Chapter 252 Night Attack
The night before, at eleven forty-five.
Meng Yushu had just finished a shower, her hair still dripping with water, her bathrobe tied loosely around her waist. She picked up the script on the coffee table and prepared to review tomorrow's filming schedule.
He walked barefoot on the wool carpet imported from Italy and took a few gulps of mineral water from the coffee table.
Today, the crew of the new film organized a dinner party, and the investors kept urging me to drink. If it weren't for my agent Pang Rijia helping to block them out, I probably wouldn't even be able to find my way home by now.
He turned on his phone and sent a message to his assistant: "Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM, Esquire cover shoot. Please confirm the makeup artist's schedule."
Just as I was waiting for a reply from the other end, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Meng Yushu looked at the wall clock in confusion. Who would come at this time?
"Who?" He walked to the entrance and cautiously turned the doorknob to confirm that the door was locked.
"Teacher Meng, it's me!" A sweet female voice came from outside the door, "Xiaoxiao, Yu Xiaoxiao!"
This name jumped in Meng Yushu's mind. After searching for a long time, he finally found a memory related to this name - five years ago, when he was still filming a short drama, she was the heroine of a sweet youth campus drama.
What impressed him more than Yu Xiaoxiao was what his sister said at the time: Yu Xiaoxiao, she is not a simple person.
"What's the matter?" He didn't mean to open the door.
"I...I have something important to discuss with you." Yu Xiaoxiao's voice was a little uneasy. "It's about the new movie you're filming, 'Labyrinth.'"
Meng Yushu tightened the collar of his bathrobe and peeked out through the peephole.
Yu Xiaoxiao had a chestnut perm and wore a nearly transparent chiffon dress with a perilously short skirt. There was no one behind her.
"Where's your agent?" he asked.
"Why do you need an agent for something like this..." Yu Xiaoxiao tugged at her shirt sleeves, revealing a large patch of white on her collarbone.
Meng Yushu took a step back and said calmly, "Since the agent isn't here, let's talk about it tomorrow."
It doesn't look like I'm here to discuss any serious matters with him.
Meng Yushu turned and walked towards the living room. At this moment, there was a "ding" sound behind him and the apartment door opened.
He frowned and turned around in disbelief. Yu Xiaoxiao squeezed in with a flattering smile on her face.
"How do you have a door card?" His gentle voice froze instantly: "Get out."
Yu Xiaoxiao acted as if she didn't hear anything and closed the door.
She threw her bag to the ground and touched Meng Yushu's chest with her red nail polished fingers. "Actually, I came here to thank you. If I hadn't worked with you before, and if you hadn't become famous and promoted that short drama, I wouldn't have had the chance to enter the entertainment industry."
Meng Yushu grabbed her wrist with such force that she cried out in pain. Then he swung his hand away, and she fell weakly onto the carpet. "I'll count to three and leave immediately. One..."
"Why are you pretending to be so serious!" Yu Xiaoxiao's expression suddenly changed. She stood up and started to untie the straps on her chest. "Don't all you male celebrities..."
Before she could finish her words, Meng Yushu suddenly pulled open the door and threw her out like a chicken.
Yu Xiaoxiao's high heels got stuck on the door sill and she fell awkwardly onto the carpet in the corridor.
"Security!" Meng Yushu shouted at the surveillance camera at the elevator entrance. He turned to Yu Xiaoxiao and raised the corner of his mouth. Although he was smiling, it was inexplicably terrifying. "If you dare to come again, I will send this surveillance video to Mr. Wang of Xingyao Entertainment."
Yu Xiaoxiao's expression twisted instantly. She grabbed the scattered documents and glared at him before leaving: "Meng Yushu, just wait for me!"
…
The next morning, seven o'clock.
The piercing ring of his cell phone startled Meng Yushu awake. He squinted his eyes and reached for his phone, which displayed a dozen missed calls from his agent, Pang Rijia.
"Something big has happened!" As soon as the call was connected, Pang Rijia's roar almost broke his eardrums. "You were photographed meeting Yu Xiaoxiao last night! Now the whole internet is saying that you're having an affair with a newcomer!"
Meng Yushu instantly regained consciousness, yet remained remarkably calm. He calmly hung up the phone and switched to Weibo.
Hot search number one: #Newly crowned actor secretly meets actress late at night#
Hot search number 3: #梦羽书于晓晓#
Hot search No. 5: #Entertainment circle hidden rules#
Clicking on the most popular entertainment account, the nine-square grid of photos showed the scene from last night: Yu Xiaoxiao was leaning against him with her clothes disheveled, while he was wearing a bathrobe, and the photos were captured from an ambiguous angle.
Meng Yushu got out of bed, walked to the living room, opened the curtains of the glass curtain wall and looked across - Litang Hotel, the Tang family's property in Beijing.
"Issue a statement immediately." Meng Yushu's heart skipped a beat. "There's surveillance in the hallway of my apartment building, and I also want to know who gave Yu Xiaoxiao my apartment door card."
"No!" Pang Rijia said anxiously, "I just found out that Yu Xiaoxiao is now Xingyao Entertainment's new star, and the old pervert Wang Yuelong is behind her. They're obviously trying to use you for publicity, unless... your sister is willing to come forward."
The call was suddenly interrupted by an incoming call. The words "An Ran" on the screen made Meng Yushu's breath hitch.
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
"Brother," his sister's voice was as cold as ice, "Have you read Weibo?"
"An Ran, you believe your brother, right?"
"Of course I believe you. Change your clothes, I'll be at your house in twenty minutes." He hung up the phone decisively.
Meng Yushu scratched his hair with a wry smile.
It’s over now. Something even more terrifying than the black search on the entire Internet is about to happen - his sister seems a little angry.
It seems more than a little.
…
When the doorbell rang, Meng Yushu had already changed into casual clothes and was looking in the mirror to make sure there were no signs of a hangover.
The moment the door opened, a fragrant breeze blew towards me.
Meng Anran wore a neat black suit today, and her high heels made crisp sounds as she stepped on the marble floor.
Following behind her was an elite man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and carrying a briefcase.
"This is Lawyer Zhou from Ruiming's legal team," Meng Anran said, walking straight into the living room. "He specializes in defamation cases."
Pang Rijia, who had rushed over, hadn't even sat down yet when he saw Meng Anran coming and immediately stood up to greet her.
As a result, she opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Meng Anran's gaze nailed her to the spot.
Meng Yushu chuckled. Her sister was still as decisive and protective as ever.
He held his sister's shoulders, pushed her to sit on the sofa, and poured her a glass of water. "Don't be angry, it's not serious. With the surveillance video evidence, it will be cleared up soon."
Meng Anran took the cup and held it in her palm, sighing secretly, "I've known for a long time that Yu Xiaoxiao has ulterior motives. I didn't expect that after five years of peace, she would still cause trouble for you."
She took out a tablet from her bag, opened Weibo, and handed it to Meng Yushu, "Take a look at this first."
On the screen is a Weibo post by Yu Xiaoxiao half an hour ago: [Thank you for your concern, we are doing well @Actor-Meng Yushu]
The accompanying picture is a half-drunk glass of red wine.
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