Chapter 006
Pei Yubai is the illegitimate son of the Pei family.
No one knew about this except the Pei family, including Zhou Qingyu.
It was because Yan Xi dreamt about the plot of the novel that she learned about the story behind Pei Yubai.
This secret was not revealed until Zhou Qingyu was sent to the island to dig sweet potatoes.
Pei Yubai and his elder brother Pei Hanli have the same father as him but different mothers. Pei Yubai is the child of Pei's father's mistress. When Pei Yubai was ten years old, he was taken back to the Pei family, and his mother also returned to the Pei family as a nanny.
During the years in the Pei family, Pei Yubai and his mother kept a low profile and behaved honestly. It was not until Mrs. Pei passed away three years ago that Pei Yubai finally showed his true colors and competed with Pei Hanli for the Pei family's property.
Due to his identity as an "illegitimate child", Pei Yubai has been unable to get in touch with the core of Pei family power. After hitting a wall in Pei Group for a year, Pei Yubai finally decided to start anew, first let Mr. Pei see his management ability, and then incorporate himself into Pei Group.
He entered the entertainment industry and established Tianhui Entertainment Company. He is the CEO of Tianhui, which is also a subsidiary of Pei's company. Tianhui is Pei Yubai's power in Pei's company.
Almost at the same time, Zhou Qingyu met Pei Yubai and quickly fell in love. In order to pursue Pei Yubai, she joined Xingyao Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Zhou Group, and gave a lot of Xingyao's resources to Tianhui, which made Zhou's father very angry.
Zhou Qingyu, who is obsessed with love, doesn't care about all this and just hopes for the best for Pei Yubai.
As a result, Pei Yubai's entertainment company, which he "started from scratch", grew rapidly within two years and is now a well-known agency in the entertainment industry. Its top artist is the heroine of the novel, Ye Luoyi.
Zhou Qingyu handed over a lot of resources to Pei Yubai, not to mention that Pei Yubai wanted to see her in the evening, so of course she rushed to Tianhui Entertainment.
Pei Yubai told Zhou Qingyu on the phone that he just wanted to talk about the variety show tomorrow, and the time would not be long. Zhou Qingyu had already accompanied Yan Xi for an afternoon, and Yan Xi's "broken heart" state had obviously improved, so Zhou Qingyu agreed without hesitation.
The Bentley stopped downstairs of Tianhui Entertainment Company. Zhou Qingyu asked Yan Xi to wait in the car for a while and walked into Tianhui Entertainment herself.
Looking at Zhou Qingyu's back, Yan Xi always had a bad feeling.
The system comforted her: [Zhou Qingyu has been controlled by the plot, how could it get any worse? Don't worry, there are still a few months before the Zhou family goes bankrupt, Zhou Qingyu won't die so soon! ]
Having said that, Yan Xi was still nervous.
The screen of the mobile phone placed on the armrest lit up, and news related to "Let's Travel Together" promoted by Weibo popped up.
Yan Xi knew that Xu Yangyang had posted on Weibo claiming that she had quit the variety show due to injury, but Xu Yangyang was only an 18th-tier artist. Was her resignation worthy of a push notification on Weibo?
Yan Xi unlocked her phone and clicked on the push link. The phone interface jumped to the hot search on Weibo. There were a few big words clearly visible on the search bar: "Pei Yubai records variety show, substitute candidate is Ye Luoyi".
The variety show's official Weibo post became very popular, filled with comments from netizens:
[Wow! Is Yiyi going to participate in the slow variety show? I am so looking forward to it! ]
【Yiyi is beautiful and kind-hearted, she will definitely shine in variety shows! 】
[Mr. Pei is the CEO of Tianhui, so it is understandable that he has no time to participate in variety shows. I look forward to Ye Luoyi's wonderful performance in the variety show! ]
[Fuck, I just remembered that Zhou Qingyu is on the variety show! Shura Field! ]
[What Shura field? The Shura field between the wife and the mistress is nothing! ]
[Can Zhou Bitch get out of the entertainment industry? Why is she everywhere? It's so annoying! ]
[Pei Er Shao shouldn't have quit. It's Zhou Bitch who should quit. Who wants to see this jerk on a variety show? I just want to see our Bai Yi couple! ]
…
The novel is already halfway through its plot. As the vicious female supporting character, Zhou Qingyu has received a lot of abuse, while Ye Luoyi and Pei Yubai have received nothing but praise and blessings.
