Chapter 36: Absolutely Not, Absolutely Not – Any Thanks Will Do
021 wailed in Dong Ling’s mind: [No, no, girl, let go! Success or failure depends on this!]
Distracted by the noise, Dong Ling abruptly released Song Mingzhi’s hand.
“Sorry, involuntary reflex…”
Dong Ling relaxed, pressing her temples with a slightly dizzy feeling.
Although she was reluctant to lose the 3%, she really couldn’t let Song Mingzhi continue helping her in this situation. She was already acting lucid, if Song Mingzhi continued, her intentions would be too obvious.
Dong Ling pulled the small loop out from the hem of her dress, took the thin chain, and fastened the hook.
Song Mingzhi’s gaze involuntarily followed her movement. The shimmering white gold chain, inlaid with small diamonds, traced the curve of her calf, swaying gently with Dong Ling’s movements.
Song Mingzhi’s gaze brushed over the back of Dong Ling’s knee, then slid down unnaturally, landing on her ankle.
Dong Ling’s ankles were slender, the strappy high heels accentuating their delicate curves.
Song Mingzhi suddenly recalled Dong Ling leaning against the car last night, her toes slightly pointed, her beautiful arch and smooth, fair calves dangling, alluring under the moonlight.
Dismissing the image, Song Mingzhi composed herself, sitting upright and looking straight ahead.
Dong Ling, completely unaware of Song Mingzhi’s thoughts, was lamenting with 021.
A whole 3%, Dong Ling had accepted the task, but the duck she had almost caught flew away.
It was all her unruly body’s fault, but she couldn’t control these involuntary reflexes.
021 said with a heavy tone: [Why not try desensitization therapy?]
Dong Ling subconsciously rejected the idea, then considered its feasibility.
[It’s not impossible, but there’s no one I can do that with.]
She first considered her close friends, but just thinking about that scene made her frown. As for strangers, she wouldn’t let them get close, not even researchers or medical personnel.
As for her family, her brother and father were out of the question, but how could she even say that to her mother?
Could she really say, “Mom, I think my thighs are too sensitive, so can you touch them more to desensitize me?”
Her mother would definitely think she was going through puberty and planning to do something indecent, or rather, have someone do something indecent to her.
021 said dejectedly: [That’s true, girl, I wish I had a physical body…]
Dong Ling immediately interrupted: [No, absolutely not, who wants a greasy old man like you? If you get close to me in real life, I’ll call the police!]
021: [???]
021: [Then should I leave?]
Dong Ling: [Please do.]
021 was heartbroken.
Dong Ling was also heartbroken, because when Song Mingzhi got out of the car and went to the venue, she heard the task failure notification from the system.
Dong Ling rolled down the window and watched Song Mingzhi’s retreating figure.
After the world’s energy consumption, the main storyline progress was now 35%.
Thirty-five, not even a passing grade.
Dong Ling felt melancholic, suddenly recalling a sentence she saw online.
If this is my failing answer sheet, then I want to see what a perfect score looks like.
021: [Don’t even think about it, that perfect answer sheet is lying in a hospital bed.]
Dong Ling: […]
Even more depressing.
Dong Ling was lost in thought when she suddenly saw Song Mingzhi return, standing in front of the car, bending down to meet her eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
Song Mingzhi turned around when she sensed Dong Ling staring at her, and saw the melancholic look in Dong Ling’s eyes.
Dong Ling shook her head, smiled at her, and rolled up the window.
The car window slowly rose, obscuring Dong Ling’s face until it was completely out of sight.
Song Mingzhi suddenly had a strange feeling at that moment, as if there was a barrier between her and Dong Ling, like the glass of the car window, that barrier could rise at any time.
Was it because of the identity she was hiding?
Song Mingzhi felt inexplicably lost, and only snapped back to reality after Zuo Zhen called her a few times.
Her eyes gradually became clear and firm. She wasn’t deliberately hiding from Dong Ling, but some things weren’t suitable to be revealed now.
“Let’s go.”
Song Mingzhi turned her head slightly. In any case, she would develop in the direction Dong Ling expected.
In the speeding car, Dong Ling didn’t plan to go home.
The previous incident had startled her awake, and she decided to go to the company.
The public opinion was overwhelmingly positive. Those bloggers who spread rumors couldn’t produce any more substantial evidence, and their attempts to play the victim had already been done and wouldn’t be effective anymore. Coupled with Canghai’s firm stance, the situation reversed within two days.
A beautiful turnaround, which further increased Song Mingzhi’s popularity and even boosted the movie’s hype.
As the gossip died down, more and more people turned their attention to the movie itself.
@IHateMosquitoes: I used to be a fan of Director Cheng, but I couldn’t keep up with his wild imagination. This movie seems quite normal, I can watch it without worry!
@WaitingForWinter: It’s a relief to see a normal movie from Director Cheng, but I can always rewatch his previous works for a unique experience, like his last Cthulhu-themed religious love story and the farming-themed disaster movie before that, both made me feel like I walked into the wrong movie, like a Plants vs. Zombies crossover with Miracle Nikki, truly soul-crushing.
