Extreme Pampering-Chapter 48 - From Love to Hatred Intentional Revenge
Chapter 48: Chapter 48: From Love to Hatred, Intentional Revenge?
Chapter 48: Chapter 48: From Love to Hatred, Intentional Revenge?
The advertisements on the looping large screen continued for three days, and during these days, Shen Zhiyi could see her own videos or photos wherever she went. The online discussions about this matter never ceased, primarily driven by curiosity about why the talent agency was promoting Shen Zhiyi so vigorously. They thought these were all arranged by the agency.
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Compared with her previous talent agency, the difference was stark. Some curious onlookers even enthusiastically searched for birthday promotions from previous years for comparison and found that there hadn’t even been a birthday celebration last year. Shen Zhiyi’s studio was dead quiet on her birthday. Further investigation revealed that on that day, Shen Zhiyi had temporarily taken over a talk show for the injured Huo Heng.
Interestingly, the talk show featured Xu Xia, who was about to celebrate her birthday, so they brought her a birthday cake in advance. While everyone was laughing and celebrating together, Shen Zhiyi appeared in the corner of the camera frame, standing quietly.
The old talk show was dug up again. Back then, people had only criticized Shen Zhiyi for riding on Huo Heng’s coattails, but now more details emerged. At that time, Shen Zhiyi was also filming, yet she made time to attend the talk show to clean up Huo Heng’s mess. It was said that she had been pulling all-nighters for three consecutive days, without any time to rest.
The talent agency didn’t value her, insiders looked down on her, and she was constantly chased and scolded by haters. Her situation was truly miserable.
Videos defending Shen Zhiyi suddenly surged, and the number of online viewers continued to rise. Xiaodong finished watching the videos and was nearly depressed. How could Sister Zhiyi’s past have been so sad?
She muttered softly, “So Xu Xia’s birthday is just one day apart from Sister Zhiyi’s.”
Unlike the unwelcome Shen Zhiyi, Xu Xia peaked from the start of her career, strangely popular, with grand birthday celebrations every year, but this year was an exception.
All the city’s large screens had been reserved, and that reservation lasted three days, causing Xu Xia, whose birthday was just one day apart from Shen Zhiyi’s, to be unable to find even a single large screen to display her video. On her birthday, the internet was all about discussing Shen Zhiyi’s overly grand birthday banquet and the impressive large screen promotions, even her own fans felt embarrassed.
How could there not be a single large screen available?
It was truly unfortunate. As if it weren’t shameful enough, she even ended up trending because of this incident, positioned right beside Shen Zhiyi’s entry in a notably conspicuous way. Xu Xia was extremely upset, and her performance at the film set suffered; she felt as if everyone was secretly talking about her.
She had never felt so humiliated since her debut.
“Brother Huo.”
In an unnoticed corner, as soon as Huo Heng arrived, he saw Xu Xia in tears. She asked in utter sadness, “Sister Zhiyi did this on purpose, right? She knew my birthday was just a day after hers, yet she deliberately reserved the screens for three days, just to humiliate me. She hates me for taking you away from her, but I didn’t mean to hurt her.”
Huo Heng felt almost as distraught as she did. Shen Zhiyi had completely distanced herself from him now, didn’t invite him to her birthday party, and had even returned his gifts, making him feel like a joke.
He frowned, wanting to say that Zhiyi was not that kind of person, but seeing Xu Xia crying, he softened and comforted her softly, “It’s not your fault; it might all be arranged by the company.”
Xu Xia looked up, “Why would the company favor her so much? The resources she’s getting now don’t match her tier at all. She’s just a third-tier actress, yet the company is willing to spend so much on her?”
Clearly leading the conversation, Huo Heng quickly caught on, his expression darkening, “It must be President Qin who favors her.”
“It’s not President Qin,” Xu Xia lowered her voice, “Brother Huo, the person backing Sister Zhiyi seems not to be Qin Fangru.”
“Not Qin Fangru?”
Huo Heng was puzzled, “If not him, then who could it be?”
Xu Xia shook her head, “I don’t know. Hasn’t Sister Zhiyi ever told you?”
“We haven’t been in touch for a long time.”
“I feel like Sister Zhiyi is targeting me,” Xu Xia bit her lip, “Huo Heng, you have to be careful, what if Sister Zhiyi turns her love into hatred for you? She has strong backing, and it would be easy for her to take us down.”
Recent public opinion had indeed been unfriendly, but it was hard to say who was meddling. Huo Heng didn’t want to believe that Shen Zhiyi was going after him, but once the seed of doubt was planted, it was out of his control.
“Don’t you have an interview program today? Many people online are saying you deliberately dragged Shen Zhiyi down, leaving her a mess to deal with. It’s a good opportunity to clear the air.”
Xu Xia hugged him, “Huo Heng, don’t be too soft-hearted, career is the most important thing, isn’t it?”
Huo Heng didn’t say anything, tacitly agreeing to her suggestion.
The interview began, and at Huo Heng’s prior indication, the host deliberately steered the questions towards Shen Zhiyi.
“Huo Heng, you recently ended a relationship. Although it’s over, you should still be on good terms with your ex-girlfriend, given the many years you’ve known each other. Can you call her now and talk to her on the phone?”
Huo Heng’s smile stiffened; this wasn’t what he had planned. Why suddenly ask him to call Shen Zhiyi? He had long been blocked by her.
The interview was live, so he barely managed to keep his composure, “There’s no need; she’s quite busy.”
“Is that so?” the host laughed jokingly, “Surely you haven’t been blocked, have you?”
Huo Heng’s talent agent gestured frantically from outside to stop the interview, but it was impossible. The host ignored him, and the questions became sharper. “I saw a timeline online showing you dropped out of several shows or left midway, and each time Shen Zhiyi completed the schedule for you. You were still boyfriend and girlfriend, right? Did you know she was still taking care of your work despite having a persistent fever?”
Huo Heng was at a loss for words; anything he said would be over-interpreted. He didn’t understand how the host had suddenly made things difficult for him, and he was about to lose his temper, “I don’t want to discuss personal issues.”
The host smiled broadly, “Our program loves to ask artists personal questions, didn’t your team know before making arrangements?”
Of course, he knew, hoping to use the program to continue slinging mud at Shen Zhiyi, but the host wasn’t cooperating.
The interview ended abruptly, and everyone could see Huo Heng’s panicked guilt. He clenched his teeth and asked the host, “Why are you targeting me?”
The host glanced at him and laughed, “Huo Heng, I have no reason to target you. Perhaps you should think about who you have offended.”
As the venue was arranged for the next artist’s interview, this was the first time Huo Heng had seen Shen Zhiyi in over a month. She had lost some weight due to filming but looked healthy. She tilted her head, listening to her assistant and brushed past him without a glance.
The words of Xu Xia reemerged in his mind. So, was it her deliberately targeting him?
Shen Zhiyi didn’t notice Huo Heng watching her. Before the interview began, she had received an e-invitation, the sender being surprisingly Qin Fang, inviting her to attend his sister’s birthday party.
What a coincidence, it was just a few days apart from her own birthday.
