Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The next day, Si Huang handed over the documents she had prepared the night before to Grandma Xiang Zhen. After saying goodbye to Grandma Yu and the others, Qin Fan drove her back to downtown Beijing.
When they parted, Si Huang tossed a set of keys to Qin Fan. “Drive the car back to the villa for me. Here are the keys. You can go there anytime.”
Qin Fan caught the keys. “You’ll go?”
“I’ll go back there whenever I don’t need to.”
Satisfied with this answer, Qin Fan put the keys in his pocket.
The two locked eyes again, their gazes seemingly igniting a spark.
To avoid being photographed by paparazzi hiding at the company entrance, Si Huang turned and left. Qin Fan waited until she entered the company gate before stepping on the gas.
The staff at Fenghuang Entertainment greeted Si Huang respectfully, their eyes filled with enthusiasm, regardless of age. She walked all the way to the president’s office.
Yu Xi had already arrived halfway there. As soon as Si Huang sat down at her desk, he tossed her a stack of documents. “Your work!”
“I only rested for two days, you don’t have to retaliate like this.” Si Huang raised an eyebrow, not even glancing at the three or four centimeters of documents.
Yu Xi almost choked, adjusting his glasses and saying expressionlessly, “My dear Si Huang, in the short two days you were busy dating, you’ve become incredibly famous.”
“So?” Si Huang smiled with interest.
Yu Xi: “So, after your agent worked day and night to select the easiest and most practical workflow for you, please don’t let my hard work go to waste.”
“Clap clap.” Si Huang clapped her hands twice, stood up, and patted Yu Xi’s shoulder. “Thanks for your hard work.”
Yu Xi, still with a straight face, pushed the files on his desk toward Si Huang.
Si Huang looking helpless, picked up a file, flipped through it, and chuckled without looking up, “Things have been going well lately, haven’t they?”
“Why do you ask?” Yu Xi remained as cold and elite as ever.
Si Huang: “Even you’re being cute and joking now, so you must be in a good mood.”
“…” Yu Xi’s face couldn’t hold back anymore.
He had been suppressing the passion welling up in his eyes and coughed lightly to cover it up. “Guan Li was also invited to the Golden Star Hundred Flowers Film Festival and has been nominated for Best Actress. Even if she doesn’t win the award, it will still be great publicity for Fenghuang Entertainment.”
“Oh.”
“The promotion for your and Ace’s photo album has already started in the US, and the response has been very good. I heard from James that many people in the US are talking about you now.”
“Hmm.”
“Fox Film Company has also sent a fax. The preliminary decision for your role in the movie is that you will be the third male lead. The script is in there.”
“Okay.”
“…The penultimate episode of ‘Red Moon’ will premiere tomorrow. You have to go to an interview program today.”
“Then let’s go.” Si Huang put down the documents in her hand.
Yu Xi’s face twisted slightly as he stared at Si Huang’s calm expression, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.
Si Huang felt that she had amused him enough, and chuckled. “I know what you mean. I will work hard during this period. This is just the beginning, isn’t it?”
“…Yes.” Yu Xi calmed his heart.
“What time is the program scheduled?” Si Huang asked.
Yu Xi: “9 a.m.”
“Okay, I already anticipated being busy during this period.” Si Huang glanced again at the pile of documents on the table, thinking to herself: Maybe I shouldn’t have given the key to Qin Fan. If the man went to the house and she didn’t go back even once, would he think she was deliberately playing with him?
The van was ready, and since Yu Ling had gone to school again, the makeup artist accompanying her this time was Du Qiang.
The interview program was at 9 a.m. From changing clothes backstage to going on stage, talking with the host and discussing the plot of “Red Moon,” Si Huang’s performance was perfect throughout, and her occasional humorous remarks made the audience laugh out loud.
As the program was about to end, the host suddenly asked about the ending of “Red Moon.” Si Huang gave the camera a mysterious smile, “Yue was always with Ding Hong.”
The audience immediately screamed with joy.
