"The press conference was a success!" Manager Lin was beaming as he poured a glass of wine and handed it to Zhang Ying. "Congratulations."

"Manager Lin… why are you saying it as if I won something? If we think about it, Sera had been very silent. It's scary."

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"Why are you scared of that woman? It's not like she is smart enough to do anything about the current situation. She lacked the experience and backing to do so." Manager Lin was very confident that the conference would be the final nail to Sera's coffin. "That woman dared to bully you! She should suffer!"

"Manager Lin… let's talk about the break you promised me." Zhang Ying decided not to dwell on the things that are going to stress her out. As someone who was planning to get pregnant, she needed a healthier mind and body.

"You are really going to take a break? You're not going to accept projects for the rest of the year?"

"Yes… my mother's mental health is pretty bad right now. I wanted to visit her but I can't because of my upcoming projects. I just wanted to spend more time with her." Of course, Zhang Ying didn't want to miss this opportunity that her mother gave her. She was already planning to use this excuse to avoid everything. Using this excuse, she was certain that Madam Fu wouldn't suspect that anything was wrong.

After all, she could just say that she wanted to make sure that her mother wouldn't create any more trouble for her and Edward.

"Alright then… I will give you until the end of the year. We will not be accepting any more projects for you. This is good too. Lately, there are a lot of issues involving your name. It is best to let everyone forget first before we stage a comeback."

"Issues?" Zhang Ying asked. "I mean… I… "

"Aish… I am not talking about your mother's issues. I meant your personal issues."

"Personal issues? What are you talking about?" Zhang Ying already made her mother the ultimate scapegoat. What issues was he talking about?

"You and CEO Fu."

"Huh?"

"I mean… some people saw him with another woman last night. They posted a few pictures. Obviously, I immediately had those images removed, but some people were quick enough to download them and upload them on their own social media. The image was clearly him hugging a drunk woman. I didn't tell you anything because I didn't want you to worry and think about it while doing the press conference."

Zhang Ying swallowed her anger. "Maybe you are talking about Ed's childhood friend? Was that Athena? She is not originally from Xu Empire."

"You know her?"

"Of course, Ed would never hide something from me." Zhang Ying smiled. "But those assumptions…"

"Hmph! Those fans were trouble vicious. They immediately started coursing CEO Fu. You should— "

"No." Zhang Ying shook her head. "I am not going to explain this to the public." Why would she help the Fu Family? This was something that Madam Fu caused! She should fix it. Zhang Ying was confident that her fans would surely make assumptions and since Madam Fu was scared to tarnish her reputation, she would ask Zhang Ying to take care of it.

"You— "

"I don't want to involve myself in the Fu Family's matter. After all, they haven't formally announced me as Ed's fiance."

"You mean…" Manager Lin's eyes widened. "Yingying, don't tell me that the Fu Family is actually bullying you?"

Zhang Ying pursed her lips in response. "Manager Lin… I am really sleepy. Let me sleep for a bit. Wake me up when we arrive at home."

Seeing that Zhang Ying had avoided the topic, Manager Lin assumed it was only because she was scared of the Fu Family. He squinted his eyes as he thought of Zhang Ying enduring all those bullying from the Fu Family.

It seems that he needed to help her behind the scenes!

He opened his phone and sent a couple of text messages to his people. Since someone from the Fu family wanted to bully Zhang Ying, then… he is going to let Zhang Ying's fans bully them back! "Don't worry Yingying… the Fu Family will soon beg you to ask your fans to stop it."

When Zhang Ying heard her manager's voice, her eyelids fluttered, but she didn't say anything. Mission accomplished, she thought.

She could only smile inwardly as she thought of Madam Fu.

However, her glee didn't last too long when her manager received a call.

"What? What do you mean?"

"What article?"

"Really?"

"Let me open my laptop."

"Yingying… can you check your phone? Check the trending article. My laptop is inside the luggage at the back." Manager Lin said as panicked apparent swirled in his eyes.

"What? Why? Did something happen?" Zhang Ying opened her phone and almost immediately, her face changed. "This… "

"What is happening?"

"This… Why is it all about me?"

"Yingying… what is going on? Why would someone publish so many mean stories about you?" Even Manager Lin couldn't help but tremble when he read the title of the articles.

[Zhang Ying the Highschool Bully.]

[Zhang Ying's Fake Highschool Grades.]

[Exclusive proof of Zhang Ying's evil deed.]

[Zhang Ying killed her classmate!]

[Zhang Ying's bad luck.]

[Zhang Ying is Dangerous. Here's why…]

[List of Actresses Who had accidents While Working with Zhang Ying]

[Zhang Ying pushed her Assistant on the Stairs! Exclusive proof inside!]

"What… what is this? Who would do such a vicious thing?" Manager Lin started calling his people to delete the articles. "Zhang Ying! What are you doing!? Call CEO Fu and asked him to help you. These articles can damage your name!"

[The Cursed of Zhang Ying]

[How Zhang Ying single-handedly became the endorser of X product.]

[Zhang Ying poisoned Actress Xin because of jealousy?]

Zhang Ying's eyes reddened. She didn't need to ask who did this, as it was pretty obvious.

It was none other than Sera!

Sera Zhang!

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