After Being Scummed – Chapter 70

As Expected of You, Xiao Bai.

On the evening she received Yin Bai’s reply, Zuo Jingyou contacted Xu Shishi, giving her own reply: “Director Xu, I am very much looking forward to being able to play this role. I hope our collaboration will bring the audience a different kind of surprise.”

Xu Shishi was happy beyond measure, saying cheerfully: “Then let’s set a time and wait for Teacher Zuo to join the production for the start of filming!”

After accepting this drama, all of Zuo Jingyou’s energy was subsequently thrown into the filming of 《Dawa》. After mid-December, 《Dawa》 officially began filming in Xinjiang.

Although Yin Bai was also entangled in numerous matters at the end of the year, how could a person in the passionate throes of a new romance possibly bear to leave her girlfriend? So this time, Yin Bai brought Xiang Qiu and Zhang Yu with her to Xinjiang, going to be Zuo Jingyou’s personal assistant.

She herself was extremely happy being her girlfriend’s personal assistant, but Jin Xiangyu, who was waiting for her reports, had a major headache. There were many matters at the end of the year, and she couldn’t find her mascot boss¹, making her incredibly busy.

Seeing that the group’s annual party² was about to begin, Yin Bai still had no intention of returning. Jin Xiangyu, unable to tolerate it any longer, made several life-or-death phone calls to Yin Bai, summoning her back from Xinjiang.

Because Zuo Jingyou was the director and also concurrently the lead actress, she could not easily leave the film set. Yin Bai had no choice but to reluctantly release Zuo Jingyou and return from Xinjiang to Haicheng.

At the end of December, the Galaxy Group’s annual party was held at the Galaxy Grand Hotel in Haicheng. As in every year, the assistant who organized the annual party invited a pile of handsome men and beautiful women from the entertainment circle, making the entire annual party bustling with noise and excitement.

After a round of warm-up activities, the spokespeople from the major departments went on stage to give summaries, and after another pile of prize-drawing segments, the first half of the entire annual party was over.

The second half was basically a large-scale social networking event, the kind of occasion Yin Bai disliked the most. After Yin Bai exchanged a few pleasantries with some of the senior executives from the group’s subsidiary companies, she called over Zhang Yu and had her send her back to the hotel suite.

The senior executives all knew Yin Bai did not like overly lively occasions, so they felt nothing upon seeing her leave. After all, for this year’s year-end bonus³, Yin Bai had once again given them a huge year-end bonus. As long as Yin Bai was generous with money, she was the best boss!

Compared to the type of boss who organizes a lot of activities and seems very approachable, but is in reality a complete cheapskate, she was truly so much better!

After leaving the annual party venue, Yin Bai led Zhang Yu toward the elevator bank, wanting to go to the top-floor suite.

Yin Bai was getting a bit bored while waiting, so she pulled out her phone to send Zuo Jingyou a WeChat message: “What are you doing? Are you missing your little prince~ My Miss Pilot~”

After waiting for quite a while, Yin Bai did not receive a reply to her message from Zuo Jingyou, but she did get the elevator.

In a moment, the elevator doors opened. Yin Bai lifted her gaze to the elevator and was startled to find Xiao Nian, who had a face with exquisite makeup and was standing in the elevator with her assistant, stepping in high heels.

Xiao Nian was also a bit surprised to run into her here. The two made eye contact, and Xiao Nian greeted her first: “Boss Yin……”

Yin Bai nodded, responding with a “Mm……”

Xiao Nian glanced at the elevator doors, which were starting to close, and offered a reminder: “Is Director Yin not preparing to come in?”

Yin Bai took one look and saw the elevator doors were about to close. She quickly tapped Zhang Yu beside her and said anxiously, “Quick, press the elevator button, we’re going up, we’re going up.”

As Yin Bai spoke, she entered the elevator in a rush with Zhang Yu, leaning on her cane.

After entering the elevator, Yin Bai stood in a corner with her cane and Zhang Yu, keeping a great distance from Xiao Nian, with no communication whatsoever. Standing beside Yin Bai, Zhang Yu looked at Xiao Nian, then at Yin Bai, feeling that it was all extremely awkward……

When old flames meet, the scene is always so silent…… silent, silent…… Silence is tonight’s elevator⁴.

Just as Zhang Yu was having these wild thoughts, the elevator ascended straight up, only stopping when it reached the top floor.

