Yao Yiyi and Lu Ruoruo were staying at a hotel. They had met in the mall before. At first, they hurl all kids of words at each other, but then they found that they both had been tricked by Chen Cha.

The two instantly sympathized with each other and scolded Chen Cha while strolling around. Although there’s nothing to be done, they still felt much better after finding an ally to curse Chen Cha.

After scolding people and shopping, the two of them were still not finished, so they went to drink milk tea together and continued ranting.

While playing on their phones, they happened to discover that Chen Cha was very popular on Weibo and even had millions of followers.

Originally, after they were done venting out, they intended to bury the matter in their hearts. Otherwise they would feel aggrieved whenever they thought about it.

But then they saw that Chen Cha was so popular. She’s only eighteen years old and already had both fame and fortune. In an instant, the two couldn’t remain fine.

Chen Cha’s already rich, beautiful, and extremely smart, but now she’s even popular? How could it make ordinary people feel good, especially those who have a grudge against her?

Out of anger, jealousy and unwillingness, they threw down the milk tea in their hands.

They pitched in money and found a big v, who became popular by breaking explosive news, to expose Chen Cha.

The big v asked about all the details and expressed knowledge that he knew Ning An was filming an online drama during that time, so he told them to wait a little longer.

Finally, when the filming of Ning An’s online drama was completed and had become viral for all the wrong reasons, the big v immediately uploaded the black material about Chen Cha.

The two endured and endured, and finally the day arrived. Because they were so happy, they went to an Internet cafe to rent two computers and opened several small accounts. They spared no effort in smearing Chen Cha all night.

But they didn’t feel any tiredness and were extremely excited.

After turning off the computer, their journey of besmirching Chen Cha’s name came to an end. Exhaustion set in, so they headed to a nearby hotel.

As soon as they woke up, the two couldn’t wait to open Weibo, only to find that the direction of the wind had changed. People who badmouthed Chen Cha expressed that they had been too impulsive and many bloggers who had forwarded the post deleted them.

Even Big Black Rabbit deleted his post and pushed the blame onto them.

Their identities had also been revealed by netizens and they were subjected to all kinds of insults.

Forget that they were being scolded online, some people even found their mobile phone numbers and sent them text messages, using vicious language that ordinary people couldn’t even imagine, to curse and threaten them.

Both of them were shaken. This was probably the feeling of falling from heaven to hell.

Regarding the mood of these two old schoolmates, Chacha could only guess.

Chacha was in a good mood. Although she had been criticized, her follower count increased by hundreds of thousands and the accounts under the company also gained a number of followers because of it.

Ning An’s popularity greatly increased. She used to be a little fool who starred in a dumb web drama, but now she’s become a pitiful person who was deceived by her manager, which aroused the sympathy of many netizens.

Chacha didn’t suffer any loss and even saved money on publicity for Ning An.

“President Xiao Cha, I’ve contacted a lawyer and the legal notice has been prepared.”

“En.” Chacha nodded. “Sort out the people who’s been heavily slandering me before. Make a list and send it to me. There’s also Yao Yiyi and Lu Ruoruo, report them directly.”

“Okay.”

Yao Yiyi and Lu Ruoruo were still young, so this incident was tantamount to leaving an indelible stain on their lives.

But Chacha was never soft-hearted towards her enemies.

After Chacha finished editing her latest post, Ding Puyu sent the file to her.

Chacha uploaded the picture of it with the words, 【I don’t think the Internet is a place where people can just smear anyone, even though there are many who do so and the general environment has made it a norm where they aren’t held accountable for their words. I have no way to change it, so I can only lead by example and hope to create a little bit of clean space.

To the people listed below, please apologize to me before midnight today. If you don’t, I will take legal action.

ps: It’s not a joke. I already found a lawyer and we have had preliminary communication. All preparations have been made.】

【Chacha is fantastic! This kind of people should be sued, otherwise the will keep on talking sh*t blindly.】

【Ahhhhh! Chacha is really awesome. She’s able to calmly deal with such situation and consider the online environment. If it was me, I would have just cried like a dog and won’t even know what to do.】

【Sigh, top students are indeed different, their thinking is so mature. If something like this happened to me, I would definitely quarrel, and the result would probably be nothing.】

【This incident tells us that in order to turn the tide back, not only do we need to be smart and calm, we also need to have money to hire a lawyer— a lot of it. After all, we have to sue so many people.】

At the end of the workday, Ding Puyu told Chacha that all the bloggers had apologized.

Those bloggers have little to no moral bottom line and were shameless. It’s just an apology, so it’s not a big problem to them.

For bloggers who apologize, the style of their apology statement was very consistent, as if one person had written it and others just copied, only changing a few sentences.

They first stated that they’re friends of Big Black Rabbit and that he requested them to help and guaranteed that the incident was true, so they forwarded his post. Then they said that they shouldn’t have gullibly trusted him, otherwise they would never have slandered an innocent person.

Big Black Rabbit has become the new scapegoat.

———pr

The next day, Ding Puyu told Chacha, “Yao Yiyi and Lu Ruoruo’s parents hope that you can withdraw the lawsuit. They will apologize, and if you want compensation, they are willing to pay. They promise that the two will never cause you trouble again in the future.”

“How much are they offering?”

Ding Puyu said, “Fifty thousand per person.”

