Bai Xingyan got Qiao Ci's personal WeChat from the program team and immediately added her, holding his breath as he waited for the friend request to be accepted.
Fortunately, it was approved in less than a minute.
He lay on the bed, opened the chat interface, and his slender fingers tapped on the screen.
Little Bai: Are you home?
Qiao Qiao is Qiao Qiao: Mmm.
Little Bai: Are you tired? ٩(*´◒`*)۶
Qiao Qiao is Qiao Qiao: Mmm.
Little Bai: Mmm-hmm, it's quite late. You should get some rest early. ớ₃ờ
Qiao Ci: Mmm.
Little Bai: Goodnight~
Bai Xingyan: ...
Feeling that she didn't really want to chat with him, he didn't bother her further.
"Phone's ringing, phone's ringing, pick up the phone quickly..."
A phone call jolted Qiao Ci awake from her dream.
She reached out and decisively hung up the phone, placing it face down. Within three seconds, the phone rang again.
Qiao Ci picked up her phone from the nightstand and brought it to her ear, her voice hoarse, "What is it?"
"Qiao Ci, don't sleep! Hurry to the company! The trending news is full of gossip unfavorable to you. Your performance on the variety show was great, and you gained a lot of fans. With your comeback looking promising, you can't let these baseless rumors ruin it again! Get to the company quickly. I want to see you within half an hour."
The woman on the phone unleashed a torrent of words. Qiao Ci knew it was the original owner's agent, Li Meng. She had brought the original owner to the pinnacle of acting, and she hadn't left even when the original owner fell into obscurity. She was someone the original owner was very close to and grateful for.
Frowning and scratching her hair in annoyance, Qiao Ci still got up.
Upon arriving at the company, the car had barely stopped when a woman strode towards her, "Oh, my little ancestor, you've finally arrived."
She called herself "mother" on the phone and "little ancestor" in person. This fickle woman.
The two arrived at the office. Li Meng glanced at Qiao Ci and sighed, "Did you offend some capitalist? They started targeting you just as you were starting to pick up steam. Look at these news drafts."
Shocking! Was the washed-up movie queen rejected in her pursuit of love, then turned to a sugar daddy.
A certain actress surnamed Qiao, relying on her sugar daddy for protection, wantonly bullied the rising star Lin.
Why did the washed-up movie queen vomit multiple times on the variety show? Estimated to be pregnant...
Washed-up movie queen is playing with two men, one in real life and one on the variety show.
No wonder the washed-up movie queen could make a comeback, it's all because of...
Below each trending topic were a multitude of comments.
【My goddess Yin Yin is so pitiful. She's being targeted by some bad woman just because she likes her due to her cold uterus.】
【People nowadays just want to reap without sowing. They find a sugar daddy and easily make a comeback.】
【Absolutely oppose Qiao Ci getting involved with my idol! Her kindness towards my idol before was just to create a persona.】
【Gong Han has good taste. Fortunately, he likes the pure and innocent goddess, not someone who succumbed to capital and was kept, otherwise who knows how many times he would have been cheated on.】
【Knowing the person already has someone in their heart, she still clings to them. What kind of decent woman is she?】
【Is anyone else curious about who this sugar daddy is? So indiscriminate.】
【Haha, the sugar daddy is just playing around. Maybe he already has a wife and children at home.】
It was all about how her exceptional performance on the variety show was due to the sugar daddy behind her orchestrating everything. Qiao Ci glanced at them and chuckled indifferently, "That's it?"
"What do you mean 'that's it'? You were almost blacklisted by the company because of that scumbag Gong Han's issues. Now that you've finally made some progress through the variety show, you need to cherish your reputation and not do anything that ruins your future," Sister Li looked at Qiao Ci sympathetically.
As her agent, she was well aware of Qiao Ci's two-year clandestine relationship with Gong Han. It was Gong Han who cheated first, yet he was the first to distance himself from her and then badmouthed her countless times. Whether she had a sugar daddy or not, she knew better than anyone. In recent years, apart from Gong Han, she had never gotten close to any other man.
"Gong Han and Lin Yinyin." Even a fool could tell it was these two causing trouble.
"No way? How can Gong Han have the nerve! He cheated first, then slandered you, and now he's slandering you like this. Is he still a man? And that Lin Yinyin, who looks pure on the outside but secretly hooks up with other people's boyfriends. How shameless!" Li Meng was indignant, constantly cursing the two of them.
"By the way, be careful during this period. Don't say anything online for now. They have no evidence for their baseless rumors. Once things calm down a bit, I'll find some resources for you."
"Sigh, the company is also like this. Knowing that you can't make money for them anymore, they won't even buy fake accounts for you, saying there's too much online criticism and hiring them costs a lot."
"Let's terminate the contract," Qiao Ci said lightly.
"Ah? Are you kidding? Where would you get the money to terminate the contract? Most of the money you earned from acting before was donated to charities and remote mountainous areas. The 10 million you earned from this variety show isn't enough either." Sister Li looked at Qiao Ci with frustration, scolding her for donating money as soon as she earned it without letting anyone know, and now she was in trouble for being penniless.
"Do you know why I donated most of the money I earned?" Qiao Ci suddenly wanted to play along.
"???"
"Because that money means nothing to me."
"I'll lay it all out. I'm actually a super-rich second-generation heir with a family fortune of a hundred billion to inherit."
Li Meng rolled her eyes speechlessly, not wanting to deal with her anymore. She picked up her laptop, switched accounts, and prepared to use her alt account to engage in a battle of words with the masses to defend Qiao Ci's image.
"Huh?"
"Why can't I access the articles online that are bad for you anymore? The accounts of the prominent bloggers who first posted were temporarily banned. What's going on?" kuAiδugg
Qiao Ci also did a quick search. Indeed, all the negative information about her was gone. Several posts praising her for caring for her teammates on the variety show, being capable, hardworking, and bold in love and hate quickly climbed the trending topics, with a string of positive comments below.
【Draw your swords, Qiao Ci is my type.】
【She has looks, acting skills, and capability. A convert.】
【So heartwarming. Can we ship Bai Qiao CP?】
【Bai Qiao? Are you a devil upstairs? Haha, I'm shipping it anyway!】
【Damn it, what's wrong with me scolding Qiao Ci? Delete it again if you can, ahhhhhh!】
【To the commenter upstairs, if you don't ship it, then get lost.】
Sister Li was dumbfounded. How much capital and connections would it take to reverse the situation so quickly?
"Are you really being kept? This sugar daddy is too generous!"
"Oh no, this will only push you further into the spotlight! Now it just further proves that there's capital manipulation behind you?" Sister Li was pacing anxiously. Now, she couldn't even keep a low profile.
"I don't have a sugar daddy. This is my friend who's standing up for me. Let's terminate the contract first." The original owner's family never liked her getting into the entertainment industry; they wished she would quit and inherit the family business. Therefore, such a massive gesture could only have been made by him.
The "puppy-like" boy was indeed thoughtful.
"But that ten million isn't enough. You signed a five-year contract with the company. The breach of contract fee is 100 million yuan." Her own artist worried her when she had a sugar daddy, and she worried her when she didn't.
"Here. There should be over 200 million in here. The 10 million earned from the variety show will still be donated to school construction in the mountains." Qiao Ci very coolly handed Li Meng a card.