Ex-Girlfriend – Chapter 91

by Little Panda

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Manager 28

Queen

This ID, Shen Yun, found incredibly familiar, she didn’t know how many times she had fought with this person under the skin [皮下 | pí xià | meaning online/behind the scenes]. This person had several IDs, but each one arrogantly included the two characters “Ling Jiu”, which Shen Yun guessed was this person’s self-designation.

More importantly, this person was a fan of Xin Lan.

This wasn’t actually hard to understand. After all, in previous photos or leaked information, Xin Lan appeared frequently.

Xin Lan was inherently good-looking, and also had a strong aura, so some of those who liked her also quite liked Xin Lan.

But this person was definitely not her fan. Their tone of voice always revealed an air of an insider, as if she was at the scene.

The news about this film crew wasn’t a secret, but without connections, it would be impossible to know the female lead was her.

Shen Yun increasingly suspected this person might be Xin Lan’s alternate account, but thinking about it, Xin Lan didn’t have that much free time. Perhaps it was just a hater [or internet troll] hired by Xin Lan?

But this hater was a bit too omnipresent, infiltrating all her social media apps. This ID could be seen everywhere, extremely annoying.

The car drove towards Shen Yun’s address. Shen Yun was just about to speak when Miao Miao told her Xin Lan was waiting for her there, so Shen Yun closed her mouth.

Her palms were full of cold sweat, uncomfortably sticky.

Some people, some matters, no matter how unwilling one was to face them, still had to be faced.

Shen Yun stood at her doorstep and forced herself to open the door.

Xin Lan sat on the sofa, fiddling with her phone.

“Lan-jie,”

Shen Yun called softly, forcing a smile.

It had been a long time since she had called Xin Lan this way. At the very beginning, she used this form of address, placing herself in a lower position. Later, her mentality changed, and so did the way she addressed her.

“All of you, go out and close the door.”

Xin Lan addressed the three assistants behind Shen Yun. Zhou Qinqin and the others nodded, walked out, and closed the door.

Only Xin Lan and Shen Yun remained in the room.

Xin Lan didn’t speak, just raised her head and looked at Shen Yun.

She was sitting, but her condescending aura gave Shen Yun a pressure that made it impossible to raise her head.

“Actually, I’m thinking, should I act sooner, or let you struggle a bit longer?”

Xin Lan pondered, as if in thought.

She wanted to indulge Shen Yun a little longer. After all, she hadn’t really done anything yet, only two minor things, which didn’t feel like enough.

But Shen Yun, this person, was too easily provoked.

She might just do something desperate like a cornered dog who’ll leap over a wall [狗急跳墙的找人睡覺了 | gǒu jí tiào qiáng de zhǎo rén shuìjiàole | meaning to act desperately; in this context, implying promiscuity as a desperate act].

If she couldn’t stop her in time, it would create further complications.

Xin Lan wasn’t at the forefront of capital [資本 | zīběn | financial resources/backing], so she didn’t want any unforeseen changes to her plan.

In all fairness, Shen Yun had a good face, a good figure, and knew how to handle things. If she really latched onto a gold master and wanted to turn around and bite, it wouldn’t be difficult.

So, she had to nip the danger in the bud. It was better to act now.

Upon hearing her words, Shen Yun’s heart skipped a beat, the panic on her face almost unconcealable.

She shook her hands and took a few deep breaths.

“Xin Lan, just treat this as me begging you, okay? Don’t ruin me, okay? I beg you, you can do whatever you want, just don’t…”

Shen Yun’s voice was laced with tears as she looked pleadingly at Xin Lan.

“Just let me go. I was wrong back then. I’ve already learned my lesson. I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have wronged you. It’s all my fault, it’s entirely my fault. Please, I beg you, let me go.”

Shen Yun crouched in front of Xin Lan, looking up at her with reddened eyes.

She knew that what she had said before about not caring about benefits and being on the same side was all bullsh*t. She just wanted to destroy her, she just wouldn’t let her go, she wanted to completely ruin her reputation!

