The Rebirth of a Top Star

Shen Nanqiao's Weibo followers have quietly surpassed 50,000. Although this is a small number for the worldly-wise Shen Nanqiao, it is a great start for her now.

The comments on her latest post are mostly from fans who ship her and Fang Zihe as a couple.

That said, since filming ended, Shen Nanqiao has not contacted Fang Zihe, and Fang Zihe has not sent a single message, which is rather strange.

Shen Nanqiao rolled over in bed and threw her phone under the pillow.

Maybe everyone else has work to do.

The sugar daddy hasn't replied to a single message yet, so Shen Nanqiao couldn't get anxious. She put her eye mask back on and, on this bright and sunny day, decided to take a nap.

When I opened my eyes again, my phone was ringing and vibrating.

With her blindfold casually pulled off, Shen Nanqiao, still grumpy from waking up, picked up her phone and answered the call.

Before he could even see who was in front of him, he was berated.

"Shen Nanqiao, what exactly are you doing on set? Why are you being photographed again?"

Before Shen Nanqiao could even get angry, his arrogant demeanor was suppressed by the other party.

Only then did Shen Nanqiao quietly look at her own contact information.

The three characters "Junyi Jie" were clearly visible to Shen Nanqiao, and Shen Nanqiao's sleepiness vanished. "What's wrong with Junyi Jie? I haven't seen it yet. Don't worry."

Du Junyi was busy with his work and surrounded by doctors, patients and their families. He had just signed the surgical consent form.

There was no trace of bewilderment on his face, and he didn't hang up the phone. "Thank you for your help, doctor."

Turning to Shen Nanqiao, he said, "Can you give me a break?" Du Junyi had been working non-stop for the past few days, and the amount of time he had actually spent lying down to rest could be counted on one hand.

Shen Nanqiao's attitude is self-evident.

Moreover, Shen Nanqiao has only been in the industry for a short time and several similar incidents have already occurred.

Du Junyi was somewhat resentful that the company had assigned him such a newcomer to mentor.

It's impossible not to worry about the mother in the operating room.

It was only after seeing such a big thing happen online that Du Junyi took the time to call Shen Nanqiao.

"You're just starting out, and you've already made such a statement. How are you going to establish a persona and gain a foothold in the entertainment industry?"

Shen Nanqiao listened silently to Du Junyi's scolding. She had just guessed that Sister Junyi was in the hospital. "I know, Sister Junyi. Don't worry. You go ahead and do your thing. I'll handle it myself."

Shen Nanqiao waited for Du Junyi to hang up the phone before taking a deep breath.

I thought everything would be simple, but I never expected that difficulties would always come one after another in various ways.

Shen Nanqiao calmed herself down and opened the software she used most often.

Before I could even search, recommended videos popped up to grab my attention.

The false rumors were attracting attention, but Shen Nanqiao ignored them and opened the video.

Shen Nanqiao didn't need to look closely to guess who was behind it.

Clothing, attire, movements, and positions.

It was no different from the day Wu Miaomiao appeared on set. The public opinion was escalating too quickly, and Shen Nanqiao wasn't going to give a blind reply.

If you said you'd handle it yourself, then you must nip it in the bud and resolve it completely.

After entering Weibo, the private messages kept coming in. Shen Nanqiao didn't think that this meant she had become famous, so she opened them directly without any hesitation.

Various comments, defamatory, presumptuous, and abusive messages were flooding the page so fast that Shen Nanqiao couldn't keep up.

Lying in the cramped rented room, this was the first time Shen Nanqiao had felt a bit down since returning.

"Perhaps, escaping the entertainment industry and becoming an ordinary person wouldn't be bad."

As soon as the thought came to mind, Shen Nanqiao unconsciously began to imagine that if she were just an ordinary office worker, doing a job related to her university major, it would also be a different kind of happiness.

Having endured such hardship in her previous life, Shen Nanqiao had slowly overcome it all. But this time, she was already feeling quite tired at the very beginning.

The phone rang a second time when I woke up.

Shen Nanqiao lowered her eyes, looking at the familiar note on the phone, until the call ended on its own.

She didn't want to answer. Shen Nanqiao guessed that her family had seen the message.

After much deliberation, Shen Nanqiao decided to contact the other party involved in the matter first. Before she could answer her phone, the other end of the line rang.

Unexpectedly, it was a girl.

As soon as Shen Nanqiao answered the call, she was met with a barrage of insults: "You little girl, at first I thought my husband Zhao had found a good actress, and he shamelessly praised you to me every day. Now you've hooked up with him like this."

