#ShenXiaoyuBullyingOnSet#
#TangTangInjuryConcussion#
The two hashtags were one above the other, both marked with the purple "explosion" symbol.
The Weibo post was from a fan photographer who had been staking out the set hoping to capture some spoiler material, but had instead caught the scene of Shen Xiaoyu 'pushing' Tang Tang.
The post also included the medical diagnosis obtained from the hospital—
Mild concussion.
Tang Tang needed bed rest, but to avoid affecting the production schedule, she had decided to return to continue filming.
Once this Weibo post went out, other marketing accounts sprang into action. After reposting the Weibo, they immediately began judging Shen Xiaoyu's past 'evil deeds.'
The post also caught the attention of other fans. After a night of fermentation, it had now spread across the internet.
Tang Tang's fans had rapidly and systematically flooded Shen Xiaoyu's Weibo and her super topic.
Those who had previously defended Shen Xiaoyu were now silent. As for her super topic, which had been established specifically to curse her, she didn't even need to open it to know what vulgar language it contained, such as—
"When will this tumor Shen Xiaoyu finally get out of the entertainment industry?"
"If Shen Xiaoyu wants to be famous so badly, why doesn't she debut herself? Bullying on set, who does she think she is?"
"Dead bitch."
"Dead family worthless slut, bullying my sister, f*ck your—"
She hadn't finished reading this comment when she was interrupted.
Su Huan was trembling more and more severely, her eyes broken. "Stop reading, stop reading."
Shen Xiaoyu's gaze shifted from her phone, looking at Su Huan's face, seemingly understanding something.
"You saw it on your way back, right?" She used a declarative tone. "But from the time you returned until now..."
She checked the time. "I'll give you three hours at most. Did you have your team suppress the trending topics? Did you hire internet trolls to speak up for me?"
"No, right? Even yesterday when the incident happened, you stood in the crowd without saying a single word in my defense." She looked directly into Su Huan's eyes, enunciating each word, "From when we first met until now, not once."
Su Huan's lips moved, but no words came out. The light in her eyes gradually dimmed, and even her hand gripping the suitcase loosened with a tremble.
She was right. From the time they had known each other until now, she had never defended her, had never even spoken a word for her.
"If you had ever publicly said just one thing, my reputation wouldn't have become what it is now." Shen Xiaoyu smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. "Yet when Tang Tang was questioned just once, you publicly spoke up for her."
"You say she's not your sweetheart, not your ambiguous partner, then why do you always abandon your fiancée to defend others?" She tilted her head in confusion, but this confusion quickly disappeared. "In the past, I would have been upset, but from now on, I won't care."
Shen Xiaoyu exhaled deeply. "About breaking up, I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm just informing you. In the future..."
Shen Xiaoyu paused, originally wanting to say that they should treat each other as strangers when they meet, but upon reflection, she realized they probably wouldn't have a future.
So there was no need to waste words.
"Let's leave it at that." She dropped this final sentence, pushing her suitcase past Su Huan as she left.
Shen Xiaoyu's car was parked outside. After loading the suitcases, she took one last look at Su Huan standing at the entrance.
Since she had finished speaking, Su Huan had maintained the same position, standing blankly at the door with her back to her, like a lifeless stone statue.
Shen Xiaoyu lowered her eyelashes, got into the driver's seat, and drove away.
Twenty minutes later, Shen Xiaoyu arrived at her newly rented apartment. By the time she had organized everything, it was already six in the evening.
At that moment, the setting sun was conducting its solemn farewell ceremony, with fiery afterglow dyeing the entire horizon red.
Standing by the window, Shen Xiaoyu felt exceptionally light-hearted.
"From now on, I am just myself." A smile curved her lips, and indescribable emotions surged in her eyes.
But this feeling didn't last long. Half an hour later, Shen Xiaoyu's phone rang. It was a media friend she knew.
She checked the time: 8 PM, the most active time for online activity. Why call her if not to monitor online trends?
The media had no specific off-duty hours, especially paparazzi who were almost on 24-hour standby, all for first-hand gossip news.
Previously, due to rumors about Su Huan and Tang Tang, she often had to maneuver among these paparazzi, and gradually became friends with them. They would contact her first with any news—for money.
But after she stopped being Su Huan's manager, she hadn't received their calls for quite some time. Now...
Shen Xiaoyu answered the phone with confusion, but before she could speak, she heard the other party's shocked voice.
The next second, it was Shen Xiaoyu's turn to be shocked.
"Sister Shen, are you living with Su Huan?"
Shen Xiaoyu's mind went blank, frantically wondering how they could know. They had never gone public, and each time they returned home, they were extremely careful, so they had never been caught in all these years.
How had the paparazzi discovered they were living together just as she had moved out of Su Huan's house? Could they have been photographed by paparazzi when leaving the community?
