NOVEL NEXT Chapter 575-583
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“And… You didn’t see me in the video – you only heard my voice.”
“When I came in, a reporter friend asked me how I felt about this whole plagiarizing issue.”
“Honestly speaking, my manager told me about it the day it happened, but I didn’t pay attention to it or care about it because I thought that since we all work in showbiz, there are some things we don’t need to be so cutthroat about.”
As Qian Ge said this, she sounded a little hurt. “But now I realize I was wrong. I wanted to keep the peace but that doesn’t mean others feel the same as well. I’m really sorry that this mishap happened on the Television Awards, but I still hope this whole thing will both begin and end here at the awards. As for today’s video, I hope the show’s production team can give me some time to investigate and prove my innocence!”
As she finished speaking, Qian Ge even gave a deep, sincere bow.
When she straightened up, she spoke again with a serious, stern, and even righteous voice: “You can plagiarize my performance, but you can’t insult my character like this. I didn’t want to be so ruthless, but I think the kind of person who would do that isn’t worthy of staying in showbiz!”
“On my way into the Awards, I happened to bump into Ji Yi’s assistant who was also the woman in the video. Could the cameraman please help me do a sweep of everyone here at the Awards?”
As Qian Ge’s voice fell, the cameraman pointed down to the far left and swept across each and every person there.
He Jichen was sitting in the first row. Though his company’s artist was involved in this fiasco on stage, he didn’t look the least bit concerned. He had his head tilted, listening to an old artist next to him talking.
It wasn’t clear what the old artist was actually saying, but it made He Jichen’s lips raise slightly, making his cold facial features look a little gentler.
The camera quickly panned over to He Jichen then to the center. Suddenly, Qian Ge cried, “Stop for a moment. I see Li Yaoyao.”
As she said this, Qian Ge raised her microphone and rushed down the stage.
But just as she walked over to the edge of the stage, a man in a navy suit suddenly rushed up on stage before she could reach the steps.
Even though Ji Yi couldn’t clearly see the man’s face, she could tell who it was by his silhouette.
It was Chen Bai. He walked swiftly in front of the presenter and whispered a few words then the male presenter handed Chen Bai the microphone.
After Chen Bai took it, he immediately spoke with a polite voice: “I’ll first introduce myself. I’m Chen Bai, the senior assistant of YC’s CEO.”
At the mention of YC, the cameraman pointed the camera once again at He Jichen.
He had the same expression as before, sitting casually in his seat while calmly and elegantly listening to the old artist next to him as though the person up on stage wasn’t Chen Bai, his assistant.
“Terribly sorry to come up on stage so rudely, but YC’s artist is implicated in this situation, so I hope everyone can please forgive me.” After Chen Bai finished and gave a deep bow, he straightened up and looked over at Qian Ge. “Miss Qian Ge repeatedly said that the video was an insult, but may I ask Miss Qian Ge to please listen to the recording I have in my hands?”
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After Chen Bai said this, he didn’t give Qian Ge any chance to react as he pulled out a recording pen from his pocket. He turned it on and put it by the mic.
At first, there was a short swishing sound “sha sha sha.” After about ten seconds, a man’s voice was heard. “Yes, that’s right. I’m a reporter for Tangerine. I only found out that Miss Ji Yi was at SF Beauty Salon because Qian Ge’s assistant called me to leak that info.”
After the man’s voice dropped, a woman’s voice was heard a few seconds later. “I’m the reporter for WF. Qian Ge and I have worked together a few times, so I’m rather close to her assistant. I rushed right over as soon as Qian Ge’s assistant called to tell me that Miss Ji Yi was at SF Beauty Salon. After all, this whole thing got so big; everyone wants to be the first to get exclusive insider news.”
Following that, a few more testimonies were heard from other reporters, all stating that they found out Ji Yi was at SF Beauty Salon from Qian Ge’s assistant or from a friend of a friend of Qian Ge’s assistant.
