Chapter 236: Chapter 234: Connecting with Xu Yiran

Jiang Beibei, who was already furious, felt like she was about to explode when she heard Meng Xiaoyi’s words.

"Xiao Yi, other people don’t believe me, but you don’t believe me either? Haven’t you always been on my side?"

Meng Xiaoyi silently cried foul and cursed Jiang Beibei for being so disappointing, but she didn’t dare to meet Jiang Beibei’s gaze at that moment.

After all, she had been by Jiang Beibei’s side from the very beginning, and to others, she looked like Jiang Beibei’s personal lackey.

She had to find a way to make sure that when she turned on Jiang Beibei, people wouldn’t see her as a shameless opportunist.

After a moment of thought, she spoke.

"Sister Bei Bei, I... I don’t know what to do. Back then, I followed Xu Yiran. I really, really liked her. I knew every single one of her scenes, and I admired her hard work. At the time, I felt that if she could succeed, she would be my idol, my role model. But then she quit the competition. I felt so betrayed, like my whole world had gone dark.

I blamed her, thinking she wasn’t working hard at all, that all her previous efforts were just part of a fake persona. I even started to hate her. But hearing Xu Yiran’s story again today... it’s just so heartbreaking. She used to be my ultimate favorite.

Sister Bei Bei, are you really not involved in this?"

’I’ve really pulled out all the stops,’ Meng Xiaoyi thought. ’This is the best acting of my life!’

As she looked at Jiang Beibei, her eyes were even red-rimmed, and her voice was thick with emotion, as if she were about to burst into tears.

Furious and feeling betrayed, Jiang Beibei froze. She stared at Meng Xiaoyi with a mixture of confusion and disbelief. "Didn’t you say you followed me? That I was your ultimate favorite?"

Meng Xiaoyi gave a bitter smile. "Yes, you are my favorite—the one I chose after Xu Yiran quit. Sister Bei Bei, I’m sorry, but I can’t accept that Xu Yiran was forced out of the entertainment industry because she was threatened and framed."

[Damn! This dramatic reversal is a joy to watch. So satisfying!]

[Never thought that annoying Meng Xiaoyi was actually a Xu Yiran fan? Suddenly, she seems a little more likable.]

[Jiang Beibei probably never expected that her own fan was originally a fan of the person she threatened and framed, right? This industry is so interesting!]

[She knows how to admit her mistakes and change. Meng Xiaoyi is a good person after all!]

"I can’t accept anyone threatening and framing Xu Yiran. Sister Bei Bei, I... if this is true, we’re no longer friends. If it’s not true, you can hit me and then cast me aside!"

’Meng Xiaoyi already knew the answer in her heart, so she had to corner Jiang Beibei.’

’Only by making Jiang Beibei take all the heat could she turn her own situation around!’

Jiang Beibei looked at Meng Xiaoyi with a scornful laugh, then turned her gaze to Wen Ying.

"You... you two teamed up to frame me?"

Jiang Beibei ripped off her earpiece and microphone, spun around, and started to walk away.

But she only took a few steps before Xu Jiali blocked her path. "Don’t go, Sister Bei Bei! We haven’t had our fill of this gossip yet. We want to know how Xu Yiran is doing now. Can you tell us?"

Blocked by Xu Jiali, Jiang Beibei shoved her hard, but Xu Jiali sidestepped, causing Jiang Beibei to stagger and nearly fall.

"What does Xu Yiran’s situation have to do with me? How would I know how she is? Isn’t your Doctor Wen so amazing? Let her figure it out!"

Xu Jiali actually turned to look at Wen Ying and asked, "Does Sister Yingying know how Xu Yiran is doing now?"

"After Xu Yiran quit the competition, Jiang Beibei’s company blocked all her paths to a debut. Because of the online rumors, she couldn’t continue working in the city, so she returned to her hometown. With her family’s troubles being insurmountable, she had no choice but to find a suitor who would pay a high bride price, effectively selling herself off to pay for her father’s medical bills and her younger brother’s education."

"Whatever you say, goes? Wen Ying, who do you think you are, a doctor or the Divine Calculator?"

"I’m a psychologist. Everyone on the internet should know that by now, right?"

Jiang Beibei sneered at Wen Ying. "Everyone on the internet? You think you’re that famous, a big star? ’Everyone on the internet’?"

[This Jiang Beibei must have rocks in her head. Right now, Doctor Wen’s follower count is already over seventy million! You’re telling me that’s not a big star?]

[Ditto! Even though Doctor Wen isn’t officially in the industry, her numbers are better than all those so-called top-tier celebs!]

[I seriously wonder if Jiang Beibei just got internet access. How can she not know about a top-tier figure like Doctor Wen?]

"Alright, I’m not going to waste any more words on you people. I’m done with this show. As for everything else, you can wait to hear from my lawyer!"

Jiang Beibei knew the cameras were still rolling.

"Mr. Cameraman, can you help me get in touch with Xu Yiran? She should be watching our live stream right now."

"This... I..."

’There’s no precedent for this, is there?’

The cameraman was stumped. How was he supposed to refuse Doctor Wen?

"The director says to wait ten minutes, he’ll do his best!"

[Xu Yiran just posted on Weibo!]

"No need for ten minutes. Xu Yiran has contacted the production team."

"Xu Yiran wants to do a video call with you, Doctor Wen. What do you think?"

The cameraman asked Wen Ying in a tentative tone.

Wen Ying agreed.

Jiang Beibei’s expression was grim, but she couldn’t leave now!

’Since Xu Yiran is coming to me!’

’Then only Xu Yiran can help me turn this around and prove my innocence!’

’She believed Xu Yiran would know what to choose, what to say!’

The production team brought over a new phone. The cameraman gave it to Wen Ying, who looked at the unfamiliar device. "Can I use my own phone?"

The cameraman looked a little awkward.

Truth be told, this was a phone rushed over by a sponsor who wanted to advertise it on the show.

When Director Wen saw the investor show up, he was grinning from ear to ear!

’Is this show going to start making money before it even airs?’

And so, this new phone was designated for Wen Ying.

"I know. This phone is from the new sponsor. How about this: camera, follow me. Friends in the live stream, get a good look at this phone." She rotated it 360 degrees. "If you can’t see it clearly, you can look it up yourselves. If you’ve seen enough, I’m moving on to the next step."

Director Wen: "..."

’This woman is impossible,’ he thought. ’She didn’t say a single line of ad copy, didn’t even mention the brand name.’

[Doctor Wen made me work for that ad. I just looked it up, it’s a new model from Da Yao. Any bros who are interested can check it out at this link yourselves!]

The production team had already worried that Doctor Wen might not agree, so they had brought Wen Ying’s phone as well.

Wen Ying took her own phone, quickly unlocked it, and logged into her platform account. "Xu Yiran, can you join my live stream?"

Soon, the two were successfully connected on the video call.

Everyone in the live stream could see the young woman who appeared on the other side of the screen. She had delicate features and was very pretty compared to an average person.

But she was a bit thin and looked like she had gotten a tan.

Facing the camera, Xu Yiran struggled to pull a smile onto her face.

"Thank you, everyone, for still remembering me. Thank you for your concern about my life. And thank you, Doctor Wen. We’ve never met, yet you were willing to help clear my name. I don’t know how to thank you enough."