章節 6: Returning to the Position of Top Model
Of course not, the timing isn't right!
Mo Ting knew what she was thinking, so he grabbed the phone and handed it to her. Tangning did not step aside to take the phone call, instead, she confidently pressed the answer button, right in front of Mo Ting.
"Tangning, where are you right now?"
"I was afraid the reporters would find me, so I found a place to hide," Tangning replied calmly.
"So, you're saying you aren't aware of the incident with Long Jie?" Han Yufan asked in a patient tone.
"What's wrong with Long Jie? The place I have hidden in is quite remote, so I haven't been able to keep up with what's happening on the outside, what happened?" Tangning tried her best to sound curious.
"Thanks to your manager, Tianyi is now in a mess. Return to the office first, I'm going to arrange for you to hold a press conference. Tangning, I am depending on you to clear Tianyi's name."
Press conference? More like another opportunity for him to throw the blame on Tangning...
Did he really think she was still that naive?
Tangning hung up the phone in disgust, when suddenly Mo Ting began to speak, "I've already saved my number in your phone. Anytime you need me, give me a call and let me know what you want to do."
"Thank you, Mo Ting..."
"You shouldn't be calling me that..." Mo Ting unfolded his legs and pulled Tangning to his side, "Call me something else...or I won't let you go."
Tangning blushed as she whispered shyly, "h...hubby..." A rare smile appeared on Mo Ting's face.
"Come on, I'll drop you off at work. Remember what you promised...don't get too close to another man."
Tangning knew exactly what Mo Ting was referring to. She responded with a reassuring smile and a hopeful look in her eyes for Mo Ting to trust her. Mo Ting's heart skipped a beat. Between the two of them, there was nothing more to say.
...
In just 40 minutes, Mo Ting had successfully driven Tangning to a location close to Tianyi Entertainment. As the King of Entertainment, he knew all the deepest, darkest secrets of the industry. Hence, he was curious as to how Tangning intended on turning the tables to retrieve her position as top model.
Tangning knew what she was getting herself into. It was clear that this was a game where she had to keep her cards hidden, whilst her enemies had already laid their cards on the table. If she couldn't change the outcome even after swapping out her entire hand, then she would have to admit defeat.
After stepping out of Mo Ting's car, she accessed the building through a secret walkway. As soon as the staff spotted Tangning, the room was filled with mixed reactions of disgust, hate and mockery; as if they were sure Long Jie's revelations were all under Tangning's directions.
Tangning pretended not to notice. She walked over to Han Yufan's room and pushed open the door as her gaze met the back of Han Yufan's head.
"You're back..." Han Yufan turned around holding back his anger.
"Tell me, what happened?"
"Tangning, are you certain you don't know about the incident with Long Jie?" Han Yufan threw the newspaper reports in front of Tangning. He questioned her angrily, "If she didn't receive orders from you, how would she be brave enough to do this?"
"Yufan, we are about to get married, why would I do something like this? Wouldn't that be pushing you away?" Tangning choked on her words as she looked at him innocently.
"Then, how do you explain why you placed the Crown's Star on your ankle at the show? You knew very well, that the biggest difference between you and Yurou are your legs..."
Tangning looked at Han Yufan as he interrogated her. She thought back on the multiple times that Han Yufan had protected Mo Yurou in the same way. She once thought it was all because he was trying to protect his own growing career, so she was willing to endure being wronged and allowed him to stick up for another person. But from the looks of it now, the only person he wanted to protect all along had solely been Mo Yurou.
"At the time, I had no way of wearing the Crown's Star on anywhere but my ankles. Mo Yurou's assistant was also present, you can ask him."
"I asked him already and he said you had made the decision yourself..." Han Yufan pressed on.
"Yufan, I am your fiancee, yet you choose to believe an outsider?" Tangning faked a look of disappointment as she continued to observe Han Yufan's reactions, "Yesterday...we were supposed to be signing our wedding papers."
"It's too late to say anything now, the damage is done. hf has already notified the court of their intention to sue Tianyi for breaching the contract and thanks to your manager, the public's negative reactions towards Tianyi are now getting worse and worse. You need to take responsibility for this." Han Yufan looked down at Tangning condescendingly. He gave off the aura of an almighty god passing judgment.
"You will be my wife soon, I don't want my wife to hurt my career. That's why...Tangning, for the sake of Tianyi, you have the responsibility to step out and explain to the public the entire mess was created by your manager for hype and has nothing to do with Tianyi..."