The final recording wasn’t of a reporter, but it was a rather young-sounding voice. They sounded frightened because their voice was trembling like crazy. “I’m not from the ‘Cornstarch.’ Qian Ge’s assistant is a big sister of mine. She gave me two thousand RMB to take all my friends to SF Beauty Salon and surround Ji Yi. I really never imagined things would get so bad. Mr. police officer sir, you won’t really put me in jail, will you?”
When the recording ended, Chen Bai raised the mic to his lips again. “I got these recordings from the police. The incident that happened at SF Beauty Salon has been all over Weibo. I believe you don’t need me to repeat it. I just want to ask Miss Qian Ge – if you repeatedly insist the video was meant to slander you, why did you leak Ji Yi’s whereabouts to the reporters after you bumped into her at SF Beauty Salon? You also asked a few young kids to surround Miss Ji Yi and her mother, which even ended in her mother getting injured?”
Faced with Chen Bai’s questions, Qian Ge’s mind instantly froze.
That day at the SF Beauty Salon, she was pissed off at Ji Yi’s arrogance, so she did ask her assistant to leak her whereabouts to reporters. She even asked her assistant to make as much trouble for Ji Yi and her mum. However, she never imagined her assistant would be dumb enough to ask a group of rude school kids to make the situation so serious… But luckily, regarding Ji Yi’s scandal and the fans causing trouble, she wasn’t implicated even though the situation blew up.
At first, she thought it was over, but who knew that Chen Bai would get up on stage with a recording and make the truth public like that?
Qian Ge felt the calmness of the room she achieved with her quick-witted response once again become chaotic.
She knew that this wasn’t looking good for her.
However, as long as she stood with Li Yaoyao and said the video was just part of Ji Yi’s scheme to slander her, Chen Bai’s big reveal would look a lot weaker than her claim. Even if it did affect her, it wouldn’t be fatal. But, who was to say there wouldn’t be a lot of people despising Qian Ge’s way of thinking or believing that Qian Ge deserved it after learning what Chen Bai revealed about her!
With that thought, Qian Ge spoke out. “Mr. Chen, I’ll answer your question in a moment. Let’s please resolve my problem first. Thank you.”
Having said that, Qian Ge trotted over to the row of seats in her high heels and stopped in front of a young woman. “May I ask – are you Ji Yi’s assistant, Li Yaoyao?”
Perhaps Li Yaoyao was frightened by this kind of scene because she just stared at Qian Ge for a while before nodding gently.
“Were you the person in the video just now?” asked Qian Ge again.
Li Yaoyao continued to nod but this time, she hesitated for a moment then cried, “It was me.”
“I’m sorry Miss Li, you and I are not close. Could you explain to me for a moment what actually happened in the video?” After Qian Ge said this, she put the microphone out in front of Li Yaoyao.
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Li Yaoyao looked frightened by the microphone pushed in front of her mouth and she timidly glanced at Qian Ge then swiftly lowered her gaze. She seemed stumped by Qian Ge’s question as she bit her bottom lip for a long time without saying anything.
Seeing that Li Yaoyao didn’t say anything, Qian Ge was confused for a second but almost immediately understood what Li Yaoyao meant.
Li Yaoyao must’ve only chosen to hesitate because she wanted to avoid arousing suspicion.
After all, if Li Yaoyao immediately confessed that the video just now was meant for Ji Yi to frame her and she had no choice but to participate in it, it would actually make everyone suspicious.
Qian Ge praised Li Yaoyao’s intelligence as she put the microphone to her mouth and spoke again. “Miss Li, if everything in that video was true and I really asked you to help me record Ji Yi shooting her scenes for ‘The Tempestuous Grand Tang,’ that would mean we’re really close. Your phone would have my number saved in it, and also, even if you deleted many of those videos, you couldn’t have deleted them all. Your phone must still have them saved, so could you please take your phone out and show everyone?”
Qian Ge only made such a request because she was certain that when she sent Li Yaoyao to be Ji Yi’s assistant, she made sure to erase all ties with Li Yaoyao long ago. When Li Yaoyao helped her take those videos, Qian Ge didn’t let Li Yaoyao send them to her online. Instead, she took Li Yaoyao’s phone, copied all the videos, erased everything off her phone then gave it to someone to return it to Li Yaoyao.
