Chapter 235: Chapter 233: Jiang Beibei’s Downfall

"Go ahead and joke. Right now, you’re my patient. As your psychologist, it’s my duty to help you work through things—by any means necessary."

Wen Ying said with a perfectly straight face.

[So did Jiang Beibei get plastic surgery or not?]

[What Doctor Wen said must be true, right? I believe Doctor Wen!]

[Even if someone did get plastic surgery, you can’t just announce it in front of so many people, can you? I don’t like Jiang Beibei either, but doesn’t this seem a bit much?]

[I’m sure Doctor Wen wouldn’t target this woman for no reason!]

"Doctor Wen, let’s not make jokes like this. A lot of people are watching the show, and many of them love to take things out of context. For the sake of everyone’s reputation, I think we should just stop."

Jiang Beibei was dying to curse her out, but she had to maintain a magnanimous front for the cameras.

She couldn’t believe this Doctor Wen would dare to say such things. Wasn’t she afraid of being torn apart by the public?

"Alright, then let’s talk about your other psychological issues, shall we? Back when you were on that talent show, wasn’t there a girl from a very poor family in your group?"

Jiang Beibei didn’t know what Wen Ying was getting at, but it was true that many people knew about that incident.

"Yes."

"You two had a pretty good relationship, didn’t you?"

Jiang Beibei smiled and admitted it.

"You were *really* on good terms?" Wen Ying asked again.

"Of course. Anyone who watched the show knows that. Even though she eventually withdrew, she has always been a dear sister to me."

The smile on Jiang Beibei’s face was tinged with regret, as if she truly pitied the girl she was talking about.

"Back then on the show, we were indeed very close, so we became friends. She worked incredibly hard during training, and she was very beautiful, but in the end, due to some family matters, she couldn’t continue. I think it’s a huge shame."

"The round she withdrew from, the mentor chose you, right?"

Jiang Beibei nodded.

"And if she hadn’t withdrawn, would the mentor have chosen you?"

Jiang Beibei froze. "Doctor Wen, that’s a question you should be asking the mentor."

"Doctor Wen, are you implying I was only chosen because she withdrew?"

Jiang Beibei knew she absolutely could not let this kind of narrative get out. Back when Xu Yiran withdrew, quite a few fans had already claimed it was because of her.

Her company had to do damage control, and she herself had been criticized and given a warning.

"Doctor Wen, I don’t know where you heard these rumors, but Yiran’s withdrawal had nothing to do with me! We were friends. I would never do something like that to a friend. Besides, I don’t have that kind of influence."

Wen Ying smiled and nodded. "You’re right. After all, she was the one who announced her withdrawal personally. Weren’t your mentors quite sad to see her go?"

"Doctor Wen, what are you trying to say?"

[I have a feeling this is some major drama! Is Doctor Wen about to blow the lid off Xu Yiran’s case?]

[Xu Yiran? I remember her. This whole thing was a trending topic once, but because Xu Yiran became a private citizen, the hype died down, and she just disappeared.]

[Wasn’t she that super cute girl? I think she was from the countryside, her family was really poor, and she was a great singer. She wanted to change her and her family’s fate, right?]

[So Jiang Beibei was really involved in this?]

[Just wait for the plot twist! Let’s see how long she can keep up this tough act!]

"Why did Xu Yiran withdraw?"

Wen Ying continued to press.

"Doctor Wen, you can’t just keep slandering me like this just because you have a good relationship with the director, can you?" Jiang Beibei couldn’t hold it in any longer.

"I don’t know what your relationship with Yiran is, but what you’re doing is really going too far."

Wen Ying ignored Jiang Beibei’s words. Nearby, the few onlookers who were enjoying the drama were now staring, dumbfounded.

"I have no relationship with Xu Yiran. I’ve never met her, never spoken to her. I only know of Xu Yiran because of you, Ms. Jiang. She truly shouldn’t have left the stage like that. If she hadn’t, a spot in the final group would have definitely been hers, and her dream of changing her and her family’s fate would have come true! Does all of this really have nothing to do with you?

Jiang Beibei, back then, Xu Yiran’s performance on the show was better than yours, and you knew the mentors preferred her. You were going to be eliminated. You couldn’t accept that reality, so you decided to take an unorthodox route. Among all the contestants, Xu Yiran was the easiest to bully. She had no background, was born into poverty, and even if something happened to her, no one would stand up for her. So, after weighing your options, you chose her to be the unlucky one.

At first, Xu Yiran refused to withdraw from the show. She even begged you to let her go. But she never expected the online rumors about her to escalate so fiercely. Rumors that she spent all her family’s savings on plastic surgery, that her father was left disabled because they couldn’t afford his surgery, that she was vain and materialistic, never doing any chores at home and making her elderly family members wait on her... All these rumors broke Xu Yiran down, piece by piece.

What were you thinking at that time?

You were reveling in it. You were celebrating your good fortune.

She finally withdrew from the show because you told her that if she didn’t, her family would be treated like pariahs, hated by everyone, and that people would stare at them with strange looks. You told her if she didn’t quit, this was just the beginning.

You said you were ’dear sisters.’ You’re right, the kind of ’dear sisters’ who stab each other in the back in the internet age. She didn’t have your schemes, she didn’t know any powerful people. The only thing she could do was work hard—give it everything she had. But you destroyed all her efforts.

Because she withdrew, the mentor chose you. But did you get a spot in the final group in the end? No, you didn’t.

This isn’t karma. This is just the beginning of it."

Jiang Beibei’s face was ashen. She couldn’t understand how Wen Ying knew all this.

Only she and Xu Yiran knew about these things!

"Do you think I’ve wronged you? You ruined Xu Yiran’s life, and then you turned around and forgot all about her without a shred of guilt."

"Director! I demand you stop the live stream! My reputation is being seriously damaged!"

[No way... Could this all be true? If it is, then what Jiang Beibei did to Xu Yiran... she deserves to be damned for it!]

[Poor Xu Yiran, just destroyed by her like that. She even destroyed a whole family!]

[I was a fan of Xu Yiran. When she withdrew, we really didn’t understand. We even said horrible things to her because she insisted on quitting! I never thought there was such a huge story behind it all! We’re so sorry, Xu Yiran! It’s all Jiang Beibei’s fault! She should be blacklisted! She should leave the industry!]

[Jiang Beibei, get out of the entertainment industry!]

Watching this, Director Wen was also a bit stunned. What on earth was happening?

"I’m not filming anymore! Turn off the cameras!"

But with such a huge scoop unfolding, how could the cameraman possibly listen to her?

Besides, she was the villain at the heart of this juicy story.

"Sister Bei Bei, this isn’t true, is it?" Meng Xiaoyi covered her mouth, staring at Jiang Beibei in disbelief.