Rose Manor: Tycoon's Relentless Chase-Chapter 333 - 314: A Storm of Blood and Rain

Fu Jichen strode over, his eyebrows and eyes gradually becoming clear in the sunlight.

Shen Jianian squinted and, the moment she saw his face clearly, emotions surged in her chest. Without thinking, her first reaction was to rush over and hug him tightly.

Fu Feibai’s assistant was dumbfounded at this scene in broad daylight... He looked around; fortunately, there weren’t many people here as everyone was busy on set.

Fu Jichen embraced the drenched girl in his arms, feeling tender-hearted yet new furrows appeared between his brows, "Why are you all wet?"

With her face buried in his chest, Shen Jianian muffledly said, "I accidentally fell into the lake." Tong Yan had infuriated her to the point of confusion, and she had left without changing her clothes.

Shen Jianian disentangled herself from Fu Jichen’s arms, stepped back a little, her eyes glistening as she used her hand to pat the wet marks on his clothes, "Wait for me; I’ll change my clothes, then go back to the hotel with you."

Fu Jichen: "Did you finish filming today’s scenes?"

Shen Jianian: "No more filming."

Fu Feibai’s assistant nodded at Fu Jichen, greeted him, and left.

With Fu Jichen here, Shen Jianian didn’t need him anymore; he had to go back to take care of Fu Feibai, who still had two more scenes to shoot.

Fu Feibai changed into his backup costume, and the makeup artist was reapplying his makeup. Seeing the assistant return, he was surprised and said, "Why are you back? Didn’t I tell you to take Shen Jianian back to the hotel?"

The assistant glanced at the makeup artist, coughed lightly with a fist against his lips, bent down, and whispered, "I just ran into Mr. Fu on the way out."

"...You mean my brother?" Fu Feibai turned his head in surprise, nearly causing the makeup artist to draw his eyebrows crooked.

Fu Feibai quickly apologized to the makeup artist and straightened his head, hearing the assistant answer, "Yes."

Fu Feibai was deeply impressed, calculating the time, it seemed like his brother hadn’t visited the set in quite a while.

*

Shen Jianian changed into her clothes: a white short T-shirt paired with a thin cardigan, light blue straight-legged jeans, and white sneakers. Holding a sports water bottle, she took a couple of sips, screwed the lid back, and walked towards Fu Jichen.

"It’s not the weekend today; why are you here?" Shen Jianian raised her hand to brush her still damp hair, her eyes intermittently fixed on Fu Jichen—even though it hadn’t been long since they last met, it felt like they were separated by several years.

"Finished my work and came to see you," Fu Jichen took her water bottle while the other hand rested on her lower back, raising an eyebrow as he asked, "Not welcome?"

"Of course not."

"You just mentioned accidentally falling into the lake; what was that about?" Fu Jichen hadn’t forgotten the disheveled and livid look she had when he first saw her, "It’s not part of the scene, is it?"

Shen Jianian pursed her pink lips, her gaze darting around—it was obvious she didn’t want to talk about it.

Fu Jichen gazed at her face, instantly realizing she was hiding something, so he switched to another question, "Where’s Zhao Yu?"

"She’s helping me buy a phone and get a new SIM card," Shen Jianian said, "I dropped my phone in the water."

In the car, Fu Jichen drove while Shen Jianian sat in the passenger seat, heading towards the hotel.

Meanwhile, a news story suddenly emerged online, attracting the attention of numerous netizens—was Fu Feibai’s leap into the water to save Shen Jianian a staged act or genuine affection?

The released photos were clearly taken secretly, the quality so blurry it was hard to make out faces. In the water, a man in dark clothing and a jade crown was lifting a woman with a pink dress and dark hair. Nearby, like silk the green willows on the bank added charm, the beautiful scenery and beautiful people, enough for everyone to imagine thousands of words of ambiguous content.

Some entertainment account thoughtfully added arrows and drew two circles on the image, placing high-resolution photos of the two actors in the circles. The man, holding multiple awards and with a mysterious background, was Fu Feibai, and the woman, a recent topic of discussion, was Shen Jianian.

With the guides, upon revisiting that blurry image, it was confirmed to be them.

They were two unrelated figures, together simply astonishing.

In terms of fighting power, Fu Feibai’s fans ranked second in the entertainment industry, and no one dared to claim first. They were on a different level compared to Tong Yan’s fans. When Tong Yan’s fans cursed Shen Jianian, the scene was stormy, but now with Fu Feibai, it could only be described as terrifying.

In just half an hour, the online curses overwhelmed everything.

"Damn it, I’ve gone mad—don’t stop me—I’m going to kill that seductive witch, stay away from my Feibai!"

"Why is it Shen Jianian again? She’s crazy for fame! Having finished with Tong Yan, now she’s leeching off Fu Feibai. If she wants fame so badly, why doesn’t she start a Weibo? I’ll be the first to follow, cursing you each day for your popularity!"

"Fu Feibai, you’re out of your mind! That woman is pretending—don’t save her; do you believe she’d climb up by herself in a moment?"

"Shen Jianian should die die die."

"Bow to this big sister if you want, but if you’re sick, go get treated, don’t come here meddling."

