Wang Juxiang started to cry helplessly.
Listening to the crying on the other end, Xia Wanfu felt an inexplicable irritation.
She said impatiently, "I'm hanging up. I have to film tomorrow!"
"Okay, my child, you've suffered."
This sentence almost made Xia Wanfu break down in tears again. She held back her sobs and directly hung up the phone.
The room was so quiet that she could only hear her own whimpers.
She had been thinking about working hard to film these past few months, to save more money so that her father could make a comeback when he got out.
But now she was in debt again, and her goal was getting further away.
She collapsed onto the bed, sighed, and silently cheered herself on in her heart.
"Keep going, everything will pass, and things will get better and better in the future!"
She held her phone, hesitated for a long time, and then added Xia Wantang on WeChat again. Xia Wantang also accepted.
She looked at the unchanging avatar and WeChat name and felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Having left the sheltered environment of her home, she now realized how difficult things had been for Xia Wantang in the past.
And her current achievements were due to taking a shortcut, with Jiang Zexi's help to achieve such smoothness.
She hadn't been resting well, and now that she relaxed, sleepiness gradually crept in.
Without realizing it, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
She had a dream.
In her dream, she was in a pure white space, leaping joyfully, carefree.
But this happiness didn't last long. Many people appeared around her, dressed in various kinds of clothes, both men and women, but their faces were indistinct.
The once quiet space became incredibly noisy, and she couldn't hear what they were saying at all.
But she could feel that those faceless people were all pointing at her.
She could only watch helplessly as the spotless space became dirty and stained.
Xia Wanfu woke up from her dream, covered in sweat, her breathing rapid.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that the room was dimly lit. It was dark outside, completely dark, which made her feel even more restless.
She looked out the window. The window was wide open, the curtains fluttering in the breeze. In the darkness, she could vaguely see the dazzling lights of tall buildings.
But at a glance, there was a feeling of being about to be swallowed by darkness.
Xia Wanfu clutched her pounding chest, her mind involuntarily connecting to the dream she just had.
She had a feeling it wasn't a good omen.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Just then, a rapid knocking sound suddenly echoed in the silent room.
Xia Wanfu's heart began to race inexplicably.
Looking at the door, she suddenly felt a reluctance to open it.
But the knocking grew more urgent.
The sound of knocking finally spurred Xia Wanfu to get out of bed, put on her shoes, and turn on the light.
Before opening the door, she looked through the peephole and saw that her two assistants were at the door.
Their expressions were panicked, and they were stamping their feet in anxiety.
Xia Wanfu's eyebrows immediately furrowed, and her unease intensified.
She quickly opened the door, and the two assistants immediately rushed in.
"Sister Wanfu, why weren't you answering your phone!"
Xia Wanfu's hands were trembling. She tightened her grip on her clothes and frowned, "Maybe the battery died! I didn't hear my phone ring."
Before she fell asleep yesterday, the phone's battery was indeed low, and she hadn't charged it after falling asleep.
The two entered the room, and before the door could be closed, they unleashed a barrage of words.
"Sister Wanfu, something terrible has happened!"
"A lot of negative news about you has been exposed online, saying your brother committed a crime in the countryside, bullied people with his status, your father and mother are both in jail, and you have a questionable lifestyle, borrowing money everywhere. There's even evidence and videos!"
"The director just spoke to me. He said if you can't salvage your image, they might have to find a new lead actress."
"And the most important thing is, we don't know how the company will view this matter. We're not particularly famous, we've only just started to become popular. What if they abandon us!"
Hearing this string of bad news, Xia Wanfu felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
She had been careless. She shouldn't have made those calls for money, but she had been desperate.
But whoever knew so much about her must be an insider.
Who wanted to target her like this!!
But she had called so many people last night; how could she guess who it was.
Was it Xia Wantang?
For a moment, suspicion flickered in her heart, but she quickly dismissed it.
Because if Xia Wantang had wanted to do this, she wouldn't have lent her a million yuan.
Seeing her unresponsive, the two assistants could only fret.
"Sister, please call Sister Zou quickly!"
Xia Wanfu forced herself to calm down.
She absolutely could not lose this job, absolutely not, or she would be completely finished.
It was just that she hadn't brought any profit to the company yet, but she had caused such a huge trouble.
Not only she suffered losses, but the company also suffered heavy losses. Perhaps the company would indeed choose to abandon her. Reality was this cruel.
At this moment, she thought of Jiang Zexi again. Should she go and ask him for help?
But they had already broken up, and she was the one who initiated it.
With such a major event, he was the boss of the company, so he would definitely know.
She didn't know what he would decide.
Would he ignore her, or would he help her out of past affection?
She dared not be sure, nor did she dare to hope. No matter the outcome, she could only bear it herself.
What she had gained in the past, she had to return now.
Seeing that she was still in a daze and hadn't acted, the two could only worry and think of solutions, realizing she was not reliable.
After a long time, Xia Wanfu silently went to charge her phone, then continued to sit on the big bed in a daze.
A while later, the phone automatically turned on.
She looked at the glaring screen, which showed it was three-thirty in the morning.
In the span of one day and one night, her life had undergone earth-shattering changes.
When the phone turned on, many missed calls and unread messages popped up, not only from her agent but also from countless unknown numbers.
At this moment, the phone rang again.
She looked at the unknown number and belatedly realized that she might have been doxxed.
The people calling her were indeed all strangers.
"Sister, you should turn off your phone quickly." The assistant also realized the seriousness of the situation.
Xia Wanfu took her phone, removed the SIM card, and the phone finally quieted down.
She had two numbers, one was newly registered and very few people knew about it, so it hadn't been leaked.
She didn't dare to open Weibo now, didn't dare to check any news. She knew without thinking that it must be full of scolding.
"Sister, think carefully, have you offended anyone? This matter exploded too quickly, it's completely out of control."
"Yes, Sister. Most of the entertainment headlines released this news simultaneously. It's obvious someone sold your information to them all at once, which is why things got out of hand."
Xia Wanfu shook her head gently, her mind completely blank right now.
"Sister, check your phone, see if there are any clues. Also, did these things really happen?"