Chapter 783

When no one was around, she dropped all sorts of hints to Shu Chen, but not only did Shu Chen ignore them all, he even told her bluntly to have some self-respect.

Self-respect, my ass!

"He really is an idiot!" Qin Wei snorted. "Even if I let him get through this hurdle this time, he can forget about having a place in the entertainment industry. Once this is over, I'll find someone to soft-ban him; these people surnamed Shu are all so annoying."

"Especially that Shu Xia, she even got plastic surgery to look like you; she must be crazy about wanting to be your substitute," the manager chimed in, echoing Qin Wei.

Qin Wei was also speechless, "Qiao will soon know the true colors of these people surnamed Shu."

"Shu Chen's manager keeps calling me; you can imagine he must be going crazy! A manager of that caliber actually thinks he can talk to me—what a lack of self-awareness," the manager said with a look of disdain.

Qin Wei curled her lip, "No need to pay him any mind. Let them fall into chaos on their own. Almost all the netizens are defending me now; no matter what they do, it's useless."

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In the apartment.

The apartment, which usually had excellent privacy, was currently swarming with reporters downstairs.

No one knew who had leaked Shu Chen's residential address, but these reporters swarmed in like a beehive, all wanting to be the first to interview Shu Chen or perhaps snap a photo of him.

The hottest topic today was the two of them, Shu Chen and Qin Wei, so naturally, they had to snap as many photos as possible.

No matter who they managed to photograph, they could snatch the first-hand news.

What was even more unbelievable was that even internet influencers had shown up, and some were even livestreaming.

In less than a single day, Shu Chen had already been nailed to the pillar of shame by all the netizens.

Upstairs, Shu Chen pulled back a corner of the curtain and looked down.

What he saw was this scene before his eyes.

Shu Chen's manager, Ren Fangming, was pacing back and forth anxiously, constantly using his phone to call everyone he could think of, but almost every call he made went unanswered.

The company even told Shu Chen to come out and admit his mistake as soon as possible to minimize the impact on the company.

The company had no intention of protecting Shu Chen at all.

They said that actors like Shu Chen were a dime a dozen, and even if they handled the PR for this incident, Shu Chen could forget about surviving in the entertainment industry in the end.

This incident had directly exhausted all the popularity and reputation Shu Chen had worked so hard to accumulate.

Not a drop was left.

"Stop making calls for now. Has there been any response from the restaurant? There was no third person present at the time, so the photos and videos must have been from a camera placed in advance; it must be that Qin Wei deliberately wanted to frame me." Although Shu Chen's face was pale, he was calm and not panicking.

Panicking now was useless.

At worst, he would just go back to the countryside to farm.

The money he had earned was enough to buy quite a bit of land back in the countryside.

Who didn't have a backup plan?

It was just that the feeling of being schemed against really felt like shit.

Ren Fangming's face was also pale, not much better than Shu Chen's. If Shu Chen was finished, his own career, which had just started to show signs of improvement, was also finished, so he looked even more panicked than Shu Chen.

"The restaurant replied saying they don't know what's going on either. As of now, it seems the restaurant staff have no issues, and they asked us not to contact them anymore. This restaurant is so spineless! Also, what is Qin Wei even after? Could it be that she just wasn't satisfied with you being the male lead, so she used this disgusting method to ruin you? She is truly a piece of work!" Ren Fangming was filled with righteous indignation, his eyes full of anger.

Fuck!