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Chapter 74
Pei Chiyao heard her words and was initially startled, but then he couldn't help but laugh, "Zhi Yao, can your imagination be any more vivid?"
He sighed and hugged the little girl tightly, trying to warm her with his body temperature, "With me around, no one would dare lay a finger on you."
His light and casual remark gave Zhi Yao an immense sense of security.
Pei Chiyao would protect her, she believed in Pei Chiyao.
Throughout the journey, Zhi Yao didn't say another word.
When Pei Chiyao placed the little girl on the bedroom bed, Zhi Yao had already fallen into a deep sleep.
He had felt a little flustered earlier, but after hearing Zhi Yao mention Xie Qinzhou and the cold wind they had endured, any romantic thoughts he had vanished completely.
Pei Chiyao leaned forward and gently tapped Zhi Yao's face, saying, "Zhi Yao, why don't you take a shower before sleeping?"
Zhi Yao opened her eyes groggily, and upon seeing Pei Chiyao, she turned over without hesitation and continued sleeping.
Pei Chiyao: "..."
"Zhi Yao, shower first, then sleep."
Zhi Yao was so tired that she didn't even want to move a finger, but Pei Chiyao kept nagging her.
She opened her eyes drowsily, sat up on the bed, stretched out her arms, and said in a soft voice to the man in front of her, "Carry!"
...
Pei Chiyao carried Zhi Yao to take a shower, and that night, Zhi Yao slept soundly.
When the little girl opened her eyes again, the spot next to her was already cold.
She yawned, lazily crawled out of bed, and grabbed her phone.
If there was one thing Zhi Yao did that was most human-like, it was reaching for her phone as soon as she woke up.
She habitually prepared to greet her little fans.
She had so many little fans on Weibo now, she could probably cook and eat them for ages!
Zhi Yao felt ravenous every time she saw them.
However, her leisurely and relaxed expression completely vanished when she saw the trending topics on Weibo.
She... she was trending again?!
#Zhi Yao Rises to the Top#
Zhi Yao didn't quite understand what "rising to the top" meant.
But after clicking into it, she understood everything.
It was an exposé from a marketing account.
Entertainment 8pm V: "A certain little starlet who hasn't even debuted yet but already has millions of fans and has leeched off a certain Best Actor's popularity has actually taken someone else's resources to rise to the top and land this role. Don't let her young age fool you, she's quite shameless. To get this role, she didn't hesitate to sleep with a certain well-known producer for three days."
While the post didn't mention Zhi Yao's name, it was easy for people to guess who it was referring to.
This Weibo post immediately caused an uproar.
The comments below naturally didn't believe what the marketing account said.
But what was even more shocking was what came next!
That marketing account actually posted a video clip!
The person in the video was clearly Zhi Yao.
She was seen staggering to a hotel room door, knocking, and then the door opened, revealing a man inside.
A very fat man.
Although his face wasn't shown, Zhi Yao was clearly filmed entering the room.
After this video surfaced, netizens felt they had been slapped in the face.
This was probably what people meant by "asking for trouble and getting it," right?
Zhi Yao's hands holding the phone instantly turned ice-cold.
She knew exactly what had happened...
This was the incident from the day she first met Pei Chiyao!
She had been tricked into going to the hotel.
Lu Yi had spiked her drink and lied to her that a fat woman was waiting for her in the hotel room, but instead of a fat woman, it was that disgusting producer!
The video only captured her entering, but in reality, she had been dragged in!
The comments below were all insulting Zhi Yao.
[Goose Babe: Oh my! The entertainment circle is really messy!!]
[Old Bi Lamp: Damn, what a juicy gossip! And it even has a video! My entertainment gossip circle is alive again! Newcomers nowadays are really open, huh!]
[Sister Says Purple Is Elegant: Zhi Yao... has fallen... she really does have that vixen look, I curse her!]
[Xue Xue: Oh my! Who was the original female lead? I really think Zhi Yao is not suitable for this role at all, her previews were overly praised, she doesn't look cute at all in person, just a vixen vibe.]
Just as Zhi Yao was about to keep reading, her phone screen suddenly displayed - Your network is not connected.
Zhi Yao: "???"
What was going on?
The little girl was about to get up and find Pei Chiyao when she heard Older Brother Sun's frantic voice.
"That Lu Yi is really audacious! How dare she treat Zhi Yao like this! Where's Zhi Yao! Where is she! Don't let her see those words online at all costs."
Compared to Older Brother Sun's urgency, Pei Chiyao was very calm, "It's okay, she can't see them. I just cut off the wireless network at home."
The silly vixen doesn't use 5G, so he wasn't worried about that.
"How can you still drink tea so calmly? Tell me, what should we do now? Blacklist Lu Yi and that agent?" Older Brother Sun was almost fuming.
Although Zhi Yao's new drama hasn't aired yet, if something happened to the female lead, the entire drama would be ruined, and so would Zhi Yao's future career!
This was word-of-mouth marketing! Once word-of-mouth is ruined, it would be extremely difficult to regain a good reputation later.
The label that would be attached to Zhi Yao from then on would be "sleeping her way to the top."
Pei Chiyao took a sip of tea and said calmly, "This incident shouldn't be Lu Yi's doing."
She and that agent didn't have the capability to do something like this.
Older Brother Sun was stunned.
To bribe a marketing account and cause such an uproar across the entire internet overnight, Lu Yi didn't have that kind of capability.
Moreover, Older Brother Sun had already warned people in the industry that any news related to Zhi Yao had to be approved before being released. Anyone who dared to act on their own would be blacklisted and forced to leave the industry.
For this marketing account to be so audacious, there must be someone else backing them.
"Then who? Who is so vicious! Our Zhi Yao is so adorable, people say she's universally loved and it's not an exaggeration! Who would have the heart to do something like this to her? To have her insulted like this!"
Older Brother Sun was furious.
At that moment, Zhi Yao's voice came from above Older Brother Sun's head, "Older Brother Sun, who insulted me? Isn't everyone praising me?"
Older Brother Sun was stunned and quickly looked up.
Pei Chiyao was also taken aback, not expecting Zhi Yao to wake up so early.
The little girl came "pitter-pattering" down from upstairs, very excited!
"Pei Chiyao! I'm trending! They're all praising me for having a vixen vibe!"
She thought everyone would insult her, but Zhi Yao didn't expect that the public eye was so discerning! They must have realized she was being framed, and even praised her!
Could it be that she had finally grown from a little vixen cub into a stunning beauty?
Older Brother Sun: "..."
Pei Chiyao: "..."
How should he tell his silly vixen that "vixen vibe"... is a derogatory term?