Chapter 245 - Celebrity Battle

Chapter 245 Celebrity Battle

“Boom!”

Upon returning home, Tang Xia slammed the door. Recalling what happened earlier, she still could not suppress the irritating feeling in her heart. Coincidentally, there were a few cans of beer left in the refrigerator and she took them all out determinedly. She chucked them all.

“You think you’re drunk and now you’re a big shot?” Tang Xia thought angrily and chucked down a can. When she thought about how intimate Ye Yifan and Li Xianxian were, her whole body felt uncomfortable.

She had rushed over so hurriedly, yet all she got in return was to be pissed for nothing, especially Ye Yifan. Now when she thought of him, she felt disgusted.

Recalling how she used to worship him, Tang Xia swore to herself that she would definitely not care about anything to do with him in the future. He could be with anyone, get drunk at a bar and left unattended…they have nothing to do with her.

Tang Xia thought about a lot of things while she was drunk. She fell asleep on the sofa unknowingly. She did not have a good sleep, she had many dreams that night.

One was about Ye Yifan being taken away by a monster, one was about Li Xianxian turning into an evil snake and laughing out loud.

If one were to say that it was not strange for them to appear in her dreams as she had just seen them, then one could only use ‘surprise’, or even ‘shock’, to describe the appearance of the third person.

At the end of the dream, a Huluwa dropped from the sky and chased out the evil snake and Ye Yifan. Tang Xia was just about to thank him when he turned around and she saw that it was Chu Tiankuo’s face!

There were seven Huluwas, which were seven Chu Tiankuos from different worlds, all looking different. All of a sudden, all of their gaze landed on her. That cold and deep gaze was just like Chu Tiankuo’s and they kept on magnifying before her eyes.

Tang Xia suddenly let out a scream and woke up from her dream in shock. Her forehead was covered in cold sweat. She lifted her hand to wipe it off. It was then that she realized that she was lying on the sofa.

There were beer cans scattered all around her. It was the aftermath of last night’s let-loose. Tang Xia frowned while she rubbed her forehead. Although beer could not make her drunk, it still caused quite the headache.

Seriously, why did I dream of Chu Tiankuo? When she thought of the scene when the seven Chu Tiankuos stared straight into her eyes, she felt her hair standing. She could not help but shudder in fear.

After spending time on all these, she was definitely late for work.

Tang Xia rushed to her company hurriedly yet she had to bump into Li Xianxian and Ye Yifan getting off a car together. They had apparently came together.

When Ye Yifan saw Tang Xia, there was a tint of awkwardness in his gaze. He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say hi. Meanwhile, Li Xianxian’s face was full of arrogance, she might as well have written the word ‘pleased’ on her face.

Tang Xia was not in the mood to think about what happened to them yesterday night. She looked straight and walked past them, as if she did not know them.

“Tang…” The name that Ye Yifan had called out halfway was stuck in his throat. Seeing Tang Xia walk past him directly, he could only lower his hand silently.

When she arrived at the office, July called her over immediately. Tang Xia thought that she was going to reprimand her for being late and she lowered her head to prepare for the lashing. However, unlike what she had expected, July turned her head and asked, “Did you quarrel with Ye Yifan?”

Tang Xia was shocked. She thought that July might have seen their exchange just now, so she did not bother to hide. She nodded and answered truthfully, “Yes.”

“What happened? Weren’t both of you very close?” Hearing her answer, a shocked look flashed across July’s eyes. Her voice was full of confusion.

Tang Xia stared at her toes. A look flashed across her eyes, yet she said not a word.

Seeing this, July knew that there may be something that she could not bring herself to tell her, so she did not bother asking. Following which, her gaze changed and she started to persuade her in a heavy and meaningful voice.

“The Celebrity Battle is about to happen. You have to be in a good relationship with your coworkers. Even if there are some hiccups, you can’t let it get to a disruptive stage.”

When Tang Xia heard the words ‘Celebrity Battle’, her eyes lit up instantly. She did not even listen carefully to what July said afterwards.

The Celebrity Battle is the biggest event in Time-travel Broadcast Room that only happens once a year. The top 10 popular streamers would participate in this competition. It was one that garnered lots of attention.

Before she became a streamer, she would catch the show every year. But this time around, she was participating in it as streamer herself. It was a whole new experience.

From July’s office back to her own seat, Tang Xia kept on thinking about it. She was both looking forward to it and also nervous.

“Tang Xia, have you seen Weibo?” A-Zhu, her next-door colleague, asked her suddenly, bringing her back to reality. Tang Xia side-glanced at her. A-Zhu’s round face had a mysterious look. She even lowered her voice deliberately, as if afraid that someone might hear her.

Listening to her tone, Tang Xia guessed that it was most likely some gossip about the entertainment industry. She was not that interested, but she could not suppress that growing desire to find out. Hence, she took out her phone and started searching. “Not yet, is there any breaking news?”

Tang Xia clicked into Weibo’s Hot Searches casually. Before she could hear A-Zhu’s response, her eyes sprang wide open after she looked at the trending words. At the top of the page was ‘Li Xianxian and Ye Yifan’.

