The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 25

Lu Xi’s Weibo had been registered and verified by Chen Yan four years ago, when Lu Xi had just taken over Guangying. After setting it up, Chen Yan had given her the account and password.

Lu Xi never used Weibo, and she had never logged into that account even once. To prevent needing it someday, Chen Yan had still written it down in her notebook.

President Lu, who had always been uninterested in entertainment gossip, had suddenly asked her for the account and password on a whim. This was too strange.

Chen Yan did not think Lu Xi was bored and wanted to find some fun, especially since Lu Xi had just asked about Si Yu.

Lu Xi asking her for the account and password was very likely only because she wanted to go on and look at Si Yu’s black material.

They were both in the entertainment industry, yet Lu Xi did not even care about her own younger sister Lu Wei’s affairs. But for the sake of looking at Si Yu, she remembered that Weibo account that had long been forgotten.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan felt a little sympathetic toward Lu Wei.

Chen Yan became increasingly curious about who exactly Si Yu was, to actually make the cold-natured Lu Xi start caring about gossip.

Chen Yan quickly finished her meal, and the moment they returned, she helped Lu Xi find the account and password.

Watching her carefully enter the numbers one by one, Chen Yan reminded her, “You’d better bind it to your phone. That way, you won’t have to worry about forgetting the password.”

“No need. I won’t use it again in the future.” After logging in successfully, Lu Xi looked at the unfamiliar page, her face blank. “Where do I see the trending searches?”

Chen Yan thought: I think you’ll use it again in the future. She helped her open the trending list.

The topic #SiYuSmoking# had already dropped to fifth place. The popularity had gone down, but the comments were still increasing.

After Lu Xi finished watching the relevant video and Weibo posts, she finally understood why Si Yu was being slandered. Her thin lips pressed into a straight line, her face stern, making it impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry.

Chen Yan observed her expression and said, “Did Miss Si smoke before?”

Lu Xi frowned. “I don’t know.”

Your relationship is this ambiguous, yet you don’t even know whether she smokes or not??? Chen Yan was doubtful, but she did not dare say it.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Xi added, “I’ve never seen it.”

Chen Yan considered her words. “Isn’t Miss Si filming with the crew right now? Maybe the smoking is only part of the plot. Why don’t you call her and ask what happened?”

Since you care about her this much, just call her directly and ask. Chen Yan secretly thought.

Lu Xi lifted her eyelids and gave her an unreadable look. “Have you been a little too free lately?”

Chen Yan’s heart thumped. Panicked, she said, “President Lu, I still have several reports to write later and data analysis to do. The cooperation case with Xingchen…”

Lu Xi raised her hand, signaling for her to stop. She placed the phone face down on the desk, leaned forward, and said faintly, “You’re a special assistant, not an agent. Just do your own job well.”

If Chen Yan still could not understand that, she could pack up and leave. She lowered her head and said respectfully, “President Lu’s lesson is correct.”

But she could not help grumbling inwardly: I only said one extra sentence because I saw you cared about her so much, yet you’re blaming me instead.

Regarding this latest wave of Si Yu being slandered, Zhu Qi told Si Yu to stay still and made a Weibo post on her behalf: “Si Yu has never smoked. Practicing smoking was only so she could better portray the character Chen Shuang. The video was maliciously filmed in secret to smear Si Yu. We will give everyone a reasonable explanation later.”

Netizens did not buy this kind of vague statement, and that group of “internet justice police” ran over to Zhu Qi’s Weibo to make noise again.

【As a novel fan, Chen Shuang really does have a heavy smoking habit after becoming a bar owner, but even if it’s for the role, I really can’t tolerate throwing cigarette butts around.】

【You say someone maliciously filmed her in secret, then release the full video as proof.】

【Proof my ass. They’re just trying to delay until the storm passes and no one remembers Si Yu littering cigarette butts and having no manners.】

【Agent, stop blabbering. Hurry and make @SiYu come out and apologize.】

【Right. Make Si Yu apologize.】

…

“Apologize?” Si Yu laughed. “People only need to apologize when they do something wrong. Why should I apologize?”

Aside from reposting relevant Weibo posts from Your Smile’s official account, Si Yu had never made any personal posts. No matter how netizens tagged or cursed her, she simply did not respond.

She only wanted to focus on filming well. These messy “black materials” could be left to Zhu Qi to handle PR.

On set, some people secretly discussed Si Yu throwing cigarette butts around. Liang Yufei heard it and felt incomparably delighted, eating two more buns for breakfast.

