Chapter Twenty-Eight
The atmosphere became tense, and the internet was in an uproar as the variety show broke its own record for highest viewership.
The production team was overjoyed.
Fan Weiwei, who is at the center of the incident, is probably itching to fight back, and her management company has already intervened.
Fan Weiwei has a wealthy female backer who is a shareholder in their company and wields considerable influence. Now that she sees Fan Weiwei being bullied, she immediately sends people to intervene, guide public opinion, and is determined to rescue Fan Weiwei from this crisis.
Meanwhile, Hongsheng, which was behind Gu Yueyue, also saw an opportunity.
Old Yao found a few people in the public relations department and asked them to work overtime to embellish the story, making it seem like Gu Yueyue only met Fan Weiwei because of Zheng Wan, and that she changed her usual gentle and easy-going personality to protect this newcomer in the company.
With such immense popularity, Zheng Wan absolutely has to catch up.
The PR team worked overtime and racked their brains, but they still couldn't see anything ambiguous or romantic between Gu Yueyue and Zheng Wan. Guiding this couple was too difficult. Nowadays, netizens are very shrewd. After eating so much gossip, they have developed sharp eyes. How could they be used as pawns like before?
Ono quickly contacted her friends and several talented individuals she had already selected, waiting for Gu Yueyue's contract to end so she could lead them to take on major responsibilities. Now, she was practicing public relations in advance.
With several forces intertwined and none willing to back down, the show's popularity reached unprecedented levels.
As for Gu Yueyue, the other party involved in this matter, seeing that she had achieved her goal, she stopped pressing the issue. Before, she had the upper hand and it was understandable that she was a bit aggressive towards Fan Weiwei. But now that Fan Weiwei's situation was becoming increasingly difficult, if she didn't stop, she would appear to be unreasonable.
She took several students to the cafeteria to let Fan Weiwei calm down.
On the way to the cafeteria, the group was in a great mood. If it weren't for the fact that they were participating in a girl group audition and had to be a little mindful of their figures, they would have loved to eat a lot to celebrate.
In a spot out of the live stream camera's view, the group turned off their microphones, and Shen Ningjiao burst into laughter, "I just saw his face turn green! Teacher Gu, you're really amazing. You've got him completely under your thumb."
Gu Yueyue smiled softly and didn't say anything more.
Xu Yi stood silently behind her, and then she remembered the first time she participated in the war between immortals and demons. At that time, Miss Gu also wanted to protect her behind her like today.
That was her first time participating in the war between immortals and demons, and also Miss Gu's last time participating in the war between immortals and demons.
It was a battle that made a generation of sword masters famous throughout the world and shook the three realms, and it was also a battle in which the red-clad war god, the head of the Gu family, fell.
After lunch, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, and the afternoon training continued as usual.
That evening, Fan Weiwei was picked up by her sugar daddy. The production team also received a call from the biggest investor's father, Zhang Ya's biological father. His first question was about the terrible mentor they had found, who was acting arrogantly and bullying his daughter.
The production team had just finished dealing with Fan Weiwei's sugar daddy, and now they had to deal with their own investor father. They also had to keep an eye on the online buzz, making sure that all the big shots and bigwigs didn't drag their small production team into it and damage their reputation. Everyone was exhausted, and they even just had some instant noodles for dinner.
After having lunch with them, Gu Yueyue went straight back to her dorm. Ever since she returned, or rather, since she went out at noon, Xiao Ye had been making incessant phone calls.
It wasn't until it got dark that Ono started drinking water from the kettle, then collapsed weakly onto the sofa.
Gu Yueyue reopened the book she had left behind that morning. Seeing Xiao Ye busy with all sorts of things for her, she felt bad. She planned to give Xiao Ye a long vacation with pay after the show was finished, and she also wanted to take this opportunity to rest.
"Ono, thank you for your hard work."
"Sis, why are you being so polite with me?" Xiao Ye had been slumped on the sofa for a while, but now that she had regained some strength, she asked curiously, "Sis, you're so good to that Xu Yi, but this time you stood up to Fan Weiwei for him. It's really not like you."
"Seeing the children suffer reminds me of myself back then, so I want to help in any way I can," Gu Yueyue explained.
Ono smiled enigmatically, leaned closer to Gu Yueyue, and asked, "Sister, honestly, is that really what you think?"
"I find this very strange. You said you didn't want to pursue her, so helping her like this is a losing proposition for us. You're also planning to poach Zheng Wan, but you haven't really considered Zheng Wan at all."
