Saturday.

The fifth performance will begin at 8 PM.

With the buzz these past few days, Mu Qian's popularity has been climbing rapidly.

Especially after she was withdrawn from the competition, none of the remaining 23 artists could match her popularity.

It has almost reached the point of being far ahead of the competition.

Despite her high popularity, it doesn't diminish Mu Qian's utmost passion for the opera she loves.

at the same time!

This morning, the Mu Group also came forward to clarify the matter of being summoned two days ago for tax evasion.

The huge amount of tax evasion was not because the Mu Group was actually breaking the law.

The misunderstanding arose because the bureau's system had a vulnerability that allowed it to be compromised by some sophisticated hacking techniques.

This vulnerability involves not only the Mu Group, but also more than a dozen other companies of all sizes.

After Mu Yuancheng and Gu Mei made a public statement to clarify the situation, the bureau also issued a notice.

in this way.

The topic quietly climbed to the top of the trending search list before the performance even started.

#Mu's Group abides by laws and regulations and has an honest and clean record#

#Mu Qian is upright and honest; she has the Mu family blood in her veins.#

#Who got proven wrong? Was it Mu Silian?#

Hahaha, Mu Silian probably didn't expect this twist, right?

I wonder if Mu Silian is regretting it to the core?

What should I do? If I were Mu Silian, I wouldn't even have the face to continue participating in the competition. How embarrassing would that be?

Upstairs, as long as she's not embarrassed, it's everyone else who's embarrassed, understand?

What a drama! In the end, the female lead was Mu Qian. You're all dumbfounded.

Wolf King, you're truly exceptional, keep it up!

...

The capital city, the most expensive area, offices.

Long Jingyan stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the entire panoramic view of the imperial city.

This is the most expensive location, and also the tallest building in the capital city.

Looking at the imperial city, it was no less impressive than the modern world, and could even be said to be almost identical to the imperial city.

Long Jingyan fell into deep thought.

Fifth Master.

The book creates a virtual imperial city and a new world.

Countless virtual characters are born in this world.

They have life, they have thoughts...

They look no different from people in the modern world.

Only when no one is controlling it.

If someone manipulates them, they will act like puppets, doing things against their will without their control.

Just like Wu Xuan!

This world will continue to cycle endlessly.

It repeats the exact same story, which looks fresh but is utterly unoriginal.

The fictional characters in the book will not have any memory of such a cycle of reincarnation.

He was different; he could clearly remember everything that happened in each cycle of reincarnation.

Simply because he comes from the modern world and is a modern person.

Since Qianqian came into this world a month ago.

The story in this world is no longer a repeat of the same cycle; instead, subtle changes have occurred, and now the plot is even beginning to reverse.

Long Jingyan suddenly sensed an unprecedented and terrifying conspiracy.

Fifth Master's purpose in sending Qianqian into the book...

"Master Yan, the plot has been reasonably fixed." Mo Jin looked at his masterpiece with a great sense of accomplishment.

It is a special instrument in my hand.

This instrument was developed through the story of Yan Ye's repeated reincarnations.

An instrument for detecting developing plots.

The instrument can be used to easily fix some illogical plot points.

The instrument is not yet fully mature, but at least it can still be of some use for now.

Long Jingyan's gaze fell on the tablet, on the press conference held by Mu Yuancheng and Gu Mei's couple, "Don't leave any traces, lest that old fox, Fifth Master, notice."

"yes."

Before we find Fifth Master, all our actions must be kept secret.

Until the old fox is exposed.

*

The incident of Mu Silian being slapped in the face at lightning speed is probably the most unexpected and surprising.

She was dumbfounded.

Seeing the news about Mu Yuancheng and Gu Mei clarifying things, my head was spinning, and I felt like I was going to explode on the spot.

It should have been a done deal, so how could there be any talk of a system vulnerability?

Therefore, the Mu Group did not evade taxes.

So, Mu Qian successfully snatched the bargain, while she became the clown in everyone's eyes?

An invisible slap landed hard on her face.

Su Qing, who had refused to answer the phone all day yesterday, immediately called back, acting like a sycophant.

Mu Silian's eyes darkened, and she swiped her finger across the screen to answer the call.

"Lianlian," Su Qing called out gently.

Where is the same attitude of keeping us at arm's length as yesterday?

She is the epitome of shamelessness.

"Sister Qing, is something the matter?" Mu Silian still felt a little uncomfortable.

I also know that Su Qing called at this time because of the press conference that Mu Yuancheng and Gu Mei held to clarify things.

"Look, we have a performance tonight, right?" Su Qing said shamelessly. "I was worried that you were under too much pressure, so I thought I'd take you out for lunch to help you relax."

"You invited President Mu along?"

The last sentence is the key point.

How could Mu Silian not understand? She said stiffly, "Sister Qing, have you forgotten that I was screenshotted by netizens yesterday and I clarified that I am not the daughter of the Mu family?"

"I'm not a real heiress of the Mu family, I don't have the nerve to ask Mr. Mu to have dinner with me."

Although I know that falling out with Su Qing is not a good thing.

But Su Qing didn't even care about losing face when she hung up on her yesterday.

Su Qing, on the other end of the phone, gritted her teeth at Mu Silian's retort, but still said in a gentle tone, "Lianlian, those are all photoshopped pictures by netizens. Mr. and Mrs. Mu certainly won't believe them, will they?"

"No matter what, you are their daughter whom they have raised for 18 years. Their feelings for you are no less than those for their own daughter."

"I really feel sorry for you, you silly girl. If I don't give you some advice, you'll just foolishly let others bully you."

Su Qing is a veteran in the industry; she knows how to be both lenient and strict.

The same applies to Mu Qian.

To her surprise, that guy wouldn't have any of her tricks up his sleeve, neither soft nor hard.

It almost made her furious.

Mu Silian finally couldn't hold back and asked worriedly, "Sister Qing, will Mom and Dad really still recognize me as their daughter?"

"What does it matter whether they acknowledge it or not?" Su Qing dutifully acted as the behind-the-scenes strategist. "As long as you can let netizens see that you still have a good relationship, that's enough."

"Who cares? Who is the real daughter of the Mu family?"

"Don't you think so?"

It was as if Su Qing had instantly opened up Mu Silian's Ren and Du meridians, and her eyes gleamed with an overwhelming light of ambition.

"Yes, Sister Qing, you're absolutely right."

"It doesn't matter whether I am my parents' daughter or not. As long as everyone thinks I am, then I am."

"What a smart girl." Su Qing didn't hold back her praise. "Then I'll wait for your good news, the good news that you're having lunch with President Mu at noon."

"Okay, I'll call Dad now."

All of Mu Silian's sense of shame was brainwashed by Su Qing into shameless self-confidence.

After finishing his phone call with Su Qing, he immediately called Mu Yuancheng.

The phone rang a few times before I answered.

"Dad!" Mu Silian called out sweetly.