Yan Xi exited the trending search and looked at Zhou Qingyu's studio account again.
Xingyao has clarified that Zhou Qingyu and Ye Luoyi co-starred in the TV series "Prosperity Ends", and "slapping" was part of the script, and the real fight was also the director's request.
At the same time, the Xingyao official blog also clarified that Zhou Qingyu and Pei Yubai were just ordinary friends and had no emotional entanglement. However, netizens in the comment section did not buy it at all.
[Don't be ridiculous, was he really beaten that hard? Yiyi has red marks on her face! ]
[Since this is part of the script, can't we just pretend to fight? Why do we have to fight for real? Zhou Qingyu is definitely seeking revenge! ]
[I didn't believe that Zhou Bitch was a mistress at first, but after seeing the slapping video, it's obvious that she was jealous because she couldn't snatch Pei Ershao away! This kind of woman is so scary! ]
[I feel sorry for Yiyi. It's too bad that she was taken advantage of by a bitch like Zhou! ]
In the comments section, some of the voices are from Zhou Qingyu:
[They said it was a script, why are Yeh fans so persistent! 】
[Is Zhou Qingyu's face at least top 3 among the new generation? Just based on her face, there is no man she can't get. Is there any need to be a mistress? ]
[Ye Luoyi and Pei Yubai haven't officially announced that they are together, so how come Zhou Qingyu has become a mistress? ]
Occasionally there would be a few comments that spoke up for Zhou Qingyu, and their attitudes were pertinent. Unfortunately, amid the large number of abusive comments, these comments quickly disappeared like helpless reeds in a vast river.
Yan Xi glanced at the comments and returned to the trending search interface.
The production team of Let's Travel Together officially announced Pei Yubai's resignation, and Ye Luoyi took over. At the same time, they also officially announced Xu Yangyang's resignation due to illness. However, compared with Ye Luoyi's popularity, Xu Yangyang's popularity is negligible.
Yan Xi asked the system: "I remember in the novel that Pei Yubai should announce his resignation during the live broadcast tomorrow morning. Why did he announce it today?"
System: [It’s the butterfly effect. Today Xu Yangyang announced his resignation, and tomorrow Pei Yubai announced his resignation. This has a huge impact on the program, so the program team chose to announce it on the same day.]
This kind of detail does not have a major impact on the main plot, and the main plot will not be overly controlled.
Yan Xi's eyes flashed, "Pei Yubai is not even recording, can Qingqing also withdraw?"
Originally, Zhou Qingyu insisted on participating in the variety show just for Pei Yubai. She didn't care about the face of the program team, nor did she mind letting the program team announce the resignation again.
[According to Zhou Qingyu's current luck value, there is no way to overcome the compulsion of the plot! ]
[After all, according to the original plot, she was participating in the variety show to serve as a counterpart to Ye Luoyi, which is a very important factor in Ye Luoyi's popularity! ]
That's why Pei Yubai made an appointment with Zhou Qingyu; that's why Zhou Qingyu went to find Pei Yubai without hesitation.
Because the essence of Pei Yubai's meeting was to persuade Zhou Qingyu to continue to participate in tomorrow's variety show, so that the main storyline will return to the right track.
Zhou Qingyu was destined to be sad tonight.
Yan Xi looked at the Tianhui Company building, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "There is a question I have wanted to ask for a long time."
