Chapter 33

While Jiang Xueru and her family of three were enjoying a sweet time at the amusement park, the internet was already in an uproar.

The situation started to escalate at eight o'clock in the morning.

A newly registered account with the ID "Justice Will Not Be Absent" is posting simultaneously on various entertainment forums:

[Honey, how did Ye Sisi get the role in "Hello, Mom"? She got it by sleeping with someone! (Attached: Hotel CCTV screenshots + high-resolution photos)]

The post was concise and to the point, simply throwing out nine pictures:

The first image is a screenshot from CCTV showing Ye Sisi and Mr. Lin, the general manager of Xingyao Media, walking side by side in the hotel lobby. The time stamp shows it was taken half a month ago.

The second to fourth photos show the corridor surveillance footage of the two entering the same guest room one after the other, less than five minutes apart.

Fifth picture: The next morning, Ye Sisi came out of her room with her hair disheveled and wearing the same clothes as last night.

The sixth to eighth photos are higher resolution candid shots, clearly showing Ye Sisi's face and President Lin's arm around her waist.

The ninth image shows the change of investors for "Hello, Mom," indicating that Xingyao Media suddenly increased its investment the day before Ye Sisi's official announcement.

At eight o'clock in the morning, most people were still snuggled in bed scrolling through their phones.

Within ten minutes of the post being published, it had received over a thousand comments.

Holy crap!!! Is this for real?!

[The surveillance footage all has a time watermark, which can't be photoshopped...]

So Ye Sisi's role was actually obtained through sleeping with someone?!

[They even had the nerve to release press releases saying they "got the role based on their talent," how ridiculous!]

Wait, isn't Xingyao Media on the verge of bankruptcy? Where did they get the money for additional investment?

This is just the beginning.

At 4 AM, the same account posted a second thread:

[Ye Sisi gets drunk late at night and passionately kisses a stranger in a bar bathroom (video screenshots + GIFs)]

This time it's even more intense, it includes a video.

Although the key parts were blurred, Ye Sisi's face was clearly visible.

She was wearing a revealing halter dress and was seen kissing a tattooed man in front of the bar's restroom, their actions bold and provocative.

Ye Sisi in the video was clearly drunk; she could barely stand and was clinging to the man.

[Wasn't she just portraying herself as a "strong single mother" a few days ago?]

Fang Yi's infidelity was wrong, but Ye Sisi wasn't much better.

So, this couple each do their own thing?

Who said she was pitiful before? How is she pitiful?

At 7 a.m., the third post arrived:

[Complete timeline: What Ye Sisi has done to Jiang Xueru over the years (with chat logs and transfer screenshots)]

This post is a bombshell.

It details how Ye Sisi has used the Ye family's resources to suppress Jiang Xueru over the years.

Five years ago, she bribed the production team of the "Starry Night" program to maliciously edit out Jiang Xueru's segments, causing her to be criticized online for "acting like a diva".

The post included a chat log from a member of the production team: "Ms. Ye instructed that the editing be done to the extreme."

Three years ago, he snatched a luxury brand endorsement deal that Jiang Xueru had already agreed upon.

The email correspondence between the brand and Ye Sisi's team was also attached, stating that "we can reduce the endorsement fee as long as Jiang Xueru is replaced."

Last year, they hired online trolls to give Jiang Xueru low ratings and fabricate negative stories whenever her dramas aired, and attached payment records for the troll leader.

Finally, here's a complete record of the recent bidding war for roles in "Hello, Mom."

The image clearly shows her and President Lin's ambiguous text messages:

"President Lin, I'm entrusting the role to you."

"Don't worry, come to my room tomorrow to discuss the details."

Every single one of these cases has solid evidence.

Chat logs, transfer screenshots, email exchanges...

The evidence is simply irrefutable.

The forum has completely gone mad.

[My God... what kind of grudge is this?]

[Jiang Xueru has been unfairly maligned all these years, it turns out it was all Ye Sisi's doing behind the scenes?!]

[Where are Ye Sisi's fans? Come out and speak up! Didn't you say your sister is beautiful and kind-hearted?]

[Are those who criticized Jiang Xueru before now feeling ashamed?]

So Ye Sisi steals her sister's resources, sleeps with investors, cheats on her husband, and then tries to create a pitiful image? What a depraved woman!

Ye Sisi's fans initially struggled, saying "this is photoshopped" and "it's Jiang Xueru's team framing her," but as more and more solid evidence emerged, most of them shut up.

A small number of die-hard fans are still putting up a stubborn resistance, until—

At 9:00 AM, the Yip Group's official Weibo account released a statement:

[Yip Group Statement]

Recently, false rumors about the family members of our company's chairman, Mr. Ye Shengren, have been rampant online.

It has been verified that although Ms. Ye Sisi is related to Mr. Ye Shengren by blood, she has long used the Ye family name to engage in improper activities, which has seriously damaged the Ye family's reputation and the rights and interests of others.

Effective immediately, the Yip Group and Mr. Yip Sheng-yan himself terminate all associations with Ms. Yip Sze-sze.

Ms. Ye Sisi's personal actions are unrelated to the Ye family, and the Ye family reserves the right to pursue her legal responsibility.

This is to declare.

This is equivalent to an official stamp—Ye Sisi has been expelled from the Ye family.

The last batch of fans also completely collapsed.

Even the Ye family doesn't want her anymore...

This statement is quite harsh; "terminating all ties"—this is a complete severing of ties.

So, were all those resources Ye Sisi obtained really obtained under the Ye family's name?

Didn't she always refer to herself as "Miss Ye"? Now the young lady has become a joke.

At 10 a.m., major brands began to take action.

