Weibo Trending Topic: #ZhuYuMistress#
"Lu Qi Chen and Xie Feiling have already announced it officially, is it appropriate to snatch someone else's man?"
"Can anyone enter the entertainment industry these days? Such low standards!"
"What a pity, a beautiful face ruined by her own hands."
"The commenter above, Zhu Yu has undergone plastic surgery. A plastic surgeon has confirmed it previously. She has had a full-face surgery, even her hair is fake," a netizen explained enthusiastically.
"Show us her pre-surgery photos!"
From outside the empty hospital ward came the sound of a noisy squabble, the argument between journalists and nurses barely discernible.
On the white hospital bed lay a woman: the hot topic on Weibo right now. She was scanning through all the hateful comments on her Weibo, without uttering a word.
Her hair formed a sea of dark brown waves, a few strands dangling across her forehead revealing half her fair, pale face. Even just half a face could still amaze people.
The white bedsheet was lifted, the blue and white hospital gown giving off an air of casual fashion when worn by her.
Below the voluminous pants were slim, pale white legs carelessly stretched across the white sheet, alluding to an old-fashioned French romance.
She takes a deep breath, tosses her phone aside, and closes her eyes.
What a farce, truly a farce.
Just last night she had won the Double Crown International Best Actress Award and had been crowned by the media as the 'youngest best actress in history'. This morning, on the earliest flight, she was meant to fly abroad to participate in an international dance competition.
But then there was a severe turbulence that led to an accident. She woke up and found herself like this. Did she die in a plane crash?
Did she just transmigrate into this body?
Her name is still Zhu Yu, but right now she is only an 18th tier internet celebrity. Due to her innocent and attractive appearance, she became famous through short videos and signed a contract with a small studio.
After so much difficulty, her contracted studio finally got her a role in a new series. But, the day before the filming started, the crew celebrated at a hotel, and she was photographed by paparazzi late at night knocking on leading actor Lu Qi Chen's door. She also lingered outside his door for more than ten minutes before leaving. During this time, Lu Qi Chen did not open the door.
Who is Lu Qi Chen?
A first-rate superstar. His publicly announced girlfriend, Xi Fei Ling, is the heiress of Peak Fire Properties, a plaything sent into the entertainment circle by capital with wealth and power, and a tremendous number of fans.
In the video, it was clear that Zhu Yu was harassing the leading actor, intending to establish an ‘unspoken rule’.
Once this scandal was exposed, Zhu Yu, a small internet celebrity, became the target of public criticisms, and was reviled and defamed online.
And the most lethal point was that, the morning after the scandal was revealed, Lu Qi Chen posted a suggestive message on Weibo: "Woke up in the morning only to find out I've been mysteriously blocked???"
Accompanying the post was a screenshot of his chat with Xi Fei Ling on WeChat. His message, “Baby, I’ve woken up~” was shown with a red exclamation mark to indicate failure to send, with a prompt for friend verification.
Prior to this point in the chat record, the two of them were still sweet as honey.
As soon as this screenshot was posted, Lu Qi Chen successfully detached himself from the scandal and conveniently established his innocent and romantic persona.
In the comment section, fans unanimously believed in Lu Qi Chen's innocence. Some even went to Xi Fei Ling's Weibo to explain for Lu Qi Chen, throwing all the dirty water on the original body owner, Zhu Yu.
Seeing this, Zhu Yu scoffed. If she hadn't happened to retain the original body's memory, whatever Lu Qi Chen said would be the truth. Netizens were being deceived by him left and right.
Setting down her phone, Zhu Yu sighed, laying listlessly on the bed, at a loss to describe her feelings.
She is obviously an internationally renowned actress, a leader in the dance industry, with a privileged upbringing, and a bright future filled with stardom and splendor.
Now reborn into this parallel temporal world, she still goes by the name Zhu Yu, maintains the same face, and the same figure, but finds herself in a totally different situation.
Being slandered all over the Internet was one thing, but being forced to get involved with Lu Qichen, a man known for his underhanded methods, was quite another.
She really had no idea what the original Zhu Yu was thinking. With such a body and appearance, she had not managed to be half as successful as herself. Casually, she reached for the makeup mirror on the bedside table wanting to seriously inspect her current self when the ward door was opened.
A visitor entered sweeping a glance at Zhu Yu’s mirror, spoke with irritation, “How could you still be concerned about your face? The journalists outside are swarming, the news about your suicide has also reached the media. I mean how could you be so thoughtless? If it wasn’t for my timely arrival, you... forget it, let’s drop this!"
If it wasn't for her timely arrival, it could have well been a life lost.
At the time, Zhu Yu was found lying on the bed, with a large number of sleeping pills scattered around her, a suicide note left on the desk, and she had no breath left, looking like a corpse. Even thinking back now, it was chilling.
Zhu Yu paused, closed the makeup mirror, blinked her eyes, calmly appraising the visitor with a serene gaze.
Slightly chubby, with an explosive hairstyle, in every respect with an aunty-like look.
She had retained the original host's memories, and swiftly recovered from her mind the information about the person before her eyes. This was her agent, Guo Xia.
As the video broke out, the painstakingly arranged cooperation with the company had failed, and the higher-ups had already decided to terminate the collaboration with Zhu Yu.
After all, the one offended this time was the heiress of Fong Huo Real Estate, the Xi family held a decisive position in the entertainment circle, and Zhu Yu basically had no chance of recovery.
Guo Xia came over this time for this matter, she threw a stack of contracts on the hospital bed, sighing.
"Have a look at the contract, if there's no issue, sign it."
Guo Xia was aware of Zhu Yu's family situation. The young lady was introverted and timid, after graduating from university, she had signed a five-year artist labor contract with the company.
Over these two years, Zhu Yu was a very obedient artist, never going against her arrangements, unfortunately, perhaps due to her meek and docile nature, she never came into prominence in the entertainment circle.
Guo Xia felt somewhat reluctant at the thought of not being able to work with Zhu Yu in the future.
But as she looked up, she saw that Zhu Yu had already signed her name.
Watching Zhu Yu's smooth and unhesitated actions, Guo Xia was taken aback.
Before coming to the hospital, she had predicted that Zhu Yu would be at a loss upon seeing these termination contracts, or that she would beg the company to give her one more chance.
Why was she so calm now?
This isn't normal!
It wasn't until the contract was passed back to Guo Xia that she came back to her senses. Looking at the signature in the lower left-hand corner—beautiful and elegant characters, restrained yet striking—Guo Xia fell silent.
"Thank you for the company's two-years of training. From now on, whether I, Zhu Yu, become famous or fade into obscurity, it has nothing to do with Starlight Media."
Zhu Yu said straightforwardly after signing the contract.
A blush crept onto Guo Xia's face. The company's practice of protecting itself by terminating the contract when the artists encountered crisis was indeed inappropriate. Regardless, Zhu Yu had followed the company's arrangements for two years, and the company had reaped quite a few benefits from her.
Once in trouble, the company threw its pawn under the bus—such an ignoble behavior.
But Guo Xia was just an employee, following the instructions of her superiors. She sighed, "So, what are you planning to do next? Are you going to continue developing in this industry?"
"Of course."
Since she arrived in this world, she will live it to the fullest. If she could reach the top of showbiz in her previous world, the current Zhu Yu could do so as well.
Before that, Zhu Yu made her last request to Guo Xia.
"Help me avoid the reporters outside. I need to be discharged from the hospital."
Guo Xia nodded, making an OK gesture with her hand.