☆, Chapter 103 Password
Wen Mianyu and Lu Congxu looked at the two plans and had different opinions.
Lu Congxu prefers the second option. He wants to clarify the matter thoroughly, clear Wen Mianyu's name, and help Wen Mianyu gain popularity.
Wen Mianyu had the same idea as Xu Hong. She didn't want to confront Chen Yaoqing head-on and wanted to use the first option.
"As long as Yao Xin is beaten to death, no one will care about what she said before. This is actually equivalent to clarification, isn't it?" Wen Mianyu analyzed in an orderly manner.
Lu Congxu connected to Xu Hong's video call, and Xu Hong also advised on the phone, "I think what Moli said is right. There is no need to step on Yao Xin to get to the top. Let Chen Yaoqing know that we have made this matter known to everyone. If he is petty and makes things difficult for the crew, we will have to deal with him then."
"I know you're not afraid of him, Congxu, but you're already exhausted from filming, and dealing with him would be such a hassle. Less trouble is worse than more."
After being persuaded by the two, Lu Congxu couldn't help but feel a little reassured. After all, he respected Wen Mianyu's idea and asked, "Do you really want to use the first option?"
"Really, really." Wen Mianyu quickly stated her attitude, "Let Chen Yaoqing focus on the baby in Yao Xin's belly. Aren't you also very annoyed with him? Why bother dealing with him anymore?"
Lu Congxu lowered his eyes, "As long as you feel good about it."
This seems like a relief, but he's not very happy about it.
Wen Mianyu knew why Lu Congxu was dissatisfied, so she took his hand and shook it. "It's okay. The result will be the same anyway: Yao Xin will be beaten to death. I don't need more, you know."
"Yes." Lu Congxu handed her the phone.
Wen Mianyu said to the phone, "Let's use the first option and leave it to Sister Hong."
On the screen, Xu Hong looked visibly relieved. "Okay, I'll get the team ready. I'll hang up first."
"Goodbye, Sister Hong." Wen Mianyu waved towards the camera.
The other party hung up the video.
After all this trouble, another two hours passed.
It was three in the morning and it was almost dawn.
They have to get up at seven o'clock to film, so they don't have much time to catch up on sleep.
Wen Mianyu yawned and slowly got out of bed. "I have to go back to sleep. You should also have a good rest. Sister Hong and the others will take care of the rest. Don't think about it. Don't let it affect your rest."
Lu Congxu followed her out of bed, apparently wanting to see her out.
Wen Mianyu turned around and pushed him back onto the bed. Standing beside the bed, she said, "It's only a few steps away, and you still want to send him off? Go to sleep!"
Lu Congxu propped himself up on the soft mattress, looked up at her, and smiled for the first time that night, "Okay."
"You'll feel refreshed after a good rest." Wen Mianyu pulled the quilt over him and said, "I'll turn off the lights for you when I leave. Have a good rest."
…
After Wen Mianyu left, Lu Congxu did not rest immediately.
Wu Bang was still excited, so he chatted with Wu Bang for a while, and spent some time browsing Weibo in between conversations to pass the time.
Then he saw Yao Xin’s latest Weibo update.
This is a Weibo post thanking fans. The accompanying picture is, as usual, a selfie of Yao Xin, but the words are full of slander against Wen Mianyu, secretly inciting fans' emotions.
The comments under the Weibo post were as crazy as ever. Apart from those who comforted Yao Xin's fans, the rest were all insults directed at Wen Mianyu.
Lu Congxu originally thought that Yao Xin had already won and would stop while he was ahead.
Now it seems that Yao Xin has no intention of letting Wen Mianyu go. She keeps posting this kind of Weibo, which shows how much she wants to kill Wen Mianyu.
Lu Congxu's rare good mood was completely ruined. He replied to Wu Bang's good night expression with a sullen face, and found the head of the public relations department among his friends to chat privately.
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The next day's scene had to be filmed at the beach, so I had to get up at six o'clock to put on makeup.
Wen Mianyu felt like she had just fallen asleep when the alarm clock rang. She groggily got out of bed, dozed off while sitting, then grabbed her phone from the bedside table and opened Weibo.
Today is the weekend, and netizens have plenty of time to watch gossip online. According to Xu Hong, the team started releasing information in the early morning, and it is estimated that it will become a hot topic in a few hours.
Wen Mianyu saw that Su Moli's name was indeed the number one hot search, but the following entries were beyond her expectations.
Su Moli's clarification statement
"The truth behind the quarrel between the crew of Youth"
"Su Bailian vs. Yao Green Tea, who was wronged?"
The hot searches did not mention Yao Xin's pregnancy before marriage, and no one speculated who the father of the child was. All the focus was still on the "fight" between the two people in the crew.
