From Villain to Cherished: Counter My Role by Pampering Kids

Zuo Keren saw it and laughed, "You guys have such a good relationship. But, Hua Bao, if you want to see Brother Meng Zhi in the future, you can come play at Aunt's house."

"Aunt Zuo, can we come over?"

"Of course you can." Zuo Keren laughed, then reached out to touch her head.

"Then Aunt, if you have time, you can also bring Brother Meng Zhi over to play with us!"

"Sure." Zuo Keren laughed.

She couldn't wish for anything more; she really likes the little ones. She decided to adopt Meng Zhi not only because she wanted to raise a child, but also because she saw him trending and thought he looked pitiful, which moved her to want to adopt him.

After Zuo Keren's car left, Su Xingwan took the three little ones upstairs.

**

After dealing with Meng Zhi's matter, Su Xingwan continued shooting a short drama. Early this morning, Director Jiang saw her and quickly said, "Did you know you're on the hot search?"

She shook her head, "I didn't know."

"Haven't you been online?"

"I've been busy these days, so I haven't been online."

Director Jiang handed his phone to her.

"Here, take a look for yourself; it's that Zhang Tianliu. People online are saying you're trying to ride his coattails."

Although this matter wouldn't hurt Su Xingwan's foundation, it still brought her quite an influence.

Su Xingwan saw the video trending and was surprised. Wasn't this the Zhang Tianliu she incidentally ran into while shopping with the three little ones a few days ago?

She distinctly remembered the hot search previously had a decent opinion of her.

Why did it quickly turn to negative reviews?

Director Jiang also said, "The previous comments about you were quite friendly; this past few days, who knows what happened, but people online are saying you're shamelessly trying to ride Zhang Tianliu's coattails."

"Even though it's not a good evaluation, at least it got you some exposure."

These negative details didn't hurt Su Xingwan one bit. They couldn't affect her temporarily. After all, bad fame is still fame; as long as there's traffic, it's fine.

In Lu Group's office.

Lu Yun inadvertently saw something about Su Xingwan and immediately asked Xu Xiao to investigate what was going on with Zhang Tianliu.

Ye Yixing also called at that moment, having seen the hot search.

A few days ago, this hot search hadn't spread much, but today it suddenly rose to the top of Weibo's trending list, with almost all comments under it unfriendly towards Su Xingwan, as if someone was deliberately smearing her.

"Cousin, did Su Xingwan offend someone? Why are people online talking about her like this?"

And when exactly did Su Xingwan run into Zhang Tianliu, why didn't she tell us?

"I've already asked someone to check. We'll have news soon. How is she doing?" he asked.

"You mean Su Xingwan? She's quite alright, knows about the matter but didn't care, her attitude is quite good."

He was silent for a few seconds, "Is she in the crew now?"

"She should be, right? Do you want to go see her?"

Before Lu Yun had a chance to reply, Ye Yixing added, "I kind of want to go over there today. She's always filming short dramas, I'm curious to see how she's shooting them."

Su Xingwan received Ye Yixing's call saying they wanted to come over.

Coincidentally, they could take the three little ones to Lu Yun's company to play.

Su Xingwan's heart skipped, then she quickly refused, "You… you all better not come."

It'd be so awkward having them watch her act.

Ye Yixing looked at Lu Yun with the phone, "Cousin, she doesn't want us to go."

Lu Yun was silent.

"Then let's forget it."

Ye Yixing said, "Su Xingwan is definitely afraid of it being awkward."

He thought it was a pity she wouldn't let them watch.

After hanging up, Su Xingwan breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Xu Xiao came over and said.

"Boss, we found it; these are Zhang Tianliu's data. The hot search matter was deliberately orchestrated by their team."

"I knew that Zhang Tianliu was doing this on purpose; he's skilled at pretending to fool his fans and spending lavishly behind their backs." Ye Yixing cursed.

Lu Yun's eyes were a bit cold.

"Post some dirt about him."

"Alright, Mr. Lu!" Xu Xiao turned and walked out.

After work, Su Xingwan went to pick up the three little ones.

At night, while editing the day's video, she found online opinions about her reversed.

The reason was another hot search about Zhang Tianliu was pushed to the top, exposing him in a post by an anonymous user.

Clicking in to see, it was a bunch of pixelated photos, capturing scenes of Zhang Tianliu's ambiguous interaction and kissing with a female fan.

People online exploded instantly.

Some fans expressed disbelief that their idol would act like this.

Others defended him, claiming he was framed, some saying there's nothing wrong with treating female fans as girlfriends.

Anyway, opinions varied.

There were those cursing him, some defending him, and others feeling jealous of the female fans.

The next morning, Zhang Tianliu woke up to the dirt on him, angry.

He quickly called his assistant and team.

When the call connected, he started cursing viciously.

"Who is the poster? Go investigate it!"

"If you can't find them, you're all fired!"

For top-stream celebrities, it can be like this, with absolute authority over their team.

After all, they rely on him for livelihood. Upon hearing him, they could only nod fearfully.

His manager was slightly calmer, "Brother Zhang, did we offend anyone? Or maybe we've been sabotaged by a rival, isn't your competitor always envious of your endorsement?"

Zhang Tianliu said viciously, "Ten to one it's his tricks, he couldn't stand me trending and riding on my flow, so deliberately targeted me."

"Thinking of exposing my dirt, I'll catch his weakness and crush him!"

Luckily, this matter could still be salvaged, the poster didn't go too far, they still had some leeway.

After a round of public relations operations, the hot search was finally removed.

The assistant ran over nervously and said, "Brother Zhang, President Wang's daughter will be celebrating her eighteenth birthday soon. President Wang plans to host a big party; his daughter adores you, so he wants to invite you to her birthday banquet."

"Where's the invitation?"

"Here." The assistant handed it over.

Zhang Tianliu took it, opened it to have a look.

This President Wang is famous in Beijing for his large corporation, his banquet will surely gather many wealthy and influential people.

Finally, something good comes his way.

He thought.

Su Xingwan was browsing Zhang Tianliu's hot search, but shortly after, it suddenly disappeared.

"..."

Seems like removing hot searches for a top-stream celebrity really is a matter of minutes.

Afterward, she received a message on WeChat from Tang Muya.

[Su Xingwan, President Wang's daughter will celebrate her birthday in a few days. I've received his invitation, it says I can bring a companion, would you like to go with me?]

[Birthday banquet?]

[Yes, I thought that since you're almost done filming those short dramas, you might as well seize some opportunities at the banquet, if you meet a good director who appreciates you, you might get some good scripts.]

Su Xingwan felt somewhat tempted and agreed to Tang Muya's request.