Rich Side Character Goes Viral for Gossiping on a Laid-Back Reality Show Ch. 63

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[Say it, say it!]

[One more reveal, let's go!]

[What other kind of drama is coming??]

Yan Zhirou kept her head down, her fists clenched tight in her palms, her entire body shaking. No one could tell whether she was crying or just completely enraged.

Lu Jianchen's voice grew low and heavy as he said slowly,
"In the second episode, during the actor scene rehearsal—Yu Qianxia's flying rig snapped."

"That was me."

[!!!!!!!]

[Wait, WHAT??]

[That wasn't an accident?!]

A flash of I knew it crossed Yu Qianxia's eyes.

Lu Jianchen let out a bitter laugh.
"That day, Yan Zhirou came to me crying, saying that the set Yu Qianxia was using looked stunning and high-end, and that her partner had way better acting skills than the actress she'd picked. She told me she was scared she wouldn't get the endorsement from Mu Hua Jewelry..."

"I felt sorry for her. I didn't want her to feel wronged."

"I could read between the lines. So, in the end, I played the bad guy."

"I paid off someone on the props team in Hengcheng, asked them to mess with the wire just a little. I told them it only needed to result in a minor injury—nothing serious, just enough to keep her out of the performance."

"And that's how the rig incident happened—quietly, without anyone suspecting a thing."

[My god, this just blew up everything I thought I knew!]

[Yan Zhirou is way too vicious!]

[Why does she have it out for Yu Qianxia like this? I seriously don't get it!]

[Do they have some sort of past grudge? Why go this far??]

After saying all that, Lu Jianchen let out a faint, almost relieved smile. His voice was calm, as if all of it had nothing to do with him anymore.
"It's over."

With scandals this explosive, Yan Zhirou was definitely going to suffer a major loss.

Her reputation, popularity, fan base, public image—every factor was going to tank hard. Her path in the entertainment industry would take a huge hit.

Yu Qianxia didn't know if Yan Zhirou would actually quit the industry like Lu Jianchen wanted, but from the looks of things, she was definitely going to lose a massive number of fans.

And if her guess was right, once Yan Zhirou started bleeding followers, she'd probably hit a truth-telling bug real soon.

Time was running out. Yu Qianxia called out to the system in her mind,
[System, get out here and take your beating!]

[You saw what just happened, right? Every single dirt bomb about Yan Zhirou that Lu Jianchen dropped—none of them matched what you gave me. How do you explain that?]

The system had witnessed the entire bombshell reveal, and now it was completely shaken.
How could this happen? Why was everything it knew totally wrong?

Could it be... because Yan Zhirou was the protagonist, so the system couldn't access her real secrets?

Weird. This was way too weird.

After years of spilling celebrity tea with hosts from every timeline, the system had never been questioned like this.
This was its very first defeat since it came online.

It was livid.

The system huffed,
[Host! Just wait! I'm going to get to the bottom of this!]

The moment it said that, Yu Qianxia felt their connection snap.

Yep—here it came again.
The truth-telling bug.

But this time, who knew how long it would last?

Late at night, the beachside villa was quiet. Only Yu Qianxia and Si Churao remained—Ji Minghan and Ji Wei had gone off to handle the PR storm online.

Si Churao was still lounging on the couch in the living room, phone in hand, snacking on drama.

Yu Qianxia, meanwhile, had gone back to her room.

Yan Zhirou had been picked up by her manager, Sister Zhao. With a scandal this huge, the world outside had practically flipped upside down.

Sister Zhao was... conflicted, to say the least.

She was the one who brought Yan Zhirou into the industry. She thought she knew her—sweet face, soft-spoken, elegant vibes. Sure, she had her little princess tantrums over trivial stuff, but nothing too wild.

At least she always listened and didn't go rogue on her own... or so she thought.

But now?

Forget not going rogue—she'd clearly been scheming behind her back all along!

Oh god. Just thinking about the kind of dirt Lu Jianchen exposed made Sister Zhao feel like she couldn't breathe.

"Yan Zhirou, why did you hide all this from me?" Sister Zhao's voice was practically shaking with disbelief. "You used Lu Jianchen to get The Journey of Wind and Moon lead—I get it, you wanted to make it big. But why go after Yu Qianxia like that? What did she ever do to you?"

"She's the heiress of the Yu family! You're just a regular celeb—why would you even dare to mess with her?"

Yan Zhirou's ears were still ringing with the system's constant "losing luck" warnings. She was already at her limit, on the verge of snapping. Sister Zhao's yelling pushed her right over the edge.

"Shut up! You don't know anything!"

Sister Zhao stared at her in shock. "Did you just yell at me? Do you even realize what kind of disaster you've caused? The company might not even bother saving you!"

Yan Zhirou's eyes narrowed. Her voice dropped to a chilly tone,
"I'll handle it myself."

Sister Zhao was fuming. She turned away, refusing to say another word. The air inside the van turned cold and thick with tension, every breath feeling heavier than the last.

Yan Zhirou lowered her lashes, but her eyes were glinting with venom.

Damn that Lu Jianchen.
She never thought that lapdog would grow a spine and bite back.

Over the years, she had done a few shady things to benefit herself. Normally, even if someone tried to dig into them, they'd find nothing—her system would clean up the evidence before it ever surfaced.

But no matter how much the system could cover up...

It couldn't erase the truth if someone stepped forward and spoke it out loud.

Yan Zhirou exhaled slowly, trying to steady her nerves.
She was still bleeding followers.

Every ten thousand fans lost meant ten thousand units of luck gone. And when the system lost luck, it didn't just send warnings—it punished.

Thankfully, that punishment hadn't hit her yet.
Otherwise, if she snapped and started saying crazy stuff, things would've gotten even worse.

She tried to comfort herself with that thought.

By now, the nanny van had reached the airport. Yan Zhirou had already booked a late-night flight and rushed back to A City, heading straight for Xingmang Entertainment's headquarters.

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