Xiao Nian turned sideways to let them pass, gesturing for Yin Bai to exit the elevator first. Yin Bai nodded and, leaning on her cane, walked out of the elevator with her fastest speed. Only after Xiao Nian saw her walk out with faltering steps did she follow Yin Bai’s footsteps and walk out of the elevator.

The two of them, with their respective assistants, walked one after the other through the long, carpet-covered corridor in complete silence.

They walked for a moment, when suddenly, the sound of a huge door slamming came from behind.

Xiao Nian’s steps paused. She turned her head to look behind her and saw a sliver of light leaking from the main door of a suite not far from her. A woman, with clothes in disarray and her whole body weak, struggled to reach a hand out from that light, calling out in a mournful voice toward the empty corridor: “Help…… help me……”

But in the next second, that frail figure was dragged back into the room by a large hand. With a BANG!, the main door was mercilessly shut, and along with it, the sliver of light that had leaked out was also completely shut back in.

Xiao Nian trembled all over. She clenched her fists, and fear instantly occupied her eyes.

Someone…… is in trouble!

Xiao Nian bit her lower lip hard and subconsciously turned her head to look at Yin Bai behind her, calling out to her in a loud voice: “Yin Bai!”

Yin Bai was startled by her call. She turned her head, leaning on her cane, and looked at Xiao Nian. When their gazes met, she saw Xiao Nian say with a pale face and panicked eyes: “Just now…… I saw……”

“A girl, she was dragged away……”

Yin Bai’s pupils shrank. She quickly turned around and walked swiftly toward Xiao Nian: “Where? What’s the situation?”

Xiao Nian took a deep breath, calmed herself a little, and said to Yin Bai: “In 8802…… That girl’s clothes were disheveled, she was clearly drunk or had taken drugs……”

“The sounds inside were very chaotic, it felt like there was probably more than one person……”

“She said ‘help me’ to me…… I……”

Yin Bai walked to Xiao Nian’s side, raised a hand to pat her on the shoulder, and said: “Don’t be afraid, I’ll have people go over right now.”

Yin Bai turned her head, looked at Zhang Yu who had hurriedly followed, and said: “Zhang Yu, immediately get all the security here to come up to me. Pay attention to the surveillance, get everyone under control for me.”

“This bunch of scumbags, daring to act atrociously on my territory. Call the police for me, they can all see the inside of a police station!”

Zhang Yu also realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately called the hotel manager, then followed Yin Bai to the door to wait. In less than three minutes, more than ten of the hotel’s security guards came up to the top floor and surrounded Yin Bai and Xiao Nian.

Yin Bai looked at the tightly shut door and gave an order: “Open the door, break in!”

Security swiped the door open and instantly swarmed in. The moment the door opened, Yin Bai saw the scene in the suite’s living room of those three men controlling that girl, and she tightly clenched her fists.

At the side, Xiao Nian gazed at the girl’s exposed white skin, and tears instantly fell……

Thank goodness…… it’s not…… too late……

The hotel security instantly brought the three men at the scene under control. As they were being grabbed by security, this group of fat-headed, big-eared rich young masters were still yelling, “What are you doing, what are you doing!”

“You part-time workers dare to disturb this master’s business? Do you know who my dad is!”

Yin Bai was so angry her lungs were about to explode. She walked in with a grim face, leaning on her cane, and said through gritted teeth: “Beat them for me, just don’t beat them to death! Give them a good beating, I’ll give you a hundred thousand!”

This group of beasts!

The security guards looked at each other, and while they were still hesitating, one hot-blooded man had already raised his fist and landed a punch on the stomach of one of the rich young masters: “Damn it, this group of sons of bitches!”

That girl looked like she wasn’t even an adult, yet this group of disgusting men could still lay a hand on her!

The room was instantly filled with a stretch of wailing.

Xiao Nian, stepping on her high heels like a nimble swallow, led her assistant through the stretch of wailing sounds. She came to the girl’s side, took off the coat she was wearing, and covered the girl’s body with it. Looking up with tears in her eyes, she said: “She feels like she’s had an overdose, she needs to go to the hospital……”

Yin Bai glanced at the girl slumped over the coffee table and said in a deep voice: “Zhang Yu, call 120,⁵ get her to the hospital first.”

“Before the police arrive, all of you give this group of bastards a good lesson!”

In less than ten minutes, the police also arrived.

Looking at the three large men surrounded by security in the center, beaten until they were black and blue all over, with only air going in and no air coming out, and then looking at the girl being held and soothed in Xiao Nian’s arms, her mind still somewhat unclear, they instantly understood.