@RandomNight: I looked at the cast, no traffic stars, just veteran actors and some newcomers. I’ve also seen some of the released clips, although Song Mingzhi is a newcomer, I think her acting is quite good, I’ve already pre-ordered tickets, and I’ll watch it again if it’s good.
@GatlingBodhisattva: I’m curious, who is the red-lipped beauty who kissed Song Jie(*Sister*) against the wall in the cameo appearance?
@LingzhiLongLife replying to @GatlingBodhisattva: Sister, us eagle-eyed girls have already figured it out through comparison, click here for the answer!
Seeing this reply, Dong Ling was completely awake.
Huh???
She immediately clicked on the profile of the netizen named “LingzhiLongLife” and found that she followed the “Song Zhong” CP super topic.
Dong Ling seemed to understand something, unwilling to look further, wanting to run away.
Seeing the video reposted on her profile, she wanted to leave Earth even more.
Were netizens this bored? They actually went through the video frame by frame, comparing and analyzing angles, to confirm that the lips were hers.
@CivilAffairsBureau: I’m dying from the sweetness, I’m dying! Don’t talk to me about camera angles, I don’t care, they kissed, they kissed, wuwuwu!
@BigOrangeConfirmed: Fierce and beautiful CEO x cold and elegant canary, so good, I hope for a reversal of roles, I want the CEO to be dominated by the canary, slurp.
@SweetToDeath: Damn, hahaha, I’m imagining the canary being too lustful, the sugar daddy can’t handle it and wants to find a new canary, and then there’s a scene of being ravished.
@vitil: Sister upstairs, you should write a book, do you understand? If there isn’t a book by you in the bookstore downstairs within three minutes, I’ll tear it down.
Dong Ling shuddered reading these comments.
Seeing the CP fans’ excitement, Dong Ling quickly exited Weibo and comforted herself.
It’s okay, as long as she wasn’t embarrassed, then Song Mingzhi would be the embarrassed one. And if Song Mingzhi wasn’t embarrassed either, then great, nothing happened.
Dong Ling went to the company and asked the PR team to continue monitoring the situation. In the afternoon, Yuki reported to her that they had found out who made the transfer to the blogger.
Seeing the remitter’s name, Dong Ling suddenly understood. This wasn’t an attack on Song Mingzhi, but a malicious act targeting her.
The mastermind behind this didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding, just openly revealing their motive.
The remitter was someone who worked for Xuan Du, he had done this kind of thing many times before, cleaning up after Xuan Du’s recklessness.
Dong Ling’s eyes turned cold, she took a sip of coffee, and exhaled slowly.
She wasn’t going to look for Xuan Du, didn’t want to waste her breath arguing with her, and she wouldn’t tell her father to tell the mayor either, that would be childish.
She had said that if Xuan Du touched Song Mingzhi, she wouldn’t let her off the hook.
“Yuki, find a way to arrange a meeting with the CEO of Zimei Cosmetics.”
As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend, and the competitor of your enemy is an even better friend.
After analyzing the data and making a plan, Dong Ling realized she actually had the potential to be a vicious female supporting character, at least at this moment, she didn’t show any mercy.
Attacking her was fine, they could settle their own score, but attacking Song Mingzhi was absolutely not allowed.
While Dong Ling was investigating, Ji Yiling also found out, but it took her more effort because she didn’t know the relationship between the remitter and Xuan Du.
After finishing filming a commercial, Song Mingzhi saw the message from Ji Yiling and wasn’t surprised by the result.
Everything that happened had its signs, she had already deduced the possibilities, and currently, Xuan Du was the most likely suspect.
Song Mingzhi sent a message and put her phone in her pocket.
—Take care of it.
Seeing the message, Ji Yiling immediately understood.
Dong Ling didn’t expect Xuan Du’s company to collapse so quickly. She was still finalizing the plan with Xuan Du’s competitor when she received the news that something had happened to Xuan Du’s company.
“CEO Dong…”
The other party was also a little confused, and Dong Ling couldn’t figure out the situation either.
After some investigation, she deduced that Xuan Du must have offended someone else and been set up.
As the saying goes, the business world is like a battlefield. This was true, the competition between capitalists was often silent and invisible, and sometimes, by the time you realized it, it was already too late.
The storm subsided, the bloggers who spread rumors apologized, but Dong Ling wasn’t satisfied with just that. She sued the blogger who had made the most serious accusations and received the most money.
@MostValuableThing: CEO Dong, you’re so awesome, when will you open a personal Weibo account? If not, can you at least post more pictures of your stunning beauty? @CanghaiEntertainment
This comment received a lot of support, but Dong Ling ignored it.
Dong Ling mumbled: “Why are you looking at me? I’m not an artist, just pay attention to them.”
Song Mingzhi wholeheartedly agreed, there were already many frivolous netizens calling her “wife,” if Dong Ling opened a personal Weibo account, the situation would probably be even worse, it was better to maintain the status quo.
“By the way, Xuan Du was the mastermind behind this incident, but I didn’t have time to act, she’s already been dealt with, I don’t know who did it, she must have offended someone, I don’t know who it is, I’ll have to thank them properly if I have the chance.”
Dong Ling told Song Mingzhi about this, and Song Mingzhi nodded reservedly.
Any thanks the girl wanted to offer would be fine.
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