Xia Yiran would never let this heat pass her by.
Thus, under Manager Zhang's operation, a wave of marketing accounts jumped in, spouting accusations of poor acting, low emotional intelligence, lack of talent, and princess syndrome. They then hinted at her feigning innocence, stealing another's identity, suggesting it was all deliberately orchestrated by her biological parents.
Especially on a current affairs program, a couple claiming to be Xia Weiliang's biological parents were interviewed, and their so-called "secret past" was revealed, effectively stripping Xia Weiliang bare and nailing her to the pillory of shame.
On the moving van, Yan Zhi dared not breathe.
The subtitles introduced "Mother Liu"—
"...Back then, we were truly just overcome by greed! Thinking we could give our own biological daughter a good life, and not have her suffer poverty with us..."
Father Liu: "Even if we made mistakes, and we owed the Xia family, we don't owe Xia Weiliang! If it weren't for us, could she have the life she has now? Could she become a movie star?"
Mother Liu was already sobbing uncontrollably: "We're both getting old, we just want to see our biological daughter, but... she wouldn't even let us in the door." Sudana Novel Network
Father Liu: "We took the blame for her, and in return, she doesn't even acknowledge her parents! Ungrateful wretch!"
The video was flooded with scolding comments.
【Don't want their own daughter to suffer, so someone else's daughter should? Disgusting. 】
【Who told you to separate families back then? Now you know your daughter doesn't recognize you and you're sad? Ha, what goes around, comes around! 】
【Is Xia Liangliang renewing her contract for the trending searches? She's all I see when I open the app, I'm going to uninstall it! 】
【These parents are truly sickening! I heard Xia Yiran used to live very hard, and even had to work to earn her tuition 】
【Wuwuwu, let's take our Yiran away, she's too heartbreaking 】
【Pah, a pair of human traffickers! And they have the nerve to play the victim on TV? If I were the Xia family, I'd send them all to jail 】
【The person above, please take Xia Liangliang in too. The whole family, it's best to be complete! 】
【There's an old Chinese saying, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be slanted. With such bizarre parents, looking at Xia Niangniang, it's truly fitting~ 】
Xiao Yi closed his eyes and leaned back against the seat after putting away his phone.
His hand rested on his forehead, his thick eyelashes casting a small shadow on his nose.
"Uh, actually..." Yan Zhi hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "She has that group photo. If she released it, at least it could prove she didn't seduce a younger man..."
He stopped himself midway, slapping his own mouth, "Why am I speaking up for her?"
There's no smoke without fire. With so many scandals erupting at once, any sensible person could tell it was orchestrated by someone with ulterior motives. But that didn't mean the scandals were all fake!
At least, her lack of acting skills, her princess syndrome, and her abysmal emotional intelligence were facts that couldn't be washed away!
Finally, casting a glance at his boss, he said in a low voice, "I heard Meiyu is planning to drop her..."
A barely perceptible sneer touched the man's lips as he slowly opened his eyes, his gaze dark.
Ji Huan was also swamped with work, with executive meetings one after another. The final decision was: drop Xia Weiliang.
"This is your solution?"
Ji Huan went directly to the director and sat opposite him, drinking iced herbal tea, prepared to hold out.
"Meiyu Media has more than just Xia Weiliang as an artist, and it's impossible for us to invest all our resources in her. Moreover, aren't the scandals surrounding her not entirely fabricated? If we pay to suppress them today, what about tomorrow? Sooner or later, fans will bring them up and flog them again and again!"
Ji Huan scrolled through his phone and said unhurriedly, "So you're just giving up? When the artist needs the company's support the most?"
"Alas, you must understand this is the company's decision..."
Ji Huan suddenly sat up straight, looking incredulous.
At this moment, the director's phone also rang. He answered it, and after hearing the report, his eyes widened. He urgently asked, "Are you sure? The account wasn't hacked? It's really her?"