Chapter 408: Chapter Four-Hundred and Eight: Tricked

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Yun Liu’s face was covered in tears. “Where are the staff outside? Are they all dead?” she complained as she grabbed her phone, intending to make a call. She then stared blankly at the phone in her hand. Her contact list was completely blank.

She didn’t know when, but Yun Zhang managed to delete and reformat her phone. Yun Liu was so peeved she viciously threw her phone aside. Then, she went for Tan Ning’s phone. “I’m calling the police! Give me your phone, I want to call the police!”

Tan Ning quickly moved her phone out of Yun Liu’s reach, pushing and holding her off. “Yun Liu, calm down! You have to calm down!”

“How do you expect me to calm down? Why should I? Give me the phone, I’m calling the police!” Yun Liu raged. She shoved past Tan Ning’s hands and snatched her phone.

Tan Ning finally managed to push Yun Liu away and retreated to a safe distance. “What will you say to the police, huh?” she gasped. “If the police come, the reporters will follow too! Don’t you think it’s already chaotic enough now? You want to add another thing we have to explain when we haven’t even cleared up our current mess?”

Yun Liu stopped in her tracks. The word “reporter” was like a curse that locked her feet in place. Yun Liu trembled, her voice near tears as she wailed, “I never wanted to marry Yun Zhang!”

Here, Tan Ning generally understood what was going on. She went over to gently hug Yun Liu and patted her back. Yun Liu leaned against her and sobbed, “How did this happen? How did things end up like this? Where did things go wrong? Why did it end up like this?”

Tan Ning silently took out her phone and opened a webpage. It was the interview Shi Xiu and Yun Liu had urgently filmed two days ago. Yun Liu had at one time thought that Shi Xiu had no choice but to help her because Shi Nian asked her to, and had been quite pleased with herself for that before this mess occurred.

On camera, Shi Xiu asked, “What do you think is the most romantic love, Yun Liu?”

Yun Liu’s eyes were filled with love as she replied: “I think the most romantic love is growing up together, where the seed of love is cultivated bit by bit when the partners are still young and ignorant. Even when they’ve grown up, and many things have changed, the seed planted in their hearts back then will always be there. And it will sprout and branch out with flourishing green leaves when you least expect it, making it impossible to extricate themselves from there on.”

Shi Xiu chuckled, “Yun Liu, that sounds so romantic. I already have an image of the scene of a pair of childhood sweethearts playing together when they were kids thanks to your words.” Yun Liu pursed her lips and lowered her head with a slight smile.

“Then, what about you yourself, Yun Liu?” Shi Xiu leaned forward and asked curiously, expression eager for gossip. “Do you and your childhood sweetheart share the same feelings?”

Yun Liu smiled shyly and refused to answer. “Oh!” Shi Xiu grinned mischievously. “I get it, I get it. The feeling is mutual between you two, huh. No wonder you never bother to explain those groundless scandals since you debuted. It turns out your heart already belongs to another! Looks like there’ll be mass heartbreaks among your male fans, Yun Liu.”

Yun Liu rolled her eyes at Shi Xiu. “We’re artistes. If we only aim to please our male fans, how shallow would that be?”

Shi Xiu nodded. “Yes, yes! I’m sorry for being shallow. But I have to say I’m quite envious of your romance with your childhood sweetheart!”

The Yun Liu onscreen looked at Shi Xiu with a doting smile. At that time, she was thinking that Shi Xiu would be her future sister-in-law; she had to get along well with Shi Xiu so that Shi Nian would be satisfied with her.

Yun Liu could still clearly remember her thoughts back then. She was worried Shi Xiu would suppress the program’s progression and put her interview at the end of the broadcast list. She didn’t expect Shi Xiu to release her exclusive interview so quickly, but it was released at such a critical juncture, matching perfectly with the news of her and Yun Zhang being together. Coincidence? Yun Liu would absolutely never believe Shi Xiu didn’t do it on purpose!

‘I was played! They tricked me, all of them! Shi Nian, Yun Nan, Shi Xiu, Yun Zhang… They all joined forces to trick me!’ Having come to this realization, Yun Liu’s strength vanished from her entire body, and she sat on the ground weakly, defeated.

‘Yun Nan! It must’ve been Yun Nan!’ she mentally fumed. ‘Yun Nan must have instructed Shi Xiu and Yun Zhang to get her in such a mess!’ Yun Liu burst into tears and pounded the carpet as she cried.

Tan Ning carefully stepped forward and tried to help her up. “Yun Liu, don’t cry. Why don’t you get off the floor first, okay?”

“Why are they doing this to me? Why? How could they do this to me?” Yun Liu hugged Tan Ning and cried indignantly.

Tan Ning felt bitter as she thought, ‘Yun Liu had chosen this path herself, with some help and enabling from myself, of course.’ Now, Yun Zhang had clearly warned her that should she not follow his instructions, Yun Zhang would make it impossible for her to stay in the industry or even gain a foothold in Rong City.