After Xiao Xia learned that Si Yu and Liang Yufei had grudges, she started paying attention to Liang Yufei. Seeing her flit around the set like a butterfly, Xiao Xia whispered, “Don’t you think Liang Yufei seems especially happy today?”

Si Yu moved her gaze away from the script and looked toward Liang Yufei, who was laughing so hard among the crowd that she seemed to be trembling like a flower branch. Her gaze sharpened.

Liang Yufei truly was so happy she had lost her bearings. She decided to start a livestream to celebrate, calling it a five-million-fan benefit.

At noon, during lunch break, Liang Yufei opened the livestream, pinched her voice, and squeezed out a smiling face to greet her fans. “Long time no see. Did you miss me?”

The fans flooded the screen madly.

【Fei Baby, you finally came online. Mommy misses you so much and loves you so much!】

【Is Fei Baby wearing her costume? This school uniform looks so good.】

【Our Fei Baby looks good in anything!】

【The sun is so strong. Fei Baby, remember to apply sunscreen, and you must drink lots of water.】

【Has Fei Baby gotten thinner? Filming must be hard. My heart aches watching you.】

…

Before transmigrating, Liang Yufei had been disliked by her whole family, excluded by her classmates, and abandoned by her teachers because her grades were bad. No one had liked her. With one transformation, she had become the beloved heroine in the novel, with five million Weibo fans, each one rushing to say they loved her, doting on and praising her like she was a princess.

The feeling of being surrounded like the moon among stars was simply amazing!

Liang Yufei’s vanity received unprecedented satisfaction, but she felt this was not enough. Far, far from enough.

Five million fans were too few for her. Her current achievements were also too small.

The original heroine later won Best Actress for television, became a household name, and became the most beloved actress among audiences. Her Weibo followers broke one hundred million. Liang Yufei firmly believed she could do it too. After all, she carried a golden finger and was protected by the heroine halo.

One fan said they wanted to see what the set looked like.

As the sweet, approachable heroine who doted on and loved her fans, Liang Yufei naturally had to satisfy her fans’ request. She held her phone and wandered around randomly while interacting with them. “Those on the ground are wires. It is quite messy… That handsome guy is a Guangying trainee… Let me show you our crew’s boxed lunches.”

Liang Yufei wanted to film a close-up of the boxed lunch in Xiao Yan’s hands, and the camera “accidentally” swept over Si Yu sitting on a small folding stool. Some extreme fans on the screen suddenly became agitated.

【Is that Si Yu? Holy crap, just seeing her makes me want to puke!】

【Fei Baby, this Si Yu doesn’t look like a good person at all. Stay away from her and don’t play with her, okay?】

…

Liang Yufei pretended to be innocent and confused. “What are you all talking about? What’s wrong with Si Yu?”

Hearing her own name, Si Yu slowly raised her head and looked without any ripple in her eyes at Liang Yufei, who was pointing the phone at her.

Liang Yufei ignored her death glare and ran to her side, pretending to be affectionate. “Si Yu, I’m livestreaming. My fans are praising you for being so pretty.”

Praising your uncle. Did she think adding a particle at the end made her sound cute?

Si Yu rolled her eyes inwardly and glanced toward the screen.

【Pretty my ass. She can’t even compare to one strand of our Fei Baby’s hair.】

【Si Yu is ugly, don’t want to see her!】

【Ugh, I’m going to puke.】

【Fei Baby, why won’t you listen to Mommy? I told you not to play with this woman!】

【Sigh, our Fei Baby is too kind.】

…

What a beautiful white lotus flower~ Si Yu silently sang in her heart.

Seeing her fans dislike Si Yu made Liang Yufei extremely happy inside, but she still had to maintain the heroine’s “pure and kind” good persona. Innocently, she said, “Don’t say that. Si Yu is a very good person.”

Someone in the barrage spat more fragrant words.

Aside from a few extreme fans, most of Liang Yufei’s fans were still rational. Afraid of bringing hate to their idol, they came out one after another to control the comments, telling everyone not to curse at people.

The barrage was quickly cleaned up and became uniformly: “Hello, Si Yu. Some fans in our family don’t know better. We hope you don’t get angry. [heart]”

It had to be said that Liang Yufei’s fan support club was very capable, united, and warm. It was just that they still did not know that the Liang Yufei they carefully protected had already been replaced by someone else. They loved the wrong person.

Si Yu had originally been a little annoyed by Liang Yufei’s shameless move, but seeing the neat and uniform flood of comments, she suddenly felt sorry for these truly pure and kind little angels. She waved at the screen and smiled. “Hello, everyone. I’m not angry.”