Faced with Ono's teasing, Gu Yueyue couldn't say anything to refute it. Perhaps that little girl named Xu Yi was a little different to her.
Around 7 p.m., Ono suddenly received a phone call. The call came suddenly, and when Ono came in from the balcony, her eyes were red and swollen, and it was clear that she had been crying very hard.
"What's wrong?" Gu Yueyue put down her book and gave her an ice pack. Xiao Ye didn't have time to explain much, but just said a few important things with a sob in her voice.
"Sis, something happened to Mom. I have to go back."
Gu Yueyue didn't dare to delay her. She had known about Xiao Ye's mother's serious illness for a long time. Moreover, she had paid for Xiao Ye's mother's first surgery. It was because of her help that Xiao Ye, that silly child, had been repaying her kindness until now.
Ono hurriedly packed a few documents, grabbed his bag, and was about to leave.
"Be careful on the road, don't rush." Gu Yueyue couldn't offer much help, so she could only give her a few words of advice as she left, "Tell me if you need money."
"Okay, sis. Take good care of yourself while I'm gone."
The door closed, and Gu Yueyue sat back down on the sofa, thinking about Xiao Ye's mother and her own mother at the same time.
She took out her phone and tried several times to call her mother's attending physician, but each time she hesitated and gave up.
When there was a knock on the door, Gu Yueyue was afraid that Xiao Ye had left something behind and returned, so she hurriedly went to open the door.
But it was Fan Weiwei standing outside the door.
"Fan Weiwei, you—" Gu Yueyue was terrified when she saw Fan Weiwei's disheveled appearance, reeking of alcohol, with bruises on her face, bite marks and lip prints on her neck.
Gu Yueyue felt uneasy and wanted to close the door, but Fan Weiwei blocked her with his arm and used all his strength to push the door open.
"I'm going to fucking kill you! You bitch!"
Fan Weiwei was taken away today, and for some reason, her health has been getting weaker and weaker lately. Even though her sugar daddy has taken his pants off, he just can't get an erection, and no matter what medicine he takes, it doesn't work.
Meanwhile, the production team also put pressure on Fan Weiwei after receiving questions from Zhang Ya's father. More importantly, Zhang Ya's father directly contacted Fan Weiwei's sugar daddy, telling him to discipline his people and not to forget their place.
So Fan Weiwei got a beating from his sugar daddy, and to make matters worse, his sugar daddy abandoned him, and rumors about his impotence were spread.
On his way here, his phone kept ringing, all from his close friends in the industry, sending messages to mock him.
In just a few short hours, he suffered such a huge blow that he didn't even have time to tidy himself up before coming to seek revenge on Gu Yueyue.
Fan Weiwei forcefully pushed open her door. Gu Yueyue was touching her phone, trying to call the production crew, but Fan Weiwei discovered her intention, snatched the phone from Gu Yueyue, and pushed her to the ground.
"You've ruined my life, tell me how I should get revenge?" Fan Weiwei said, starting to undo his belt. Halfway through, he realized that his thing was useless... Damn it!
"I'm going to kill you today! I'll ruin your reputation. You think you're so high and mighty? I'll show everyone how I can mess with you."
Gu Yueyue was panicking. She bit her lower lip and didn't react to Fan Weiwei's words. Her gaze swept around the room and finally landed on a vase. Several thoughts flashed through her mind, but she quickly rejected them. It might easily lead to a lose-lose situation.
"Fan Weiwei, calm down. I don't know what you've been through, but the only conflict between us should be what happened this afternoon, right? As far as I know, you've already received an invitation to 'Walking Towards the Sun,' just a mentor position on Fanxing Idol. Will that have a big impact on you?"
An invitation to "Walking Towards the Sun"?
Fan Weiwei's mind cleared up a bit. It seemed that he got "Towards the Sun" through his own abilities, and it had nothing to do with the company or that fat woman. So even if he lost face today, once he went to "Towards the Sun", his status would be different from now. Wouldn't those idiots in the company come back and continue to promote him as the number one?
Once he's recovered and found a rich man to restore his virility, would he still be afraid of that fat woman?
He can get everything he lost back eventually, so why ruin himself for that bitch Gu Yueyue?
While Fan Weiwei was thinking about these things, Gu Yueyue slowly stood up, crouched down and leaned against the wall, talking to him to attract his attention while moving towards the door.
Just as she was about to reach the doorknob, Fan Weiwei suddenly realized what was happening. He quickly stepped forward, pulled Gu Yueyue away from the door, and threw her onto the sofa.