Yin Bai sat in the main seat on the sofa, her face grim, and used her cane to point at the drugs on the tabletop: “This group of people were gathering to take drugs and □□ a young woman. I’ll have to trouble you police comrades.”

A short while later, after the ambulance also arrived, Yin Bai had Zhang Yu follow the vehicle and, with the police, send the girls and the beaten men to the hospital.

The suite suddenly became empty, leaving only two police officers to take statements from Yin Bai and Xiao Nian.

Yin Bai explained the course of events, and she and Xiao Nian corroborated each other’s statements. Only then did the police leave with their people.

8802 suddenly became empty. Yin Bai and Xiao Nian, with her assistant, left and headed toward their own suites. Perhaps this incident had a considerable impact on Xiao Nian, as she was somewhat out of sorts this entire way.

Yin Bai saw her panic and suppressed her own anger. When Xiao Nian subconsciously followed her to the door of 8808, she opened the door and extended an invitation to her: “Do you want to come into my place for a sit-down, have a cup of tea to calm your nerves?”

Xiao Nian looked up, seeing Yin Bai standing backlit in the doorway, looking at her gently. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded and said, “Okay, thank you, Director Yin……”

Yin Bai shrugged: “You’re welcome.”

After inviting Xiao Nian into the living room to sit down, Yin Bai told Xiao Nian’s assistant where there was tea to drink, had the assistant brew a cup of calming tea for Xiao Nian, and only after watching her drink it did she ask: “Feeling a bit calmer?”

Xiao Nian nodded and said: “Mm.”

Yin Bai looked at the panic that had yet to dissipate from her face and, after hesitating for a moment, said: “If you feel unsafe tonight, you can sleep in the guest room here, together with your assistant.”

“You know, my place is the safest place.”

Yin Bai paused, and said to Xiao Nian: “However, you remember to tell Lu Qing about it.”

Xiao Nian stared at her blankly, truly not having expected that after they had separated, Yin Bai could actually treat her so gently. Not even hatred, that must mean she has completely let go……

She pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and said to Yin Bai: “That’s not necessary, I’m actually not that……”

Before she could finish speaking, Yin Bai interrupted her words: “You can stop that. You think I don’t know you? You’re terrified of this kind of thing. Ah, you wait, I’m going to make a video call to Teacher Zuo and explain this matter to her.”

Make a call to Teacher Zuo?

Xiao Nian blinked, looking at Yin Bai, not understanding.

In the next moment, she saw Yin Bai take out her phone and make a video call to Zuo Jingyou. In a short while, the call connected, and Zuo Jingyou’s voice entered the spacious living room: “What’s wrong? You miss me again?”

It was very soft, very coquettish, a completely different feeling from the Zuo Jingyou in Xiao Nian’s memory.

Xiao Nian looked at Yin Bai curiously and suddenly saw that person who perennially wore a stern face now have curved eyebrows and eyes, saying with a broad smile: “Of course I miss Teacher Zuo! Oh, right, I’ve already finished attending the evening party, but I encountered a very detestable matter, so right now, I have one thing I need to tell you……”

“Xiao Nian is in my suite.”

Zuo Jingyou’s eyes instantly widened, looking at Yin Bai in shock.

Wait, in your room, what does that mean?

Before Zuo Jingyou could react, she heard Yin Bai say: “Ah, this matter is a long story to tell, so I won’t explain it. I’ll let Xiao Nian explain it to you.”

Then the camera’s perspective shook for a moment, and Zuo Jingyou heard Yin Bai say: “Oh, Xiao Nian, could you please trouble yourself to explain to Teacher Zuo that there’s nothing going on between the two of us, we just happened to run into each other, and also about the matter from just now……”

Rather than explaining it myself and making things sound worse than they are, it’s better to let the person involved say it directly.

Yin Bai thought, I’m truly so clever.

But the two women present were both shocked by her maneuver.

Xiao Nian took the phone in a flurry, looked at the equally surprised Zuo Jingyou in the video, and was stunned for a good while before managing a greeting: “Hi…… Teacher Zuo……”

Zuo Jingyou looked in astonishment at Xiao Nian’s face appearing in Yin Bai’s video, her consciousness detached for two seconds, and only after a good while did she reply: “Hello, Teacher Xiao Nian……”

What is this situation, and what is this matter……

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LP: This chapter’s events are unexpected but what’s expected is Yin Bai’s actions! Never change, Xiao Bai (*￣▽￣)b

Re-translated on July 30, 2025

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