Some sincere praise began appearing in the barrage. Some praised Si Yu’s beauty, and others said Si Yu had a good temper.

Si Yu maintained her smile the whole time.

Liang Yufei’s expression did not look very good now. In her heart, she cursed everyone praising Si Yu and wanted to expel them from her fandom every minute.

In front of the camera, Liang Yufei did not dare show any dissatisfaction. She did not want to see those fans who ate from her bowl but helped outsiders say even one more good word for Si Yu, so she smiled harmlessly and said, “All right, I’m going to eat now. That’s all for today’s livestream. I’ll chat with you when I have time.”

The fans were very considerate and told her to hurry and eat, not to starve herself.

After causing trouble, Liang Yufei left.

Xiao Xia could not hold it in and cursed “holy crap,” then said, “Isn’t she way too fake? Before, I thought Liang Yufei was pure and unpretentious, but now, looking at her, why does she seem so hypocritical? She clearly has grudges with you, yet she deliberately pretended in front of her fans like she has a good relationship with you. Those haters cursed for so long and she didn’t care, and in the end, it was her own fans who had to control the comments.”

Xiao Xia said a whole bunch, but received no response. Turning her head, she found Si Yu holding her boxed lunch and spacing out. She touched her. “What are you thinking?”

Si Yu returned to herself and abruptly asked, “How many Weibo followers do I have now?” She hurriedly added, “Do I have fans?”

Xiao Xia logged into Weibo and checked for her. As if she had won a prize, she said happily, “You have three hundred fifty thousand followers!”

Si Yu raised a brow. “Did Sister Qi buy followers for me?”

“Probably not.” Xiao Xia said, “The two Weibo posts you reposted have a lot of comments underneath. Most of them are your face fans!”

Si Yu did not ask what kind of fans the remaining small portion were and fell into thoughtful silence.

Xiao Xia thought she felt it was too little and hurriedly comforted her. “You still don’t have any works yet. Once the drama airs, more people will like you. By then, you’ll have career fans too. We have to take things step by step. Don’t be sad.”

“I’m not sad. I’m just thinking…” Si Yu looked at Liang Yufei, who had started eating her boxed lunch not far away. A sharp light flashed in her eyes as she said faintly, “Why is the gap between people so big?”

The original heroine had diligently filmed and lived honestly and steadily. Only then had she gained so much love from her fans. She was good enough, so she deserved so many people loving her.

But what right did this transmigrator have?

She used the original heroine’s fans to humiliate Si Yu. Someone so scheming, who did not understand gratitude or cherishing what she had—what right did she have to occupy the original heroine’s body and enjoy all these things that did not originally belong to her so peacefully?

Xiao Xia did not understand what she meant. Seeing Si Yu crack her fingers until they made snapping sounds, she asked, “What are you doing?”

“My hands are itchy. I want to hit someone.”

“You want to hit Liang Yufei?!” Xiao Xia sucked in a cold breath, looked left and right, and after discovering no one was nearby, said, “Don’t! There are so many people on set. If you hit her, you’ll be slandered again!”

Si Yu leaned close to her ear and said, “How about we put a sack over her head and beat her up?”

Xiao Xia stammered, “You, you, you’re joking with me, right?! What kind of feud do you and her have… I don’t think hitting people is very good. What if someone finds out? How will you survive in the industry later?”

Hitting people indeed was not good. Hiring thugs cost money, and doing it herself would easily leave evidence behind. Most importantly, the drama had not finished filming yet.

The time and place were both wrong, so Si Yu could only temporarily shelve her plan to hit someone.

There were no night scenes that evening. After Si Yu returned to the hotel, she showered early and called Old Madam Lu.

Old Madam Lu’s legs were inconvenient. She stayed home year-round and did not use a phone, so Si Yu directly called the Lu family’s landline.

As soon as the call connected, Old Madam Lu heard that she was not busy now and repeatedly said, “Hang up, hang up. Phone calls are boring. I want to video call you.”

Si Yu: “…”

Old Madam Lu was like a child tasting candy for the first time. Excited, she hung up Si Yu’s call, and less than a minute later, Si Yu’s phone rang with a cheerful “ding ding dong dong.”

Seeing Lu Xi’s name displayed on the screen, Si Yu hesitated.

Last time, she had solemnly sworn that she would not video call this woman again. If she answered now, wouldn’t she be slapping her own face?

But she could not refuse either. Grandma was still waiting for her.

After struggling for a moment, Si Yu had a sudden idea.

