WBSGVS Chapter 167 V1

Yi Xue and Yi Yang—just from their names, you could tell they were family. Real siblings. Yi Yang was Yi Xue’s assistant and handled everything for her.

Although Huo Qingli never had a great public image during her time in the entertainment industry, she still had fans. After all, her looks were stunning, and she had acted in a few well-received idol dramas. She even debuted as an idol.

So when it came out that Yi Xue from the same company had snatched a major role right from under Huo Qingli’s nose, the internet went wild. Yi Xue’s fans weren’t exactly passive either, and the fan wars that followed kept the topic trending nonstop.

Then came the revelation that Xu Yin had been spotted dining with Yi Yang. Who would believe there wasn’t something shady going on?

Especially since Xu Yin was the very woman Huo Qingli’s husband, Shen Yanjun, had cheated with!

Which meant—Huo Qingli and Xu Yin were love rivals.

So… the enemy of my enemy is my friend?

And word was, Xu Yin used to work at Tiansheng Entertainment. As an insider, wouldn’t it have been easier for her to undermine Huo Qingli? Add in a little matchmaking between Yi Xue and the production team, and suddenly everything made sense.

[Comment section on social media:]

“I don’t even like Huo Qingli that much, but I’m on her side this time. This is tragic—she lost both her man and her dream role. That’s brutal…”

“Xu Yin is the textbook definition of a homewrecker. First the husband, now the career? My God. Wasn’t Huo Qingli the little princess of Tiansheng? And now she’s getting slapped in the face like this?”

“So this is what the ‘little princess treatment’ looks like? I’m crying. Looks like the mistress is always one move ahead—especially with Shen Yanjun covering for her!”

“Finally, someone’s calling out Shen Yanjun! Can’t believe I used to be a fan. I’m disgusted with myself…”

Under all these trending posts were waves of sarcasm and hate, all directed at Xu Yin.

Of course, Xu Yin—being the one who leaked the initial news—saw it all. At first, when Yi Xue and the major IP project “Living Toward the Sun” were officially announced, Xu Yin was genuinely happy. Yi Xue and Huo Qingli were evenly matched—if they fought it out, she could just sit back and enjoy the drama.

But when the second trending topic hit, the smile vanished from her face.

Her expression visibly shifted—stunned, then panicked.

Xu Yin hadn’t expected this. She had done her research. Out of everyone at Tiansheng Entertainment, only Yi Xue seemed interested in switching teams. So she’d arranged a meeting with Yi Yang to discuss collaboration—how could it have been photographed?

Her heart tightened as she kept scrolling, only to find something even more terrifying.

Because of Huo Qingli’s initial response, the public’s curiosity had exploded. And now, her identity had been exposed. With this new trending topic, people had even dug up every school she’d ever attended!

Even her high school days, where she took the Shen family’s money to study abroad, had surfaced. She hadn’t even taken the college entrance exam. Her sudden departure and ghosting of Shen Yanjun had made her infamous in school.

Some of Shen Yanjun’s friends back then had disapproved of her and spilled the details, and now… netizens had dug all that up too?!

Would they uncover the fact that she had been hospitalized for leukemia back then?

Xu Yin took a deep breath, gripping her phone tightly, only to realize her palm was sweaty. She opened her hand and saw it slick with sweat.

Xu Yin didn’t come from a wealthy background. As a child, she had leukemia. Her family even went on TV to raise funds, which was how the Huo family, who had experienced something similar, discovered her and offered help. That’s how Xu Yin got a matching donor.

She and Huo Qingli were the same age, suffered from the same illness, yet had vastly different fates.

Even the double room in the hospital had been arranged because of Huo Qingli.

That’s why Xu Yin had always envied her. She never dared act on it. From the very beginning, her parents constantly reminded her to treat Huo Qingli well, to never bully her—otherwise, she wouldn’t survive…

That’s why, when that pretty little boy came to visit, Xu Yin, taking advantage of being alone in the room, told him that the pen pal he’d been writing to was her, not Huo Qingli.

This couldn’t come out. If it did, everything in her dreams would come true. And she wasn’t even pregnant yet!

Xu Yin loosened her grip on the phone, then deliberately let it slip from her hand. The phone hit the coffee table and clattered onto the rug.

Clang— The sudden noise shattered the office silence.

Shen Yanjun, jolted from his work, rushed over. “What happened?”

He picked up her phone—and immediately saw the Weibo post revealing her entire life history. He read on and realized this was all because Xu Yin had eaten with Yi Yang… and coincidentally, Yi Xue had just taken the role Huo Qingli was in talks for?

“This project—you asked me to invest in it, right? Huo Qingli wasn’t confirmed for the lead. How did it end up going to Yi Xue?” Shen Yanjun frowned, a little annoyed and more than a little unsettled.

He didn’t quite understand the feeling, so he chalked it up to being upset on Xu Yin’s behalf.

“I don’t know either…” Xu Yin’s voice trembled. “I only met Yi Yang because we’d worked together before… we just happened to run into each other. I never thought people would twist it like this…” Her tone turned tearful. “I’m just a screenwriter. What power do I even have…”

She looked up, face pale and tear-streaked. The moment she saw Shen Yanjun move closer, she threw herself into his arms.

“They… they found out everything… I didn’t mean to—really. Back then, my family was desperate for money. I wanted to reach out to you, but my parents took my phone and forced me to leave the country. I…”

As she sobbed about the past, even though it had been over six years, Shen Yanjun’s expression darkened.

He’d been a proud, arrogant teenager—he’d never been dumped like that. After it happened, he refused to take the college entrance exam, rejected the prestigious university his parents had arranged for him, and ran off to be a low-paid extra in the film industry just to support himself.

But Xu Yin was crying so hard… he couldn’t bring himself to blame her. Besides, it hadn’t been her fault.

He sighed and said, “It’s okay. Don’t worry. I’ll have the trending post taken down.”

“Mhm…” Xu Yin whimpered in response but still clung tightly to him like she was afraid he’d vanish.

Shen Yanjun tried to gently push her away, but then she whispered, “When I was little, lying in the hospital all alone… I was so scared. I used to wish someone—anyone—would stay with me…”

His hands stopped.