NOVEL NEXT Chapter 26 - Shameless assless idiot
“I… I didn’t mean to avoid your question.” Tang Yuan twisted the blanket around her fingers, her body gradually slipping down until she was completely hidden under the covers, leaving only her head exposed.
She whispered, “Let’s go to sleep.”
Like a turtle retreating into its shell.
Jiang Zi rewrapped her dishevelled bandage and said, “You sleep first. I’m going out for a bit.”
Tang Yuan watched her until the door opened and closed, leaving her alone in the room.
Her expression instantly became forlorn.
“System, is the favorability function still unavailable?”
[System function analysis in progress—]
[The system is currently unable to access the favorability function. Please continue your efforts; completing one more main storyline task will unlock this feature.]
Tang Yuan’s eyes brightened with renewed hope. She asked uncertainly, “So you mean I can unlock the favorability function after completing this fan-pulling task?”
[Yes.]
Tang Yuan curled up under the blanket, thinking that once she could see the favorability progress bar, she wouldn’t be as passive as she was now.
‘Are you seriously confessing to me?’
Jiang Zi’s question lingered in her mind, and Tang Yuan knew in her heart why she was so fixated on unlocking the favorability function.
Jiang Zi stood outside the door, leaning against the wall, and remained there for a long time, unable to hear the conversation between Tang Yuan and the system.
She rubbed her temples, feeling her heart pound uncomfortably; an oppressive feeling washed over her. Suddenly, the screen of her phone lit up.
It was a call from Chu Yu.
Jiang Zi glanced back at the closed door and quickly walked away.
“Jiang Zi, explain, what is your relationship with Tang Yuan!”
This was the first contact since their falling out at Spring Night Entertainment venue.
During this time, Chu Yu had been waiting for Jiang Zi to make the first move, to take the initiative.
As a result, he waited and waited, only to see Jiang Zi and that annoying woman, Tang Yuan, trending on the couples’ channel.
Chu Yu couldn’t sit still any longer and, lowering himself, reached out to contact Jiang Zi.
Jiang Zi sat by the koi pond downstairs, but the gentle breeze couldn’t dispel the dark clouds over her heart.
Ignoring the sharp pains in her head, she responded softly, “It’s exactly the kind of relationship you saw.”
“Shameless!”
“Jiang Zi, you’re mine. Are you trying to provoke me by being with another woman just because you’re angry with me?”
“I’m giving you a chance. Come back to me, and I’ll let the past be the past.”
“I’ll give you five days to think about it. I’ll handle the PR for you and Tang Yuan. As for whether you can stay on the current show, that’s also up to me. You have no other choice. Do you understand?”
“Speak!”
It had been a while since she’d heard such annoying barking from Chu Yu.
“Chu Yu, you’re really full of yourself.”
Chu Yu ignored Jiang Zi’s seemingly mocking tone. “You know, I only speak the truth.”
“Jiang Zi, while I still have some patience for you, you better know when to stop. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee what means I’ll use to keep you by my side.”
After finishing, Chu Yu didn’t give Jiang Zi a chance to respond and hung up, throwing the phone onto his desk.
The more Jiang Zi rejected him, the more he wanted her. He had a feeling that Jiang Zi was born to be his, meant to be under his control.
He opened a video sent by his subordinate, a simple two-person dance video that was used to stir up a couple’s hype.
Jiang Zi dared to use such a brainless excuse to brush him off.
He will let Jiang Zi know that she will never escape his grasp.
And Tang Yuan!
That damned woman, but right now, he couldn’t do anything about her either.
Even though he couldn’t kill her, he could still disgust her.
Chu Yu picked up his phone and edited a message to Tang Gu, only to be met with a glaring red exclamation mark indicating that they weren’t mutual friends.
In a fit of rage, he hurled the phone to the ground, shattering it into pieces. With a scowl, he picked up the landline and called his assistant.
“Tell Tang Gu to keep his unruly sister in check!”
Chu Yu’s mood remained sour as he mentally cursed both Tang Gu and Tang Yuan. He vowed that one day, they will both be reunited in hell.
Meanwhile, the CP fan community for Jiang Tang had been wiped clean overnight, even disbanded, with all fan attention gone.
When Tang Yuan woke up and checked her mission progress, it was at zero. Her private messages were filled with insults. The once-active fans had unfollowed her overnight, and even her base followers had reduced to a pitiful few thousand.
Tang Yuan: …??
She saw an official message explaining that her fan count had been purged due to suspected bot activity.
Jiang Zi woke up to find Tang Yuan sitting on the edge of the bed, swiping her phone with a confused look on her face.
“What’s wrong?”
Tang Yuan scratched her head with a confused look, “My Weibo backend followers are all gone, and there’s a bunch of strangers sending me nasty messages.”
Jiang Zi frowned slightly, took her phone, and quickly saw the harsh messages in the inbox. She backed out and checked a few more, “These are all bots.”
“Hmm…” Tang Yuan didn’t know who would play so dirty; not only was her account sabotaged, but her mission progress was also reset!
And continuous messages were coming in. Jiang Zi’s eyes turned cold, but her voice remained soothing as she comforted Tang Yuan, “Don’t login for now; it’s a mess.”
Tang Yuan was silent for a long time, and when she finally realized what was happening, her anger surged.
“Who’s the shameless assless idiot doing this?! Does this lady look so easy to bully? They’ve kicked a metal plate by provoking me!”
Jiang Zi chimed in, “Yes, shameless assless idiots.”
Tang Yuan’s heart ached; this system is also an inhuman one. To use the number of super-topic fans as a standard, so reckless!
She grabbed her phone, skipped over the messages from Sister Qing, and went straight to Tang Gu.
Before she could even send her message, Tang Gu called her.
Is this what they call sibling intuition?
“Brother, I’m so angry!”
The sudden outburst took aback Tang Gu, and his intended greeting was stuck in his throat, “…Hmm?”
“I don’t know which bastard cleared my account’s followers and hired bots to insult me. The insults are terrible!”
Tang Gu fell silent, not knowing how to respond.
Then, he listened to Tang Yuan’s nearly three-minute-long outburst. He even began to suspect that Tang Yuan might be avoiding his question by pouring out her frustrations like this.
But upon reflection, he realized that she was probably too stupid to have thought of that, and she was genuinely angry.
In the end was Tang Yuan’s classic ending, “Brother, you have to help me!”
Tang Gu: “…Alright, I’ll have someone look into it for you.”
Tang Yuan sighed in relief, “By the way, brother, why did you call me?”
“I need to ask you something. What is your relationship with Jiang Zi?”
Tang Gu remembered Jiang Zi from the last time he went to the hospital to pick up Tang Yuan. She was the friend who stayed with Tang Yuan at the hospital.
Tang Yuan, feeling guilty, glanced around. Her side was already empty; Jiang Zi had gone to freshen up while she was complaining to Tang Gu.
“Why are you asking this question?”