Amongst them, there are Fu Feibai’s fans muddying the waters.

"Someone’s fans have such a big face, maybe it’s just filming, normal plot, first come up and scold the female lead, really dragging their idol into black."

"I see your idol is quite willing to save beauties, who do you think you are, meddling too much, have you finished your homework? Found a job yet? If you have time to worry about others here, why not focus more on yourself?"

"Is Fu Feibai some hot cake? Don’t get involved, if you dare, scold all the actresses opposite him, see who’s still brave enough to work with him."

Tong Yan’s fans seize the chance to strike back amidst the chaos, joining forces with Fu Feibai’s fans, shouting "Shen Jianian out of the entertainment circle" "Stop coming out to harm people."

"First hurt a colleague, then drag a colleague down, what else can’t Miss Shen do, if she doesn’t leave the circle, who knows how many more she’ll harm."

"Jade Palace said it right, it’s easy to do bad things with an innocent face, can these shameless women roll far away?"

"Didn’t see any cameras in the pictures, is this filming? I think it’s Miss Shen directing her own scenes! Can the plastic surgery freak have some self-awareness?"

Fu Feibai is filming right now, completely unaware of the online matters.

After completing two scenes, Fu Feibai is exhausted, the assistant rushes over with a phone in hand, throat too dry, swallows saliva before speaking fluently: "Brother Fei, some despicable person took pictures of you and Mr. Shen, posted them online, it’s crashing Weibo. The company knows and is trying to figure out emergency PR."

Fu Feibai’s wig is tight, forehead aching a bit, he raises a hand to rub, looking confusedly at the assistant: "Me and Mr. Shen?"

"It’s the scene where you jump into the water to save Mr. Shen, things were chaotic, someone mixed in took photos. They’re saying you and Mr. Shen are ambiguous..." The assistant cautiously observes his expression, speaking words that feel a bit hot in the mouth.

Fu Feibai’s temples pulse: "Crazy, right?!"

The assistant agrees angrily: "Exactly, those people don’t know the facts speaking nonsense, now your fans are attacking Mr. Shen... Mr. Shen barely got out of the previous storm, and now again... sigh, she’s really unlucky."

Fu Feibai pinches his nose, now not just a headache, his whole body aches: "Give me the phone, tell the company not to bother, I’ll clarify."

Just as he has the phone, the ringtone rings, thinking it’s his agent calling, he lowers his eyes to see, it’s his brother. Fu Feibai steels himself to take the call: "Brother, listen to me first."

Fu Jichen’s voice is calm, no hint of emotion: "Speak about what?"

Fu Feibai stands with one hand on his waist, watching the sunset, brows deeply furrowed: "Tong Yan and Shen Jianian had a dispute by the lake, Shen Jianian fell in, I happened to be nearby, heard the calls and went to save people, don’t know who’s bored enough to take pictures and spread rumors online. I’ll clarify on Weibo now."

The other end is silent for a moment, then Fu Jichen’s surprised voice comes through: "This happened?"

"You didn’t know?" Fu Feibai wipes sweat from his temples, movements halt, expression somewhat bewildered, "Then why are you calling me?"

"Jianian said to have dinner together tonight." Fu Jichen replied, "Last time I came was rushed, didn’t have time to meet, this time I do."

Fu Feibai is left speechless.

"I haven’t seen the online news, hearing you say this, is it very serious?" Fu Jichen asked.

After returning to the hotel with Shen Jianian, Shen Jianian went to the bathroom to shower and wash her hair, afterwards the two snuggled chatting, not checking phones, unaware of the commotion outside.

Listening to his brother’s calm tone, Fu Feibai also calms down a bit: "You’ll know once you check, what’s this mess, she’s my sister-in-law after all."

If his identity weren’t inconvenient, he really wants to say the truth.

After ending the call, Fu Jichen opens Weibo, sees relevant topics trending, heat continuously rising, watching with furrowed brows.

Shen Jianian cuts up a bowl of fruit and brings it over, holding a fork to stab a piece of watermelon, first feeds it to Fu Jichen’s lips: "Did you tell Fu Feibai? I remember he doesn’t have night scenes tonight."

"I did." Fu Jichen obligingly opens his mouth, eating the iced watermelon she fed, mumbles, "Too icy, you eat less."

"Hmm, got it." Shen Jianian stuffs a piece in her mouth, glances at Fu Jichen, who frowns, eyes on his phone, his gaze dark and unclear, she sits beside him, not looking at his phone screen, casually asks, "Busy with work?"

Fu Jichen sends a message to Fu Feibai, urging prompt clarification, then locks the phone, brings Shen Jianian into his arms: "Tell me clearly, how did you fall into the lake?"

Shen Jianian holds her fork, momentarily stunned, wasn’t this topic over? Why bring it up again?

Fu Jichen stares intently at her, waiting for an answer.

Shen Jianian feeds him another piece of watermelon, slowly explains: "I’m not on great terms with an actress from the same group, her assistant knocked my phone into the water, she’s offering a new phone as compensation, but I don’t want it, in the midst of the push and tug I accidentally fell in."

To be fair, though she and Tong Yan constantly bicker, Tong Yan probably doesn’t have the guts to cause harm on set, so stepping on her clothes was unintentional.