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After Switching Bodies, the Mad Overbearing CEO Takes Over the Entertainment Industry-Chapter 244 - 239: The Wall Pushes Everyone Down
Chapter 244: Chapter 239: The Wall Pushes Everyone Down
Before leaving, Ji Tian pointed to the second floor, "I came across Xu Rang, who fainted in his room. Those present, remember to call an ambulance for him. You can ask the Bai Family to reimburse the medical expenses. It’s still better for him to wake up sooner rather than later, so as not to affect his detention and drinking tea later on."
Everyone: "..."
How faint must someone be to call an ambulance? Could he have been beaten...
After Ji Tian left, someone, with doubts, went upstairs to check. They found Xu Rang unconscious on the floor, with not a single injury on him, no blood to be seen, and not even a bruise. Yet, there he was, lying on the ground with eyes rolled back, convulsing, one might think he was having an epileptic seizure.
"Tingyu..."
Shen Zhiyi spoke out in fear, completely panicked.
Bai Tingyu shook off her hand and walked toward the door. There were bodyguards stationed at the entrance, and guests were required to have their phones checked before leaving. Everyone was angry but dared not speak out. Gong Yu had hardly shown his face from beginning to end.
He watched the farce play out from his hidden spot.
Bottle after bottle of alcohol was placed before him; he drank until he was tipsy, leaning back on the couch with his head thrown back. He saw Ji Tian appear and didn’t dare to go out; his birthday was only one day apart from Bai Tingyu’s.
Today was his coming-of-age ceremony, and tomorrow would be his engagement party to a person he didn’t like at all. Gong Yu slightly closed his eyes, and what greeted him was darkness.
In the darkness, he seemed to see the scene of the next day. He saw Ji Tian smiling at him under everyone’s blessings, saying, "Congratulations, happy engagement."
His eyes flashed open abruptly, dark as thick ink.
...
Outside the courtyard
"Tingyu... wait for me." Shen Zhiyi no longer cared about keeping up appearances as she chased after Bai Tingyu’s pace.
In a secluded corner, Bai Tingyu finally asked coldly, "Why did you do this?"
"I..." Shen Zhiyi ran out of words, lowered her head shedding tears, "I just wanted to set the two of them up, I had no other intentions."
Seeing that she still insisted on maintaining her composure at this point, Bai Tingyu couldn’t be bothered to press further and snorted, "I’ll arrange the matter with Xu Rang, but what you did has disrupted all my plans."
A shock flashed through Shen Zhiyi’s eyes. So at this time, Bai Tingyu was going to make a move against the Ji Family, starting with Ji Tian. Was Ji Tian being taken away by Xu Rang also arranged by him?
That’s right, Bai Tingyu was ruthless; the male lead was not a gentleman of integrity but a man who would use any means necessary to make himself stronger and dominate the Four Major Tycoons.
With red eyes, Shen Zhiyi looked at him, "What should I do then? Ji Tian won’t let me off..."
"I’ll think of a way for you. You should go back first," Bai Tingyu responded.
Shen Zhiyi got into the car to go home.
"008, help me, is there a time-reversal item that can take me back to before everything happened?" Shen Zhiyi desperately called for help in her mind.
However, 008, who normally responded at her call, was silent this time.
Her heart sank, "008? Are you there? Are we still doing the world mission? If something happens to me, neither of us will end well!"
After she spoke, 008’s indifferent voice finally responded, "Host, given your previous performances, the Lord of Heaven has decided to exile you. I will return to the System Planet, and all operations in the system will cease. If the final outcome remains consistent, you will automatically return to your own world. If it fails, please stay here forever. Goodbye."
was leaving?
Just because she had messed up the storyline, it would leave her?
What was she going to do next? Without the system’s protection, how could she turn danger into safety?
"No, you can’t go! 008, 008!!!"
Shen Zhiyi screamed hysterically in her mind, her facial expression so fierce that it scared the Bai Family driver into breaking out in a cold sweat. At that moment, she looked as if she was ready to kill someone in her rage.
