That day, many marketing accounts published articles—”【Fu Qingli and her sister-in-law disagreed while shopping, and after coming out of the bathroom, the sister-in-law was soaked through and looked as pitiful as a quail—】”
When Feng Qian saw this comment, she was drinking water. After reading the headline, she nearly choked. “Pfft! Cough cough cough…”
She couldn’t believe it and read it again, realizing that it indeed meant what she thought. For a moment, she was stunned. “Wow, Fu Qingli is this tough now?”
Previously, whenever she saw news about Fu Qingli, she was always seen trying to please the rich families, right?
Though Feng Qian had always believed Fu Qingli was doing it for love, Fu Qingli’s husband was just as handsome as some celebrities.
Even so, it didn’t change the fact that Fu Qingli’s position in the Ye family was not that high.
But now…
Feng Qian opened the pictures one by one.
The paparazzi naturally didn’t have any pictures from inside the bathroom, but their news sensitivity was still high. They had been following Fu Qingli ever since she entered the mall.
Especially in the past half-month, Fu Qingli’s popularity had been quite good.
Even if it’s negative fame, it’s still fame. As long as the traffic can be monetized, it’s enough.
The first three pictures were of Fu Qingli and Ye Minmin shopping together. Starting from the fourth picture, things began to show signs of struggle.
The fifth picture showed their outfits, both looking quite good, especially Ye Minmin’s—she had professional makeup done. Fu Qingli, on the other hand, was makeup-free but still looked beautiful with a subtle, elegant charm.
The sixth picture showed Fu Qingli pulling Ye Minmin into the bathroom.
The seventh picture showed their appearance when they came out.
One looked fine, while the other was drenched, with red eyes and nose, looking disheveled, and she was walking behind Fu Qingli, a meter apart.
The eighth and ninth pictures were similar, just from different angles, but they still let netizens fully feel the drastic change in Ye Minmin’s appearance and how miserable she looked after coming out.
Feng Qian couldn’t help but laugh, but after laughing, she was a bit worried. Why did Fu Qingli suddenly become so tough? Although Ye Minmin was quite annoying, this didn’t seem to be good for her either.
She opened the comments and saw the top-rated one: “Waiting for a divorce statement!”
Feng Qian’s brows twitched, but she thought a divorce might be a good thing.
Why stay in a rich family, humbling oneself? It’s not worth compromising for love.
She scrolled down to the next comments:
“Honestly, Fu Qingli looks so cool in this! Ahhh, this is how it should be. I was so mad seeing her suffer before!”
“Hahaha, too funny, Fu Qingli is awesome!”
“Following her now, this sister is strong!”
“I used to think Fu Qingli just married into a rich family, but now, I see that’s not the case. If she married into a rich family, even if her husband cheated, she’d be forced to smile and pretend it was all a misunderstanding. But now she’s teaching her sister-in-law a lesson like this!”
Feng Qian smiled knowingly, feeling a sense of pride. It felt good to see someone she liked also being liked by others, though there were some complaints about how violence could have a negative impact.
But the paparazzi didn’t get any direct photos, and even though everyone had guessed it, there was no solid evidence. So what was the harm in it?
Feng Qian shrugged, liking and sharing the comment, and reposted: “Nice work!”
Soon, the hashtag #FuQingliSisterInLaw# quickly shot up on the trending topics.
The more people saw it, the more widespread it became, including Su Tang.
When Su Tang saw the trending topic, she thought it was the usual situation.
Ye Minmin didn’t like Fu Qingli, and that was a matter of the past life. In their previous life, Fu Qingli had built up her popularity, and with her role as the third lead in a hit drama, she won over many people, including Ye Minmin, who ended up liking that character and changing her opinion of Fu Qingli.
Su Tang clicked on it with interest, intending to watch a good show.
However, once she saw the contents, the smile on her lips disappeared, and her eyes turned cold as she stared at the screen.
Fu Qingli had done this to Ye Minmin?