Tang Xia clicked on it. It was full of news talking about how Ye Yifan and Li Xianxian hung out in a bar late at night and then both went back to his house to spend the night. There were even pictures of them in the bar and outside of his house.

The trending post wrote it in a very scandalous manner. It emphasized how their relationship was not ordinary. There were many people giving their blessings in the comments section.

Tang Xia felt her heart turning cold. Just a while ago, Li Xianxian was being backlashed so badly online, how did she become clean again so quickly?

Also, about last night, Tang Xia was outside of the bar as well. If the pictures were taken by a paparazzi, there would not be a reason for them to crop her out of the picture. After all, Tang Xia was now a streamer that was as popular as Li Xianxian.

If they were to include her in the picture, there would be more things to talk about. Why did they so coincidentally not capture her? Tang Xia suppressed the suspicion in her heart and looked through many different posts. They were all talking about how Li Xianxian and Ye Yifan were a perfect match. Tang Xia could not help but feel suspicious.

“Did you know? Li Xianxian bought this trend!” A-Zhu’s voice came towards her at the right time. Her face lit up with excitement for gossip. “And those comments below, they are all netizens that she bought to flood the comments section.”

Tang Xia was shocked, but she expressed her disbelief. “How can that be? Is she that bored?”

While saying that, she continued scrolling through Weibo. She then realized that the pictures were in such high definition that they did not seem like they were being secretly taken. Adding on to those strange things from before, Tang Xia was now pretty much convinced.

If it was someone else, Tang Xia might not believe it. But because it was Li Xianxian, Tang Xia was confident that she could do anything.

A-Zhu looked around her. There was a hint of sarcasm in her suppressed voice. “I know right?” She pointed to the congratulatory comments in Weibo. “Look at these people’s accounts. I wouldn’t believe it if you tell me they aren’t paid comments.”

Out of curiosity, Tang Xia clicked onto these profile pictures. The accounts were bare and there were only a few posts made, and they were all shallow content. One look and she could tell it was not someone’s account. She was amazed at what she saw.

It seemed like Li Xianxian had sacrificed quite a bit of budget to come up with all these. Tang Xia was a little unclear of her intentions. She started discussing with A-Zhu. “What is she after?”

Tang Xia continued to scroll through the Weibo’s comments. The netizens were indeed not dumb. There were a number of them who could tell that the trend was bought. Their comments on Li Xianxian became even worse.

Li Xianxian’s ill behavior in the broadcasts was not yet forgotten by the public. There were many that were still against her. Seeing that she had bought the trend, they started scolding her in the comments section.

A-Zhu said with a deep smile. “Of course it’s to get close to Master Ye and wash way her sins.”

Tang Xia sighed but did not say anything else. Meanwhile, colleagues around them overheard their conversation and came over out of curiosity. Hearing that they were talking about how Li Xianxian and Ye Yifan were on trending, they all sneered.

It seemed like the fact that Li Xianxian bought this trend was no longer a secret. A colleague of theirs whose friend worked in an entertainment company even gave the details on how Li Xianxian had taken the initiative to contact the press to release the news.

Just as the crowd was deeply engrossed in a heated discussion, Li Xianxian appeared not far from them at a certain point in time. She said with a disdain look, “You guys are just jealous.”

She crossed her arms in front of her chest and ran her eyes through the bunch of colleagues who had gathered together to gossip. She displayed a superior attitude.

Seeing the woman of the topic appear before them, the crowd dispersed. Tang Xia had just taken a sip of water and almost spit it out. The tea was already spilled, why can’t she just admit it?

She finally swallowed that mouthful of water and started laughing. “Jealous of you having the money to buy trends of jealous that the accounts you bought did such a great job?”

The surrounding colleagues all burst out laughing after hearing her direct exposure. Initially, they were all secretly laughing to themselves, seeing that Li Xianxian was there. But now that there were so many of them, they just let go and laughed out loud. At that instant, the room was filled with laughter.

Li Xianxian was so pissed that her face turned white. She stomped her way to Tang Xia in her high heels. The gaze that looked down on her was filled with impatience. “Tang Xia, what nonsense are you sprouting?”

Tang Xia suddenly covered her nose and her brows curled together in disgust. “What’s that stench?” Li Xianxian’s face fell. Seeing that Tang Xia had once again looked down on her. She turned and asked A-Zhu, “A-Zhu, did you smell it?”

A-Zhu did not like Li Xianxian in the first place. She cooperated and also covered her nose. She seemingly glanced at Li Xianxian with a look of disgust. “I know right, what’s that stench?”

She even raised her tone deliberately. The colleagues on the other side heard her and they all cast complex looks at Li Xianxian.

Tang Xia could not help but to give A-Zhu a big thumbs up. Both of them exchanged glances that were filled with mischief. Tang Xia saw that Li Xianxian was startled and laughed even more hysterically. It was so relieving.

Li Xianxian was so furious at Tang Xia’s joke. When she saw the looks of the colleagues around her, more fuel was added to the fire. She stomped her foot angrily, creating a loud sound with her heel. She pointed at Tang Xia and said sternly, “Are you determined to go against me?”

Tang Xia then kept her smile, turned around and glared at Li Xianxian. She raised her brow, which added more sarcasm to her words. “Obviously? Did you think that we were playing house?”