21st-century film empress Xu Xinchen is reborn into the body of Lu Minshi in the 1980s.
Facing a boyfriend who betrayed her and had an affair with her younger sister, and a two-faced stepmoth...
"Comrade, do you see that woman who's standing in front of that man crying right now?" Xu Xinchen casually pulled over the man and asked him, pointing at Wang Xue.
Xu Xinchen nodded naturally. It was because she saw that the main characters were Wang Xue and Chen Ningsheng that she came here to find out what was going on.
When the man saw Xu Xinchen nod, he became even more excited, as if he had been injected with adrenaline: "That woman grabbed him as soon as he came out, saying she had something to talk to him about."
Xu Xinchen, his brows furrowed and eyes still observing Wang Xue's actions, casually replied, "Hmm? And then?"
The man didn't seem to care about Xu Xinchen's dismissive attitude at all: "Then the two of them started fighting. I don't know what the man did, but the woman hated him so much that she gritted her teeth. They hadn't exchanged more than a few words when the woman started crying."
As the man spoke, he gestured wildly, vividly describing the scene: "When this woman cried, everyone around gathered around, didn't they? Look at this sea of people! If you didn't know better, you'd think something terrible had happened here."
Xu Xinchen originally just wanted to find out what had happened. Now that she knew the general outline of what had happened, she no longer had the desire to waste any more time talking to the man.
She nodded hurriedly to the man, said a few words of thanks, and then quickly disappeared into the crowd.
The man behind her was thinking of chatting with Xu Xinchen a bit more, since he didn't get to see a woman as good-looking and kind-hearted as her every day.
Seeing Xu Xinchen disappear into the crowd, he clicked his tongue in disappointment: "Hey? Why are you leaving already? I can tell you anything you want to know, lady."
Of course, Xu Xinchen, who had already squeezed into the center of the crowd, did not hear the man's words. All her attention was now focused on Chen Ningsheng and Wang Xue in the middle of the crowd.
Wang Xue was unaware that Xu Xinchen had already slipped in from the outside. She was still crying in front of Chen Ningsheng, saying in a wronged tone as she cried.
“I’m not saying anything bad about your girlfriend, but she really went too far. How could she embarrass me in front of so many people? I didn’t say anything wrong; I just spoke the truth.”
Chen Ningsheng had been entangled with this strange woman for several minutes now. He had initially stopped because Wang Xue wanted to tell him everything about Xu Xinchen.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xue started by badmouthing Xu Xinchen, which made him increasingly impatient. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Wang Xue suddenly burst into tears.
Now, because of Wang Xue's crying, a large crowd of onlookers has gathered around. Although Chen Ningsheng is usually the kind of person who is the center of attention, he doesn't like this kind of gossipy gaze at all.
Seeing that Wang Xue was crying even harder, Chen Ningsheng frowned deeply, his face turned cold, and his eyes showed disgust as he looked at Wang Xue.
“I know Min Shi. She would never speak ill of someone for no reason. You must have said something wrong. Instead of complaining about my girlfriend in front of me, you should look for the reasons within yourself.”
Upon hearing Chen Ningsheng's words, Wang Xue's almost suffocating sobs stopped abruptly, but after a few seconds she resumed her previous sobs and continued to wail pitifully.
"Even if I accidentally said something wrong and offended her, she could have pointed it out to me. Why did she embarrass me in front of so many people and make others misunderstand me?"
When Xu Xinchen finally fought her way out of the crowd, she heard this blatant lie. In an instant, her face turned as cold as if she had been put into a freezer.
Because Wang Xue kept bothering him, Chen Ningsheng didn't notice that Xu Xinchen had arrived nearby. He impatiently waved his hand at Wang Xue.
"Since you know you said the wrong thing, you should accept the punishment for your mistake. So what's there to feel wronged about?"
Chen Ningsheng was unaware that the people surrounding him were almost all there to watch the show, and most of them had come from various places. Few of them had seen him before and therefore did not know much about his character.
Upon hearing his words, the people around him were immediately filled with a sense of justice and surrounded him, criticizing him. Because Wang Xue was crying so miserably, they were prejudiced and felt that Xu Xinchen was bullying her and that he shouldn't be protecting his girlfriend like that.
"Young man, why are you acting like this? The girl already said she didn't mean it. When someone says something wrong unintentionally, they certainly won't realize it themselves. Even if your girlfriend is unhappy, couldn't you at least gently remind her? Why did you have to yell at her like that?"
“I think so too. You really need to discipline your girlfriend. She’s gone too far. Look how wronged that young girl is crying.”
Some female onlookers, unaware of the situation, even stepped forward, reached out and pulled the sobbing Wang Xue to their side, taking out a tissue from their pocket and handing it to her.
"Here, little girl, take this tissue and wipe your tears. Such a pretty girl wouldn't look good if she kept crying."
Wang Xue reluctantly took the paper, held it to her eyes, and tears immediately soaked the paper.
Those around her looked and exclaimed, "Wow, she's crying like that! What kind of injustice must she have suffered?" The accusations immediately intensified.
"Young man, look how your girlfriend has bullied that girl! How can you still be so biased towards your girlfriend?"
"This paper was dry just now, and it turned into this as soon as I put it on my eyes. You can tell how upset the girl is, right?"
As Chen Ningsheng listened to the cacophony of criticism directed at Xu Xinchen, his brow furrowed deeply, his hands clenched into fists, on the verge of losing his temper and reprimanding those around him.