If Li Yaoyao gave her the phone and put it up on the big screen for the world to see, everyone would be able to clearly see that Li Yaoyao didn’t have her number on her contacts, they weren’t friends on WeChat, and there weren’t any videos of Ji Yi in her photo album. Then she could confidently question Li Yaoyao. By then, as long as Li Yaoyao pretended she had nowhere to go, she could answer that Ji Yi made her do it. Then she would clear her name completely and stomp Ji Yi to death!
With her phone in hand, Li Yaoyao heard Qian Ge’s question and hid her hand behind her back.
Having noticed her little move, Qian Ge praised Li Yaoyao even more inside. Clever! I made a good choice in choosing her! That move incidentally told everyone she was guilty and was afraid of Qian Ge looking at her phone.
“Why are you hiding your phone behind you? Miss Li, what are you afraid of? Perhaps you’re feeling guilty over something?” Assuming Ji Yi didn’t have a way out, Qian Ge purposefully emphasized Li Yaoyao’s move.
Faced with Qian Ge’s questioning, Li Yaoyao’s fingers gripped her phone tightly, causing her to tremble.
“Miss Li, may I please borrow your phone for a moment? Thank you.” After Qian Ge said this to Li Yaoyao, she happened to look over at Li Yaoyao and secretly gave her a look to say she could give her the phone now while reaching her hand out.
People not familiar with Qian Ge wouldn’t have noticed the look she gave.
But Ji Yi was different. She knew Qian Ge very well – while others wouldn’t think much of her actions, Ji Yi knew the truth. Qian Ge was giving Li Yaoyao a signal.
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As the party currently under scrutiny, she knew she wasn’t a plagiarizer, and she also knew the video played earlier was genuine.
Li Yaoyao was a spy sent by Qian Ge to work by her side, so the signal Qian Ge sent to Li Yaoyao was secretly telling her to confess that Ji Yi asked her to record those videos…
If that happened, Ji Yi really had no way of bouncing back!
Ji Yi’s heart was in her mouth. She stared at Li Yaoyao on the big screen who was currently hiding her phone even further behind her.
Li Yaoyao’s doing this on purpose, right? The more she acted this way, the more guilty she looked, so when she slandered Ji Yi later, it’d emphasize how truthful and believable her words were.
Qian Ge waited a while, but seeing as Li Yaoyao still wasn’t willing to hand over her phone, she furrowed her brows. Then she reached out to touch Li Yaoyao’s hand.
Qian Ge’s fingertips barely touched Li Yaoyao’s phone when Li Yaoyao cried out in panic like she was extremely upset. “Qian Jie, I’m sorry. I can’t give you my phone!”
I already gave her the signal to say she can give her phone to me. Why’s she still acting this way?
Qian Ge grasped Li Yaoyao’s phone. She thought to herself that this woman still had a lot to learn.
When Qian Ge forcefully grabbed Li Yaoyao’s phone, Li Yaoyao also forcefully pulled it back in hopes of holding onto it. “Qian Ge, you can’t do this! You can’t take my phone! Qian Jie——”
In the end, Li Yaoyao was no match for Qian Ge as the phone fell into Qian Ge’s hands.
The corners of Ji Yi’s lips ran cold when she saw this.
That whole scene between Li Yaoyao and Qian Ge was acted well!
With Li Yaoyao’s phone in hand, Qian Ge said “Sorry” then turned around and walked back up to the stage.
Li Yaoyao followed Qian Ge in a panic and grabbed the corner of Qian Ge’s dress. “Qian Jie!” she cried pitifully.
But Qian Ge ignored Li Yaoyao and handed the phone to the presenter while asking him to pass it to their staff to connect it to the big screen.
Standing at the foot of the stage, Li Yaoyao looked worried sick as she fidgeted endlessly with her hands. Even the expression on her face as she glared at Qian Ge looked like she was pleading.