“Let you go?” Xin Lan scoffed. “Let you go so you can turn around and come after me?”

Did Xin Lan not know Shen Yun? If she’s soft-hearted and merciful, Shen Yun wouldn’t be moved to tears and appreciate the peace, she would only want to get her hands on the incriminating evidence and use it against her.

Just like she had done to the original host.

“I won’t, I promise I won’t! Ruining me won’t do you any good either, so please…”

Shen Yun looked at Xin Lan expectantly, but was captivated by the darkness and coldness in those eyes.

She had never seen such a look in Xin Lan’s eyes, or perhaps it was the first time in her life she had seen such a look.

The last time Xin Lan choked her, her eyes were cold, disdainful, and mocking. Now, they held a bone-chilling coldness.

As if she were merely an insignificant existence, Xin Lan wasn’t even interested in watching her beg for mercy, completely indifferent.

It made one feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

Shen Yun’s throat was dry, unable to utter a word under such a gaze.

“I came to see you today not to negotiate with you, not to listen to your pleas, but to tell you the outcome.”

Xin Lan stood up and curled her lip at Shen Yun.

“Don’t worry, this time I won’t lock you up at home. But your ID card and passport are in my hands. Where do you think you can run to and escape the media?”

Xin Lan spoke leisurely, with an air of watching a good show.

“The company won’t allow you to ruin me like this!”

Shen Yun was both furious and terrified, her hand trembling as she took out her phone.

“Ruin you?” Xin Lan chuckled. “How much value do you think you can create for the company?”

“Shen Yun, aren’t you overestimating yourself?”

“Since I was able to single-handedly cultivate you, naturally I can cultivate another.”

“You signed Qin Yuyan on purpose! You wanted her to replace me!”

Shen Yun gripped her phone tightly. She knew that from that moment, she should have prepared to leave.

Now that she’d come to her senses, it was already too late.

“I’ll say it again, Shen Yun, you overestimate yourself. Just you? You’re worthy of being mentioned in the same breath?”

Such a disgusting and loathsome scumbag, how could she be compared to Qin Yuyan? This was simply an insult to Qin Yuyan.

“Enjoy your final moments of fame.”

After a certain film crew’s three consecutive boat flips [翻船三連 | fān chuán sān lián | meaning three consecutive failures/mishaps], a famous paparazzi announced they were about to expose explosive information about a certain popular S-surname female star, asking the melon-eating crowd to be prepared.

Everyone was discussing it. There were many S-surname female stars in the industry, but the words “popular” narrowed down the possibilities.

@DemonBladePrincess’sGreatLegs: A certain popular S-surname female star, combined with the recent triple failure, it’s undoubtedly a certain female lead whose real name we won’t reveal! It’s you! SY!

@OtakuGirlLingJiuJiu: Come out and take your beating @ShenYun

@WishingForSSR: So much melon these days, I feel like I can’t eat it all hahahahaha

@WineAndShikigamiGirlNeverGivesUp: I feel like Cha [猹 | chá | a mythical badger-like creature known for stealing melons], drawn by the scent of melon!

@QiuJuxin’sCaiJucheng: Blindly guessing Shen Yun, looking forward to the explosive info.

@XinAndBaiExperts: Blindly guessing SY. What explosive info could there be? SY doesn’t seem to have any scandals. I dug into her past, wow, I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it myself, smooth sailing all the way, resources so good it’s unbelievable, fans praising her acting and looks. I’ve always been indifferent to her looks, but she doesn’t have any dark history. Don’t tell me the explosive info is some relationship reveal, that would be completely boring.

@KoiFish: Counting the recent melons, nude photo scandal, casting couch, plagiarism, guessing something bigger, mistress, cheating, escorting, high-class prostitute, pregnancy, abortion, eating melon for a happy time.

Under this Weibo post, many people tagged @ShenYun. Of course, there were also guesses about other people. Shen Yun’s fans, having gotten wind of the news, arrived and started a flame war [撕逼大戰 | sī bī dàzhàn | online argument], trying to control the comments.

