Chen Lian struggled outside the door, refusing to leave. She looked at Bo Yaodong with a pitiful expression: "Yaodong, don't we like each other? Don't you love me?"

Bo Yaodong couldn't help but sneer at her expression: "Like you?"

He pulled Chen Lian to the window, lifted her face, and said, "Look at yourself in the mirror and see what you look like now. Don't talk to me in such a mushy tone, it makes me sick."

"If it weren't for your good acting skills and good reputation in the entertainment industry, do you think I would have pursued you?"

"If you hadn't insisted on competing with Bai Yan for that drama, would I have become a laughing stock in the industry? Would Zhongxing's shares have plummeted like this?"

"Get out! You jinx!"

His once affectionate eyes now looked at her with nothing but indifference and disgust.

Shen Lian shook her head. She couldn't help but recall the loving scene between Bo Yaodong and Bai Yan in her previous life... Bo Yaodong, this philandering playboy, settled down for the female lead, and the two lived a loving life together.

Why is it like this with her?

This is completely unfair!

Chen Lian bit her lip, extremely unwilling, and said, "Don't you have any feelings for me at all?"

"Ha, feelings?" Bo Yaodong sneered. "I only used your fame and was attracted to your beauty. Do you really think you love me?"

"Don't think I don't know who you've been flirting with behind my back? Song Hansheng is still a greenhorn and treats you like a goddess, but I'm not."

"Get out!"

Shen Lian's suitcase was thrown out of the room, and Bo Yaodong closed the villa's door from the inside.

She plopped down on the ground. She's a movie queen, how did she end up like this!

Shen Lian turned around and saw herself in the mirror of the shop window as she passed by... an ordinary version of herself that could be found anywhere in the entertainment industry.

No way! She simply can't accept that!

...

It's true that Shen Haiqiao attended the Y Party and took drugs. He was detained for three months. The entertainment industry is known for its rapid turnover, and with such a scandal, he'll be back to square one when he gets out.

He's been a real estate agent for so many years, and it's not that he hasn't saved any money. It's just that real estate in the capital is incredibly expensive. He previously bought a luxury house with a monthly mortgage payment of 780,000 yuan, which he could afford back then.

But Shen Haiqiao can't afford it now... His reputation is ruined, and big stars won't hire him as their agent.

Quite a few rich kids sent him invitations to parties.

Recalling the humiliation of that night, Shen Haiqiao was so angry that he wanted to tear the invitation to shreds, but looking at the sky-high mortgage, he gritted his teeth, suppressed his nausea, and closed his eyes.

Later, at a well-known nightclub, Shen Lian found Shen Haiqiao, who was posing seductively while drinking with her.

She maintained the same gentle and caring attitude towards Shen Haiqiao as before. In fact, after learning that Shen Haiqiao was working at a nightclub to pay off his mortgage, she took the initiative to cover two months of his mortgage payments.

"Haiqiao, in the end, you've ended up like this because of Bai Yan," Chen Lian said. "Don't you want to get revenge?"

"Haiqiao, help me get in touch with Bai Yan. I have a way to help you get revenge," Chen Lian said gently.

Shen Haiqiao looked at Shen Lian's face under the dim light. Gone was the charm and gentleness of before; it was just an ordinary face full of calculation and affectation.

“Okay,” Shen Haiqiao said.

Although Shen Lian broke up with Bo Yaodong and her acting skills and looks plummeted, she was once a top star in the entertainment industry and has accumulated a lot of assets over the years. Her life is much more comfortable than that of Shen Haiqiao, who only makes money by doing odd jobs.

Shen Haiqiao agreed to contact Bai Yan for Shen Lian. Bai Yan was a former top agent and had extensive connections in the entertainment industry.

For three consecutive months, Shen Haiqiao only asked Shen Lian for money, saying, "I don't have any resources left. You know what the entertainment industry is like. If I don't have money, who will work for me?"

Three months after three months, Shen Haiqiao used various methods to keep Shen Lian hanging.

Shen Lian didn't like looking in the mirror; she couldn't accept her ordinary appearance. During the six months she stayed at home, she did nothing but eat and drink heavily, while also praying that Bai Yan would fall from grace soon.

Six months later, Bai Yan did not collapse, but she unknowingly gained weight to over 150 pounds. On that day, all the money in her account was transferred to an overseas account that Shen Haiqiao had once given her.

"Shen Haiqiao, what have you done? Where is my money!" Shen Lian shouted shrilly as she dialed Shen Haiqiao's number.

Shen Haiqiao finally dropped his pretense: "Shen Lian, you were quite pleased with yourself when you used me as a weapon against Bai Yan, weren't you?"

He didn't know if he was blinded by greed, but he found Chen Lian, a woman who was clearly scheming, to be innocent and cute.

If it weren't for her, Bai Yan would still be his artist. Now he's a top agent, earning a net profit of 20 million a year just from his agency contracts!

"You ruined my life, ruined my career, ruined my innocent life! I put twice the dose of Baiyan in your drinking water, along with your money. This is my revenge against you!"

Shen Haiqiao chuckled coldly: "Heh... Enjoy your life from now on, Shen Lian."

"It wasn't me, it was Bai Yan! Why didn't you go after Bai Yan for revenge? It was her..." Shen Lian was still screaming, but Shen Haiqiao had already hung up the phone.

He looked at the positive result on his diagnosis report, gave a mocking smile, and thought, "Go find Bai Yan? She's an international movie star now. An has hired over a dozen bodyguards to follow her. Revenge? How can he get revenge?"

In middle age, I lost my house, I lost my job... and now I've contracted this disease.

Even if he had money, what good would it do? Shen Lian's money wouldn't even cover his medication for two years. Shen Haiqiao closed his eyes, filled with regret... Why? Bai Yan was clearly a promising talent back then. He had already set his sights on her and placed his bet on her. Why was he seduced by Shen Lian?

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