by her side, had a pale, nervous face, frantically grabbing the reports after each check. In contrast, the person involved was relaxed, even touching and poking everywhere, curious like a three-year-old child.
Until they passed the bl00d collection room, Tang Shuxia looked at the vials and bottles, then suddenly pressed on the wheelchair. “I have a plan.”
Xie Jinzhi didn’t react for a moment. “What!?”
Tang Shuxia curled her lips, giving her a smile that could only be described as wicked. “Naturally, a way to deal with scoundrel men.”
Xie Jinzhi cautiously asked, “What plan? Did you think of other evidence?”
Tang Shuxia let go of the wheelchair, allowing it to slide forward uncontrolled, causing Xie Jinzhi, who was pushing from behind, to also stumble forward by inertia. Tang Shuxia’s soft voice reached her ears, “Have you heard of truth serum?”
Xie Jinzhi felt truly foolish for believing someone whose brain had been damaged. She couldn’t help but sigh, “From now on, I really should cut down on taking ancient-themed scripts for you.” Then she thought of the trouble Tang Shuxia was currently in, and realized that forget ancient-themed scripts, her career as an artist might soon be over.
Don’t believe me?
Tang Shuxia subtly raised an eyebrow, offering no further explanation.
After a full body check-up, Xie Jinzhi stared at the examination reports again and again, asking the doctor in disbelief, “Didn’t you say there might be a slight concussion before? How is it that she can be discharged now, after only one afternoon?”
The doctor stated, “Miss Tang is young and has a good constitution. Her recovery ability is faster than most people I’ve seen. Moreover, all her examination data today is excellent. No need to worry, she is very healthy. And according to Miss Tang’s wishes, she wants to be discharged immediately, so if you agree, you can complete the discharge procedures.”
Xie Jinzhi: “…………”
The company had planned to use a live broadcast from the hospital to play the sympathy card and gain public pity.
Now the doctor was telling her that Tang Shuxia had recovered exceptionally well???
Xie Jinzhi walked out of the doctor’s office with a blank expression, only two large words echoing in her mind: Outrageous.
Tang Shuxia didn’t notice her wandering gaze. As soon as she heard she could leave this place, she quickly packed her things. In fact, other than a phone that had been off since the beginning, she had nothing to pack. She even discarded her original clothes. Xie Jinzhi saw her preparing to leave the hospital openly in a hospital gown and quickly grabbed her. “Are you crazy? Do you know how many people outside want to block you? Are you not aware of how popular you are?”
Even negative popularity is still popularity.
Xie Jinzhi used to dream of her artists becoming popular, even thinking that negative popularity was fine, as it still had the word “popular” in it. Now, she just wanted to go back in time and slap herself.
In the end, Tang Shuxia was wrapped up like a mummy by Xie Jinzhi and pushed into the car. Tang Shuxia protested many times to no avail. Finally, she glanced at Xie Jinzhi, who had also changed into men’s clothing. She thought dismissively, This disguise is too perfunctory, it completely betrays her status as a demon sect leader.
But for the sake of being able to punish that scoundrel soon, she endured it.
Xie Jinzhi saw her lazily sprawled in the back seat and felt somewhat worried. “The apartment the company assigned you probably can’t be stayed in; someone is probably staking it out. Do you have anywhere else to stay? You have a head injury. Although the doctor said you can be discharged, you still need to rest well to avoid any complications. If you don’t mind, you can squeeze in at my place.”
Tang Shuxia tilted her head and smoothly pulled out a string of address names from her memory.
When Xie Jinzhi’s car arrived at the famous luxury villa area, she instinctively stopped at the entrance due to being an outside vehicle. She looked at Tang Shuxia in shock. “You actually have such a generous friend who’s willing to take you in at a time like this. Your friend is good.”
Tang Shuxia didn’t explain, just waved her hand.
The villa’s entrance had fingerprint and iris verification. It was Tang Shuxia’s first time touching such advanced equipment, and she was playfully intrigued, playing with it for several minutes before pushing the door open and entering the house. The villa had three floors. Besides the famous paintings hanging in the living room on the first floor, there was also a wall entirely covered in alcohol. The other furnishings in the house were sparse, making it seem especially desolate. However, these were not major issues for Tang Shuxia, who once owned an entire mountain. She adapted well and quickly familiarized herself with the layout of both floors.
The first floor had a gym and a storage room. The second floor had bedrooms and guest rooms, and the entire third floor was adorned with various paintings. In her memories, all these paintings were left by the original owner’s mother. After a quick glance, Tang Shuxia quickly found her master bedroom, and then unexpectedly discovered that the mattress was very soft, so she had a little bouncing session on the bed.
After tiring herself out, she went to the balcony to look at the stars in the sky. She looked up and found the moon was still as round as ever, identical to the moon she had seen in her past. For no reason, a wave of loneliness washed over her. This unfamiliar world, unfamiliar environment, even everything was unfamiliar…
Crash!
A loud clattering sound came from next door.
Tang Shuxia looked at the nearby balcony and felt an immediate itch. She cautiously observed her surroundings, and after confirming there were no surveillance cameras, she agilely climbed over.
Inside the house next door, Xu Yujing coldly watched the collapsed bookshelf and the mess on the floor. As for the document she had been looking for, it was gently floating in the gap of the open window. Seeing a corner of the paper being lifted by the wind, she tried to reach for it but couldn’t. Annoyed, she pounded her unresponsive legs, then used her hands to support her body weight, propping herself on the windowsill with her elbows, reaching and reaching, half of her body already out the window.
Tang Shuxia witnessed this scene. In her memory, such situations were collectively called suicide.
Although she felt that falling from such a height (third floor) would at most cause some internal injuries, people in this world were very fragile.
“Hey!”
Xu Yujing was entirely focused on the document a few tens of centimeters in front of her. Suddenly hearing a voice by her ear, she gasped, slipped, and flipped out of the window.
Tang Shuxia: “!!!”