"Admitting that my manager was responsible is just like admitting I was responsible! Weren't you the one that called me to hastily substitute Mo Yurou?" Tangning cried, "Yufan, is it because I am to marry you, that I should be sacrificed?"
"I don't care. Being recognized was your fault." As soon as those words left his lips, Han Yufan must have felt he had gone too far. He quickly calmed down and reached out his arms to give Tangning a hug, however, she retaliated by pushing him away. "Tangning, I was just getting a bit impatient. Just this once...after we are married, I promise to treat you well..."
Of course, Tangning held back her tears and nodded, "I am doing this, not because I admit to creating this mess, it is because I want to protect your career. But, there will be no next time!"
"Yes...I promise, there will be no next time!"
In actual fact, Han Yufan knew Tangning would fall for it again next time. Especially after they were married, according to Tangning's character, she would be easily controlled by him.
"The press conference will be this afternoon at 3pm. We will have a meeting in a minute to go over your script."
"OK!"
Tangning stopped crying and forced herself to look into Han Yufan's eyes like always. But, as soon as she left the room, her eyes swept over with a cold gaze.
She couldn't immediately forget the jerk, but, she was going to stick by her decisions.
There was no way she was going to take on the blame for Han Yufan's wrongdoings again.
After thinking carefully, she returned to her own room and phoned her manager, "Long Jie, Han Yufan is trying to use me as a shield."
"Ha ha! Tangning, tell me what you want me to do." Her manager was full of fighting spirit.
"3pm. I will announce I created the mess and apologize. Afterwards...I want you to anonymously release photos of Han Yufan and Mo Yurou being affectionate in the hospital..."
"Ha ha, sure! I've even thought up of a great headline 'Exposed! Tianyi's boss has multiple affairs: The Biggest Cheating Scum!'"
Tangning couldn't help but respond with a laugh, before she began to apologize, "Sorry, Long Jie, for dragging you into all this."
"Tangning, as long as you have made the decision to start afresh, I will help you return to being the top model. In fact, not only that, I will help you become...an international supermodel!"
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Yunyi
Yunyi I can't believe how shameless Han Yufan is! I can't wait until he is exposed by Long Jie.
This novel is published in serial form. The release schedule is 2 chapters a day, 1 at 9am and 1 at 2pm (server time +8).
章節 7: Han Yufan, You are Ruthless!
International supermodel? She had never thought that far. She simply wanted to focus on the present...
...to make Han Yufan and Mo Yurou face their consequences.
12pm. Just before the meeting at Tianyi. Han Yufan, who hadn't had lunch with Tangning for a long time, suddenly decided to take her out to the fancy restaurant downstairs. He even booked a table and organized a candlelit lunch. Looking at the roses paired with the candles, Tangning had no reaction. She sat down as Han Yufan pulled out her chair.
"I have ordered your favorite sirloin steak..."
Tangning was surprised for a moment, she was speechless. It turned out, even after 5 years of being together, Han Yufan still did not know what she liked.
"What is it? You don't like it?"
Just as Tangning was about to respond, the chef appeared beside them holding a tray. He turned to Tangning, "Miss Tang, today, we have your favorite fillet steak. I would like to represent the Frederick's Restaurant in congratulating you on your wedding..."
Upon hearing this, Han Yufan's expression changed, but he was too embarrassed to say anything. He just quietly replaced Tangning's plate, "Your tastes have changed."
"Thank you, but we aren't married yet," Tangning explained to the chef whilst ignoring Han Yufan. "You sure are attentive, I only mentioned it once and you remembered."
The chef politely left and Tangning turned back towards Han Yufan.
"Next time I will definitely remember what my wife likes to eat!" Han Yufan reminded himself.
"Hurry, let's eat. We still need to go back and discuss the script," Tangning sneered on the inside but kept her composure. At this moment...she received an SMS titled '0819'. When she opened it up, she realized it was a message from Mo Ting.
0819, was yesterday, the date of their wedding.
"The steak is from me. What the chef meant was...congratulations on OUR wedding."
Tangning let out a laugh and sent a response from under the table, "How did you know where I would be?"
"I have a way of finding out what I want to know," Mo Ting answered her calmly.
Tangning held onto her phone as she glanced around the restaurant. However, Mo Ting was nowhere in sight. Although she didn't know how he managed to organize something so thoughtful, she could sense he was nearby...
...he had a presence like a king that no one could ignore or deny.
"Tangning, what are you looking at?" Han Yufan asked as he waved his hands in front of her eyes. His gaze was full of questions.
