TL: Moonlit
Soon, the response from the leadership came, saying that it might be other countries releasing the information, with the purpose of drawing everyone’s attention to Shen Ye. They were probably afraid that Shen Ye, as a humanoid nuclear weapon, would take action against other countries.
“Please convey to Master Shen that we will closely monitor this matter and ensure that no one disturbs the two of you,” the senior leader said to Ye Ze over the phone.
There have been rumors circulating online about many countries wanting to recruit Shen Ye. The higher-ups are aware of it and have already started handling it.
Ye Ze nodded and said, “My husband prefers to keep a low profile. I hope this can be resolved as soon as possible.”
In fact, whether it was Shen Ye or Ye Ze, they were capable of handling this matter. At the very least, they wouldn’t allow the rumors to escalate. However, since it involved international interactions, they preferred to leave it to higher authorities to take action.
Shen Ye threw himself into Ye Ze’s arms, pouted, and said, “We’ll probably be able to open the passage between the two realms soon. When it gets too annoying, let’s just disappear and make them unable to find us.”
Ye Ze kissed him affectionately and said, “Alright.”
Fortunately, just a few hours later, when Shen Ye searched for information about himself online, there were very few solicitations. Most people were discussing how high his Taoist skills were and whether the Eastern dragon that appeared during the tsunami was his transformation…
Shen Ye felt somewhat speechless. Clearly, all those achievements belonged to his partner… Once his divine soul was complete and the passage between the two realms was opened, he would immediately announce the truth to the world.
He didn’t like to steal his partner’s limelight and accomplishments.
At this time, a major event also appeared on Weibo. A marketing account released news claiming that Ouyang Yi had been arrested, and she was arrested together with Zhang Fan.
There were already rumors that Zhang Fan was the financial backer behind Ouyang Yi, and this news further confirmed the speculation.
Ouyang Yi had been a popular celebrity in recent years, with a large number of fans. Faced with various rumors from the marketing account, fans reported and expressed that this must be false, and there must be a team trying to smear Ouyang Yi.
However, within half an hour, a newly registered account released a high-definition photo showing Ouyang Yi wearing handcuffs and being taken away by the police.
This caused a huge uproar.
It’s important to note that Ouyang Yi had already been in the spotlight due to winning Best Actress recently. With the release of this photo, the gossip-loving masses were stunned.
[“I can’t believe it’s really her!”]
[“Wearing handcuffs, this is solid evidence, right? What crime did she commit?”]
[“Who is Zhang Fan?”]
[“If you want to know who Zhang Fan is, DM me! I have a lot of gossip about Ouyang Yi and Zhang Fan!”]
Soon, another account revealed that Ouyang Yi and Zhang Fan had more than just a normal patronage relationship; it also involved money laundering.
In no time, Ouyang Yi was being criticized by netizens, and her reputation plummeted.
On the other hand, the actress who had missed out on the Best Actress award earlier gained sympathy from netizens. After all, Ouyang Yi’s acting skills were inferior to hers, and her ratings couldn’t compare. The award was due to Zhang Fan’s support behind the scenes.
This actress happened to be Zhang Zhiru’s idol, and now that both Zhang Fan and Ouyang Yi had fallen, she felt a sense of relief.
As for Ouyang Yi’s fans, the release of the photo caused a significant division within the fandom. Some continued to defend her, some announced they were unfollowing her, and others started criticizing her…
In any case, the internet was buzzing with excitement.
Shen Ye wasn’t interested in Ouyang Yi, so after reading about her, he stopped paying attention.
What he cared more about was Zhang Zhiru. Although Zhang Zhiru’s facial features indicated that she didn’t have any conflicts with her mother and grandparents, she still needed to explain the situation of Zhang Fan being taken away to her mother and her grandparents’ family.
Fortunately, Shen Ye received a message saying that her mother and grandparents didn’t blame her; instead, they had been comforting her all along.