"In the dream, I only saw the plot of the novel. What about me? I couldn't just leave Qingqing alone after something happened to her. Even though I'm just an ordinary person, I have no problem raising her. How could I let Pei Yubai throw her on a deserted island?"
System: [Your school has an exchange student program, starting from the second year of graduate school, for a year of overseas exchange, and you participated.]
[When you returned to China, the Zhou family had gone bankrupt. You went to look for Zhou Qingyu, but you had a car accident on the road and became a vegetable.]
This is Yan Xi's ending, which was only briefly mentioned in the novel, and even Yan Xi herself didn't know it.
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Night falls and the stars shine brightly.
It had been a few minutes since Zhou Qingyu went upstairs. Yan Xi sent her a WeChat message, but she didn't reply.
Yan Xi simply came to the door of Tianhui Building and wanted to go up to look for someone.
As soon as I walked to the front desk, I was stopped by two security guards.
"Sorry, no entry without an access card."
The entertainment company has a strict access control system, as they are afraid that fans or illegitimate fans may sneak into the company to chase their idols. Zhou Qingyu has been to Tianhui many times, and the security guards are familiar with her, but they don't know Yan Xi.
"I'm Miss Zhou's assistant. She forgot to take her handbag, so she asked me to give it to her." Yan Xi shook a luxury bag in her hand, trying to get to the point from Zhou Qingyu.
The security guard glanced at Yan Xi, his eyes fell on her high-end dress, "How can an assistant wear such high-end clothes? Are you Ye Luoyi's illegitimate fan? You knew she would be here later, so you deliberately came to the company to block her?"
Yan Xi was speechless. The skirt she was wearing was bought by Zhou Qingyu in the afternoon. It was quite expensive. The security guard didn't recognize the clothes, but he knew the brand. He didn't believe that a young assistant could afford such expensive clothes.
Yan Xi was extremely bald. At this moment, a motorhome stopped at the door of Tianhui Building.
The assistant opened the car door, and Ye Luoyi, wearing a high-end brand outfit, got out of the RV slowly.
"Move aside, don't block Miss Ye!" The security guard pushed Yan Xi aside and made room for Ye Luoyi, "Miss Ye, please."
Ye Luoyi walked to the door and glanced at Yan Xi who was stopped by the security guard.
The security guard explained, "Ms. Ye, this is your illegitimate fan who insisted on coming into the company to see you. To prevent her from disturbing you, I have already stopped her outside!"
Ye Luoyi marketed herself as a well-educated, wealthy, and beautiful woman, and she was gentle even to her fans. She looked at her assistant and said, "Give her a signed photo of mine."
The assistant understood and took out a signed photo of Ye Luoyi from his bag.
Give it to Yan Xi.
Ye Luoyi looked at Yan Xi again, and seeing the dress from brand A on her, she knew that this illegitimate fan was actually a wealthy woman. Her attitude became much gentler, "Looking at your age, you're still a student, right? Just support my work. I'd feel bad if you came out so late at night to follow my schedule~"
Yan Xi held the autographed photo, and a thousand Alpaca horses galloped through her heart. She stuffed the autographed photo back into the assistant's hand and said, "You misunderstood, I'm not a fan."
"Hey! You little girl, you've seen everyone, and you're still thinking about sneaking into the company!" The security guard scolded Yan Xi impatiently, "Do you understand that being a stalker is illegal? Miss Ye is generous enough to let bygones be bygones and even give you an autographed photo. Otherwise, we would have sent you to jail!"
Yan Xi was speechless, "Have you ever seen a fan without any support items?"
The security guard glanced at Yan Xi and said, "You illegitimate fans will do anything to get into the stars' privacy! In order to hide your identity as illegitimate fans, you certainly won't carry anything related to the stars with you!"
Yan Xi: “…”
Yan Xi didn't know what to say, but Ye Luoyi generously suggested, "How about this, let me take another photo with you? Be good, sister, it's time to go home. As my fan, if you are so naughty, I will be angry!"