"Oh, it's nothing..." Tangning shook her head and calmly changed the topic, "Yufan, when will we go back to register our marriage?"
"After all this has settled. You do realize the upcoming Top Ten Model Awards would be Mo Yurou's opportunity to advance in her career. Tangning, she is lucky to have you...otherwise, Yurou would have been ruined this time." Han Yufan poured Tangning some red wine and raised his glass against hers.
"I will help you get back what you deserve," Tangning smiled softly, her dimples made her appear even more beautiful.
However, Han Yufan, at present, didn't notice her at all. His heart was already bewitched by years of bedside seduction from Mo Yurou. So, he had no idea Tangning's words had a hidden meaning.
"Tangning, you have suffered..."
Tangning knew, for all that she was about to do, today's lunch was just a little reward. However, this reward was all a ploy to mask his true intentions.
"Also, after the press conference, get in contact with your manager. In order to deal with her, it looks like we have to use a legal approach."
"OK," Tangning smiled sweetly.
However, there was no way she was going to let him touch Long Jie.
2pm. Inside Tianyi's main hall, reporters from all forms of media were gathered. They were all interested in what Tangning had to say.
Everyone had questions for Tangning, ranging from why she suddenly retreated from the public eye to why she signed on with Tianyi to what really happened with her substituting Mo Yurou. Ever since she retreated, she had kept a low-profile. It was hard to find anything bad about her.
Today, was the perfect opportunity for them...
3pm. Dressed in plain clothes, Tangning appeared with bodyguards by her side. She slowly walked onto the stage and turned around to face the crowd. The reporters fought to be the first to question her.
"Tangning, your name is number one in search rankings and it continues to stay up there. Did you pay for that position?"
"Tangning, you and Mo Yurou are both models of Tianyi, but, in recent years, only she has been in the limelight. Have you been frozen by the company, so you were envious of her fame?"
"Tangning, did you create this mess for hype?"
Facing the chaotic scene, the company's staff quickly stepped out to hold back the reporters, putting everything back in control. Finally, Tangning was allowed to speak.
"First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for giving the company a damaged reputation and causing everyone to question Miss Mo Yurou's integrity."
"At the hf Crown's Star Show, I made the decision myself, unknown to my company and Mo Yurou, to appear on stage. Everything that has happened has nothing to do with my company, Tianyi nor Miss Mo Yurou."
"I was...indeed trying to create hype! But, my manager has nothing to do with it, she was merely being used by me. I have decided to take on all the responsibility. Thank you for your patience, Thank you."
After Tangning spoke, the hall was in an uproar...
The reporters weren't at ease...they had never seen a celebrity admit to her wrongdoings so easily and in such a straightforward manner. Other people would have tried to avoid the situation, but she had taken on all the blame, claiming it had nothing to do with her manager, company or Mo Yurou.
Tangning thought with that, everything was over. But, unexpectedly, Han Yufan had prepared something else. In order to confirm that she was an attention seeker, he allowed the artists' director to approach Tangning and face the media, "This was not the first time she has done something like this. But...the company and I will give her one last chance. Tangning, I hope you can learn from your mistakes and not step over the line again."
Not the first time...the purpose of those words were to obviously push back Long Jie's claims. Now it seemed, every time she had substituted Mo Yurou in the past, was to create hype for herself.
Han Yufan, you are ruthless!
Tangning remained silent as she gave an apologetic bow to the media. Then, with the protection of the company's staff, she was escorted out of the main hall...
In an instant, the netizens were filled with hate. Since Tangning had admitted everything outright, the public only saw what was on the surface and were filled with anger. Even the staff at Hai Rui treated the matter like a laughing stock.
Coming out of a meeting, Mo Ting overheard his staffs' discussions. He turned to look at his assistant who quickly revealed what had happened at the press conference today. "President, did you want to do something to assist Miss Tang?"
"Not just yet, I want to see how she will deal with it herself," Mo Ting replied gently. He had already mentioned before that he was curious how Tangning would react. Because he had helped her the last two times, he wanted to see how she would resolve this issue herself.
As Mo Ting's wife, was she really going to let something like this discourage her?
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Yunyi
Yunyi
I'm so glad Tangning found out about Han Yufan's affair before they got married. He is such a scheming person and so ruthless towards Tangning. She is lucky to have found Mo Ting.
This novel is published in serial form. The release schedule is 2 chapters a day, 1 at 9am and 1 at 2pm (server time +8).
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