Wen Mianyu was a little confused, worried that Lu Congxu's team had failed. After clicking on the trending search, she found that this was not the case.
We agreed to use the first plan last night, but after the plan was actually launched, the team used the second plan.
Wen Mianyu discovered her Weibo account had been accessed, and she posted a statement. Lu Congxu's studio and the crew then reposted it, clearing her name and listing Yao Xin's seven sins on the set: unprofessionalism, irresponsibility, suppressing actresses, arbitrarily going on strike, and then changing her mind after finding a replacement.
Shortly after the statement was issued, several young actors came forward to accuse Yao Xin of suppressing them and publicly gave interviews to reporters. Needless to say, this was definitely arranged by the team.
Wen Mianyu was very clear about the rules of the circle, but she just didn't understand why Lu Congxu changed his mind.
And Xu Hong, didn't she stop Lu Congxu after she knew about it? Did she just acquiesce?
The answers to all these questions were found after Wen Mianyu went to Lu Congxu's room.
"You didn't even say hello to me, and you even told the PR department to issue a statement behind my back. Lu Congxu, you really want to piss me off to death!
Lu Congxu was on a video call, and Wen Mianyu could hear Xu Hong's yelling on the phone even though she was standing outside the door.
Compared to Xu Hong's excitement, Lu Congxu was very calm. "Yao Xin posted another Weibo last night. Since she doesn't want to keep things quiet, there's no need for us to use the first option."
"My young master!" Xu Hong was very helpless. "Just let Yao Xin send it. We have her information in our hands. What's the point of worrying about it? You know she won't be able to jump around for long anyway, so why do this?"
Lu Congxu had nothing to say, so he lowered his phone and took a picture of Wen Mianyu who had just walked in.
Wen Mianyu was forced to be on camera and could only greet Xu Hong on the screen, "Sister Hong."
"Jasmine, you just found out about this, right?" Xu Hong asked.
Wen Mianyu glanced at Lu Congxu, who curled the corners of his lips at her and gave her an almost mischievous smile in return.
This is unexpectedly cute.
Wen Mianyu was at a loss for words and said to Xu Hong, "I just got up, Sister Hong."
"I just woke up." Xu Hong was really angry. "I was tired last night, so I went to the lounge to take a nap, and when I woke up, I looked like this!"
"Lu Congxu! I think you just want to make the matter a fait accompli while I'm away. You know that once the statement is issued, no one can do anything about it, right?" Xu Hong yelled at Lu Congxu.
Everyone knows that once a statement is issued, it cannot be deleted. Deleting it immediately will cause ridicule from netizens and have a counterproductive effect.
Things have come to this point, and there is no point in saying anything else. Wen Mianyu advised, "It's already like this, Sister Hong, don't be angry."
After she finished speaking, she felt Lu Congxu reaching out his hand and hooking it on the hand that was hanging on the sofa.
Wen Mianyu turned around and glared at Lu Congxu, mouthing, "We're criticizing you, seriously!"
Lu Congxu was amused by her cute way of pretending to be serious. He cleared his throat and said, "Yeah."
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If we change the plan, Xu Hong will have to do more to control the comments. After complaining a few more times, Xu Hong hung up the video and went to work.
Wen Mianyu and Lu Congxu went downstairs for breakfast and met Ye Qianan in the restaurant.
Ye Qianan was not affected by the two days of continuous turmoil. He was leisurely eating breakfast and looked up to greet the two people, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Su, good morning."
The tone and wording seemed quite sarcastic.
Wen Mianyu was too lazy to pay attention to him and didn't respond at all. She sat opposite him and grabbed a bun and started eating.
Lu Congxu went to the table to serve her a bowl of porridge and sat next to her.
Pah pah pah——
Across from him, Ye Qianan suddenly high-fived and said with a smile, "When did Congxu become so attentive? We've known each other for so long, and except for when you were with Mianyu, I've never seen you running around so much for any other woman."
Wen Mianyu took a deep breath, "King Ye, are you so free? Instead of improving your acting skills and trying to do fewer NGs, you keep staring at whoever Mr. Lu is paying attention to. You're like a gossipy village woman, gossiping about everyone's affairs every day."
"..." Ye Qianan was choked by her.
"You always pay so much attention to Mr. Lu. Sometimes I even wonder if you have a crush on him." Wen Mianyu tapped the spoon on the edge of the bowl, looking helpless.
The blame came unexpectedly, and Lu Congxu was stunned and couldn't help laughing.
Wen Mianyu really knew where to poke Ye Qianan’s weak spot.
Ye Qianan's face turned pale and his expression was extremely ugly. "What nonsense are you talking about? I only have Mian Yu in my heart."
"Well, then please, Ye Tianwang, focus on the person in your heart and miss him/her as much as you can. Don't divide your energy on other things, as this will make you appear disloyal." Wen Mianyu advised earnestly.
