Chapter 6: The Live Broadcast Thread Rustles

【People who have no shame truly reach the lowest depths of despicability!】

【As public figures, you must be responsible for your words. What evidence do you have to prove that Xiao Xiao is stirring up trouble behind the scenes?】

【Isn’t the real troublemaker you? Trying to shift the blame onto Xiao Xiao—your malicious intentions have long been seen through by us.】

Wen Miaohan smiled calmly. “I have to say, fans of Cheng Xiao Xiao, sometimes I really wonder—do you truly love her? Cheng Xiao Xiao is live streaming right now, yet you ignore her room to linger here with me. What’s this? Planning to fall for me instead?”

Indeed, while Wen Miaohan was resting, a whole slew of weirdos had popped up online to start their own live streams.

Today, Cheng Xiao Xiao, who had just announced the start of filming for her new drama, was unwilling to let her spotlight be completely stolen by Wen Miaohan.

After wrapping up and returning to the hotel to discuss with her team, she realized that apart from being spotted accompanying Wen Miaohan to the hospital, the Wen family hadn’t issued any official statement on their stance since noon.

Fans Fang Le and Ye Lin went live, openly confronting Wen Miaohan. Wen Miaohan’s agency, Star Entertainment, hadn’t responded. Seeing that the Wen family seemed indifferent to Wen Miaohan, they decisively went live to taunt the fans, taking full advantage of the platform Fang Le and Ye Lin had set up to act out their roles.

Cheng Xiao Xiao was smart enough not to directly claim on her live stream that she had been bullied by Wen Miaohan or used for marketing tied to her.

She only gently expressed that she just wanted to focus on filming and didn’t want these matters to affect her. She didn’t understand why people online kept picking on her.

She mentioned that filming progress had been a bit slow because Wen Miaohan was absent, and only a few scenes were shot today. She wished Wen Miaohan a speedy recovery and hoped she would rejoin the team soon to complete filming smoothly.

Watching Wen Miaohan’s fierce slap earlier, she was looking forward to their conflict scenes and hoped Wen Miaohan would go easy on her so she wouldn’t take too many hits.

In short, her innocent-sounding statements boiled down to disbelief that Wen Miaohan was seriously ill, suspecting it was all a show. Wen Miaohan often bullied her during filming, she said.

Though the ceremony for “Exchange” had just taken place today, filming had already started earlier. The fragile Wen Miaohan had already joined the crew and shot several scenes.

Wen Miaohan thought if everyone else could livestream nonsense, then so could she. But she was practical and wouldn’t speak without purpose—she was determined to make sure everyone watching would leave satisfied.

“Honestly, don’t fall in love with me! Your love is too heavy; I can’t bear it. Cheng Xiao Xiao is pitiful, being loved by people like you. But pitiful people have their detestable sides—her two-faced nature is exactly what you deserve to like.”

Wen Miaohan continued to sharpen her tongue, showing no sign of stopping until she drove everyone mad.

【Publicly slandering another actress in a live stream isn’t right!】

【Exactly. Just saying bad things about Cheng Xiao Xiao without any proof.】

Wen Miaohan’s rant stirred some displeasure among the onlookers, but she paid no mind and calmly said,

“You’re really impatient! I just wanted to chat a bit, planning to show proof later, but you’re all rushing me like crazy. Why do you believe everything other streams say, but when it comes to me, you want me to prove everything myself?”

“Such blatant double standards, but I’m willing to indulge you. Isn’t it just about presenting evidence? I’m good at that.”

“Since you’re all so eager, let’s settle this quickly—a live debate, online!”

Wen Miaohan tapped on her phone screen.

“Wait a moment, it’s my first time doing this live link, a bit slow on the controls…”

She muttered to herself as she skillfully fiddled with her phone, not even glancing at the public chat.

“Alright, waiting for the friend to answer… why no response? Afraid to connect with me? Trying another one.”

【Connect? With whom?】

【Just came from next door; she’s trying to connect to Cheng Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao is terrified, hesitating whether to accept.】

【Why terrified? If you have nothing to hide, what’s there to fear?】

【Hey, can you guys talk properly? My Xiao Xiao is just puzzled why Wen Miaohan wants to connect, but you’re twisting it into being scared out of her wits.】

In Cheng Xiao Xiao’s livestream room,

Xiao Xiao appeared confused on camera.

Wen Miaohan’s sudden connection caught her off guard. Wen Miaohan was acting a bit erratic today. Xiao Xiao dared to subtly accuse Wen Miaohan of looking down on her and bullying her behind the scenes.

But she didn’t dare confront Wen Miaohan directly, especially since Wen Miaohan had openly declared she looked down on her.

Xiao Xiao now cursed herself for not ending her stream sooner, leaving her in such a dilemma.

Her hesitation was painfully obvious to her fans, who were deeply sympathetic.

【Xiao Xiao must have been bullied terribly by Wen Miaohan; otherwise, why would she be so scared?】

【Xiao Xiao, don’t be afraid, accept the call! So many people are watching; she wouldn’t dare bully you now.】

Xiao Xiao glanced anxiously at her manager behind the camera. The manager nodded slightly, signaling her to accept the call.

Wen Miaohan said the connection was to clarify the facts, and refusing would make them appear guilty.

Xiao Xiao understood this too and reluctantly accepted, bracing herself fully to face Wen Miaohan.

“Ah, connected! You’re quite bold, daring to face me directly!” Wen Miaohan said with a mocking smile.

Cheng Xiao Xiao pretended not to hear the sarcasm and feigned concern, “Miaohan, are you still at the hospital? How’s your health?”

【Xiao Xiao, don’t be so nice to her; look how she’s playing you.】

Wen Miaohan lifted her IV-dripped arm to show, “I’m not dying anytime soon, but there’s no way I’m returning to the set. The director will have to find someone new. The conflict scenes you’re looking forward to? Someone else will have to do them. Both the female lead and second lead will be replaced at once—plenty of headaches for the director.”

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao’s expression nearly collapsed.

Though her resources were decent, being suddenly replaced after filming had started meant either the replacement had more clout and stronger backing or something had gone wrong with her and she’d been blacklisted.

Before Wen Miaohan’s fake identity as a wealthy heiress was exposed, her backers, the Wen family, were slightly stronger than Xiao Xiao’s. Now even Wen Miaohan had been surpassed by Xiao Xiao, making it impossible for anyone else in the entertainment industry to overtake her.

Given this, the only reason for her being replaced was that she was blacklisted. Wen Miaohan was just as hateful as ever, cursing her right from the start.