Before Shen Nanqiao could say a word, she was met with a barrage of insults.

Shen Nanqiao was stunned; the person opposite her had stopped.

After glancing at her phone, Shen Nanqiao wanted to offer an explanation.

Zhao Yinhu's voice came through the phone, "That's not how it is, don't listen to other people's nonsense." It was unclear whether it was an argument or a one-sided "beating" of Director Zhao.

Shen Nanqiao listened to the sounds on the other end of the phone.

“I’ve already received all the videos from other people, and you still say you haven’t been messing around outside.”

The call ended quickly with a beep, and Shen Nanqiao seemed to remain detached from the situation.

A short while later, Zhao Yinhu called back, "Don't mind her, she just heard too much from others and got angry in a moment."

Shen Nanqiao understood and simply asked Zhao Yinhu, "So what do we do now?"

"Do you know who did it?" For some reason, Zhao Yinhu now trusts Shen Nanqiao a lot and always wants to ask her opinion on small things.

Although Shen Nanqiao looks strange most of the time.

"I should have known," Shen Nanqiao said calmly. The more time passed, the more certain Shen Nanqiao became.

The scene from that day had replayed in her mind at least ten times. While waiting for Zhao Yinhu's call, Shen Nanqiao kept thinking about how to resolve the situation perfectly.

"Don't respond yet." This was Shen Nanqiao's first instinct.

Perhaps we should wait for public opinion to develop further?

Shen Nanqiao was actually at a loss. It seemed that no matter how she explained such unsubstantiated public opinion, it would be treated as a joke.

After discussing some related matters, Shen Nanqiao hung up the phone and buried her head in the blanket.

She closed her eyes, and everything around her was a blur.

Just like the road that goes straight.

Shen Nanqiao, who had been full of energy, seemed to have vanished at this moment. She tried her best in this small space. Although she did not cry, her mood was as if she was bound by endless gloom and could not move.

This feeling persisted until Shen Nanqiao's legs went numb.

She was practically half-lying down in her bed.

The head that's sticking out from under the covers is getting increasingly messy. What should I do?

Still doubting herself, Shen Nanqiao opened Weibo, wanting to take another look at the current online opinions, but unexpectedly, the first thing she saw was not a video about herself.

Instead, it was Fang Zihe's portrait.

"On the day of the script discussion, another key member of the production team and I were discussing the plot with the director at the same time. I left for a while, and I never expected that someone with ulterior motives would secretly take pictures and spread rumors about me. It's ridiculous."

The accompanying picture is from that day. Although it's from a distance, it shows half of Fang Zihe's face and a clear location. It shows Shen Nanqiao and the director standing straight, chatting.

Before Shen Nanqiao could speak, Fang Zihe stepped forward first.

Shen Nanqiao was inexplicably moved.

This is practically a target for those haters to focus their attacks on.

My finger touched the screen, and it refreshed instantly. Immediately following Fang Zihe's highly-rated topic was Zhao Yinhu's wife.

This woman is also a well-known and formidable figure in the industry, and she speaks very directly.

"I don't know what some people are thinking when they spread rumors, and they even spread rumors about me."

The accompanying image is a private message page on Weibo, from someone's account, which predates the leaked video, and includes exaggerated claims about the director's wife.

Shen Nanqiao quickly clicked into the search box to search for this person's ID, and it popped up before it even started scrolling.

With a few scattered complaints and the occasional photo where the person's face wasn't clearly shown, Shen Nanqiao easily found this person's homepage.

The more seemingly unrelated things were shared, the more certain Shen Nanqiao became of her suspicions.

Especially when I flipped to the day I met Wu Miaomiao, this person shared a post saying: "What an unlucky day, all my good mood is gone."

Shen Nanqiao became even more certain.

This is Wu Miao Miao.

Before I could even look closely and scroll down further, my phone automatically refreshed, and in an instant, everything on the page disappeared.

This person deleted all the content.

Shen Nanqiao felt a pang of regret, but there was nothing she could do.

With one of the main figures standing up for them, the other online fans who were arguing about whether Shen Nanqiao and Fang Zihe were just a couple on set suddenly turned into a barrage of attacks on the trolls.

[Some people are really blind. Even while Zihe is filming, he still finds time to take photos with Sister Shen. Are you all blind? You have no idea how much we love each other.]

[Shen Nanqiao already has Fang Zihe, how could she possibly be interested in an older man like the director?]

[I wonder if the person taking the photos so close up was a member of the film crew.]

Who dares to spread rumors now?

I will report every single one of these people I encounter.

[Now that I'm in a better mood, I'll wait for Nan Qiao to speak.]