[Oh my god, those insults are awful! Even I, a man, can't stand them.]

[A female secretary—that doesn't sound like a good person. Isn't it normal for a wife to beat up a mistress?]

[This female secretary dared to call the police; she probably wants to climb the corporate ladder.]

[...]

Speculation abounded, but Zhou Xianghui's public image completely collapsed.

When netizens refreshed the page again, they found that Zhou Xianghui's Weibo account had been deleted.

Not long after, the female secretary's post was also deleted.

It's as if nothing ever happened.

The trending topic that went viral was Shi Xi's look on set today.

Fans know that Shi Xi is being used as a scapegoat, but who would complain about getting a free trending topic?

Shi Xi later heard from Tao Yuxuan that it was Zhou's father who stepped in and spent a sum of money to mediate and settle the matter.

This is what they mean by "a disgrace to one's father"—it's truly outrageous.

Film crew.

Shi Xi looked at the script and noticed a familiar person discussing something with the director.

"Chu Hua?" Shi Xi had a good memory and remembered the name.

Chu Hua, who was discussing things with the director, turned around when she heard someone call her name.

"Hello, Miss Shi." Chu Hua greeted her with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" Shi Xi asked.

"Chu Hua is our costume consultant for this film," the director explained. "Many of the costumes for the crew were custom-made from Chu Tang Fang."

Chu Hua said, "I'm here today to show the director the final versions of some costumes."

Shi Xi said "Oh," and then added, "You guys get back to work."

Chu Hua continued discussing things with the director.

Lou Rui Cong sat next to Shi Xi, holding his phone, and said, "Awesome!"

Shi Xi: "Hmm?"

Lou Ruicong said enviously, "You've been on dozens of trending topics this week."

Shi Xi was speechless. "Most of them are negative trending topics. It would be better if there were none at all."

"A negative trending topic is still a trending topic!" Lou Ruicong disagreed with Shi Xi's idea and urged, "You should also post some Weibo posts to promote our new movie."

Shi Xi was even more speechless: "...Our movie hasn't even come out yet, what's the point of promoting it?"

Lou Ruicong: "Take advantage of the hype to promote it! Otherwise, what if you're washed up by the time the movie wraps up?"

Shi Xi: If you can't speak, you don't have to.

No one is forcing you to speak.

Fortunately, Pei Kai quickly came to the rescue.

Pei Kai brought over two cups of milk tea and handed one to Shi Xi, saying, "Teacher Shi Xi, have some milk tea."

Even though he has left the talent show, Pei Kai still uses his original name.

"Thank you." Shi Xi took it.

Pei Kai only took two cups of milk tea. Seeing Lou Rui Cong next to him, he handed him the other cup of milk tea, saying, "Senior, please have some milk tea."

Lou Rui Cong refused, saying, "I won't drink."

Pei Kai thought Lou Rui Cong was just being polite, so he said, "It's alright, I'll have my assistant buy more."

Lou Ruicong: "No need, I don't drink milk tea."

Milk tea contains a lot of sugar, and drinking it can cause acne, weight gain, memory loss, and muscle weakness.

Shi Xi, who was drinking milk tea: ...

Pei Kai, who was handing out milk tea in mid-air: ...He didn't expect that someone was even less good at socializing than him.

Shi Xi said, "You can drink it yourself. Lou Ruicong only likes to drink goji berry tea."

Lou Ruicong took his thermos at the opportune moment.

Thinking about Lou Rui Cong's words, Pei Kai no longer wanted to drink milk tea.

Shi Xi opened the script and said, "Let's rehearse a scene together."

“Sure, feel free to ask me anything you don’t understand,” Lou Rui Cong said naturally.

Pei Kai and Lou Rui Cong didn't have many scenes together and didn't spend much time together, so Pei Kai was somewhat unfamiliar with him.

Now that I think about it, he must have been a difficult senior to get along with.