On the other end of the line.
Listening to Su Wan’s ingratiating tone, Wen Jing rolled his eyes so hard it nearly hurt.
At last, he understood why he had always disliked Su Wan so much.
In the past, he had been the one who handled most of the communication between them. That self-righteous Miss Su had always held her nose high in the air, speaking to him—the assistant—with veiled barbs and open disdain.
But now that CEO Zhou had stopped fawning over her, the haughty Miss Su had suddenly learned how to speak sweetly.
“Miss Su, CEO Zhou asked me to inform you that you are to move out of the apartment in the city center by six o’clock this afternoon… As for the motorhome worth over a million yuan, we’ll be sending someone to collect that as well.”
Wen Jing was positively delighted.
The smile on Su Wan’s face instantly froze. “What did you say?!”
“And there’s more,” Assistant Wen continued. “CEO Zhou has decided to withdraw all investment in your new drama. The production team will receive notice shortly.”
“That’s impossible!”
Su Wan let out an agitated shriek. “Sui’an would never do this to me! You’re lying!”
After a pause, she gave a sharp, contemptuous laugh. “Wen Jing, you’re only an assistant. How dare you make decisions on behalf of your president? Did Zhou Suisui tell you to treat me this way? It must have been her!”
She shouted furiously into the phone, refusing to give up.
Even if Zhou Sui’an no longer loved her, he couldn’t possibly treat her so harshly.
Wen Jing’s tone turned mocking. “Miss Su, you just said it yourself—I’m only a ‘lowly assistant.’ How would I dare make decisions for our president? Besides… Young Miss has never stooped to ordering me to do something like this. Stop blaming everything on Young Miss. Have you ever reflected on your own actions?”
“How dare you speak to me like that? I’m Zhou Sui’an’s lifesaver! Even if he doesn’t love me, he would never be so heartless toward me because of that. He would never take things this far!”
“Think whatever you want. I’ve delivered the message.”
Assistant Wen couldn’t be bothered to waste any more time arguing with her, so he hung up.
“…”
Su Wan collapsed into her chair, her face deathly pale.
No. This couldn’t be happening.
Her house and car were being taken back. Where was she supposed to go?
Was she really going to move back into some cheap rental?
She refused!
Unwilling to accept this, she immediately called Zhou Sui’an.
But when the call went through, she was told that he was already on another call.
She sent him a message on WeChat, only to discover that he had blocked her.
She was completely stunned.
Could even the identity of his lifesaver no longer work in her favor?
Just then, Wang Zhen called. Her voice was laced with barely contained fury.
“Su Wan, what’s going on? The production team just called and said CEO Zhou is pulling his investment. How are we supposed to keep filming now?”
Su Wan’s head was buzzing. She stared ahead, utterly incredulous.
So Wen Jing had been telling the truth.
He hadn’t been threatening her.
Her mind was a chaotic mess. After a long while, she asked, “Isn’t this drama supposed to be a billion-yuan production? How can it be unable to continue just because of seventy million?”
“What billion yuan?”
Wang Zhen’s tone was full of scorn. “Su Wan, you’ve been in show business long enough. Don’t tell me you still haven’t figured out this little trick?”
A suspicion had already begun to form in Su Wan’s heart, but she still refused to believe it.
“What trick?”
“It was all a lie!”
“…”
“It was nothing but a shell project. Apart from the seventy million invested by Zhou Sui’an, none of the other money Director Zhang promised ever entered the account! The production team has been spending his money all these months!”
Su Wan’s vision went black, and she nearly fainted.
“Sister Wang, you’re lying to me, aren’t you? Director Zhang is so famous in the entertainment industry. How could he possibly deceive people?”
This drama had been her one and only chance to make a comeback, and now she was being told that everything had been a scam?
God, how could You play such a cruel joke on her?
Wang Zhen let out a cold laugh. “What did you think? Don’t tell me you actually believed Director Zhang was some kind of decent man. And besides… wasn’t it you who tricked Zhou Sui’an into funding the project? Don’t pretend you had no idea what was going on.”
