Extreme Pampering
Chapter 166: It’s me pursuing her.

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: It’s me pursuing her.

While Shen Zhiyi focused on filming, Xu Xia, whose scandal had been exposed, unprecedentedly started a live broadcast, attracting a swarm of onlookers eager to see what excuses this person could come up with.

As a result, that evening, a hot search titled "Shen Zhiyi’s Sugar Daddy" dominated the top spot.

When Shen Zhiyi heard this news, she had just finished shooting an emotionally intense crying scene and felt too drained to put much energy into anything else, and immediately guessed who had released this piece of information.

Sure enough, upon checking the hot search, the first thing she saw was a recorded clip from Xu Xia’s live broadcast. After her own affairs were exposed, suggesting she climbed the ranks via a sugar daddy, she openly claimed that such matters were common in the industry, and directly named Shen Zhiyi as someone with a sugar daddy as well.

"You really think she’s dating someone seriously? It’s all just a sham to fool you. She’s no nobler than I am. Once she’s had enough fun, she’ll end up just like me," Xu Xia said.

In the video, Xu Xia appeared disheveled, without makeup, looking extremely haggard and in poor mental shape.

The onlookers were half-doubting and immensely curious about who this sugar daddy mentioned by Xu Xia might be.

Shen Zhiyi frowned. She had always wanted to keep Pei Yu’s identity a secret, but Xu Xia had gone all out this time, dragging him into the mess.

She tried to call Pei Yu, but Secretary Qin answered because Pei Yu was in a very important meeting and unable to return her call at the moment.

Secretary Qin asked, "Is it an emergency?"

At Pei’s, Shen Zhiyi had priority.

"Not an emergency," Shen Zhiyi didn’t want to interrupt his work, "He can call me back once it’s over."

Unable to contact Pei Yu for the time being, Wang Feifei grew impatient. She knew well how much a female artist’s career could be impacted by such a scandal, so she immediately got to work on public relations.

"We’ll deny these fabrications first. Xu Xia has no evidence, just words. We don’t need to fear her," Wang Feifei decided.

Wang Feifei’s job was to protect her artists. As for the nature of Shen Zhiyi and Pei Yu’s relationship as described by Xu Xia, it seemed unimportant to her, especially since the two were now seeing each other more seriously than anyone, making Xu Xia’s claims baseless.

"Okay," Shen Zhiyi had no objections to her approach.

While the studio issued a statement, Shen Zhiyi returned to Huating first. The butler, having learned about the situation online, was deeply worried it might affect Shen Zhiyi’s career, and even more concerned about her relationship with Pei Yu.

"Has the sir not been informed yet?"

If Pei Yu had known, he would have taken care of it by now.

"He’s still busy," Shen Zhiyi, who had been filming all day, was so tired she felt sleepy just lying on the couch. But the online turmoil kept her mind restless.

Later, Wang Feifei messaged her to ask if she wanted to respond in the fan group to stabilize those in the dark.

After some thought, Shen Zhiyi replied, "I’ll just go live myself, it’s been a while since I’ve done one."

"Are you sure?"

Wang Feifei didn’t really approve of her going live. Not all viewers would be her fans, and it was easy for her to see unfavorable comments, affecting her mood.

"Yes," Shen Zhiyi was accustomed to explaining things clearly, "I’ll make a brief response. I won’t say too much."

She cared more about her own fans than those just there for the gossip, and felt a greater responsibility to them.

With the help of the butler, Shen Zhiyi used the home computer in the living room for the live stream, where the chandelier above provided good lighting, clearly illuminating her face.

[Why are Zhiyi’s eyes red? Did the hot search make her cry?]

[I’m here, I’m here, I knew Zhiyi would respond!]

"My eyes?" Shen Zhiyi blinked, "I had a crying scene today, took a few takes to get it right. They might be slightly red, but I am not crying because of the hot search."

Comments are flooding in fast. Aside from her own fans, Xu Xia also has many, so there are all kinds of remarks.

"You all saw the trending search, right?" Shen Zhiyi leaned on the couch’s armrest, her gaze serene, looking somewhat tired, "It’s not as Xu Xia said, what I said before was true, we were seriously dating."

Actually, Xu Xia wasn’t very clear on the details of her and Pei Yu’s situation. She exposed this news just to drag Shen Zhiyi down, not wanting to see her have it easy.

Shen Zhiyi briefly replied to a few comments, and her fans believed her. They didn’t want her to be affected by the negative messages and deliberately brought up other trivial matters in the comments.

[This background looks so familiar, has Zhiyi moved back to her original place?]

Shen Zhiyi had streamed live a few times, and the background was very recognizable, some fans still remembered it.

"Yes, I’ve moved back," Shen Zhiyi said with a bend in her lips, "This is his house, we were apart for a while but now we’re living together again."

[Living together! Does that mean you’re going to get the certificate next?!]

[Is that painting on the wall an original? If it’s genuine, it must be worth millions. So rich, could he really not be your sugar daddy?]

[What does being rich have to do with being a sugar daddy? Don’t stretch it too far!]

The butler came over with some fruit, and Shen Zhiyi picked up a strawberry, whispering, "We haven’t reached that step yet."

She glanced back at the painting, "I like ink paintings. When he bid for it and hung it in the living room, he didn’t say anything. I thought it was just a coincidence at the time."

"Master prefers oil paintings," the butler, standing off-camera, could only be heard in the livestream, "But now, all the oil paintings in the house have been replaced with ink and wash Chinese paintings."

Not just those, every piece of furniture and arrangement was according to her preference. Only the overall layout was hard to change; otherwise, the changes at Huating wouldn’t be just these.

After chatting with her fans for a while, Shen Zhiyi ignored those negative comments that deliberately misinterpreted her words. She calmed her fans down and was about to close the livestream.

[Zhiyi, quick, look at the trending search!]

[I finally know who my brother-in-law is...]

[Damn, that’s not a sugar daddy, that’s a gold mine!]

Shen Zhiyi was still puzzled when the butler considerately handed over her phone.

More than three hours after Xu Xia’s revelation, a new entry related to Shen Zhiyi suddenly appeared under the search term[Pei Group].

She clicked in, and the first post was from an anonymous user.

A very brief sentence.

[I am the one pursuing her.]

With a tag of Shen Zhiyi.

Such an ordinary, even seemingly nonsensical tweet garnered retweets from several official accounts of companies under Pei’s flag — technology, energy, home — the Pei Group’s businesses span various industries, including Songjian Media.

The fuss made by so many companies shows the status of the person who tweeted at Pei’s.

At Pei’s, there’s only one person with such status.

Shen Zhiyi was a bit stunned, "...It seems like he just finished a meeting."

The butler looked outside, smiling, "Not just that, Master has already returned."