Chacha smiled. “One hundred thousand per person. If they don’t agree, we’ll sue them to death. We’ll use the money to pay the lawyer’s fee, and the rest, let’s have a company dinner at the end of the month.”

In fact, the end of the month was just a few days away.

Generally, companies would have gatherings at the end of the month, but not in theirs.

Ding Puyu and the others thought that there would never be one, but he didn’t expect Chen Cha to say that they would have a company dinner. After he settled the matter of Yao Yiyi and Lu Ruoruo, he went to tell his colleagues about it.

Everyone was happy, speculating about where they would go.

When the end of the month came, Chacha chose a well-known establishment in the city and invited a group of people to eat and sing.

Chacha informed everyone in the company group chat.

By night, the private room reserved by Chacha was already filled with people.

“President Xiao Cha is so rich. I thought we’re just going for a meal.”

“I heard that many elites come here to hang out. I wonder if I can meet my Mr. Right.”

“Why isn’t President Xiao Cha here yet?”

As soon as these words fell, Chacha arrived.

After greeting everyone, Chacha told them to have fun and not pay her any mind.

She found a place to sit down and played with her phone.

Everyone in the company knew that Chen Cha didn’t like this type of gathering but she didn’t care if they do, so they just let her be.

Besides, she’s young and less serious than other company presidents, so she wouldn’t put pressure on them.

Therefore, they started playing by themselves.

———pr


The private room was noisy. Chacha ate as she listened to them sing.

Some of them were really good, while some stood out because of their confidence, singing like shrieking pigs but still persisting in putting on songs amidst the teasing of their colleagues.

After Chacha had eaten enough, she drank some liquor, which was whiskey with ice and felt kind of heady.

She told the person next to her that she was going out to make a phone call, and then exited the room.

As soon as Chacha left, it caught the attention of the others.

The sound was turned down a bit.

“Why is President Xiao Cha leaving?”

“Yeah, it’s only just begun. Is it because the room is too crowded and President Xiao Cha can’t get a song in, so she got bored?”

“No, President Xiao Cha just went out to make a phone call. She’ll come back when it’s done.”

“So that’s it.”

“Alright, keep singing!”

Chacha left the room and casually walked along the winding corridor.

There was a smoking area at the back, separated by glass. Inside, there were couches, tables and mineral water available for free. The fee at that place wasn’t low so charging for water in the smoking area would seem too stingy.

There’s a floor-to-ceiling window that looks out onto the neon-lit street outside.

Chacha wanted to pass by it, but saw the person standing inside, whose back looked familiar.

So, she pushed open the glass door and stepped inside.

The guy was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside.

Chacha walked to his side and turned her head to look at him, seeing a sculpted-like profile with solemn and elegant lines.

Sure enough, it was Jiao Yushi.

Jiao Yushi glanced sideways and showed a hint of surprise. He was the one who spoke first, “You smoke?”

Chacha shook her head, glanced at the cigarette held between his fingertips, and said, “I didn’t think you do.”

It actually wasn’t unexpected as this was mentioned in the novel. But it’s not often, and Chacha had never seen him smoking with her own eyes, so it was still a bit of a surprise.

Jiao Yushi asked, “What do you think of the smell of cigarettes?”

Chacha replied, “For a non-smoker, the smell of cigarette smoke is like a public toilet that hasn’t been cleaned in more than ten years.”

Jiao Yushi: “……”

He originally didn’t think it was unpleasant, but when she said so, it felt as if the tip of his nose could smell the accumulated stench of a public toilet that hadn’t been cleaned in over a decade.

The one he’s smoking right now was considered noble among cigarettes and had a fragrant aroma—— For a smoker. At this moment, however, he found it a little unbearable.

Jiao Yushi put out the cigarette and took out the handkerchief he had brought with him to wipe his hands. He asked, “Since you don’t smoke, why did you come in? Did you miss me?”

“No.” Chacha’s refusal was curt. “I remembered something and was planning on sending you an email tomorrow, but since I bumped into you, I’ll just mention it here.”

Jiao Yushi asked, “What is it?”

“Let’s partner up and open an entertainment company.” Chacha looked into his eyes with a calm expression.

In the plot, Ning An’s first web drama was a flop and she was ridiculed to tears by netizens. She’d taken a lousy first step.

Jiao Yushi was a little interested in her at that time, so he opened an entertainment company, signed her up and gave her resources.

Ning An’s first work under his company was by a great director. For Jiao Yushi’s sake, the director gave Ning An a role and unexpectedly, it was well received by the audience.

Thus Ning An could be said to have washed away the shame left behind by her previous silly web drama.

Chen Cha, on the other hand, followed and entered the entertainment industry just to cause trouble for Ning An.

But Chacha had no interest in being an artist. Plus, there were other ways to enter the entertainment industry, like becoming an owner of an entertainment company.

This would make it more convenient when causing trouble for Ning An.

The reason why she didn’t start an entertainment company by herself was to cooperate with Jiao Yushi. The biggest point wasn’t the plot, but the fact that Jiao Yushi was the male protagonist. He has the male protagonist halo, while Ning An has the female protagonist halo.

Chacha had already experienced Ning An’s female protagonist halo once, and it was very refreshing.

So, how must the effect of the male and female protagonist’s halo be when combined?

Moreover, Jiao Yushi had the background and connections, so he was the best partner in all aspects.