“…” Ye Qianan.
"Don't pay attention to me, otherwise I will suspect that you have a crush on me." Wen Mianyu said again.
Ye Qianan took a deep breath, calmed himself, and said, "Miss Su is so energetic today. I think she thinks her crisis is resolved. I saw the trending searches online, and I have to admit that Miss Su's public relations are indeed very good. However, I guess Cong Xu helped a lot in this, right?"
"Does this have anything to do with you?" Wen Mianyu asked back.
Ye Qianan remained calm, unmoved by her words, and said, "But these are just clarifications without any crucial evidence. I don't think Yao Xin will sit idly by and wait for death. If this continues, I'm afraid you'll both suffer."
"While this kind of news may attract attention, it's also extremely demeaning. If Cong Xu continues to get involved in this kind of thing, she'll probably be ridiculed by everyone."
Ye Qianan shifted his gaze to Lu Congxu and said in a persuasive tone, "Congxu, you are an old friend of Mianyu, so I am giving you this advice out of kindness. I hope you don't stubbornly refuse to change your ways and ruin your future. Otherwise, Mianyu would feel sorry if she knew."
"If Mianyu knew in her grave how shameless you were, she would feel the most regretful." Wen Mianyu drank the porridge slowly.
Ye Qianan pretended not to hear her, wiped the corner of his lips, and stood up. "That's all I have to say. I hope you will think twice before you act in the future."
After saying that, he turned and left, not giving Wen Mianyu any chance to argue.
Wen Mianyu was speechless at being restricted in her performance. She said, "He thinks he can't win the argument with me, so he doesn't even respond to my words?"
Lu Congxu laughed, "If you had treated him like this in the past, he might..."
Maybe I won’t like you anymore.
Lu Congxu didn't say the rest of the words.
"He always acted like a good boy in front of me, so I never had the chance to confront him. If he had been this arrogant and domineering now, I would have killed him long ago!" Wen Mianyu grabbed the bun and took a vicious bite. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, "What do you think would happen if he knew my identity?"
This was the first time the two of them faced the topic of Wen Mianyu's identity after knowing Lu Congxu's feelings. Before that, they had both kept it a secret.
After saying this, Wen Mianyu no longer felt the nervousness she had before. She was mentally prepared to face Lu Congxu and was not afraid that the other party would take the opportunity to show his hand.
However, Lu Congxu did not lead the conversation towards confession and answered seriously, "I don't know."
Ye Qianan's twists and turns in his mind are indeed difficult to predict.
Wen Mianyu said, "I guess, since he cares so much about his reputation and can't accept failure, he probably won't acknowledge my identity. Even if he does believe me, he won't admit that he did."
"Maybe." Lu Congxu had a similar idea.
"From what he said, it seems that he didn't expect that there would be a killer move after our clarification. I guess Yao Xin thought the same thing. He should be posting a counterattack on Weibo soon. Do you think Ye Qianan will take sides?" Wen Mianyu asked with sparkling eyes, flashing a cunning light.
As soon as Lu Congxu saw her expression, he knew she was up to something bad and asked, "If so, what do you want to do? Wait for him to take sides?"
"Of course. It would be interesting if he sided with Yao Xin." Wen Mianyu grabbed his arm and shook it. "Hurry up! Tell Sister Hong that the material will be released later."
"What if Ye Qianan doesn't mean that?" Lu Congxu didn't move immediately.
"There's no loss. It's just a matter of releasing the information a little later, letting Yao Xin be arrogant for a while longer." Wen Mianyu said nonchalantly.
Of course Lu Congxu knew the result, but he just didn't want Yao Xin to be arrogant for any longer. After all, the later the information was released, the more scolding Wen Mianyu would receive.
Ye Qianan has always prioritized self-preservation and is unlikely to take sides.
But since Wen Mianyu wanted to set a trap, he had no reason to disagree, so he handed the phone to Wen Mianyu and said, "You tell me yourself."
"Then unlock it." Wen Mianyu held up the phone.
"It's your birthday." Lu Congxu said directly.
Wen Mianyu was stunned for a moment, then reacted the next second and her expression froze for a moment.
Then, her cheeks began to turn red.
She cleared her throat and lowered her head as if to hide her feelings. Her heart was pounding like a drum and she was at a loss. She entered the password three times but all were wrong.
Lu Congxu was sitting next to them, watching the whole thing and letting out a chuckle.
The laughter was low, like sandpaper rubbing against her ears, and Wen Mianyu felt dizzy.
At the same time, I wished I could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
He was so passionate about Ye Qianan before, why can't he hold back a word now? It's useless!
It was just too sudden. Wen Mianyu never knew what password Lu Congxu used because she never touched Lu Congxu's phone before.
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