Wu Taotao knew about Ye Shao’s hospitalization and was extremely angry, rushing to the hospital to confront him.

But unexpectedly, the ward where Ye Shao stayed was tightly surrounded by reporters and staff. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Even his legitimate girlfriend wasn’t allowed to visit.

"I’m Ye Shao’s girlfriend." Wu Taotao found the responsible agent and identified herself.

The agent looked at her in surprise, sizing her up: "Ye Shao is in a relationship?"

"We’ve been dating for a few years. If nothing goes wrong, we should be getting married soon," Wu Taotao said.

The agent turned pale with fright, quickly pulling Wu Taotao into an empty room.

"Ye Shao was just an intern before, so we didn’t pay attention to his personal life. Since he joined at an older age, he definitely wouldn’t take the flower boy route, so we didn’t consider this point. But to our surprise, he became unexpectedly popular, so the company plans to focus on grooming him. The first point is that he can’t be in a relationship as it will lose many of his female admirers. You must have seen online that many girls like him; these are female fans. Once they find out he has a girlfriend, he will surely lose these fans quickly. Your last name is Wu, right? Coincidentally, so is mine. I’m saying this to you, do you understand?"

"So, does Agent Wu mean that you hope I break up with Ye Shao?" Wu Taotao asked.

Agent Wu said, "I haven’t discussed this with Ye Shao yet, so I don’t know what he thinks. However, having interacted with him for some time, I can say he’s a person of deep sentiment. So I hope Miss Wu will take the initiative. Miss Wu, if you truly love him, you should want what’s best for him. Being exposed as having a girlfriend now could greatly impact his career."

Wu Taotao chuckled, looking at Agent Wu: "Then you haven’t interacted with him long enough to understand him. Just a reminder, the reason he entered the entertainment industry was to be worthy of me. Don’t use moral coercion on me; it doesn’t work. We’ll never break up. I can stay low-key for now, but you better not have any ideas, or else I may not be as gentle as I seem."

After speaking, Wu Taotao turned and left. Leaving Agent Wu stunned and bewildered in the wind!

Wu Taotao called Ningwan and finally managed to see Ye Shao.

Of course, when they met, a scolding was inevitable.

Later, while Ye Shao was asleep, she recounted the agent’s words to Ningwan.

Ningwan was speechless: "Don’t pay attention to him; Ye Shao would never break up with you."

"Of course I know; how could he possibly break up with me? But his sudden rise to fame is puzzling. Just because he got injured, he suddenly became popular. It’s unprecedented in the entertainment industry. I have a feeling there’s a hidden force behind this. Could it be Mr. Zhan?" Wu Taotao said.

Although she was a painter and an artist, she had some ties to the entertainment industry.

Having been at art festivals for so long, she had a sharper sense for certain things than most.

Ningwan shook her head: "It’s unrelated to Zhan Hanjue; he doesn’t know about this at all. But I think it probably has to do with Lin Yue. That kid is capable now, and he handled it quite well."

But she didn’t expect that praise could be a jinx.

After just complimenting Lin Yue on his handling of things, trouble arose in the afternoon.

Someone leaked online that Qin Mu was so audacious and blatant, disregarding people’s lives and health, entirely because he had someone backing him up.

They dug up all the TV dramas he acted in over the years, citing his poor acting skills and bad character, and even brought out actors who had suffered from working with him, exposing his wrongdoings.

Finally, they unveiled the big shot backing him and speculated that the two are in a patronage relationship.

The most contemptible part was that the other party was a man.

Zhan Zhengnan’s name soon went viral across the internet.

Immediately, people dug into his family background, discovering that he was actually part of the Zhan family, related to Zhan Group’s president, Zhan Hanjue.

This is how the public operates: uncover a small fish and they’ll hope there’s a bigger fish behind it.

Zhan Zhengnan daringly indulged Qin Mu; could it not be that Zhan Hanjue was the one indulging and directing it?

The spearhead of public opinion soon pointed at Zhan Group, launching attacks against it.

Ningwan was bewildered by these events and immediately called Lin Yue.

Upon answering the call, Lin Yue apologized: "I’m sorry, sister, I just found out about this matter. I didn’t expect it to escalate like this. I’m trying to find people to control the narrative now, hoping to suppress the public opinion. These online users really have an imagination—how could they bring Mr. Zhan into this? I didn’t know domestic users had such a vivid imagination."

"Quickly find a way to remove those unfavorable comments about Zhan Hanjue. I’m heading to Zhan Group now; contact me if there’s any issue," Ningwan hung up the phone hurriedly.

She hastily went to Zhan Group.

Unexpectedly, when the car stopped, she saw that many reporters had already surrounded Zhan Group, clamoring at the entrance for Zhan Hanjue to come out and explain.

Ningwan was so angry she wanted to curse.

This is really like sitting at home, and trouble fell from the sky.

Zhan Hanjue had no idea about anything, did nothing, yet somehow the fire was drawn to him.

Surely at this moment, he must also be bewildered.

Indeed, when she called Zhan Hanjue, his phone was continuously busy.

He must be contacting various parties, trying to find a solution to this matter.

She then called Chen Tan.

It took two calls before Chen Tan answered.

As soon as he connected, he hurriedly said: "Madam, I’m currently very busy with many things to handle. Do you have an urgent matter? If not, can we talk later?"

"Of course, it’s urgent. Arrange for someone to pick me up immediately—I’m at the entrance. But there are too many reporters at the entrance, I can’t get in," Ningwan said.

Chen Tan paused for a moment before quickly responding: "I’ll send someone over to pick you up right away. No, I’ll come get you myself. However, you can’t go through the main entrance; it should be surrounded by reporters. Let the driver take the car to Qingping Road, there’s an emergency entrance there which shouldn’t have reporters."

"Chen, take the car to Qingping Road," Ningwan instructed the driver immediately.

Chen turned the car around and drove to Qingping Road.

Ningwan got out of the car, and Chen Tan had already opened the emergency door, looking around furtively like a thief.

Seeing Ningwan, Chen Tan’s face lit up with joy, and he quietly called out, "Madam, come quickly."

Ningwan closed the car door, hurriedly walked over to Chen Tan.

Chen Tan let her inside, looked around to ensure nobody was watching, and then closed the door.

"What’s going on?" Ningwan asked as she walked.