Chapter 31: The Truth

Chapter 31

Qian Lang pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and asked solemnly:

"General Manager Xu, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Xu General Manager leaned back in his chair and heaved a deep sigh:

"She actually knows how to protect herself now. She must have been disillusioned by the many hardships of the past six months. The spirit she used to have is gone from her eyes. She's become sensible. She must have suffered too much..."

Qian Lang: "...Is being sensible a bad thing?"

Xu General Manager shook his head:

"If she had to suffer to gain maturity, I'd rather she remain naive forever..."

So everything Xu General Manager did was...to chase stars? And a fan of Qin Wei's mother at that?

Or should I say a 'father' fan?

What complicated feelings...

Qian Lang didn't really understand, but he didn't want to ask any further. So he changed the subject:

"General Manager Xu, do we need this video to leak out? I can arrange for that."

"No need."

Xu General Manager closed the video.

"Leaking it could affect Lin Qiqi's reputation, but the biggest beneficiary would be Qin Wei. Any discerning person can see that. It would only make Lin Qiqi and the Huo Yu Entertainment Company behind her resent Qin Wei. She's got it hard enough already, she doesn't need another enemy." Cheêck out latest novels at novelhall.com

After hearing this, Qian Lang felt somewhat unwilling. He had gone to great lengths to obtain this video, but now it couldn't be put to use.

"So Lin Qiqi gets off easy, without helping Qin Wei get revenge?"

A smile spread across Xu General Manager's face. He pulled open a drawer and took out a USB drive, waving it in front of Qian Lang:

"Who said I won't help her get revenge?

The reason I came back was precisely to help her!

That video alone isn't damaging enough to Lin Qiqi. Handling it improperly could make her resent Qin Wei instead. Here, take this. I didn't want to be so ruthless, but Lin Qiqi has repeatedly gone after Qin Wei. Let's resolve this completely in one go, no loose ends."

...

After finishing the publicity photoshoots and trailers, Qin Wei had no other work lined up. She returned to the villa to continue being a lazy sloth. Aside from working out, she spent the rest of her time lying on the sofa scrolling through her phone.

Today was no different. After getting off the treadmill, she naturally picked up her phone to check the hot search rankings.

She didn't know if it was a network issue or a problem with her phone, but when she opened the hot search rankings, the page just wouldn't load.

"Crap, don't tell me my phone bill is past due!"

Within five minutes of her reply, new exposés were released online. This video quickly garnered millions of views.

Qin Wei clicked in with a gossip-loving mindset-

In the video, Lin Qiqi got out of a car wearing a face mask, sunglasses and a hat. She entered a hotel, closely followed by Huo Yu Marketing Director Wu Kui. Before going in, he looked around cautiously. Aside from them, no other Huo Yu Entertainment staff entered.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Qiqi left first. A few minutes afterwards, Wu Kui exited, hailed a cab and left.

The entire video was fast-forwarded but showed no signs of editing.

Netizens:

[Holy crap! An adulterous affair plus a hotel hookup, how exciting!]

[Exciting? A married man cheating and a knowing mistress, shouldn't it be disgusting?]

[Am I the only one who noticed it was just twenty minutes in total...]

Naturally, Lin Qiqi's side fired off another statement-

[It was purely coincidence. I was only there to meet a girlfriend and didn't know the Director went to the same hotel. We didn't meet during that time and didn't even know the other was there. It was merely coincidence. I ask the rumor-mongers to cease their slander. We have already called the police. This is causing severe impact to me and my team. We will never settle!]

Claiming coincidence was plausible.

But it seemed the other side had anticipated this and deliberately waited for her to say it.

Right after, the third video was released-

It was still Lin Qiqi sneakily going to hotels, while Wu Kui entered the same hotels, sometimes earlier, sometimes later.

What was worse - they had been secretly filmed more than once. The full video was 38 minutes, with the same "coincidence" occurring dozens of times across different times and hotels!

With so many coincidences, they clearly were not coincidences anymore.

Netizens:

[Lin Qiqi get out of the entertainment industry!]

[Homewrecker scram!]

...

After watching the videos, Lin Qiqi was utterly defeated.

Back then, she chose to be with Wu Kui and gained endless benefits from it. She always thought she was careful and discreet, but now everything was exposed.

Assistant Amy passed the phone over:

"Sis Qiqi, the Big Boss has called for you..."

Lin Qiqi's hands shook uncontrollably:

"You mean...Huo Yu already knows..."