Su Wan’s heart sank to the bottom of a lake, leaving her entire body ice-cold.
What had she done?
To curry favor with Director Zhang, she had even gone to bed with him when Zhou Sui’an confessed his feelings to her.
In the end, she had traded away something priceless for something worthless.
What she didn’t know was that an even more hopeless abyss awaited her…
—
Meanwhile, the paparazzo Old Ghost was astonishingly efficient.
In less than half a day, every sordid secret from Su Wan’s debut until now had been dug up and exposed.
He didn’t release everything at once. Instead, he timed each revelation carefully, dropping one bombshell every half hour.
Su Wan sat in front of her computer, trembling with dread.
She couldn’t understand how she had offended Old Ghost.
Old Ghost—the nemesis of celebrities in the entertainment industry.
Almost no one he targeted ever managed to clear their name.
But… he and his team had always been arrogant and selective, focusing only on stars at the level of award-winning actors and actresses. When had they started paying attention to someone like her?
It felt as if she were being slowly tortured to death. A blunt knife carved into her flesh bit by bit, while she had no idea what scandal would be revealed next.
The first item exposed was a series of photos from her early days, when she had worked as a hostess in a bar.
In the pictures, Su Wan was dressed provocatively, nestled in the arms of several greasy middle-aged men with a fawning smile on her face. She looked nothing like the innocent, pure-hearted young woman she usually portrayed herself as.
Next came a real-name accusation from a fellow actress.
She openly accused Su Wan of deliberately stealing scenes, smearing others, and putting down the other female cast members while they were filming together.
The third revelation was even more explosive: the tax authorities had received an anonymous report alleging that Su Wan had evaded taxes.
The amount wasn’t particularly large, but for Su Wan, it was already a devastating blow on top of everything else.
Tax evasion meant that she would be branded a disgraced celebrity for good.
And yet, that still wasn’t the most fatal revelation.
Someone dug up the fact that when Su Wan was eighteen, she had interfered in the marriage of a wealthy middle-aged businessman. Not only had she brazenly moved into his home, but she had also sent messages insulting his wife.
The wife, who was still recovering after giving birth, was driven to despair by the humiliation and leaped to her death from a high-rise building.
At the time, the incident had caused an enormous uproar in the small city. But immediately afterward, Su Wan had moved away.
She had left that remote little city for the metropolis of Tang City, where she transformed herself from “Wang Wan” into “Su Wan” and successfully entered the entertainment industry.
That dark chapter of her past had become a secret no one knew.
She had caused unimaginable suffering to the wife’s family, then simply walked away as if nothing had happened—going so far as to become a celebrity.
And that still wasn’t all.
The media revealed that Su Wan and Wang Jianguo were actually uncle and niece.
Su Wan’s parents had divorced when she was young, and she had been raised by her maternal uncle.
Once this relationship came to light, Wang Jianguo began playing the victim online, shifting the blame onto Zhou Suisui. It became clear that he had concealed the truth and sought revenge under the guise of protecting his niece. Even the supposedly serious medical diagnosis from the hospital was fake.
The moment the news broke, the entire internet exploded.
“Damn! She’s unbelievably vicious!”
“I used to think she was kind of pitiful. Now I see she completely deserves this!”
“Disgraced celebrities like her should get out of show business! Ban her for life!”
“What do you mean, an old man deserving sympathy? He’s just a vicious person who happens to be old!”
#SuWanGetOutOfShowBusiness#
#SuWanDroveTheWifeToHerDeath#
#NoExcuseForUsingAgeAsAShield#
…
More than a dozen hashtags shot straight to the top of the trending charts.
Su Wan was thoroughly condemned across the internet.
All the brands rushed to issue termination statements overnight, demanding that she pay massive penalties for breach of contract.
The National Radio and Television Administration also issued a notice, officially blacklisting her as a disgraced entertainer and prohibiting every platform from airing any of her works.
