Chapter 116: The Beginning of the Scandal

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Chapter 116: Chapter 116: The Beginning of the Scandal Xu Siyao said on Weibo: I was there last night too, why didn’t the paparazzi include me in the photo? P.S. Although, meeting my idol Sister Xiao Yun made me so happy and excited! Good thing I asked a waiter to secretly take a photo for me. Attached to the post was a photo of three people sitting at a table, with a background and attire identical to the two-person photo that had been leaked online. Someone commented on Xu Siyao’s Weibo: You’re from the same company as them, why did you need a waiter to secretly take the photo for you? Xu Siyao replied: Because I really like Sister Xiao Yun, but I was too shy to tell her and too shy to ask for a photo together, so I asked the waiter to secretly take one for me, sob. Zhou Yun found it absurd, her worldview shattered. Song Chi called, almost gloating: "Why do I feel like you’ve been set up?" Zhou Yun said: "You’re right, I’ve never felt so foolish before." "Then you’re a bit slow in reacting," Song Chi first teased her, then asked, "Who is this Xu Siyao?" "A newcomer, who’s about to join me in the production of ’Eighth Heartbeat’. The company wanted to market us as sisters, but I refused. Now this happens, I’m dumbfounded, utterly amazed by her audacity to so blatantly leech off me." Song Chi said: "This is nothing; wait until you’re more famous, given a few more years, you’ll find countless evil spirits trying to latch onto you." "How come you sound so experienced in this?" "Stop changing the subject. Now, in this situation, what do you plan to do?" "What can I do? Under these circumstances, I surely can’t just come out and say, ’No, you’re lying, you’re not my fan!’" Zhou Yun said, "If I really did that, everyone would think I’m a fool." Song Chi: "Good that you know." Song Chi continued: "Normally, next would be your company pushing Xu Siyao into the trending searches. From now on, the public will perceive Xu Siyao as your little fan girl, and you as her idol." "Is there a way to disassociate from this binding relationship?" "Yes." "How?" "You say you don’t know her." "That sounds fake as soon as you hear it. We’re from the same company and are soon to be acting together, how could I possibly not know her?" Zhou Yun said. Song Chi: "Anyway, my advice to you is to distance yourself from her as much as possible, early on; otherwise, she’ll be a big trouble, using the flag of being your fan to do all kinds of things. Many of these things might not even concern you directly, but because she claims to be your little fan girl, you’ll get dragged into it." "Oh my god," Zhou Yun said. The call with Song Chi was of no practical use. After hanging up, as Zhou Yun thought about how despite all her precations, she still fell into He Yong and Xu Siyao’s trap, she got incredibly frustrated, angry at both them and herself. Just as Song Chi mentioned, it wasn’t long before Xu Siyao’s name hit the trending searches. The trending topic was: Xu Siyao speaks up to clarify the rumor about Zhou Yun. It sounded like they had a good relationship. If they weren’t close, why would she help clear up a rumor? Zhou Yun was so frustrated, it made her teeth itch. Zheng Xiaojue could only try to comfort her: "Sister Xiao Yun, try not to be too angry." Even Lew Yuan sent a message asking Zhou Yun what the fuss with the trending search was all about. Zhou Yun felt she couldn’t just sit back and do nothing. She was about to call Zhou Lan when suddenly Zhou Lan’s call came through. "Sister Lan, I can’t just remain silent and do nothing, I need to respond." "I called you exactly to talk about this," Zhou Lan said, "Here’s the thing, Xiao Yun, first, we have to respond to last night’s incident, second, we cannot openly confront He Yong and Xu Siyao, although I really want to, but we can’t, and third, we need to sever ties with Xu Siyao publicly; we won’t mention her in our response, nor acknowledge that she helped clarify the rumor for you. If we guess right, Xu Siyao will definitely not wait for an invitation, she’ll comment under your Weibo and create an impression on social media that she has a really close personal relationship with you. Do not reply to her at all, act as if this person does not exist, not just this Weibo post, but also any future interaction with her on social media. If you encounter questions from reporters, just say you don’t know her well, you haven’t seen her much, you can say some polite words to encourage her, but nothing beyond that." Zhou Yun said: "Sister Lan, Xu Siyao and I are about to start filming together." "Don’t worry, leave this to me. I’ll communicate with the production team to try and separate your scenes as much as possible," Zhou Lan said, "It would be best to move her to Team B." "Is that going to work?" "When He Yong brought her into this drama, he specifically avoided roles that would have her share a lot of screen time with you, fearing she’d be overshadowed directly being in the same frame with you," Zhou Lan said, "Now, it turns out, this approach is better; most of her scenes with you can be rearranged." "Alright then." Zhou Lan said: "Okay, that’s it. I’m hanging up now." Zhou Yun returned from the balcony to the room, where the camera of ’After the Scandal’ dutifully sat in its corner. Zhou Yun smiled at the camera. On the way to work, Li Yuning was there as usual. Zhou Yun wore sunglasses. Li Yuning asked: "Xiao Yun, can I interview you for a moment?" Zhou Yun took off her sunglasses, cooperative as ever, "No problem." Li Yuning asked: "You’re on the trending searches again today." "Yes," Zhou Yun shrugged helplessly, "I’m also baffled, always ending up on the trending searches over some trivial matter." Li Yuning asked: "Xu Siyao... is she an artist from the same company as you?" Zhou Yun hesitated. Seeing Zhou Yun’s expression, Li Yuning asked, "Is there a problem with my question?" "Yuning, I don’t really know her that well, let’s not talk about her, shall we? I have enough controversies of my own, I don’t want to get this young lady tangled up in them and make people who dislike me dislike her too." Zhou Yun didn’t expect to utter these words so quickly. This was all prepped by Zhou Lan, who had her memorize them, fearing a reporter with intentions might catch her off guard. Li Yuning looked at Zhou Yun in surprise, thought for a moment, then said to his earpiece, "Turn off the audio, turn off both mine and Zhou Yun’s." After a while, as Li Yuning heard confirmation in his earpiece, he said to Zhou Yun, "We’ve turned off the audio. May I ask, what’s going on?"

Chapter 116: The Beginning of the Scandal

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