He rushed her to her destination so quickly that he ran two red lights. The car stopped outside the rented place, and before she could even steady herself, he slammed the car door shut and left.
Shen Zhiyi really wanted to cry at this moment. She felt that she had been humiliated. Would these people dare to treat her like this if she was not of such lowly birth?
If she had a background like Ji Tian, would she have been kneeling and apologizing to her?
Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she felt so useless. With such a good start, she ended up in such a situation. Even the system had abandoned her, leaving her to fend for herself.
A surge of intense resentment welled up inside her, wishing she could kill everyone in the world she hated!
"Zhuyi? Is that you? What are you doing standing at the door? Why don’t you come home?"
Hearing Mother Shen’s gentle voice, she sobbed softly. In this world, only Mother Shen truly cared about her.
"Mom, I’ll be back soon. You go inside first."
Her daughter’s voice, obviously laced with tears, made Mother Shen pause. She had been excited to attend a classmate’s party today, only to return in tears. She asked softly, "Zhuyi, what’s wrong? Tell Mom."
Shen Zhiyi didn’t want to worry her, but couldn’t control the fear in her heart, so she downplayed what happened at the party.
After listening, Mother Shen fell silent for a moment, then, holding her daughter’s hand, she sighed, "Don’t worry, we’ll find a way."
...
The next day, Friday.
The news of what happened at Bai Tingyu’s party became common knowledge. The recordings and videos that Ji Tian released were all over the internet, and for a while, netizens couldn’t believe that someone as innocent and kind as Shen Zhiyi could do such a thing. They flooded her Weibo and short video account, tagging her, demanding she give an explanation, but there was no response.
Xu Rang awoke in the hospital the same night and was immediately taken to the police station for questioning. He confessed to following Shen Zhiyi’s instructions and even claimed Ji Tian had pricked him with a needle, causing him unbearable pain.
However, when they checked the wound, there wasn’t even a pinprick mark. The police thought he was talking nonsense.
Since his actions had not resulted in injury to anyone, the police could only detain him for a few days for an educational lesson, without any serious punishment.
Meanwhile, the official account of the Ji Group announced the termination of all cooperation with the Bai Family, stating that they would bear the cost of the breach of contract without hesitation.
Old Sir Bai was directly angered into the hospital after hearing about this series of events.
What does it mean to go against him, the Bai Family terminating cooperations with various enterprises? Wasn’t that cutting off their own lifeline?
They had even offended the Ji Family.
His friendship with Old Sir Ji ended with this generation, and he couldn’t even bring himself to speak well of Bai Tingyu to the Ji Family.
Who could have imagined that his grandson would ruin the Bai Family’s future for the sake of a wicked woman?
He even thought that a few months after his death, the Bai Family would never return to its former glory and could only go downhill. So, from the hospital, he ordered the bodyguards to confine Bai Tingyu at home, forbidding him from going to school, let alone helping Shen Zhiyi resolve this crisis! The power of the Bai Family was not his to command yet.
Imperial City School issued an announcement at noon to expel Shen Zhiyi.
And the program "True Boss" even removed Shen Zhiyi’s name, and the variety show she had previously participated in was taken down overnight for revision.
With such a tainted record, Yan Ming wasn’t foolish enough to damage the reputation he had painstakingly built by using her.
It could be said that everyone pushed a falling wall - Shen Zhiyi went from a good reputation to being treated like a rat crossing the street, to the point that she could no longer stay in the Capital City.
Behind this was Ji Lingyun, who helped fan the flames and increased the topic’s heat. Without a word from the Ji Family, who would dare to retract?
She had gone from "the one true disciple of the Divine Doctor" to "a malicious hypocrite everyone wants to hit" overnight.
By the time Ji Tian received news about Shen Zhiyi, it was the day of the "True Boss" recording.
Her brother told her that she and her mother had left the Capital City for the Central Continent.