Fan Weiwei held Gu Yueyue's phone in his hand, standing beside her and looking down at her disheveled appearance.
"Tsk, even our goddess has such embarrassing moments. What do you think, what if I stripped you naked and filmed it for the whole country to enjoy?" Fan Weiwei said to herself, then laughed, "No, no, no, I'm being narrow-minded. Our goddess isn't just popular domestically, we should distribute more copies and promote you on international websites as well."
Gu Yueyue burst into tears, so frightened by him that she couldn't speak. She shook her head repeatedly, which pleased Fan Weiwei at that moment.
Until... Gu Yueyue took advantage of his inattention, quickly got up and used her knee to strike his groin, and Fan Weiwei immediately fell to the ground.
Fan Weiwei clutched his groin and trembled on the ground. The pain was so intense that veins bulged on his face and neck, and he lost his voice.
Gu Yueyue wiped away her tears. She was genuinely crying and genuinely frightened, but based on her years of experience dealing with obsessive fans, Fan Weiwei's little tricks were rather childish. She didn't act when she should have, only knowing how to talk back; she deserved to be defeated.
She picked up her phone from the ground and took several pictures of Fan Weiwei's miserable state, and also recorded a short video.
"Fan Weiwei, I've already sent it to my assistant. From now on, behave yourself, and I'll pretend this never happened."
After Gu Yueyue finished speaking, she was about to call the production team to ask them to come and clean up the mess.
Just then, a loud knocking sounded at the door, as if the door was about to be smashed down.
Before Gu Yueyue even reached the door, the person outside couldn't wait any longer and kicked the door open.
A door crashed to the ground with a loud bang that echoed throughout the villa, startling Gu Yueyue, who was still trying to calm down.
Xu Yi was panting slightly. She had been meditating since returning to her dormitory. She had just completed one and a half cycles of the Great Heavenly Cycle and felt that her body was about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. She directly transferred the spiritual energy of her soul into the body. However, when she was halfway through the upgrade, the little sword brat roared beside her, saying that Gu Yueyue was in danger and was very anxious!
She interrupted her Foundation Building practice before she could finish, and ran frantically all the way here. It took her a lot of effort to open the door, and what she saw was a scene completely different from what she had imagined.
Fan Weiwei lay on the ground, her face contorted in pain. Miss Gu stood in front of her, patting her heart in fear, looking at her with a blank and helpless expression.
Xu Yi: "..."
She forgot again, this is Miss Gu, the Miss Gu who could scare ghost cultivators to death tens of thousands of years ago.
A note from the author:
Xiao Xu: Sigh, another wasted trip.
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Chapter Twenty-Nine
The commotion was so great that the production crew arrived quickly.
Gu Yueyue watched them carry Fan Weiwei away, and then watched the production crew question Xu Yi about why she was there.
Xu Yi was covered in cold sweat, her eyes gradually becoming unfocused. Faced with the questions from the production team, she could only barely understand the gist of their words, trying her best to discern their meaning before responding appropriately.
Liu Dai was still asking Xu Yi, "What are you doing here so late?"
"I... Miss Gu is in danger, I came to check on her." Xu Yi leaned against the wall, sweat running into her eyes, stinging them so much that tears and sweat flowed together, making her mind increasingly confused.
What happens if you fail to build your foundation? Xu Yi roughly knew that you would become a cripple.
But what would happen if she was forced to stop halfway through Foundation Establishment? Xu Yi wasn't quite sure. She had cultivated for so many years, and every time she had an epiphany and advanced in her cultivation, it had always been smooth sailing.
Unfortunately, things went wrong this time when we started over.
"Teacher Liu, don't ask anymore. I accidentally dialed her number when I called my assistant. It's quite late, everyone should go back and rest." Gu Yueyue didn't know why Xu Yi came, but Xu Yi's intention was obvious; she had indeed come to rescue her. She couldn't let Xu Yi be harassed because of her, and besides, Xu Yi seemed to be in bad shape.
It's common for trainees to bring their own phones. The production team only officially confiscated everyone's phones. Whether they have spare phones or not is none of the production team's business, since it's just an entertainment variety show and the requirements aren't that strict.
Liu Dai stopped questioning Xu Yi, but looked at the broken door and asked with a headache, "Teacher Gu, it's not convenient for you to stay here anymore. How about we prepare a temporary room for you next door? Or I can help you book a hotel nearby?"
"No!" Xu Yi straightened up, leaning against the wall, and blocked Gu Yueyue, who was supporting her arm, behind her. "It's dangerous here. Miss Gu must come with me."