Qian Ge stood on stage with a smile like she couldn’t see Li Yaoyao and waited for the staff’s response.
On the big screen, Ji Yi could feel the confidence radiating from Qian Ge’s body.
The camera ran back and forth between Qian Ge and Li Yaoyao while incidentally brushing past He Jichen.
He wasn’t in conversation with the older artist like before. He had his legs crossed, casually resting back into his seat with his head down, playing on his phone. From the way his fingers moved, it looked like he was playing a casual little game.
At a time like this, he still had the same unconcerned look on his face.
Ah right… If he wanted to protect me, he wouldn’t have boosted the rumors of me copying Qian Ge, and he wouldn’t have caused me to be surrounded by reporters and subsequently hurt my mum…
Ji Yi suddenly felt unbelievably cold. Her lips pursed gently and she lowered her eyes to prevent herself from looking at the big screen.
Soon after, the female presenter cried out, “The phone is connected to the big screen. Our staff will now open the contacts list…”
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“…Her contacts list doesn’t have Qian Ge’s contact info… Our staff then opened WeChat to find that she didn’t have Qian Ge’s contact info there either. She didn’t even have her manager or assistant’s info either… It looks like Li Yaoyao and Qian Ge really aren’t too familiar with one another…”
“… There’s also the photo album, right? Can the staff open the photo album? Woah, there are so many photos and videos…”
Even though Ji Yi wasn’t looking at the big screen, she could tell by the words of the presenter alone what was happening.
“Can the staff check to see if there are any videos of the scenes shot on ‘The Tempestuous Grand Tang’… Huh?”
The presenter suddenly stopped speaking.
Women’s intuition told Ji Yi that the situation had a sudden twist on the big screen.
Out of curiosity, Ji Yi looked up to see a selfie of Qian Ge and Li Yaoyao together on the big screen.
Ji Yi suddenly froze. She didn’t find it odd that Qian Ge and Li Yaoyao knew each other long ago. If they didn’t know each other, why would Qian Ge arrange for Li Yaoyao to work by her side as a spy? Since Li Yaoyao was working for Qian Ge, she was definitely going to help Qian Ge. However, her phone had a photo of them together, which was incidentally a slap in the face for Qian Ge.
It wasn’t just Ji Yi, but the presenters were also stunned in addition to Qian Ge, who wore a slight smile on her face.
With her eyes opened wide, she looked like she was looking at something unbelievable.
The staff backstage quickly exited out of the photo on Li Yaoyao’s phone, but one after the other, more selfies of Qian Ge and Li Yaoyao popped up… Later on, there were even a couple photos of the two of them together in the same pajamas.
The atmosphere below the stage became restless again.
Like before, the conversations closest to the cameras could easily be heard on the big screen.
“Didn’t Qian Ge repeatedly say she didn’t know Li Yaoyao? How come there are selfies of them together on Li Yaoyao’s phone?”
“From the photos, Qian Ge and Li Yaoyao look very close – like good friends actually!”
“They must be good friends! Look, they’re wearing the same pajamas. They live together, so if they’re not close, then what is this?”
“What the hell is going on? Qian Ge was clearly full of confidence just now. She was so confident that I believed Ji Yi was trying to slander Qian Ge…”
With all the commotion, the scene grew noisier and noisier. Qian Ge, who was staring straight at the big screen, finally snapped back to her senses.
How could this happen? Why does Li Yaoyao have so many photos of us together?
Isn’t she trying to help me get rid of Ji Yi?
As Qian Ge thought about it, she slowly looked down at Li Yaoyao on the left, below the stage.
As her gaze met Li Yaoyao’s eyes, Li Yaoyao looked away, avoiding her gaze.
After the staff opened the next photo on the big screen, it was no longer a photo but a video clip.
When they played it, it turned out to be completely black. There was no one in the video, but there was a voice.
“Qian Jie, why do I have to be Ji Yi’s assistant? How can she even compare to you? Why do you have to scheme to beat her?” There was no need to guess. At this point, everyone could tell the voice belonged to Li Yaoyao.