Impossible. She had been very careful when leaving, checking that there were no paparazzi outside. So what could it be—
Before Shen Xiaoyu could continue guessing, the person on the other end provided the answer, "Tang Tang's fans went looking for you but saw you and Su Huan leaving the same building one after another, with you carrying two suitcases. This news has spread everywhere now."
Shen Xiaoyu slapped her forehead, silently cursing Tang Tang as a troublemaker. The paparazzi on the other end couldn't help but sigh, "Sister Shen, you're not being fair! With our deep friendship, you didn't even give me a hint. Now as punishment, do an exclusive interview with me!"
She pondered for a moment, then decisively said, "Just talk about your experiences as a manager at Xingheng Entertainment. It's sure to go viral!"
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyu immediately hung up the phone. "You're crazy! Who wants an exclusive interview with you!"
With things like this, if she dared to go out, she would definitely be assassinated by fans, wouldn't she?
Curled up on the couch, Shen Xiaoyu listened to the endlessly ringing phone, rubbing her temples with a headache. How did it come to this? She had already left the center of public opinion, yet why was she still a trending topic magnet?
[System, is this your doing?] she questioned.
The system retorted, [What does this have to do with me? If I had such strong abilities, why would I be a pursuit system? I could directly become a gossip system, wouldn't that be better than following you?]
[I'm starved two meals every three days, and now that the mission has failed, I even have mission points deducted. No system is more miserable than me, okay?]
Shen Xiaoyu fell silent. Put that way, the system did seem more miserable.
But in the current situation, she couldn't ignore it and could only let the company's PR team handle it.
Shen Xiaoyu sighed, fearing she couldn't command the company's PR team, and Shi Qiubai didn't have her own team yet, so she had no one she could use...
But this couldn't continue. The PR team could only solve temporary troubles. As long as she existed, fans wouldn't let her go, and she would still be bound to criticism.
Or rather, even if she died, whenever Su Huan and Tang Tang were mentioned, her name would still be brought up, never to change.
Shen Xiaoyu leaned back on the sofa, one hand resting on her head, staring at the ceiling, slightly distracted. In her ears was the constant electronic ringing, annoyingly noisy.
Maybe she should just resign.
The distant thought reappeared in her mind. Having been in such an environment for so long, being used as a tool by fans to attack, being used as a knife by Tang Tang to frame her, it would be better to leave proactively.
As for Shi Qiubai...
Shen Xiaoyu closed her eyes. She would leave all possible paths open for Shi Qiubai. If she couldn't stay at Xingheng Entertainment, there would be other companies willing to accept her.
Shen Xiaoyu made up her mind to submit her resignation to the company tomorrow and then contact Qin Miao. With Qin Miao's connections, she wouldn't have to wait a month.
The next day, Shen Xiaoyu avoided the fans waiting at the door and entered the company through the underground parking garage. As soon as she went in, she heard that Qin Miao was looking for her.
Last night, her phone had been called until it shut down. Shen Xiaoyu thought that if she turned it on, calls would still be coming in, so she simply left it charging without touching it, planning to turn it on after settling things with the company.
But unexpectedly, when she woke up, it was already noon, and Qin Miao had been frantically looking for her.
Just as she entered the office, a cup flew past her leg and shattered on the floor. The scattered fragments tore her skin, drawing dots of blood.
Shen Xiaoyu looked down at the cup by her feet, then raised her head to meet Qin Miao's furious gaze.
She sat behind the desk, wearing a red dress, her hair pulled back into a perfect bun at the back of her head. This normally beautiful and vibrant woman now wore an angry expression, her eyes fixed on her, almost emitting fire.
"Shen Xiaoyu! What exactly is your relationship with Su Huan? Why didn't you tell me you were living together?" Her voice was hoarse, suppressing rage, each word seemed to be squeezed out of her throat, sounding somewhat strange.
Shen Xiaoyu showed no expression as she walked to the chair in front of her and sat down, calmly leaning back, saying lightly, "For better care of the artist, isn't it normal for a manager and artist to live together?"
This single statement successfully made Qin Miao laugh, though the laugh was full of mockery.
Her face grew longer and tighter, her cold, aggressive gaze piercing through, asking in return, "Is it normal? I've worked with Tang Tang for so many years and have never moved into her home. You're just Su Huan's manager, why would you live in her house?"
Shen Xiaoyu spread her hands, "I'm not a criminal; I don't need to answer your questions. If you really want to know, why not ask Su Huan? Perhaps she'll give you a satisfactory answer."
Suddenly, as if remembering something, a trace of malice flashed in her eyes, "Or, as before, fabricate a baseless reason to tell the fans. As long as they believe it, it becomes the truth."
Qin Miao didn't speak, just coldly turned the screen, allowing Shen Xiaoyu to clearly see its contents.
It was a clarification statement issued by the company's account, stating that the two were simply colleagues.