Su Tang read through everything. Though the paparazzi didn’t get any direct photos, the pictures of them pulling and tugging before entering the bathroom, and the contrast of Ye Minmin looking disheveled and Fu Qingli looking calm as they came out, made it obvious who had been the aggressor.
She took out her phone and called Ye Minmin.
As soon as the call connected, she heard Ye Minmin crying. “Tangtang jie, woo woo woo… Fu Qingli bullied me! She pushed me into the water! I was so scared, woo woo woo…”
The person involved had confessed.
Su Tang pursed her lips and gently asked, “What happened? Didn’t your sister-in-law treat you well?”
“She’s not my sister-in-law!” Ye Minmin retorted, then continued, “Woo woo… she’s awful, she’s terrible! I’m so angry! How dare she do this to me! I heard Tangtang jie, you’re going to participate in the horror escape next time, don’t help her, make her get laughed at by everyone on the internet, and tell the director to make it scarier so she’s too scared to move!”
Su Tang sighed and said, “If you keep this up, your brother will scold you.”
“She deserves it!” Ye Minmin argued confidently. “She’s gone too far! You can’t help her, okay? Otherwise, I’ll…”
She tried to threaten her brother, but then realized Su Tang had a boyfriend now and no longer liked Ye Minxing, so she felt discouraged.
Su Tang pretended not to notice, acting like she was forced into agreeing. “Alright, I won’t help her.”
“Tangtang jie, you’re the best.”
Su Tang replied with a hollow smile, “You… I hope everything’s fine. I’ll hang up now.”
Ye Minmin seemed unwilling to stop and wanted to say something else to make Fu Qingli look bad, but Su Tang had already hung up.
Su Tang’s expression darkened. Her boyfriend, Ji Yan, noticed her mood and brought over a cup of coffee, asking, “What’s wrong?”
Su Tang quickly shook her head. Ji Yan liked her and didn’t want her to be troubled by matters related to the Ye family. In the previous life, she had already hurt him; in this life, she couldn’t make him sad again. “Nothing, just thinking about what to have for dinner tonight.”
Ji Yan’s eyes darkened, and he smiled. “Let’s think about it together.”
After teaching Ye Minmin a lesson, Fu Qingli’s phone was bombarded with calls.
But every call was rejected, and after a couple more attempts, she simply blocked the numbers, as these were people she wouldn’t contact again.
When she got back to the Ye family’s home, Zheng Yue, who had a key, was already waiting there. While waiting, she had seen the news online.
With how fast the internet moves, by the time Fu Qingli got home, everything that had happened in the mall was already known.
When Fu Qingli arrived, Zheng Yue rushed over. “Alili, you’ve gone crazy?! How could you do something like that? If this blows up, you’ll have a hard time explaining it to the public!”
Public figures even get criticized for smoking, let alone fighting.
Fu Qingli calmly said, “It’s fine, who has proof?”
In a place like Starry Sky City, the bathroom’s confidentiality level is quite high. While teaching Yè Mǐnmǐn a lesson, Fù Qīnglì was careful. Even though there were people in the bathroom watching, no one took out their phones to record.
As for the outside world, although Yè Mǐnmǐn’s miserable state was captured on camera, is there any real evidence?
Zhèng Yuè saw how calm Fù Qīnglì was and felt a little reassured, “You’re right. Not many people are criticizing you online. This trending topic has completely cleared up the negative image of you marrying into a rich family. Now even if you divorce, no one will call you a discarded wife.”
Who would ever call her a “discarded wife” with this kind of behavior?
Moreover, many netizens found Fù Qīnglì’s actions incredibly satisfying. The “problematic younger sister-in-law” trope is universally frustrating, and Yè Mǐnmǐn was both a brat and an irritating sister-in-law, which made her even more detestable.
On top of that, Fù Qīnglì’s recent viral moment from the horror escape room event, where she played a character who was both timid and brave, had gone viral. Her past roles in TV dramas were also being rediscovered, giving her a natural filter of popularity.
Despite the drama, she ended up gaining a lot of new fans.