Chapter 82: Kill (Plus More)

Chapter 82

Qu Yanshan was still fast asleep in her room.

Her manager couldn't get through to her phone, and there was no response when he knocked on the door. If he hadn't checked the surveillance footage and confirmed that she had gone into the room without coming back out, he would have called the police. After who knows how long knocking, Qu Yanshan finally opened the door lethargically.

Her eyes were puffy, and she looked like a ghost. With a yawn, she asked, "What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here???" The manager laughed angrily. "You've made such a big mess, and the whole company has been running around trying to deal with it. But you, you hide at home, turn off your phone, and sleep! How do you still have the nerve to ask what I'm doing here?!"

Qu Yanshan's expression froze. This manager had always flattered and pampered her, knowing that she had a bad temper, and rarely spoke to her in this tone.

She was a little dissatisfied, but when she thought about what had happened during the livestream, she felt a little in the wrong. She didn't throw a tantrum, just grumbled, "It's not that big of a deal. They'll yell for a few days then forget about it. This circle is never lacking for new gossip."

For a moment, the manager was so angry he didn't know what to say.

He took a deep breath, handed her his phone, "Look, see for yourself."

Qu Yanshan thought, it was probably just more people online scolding her. She had heard plenty of that over the years. What was the big deal? She took the phone, but saw it was showing a WeChat conversation between the manager and the person in charge of that S-tier resource they had just booked.

The other party said the collaboration was cancelled, and they would not work with Qu Yanshan again in the future.

Qu Yanshan had been busy tearing down the ship precisely because she had secured this S-tier resource, and she looked down on Liu Zhuo. But how could some minor online drama possibly affect an S-tier collaboration? This was no small matter!

Qu Yanshan visibly panicked. She gripped the manager's hand tightly, "What is going on? Didn't we already finalize it?"

The manager was truly exhausted, "Contracts can be breached, let alone just a verbal agreement. I warned you before, if you want to break up the ship, do it quietly. Liu Zhuo's side wouldn't be able to make much of a fuss either. But you just had to drag Zhong Ruanxing into it. What grudge do you have against her anyway? She's hardly even your rival now! Just because of your own petty jealousy, the efforts of the whole team have gone to waste. Do you think this is the end of it?" Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m

The more the manager spoke, the more indignant he became. He opened up other WeChat messages to show her, all happening within the last half hour: "Almost all of your current sponsors have said they won't be renewing their contracts. Those variety shows and movies we were in talks with, they were iffy before, but now they've rejected outright."

...

Song JinXing slept for a while before being pounced awake by Zhong You, who Auntie Dai had brought home.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he was met with Zhong You's two big grape-like eyes. She had practically climbed on top of him. Seeing that he was awake, her eyes curved into crescent moons, "Sister!"

She leapt forward to smack two big kisses on his face. Then she hugged his neck, staying sprawled on top of him. She wiggled her little butt and nuzzled affectionately against his neck, "YouYou missed Sister so much!"

A corner of Song JinXing's heart softened.

He patted Zhong You's head and first lifted her aside before sitting up in bed to wake up fully. Auntie Dai also came to the door happily, "Ruanxing is back! I've already asked Liu Cai to go buy groceries. I'll make a few more dishes for dinner tonight."

Song JinXing apologized, "I have plans tonight, let's do it tomorrow."

Auntie Dai wasn't disappointed, "Alright."

Zhong You climbed over again to hang off his neck, "Where is Sister going? YouYou wants to go too!"

Song JinXing thought about it. There was no harm in bringing Zhong You along. Zhong Ruanxing had already told him that Zhong You knew about their body swap. The clever little girl probably knew who he was meeting, which was why she insisted on going together.

After getting ready quickly and checking the time, Song JinXing brought Zhong You out with him.

The restaurant Zhong Ruanxing mentioned was the same place she had her "date" with Bai Yinyue last time. When Song JinXing arrived, she was already there.

It had already been over a month since they last met. Seeing each other, they both paused and smiled.

Zhong You looked left and right before loudly slapping the table, "Sisters, YouYou is hungry!"