Chapter 428: Rumors of Discord!
With Song Cheng’an present, Mu Yan quickly finished eating and went to discuss business with him.
This left Jiang Jingheng a bit dissatisfied, giving Song Cheng’an a withering look.
Song Cheng’an knew he wasn’t welcome and got straight to the point, "The commotion you two caused yesterday was quite big. Are you planning to make it public?"
Mu Yan, sitting next to him, immediately replied, "Of course not."
Although yesterday’s incident was quite sensational, no one would associate her with Jiang Jingheng, she thought.
Song Cheng’an understood her thoughts and reminded her, "There’s no such thing as a wall that doesn’t let in wind."
Mu Yan pressed her lips together, "Even if it’s traced back to Jing Heng, no one would associate it with me."
Song Cheng’an gave her a look; it seemed she really didn’t want to make it public.
He remembered another purpose for his visit today and said, "If someone who knows about your relationship investigates, it’s different."
Mu Yan glanced at Song Cheng’an, sensing there was more to his words.
"Brother Song, who are you referring to?"
Song Cheng’an said seriously, "Zhao Xiyue."
Hearing this name, Mu Yan felt a heavy weight in her heart. She never thought her relationship with Jiang Jingheng would hurt anyone else.
And that person just happened to be her good friend.
She sighed, "It’s just as well she knows."
Previously, she didn’t know Zhao Xiyue liked Jiang Jingheng, so she hadn’t mentioned her relationship with Jiang Jingheng.
Now that she knows, she doesn’t intend to hide it from her anymore.
Otherwise, she would really become the liar in her friend’s eyes.
Song Cheng’an looked at her. For Zhao Xiyue, she even changed her original intention, truly a girl of feelings and loyalty.
He said calmly, "You have feelings and loyalty towards Zhao Xiyue, but she doesn’t see it that way."
"Hmm?" Mu Yan looked at him in surprise.
Song Cheng’an replied, "Today’s headline is about you and Zhao Xiyue, yesterday morning, your argument in the café was caught on camera and posted online."
He opened his phone, brought up the page, and handed it to Mu Yan.
Mu Yan took it and looked. Sure enough!
"Former sisters turned against each other, is there true friendship in the entertainment industry?"
"Another fake friendship blooms in the entertainment industry, for love or for profit?"
"Zhao Xiyue angrily throws water, is Mu Yan truly innocent?"
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The content generally mentioned someone saw Zhao Xiyue splash a face full of water on her and leave in a huff, with an editor lamenting their fake sisterhood, revealing they had been at odds for a long time. More than half a month ago, Zhao Xiyue unfollowed Mu Yan and deleted all Weibo posts related to Mu Yan.
It also included a few photos from the time, although blurry, their identities were recognizable.
The netizens were bewildered by this news.
After all, previously, there hadn’t been any rumors of conflict, and Zhao Xiyue seemed quite supportive of Mu Yan, always helping to draw fans for her whenever possible.
"Zhao Xiyue is truly nice and straightforward, for her to get angry, it seems Mu Yan made an unforgivable mistake."
"This Zhao Xiyue is so overbearing, just because her family has money doesn’t mean she can bully our Yan Bao!"
"I’m on Zhao Xiyue’s side on this. If it weren’t for her, who would know who Mu Yan is? Mu Yan is clearly a scheming white lotus!"
...
Both sides’ fans were in a dispute, but clearly, most netizens sided with Zhao Xiyue, making Mu Yan look more like someone who leveraged Zhao Xiyue for her career and then tricked her, a manipulative opportunist.
Mu Yan skimmed through a few posts and asked, "Brother Song, how do you plan to handle this?"
Song Cheng’an said frankly, "I plan to expose Zhao Xiyue’s snatching of your commercial performances and roles."
This way, who is right or wrong, who is arrogant, and who is vulnerable, would be immediately apparent.