“Because I hate her! As long as she’s in showbiz, I can never let her become famous!” This time, it was Qian Ge’s voice.
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Her voice wasn’t as sweet and gentle as usual and there was a hint of viciousness.
The video was silent for a while before Qian Ge’s voice was heard again. In comparison to how stern she sounded before, her voice now sounded softer and closer to her usual voice. “Yaoyao, my success or failure this time depends on you. You have to record all of Ji Yi’s scenes from ‘The Tempestuous Grand Tang’.”
“Qian Jie, don’t worry. I’ll definitely do what I promised,” replied Li Yaoyao.
“Thank you, Yaoyao.” The two of them were probably drinking because the faint sound of glasses clinking was heard. Then Qian Ge’s voice started to sound even more cold and calculative. “This time, I have to make sure that b*tch Ji Yi has no hope of ever making a comeback. I want her to fully understand that never in her lifetime could she ever compare to me, Qian Ge!”
Many people present rooted for Qian Ge to get justice in the past as she always left everyone with the impression she was well-educated and kind. Now, with her completely changed tone of voice, shocked expressions were caught on camera as the camera swept over the majority of faces on the scene.
Even the two presenters on the stage looked at one another in dismay.
Qian Ge was still staring at Li Yaoyao, but the confusion in her eyes was gradually breaking down.
Her fingers couldn’t help but tighten around the micorphone.
This was the conversation we had over drinks the day before I arranged for Li Yaoyao to work by Ji Yi’s side as a spy. Why did she record it?
Before the suspicions on Qian Ge’s mind settled, another short clip played on the big screen behind her.
It was the set of the variety show. Ji Yi was there and so was Qian Ge. One of the female presenters happened to also be the presenter for that night.
Seconds after the video played, the female presenter said, “I know this one. It’s a clip from last year, when Ji Yi and Qian Ge were recording together on our variety show. At the time, Ji Yi got injured…”
Before the female presenter could finish speaking, the close-up on the video turned to Qian Ge. She had a pearl bracelet in her hand, but when the director adjusted the camera, she bent over fixing her shoe. When she got up again, the pearl bracelet was gone.
Soon after, the director called Ji Yi up to receive her prize. Just as Ji Yi turned around to step down from the stage, she unexpectedly tripped over.
The picture in the video was suddenly chaotic as everyone surrounded Ji Yi, including Qian Ge.
That was when the camera closed in again on Qian Ge. She looked like she was picking something up from the ground.
Everyone was so focused on Ji Yi that no one noticed her.
After someone took the injured Ji Yi away, Qian Ge turned around and walked off stage. From start to finish, her hands were balled into fists. She probably didn’t even notice it herself, but on her last step down from the stage, an object fell from her fingers and rolled onto the stage. After rolling around for a long time, it finally stopped. It was a single shimmering white pearl.
The camera stopped at the pearl then the video came to an abrupt end.
The female presenter who had been fully focused on the big screen looked as though she had seen the most unbelievable thing. With a gaping mouth, she blurted, “Oh god! The day Ji Yi got hurt… It wasn’t because she was careless – she slipped on a pearl?”
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As her voice dropped, the female celebrity only just realized she accidentally said something she shouldn’t have. She hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth then turned her head and looked at Qian Ge beside her.
If Qian Ge really didn’t understand why Li Yaoyao kept their selfies together and recorded their conversations before, she knew now after the video of the variety show finished playing. She instantly understood that Li Yaoyao, the person she always thought had worked for her, actually hadn’t been from the very beginning!
Because Li Yaoyao wasn’t even on set that day when they were recording the variety show, so she couldn’t have taken that video.
But that video was on her phone, which meant she betrayed her a long time ago!
Which also showed that when she asked for her phone, the only reason why she looked timid and didn’t dare give her the phone wasn’t because she wanted to help her. She just didn’t want to raise suspicion, to better lure her and make her believe there was nothing on her phone…
So, Qian Ge solemnly believed she could take down Ji Yi, but instead, she was overly clever and ended up becoming the biggest help in clearing Ji Yi’s name?!
