She followed her gaze and saw only the closed door.
At the time, she thought it was an illusion.
"So, it was you who called the manager and had Lu Manqin kicked out of the Drunken Immortal House."
This was a statement, not a question.
When the manager saw Ming Huaizhi, he was clearly a little apprehensive.
But he suddenly changed his mind and, very forcefully, disregarded the video call with Ming Huaizhi, and kicked Lu Manqin out.
Clearly, someone had intervened from behind.
"It was me."
Chi Xian admitted it decisively: "I just wanted to back you up!"
These words, with a childish decisiveness, made Ming Zheng's heart tremble slightly.
It seemed...
In her nearly thirty years, across two lifetimes.
This was the first person who said they wanted to back her up.
From the moment she was picked up by her master and began receiving training from the Mo Sect.
She had lost the right to have others back her up.
Because she had to solve all her problems herself.
Even her senior brothers, even Mo Qiyu.
They had only watched her silently from behind as she cleared obstacles and climbed to the peak.
This was her fate.
And the loneliness she had to bear.
Ming Zheng's heart suddenly softened. Looking at the face before her, which perfectly aligned with her aesthetic, she said, "Alright, alright. We can have dinner together tomorrow night, okay?"
"You said it!" The man's thick, dense black lashes curved slightly, giving his eyes a charming, captivating allure.
His deep, dark eyes were like constellations, shining brightly.
Ming Zheng: "..."
She was already appeased?
This troublemaker didn't seem so troublesome after all?
"Cough."
Mo Qingchuan, who had been ignored and fed a bellyful of dog food, coughed a few times to remind them, "I'm still here."
Mo Qingchuan's expression remained unchanged, his gaze towards the two clear and indifferent.
But in the depths of his dark eyes, a subtle ripple spread.
Little Junior Sister seemed overly tolerant of this man...
Little Junior Sister seemed to have changed a lot.
It seemed that in the year since leaving the Mo Sect.
Little Junior Sister had truly experienced many things that they, her senior brothers, couldn't guess.
"Fifth Senior Brother."
Ming Zheng turned her head and quickly looked at Mo Qingchuan, "Then... then come to dinner tomorrow night too, Fifth Senior Brother!"
Chi Xian's thick, dark lashes trembled, and his eyes, like obsidian, narrowed slightly.
Mo Qingchuan raised an eyebrow and met Chi Xian's gaze.
He smiled, "Okay."
As expected, those obsidian-like eyes shot him a glare.
The two met eyes.
Invisible sparks flew between them, crackling with unseen energy.
Mo Qingchuan couldn't stay in Xia Guo for too long, so he immediately moved into the apartment.
Seeing this, Chi Xian, not to be outdone, insisted on Ming Zheng staying, so he also moved in.
The two men seemed to be getting along peacefully.
But in reality, in places Ming Zheng couldn't see, sparks were flying.
-
While Ming Zheng's days were outwardly calm,
Outside, a tempest was brewing.
First, the news that the Song family, one of the four major families, had gone bankrupt, becoming history in Xia Guo, spread throughout the nation.
For a time, everyone was in a state of panic.
After all, the Song family was one of the four major families.
Its downfall implicated far too many companies and families.
Some even attempted to investigate the reasons behind it.
But all their efforts ended in vain.
This made people think of the video that had just been exposed online, showing the entire process of Song Zhekūn, the sole heir of the Song family, gambling on a car race in Yin Yang Mountain and losing.
Some people speculated.
— Perhaps because Song Zhekūn took away the Ming family's fake daughter, the Ming family, who had achieved outstanding development in various fields, exploded and united to bring down the Song family, all to save that fake daughter?
— Perhaps the Ming family's true daughter had a hidden identity? Song Zhekūn did not fulfill the bet and even bullied the Ming family's true daughter, so the Ming family's true daughter, in a fit of anger, destroyed the Song family?
— Perhaps the Ming family's true/fake daughter had a secret admirer who, seeking revenge for his beloved, destroyed the Song family?
— Perhaps...
And so on.
All sorts of speculations instantly spread like wildfire in Xiadu.
And after the keywords #SongFamilyBankruptcy#, #MingFamilyTrueAndFakeDaughter#, etc., topped the trending searches,
Several more keywords with the addition of "Explosive" followed, one after another, topping the headlines.
#MingHuaizhiTrueAndFakeDaughter#
#PopularIdolForcesTrueDaughterToTakeBlameForFakeDaughter#
#LovePlagiarism#
Clicking on the first keyword.
There was a video.
It was from the Drunken Immortal House, where Ming Huaizhi, through a phone screen, righteously demanded that Ming Zheng swap back Ming Zhirou.
The second keyword.
It was also a video from the Drunken Immortal House.
Inside, a dialogue was auto-playing.
— I want you to step forward and tell everyone that the Yin Yang Mountain car race video is not the full picture, that you had someone edit it and deliberately release it just to tarnish Rou'er's reputation.
— After Rou'er's matters are settled, you will go to the Song family yourself to beg for forgiveness and bring Rou'er back.
— Just because I am your brother!
The edited video was quite chaotic.
The top comments below the keyword, even the fans couldn't suppress them, were all condemnations of Ming Huaizhi.
And the most explosive.
Was the third keyword.
Moreover, that keyword was clearly problematic.
It kept fluctuating on the hot search list, rising and falling.
The song "Love" was the song that made Ming Huaizhi truly popular, and it was also the stepping stone that led him to become a top idol and win the youngest film emperor award.
Even now, a full year later.
This song was still his signature work, impossible to surpass.
With the label of plagiarism,
How Ming Huaizhi had reached his current status with this song,
Would now be the reason he bore infamy and was utterly ruined!
-
In the spacious on-set休息室.
"Bang!"
Ming Huaizhi slammed the tablet in his hand onto the floor. His proud and handsome face was filled with a sinister ruthlessness.
"Ming, Brother Ming..."
The assistant was trembling with fear. The steps he was taking with his phone in hand paused.
"What's going on? Huh? Hurry up and get the trending searches removed!" Ming Huaizhi stomped on the tablet, his sinister eyes practically shooting out killing intent.
The assistant's hand trembled, and his finger accidentally brushed against the lit screen.
A sharp, irritable voice came from the phone: "You're asking me what's going on? I want to ask you what's going on?! Huh? Ming Huaizhi? Explain yourself properly. How did you, someone in a closed-door shoot, end up in Xiadu? And cause such a huge scene?"
The person on the other end of the phone was Linda, Ming Huaizhi's agent.
Ming Huaizhi's head shot up, his gaze fierce as he looked at the phone in the assistant's hand.
Linda couldn't see his expression, and even if she could, she was too impatient to scold him now: "Do you know how many endorsements you have right now? Do you know your schedule for the next year is completely packed? Do you know how much the company will lose because of these trending searches?"
She bombarded him with question after question.
Finally, she took a deep breath and asked seriously, "Tell me honestly, did you write 'Love' or not?"