“Where is she?” The video connected, and Old Madam Lu stared at the pitch-black screen in confusion. “Qiao Qiao, did you not turn on the lights over there?”

Si Yu had simply placed her phone face down on the bed and covered it tightly. “Grandma, are you the only one over there?”

Old Madam Lu did not know what she was up to. “It’s just me.”

“What about that someone?”

“Which someone?”

“…” That someone was currently helping Old Madam Lu hold the phone. Lu Xi coughed softly and said, “Grandma, the person she means should be me.”

Old Madam Lu suddenly understood, smiling so widely her brows opened. “Qiao Qiao, do you want to chat privately with Xi Xi?”

“Grandma, I don’t, I didn’t!” Si Yu said anxiously. “I only want to video call you. Make her hurry up and move aside!”

Lu Xi: “…”

“Did you two argue?” Old Madam Lu looked toward Lu Xi.

Lu Xi’s face was calm. “No.”

“Then do you want to video call Qiao Qiao?”

“No.”

As if she had not heard, Old Madam Lu happily hugged the phone and said, “Even if you want to, you have to line up. I’ll go first.”

Lu Xi: “…”

“Qiao Qiao, come out. She can’t see.”

Si Yu sneakily lifted the phone and discovered a certain someone was not in the video. Letting out a sigh of relief, she hugged the phone and kissed it hard, acting spoiled. “Grandma, I miss you so much.”

“I miss you too.” Old Madam Lu said, “How about I go visit you?”

“No, no, no!” Si Yu no longer dared act spoiled and hurriedly said, “I’ll finish filming soon.”

“How soon is soon?”

“Two months… maybe.”

Si Yu suddenly regretted having a loose mouth and saying she missed Grandma. Old Madam Lu was in poor health, and because her legs and feet were inconvenient, the caregiver had to massage her every day, and she also had to soak her feet in medicinal water. If she truly made a long journey by plane to visit Si Yu and something happened, Si Yu’s sin would be great.

After much persuasion, Si Yu finally dispelled Old Madam Lu’s idea of coming to see her.

The two of them chatted casually for a long time. Finally, Old Madam Lu returned the phone to Lu Xi and said, “You and Qiao Qiao chat… Hm? Why did it go black again?”

Si Yu timely flipped the phone face down and spoke extremely fast. “Grandma, I need to read my script. I’ll video call you next time. Sleep early. Bye-bye!”

Without waiting for a response from the other side, she decisively hung up the video, patted her chest, and felt lingering fear.

So close, so close. She had almost slapped herself in the face.

Lu Xi looked thoughtfully at the darkened screen.

Si Yu was a little abnormal today. It seemed like she was deliberately avoiding her.

Why?

Lu Xi did not think deeply about it. After sending Grandma back to her room, she used her tablet to reply to a few emails, then showered and slept.

A dreamless night.

After Si Yu joined the crew to film, Lu Xi moved back to the Lu residence.

When she got up for breakfast, she saw Old Madam Lu wearing reading glasses, lowering her head and muttering with the housekeeper as they studied something. Lu Xi walked over. “Grandma, what are you looking at?”

“Looking at dates,” Old Madam Lu said.

Lu Xi looked at the thing in her hand in confusion and discovered it was a desk calendar. “What dates?”

Old Madam Lu sighed. “The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I don’t know whether Qiao Qiao will be done filming by then.”

Lu Xi paused in the middle of picking up her bowl.

“Do production crews give holidays during festivals?” Old Madam Lu asked.

Lu Xi took a sip of soup. “Under normal circumstances, no. Film and television production costs are very high. If the crew takes one day off, they’ll lose a lot of money.”

Old Madam Lu’s eyes dimmed. “If they don’t give holidays, then she can’t come home. Qiao Qiao spending the festival alone outside is rather pitiful.”

Afraid she would be sad, Lu Xi wanted to say, “If you miss her, I can ask the director to give her time off.” But before she could speak, she heard Old Madam Lu say, “We can’t let Qiao Qiao spend the festival outside alone. Xi Xi, you go over and accompany her.”

Lu Xi: “…”

“Let me see what other festivals there are besides Mid-Autumn.” Old Madam Lu lowered her head and continued studying the calendar. Turning backward showed the Winter Solstice and Spring Festival, too far away. She then flipped forward one page and muttered to herself, “There doesn’t seem to be any festival in the seventh lunar month. It doesn’t matter whether we celebrate the Ghost Festival or not…”

“Old Madam, there’s also Qixi.” The housekeeper pointed at a certain date for her to notice.

