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Chapter 500 - 500 500 Malicious Gossip!

500: Chapter 500: Malicious Gossip!

Thrilling Self-Rescue!

500: Chapter 500: Malicious Gossip!

Thrilling Self-Rescue!

At the critical moment!

The disheartened Bai Fengling had no choice but to reignite her fighting spirit.

She had to make a last stand for the sake of her reputation!

Wu Jie watched silently, without a word.

A very strange feeling.

There was no sense of joy from successful revenge, nor the thrill of watching someone else’s embarrassment.

Instead, there was an inexplicable sense of sympathy.

Bai Fengling cared about fame and wealth, but she was forced into it.

Born into a family that favored boys over girls, she had carried the weight of her entire family on her shoulders, exploited and oppressed by her own kin and the Xu Family of Liuli City.

She had to develop a mindset that valued fame and wealth, craving money more than anyone else.

Perhaps this led her to become shrewd, stingy, and miserly, but her life certainly hadn’t been easy.

Without the protection of the Xu Family of Liuli City, free from her family’s moral shackles…

She should have soared high, made good money, and used her youth, beauty, and talent to earn enough wealth.

Otherwise, when she grew older and her beauty faded, when she was overshadowed by countless newcomers and no longer popular, she would at least be free from financial worries.

So…

For Bai Fengling, she couldn’t afford a scandal, couldn’t bear a bad name, couldn’t lose the trust and support of her fans…

Otherwise, how would she survive in the entertainment industry?

The scandal involving Bai Fengling this time was also significant.

Ambiguous relations with a married Wu Jie; once someone with an agenda grabbed hold of this and sensationalized it, stirring the pot and distorting the truth…

She would inevitably bear all kinds of infamy, and if the fans were misled by the paid trolls, it would be even more troublesome.

…

With a snap,

Wu Jie lit a cigarette, smoking while he waited.

The system had already started making big moves.

For the sake of peace, Wu Jie had long ago turned off the notifications for gains of less than ten thousand energy points.

But the balance was spookily surging, and the energy points were rapidly increasing at an alarming rate!

Scanning through the system’s happy news history in his mind, what emerged non-stop were feelings of jealousy and hatred.

The energy points varied in amount, some by a few, some by dozens.

Occasionally some would jump by hundreds or thousands.

After the bidding for the East African SAM project was completed, there hadn’t exactly been any hot events concerning me!

Only yesterday, the negotiators of the three major hooligans had gone on a frenzy of hatred, but after that, things settled down and the energy points barely increased.

So…

Clearly, the paparazzi who blackmailed Bai Fengling had already sold the photos.

The unscrupulous media that purchased the exposé must have already leaked the story, and it was mainstream media at that.

Otherwise, it would not have garnered enough attention so quickly, causing many people to harbor ‘jealousy and hatred’ toward Wu Jie.

Exiting the system, Wu Jie took out his phone and opened the news feed.

The rankings had not yet been updated, but he could already see it in the trending topics.

‘Explosive!

The rumored boyfriend of a well-known female celebrity exposed?

The man in question is…’

‘Must see!

Your dream goddess might be someone’s mistress!’

‘An unwed, unspoken-about white-star beauty for years, the reason might be…’

‘Luxury cars and beautiful women!

An astonishing forbidden romance shocks millions of fans!’

‘Underdog hero strikes back with a beauty star?

Proof with photos!’

…

All kinds of headlines, sensationalist and eye-catching as hell.

In the exposed photos, Wu Jie and Bai Fengling were inside an Audi S8, sitting close, their hands appearing to touch.

But the two were actually discussing how to use some features of the car.

Unfortunately, now that someone with ulterior motives had taken them and posted them online…

They had immediately become evidence of Wu Jie’s affair and Bai Fengling being a mistress.

Wu Jie refreshed the page.

He found that many internet influencers and news media had also joined the re-posting brigade.

As a result, the exposure rate was even higher.

And the media that first broke the news, its numbers in reshares and comments, were skyrocketing rapidly.

Wu Jie clicked in to take a look, and the comments were unbearable!

“Damn it!

Wu Jie, that bastard, is actually having an affair!”

“Is the beauty CEO bored of him?

Wealthy and handsome, I’ll take him, faithless scoundrel!”

“A pretty boy relying on a woman to succeed, as cheap as they come!

Despicable!”

“I feel for the beautiful CEO Tang Xiao!

Both the adulterer and the mistress should damn well die!!”

“I’ll never believe in the love story of an underdog winning over a fair-skinned, rich, and beautiful girl again!

It’s all fake!

Fake!”

“I thought Bai Fengling was such a pure and kind-hearted jade woman, but what now?!!”

“I’ve gone from fan to hater!

I hate home wreckers the most!”

“Such a scumbag still qualifies as a hero?

The success of the bid was clearly due to Tang Xiao’s merit!”

“Living off women, such spineless men!”

“Didn’t Wu Jie also create Dashing Snap?

Bastard, I’m uninstalling it right now!

Won’t let you make a dime!”

“I’m asking you, Wu Jie, to introduce me to some rich women!

I don’t want to struggle anymore!”

…

Wu Jie browsed for a while and switched to other media and influencer messages and comment sections.

Holy smokes!

I didn’t know if it was the paid internet army flooding, or just wildly spraying nonsense.

Anyway, there was an endless stream of insults and verbal abuse.

The crazy fans not only stormed Bai Fengling’s messages, frantically questioning and insulting her.