The first company to issue a termination notice was the jewelry brand that Ye Sisi had just signed with:

"Due to the serious violation of the brand's values ​​by artist Ye Sisi, all cooperation will be terminated immediately."

Following that, skincare products, clothing, makeup... all the business deals she had recently signed were terminated.

According to the contract, if an artist's collaboration is terminated due to a personal scandal, the artist must compensate the brand with three times the amount of the breach of contract penalty.

Someone roughly calculated that Ye Sisi recently signed six endorsement deals and three ambassadorships, and the breach of contract fees would add up to at least eight figures.

But that's not all.

At 10:30 a.m., the production team of "Hello, Mom" ​​released a statement:

"After careful consideration, we have decided to terminate our cooperation with Ms. Ye Sisi. The role of Song Yun will be recast. Thank you for your attention."

The comment section erupted in cheers:

Well done!

[Director Chen is tough!]

So, this role, after all the twists and turns, still belongs to Jiang Xueru, right?

[Hopefully, there won't be any unexpected problems this time!]

......

Ye Sisi was applying a face mask at home when she saw these messages.

She drank a lot of alcohol the day before and got completely drunk. When she woke up, she had a splitting headache and there was a man she didn't recognize lying next to her.

She kicked the man off the bed, gave him some money to send him away, and then took a bath, trying to clear her head.

As soon as I put on the face mask, my phone started vibrating incessantly.

At first, it was her agent calling, but she didn't answer.

Then came dozens of missed calls from the assistant, the brand, the film crew...

Ye Sisi impatiently shut down her phone, opened her tablet to watch some shows, but saw a news headline:

#Ye Sisi sleeps with investors to get roles#

#Ye Sisi passionately kisses a stranger in a bar#

#Ye Sisi removed from Ye family list#

Her hand trembled, and the tablet fell to the ground.

impossible.

That's impossible.

Her hands trembled as she picked up the tablet and opened the posts. Photos, videos, and chat logs she thought would never be discovered...

They were all completely exposed to the sunlight.

"Who did this! Who did this?!" she screamed, slamming the tablet against the wall.

The screen shattered, but the images seemed to be imprinted in her mind.

My phone vibrated on the bedside table; it was Mr. Lin calling.

Ye Sisi answered the phone as if grasping at a straw: "President Lin! Help me! Those photos—"

President Lin's voice was filled with rage, "Ye Sisi! You fucking ruined me! Now the whole company knows about me and you! The board of directors wants to audit my accounts! Did you leave behind any other evidence?!"

"I didn't! I..."

"Let me tell you, if anything happens to me, you won't have it easy either!"

The call was disconnected.

Ye Sisi collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.

Immediately afterwards, the brand started calling one after another, all with contract termination notices and penalty bills.

"According to the contract, you need to compensate us 12 million..."

"The penalty for breach of contract is 8 million; please pay within one week..."

"The endorsement fee must be fully refunded, plus three times the amount in compensation..."

The numbers kept getting bigger and bigger, until they made her vision go black.

The last call came from the producer of "Hello, Mom," whose tone was icy: "Ye Sisi, you don't need to come. The production team will pursue your breach of contract."

"No! You can't do this!" Ye Sisi stammered incoherently.

"It was President Lin who told me to do this; I can explain!"

"Keep it for explaining to your lawyer."

Beep beep beep...

The world is quiet.

Ye Sisi sat on the floor, looking at the mess in the room, and suddenly remembered many years ago.

At that time, she was still an illegitimate child who couldn't be seen in the light of day, hiding behind a tree and watching Jiang Xueru being picked up by the driver.

Jiang Xueru was wearing a pretty dress, holding an ice cream cone, and smiling like a princess.

She could only tug at her mother's clothes and whisper, "Mom, when can I ride in a car like that?"

Her mother stroked her head and said, "Sisi, you must remember, if you want something, you have to fight for it yourself."

So she snatched it.

She steals her father's attention, resources, roles, and everything Jiang Xueru has.

She thought that once she grabbed it, it was hers.

But now, everything she has seized is slipping away from her at an even faster pace.

The phone rang again.

This time it's Fang Yi.

Ye Sisi answered the phone, her voice hoarse: "Fang Yi, are you here to see me make a fool of myself too?"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, then Fang Yi's cold voice came through:

"I sent those photos and chat logs."

Ye Sisi was stunned.

"What did you say?"

I said,

Fang Yi said, word by word, "I was the one who planted all that dirt on you. The hotel surveillance footage, the bar videos, the chat logs—it was all me."

"Why?! Fang Yi! We're in the same boat!"

"A boat?"

Fang Yi laughed, a laugh utterly sarcastic. "Ye Sisi, when you kicked me off the boat, did you ever think that we were in the same boat?"

"you--"

"The Ye family doesn't want you anymore, President Lin is in dire straits, the brand is demanding compensation from you, and the production crew has kicked you out."

Fang Yi said slowly and deliberately, "Ye Sisi, you're finished."

"Fang Yi! You'll die a horrible death!"

"Likewise."

The call ended.

Ye Sisi held her phone, feeling as if her soul had been ripped out.

She sat there blankly for a long time, then suddenly got up and rushed to the mirror.

The person in the mirror had messy hair, a pale face, red and swollen eyes, and a dried face mask on their face, looking like a ridiculous mask.

She reached out and peeled off the face mask, looked at her disheveled reflection in the mirror, and suddenly laughed.

I laughed until tears streamed down my face.

So this is karma.

She has been scheming and plotting for so many years.

In the end, all the calculations came to nothing.

No.

It's not just empty.

It is an abyss.

The sun is shining brightly outside the window.

Inside the room, Ye Sisi slumped in front of the mirror, looking at her shattered reflection, and finally understood—

Her life was wrong from the very beginning.

Now, there's not even a chance to correct it.