Old Madam Lu’s eyes lit up. She patted her thigh excitedly and said, “Right, Qixi! Chinese Valentine’s Day! Xi Xi, remember to buy Qiao Qiao a gift. Then go over and spend the festival with her. It’s best if you make it romantic.”

Lu Xi: “…”

Old Madam Lu completely did not ask whether Lu Xi had time those two days, nor did she care whether Lu Xi was willing. She arbitrarily and decisively set two future items on Lu Xi’s schedule for her.

Lu Xi had nothing to say.

Actually, after Old Madam Lu first video called Si Yu, Lu Xi had already guessed Grandma’s intention. Refusing Lu Xi’s offer to buy her a phone and set up WeChat, making every video call with Si Yu go through Lu Xi, and even domineeringly ordering Lu Xi to find Si Yu—these were all to matchmake Lu Xi and Si Yu.

The old lady’s intentions could be described as painstaking.

Lu Xi truly could not bear to tell Old Madam Lu that she and Si Yu were only married by agreement, and that the two of them had no feelings at all.

If obeying could make Old Madam Lu happy, then Lu Xi was naturally willing to wrong herself and do some things she did not want to do.

August 7, Qixi.

Si Yu was busy filming and had not paid attention to the holiday at all. When she arrived on set and saw a certain actress holding a bouquet of bright red roses, then heard that actress happily explain to others, “My boyfriend sent them,” she finally knew Valentine’s Day had arrived.

Those in the crew who had boyfriends or girlfriends, and those who were married, all received Valentine’s gifts: flowers, chocolates, jewelry. Even those without gifts received red packets. Si Yu had nothing.

Liang Yufei carried a bouquet of lilies and walked straight toward her. With wide, pure, invincible eyes, she said, “Si Yu, today is Valentine’s Day. Didn’t you receive flowers?”

Si Yu smiled without warmth. “What, do you want to send me some?”

Liang Yufei pressed her lips together, looking as if she were in a difficult position. “Sorry, this bouquet was given to me by my fans. Mm… I’ll have Xiao Yan go buy some for you!”

Si Yu could not help applauding her. “You really are the kindest, most considerate, most innocent and unpretentious person I’ve ever seen, bar none. Why don’t you send me an entire truck of red roses? I’ll give you a silk banner too. On it, I’ll write, ‘I Am a Living Lei Feng.’ What do you think?”

…An entire truck of red roses? Why didn’t she just become a bandit!

Liang Yufei was not that stupid. She left behind, “Forget it if you don’t want them,” and walked away with a wounded expression.

Xiao Xia was dumbfounded watching this. She cursed “holy crap” and said, “She’s way too fake!”

Si Yu neither agreed nor disagreed, tugging the corner of her mouth mockingly.

Aside from the bouquet of lilies, the well-liked Liang Yufei proceeded to receive quite a few little gifts.

By comparison, Si Yu, empty-handed, looked slightly bleak.

Xiao Xia said, “How about I send you a red packet?”

Si Yu did not know whether to laugh or cry. “You’re my assistant. What kind of logic is there in me receiving a red packet from you?”

Her phone dinged.

Si Yu picked it up and saw a red packet. She looked in surprise at Zhu Qi standing beside her.

Zhu Qi looked at her with pity. “Don’t be polite. Accept it.”

Si Yu: “…”

Si Yu had originally not taken Valentine’s Day seriously, but after the two of them made such a fuss, she also felt she was rather pitiful. Looking at a certain pinned profile picture on WeChat, she ground her teeth.

As expected, they were plastic wives. It was Valentine’s Day, and Lu Xi did not even know to send her a red packet!

Even without a red packet, she should at least send a blessing!

Just as Si Yu thought this, her phone dinged again.

A red number “1” appeared beside Lu Xi’s pinned profile picture.

Had the heavens opened their eyes???

Si Yu opened the message.

Lu Xi: “Do you have time tonight?”

Si Yu thought Old Madam Lu wanted to video call her again. Subconsciously, she looked at Zhu Qi and Xiao Xia standing beside her, turned her back to them, and typed quickly like a thief. “I have a night scene tonight. It might be very late.”

Lu Xi: “Ask the director for leave.”

Ask for leave just for a video call?

Si Yu felt that was not very appropriate. After thinking, she replied, “Tomorrow.”

Lu Xi: “Tonight only. Offer expires after tonight.”

Si Yu was surprised. “Grandma is that anxious?”

Lu Xi: “It’s not Grandma. It’s between you and me.”

Si Yu: “What could there be between me and you???”

Lu Xi: “A date.”