Chapter 110: Hammered to Death

Shen Qian ended the call crisply, and Zhou Zhaolin’s agent pushed the door open and walked in.

“Shen Qian, were you just in contact with Jin Xi?”

The smile on Shen Qian’s face faded. “No.”

The agent’s expression darkened at once.

“Shen Qian, what did I tell you before? I told you to explain things properly to Jin Xi. No matter what, you had to keep her on your side. And yet you still haven’t contacted her?”

“What’s there to contact? Anyway, Jin Xi has already decided that Zhaolin and I are the ones who wronged her. By that logic, Jin Xi is the real homewrecker!”

The agent thought she had already lost all shame, only to find that Shen Qian could go even further.

“Shen Qian, you know perfectly well why Zhou Zhaolin got together with Jin Xi. You knew everything from the start. At most, Jin Xi was the one who was cheated on. The two of you schemed up such a huge performance for the sake of profit, and now you can’t stand being called homewreckers yourselves?”

“Besides, don’t you know that Zhou Zhaolin would never have made it this far without Jin Xi’s help behind the scenes?”

Shen Qian curled her lips in discontent. “With a family background like hers, how much could she really have helped?”

Not nearly as much as Gu Jing had in the beginning, after all. That had all been built with hard cash. As for this Jin Xi, she hadn’t spent all that much on Zhaolin either.

The agent instantly felt that he should never have let Shen Qian follow Zhou Zhaolin into the company in the first place.

She was short-sighted, and her relationship with Zhou Zhaolin was unusually close. At this point, it would be difficult to drive her out, so he could only explain the matter to her in greater detail.

“Hard cash matters, but connections and resources matter even more. Do you think Zhou Zhaolin’s last endorsement came out of nowhere? It was obtained through the Jin family’s connections.”

When Shen Qian heard this, hatred welled up in her heart. Why did one after another all have such good family backgrounds, while she had nothing at all?

“All right, I’ll contact Jin Xi later.”

Shen Qian and Zhou Zhaolin both tacitly chose not to mention one thing to the agent: Jin Xi already had a new fiance.

But they were not deliberately hiding it. In their view, Jin Xi had once liked Zhou Zhaolin so deeply that if Zhou Zhaolin coaxed her a little more and Shen Qian helped cover for him, Jin Xi would naturally come back again.

The agent, unaware of all this, nodded in relief and left in a rather good mood.

When Qin Miaoyu and the others saw the call had been hung up, none of them felt very happy.

Pei Yixue was the first to ask, “What do we do?”

Xu Xiaoqi spread her hands. “If they won’t drink the toast, they’ll have to drink the forfeit.”

“How do we make them pay?” Qin Miaoyu asked. “I have a friend who works as an entertainment reporter. I’ll ask her.”

The friend Qin Miaoyu meant was naturally Ji Xuan.

After learning about their situation, Ji Xuan suggested that they gather as much evidence as possible, then bring Zhou Zhaolin down with an overwhelming blow.

“See whether Gu Jing has any leverage over Zhou Zhaolin. And as for that Miss Jin you mentioned, even the screen couple Zhou Zhaolin is hyping right now—probe her attitude too. If possible, if several sides work together and lay out the whole timeline for him, it’ll be much easier.”

Hearing this, Qin Miaoyu and the others immediately understood. As long as they had evidence regarding the studio, plus matters involving Gu Jing and Miss Jin, the problem would be much easier to solve.

That evening, when Qin Miaoyu got home from work, she found Gu Jing already there.

“What’s this? No date with Xia Lingyan today?”

Gu Jing shook her head. “Don’t get me started. I think he was probably born for work. There are always all kinds of things going on. It’s as if working and making money are the meaning of his existence.”

Qin Miaoyu had not expected Gu Jing to be complaining about this and could not help laughing.

“Soon-to-be Mrs. Xia, think about it. The more money he earns now, the more money you’ll be able to spend later. Isn’t that great?”

Gu Jing’s eyes rolled. “You have a point! Tomorrow I’m making him hand over his salary card and every other card as proof of sincerity! He said that before, and I didn’t really make him do it, but this time it won’t do!”

Qin Miaoyu echoed her, “Exactly. Since he said it like that, why didn’t you take it seriously? Don’t tell me beauty has made you foolish, and once you see Xia Lingyan, you forget everything else?”

Gu Jing chuckled. “What can I say? Xia Lingyan is just too good-looking. He hits every one of my aesthetic preferences.”

Qin Miaoyu clicked her tongue. “All right, stop looking so pleased with yourself. I actually have something I need your help with.”

“Go on.”

“Do you have any leverage over Zhou Zhaolin?”

“Why are you asking me that all of a sudden? What are you hiding from me?” Gu Jing was very sharp.

Qin Miaoyu gave an awkward smile.

“It’s just that you and Xia Lingyan have been so wrapped up in each other lately that I didn’t want to disturb you. So I didn’t get around to telling you something.”

Gu Jing sat up straight on the sofa. “Fine. I’ve got time now. Tell me properly.”

Seeing her like that, Qin Miaoyu had no choice but to explain how the studio had been flooded with strange things sent by Zhou Zhaolin’s fans.

After hearing it all, Gu Jing looked a little tense. “Did anyone get hurt?”

Qin Miaoyu shook her head. “No.”

If anyone had been hurt, they would not still be taking their time looking for a solution.

“It’s good that no one was hurt. I do have some leverage over Zhou Zhaolin, but if you look closely, it’s actually nothing much.”

“It’s fine. We’ve already asked Miss Jin to help. If we add other matters on top of hers to fuel the fire, we should be able to strike him down in one shot.”

“All right. Besides this, is there anything else you need my help with?”

Qin Miaoyu hurriedly shook her head. “No, no need. Isn’t Xia Lingyan busy? Why don’t you go to his company and find him instead?”

Unless it was necessary, Qin Miaoyu did not even plan to mention Zhou Zhaolin too much in front of Gu Jing.

Upon hearing this suggestion, Gu Jing’s eyes lit up at once. “That’s a good idea. Why didn’t I think of that before? Fine, I’ll do it that way. If you need help, tell me immediately!”

The matter progressed quite smoothly, but the female celebrity who was hyping a screen couple with Zhou Zhaolin learned of all this and, without a second thought, decided to sever ties with him directly. Let alone testifying on his behalf.

So Zhou Zhaolin soon discovered that the female celebrity he had been paired with in the hype had suddenly turned cold.

He wanted to ask more, but every time he tried, he was blocked by her assistant, who only left him with the explanation that her career direction had changed, so the screen-couple publicity had to be dropped.

But soon he had no mind to think about any of that, because the endorsement he had obtained through Jin Xi had fallen through.

When he returned to the studio, the agent was already cursing Shen Qian.

With the endorsement gone, the agent did not need to think long to know that something must have gone wrong on Jin Xi’s side.

“Didn’t I tell you to contact Jin Xi before? Don’t tell me you never actually went to explain things to her!”