The girl beside Fang Nuonuo was named Xu Qingyun.
She was Lu Zhou's childhood sweetheart.
But Fang Nuonuo had always known how Xu Qingyun felt about Lu Zhou.
Back when Su Mian and Lu Zhou were together, Xu Qingyun had never missed a chance to make her presence felt between them.
On Su Mian's birthday, Xu Qingyun had gotten drunk at a bar and wanted Lu Zhou to pick her up.
When Su Mian broke her leg filming, Xu Qingyun had a fever and wanted Lu Zhou to take her to the hospital.
When Su Mian wanted to take a set of wedding photos with Lu Zhou ahead of time, Xu Qingyun called him away at the last minute to take "sibling photos."
Although Lu Zhou kept insisting that he only saw Xu Qingyun as a younger sister.
Every time an important moment came along for Su Mian, Lu Zhou would abandon her for Xu Qingyun.
And Xu Qingyun knew which moments mattered to Su Mian, so she did it deliberately.
Fang Nuonuo took Xu Qingyun's hand and comforted her. "Qingyun, don't take it too seriously. President Lu just had too much to drink and was talking nonsense."
Xu Qingyun said nothing.
But her fingers involuntarily opened Su Mian's profile.
Su Mian's follower count had already climbed to fifteen million.
She was currently interacting with her fans online.
Su Mian: [I saw it, I saw it. Stop tagging me. I practically died of embarrassment. I fled the scene like a rabid dog. Ugh, this was a disaster out of nowhere for me. I'll pick five fans in the comments to give me an iPhone 18.]
[Pick me, pick me! No... wait?]
[Haha, even Sister Mian has times when she's helpless?]
Su Mian: [Yes. I hit him, and he licked my palm. I pointed at his nose and cursed him out, and he sucked my finger. There was absolutely nothing I could do.]
[Sister Mian, is he really your boss?]
Su Mian didn't answer that question directly. Instead, she started spilling her own dirt.
Su Mian: [When he was with me, he was a kept man living off me. He ate my food, drank my drinks, and even squandered the money I'd saved for my mother's treatment. There isn't enough bamboo in the world to record all his crimes. Otherwise, I never would have dunked his head in water. Anyone interested can download the document for the tea.]
Su Mian posted a link in the comments.
She had worked overtime on it while filming the show.
It was a PowerPoint of over a gigabyte that exposed Lu Zhou so thoroughly he didn't even have his underwear left.
Besides his character flaws, like pretending to be poor and living off a woman, and maintaining an ambiguous relationship with his childhood sweetheart throughout their relationship.
He also had hemorrhoids, had work done on his face, had his shoulders augmented, owed all his abs to protein powder, and had even attended gigolo training classes...
Late that night.
When Lu Zhou sobered up.
Only then did he discover he had been cursed onto fifty trending topics!
They used detailed evidence to prove how he had pretended to be poor to deceive Su Mian.
The netizens watching the spectacle weren't afraid of making things worse. They pinned every bad thing on him!
#Su Mian's Ex Lu Zhou Discharged Nuclear Wastewater#
#Su Mian's Ex Lu Zhou Supports Make-Up Workdays#
#Su Mian's Ex Lu Zhou Let the Qing Army Through the Pass#
#Fire Lu Zhou! Fire the Scumbag!#
The board also sent him a message: "Get this handled immediately, or we may replace the president at the next board meeting."
This was outrageous! His handsome face was real!
He hadn't had plastic surgery!
He didn't have hemorrhoids, either!
Lu Zhou opened Su Mian's profile.
She had actually gained over ten million followers overnight, putting her far ahead of Fang Nuonuo's current seven million!
Lu Zhou stared at Su Mian's Weibo posts on her profile, gritting his teeth in fury!
With Su Mian tearing into him so publicly, it was even harder for him to touch her!
Because everyone now saw her as the undeniable victim!
Hah, how had she gotten smarter after breaking up with him?
Was some expert guiding her behind the scenes?
After a long while, Lu Zhou sneered.
Su Mian, don't forget, you still have a contract with our company!
Disobey the company's arrangements, and you'll owe enormous damages!
Hah, a boss could toy with an employee like a dog!
Lu Zhou immediately called his assistant. "There's an event at the mall tomorrow. Assign Su Mian to it!"