“My mom told me that she stayed married for my sake,” Zhang Zhiru asked Shen Ye a question during their phone call. “Actually, I don’t quite understand. My grandparents have good conditions, and my mom has money. Even if she divorced and remarried, my life wouldn’t be worse off… So why did she endure the marriage for my sake?”
Shen Ye didn’t really understand either. After all, he had never met his biological parents, and his master, who raised him, was a man.
But he knew that people in this world always praised the greatness of maternal love, so Zhang Zhiru’s mother’s actions were probably a manifestation of maternal love.
Zhang Zhiru said, “My mom doesn’t want me to feel guilty. Instead, she wants to show me how much she cares about me, which is why she won’t blame me for what happened with Zhang Fan.”
Shen Ye replied, “Well then, you shouldn’t overthink it.”
“Okay,” Zhang Zhiru sighed and said, “As for Zhang Fan, I will help him pay his fines, and if he has a chance to be released in the future, I will support his retirement. As for the rest, I don’t want to be involved anymore… The harm he caused to me and my mom won’t disappear just because he’s in prison…”
Shen Ye smiled and said, “As long as you’re clear about it.”
Speaking of which, Zhang Zhiru was a girl with clear likes and dislikes, but unfortunately, she ended up with a father like Zhang Fan.
Two more days passed when Xu Sisi suddenly received a request from a female celebrity named Zhang Duofu, who wanted Shen Ye to calculate her marriage prospects.
It was the first time Xu Sisi received such a request from a female celebrity to calculate her marriage prospects, and she found it quite interesting, so she mentioned it to Shen Ye.
Originally, Shen Ye was planning to take two days off before the wedding, but when he heard it was Zhang Duofu, he immediately agreed to meet.
Zhang Duofu happened to be Zhang Zhiru’s idol. She had recently competed with Ouyang Yi for the Best Actress award but failed. Shen Ye found it quite fascinating that she wanted to calculate her marriage prospects instead of her career prospects.
However, Zhang Duofu’s career prospects were quite good. In recent years, the film and television industry hadn’t been particularly prosperous, and there were very few female stars who could stand out in TV dramas. One of the most impressive ones was Chen Zi, but Zhang Duofu and Ouyang Yi couldn’t be underestimated. Although they were younger than Chen Zi, their momentum was not to be underestimated. Chen Zi had recently announced her retirement from the entertainment industry, and Ouyang Yi had encountered trouble. With this in mind, Zhang Duofu had eliminated two rivals without doing anything, so her career was flourishing.
Shen Ye and Zhang Duofu arranged to meet at a café. Zhang Duofu was wearing an oversized T-shirt, no makeup, and her nails were not done. Her hair was casually tied up, indicating her easygoing personality.
“You’re here.” Zhang Duofu respectfully welcomed Shen Ye into a private room and said, “I own this café, reporters can’t come in, so you can relax.”
Shen Ye nodded and his gaze fell on her face. “You want to calculate your marriage prospects?”
Zhang Duofu nodded lightly.
Shen Ye got straight to the point. “Your boyfriend won’t make it. Break up with him.”
Zhang Duofu was stunned, standing there in silence for a while.
This time, Xu Sisi was also with Shen Ye. She nudged Shen Ye with her elbow and whispered, “Why are you so direct? They say it’s better to destroy ten temples than to break one marriage. Aren’t you ruining their relationship?”
There was also one point she didn’t mention: it’s best for outsiders not to meddle in matters of the heart.
She had seen many complaints online about friends’ boyfriends cheating, and when the friends came to them crying, they joined in berating the scumbag and advised their friends to break up. But in the end, the friends reconciled with their boyfriends and blamed them for meddling.
Shen Ye shrugged. “Her boyfriend is a scumbag. Should she keep him for the New Year?”
He spoke loudly, and Zhang Duofu, who heard his words, looked even more desolate.
Xu Sisi said, “…”
Zhang Duofu’s eyes turned red. “He did cheat.”
Xu Sisi asked, “…You know your boyfriend cheated?”
