Rich Side Character Goes Viral for Gossiping on a Laid-Back Reality Show Ch. 39

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The two of them got busy in the prep area, and the filming crew, blending into the crowd, finished setting up. The livestream camera focused in on them.

[Help! Why are these two running into each other?!]

[Yu Qianxia really has no shame—facing Ruan Zhiyao without the slightest bit of awkwardness...]

[LOL, no shame, no fame. That's the entertainment world for you.]

Ruan Zhiyao's heart was thudding like crazy—guilt and nerves rushing in all at once.

But then she thought, We're filming a show right now. Even if Yu Qianxia has something against me, there's no way she'd say it out loud... right?

But what Ruan Zhiyao didn't expect was that Yu Qianxia would suddenly flash a faint smile and ask, "Xiao Ruan, I heard... back when you were my assistant a couple years ago, I mistreated you?"

[!!!]

[Why would she bring that up out of nowhere? Is Yu Qianxia trying to self-destruct?!]

[What is going on?! Isn't that super awkward to ask on camera??]

Ruan Zhiyao swallowed hard. She was totally stuck—should she deny it? Say nothing? Why was Yu Qianxia being so direct?! She'd been caught completely off guard!

Yu Qianxia, seeing her silence, pushed again. "Go ahead, if you've got any complaints about me, now's the time to say it. As your former boss, if I really did treat you badly, I'll make it up to you."

The sweet smell of ice cream filled the air in the prep room. The chill from the machines was constant, but sweat still started to bead on Ruan Zhiyao's forehead.

Yu Qianxia's gaze stayed fixed on her. She wasn't doing anything outwardly aggressive, but the pressure was intense.

Ruan Zhiyao stood frozen for what felt like forever, then finally forced herself to speak. "No... no complaints. There's nothing I was unhappy with."

Yu Qianxia raised a brow and let out a short laugh. "You sure? Then why's the internet full of rumors that I was awful to you? That I threw coffee at you? Mocked you? Don't tell me... it wasn't you who leaked those stories?"

Ruan Zhiyao's face turned bright red. She could deal with being accused of clout-chasing—but those shady rumors? She really hadn't started them!

She rushed to defend herself, trying to distance herself too. "It wasn't me! I swear! I had just joined a competition back then, I had no money, no connections—how could I possibly pull that off?"

Yu Qianxia already had her suspicions. Now she was even more sure of them.

Ruan Zhiyao's eyes flickered, and she kept trying to explain, "Sister Qianxia, I honestly don't know how those rumors spread. Ever since I debuted, I've been drowning in schedules, constantly working. The company didn't handle it, and I didn't know how to deal with it either..."

Yu Qianxia raised an eyebrow slightly. "Then how about now—you clear it up in front of everyone?"

What?! Ruan Zhiyao bit her lip, panic flaring inside. If she clarified now that those rumors were false, she could already picture the backlash she'd get from netizens.

No. She couldn't let her image crash like that!

[What's happening? Were all those rumors fake??]

[Why isn't Ruan Zhiyao saying anything? Is she feeling guilty now?]

[If it wasn't true, why didn't she speak up earlier?]

[Back when Ruan Zhiyao joined the competition, she totally played the victim. No one even knows how much sympathy she raked in because of that. Honestly, she only got famous because she rode the trending topic of being bullied by Yu Qianxia!]

[If all of this turns out to be fake, then Ruan Zhiyao is seriously gross. She's been dragging Yu Qianxia through the mud for so long!]

[Ruan Zhiyao, just say it! Did Yu Qianxia bully you or not?]

Xiao Ke had been keeping a close eye on the livestream updates. The moment she saw the direction things were heading online, she rushed to post a new Weibo. She used her own account to share all the little things she'd experienced over the past three years while being around Yu Qianxia.

She poured her heart into that post, telling everyone that Yu Qianxia had never mistreated or abused anyone—ever.

Not long after, hashtags like #Ruan Zhiyao The Liar# and #Ruan Zhiyao Slanders Yu Qianxia# shot up the trending list.

Public opinion took a nosedive. Even those diehard fans who used to eat up the dirt on Yu Qianxia without a second thought were starting to doubt everything. A big chunk of them quietly unfollowed.

Meanwhile, at the recording site—

Ruan Zhiyao was still pretending to be dead, avoiding every question. She pulled out a waffle cone from a box and started making herself an ice cream.

As long as she didn't admit to anything, she still had a way out.

She couldn't just lose like this.

Clueless about how fast things were blowing up online, Ruan Zhiyao was busy trying to figure out a way to turn the tables.

Too bad her little fantasy shattered in the very next second.

Yu Qianxia felt that uncontrollable power surge again.

She blurted out, "If you don't wanna clear up the rumors, fine. But do your fans know you've been lip-syncing to make money?"

Ruan Zhiyao: "!!!!!!"

Help!!! SOS!!!!

Livestream viewers heard it too.

[!!! Help! What the hell?]

[Making money off lip-syncing? Ruan Zhiyao lip-synced?]

[Which performance was it? I'm gonna dig through the videos.]

[Sister Yu, what other tea you got? Spill it all! I'm starving for drama!]

The whole control room went dead silent.

In that moment, Ruan Zhiyao felt like invisible hands had wrapped around her throat, squeezing tight. She couldn't breathe.

She stared at Yu Qianxia, chest rising and falling, her pupils widening just a little.

But Yu Qianxia lowered her gaze, brows slightly furrowed.

Ruan Zhiyao screamed inside: Oh my god! How does Yu Qianxia know her secret?!

Her mind raced through a million thoughts. Forcing herself to stay calm, she secretly took a deep breath and shot back, "Lip-syncing? What are you talking about, Siste Qianxia? How could I possibly be lip-syncing?"

"You're saying I made money lip-syncing? Can you tell me exactly when I did that?"

"The My Girls finale was a live broadcast. After that, all my concerts were live too. Was it auto-tune? Or a playback track?"

Ruan Zhiyao clenched her fists, her gaze sharp and questioning—but on the inside, she was seriously freaking out.

Yu Qianxia kept her brows furrowed, and followed her gut. "I don't know how you did it..."

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