Chapter 10: Targeted

"Wife, slow down!!!" shouted a photographer in the audience, so excited that he accidentally exposed his little alt account.

Staff: "???"

Photographer: "???"

Audience: "???"

The bullet comments launched an attack on this photographer:

【Who are you calling "wife"? Who is your wife? Why do you keep trying to steal other people's wives every day?】

【It's over, because of that one sentence, Manman will come back and have to coax me again】

【These four characters "wife"—I've already said them to death, Your Majesty】

【Colliding with a wife is no small matter, draw your sword】

【Manman, walk slower, stay longer!!!! I haven't had enough to watch!!!!】

【Not enough!!!】

【Not enough!!!】

Seeing the situation on stage and in the live room, the director hunched over and rushed to the edge of the red carpet, shouting at Shen Xingman: "Manman, stay a bit longer, and when you go offstage walk slower! Slower! Slower!!"

He shouted especially forcefully amid the clicking of many cameras.

Seeing this, Shen Xingman, only a few steps from the exit, was stunned.

The director simply changed his words, shouting: "You go back, go back quickly! Go back!! Ah, right, right, go back, go back!"

He gestured while speaking.

"…"

He blushed with tension, shouting out a series of exaggerated emoticon faces.

Shen Xingman couldn't help but lose composure.

She pursed her lips and gave a light smile to the camera.

【So infuriating!!!】

【I grew up like this, I walk looking at people with my chin, I close doors without even taking a shower!!!】

【I'm willing to bend like a mosquito coil for my sister】

【I share the same gender as my sister, are you jealous?!】

【I'm convinced, her personality is not good at all, always says I press her hair, I don't get why you all like her so much】

【I have cefalexin, giving each of you a box】

【...】

Finally, Shen Xingman lingered a few more minutes, and amid repeated pleas, she calmly descended from the stage.

The organizer's official Weibo posted the retouched photos, waiting for trending.

Walking into the banquet hall, Shen Xingman found a seat and sat down, exhausted. This dress really makes walking difficult.

Because there were so many people and she was dazzling, when she entered, more and more envious gazes focused on her.

Shen Xingman remained calm, greeted a few executives, then casually sat in a corner.

Qiao Yun looked at her phone and said, "The picture has been sent out by the studio, do you want to see it?"

Shen Xingman pinched the corner of her forehead, then rubbed her waist and said, "No need, I guess."

"Looks like they're all the same, right?"

She was mainly thinking about how to find an excuse to go home tonight; Classmate Miao and comrade Qiao aren't that easy to fool.

Especially that little crazy cat, its bite is deadly.

My head hurts terribly.

#Shen Xingman Starry Dress# skyrocketed to the top of the trending list.

Tonight a hundred flowers vie for brilliance, and Shen Xingman is the undisputed champion.

Not long after, an eye‑catching "explosion" label followed the top trending spot.

Many big V accounts started reposting, and various marketing accounts seemed to have unlocked the traffic code, causing the long‑dormant Weibo trending to finally hit a new breakout point.

【Stars as clothing, sun and moon as colors, Manman is simply breathtaking woohoo】

【When I look up it's the moon, when I look down it's the stars.】

【Starlight falls on the veil, the girl smiles faintly, walks gracefully toward me, fresh snow just cleared, full moon overhead, stars scattered on the ground tangle my heartstrings (made up on the spot, if you dislike, don't rant)】

This is a relatively literary comment.

【Officer police, the real killer of the beauty murder case is her!! Arrest her! Let me share a cell with her】

【Has human attractiveness become like this?】

【Everyone, please don't click immediately when you see Shen Xingman. After all, we're still young, the road ahead is long, we must learn restraint, keep pure hearts, cultivate ourselves, and not fall into decay at the age we should be striving. Don't ask why I came in, I'm here to advise everyone present】

——Reply 【Note plagiarism rate 【dog head】】

This is relatively more fun, also those uncultured comments that just go 【ahhhhhhh... I'm done】.

Shen Xingman glanced and smiled, said nothing.

At the right moment, Shen Xingman saw an old acquaintance.

It should be Shen Ran, not Jiang Xiaoyan.

Their names are somewhat similar, but their personalities are worlds apart.

She also dressed nicely today, a smoky long dress hugging her waist, skin fair and delicate, figure both curvy and slender, like a fragile doll, charming and cute.

Qiao Yun wanted to go over and greet her, but just as the thought formed, she saw Shen Ran being given a cold look by some capital side.

On the surface it was a polite refusal, but turning away was a faint contempt.

From Shen Ran's angle she might not see that person's expression, but from Shen Xingman's side, it was crystal clear.

Perhaps feeling embarrassed, Shen Ran lowered her gaze, forced a smile, and left the crowd.

"What's going on?" Shen Xingman asked, puzzled.

Qiao Yun had also noticed the situation over there earlier, shaking her head: "I don't know."

Shen Ran became popular from acting in a sweet campus short drama; she has a delicate appearance, full of youthful charm. In the web drama field, she has some influence—though not extremely famous, she is reasonably well-known, hovering roughly between first- and second-tier.

If she were worried about resources, that would be unlikely.

She is an artist at a small company; that company relies on her to make money, so any resources they can access will be tilted toward her.

"Let's go out and have a look."

"Okay."

After going out, Shen Ran ran into Lin Wan.

The hallway was empty; the two met without exchanging greetings. Seeing Shen Ran's dejected expression, Lin Wan instinctively curled her lip.

She felt a sense of smug satisfaction, as if everything was under her control.

"Shen Ran, has the sponsor dropped you again?" Lin Wan's first words were not well-intentioned.

Shen Ran frowned; her soft, timid nature made her reluctant to speak up, and even when humiliated, she could only grit her teeth and swallow the blood.

If it weren't for her father's gambling debt, she would never have entered the entertainment industry.

The Old Ginger family relies solely on her to make money.

She is a golden phoenix flown out of a mountain village, so that unworthy father of hers shows up every few days to pluck her feathers, wishing to squeeze dry all the wealth she has earned over the years.

Her family background also greatly affected her; she always felt she was an unsophisticated country girl unfit for high society, self-deprecating, constantly meek, lowering her head to everyone, resigned to fate, and overly accommodating.

"Greetings, senior." She nodded politely, not daring to say another word.

Lin Wan is someone she dare not offend; if she can avoid her, she does, and if they meet, she tries to be smooth to avoid trouble.

"Well, I'm doing fine," Lin Wan said, not regarding this junior in her eyes, snidely, "I just don't know how you're doing."

Shen Ran remained silent, not daring to speak.

"Your endorsement deal is gone, right?" Lin Wan shot her a gloating glance, "Two web drama female leads have also been snatched away, right?"

"..." She froze instantly.

Every word Lin Wan spoke, every character, felt like a needle stabbing into Shen Ran's heart.