“Yeah, I felt something was off with him recently. Every time we chatted on WeChat, he would smile like a flower. But when I looked at his WeChat, it was very clean, and there were no funny public accounts.” Zhang Duofu paused and continued, “Isn’t that him flirting with other women, afraid of me finding out, so he deleted the chat records.”
Xu Sisi said, “…”
It was said that women’s intuition and logical abilities when it came to their husband or boyfriend cheating were very terrifying, and Zhang Duofu happened to confirm this.
Shen Ye said, “You guessed it right, he did cheat.”
Xu Sisi said, “…Can you say a little less?”
Didn’t she see that Zhang Duofu was about to cry?!
In fact, Xu Sisi understood why Zhang Duofu wanted to cry. When Zhang Duofu announced her relationship with her boyfriend, Tan Shen, during the height of her popularity, Tan Shen was relatively unknown. Over the past two years, he gained fame by taking on leading roles thanks to his identity as Zhang Duofu’s boyfriend, and gradually gained some fans.
Fans of male stars generally didn’t want their idols to be in a relationship, especially since Tan Shen relied on Zhang Duofu to rise to fame. Therefore, Tan Shen’s fans openly or subtly expressed their hope that their idol would break up with his girlfriend to avoid being labeled as someone who climbed to success through his girlfriend, and to forever escape from the shadow of his girlfriend.
Tan Shen’s agent saw that he had landed several leading roles and believed he could break away from Zhang Duofu, so he instigated Tan Shen to break up.
Perhaps influenced by his fans and agent, Tan Shen gradually grew distant from Zhang Duofu.
Six months ago, rumors of Tan Shen’s affair with a younger female star on the set of a drama surfaced. At that time, Tan Shen specifically flew back to explain to Zhang Duofu. Zhang Duofu loved her boyfriend very much and chose to believe him.
Recently, Tan Shen was filming with that young female star on another set, and whenever he came back, he was engrossed in chatting on his phone.
Even if Zhang Duofu was slow to catch on, she sensed that something was wrong.
Zhang Duofu covered her face and, enduring her sadness, said, “I want to break up!”
Shen Ye expressed his approval. “Good, very decisive.”
Xu Sisi said, “…”
She couldn’t help it and pinched Shen Ye’s arm.
Shen Ye said, “…Her boyfriend is already discussing with the company and his agent how to tarnish her reputation and shift the blame for the affair onto her. If she didn’t come to me today, she would be trending tomorrow and have to bear the reputation of being a cheater. I’m doing this to save her, alright?”
Xu Sisi said, “?”
Xu Sisi said, “!”
Originally, she thought this was a matter between Zhang Duofu and Tan Shen and asked Shen Ye not to interfere. She had been in the industry herself and heard rumors about how much Zhang Duofu loved Tan Shen. Even if Tan Shen did cheat, maybe he would plead weakly in front of Zhang Duofu and she would forgive him.
She was afraid Shen Ye would play the villain.
But now that she heard Tan Shen not only cheated but was also planning to shift the blame, she couldn’t hold back anymore and slammed the table. “Damn, there are such disgusting scumbags!”
Shen Ye glanced at her. “For the sake of his own interests, of course, he has to protect his reputation.”
Xu Sisi was taken aback and remembered the various struggles for interests within the industry, sighing.
Indeed, such attempts to shift blame were not uncommon. Tan Shen wasn’t the first, and he wouldn’t be the last.
“What do you think?” Xu Sisi looked at Zhang Duofu and asked.
Ultimately, it depended on Zhang Duofu’s decision. If she still had feelings for Tan Shen and didn’t want to confront him, willingly taking the blame, then no matter how angry Xu Sisi and Shen Ye were, they couldn’t help her.
Author’s Note:
My darlings, here’s the chapter for today. =~=
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or supported me with nutrient water from 2020-02-17 16:00:24 to 2020-02-19 12:00:01~
Thank you to the following angels for their support: Meow Meow (2 bottles) and Bing Yan (1 bottle).
Thank you all for your support. I will continue to work hard!
