Chapter 657: He Really Knows What It Means to Live Off a Woman!

The Evil Little Kitty felt she was being utterly pathetic right now!

Who would have thought there'd be an artist actually hoping to be caught in some "leverage" by paparazzi, so they could come knocking for a "consulting fee."

Asking for money straight up obviously won't work—extortion is illegal~

So normally, when paparazzi get their hands on a celebrity's big scoop, even if they want money, they have to take the roundabout way—at the very least wrapping it in a legal-looking skin.

The paparazzi trade also requires knowing the law~

But for the Evil Little Kitty, she wished right now someone would just call her directly and say, "I've got dirt on you"—because taking the roundabout route and going through procedures was already a bit too late.

Obviously, she never got that call; the studio hadn't received any hints either, and online things were calm.

Watching the countdown after "Son-in-Law" went live, the Evil Little Kitty was numb, but after a moment's thought, her brain was suddenly pierced by a bolt of lightning!

Because her brain really wasn't bad—she instantly thought of a terrifying possibility.

Suppose someone really did get photos; what if they just sat on the scoop and didn't release it—what were they waiting for?

Maybe someone else could pay more!

When the inner impulse faded and rational thinking reclaimed the high ground, the Evil Little Kitty was drenched in cold sweat from fright!

Done for!

She seemed to have done the number one stupidest thing under heaven!

". I'm taking a dump, hold on a sec~"

A person is at their most vulnerable when taking a dump—Bai Liang is no exception.

Especially when he was about to wipe, this Evil Little Kitty called in a frenzy, insisting on video call.

Sometimes Bai Liang felt pretty desperate too, not knowing what had gotten into this little kitty.

Luckily, after forcibly buying himself one minute to wipe his butt, he bounced right back.

"What's up? What's the rush?"

"I've gotten you into trouble!" The Evil Little Kitty's tone even carried a hint of a sob.

Bai Liang was stunned. "Haven't you always been getting me into trouble?"

That tone and line almost broke the girl's emotional momentum!

Fortunately, after two seconds of blanking out, she managed to pull herself back. "This time it's different, there really might be a huge disaster!"

Oh? Interesting~

Hearing the phrase "huge disaster," Bai Liang's first reaction wasn't even an instinctive frown or anything—no sign of hearing such "bad news" at all. Instead, he found it quite novel.

"Tell me about it~"

Is that right, bro?

The Evil Little Kitty, whose emotions had been broken twice in a row, couldn't work up the grievance anymore. It felt like that bizarre gap of secretly emo-ing in the middle of the night, then seeing a cold joke the next second that cracks your defenses—leaving a person stuck in limbo.

At this moment she even felt like Deng Chao playing the male lead in "The Mermaid," earnestly telling his life story to those two cops~

No choice—she took a deep breath and forced herself to temporarily block out that fox's abnormal behavior.

Then she laid out her speculation.

First, reflection—the Evil Little Kitty admitted her biggest mistake: she had taken herself too seriously!

She had actually taken it for granted that if anyone got photographed, she would be the protagonist.

But to put it bluntly—even if she were strung up and smacked hard on the gills, face collapsing, body covered in writing, the protagonist would still be that male fox.

So what paparazzi extortion was she waiting for? She'd never get it.

And Bai Liang hadn't received any news on that front either. The Evil Little Kitty wasn't that optimistic, and didn't take it for granted that the matter would just blow over.

What if the one truly contacted and paid off was Bai Liang's competitor?

Destroying a company worth tens of billions might be troublesome, but destroying a star with commercial value over ten billion sometimes really only takes one scandal hefty enough!

When that thing collapses, it's far more "spectacular" and faster than any business empire.

In today's entertainment circle, on the surface it seemed no one would poke at Bai Liang openly. A bunch of so-called top-tier stars who were originally "on equal footing" with him had all been hammered; now everyone smiled seeing him, saying only auspicious words.

But the dog that really wants to bite doesn't bark.

Beneath the blooming flowers, oil is being fried over raging fire!

God knows how many people wished he'd fall quickly, because the interests he occupied and blocked were too enviable.

With him planted here, any so-called top-tier star is born a head shorter.

For example, the two male top-tiers who recently blew up from "Shanhe"—while their popularity surged and the top-tier crown landed on them, right when fans were at their peak high, they got "mocked" by some people who were either trolls or troublemakers.

What level are you to be called top-tier alongside Bai Bai Daxian?

That line carried a flavor of "So long as I live one day, you all remain Crown Princes."

But I have to admit, the code really makes sense! —damn, it really makes sense!

This didn't kick up too big a storm, after all Bai Liang isn't that domineering, and Sister Yanzi wouldn't pull this kind of fandom hegemony either—she'd only restrain fans from doing so. The other side wasn't stupid either, wouldn't let their fans get baited into rushing at Bai Liang, so in the end it just fizzled out.

But this incident did showcase Bai Liang's current ecological position among the younger generation of artists, and really could affect others' commercial value.

With such a "best, most suitable" existence out there, don't the rest all become "settling for less"?

And although no hegemony was played in fandom circles, the higher-level "hegemony" implied by "all the good scripts in the circle have to be shown to Bai Liang first, only after he passes do they go to others"—that really exists.

Bai Liang obviously didn't have the schedule or energy to take everything on; the symbolic meaning of that saying outweighed its practical meaning, but who wants to eat "leftovers"?

Hatred is built up just like that, slowly.

It had nothing to do with what kind of person he is, or how easy he is to get along with—it was built purely on interest and dignity.

Perhaps she'd schemed too much—the Evil Little Kitty was crystal clear when laying all this out!

"Mm, you're stressing over this?" Bai Liang said, his tone relaxed with a hint of oddness.

"Yes! I think it's serious! I'm definitely never doing it again anyway—but what do we do this time?!"

Originally Bai Liang had wanted to joke around with this little kitty and tease her a bit more.

But hearing the truly anxious tone in her voice, he finally chose to give her a reassuring pill.

"I'll handle it."

The moment those words came out, for some reason, the evil little kitty—who'd had her heart practically lodged in her throat—suddenly felt a wave of relief.

Although the male fox on her lips was always unreliable, reliability isn't talked about—it's shown through action.

One of the hallmarks of a man's top-tier charm is the ability to solve problems.

The evil little kitty of the past didn't really understand why Bai Liang had this ability—after all, when they first met, he hadn't yet risen to be as awesome as he was now~

Now, though, she could spin her own theories about it; there were plenty of directions to go.

After setting down her burdens and baggage, the evil little kitty quickly lifted her brows, ready to call Dou Xiao Tian to watch *My Heroic Husband* together.

Although work kept them from watching side by side, the two of them could open a video call and share their reactions in sync~

Only Dou Xiao Tian wasn't in quite such a rush at the moment; if she had a choice, she'd actually rather wait until the sixteenth episode aired before watching.

Because although she was the second female lead with plenty of screen time, the character she played wouldn't appear until the sixteenth episode.

In that episode, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er go out for their honeymoon, and when they stay overnight in Lin'an at night, they hear the sounds of a fight in the woods—bandits fighting against the soldiers. When Ning Yi rushes over, he sees a Miss sitting in a tree eating watermelon while watching the commotion.

That Miss is Liu Xigua.