Ling Jiu was not to be outdone. Her fighting strength was not to be underestimated. Controlling hundreds of alternate accounts, she launched simultaneous attacks, acting as her own water army.

Shen Yun sat on the sofa, tossing her phone aside. She hugged her knees, a sense of despair looming.

She couldn’t give up like this. She picked up her phone and started contacting people she knew in the industry, but none of them replied. She tried calling, but as soon as the other party heard her voice, they immediately hung up.

Clearly, nothing had happened yet, but why was she being avoided like the plague?

Only when there was no one left to turn to did Shen Yun realize how important Xin Lan had been to her.

All her resources had been handed to her by Xin Lan. She had never bothered to cultivate relationships and connections with others. She had contact information for some of the people she had worked with, but at this critical juncture, no one would help.

Everyone’s sense of danger was exceptionally keen. Shen Yun sat dejectedly on the sofa, stubbornly staring at her Weibo page.

At 7 PM, a Weibo post rocketed to the top of the trending searches.

#ShenYunVideo #Following this tag was the character “爆” [bào | explode; expose].

Immediately following, at number two on the trending searches, was #ShenYunComesOut#.

The video, a little over a minute long, clearly showed the female lead’s face. It set Weibo on fire, its popularity comparable to that day’s nude photo scandal. Moreover, the other participant was also a woman, making the melon-eating crowd even more excited.

The haters, as if they had seen the dawn, cheered, spread the news, picked up their keyboards, and began fighting on the front lines.

Fans were collectively dumbfounded. Those who couldn’t accept it began to unfollow, some directly turning from fan to anti-fan and then attacking.

It’s well known that former fans’ attacks are even more vicious than haters’.

@IKnowYouAreWatchingMe: Holy sh*t! What a huge melon! Honestly, I’m not discriminatory, but tsk tsk tsk, as a public figure, I just want to know how this video got leaked.

@SpringKnows: I really can’t accept my idol being like this. I knew, I knew, but seeing it, I really can’t accept it. And it’s with another woman. I always thought she was a little angel, turns out she plays so hard…

Shen Yun’s fans weren’t just eating plain rice [吃幹飯的 | chī gān fàn de | someone who does nothing]. They immediately retaliated.

There were the direct types: @Yunyun’sBaby: Do you paparazzi have any conscience left? Can’t celebrities have some private life? What the f*ck are you filming?

Those pretending to be passersby: @FaceComeCloser: This is f*cking explosive hahahahahaha. This video is clearly filmed from a third-party perspective, and that gap, it feels like it was secretly filmed, emmm, that’s really unethical.

The seemingly objective ones: @RedLeafSauce: The coming out was unexpected, but it’s not a big deal, right? Celebrities are people too. Isn’t this a normal human need? I’d like to ask those who are cursing to be kind. Do you have the ability to abstain from sex your whole life?

Those who tried to shift the focus: @CoolCool: What? Are you discriminating against homosexuals? What’s wrong with lesbians? Did they provoke you?

Those firmly whitewashing [洗地 | xǐ dì | to whitewash; to attempt to clear someone’s name despite evidence to the contrary]: @ShenYunLittleAngel: This is definitely not Yunyun. Unscrupulous paparazzi, stop spreading rumors, okay? This doesn’t look like our Yun at all. You’re just throwing any sh*tty basin [accusations] at her!

@OtakuGirlLingJiuJiu: I’m begging you NC fans [NC粉 | NC fěn | brainless fans] to stop whitewashing, okay? Do you really have no idea what your idol [蒸煮 | zhēngzhǔ | idol; a sarcastic term derived from a misspelling of 正主 (zhèngzhǔ – the real deal)] is like? Do you really think she’s such a good person? Haven’t you noticed that her team hasn’t done any PR yet, and the company hasn’t made any moves? Because this is a stone hammer [石錘 | shíchuí | irrefutable evidence] and can’t be washed clean. Just wait, this is only the first wave.

LP: Re-translated on March 15, 2025

Amusing Ourselves to Death

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