Chapter 13.2
Editor: Jodi
Mu Nan was full of suspicion. There were no absolute good Samaritans in this circle, as all apparent help usually came with a price.
But he couldn’t figure it out, and so decided not to dwell on it. Since Yang Yuzhu’s statement, public opinion had reversed. Now everyone was insulting Wei Yu and Liang Wenmao. Especially Liang Wenmao, who was cornered by reporters at an event, forcing him to say that his likes had been an accident, before fleeing in disgrace.
As for Wei Yu, he deactivated his Weibo an hour later, then vanished from the entertainment industry, clearly becoming a scapegoat.
Shi Tao didn’t escape either, because even without Wilder’s intervention, fans had already targeted him.
[You keep calling him a good brother and senior, but when he’s slandered, you don’t even dare to say a word.]
[You’re the definition of an ingrate. Stay far away from Mu Nan and stop dragging him down.]
[I’ve seen shameless people, but never this doubly shameless. Ugh!]
[Shi Tao, leave the entertainment industry. People with bad character don’t deserve to debut!]
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Watching the same people who were attacking Mu Nan turn on him, Shi Tao’s expression gradually became twisted.
Then just at that moment, Liang Wenmao’s call came in. “What should we do now?” He whispered, “I’m in the bathroom, and there are so many paparazzi outside. I can’t get out.”
“What are you scared of!” Shi Tao snapped, “It was just a slip of your hand, what’s there to feel guilty about?”
Liang Wenmao was getting anxious, “Who would believe that? Do you think the paparazzi are fools?”
“So what do you want to do?” Shi Tao shouted, “If you don’t want to continue, just quit the group. Ten people are too many anyway—— it’s better with one less.”
“Hey, you…” Liang Wenmao wanted to say more, but Shi Tao had already hung up.
Shi Tao paced around the room with his phone in hand for a long time. He had calculated everything, but he hadn’t anticipated Yang Yuzhu would speak up for Mu Nan. Yang Yuzhu’s company only cared about exploiting their artists, even controlling their Weibo accounts, so how could he have possibly posted such a message?
In the end, he gritted his teeth and dialed Mu Nan’s number.
“Brother, I was wrong.”
Hearing the tearful tone, Mu Nan couldn’t help but smile.
“Shi Tao? What’s wrong with you?” He pinched his thigh hard to stop himself from laughing out loud.
“Brother Nan, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. I just debuted, and I don’t want to carry this stain on my career.”
Mu Nan blinked his innocent eyes, “Huh? What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”
Shi Tao was about to explode with frustration but had to lower his voice, “I shouldn’t have deliberately stirred up cp rumors with you. I was just momentarily foolish. I know I was wrong. I won’t dare again.”
“Oh, it turns out it’s like this,” Mu Nan pretended to suddenly understand, then changed his tone, “What else?”
Shi Tao knew Mu Nan was toying with him, but he had no choice but to comply, “I shouldn’t have deliberately used you. I shouldn’t have resorted to any means just to get famous. I…”
Mu Nan listened quietly to Shi Tao’s confession, “Alright, I know everything now.”
Just when Shi Tao thought Mu Nan was going to forgive him, Mu Nan asked, “So Shi Lai agreed to you stirring up cp rumors with me?”
Hearing that name, Shi Tao felt a chill run down his spine.
It turned out Mu Nan knew everything. He had played dumb the whole time, waiting for this moment to hit him back hard in the face.
After revealing his trump card, Mu Nan lost interest in continuing to play with Shi Tao.
“Shi Tao, let me give you some advice: if you don’t want people to know, then don’t do it. I’m not curious about your relationship with Shi Lai, but since you started this, you can’t blame me for being rude.”
“Since you chose to conspire with a tiger, you must bear the consequences. Right now, you’re just being scolded a bit. If you cry to your benefactor, maybe you can still get something out of it. So, in a way, I’m actually helping you, right?”
After he was done saying this, Mu Nan hung up the phone feeling refreshed. The saying that “birds of a feather flock together” couldn’t be more true. Shi Lai and Shi Tao were a perfect pair, rotten to the core.
On the other end, Shi Tao, who had been about to smash his phone, stopped mid-action.
He called Shi Lai. When the call connected, he adopted a sweet, gentle tone.
“Mr. Shi, I…”
Shi Lai interrupted him, “I know what you want to say. There’s no need to say more. I can’t help you this time, but you haven’t lost unfairly. You wouldn’t believe how much Cheng Han exchanged with Yang Yuzhu’s company to get him to speak up.”
“Who? Who managed to get Yang Yuzhu’s company to agree?”
“Cheng Han, of course. Otherwise who do you think could immediately come up with two phone endorsements in this circle?”
Shi Lai’s tone was casual, but Shi Tao felt a storm brewing in his heart.
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