On a regular day, if she came to YS TV Station, Mr. Zhang would personally come out to greet her if he was present, a treatment not just anyone could receive.

Perhaps even before she walked in, the tea and pastries in the rest room, all to her preference, would have been prepared.

This rest room was reserved just for her, and even if other rest rooms were fully occupied, and she wasn’t around, it would not be used as an emergency rest room.

As Xiao Man lay down on the soft chair in the rest room, she thought that today would probably be the last day she ever used this room.

She had been there for so long, and not a single person had brought her tea.

She thought about it and laughed.

How long had it been since she received such treatment? It really felt like returning to several years ago.

Taking advantage of the solitude, Xiao Man closed her eyes for a moment of rest, until the chief director came to find her as expected.

"The director is here to tell me there’s no need to attend the show anymore, right?"

She didn’t need him to speak; Xiao Man had already seen through everything. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Manman! It’s not that I’m kicking you while you’re down," Xu Leshan said with a forced laugh, "it’s just that the situation is special. You haven’t clarified the scandal yet, and you can’t appear on a live show. Higher-ups are calling for a halt. We can’t take that risk."

"Scandal?" Xiao Man repeated the word and laughed.

Hadn’t they just asserted in the meeting room as though everything was witnessed firsthand?

In front of her, they only dared to speak the word ’scandal’.

"This... Manman, you have to believe, after working together for so many years, I have faith in your character! I believe it won’t be too long before you can clear things up! After that, we can still collaborate, right?"

"It has been many years..." Xiao Man stood up.

On the makeup table lay a vase with fresh flowers in it.

Knowing she was coming today, Mr. Zhang had ordered people to send flowers over early in the morning.

Xiao Man walked over, snapped off the most beautiful flower, and threw it into the trash can nearby.

"I remember one year when your station was facing a major crisis, Mr. Zhang came to me for a long talk, asking me to definitely help him. Afterward, when your ratings recovered, Mr. Zhang was very grateful to me, establishing this rest room for me, saying he would grant me many privileges. And at that time, there were rumors, suggesting I slept with Mr. Zhang, right?"

Xu Leshan broke out in a nervous sweat.

Of course, he remembered this incident vividly.

Because at that time, he almost lost his job. If he had been fired then, he wouldn’t be able to reach the position of chief director now.

It was indeed because of Xiao Man that the TV station avoided a crisis.

The TV station set up a special rest room for her also because of that incident, but at the time, that was the kind of rumor spreading in the station. However, those in somewhat higher positions like him all knew the truth.

For years, Xiao Man never claimed credit for herself, nor had she ever mentioned her glorious deeds. Now, her sudden reference to it...

"It’s nothing," compared with Xu Leshan’s uneasy conscience, Xiao Man seemed very composed, "after all, I’ve collaborated with YS TV Station for so long. Now that I’m suddenly leaving, I should of course reminisce a bit."

Climbing high and stepping low, the entertainment industry has always been like this, and she had never expected that anyone would extend a helping hand when she was in trouble.

"The director acts so courteous in front of me not because we have some relations but because the director is not certain whether I can be offended or not. For instance, whether Mr. Zhang, who hasn’t taken a stand, might come to defend me or something like that, right?"

The chief director was sweating profusely.