The assistant was confused. "Boss, didn't you say before that Su Mian couldn't be made famous, so we should just give her the thankless jobs and give all the good commercial opportunities to Fang Nuonuo?"
Lu Zhou said, "You think I'm giving Su Mian opportunities? I want her to work overtime until she dies!"
The assistant said, "..."
Fine. Whatever you say.
Not long after that arrangement was made.
Fang Nuonuo also heard about it from her manager.
She immediately informed Xu Qingyun.
"Qingyun, Brother Xu told me President Lu has assigned Su Mian to a promotional event for a hanfu photography brand at the mall."
"When the event starts, Su Mian will wear a Dunhuang-style outfit and fly down from the second floor on wires."
"I can already imagine it. She'll definitely be trending again tomorrow."
"Ugh, President Lu clearly said he was going to start investing resources in me. I don't know why he's giving everything to her now..."
"Could they have gotten back together? But that seems impossible. She only just got President Lu cursed out by the entire internet yesterday... I don't get it. Is this some little game couples play?"
Xu Qingyun didn't utter a word, but she squeezed her fingers until they turned purple.
In the early hours of the morning.
A staff member who had received an enormous payment slipped into the venue where the following day's event would be held.
They quietly loosened a component of the wire rig.
That way, when Su Mian descended from above tomorrow.
At best, she would fall flat on her face and humiliate herself; at worst, she would break an arm or a leg.
Su Mian slept until eight, when a phone call woke her.
Her manager, Sister Li, called to tell her to attend an event.
If she went, today's appearance fee would be thirty thousand yuan.
If she didn't, her pay would be docked.
Su Mian sprang out of bed with a carp's flip.
"Fine! You tormenting little slut of a job, you asked for this!"
"I'll work you to death! I'll keep going until you've drained every last drop of salary!"
After a little preparation, Su Mian went to the mall.
Sister Li was already waiting for her.
Sister Li was all tears and snot. "Mian, we used to be sidelined nobodies at this company, free to do whatever we wanted because no one knew us."
"But you're genuinely famous now. You have to watch what you say and do. Think of how many pairs of eyes are watching you..."
Su Mian quickly raised a hand to stop her. "Just give me the opening line, or people will think we're padding the word count."
Su Mian entered the makeup room and changed into the Dunhuang flying apsara costume.
Sister Li stared at Su Mian for a long time, both distressed and bewildered.
"Look at the rest of you. Your skin is like ice, your bones like jade. But why do you have so many scars... what happened? Where did you get them?"
Su Mian looked down at her wrists. There were several scars on them.
Perhaps the original owner of this body had slit her wrists.
She didn't particularly care about the original owner's romantic history with Lu Zhou and hadn't given it any thought.
"I did it back when I didn't know better. But I've awakened now. There's no way I'd be the sort of person trapped by love."
Sister Li hurriedly had the makeup artist paint some lotus tattoos over the scars.
Once they were finished, Sister Li examined the result again.
Not only was she beautiful, she looked even more ethereal!
Sister Li started wiping away tears again.
After today, Su Mian's worth would definitely multiply!
Boohoo, even a little nobody could finally have her day!
Just then, a staff member suddenly pushed the door open.
"It's time. There's no time for a rehearsal. Can the artist fly straight down from the second floor on wires?"
Su Mian stood up. "No problem!"
Thirty thousand for one jump. This money couldn't be easier to earn!
Su Mian left the makeup room, went to the preparation area on the second floor, and was strapped into the wire rig.
Su Mian had stayed on the trending lists for the past few days. This was the most famous she had been in her career.
So many people had gathered at the mall to watch that practically every floor was a solid sea of people.
The music began, and Su Mian leaped.
Her skin surpassed snow, her robes fluttered, and the ancient costume actually suited her bearing so well!
There was an indescribable air of ethereal purity and holiness about her!
The audience stared, dumbstruck.
"I was being absurd with you, and you secretly went off and became a beauty behind my back TAT!"
"Wait, Su Mian, are you seriously looking for romance? Why are you making yourself this gorgeous!"
"She reminds me of my old days as a simp..."
In a corner of the mall.
Listening to the praise for Su Mian around her, Xu Qingyun's lips curved slightly.
What a shame, Su Mian. Your brief burst of fame was about to end.
Onstage.
Just as everything was going smoothly.
Snap!
A loud crack rang out!
The wire attached to Su Mian snapped!