Chapter 238: A Bolt From the Blue? A Frustrated Liu Sisi

Chapter 238: Chapter 238: A Bolt From the Blue? A Frustrated Liu Sisi

"Heh heh~"

The man on the other end of the line chuckled and said, "Luoxi, what brings you to call me?"

Yan Luoxi didn’t waste any time and got straight to the point. "Uncle Luo, do you have an actress named Liu Sisi filming in Hengdian right now?"

"Liu Sisi?"

The person on the other end was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Yes, Luoxi. Do you know her?"

"I don’t."

Yan Luoxi said coolly, "But I don’t like the sight of her."

Luo Weicai: "..."

At that moment, he was completely at a loss for words.

’That’s Yan Luoxi, the niece I know, all right!’

That’s right!

Luo Weicai was, in fact, the father of Yan Luoxi’s best friend, Roy.

The two families could be said to have a long-standing friendship.

Whether in business or other matters, the two had always cooperated.

Adding to that, the relationship between Roy and Yan Luoxi was also quite good.

So, the two families could be considered a single entity.

But in truth, it was more accurate to say the Luo Family were vassals of the Yan Family.

This was something everyone involved was tacitly aware of.

After hearing Yan Luoxi’s words, Luo Weicai on the other end of the line fell silent for a moment before shaking his head helplessly and asking, "Luoxi, did that Liu Sisi do something to offend you?"

"Yes."

Yan Luoxi nodded and then said, "Uncle Luo, you should replace the female lead in the show your company is filming. I don’t think Liu Sisi will be able to film anything for the next six months."

"Uh... (⊙o⊙)..."

Hearing this, Luo Weicai was a little dumbfounded.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard Yan Luoxi continue, "Um... Uncle Luo, I have a meeting. I have to go now."

With that, she hung up the phone.

BEEP BEEP BEEP—

Listening to the busy tone from his phone, Luo Weicai felt even more bewildered.

’Is that girl Luoxi going to do something rash and over-the-top?’

He was a little worried and was just about to call Yan Luoxi’s father, Yan Zhenbang, when...

His own phone rang first.

When he saw the call was from Hengdian, his heart skipped a beat.

"Hello~"

With a sense of unease, Luo Weicai answered the call.

...

「A few minutes later.」

Luo Weicai clutched his phone, his expression a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

He finally understood what Yan Luoxi had meant.

Because the person in charge in Hengdian had just called to tell him that Liu Sisi had been inexplicably beaten up on set.

And she’d been beaten so badly her face was swollen like a pig’s head.

’No wonder that girl Luoxi told him to replace the female lead outright.’

’That girl, she really is... ’

Luo Weicai was at a loss for words again.

However, he backed out of the number he was about to dial on his phone screen.

He thought about it and decided not to tell Yan Luoxi’s father, Yan Zhenbang, about this.

The manager in Hengdian had said that although Liu Sisi was beaten to a pulp, her life wasn’t in danger, so in his eyes, it was just a minor incident.

His earlier worry stemmed from the fear that Yan Luoxi might have impulsively "gotten rid of" the person for good.

Now that she was just beaten up and her life wasn’t in danger, it didn’t really matter.

That’s right!

In the eyes of people like them, a celebrity was just a performer.

If she got beaten, she got beaten.

It was of no consequence.

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「11:30 AM.」

[#SHOCKING! POPULAR ACTRESS LIU SISI VICIOUSLY SLAPPED BY WOMAN WHO RUSHED OUT OF A CROWD WHILE FILMING IN HENGDIAN!#]

[#SHOCKER! POPULAR ACTRESS LIU SISI ACTUALLY DID THIS ON THE STREET!#]

[#EXPLOSIVE! LIU SISI, ONE OF THE FOUR JUNIOR XIAOHUA, SUSPECTED OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED MAN AND BEATEN IN THE STREET!#]

...

News about Liu Sisi getting beaten up suddenly shot to the top of the trending lists on all major platforms!

But less than ten minutes later, all the news about Liu Sisi getting beaten up suddenly vanished.

This instantly sent netizens into an uproar.

"Holy shit~!"

"Did I just see a ghost?"

"What the hell is going on?"

"Where are the trending topics? How did they all disappear at once?!"

"Something fishy is going on!"

"All the platforms must have been paid off, right?"

"This is so shady!"

"I heard the person who hit her was also a woman!"

"Could it be true that Liu Sisi is a homewrecker?"

"My heart aches for my Sisi!"

"We live in a society ruled by law, don’t we? How can someone just assault another person on the street?!"

"Goddamn it! Sisi, my wife, I’ll call the cops for you!"

...

Just as the netizens were boiling with rage,

Liu Sisi’s team suddenly stepped forward and issued a clarification announcement.

Today, our studio has discovered that some internet users and self-media accounts have been publishing and spreading false statements about Ms. Liu Sisi across various online platforms, including Weibo, WeChat groups, and WeChat Friends Circles. The content of these statements is purely malicious rumor-mongering, which has led to public misunderstandings and negative evaluations of Ms. Liu Sisi. This has severely infringed upon Ms. Liu Sisi’s right to her reputation and has had an extremely negative impact on her work and personal life.

Based on the above situation, our studio and Ms. Liu Sisi hereby solemnly declare the following:

1. We demand that the publishers and disseminators of this false information immediately cease their infringing activities and delete all false and untrue information.

2. We urge the public not to believe these rumors and to stop spreading or disseminating this false and untrue information to avoid causing more severe and damaging consequences.

3. Our studio has already entrusted our lawyers to preserve evidence of the aforementioned infringing acts. We will pursue legal action against the responsible parties through all available channels to protect Ms. Liu Sisi’s legal rights and interests.

The internet is not a lawless place. We ask all internet users to be rational and objective, to not believe or spread rumors, and to use online platforms legally in order to jointly build and maintain a positive and healthy online environment.

Finally, Ms. Liu Sisi is currently safe and sound and is actively preparing for her new drama. We ask all our fans and friends not to worry.

The matter that had been causing such a stir online instantly calmed down after this announcement was released.

Although some people were still discussing it, it was no longer of any real importance.

In reality, the person who was most bewildered at this moment was Liu Sisi herself.

She had been filming just fine, and then someone had inexplicably rushed out and beaten her face to a pulp.

Even now, she still had no idea what she had done wrong or who she had offended.

Originally, she had wanted to fight back against the assailant to the very end and make her pay the price.

So, she allowed her fans and the netizens to drive public opinion, with the goal of sending the woman who hit her to prison.

But!

A leader from the parent company suddenly called and told her to cease her actions.

Furthermore, they sternly warned her not to sue the person who had attacked her.

Only then did Liu Sisi realize that the person who hit her was no ordinary individual.

This made her heart lurch violently.

’Did I offend someone I shouldn’t have?’

She frantically wracked her brain, trying to remember if she had offended anyone recently.

But even as she wracked her brains, she still couldn’t figure it out...