The host laughed, “It seems like a perfect ending, everyone can rest assured. Speaking of which, I’m also a loyal viewer of ‘Red Moon,’ I shed quite a few tears for this drama.”
Si Huang, under the host’s resentful gaze, smiled seriously, “This shows our production team did a great job.”
“Haha, a very great success!” the host praised highly.
However, no one thought she was being deliberately flattering, because the success of “Red Moon” was undeniable.
Yu Xi, standing at the backstage entrance, watched the program and muttered under his breath, “Heartless.”
Du Qiang also chuckled, “Be happy now, you’ll be crying the day after tomorrow.”
She wondered if she should secretly spoil the show for the Knights, to prepare her comrades. But she quickly dismissed the idea.
The interview ended at midnight, and Si Huang rushed to Jinghua University. After attending and passing her exams, she went to see Feng Manzhu.
Feng Manzhu, with her legs crossed, stared at Si Huang for three or four minutes before letting out a soft hum and tossing a report card to her. “Not bad, second in the whole grade.”
Si Huang knew this was the report card from the last mock exam and put on a contrite look. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I embarrassed the teacher by not getting first place.”
Feng Manzhu was amused, but then realized she needed to straighten up, but it was too late. She glared at Si Huang. “You got the same score as the first place student, but you only got second place because his attendance was higher.”
Si Huang could hear the dissatisfaction in her tone, but she was still on her side. “I had a lower attendance rate than him and still got the same score. I’m still better.”
“Haha.” Feng Manzhu laughed again and then asked, “Will you come to class obediently this time?”
Si Huang touched her nose, looking a little embarrassed.
Feng Manzhu immediately understood and became furious. “Why don’t you just drop out of school?!”
Si Huang said, “I’ll tell everyone that my teacher at Jinghua University is named Feng Manzhu.”
“…” Feng Manzhu slowly sat back down. “Tell me, what have you been busy with lately? If it’s not important, then come to class obediently. If I keep writing notes, your teacher will get punished!”
“VOGUE magazine photoshoot, Fenghuang ZZ software promotion event, ‘Red Moon’ celebration banquet, ‘The Fang of Time’ filming, attending the Golden Eagle TV Art Festival, TOV Music Festival, Golden Star Hundred Flowers Film Festival awards ceremony…”
The more Feng Manzhu listened, the more she felt something was wrong. Her eyes widened, and finally, her mouth twitched. Suddenly, she interrupted Si Huang abruptly, “Get out! Get out!”
Si Huang shut her mouth and looked at her, a mischievous smile flashing in her eyes.
Feng Manzhu was both amused and exasperated. “I really don’t know what kind of luck you have, kid. Get lost!”
In this industry, opportunities that countless people schemed and plotted for but were still impossible to obtain, yet this seventeen-year-old had snatched them all up in just one year. Even she, once considered a potential movie queen, had never enjoyed such treatment. Or rather, in the current entertainment industry, Si Huang’s rise to fame and achievements were unprecedented and unparalleled.
“Thank you, teacher.” Si Huang knew Feng Manzhu had agreed to grant her leave, thanked her, and turned to leave.
Just as she was about to close the door, Feng Manzhu’s voice rang out, “With such great opportunities, if you dare to embarrass your teacher, you’d better go back to school and study hard for a year and a half before you can even think about asking for leave again!”
“Okay.” Si Huang gave her a confident smile, and the teacher’s office door closed behind her.
Feng Manzhu, still in her office, couldn’t help but chuckle. While processing Si Huang’s paperwork, she suddenly slapped her forehead. “Right! How could I forget to ask her how things are going with Master Qin?!”
Si Huang, still receiving countless stares from Jinghua students as she walked out of the office, was suddenly attacked from the side by a dark figure at the school gate.
The attack was sudden and swift, with a clear target. Si Huang frowned slightly and nimbly dodged to the side.
“Ah—!” A scream rang out, and the person fell to the ground.
A flash of light immediately followed.
Si Huang looked sharply to her right and saw a man wearing a hat taking pictures in their direction.
