Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
Duan Jinghong could not retaliate. After all, everything that Fletcher said was the truth.
People in this world were terrifying. Just like Song Xin and Emma.
Song Xin did not need a reason to hurt someone. It could simply be because she didn’t like the look of a person.
However, there was a person like Emma who always made people pay for their actions. She never provoked others, but she always got her revenge.
When comparing the two women, she liked Emma’s methods more. At least…
…Emma maintained her bottom line.
“I know that Jordyn is your wife. If you want to get revenge, direct it towards me. I can handle it.”
“No need. You’re just a pawn. Plus, you’ve already paid back enough,” Fletcher was trying to say that the most important person in this incident was still Song Xin.
Even so, Fletcher still left a small present for Duan Jinghong as he left.
The originally secure hospital was suddenly filled with reporters. In front of the cameras, Duan Jinghong’s last bit of dignity was stripped clean…
…
Meanwhile, Song Xin was too afraid to even take a deep breath. All she could do was hide at home, too afraid to exp**ss her thoughts towards Duan Jinghong’s matters.
After Duan Jinghong’s accident, Song Xin’s work could only be temporarily suspended. Kaleidoscope had no intention to appoint a new manager for her either, so the current situation was at a standstill.
Song Xin waited until the situation died down before she finally sat down and thought about Duan Jinghong’s accident. From her understanding, Duan Jinghong wasn’t such a stupid person.
However, in the spur of the moment, she simply focused on drawing a fine line with Duan Jinghong and did not ask about the incident in detail. Although Kaleidoscope had announced the result of their investigation, they never mentioned the motive.
After thinking for a moment, Song Xin gave Duan Jinghong a phone call, “Jinghong, no matter how I think about it, I can’t understand what happened. I feel like someone schemed against us.”
Duan Jinghong held onto her phone and sneered, “I was simply not careful enough. This was all an accident…”
She wouldn’t and couldn’t tell Song Xin that Emma knew about the tricks she had played. She wanted to slowly watch Emma swallow Song Xin whole.
Song Xin thought she was a genius. She thought she was unrivaled in all aspects. Who would have thought, when faced with Emma, she was but a mantis stalking a cicada[1].
She couldn’t imagine the extent of Emma’s EQ nor did she want to guess how much Emma knew…
“Jinghong, you need to tell me the truth. That’s the only way I can guarantee safety for both of us.”
You’re just protecting yourself, Duan Jinghong thought to herself.
“There’s really nothing more to it. I was momentarily possessed by greed. I’m tired, I’m going to get some rest,” Duan Jinghong said before she hung up the phone.
Song Xin…
From now on, she had to handle things on her own.
At times, Duan Jinghong hated Song Xin. After everything she had done for her, what was the result?
She also wanted to see Song Xin’s fate!
When Jordyn found out the truth, she felt like everything had changed. At the time of the dog attack, she simply wanted to protect Xiao Yue, so she was brimming with courage and did not have time to feel panic nor fear.
Above all, she never considered that there’d be an ugly scheme behind the entire incident. Even if she had figured it out, she wouldn’t have been like Emma; stealthily monitoring her enemy for so long, just to get revenge.
At times, she admired Emma’s patience and her intentions. In Emma’s words, the industry was a place where people stepped on each other. If one did not set rules and clarify their bottom line, someone was bound to use their shoulders to boost themselves up, until one day, their corpse would be found lying around outside without them knowing what had even happened.
If the dog attack had not happened, Jordyn may not have been so emotionally affected. But, in the face of fame and fortune, whenever shortcuts existed, people were bound to do anything to take them, even if it meant hurting others.
“Following on, you still have Song Xin to deal with. What do you plan on doing?” Jordyn asked over the phone.
“Do you think she’ll just sit around quietly and do nothing?” Emma asked back.
“But, Duan Jinghong’s news has already implicated her. I’m sure she’ll watch her behavior, right?”
Emma’s motive was indeed to supp**ss Song Xin’s arrogance. But, she did not think that Song Xin could be controlled so easily.
“That’s enough, let’s move away from this upsetting topic. I saw that Fletcher’s been preparing the promotion for your new film. Your third film is about to be released. Congratulations!”
Third film…
It felt like a long time ago, but, whenever Emma thought about the satisfied looks of the audience as they left the theaters, she was extremely proud. No matter how many times she experienced that feeling, she would never get sick of it.
After all, she was an actress that looked forward to the reactions of the audience.
…
Plenty had happened during this period of time, but Zephaniah placed his focus on Yadanar and did not take notice of Emma’s actions.
That night, the weather was rainy again. After filming in the forest, the production crew quickly returned to the hotel. But, as Zephaniah arrived, Yadanar was nowhere to be seen. So, he went to ask the director.
The director held his head and thought carefully. After a few minutes, he finally answered, “The last scene I filmed was with Ling Long. Afterwards, I notified all the staff to pack up and leave. The staff wouldn’t have forgotten to notify her, right?”
Zephaniah did not listen to another word from the director as he immediately ran downstairs to prepare a car. He was going to drive back to the film set in the forest.
Ling Long was downstairs at that moment. As soon as she saw Zephaniah, she immediately stopped him in his track, “Director An, I remember Yadanar mentioned that she’d be returning to New York, do you want to call her to check?”
As soon as Zephaniah heard this, he immediately called Yadanar’s phone. But, her phone was already switched off. In such rainy weather, if Yadanar was planning to go anywhere, she would have told him – unless her phone was out of battery.
Afterwards, Zephaniah got into his car and rushed back to New York. At this time, Ling Long pulled out Yadanar’s phone and threw it in the bin.
“That’s what she gets for being proud.”
The present Ling Long had been demoted to the position of supporting actress, while Yadanar had been given back her role as female lead.
Ling Long was filled with resentment. She had been waiting for an opportunity to deal with Yadanar. So, now that she had been given a rare chance, she wanted to see how long Yadanar would last up in the mountains in such harsh weather.
…
Enroute back to New York, Zephaniah kept thinking about what Ling Long had said. It was often said that people got flustered when a matter involved themselves. So, why did he easily trust Ling Long’s words and believe that Yadanar had returned to New York?
Thinking of this, Zephaniah immediately turned the car around and drove straight up the mountain. But, because of the heavy rain and uneven roads, the car had its limitations.
However, for the sake of Yadanar, he couldn’t overthink things. Without grabbing an umbrella, he directly jumped out of the car and went in search of Yadanar in the rain.
“Hadassahng…”
“Yadanar.”
A voice drifted towards Chen Xinyan from the distance. For a moment, she thought she was hallucinating. She was indeed trapped in the forest because no one had told her that filming had ended and she had fallen asleep on set. However, when she awoke, she realized that her phone was missing. Originally, she had already decided to spend the night there and leave the mountain in the morning. But, to her surprise…Zephaniah came looking for her.
Yadanar wasn’t a delicate woman, but when she saw Zephaniah appear from the rain, she couldn’t believe that she’d pounce straight into his arms.
Luckily, the crew had set up a wooden cabin where she could temporarily hide from the rain. Otherwise, how would she have withstood the night?
“Are you OK?” Zephaniah asked as he hugged her.
“Yes, I’m fine,” Yadanar murmured.
Zephaniah froze for a moment and remembered that his shirt was completely soaked. Originally, he wanted to push Yadanar away, but she refused to let him go.
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