Chapter 1987: As Long As She's Happy

What nobody expected was that Shengjing actually responded.

Just one sentence—

Our CEO says, we’ll go with whatever Chu Yao wants. As long as she’s happy.

As soon as that reply came out, public opinion exploded again.

Who is it! Who the hell is the CEO behind Shengjing!

Filthy rich and spoiling Chu Yao this much—oh my god, what kind of wish‑fulfillment heroine script did Chu Yao draw, I seriously wanna transmigrate into her body and live her life for just one day!

Netizens’ fingers were about to break from refreshing the trending list nonstop today, terrified they’d be one step too slow and miss the gossip. Suddenly, a new trending topic shot to the top. The title itself wasn’t anything special; it was just vaguely related to Song Yuan. Compared to the other explosive hot searches, it wasn’t that eye‑catching, but the click‑through rate was insanely high. Out of curiosity, most people chose to tap in and take a look.

It was posted by some regular user whose account barely had any followers. Their Weibo was full of random rural life tidbits, but that latest post had tens of millions of clicks.

The blogger added a text caption: “Yesterday I was video‑calling my second aunt. She was in a hospital ward at the time and said she’d taken another caretaker job, this time looking after a celebrity. I told my second aunt to show me which celebrity it was; she refused, said the person didn’t want that, and rushed me off the call. Later I dialed again, and right then, in my second aunt’s camera, a woman was climbing out of bed herself and walking to the bathroom. Looked like it was Song Yuan.”

She hurried to start recording and just happened to catch the moment Song Yuan got off the bed.

She was walking very slowly and had a bit of a limp, but it was obvious this was just a minor injury. Give it some time to heal and she should be fine.

“Fuck! In the livestream she was lying there like she couldn’t move at all, her legs didn’t twitch, covered with a thin blanket. I seriously thought she was crippled, definitely in a cast. Turns out it’s just like a bad sprain level?!”

“Damn, no wonder she’s an actress.”

“We all got played by her. Turns out Madam Song’s acting off‑screen is way better than on‑screen, and she’s been hiding it from us. So stingy!”

“…You’re all talking nonsense. Yuan Yuan never once said how bad her leg injury was. She’s a girl, the wound’s on her thigh—what, you want her to lift her thigh up for everyone to see? How’s she supposed to keep her reputation then? Some people’s fans, stop trying to stir shit in here!”

“The one upstairs is a Song Yuan fan, right? We’re just making some comments, it’s not like we did anything to you. Why so pressed? We still don’t even have the full story on the ‘imprisonment’ or the car accident. Even if you wanna go off, you wait till the truth comes out first. Don’t assume every fandom is as lacking in manners as yours.”

“You guys…”

In the nanny van, Sister Lai was monitoring the online buzz in real time. She was the first to spot that trending topic. She was so shocked she almost shot to her feet, then smacked her head on the roof and dropped back into her seat, clutching the sore spot and hissing in pain.

“What happened?” Song Yuan asked in concern. “How’d you suddenly hit your head?”

Sister Lai didn’t dare say. The livestream was still on; she didn’t dare let her phone show up in the frame, so she held it far away for Song Yuan to see. Song Yuan sat there refusing to move, her eyesight wasn’t great and she couldn’t make it out. She sounded impatient. “What is it, Sister Lai? Just tell me.”

“I can’t say this…”

Sister Lai screwed up her courage and muted the livestream mic before she dared to speak: “Your caretaker—when she was video‑chatting with her niece, she caught you on camera getting out of bed and going to the bathroom by yourself.”

“What!”

Song Yuan almost couldn’t hide the change in her expression. Her leg moved on instinct, then she realized and quickly pressed down, forcing it back into position. Her features twisted as she held it in, but she didn’t dare move out of frame, so her face just got stiffer and stiffer.