“I’m going to die! How could you hit someone!” The man on the ground was still wailing.
“What happened?” Yu Xi, who had been waiting by the van, saw something was wrong and quickly came over. He was stunned when he looked down and saw the man’s bruised and swollen face. He really thought Si Huang had hit him. But then he thought that if Si Huang really wanted to hit someone, she wouldn’t hit him in the face like that. She could kick him until he couldn’t speak. How could he still be jumping around and yelling like that?
Conspiracy!
Yu Xi’s face turned cold.
“Heh.”
This light laugh made Yu Xi freeze again. “Si Huang?”
“Playing this game with me?” Si Huang stared at the man on the ground.
The man who had been yelling in pain felt a chill run down his spine under her gaze. It felt like there was a stone stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t make a sound anymore.
Si Huang used the tip of her shoe to lift his cheek, looked at the realistic makeup on his face, and curled her lips.
“You… Ahhhhh!” This time the scream was much more real than before.
Yu Xi looked at the man on the ground, clutching half his face, with a knocked-out tooth nearby. A chill ran down his spine, but he also felt a strange sense of satisfaction.
“Let’s go.” Si Huang stopped and walked towards the van.
Yu Xi followed. “Those people over there?” He was referring to the paparazzi who had already run away.
“No need to chase them.” Si Huang got into the car, looking out the window at the paparazzi who had already fled. “Since they’re going to pull this stunt, don’t blame me for retaliating in kind.”
Hearing this, Yu Xi’s mind raced. “Real Entertainment?”
“Yes.”
Yu Xi looked at her cold profile and sighed inwardly, silently mourning Real Entertainment’s fate.
Originally, it would have been one thing if it were just a power struggle within the industry; losing to Si Huang would have only meant the collapse of their business. Who knew they would resort to such a real-life conspiracy? The consequences of angering Si Huang would be far more severe than before.
The van drove away from the gates of Jinghua University.
A group of students who had arrived earlier and later stared at the man still groaning on the ground, discussing amongst themselves.
“Si Huang hit someone? Ouch! He looks really bad. What did he do to offend Si Huang?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I’d been walking out of school with His Majesty. I saw everything clearly. This guy deliberately rushed out to frame His Majesty! There was someone taking pictures over there, but he’s already run away!”
“That’s right, His Majesty’s last kick was well done! This kind of scum deserves to be kicked. How dare he try to frame His Majesty!”
“Hey, hey, hey? What’s the real story? He looks like he was really hit, not faking it.”
Suddenly, the roar of a motorcycle came from behind. A group of students had to make way, allowing the motorcycle to arrogantly drive out and stop abruptly at the school gate.
The person on the motorcycle put his feet on the ground, took off his helmet, revealing Duan Qizhou’s dazzlingly handsome young face. However, at this moment, his mood was clearly not very good. He frowned and looked around a few times, finally settling on the man on the ground. “Where’s Si Huang?”
“He’s gone!” someone shouted from the crowd.
“Damn it!” Duan Qizhou cursed irritably, pointing at the man on the ground. “What’s wrong with him? You guys just said he framed Si Huang?”
The crowd offered various explanations, a bit chaotic, but Duan Qizhou still managed to roughly understand what had happened.
“Heh, daring to use such despicable methods on Si Huang? Does he have a death wish?” Duan Qizhou, already in a bad mood, vented his anger on the man on the ground.
The man, stared at by Duan Qizhou’s wolfish eyes, couldn’t help but change color, thinking: These young people are all terrifying!?
He dared not act anymore, scrambling to his feet to run, when he heard the sound of a motorcycle behind him. Startled, he turned around and was kicked to the ground.
This kick was no less forceful than Si Huang’s, leaving the man on the ground for a long time, only able to scream, “Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! I was wrong, someone made me do it, I was just doing it for money! Ah—!”
This wasn’t the first time he’d done something like this, but he never expected to encounter this situation. If he had known that young people these days were so ruthless and merciless, he wouldn’t have dared to take the job, not even for ten years, let alone a million.
But now it was too late.
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