They even sent messages, tagging Tanglong Industrial Group’s official Weibo, cursing Wu Jie.

Behind such madness, who would dare to say that no one was deliberately stirring trouble?

That there were no other celebrities maliciously fanning the flames?

He put away his phone.

Wu Jie didn’t want to look any longer, since he wasn’t involved in the film and entertainment industry anyway.

I could have relied on my looks to get by, but chose to rely solely on talent.

So, compared to being showered with praise and adoration by millions of netizens,

Wu Jie actually preferred their wild jealousy and hatred.

And the more, the better.

It would be best if a large number of rich and powerful social elites also joined in the hatred against him.

But…

Some rejoice while others worry.

On Wu Jie’s end, he was clearly feeling the increase in energy points at an especially frantic pace.

This indicated that the spread and negative impact of this scandal had become extremely frightening.

If things continued this way, with the situation spiraling out of control, it would become difficult to distinguish truth from lies, right from wrong.

After hesitating, Wu Jie opened the car door, got out, and went to ask how Bai Fengling’s ‘crisis public relations’ were going.

However…

When it rains, it pours.

Bai Fengling seemed to have forgotten her password and was going through the process of resetting and logging in again.

Wu Jie noticed beads of cold sweat forming on her fair forehead.

The slender, jade-like hands holding her phone were trembling slightly, clearly in a state of extreme nervousness!

“Calm down!

Keep cool!

The sky isn’t falling yet, why the panic?”

Wu Jie kindly reminded her.

Bai Fengling took a deep breath and nodded repeatedly.

After passing the verification, Bai Fengling ignored the countless messages and quickly prepared to publish a clarification announcement.

She had already chosen the picture, utilising the one provided by the unscrupulous media.

There was even the wedding photograph of Wu Jie and Tang Xiao that had been leaked earlier.

Wu Jie glanced at it and thought Bai Fengling was quite clever.

She typed a line of text, then tagged each media outlet that had leaked the story, along with the picture.

The text read, “Invited a friend for a cameo, we were just shooting outdoors for a new movie, and yet to be maliciously slandered?

Is everyone really that worried that I, still single, won’t be able to marry?

Don’t worry, with the blessings of the newlyweds, I’ll eventually find happiness!”

After checking everything, Bai Fengling sent out the message.

That brief line of text was incredibly informative.

Presenting today’s car purchase as an outdoor movie shoot, and interactions inside the car as acting in a movie.

In response to the criticism that Wu Jie was cheating in marriage and she was stealing someone’s husband, her use of ‘with the blessings of the newlyweds’, along with the wedding photo of Wu Jie and Tang Xiao, made for a very sharp counterattack.

The implication was that Tang Xiao knew about today’s incident and that the single Bai Fengling was still pursuing her own happiness, not being a mistress or the despised third party.

Wu Jie believed that if Bai Fengling wasn’t being advised by a wise person, then it was her own doing; her years in the entertainment industry had given her substantial crisis PR skills.

In any case, after she sent out this slightly mocking message, Wu Jie believed that the incident would soon subside.

Even if things couldn’t be calmed down today, Bai Fengling would be at the wedding tomorrow, singing for Wu Jie and Tang Xiao, the bride and groom.

If she was really a vile third party and Wu Jie was a cheating scumbag…

Would Tang Xiao still go through with the marriage?

Would she allow Bai Fengling to sing?

So, when the events at the wedding venue spread, the rumors would crumble on their own.

But…

Wu Jie was still somewhat annoyed!

In order to clear her name, Bai Fengling had not hesitated to release Wu Jie and Tang Xiao’s wedding photo, which was, in some sense, another form of using him.

Using the photo without permission, wasn’t that an infringement of portrait rights?

But seeing Bai Fengling’s panic-stricken face, and considering the upcoming joyous occasion in his life, Wu Jie decided to let it go.

Why should a grown man sweat the small stuff?

After all, a quick internet search would yield a ton of photos of him with Tang Xiao, so there was hardly any talk of infringement.

“Don’t worry!

This matter won’t cause much of a commotion!

We have to be at the venue for the rehearsal at seven tonight, why don’t you come too, and test out the sound equipment!”

Wu Jie hinted subtly, and Bai Fengling nodded incessantly.

“Great, great!

I’ll explain everything to President Tang, and if I can shoot a video with her to post online, that will definitely be more convincing!”

Wu Jie smiled faintly, not bothering to respond.

Humming a tune, he leisurely headed home.

Bai Fengling’s clarification couldn’t take immediate effect.

So, the energy points kept surging.

Nothing boosts your spirits like a happy occasion!

Wu Jie returned home and prepared a lavish dinner.

After everyone came back from shopping, full and satisfied, they headed straight to the restaurant in a convoy.

Determined to apologize, Bai Fengling went all out.

She let Wu Jie’s parents experience her newly bought Maserati sedan.

Then she could hitch a ride with Wu Jie’s car to explain everything to Tang Xiao along the way.

Of course, she didn’t forget to shoot a short video with Tang Xiao’s consent to post online.

Once things were explained and the public outcry was managed, Bai Fengling’s mood immediately improved.

To liven up the atmosphere, Bai Fengling took the initiative to send out a hefty amount of red packets in the friends’ group.

The whole journey was filled with laughter and even playful bantering.

But the moment they entered the hall and stepped into the dreamlike wedding venue, everyone was stunned…