Ji Yi had been attacked by everyone for over ten days. She was so pitiful and innocent.
With the truth now out about the whole plagiarizing incident, the netizens who used to horribly attack Ji Yi now felt incredibly guilty. This way, everyone not only deeply remembered Ji Yi but also supported her out of guilt…
After pushing Ji Yi down to hell with much difficulty, Li Yaoyao’s phone brought Qian Ge down from heaven to hell and made Ji Yi the idol the nation felt guilty over.
I asked Li Yaoyao to help me, but Li Yaoyao ended up ruining all my hard work and dedication these past few years!
At that thought, Qian Ge’s eyes suddenly started to redden as she glared at Li Yaoyao. Disregarding the live cameras and her well-kept image, she charged up to Li Yaoyao and chucked the microphone right at her head. “B*tch, you betrayed me!”
Qian Ge came up to her so unexpectedly and the microphone landed so hard on Li Yaoyao’s head that the only thing that could be heard was a squeal as she covered her head and crouched down.
Yet Qian Ge showed no signs of going easy on her. She raised her high heels and stomped on Li Yaoyao.
Everyone on the scene never imagined that Qian Ge would suddenly hit someone, so quite a few people bolted up from their seats.
The security guards were quick to hold Qian Ge back. She must’ve been fuming as she flexed her legs, wanting to stomp on Li Yaoyao again. However, she was dragged off by the security guards quickly.
Unable to hit her, Qian Ge became even more violent as her cussing became hard on the ears. “Li Yaoyao, you little b*tch! I gave you so much money and you actually plotted behind my back…”
“Betray?” Standing at the corner of the stage, Chen Bai had been waiting all along for Qian Ge to answer his question. The moment he realized it was time to take another stab, he immediately brought the mic to his mouth and cried, “Miss Qian Ge said ‘betray.’ Does that mean Miss Qian Ge admits Miss Li Yaoyao and yourself worked together to sabotage Ji Yi?”
The cursing from Qian Ge’s mouth suddenly came to a stop.
I-I actually lost it and said “betray”?
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Qian Ge hadn’t snapped back to her senses when Chen Bai took another stab and said, “So it’s just as Miss Qian Ge and Miss Li Yaoyao’s conversation described in the video. Miss Qian Ge wanted to get rid of Ji Yi, so she purposefully leaked the information to the reporters and arranged for the fans to create trouble by surrounding Ji Yi. Then that situation ended up injuring Ji Yi’s mum?”
As Chen Bai’s words crashed down on Qian Ge, her body swayed violently for a moment.
That’s not right! How did I get so caught up with getting angry at Li Yaoyao that I forgot the main point?
After the whole variety show incident, she immediately bribed the studio’s security department to delete the footage.
With Li Yaoyao’s capabilities, she could never have recovered the security footage. For her phone to have such a video, there must’ve been someone who put it on her phone ahead of time.
If Li Yaoyao wasn’t on her side, she was standing on Ji Yi’s side. Ji Yi was an artist from YC, and YC belonged to He Jichen. He Jichen was a computer games expert in senior high a long time ago…
When she said she wanted to confront Li Yaoyao, Chen Bai stood up.
At the time, she thought Chen Bai just wanted to explain on behalf of the company’s artist. Now she saw this wasn’t the case at all! Chen Bai only played the recording to wait for her to show her true colors then took the chance to add hail to snow…
Before Li Yaoyao was a spy by Ji Yi’s side, she already recorded their conversation together. This meant that back then, Li Yaoyao was already not loyal to her.
Which meant that Li Yaoyao was on He Jichen’s side long ago.
He Jichen knew about her stealing Ji Yi’s performance a long time ago, but he didn’t stop it back then because he was waiting for her to dig herself into a hole.
So from the very beginning, He Jichen had an even bigger plot in mind before she had her own, and his goal for doing so was to help Ji Yi…
At that thought, Qian Ge slowly turned her head and looked over at He Jichen nearby.
On the stage, the atmosphere was buzzing, but He Jichen looked completely unconcerned. He looked completely uninterested by the whole episode that suddenly broke out at the Television Awards.
He looked like he was tired from playing his phone game as he put his phone away and shut his eyes to get some rest.
His face looked unusually gentle as the lights of the Television Awards beamed down on his face. He looked less distant but more warm and elegant, like an exquisite painting – harmless and visually stunning.
However, a hint of fear crept into Qian Ge’s heart when she saw He Jichen like this.
With her eyes on the big screen above the mall and a cream puff in hand, Ji Yi held her breath in shock at everything that just unfolded.
She wasn’t stupid. She also figured out what Qian Ge just figured out!
Because Qian Ge stared in the direction of He Jichen’s seat for a long time, the cameraman cut to where she was looking.
In the midst of all the commotion, the sight of peaceful He Jichen with his eyes shut barged into Ji Yi’s sight.
Ji Yi’s fingers around the cream puff trembled abruptly, causing the cream puff to fall right to the ground.
She stared right at He Jichen as her vision started to gently shake along with her body. After some time, she abruptly covered her mouth with her hand.
So as it turned out, it wasn’t what she thought it was. The truth was that He Jichen never gave up on her. From beginning to end, he’d been helping her…
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He did blow up her scandal, but his real motive wasn’t to raise the ratings for “The Tempestuous Grand Tang” like she overheard in his office or because he cared about his shares at YC. His motive was to fulfill her deep desire for revenge on Qian Ge.
So that night when he took her home after her mum got injured, he stood at the door staring at her, not knowing what to say for a long time because he was actually thinking how to explain himself?
It was still very chaotic at the Awards, but staff were now coming out to stabilize the situation.
Li Yaoyao must’ve been hurt by Qian Ge’s kick because someone had to help her up. Qian Ge’s manager rushed over, hurriedly wrestled her away from the security guard’s hold on her and escorted her out of the Television Awards.
The exit was filled with media outlets as they had all just seen everything unfold. The moment Qian Ge reached the door, she was instantly surrounded by an infinite amount of flashing lights and microphones.
The celebrities and guests below the stage were whispering about what happened. Some even took photos of Qian Ge and Li Yaoyao.
The commotion grew as people on the street passing by the mall stopped walking and started to talk about what happened.
But Ji Yi’s world was in complete silence. She couldn’t hear a thing nor could she see a thing besides He Jichen on the big screen.
Anyone would gasp at such a big spectacle, but He Jichen just turned a blind eye to the growing commotion around him.
People sitting beside him knew he was the CEO of YC, so they enthusiastically drew closer to him to engage him in conversation.
He maintained his sluggish posture and slowly raised his eyes at the people talking to him and politely nodded. Without any intention of speaking, he averted his gaze.
His neutral gaze happened to be caught by the cameraman and his gaze met Ji Yi’s gaze at the big screen.
Ji Yi’s heart suddenly trembled and her fingers covering her mouth quivered slightly.
She could feel the raging waves instantly wash over her body.
It was this man, who looked calm as calm could be, composed as composed could be, unconcerned as unconcerned could be, who saved her from hell and returned her to the mortal world…
The scene at the Television Awards quickly returned to normal.
Both presenters composed themselves and acted as though the episode just now hadn’t happened at all. They enigmatically started to unveil the award for the best actor.
Ji Yi stared at the big screen, thinking about the dream she had a few days ago. In the dream, she heard He Jichen say, “You have to remember what I promised you.”
You have to remember what I promised you.
—— Without YC, you’ll still have me.
——I won’t swarm to you when you’re famous, and I won’t turn and leave you at your lowest point.
—— Will you trust me? Do you trust that I can fight, side-by-side, with you?
He asked if I’m willing to trust him to take each step with me from my lowest point in the entertainment industry towards infinite, brighter heights?
“Will you trust that I can help you get back what was taken from you, bit by bit? So, will you trust me?”