CHAPTER 471: CHAPTER 371: NO WAY OUT (PART 3)

"Then that’s good." Xue Qin smiled as though a heavy burden had been lifted.

This phone call was a bit baffling, but unexpectedly, the two individuals reached a sort of consensus.

After hanging up the call, Zhou Yun put the script aside.

She glanced at the time, it was already half-past eleven.

She walked to the door of the study, and listened in—Song Chi was speaking.

It seemed the meeting hadn’t concluded yet.

Zhou Yun didn’t disturb Song Chi, she went to the bedroom to change her clothes, and just as she put on her sunglasses, Zheng Xiaojue’s call came through.

She said she was downstairs.

Zhou Yun still had work to do, so she had to leave first.

She sent a message to Song Chi: Xiaoju and the others are waiting downstairs for me, I’ll head out first.

Song Chi didn’t reply immediately, and Zhou Yun guessed he probably didn’t have the time to check his phone, so she changed her shoes and left the house.

It was only after she got downstairs that Song Chi replied: Sorry, the meeting’s not over, be safe on the road.

Zhou Yun sent back a smiling face emoji.

Only after getting in the car did Zhou Yun realize Sister Lan was also there.

Zhou Lan was sitting in the passenger seat, turned her head to look at Zhou Yun and asked, "Isn’t Song Chi at home today? Why didn’t he come down to see you off?"

Usually, if Song Chi was at home when Zhou Yun went out to work, he would always see her to the car.

"He’s in a meeting." Zhou Yun asked, "Sister Lan, why are you here today too?"

Nowadays, Zhou Lan rarely accompanied Zhou Yun to business events, only attending alongside her for more high-profile engagements.

Zhou Lan said, "I want to talk to you about something."

"Oh." Zhou Yun nodded.

"Do you know who the top female celebrity that everyone in the circle’s been talking about, the pregnant one, is?" Zhou Lan asked.

Zhou Yun, of course, knew but she still kept the promise she made to Lew Qingqing, pretending she didn’t know.

Zhou Lan said: "It’s Lew Qingqing."

Zhou Yun was not the least bit surprised, only feeling it was as expected.

For a female celebrity of Lew Qingqing’s caliber, even if her career hadn’t flourished in the past year, she was still not lacking in attention.

The news of her pregnancy couldn’t have been hidden for long.

After all, pregnancy isn’t a minor occurrence.

"How... how was she discovered?" Zhou Yun was curious about this aspect.

Zhou Lan said: "Someone from her team found out and sold the news."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yun immediately frowned.

Could it be that Lew Qingqing was betrayed by someone in her own circle?

Zhou Lan glanced at Zheng Xiaojue and said: "Now, that person from her team has been fired. After this kind of incident, no one will want to work with them anymore. However, the news of Lew Qingqing’s pregnancy has already spread. I heard Lew Qingqing had looked for help before hoping to hide her pregnancy, but she was rejected."

Zhou Yun felt a twinge in her heart.

Zhou Lan continued: "No idea who Lew Qingqing turned to, but this kind of thing... it’s likely that no one would dare to do her such a favor."

"What about Lew Qingqing now?" Zhou Yun asked, "If she’s pregnant, she probably can’t continue filming, right?"

"What are you thinking? She’s the top actress of her company, the entire company’s KPI relies on her, and she isn’t incapacitated," Zhou Lan said. "But Lew Qingqing’s pregnancy out of wedlock is a big scandal for her. Her company must be in chaos. It’s a secret that can’t be hidden; it’ll come to light sooner or later. By then, no one can predict what the public’s reaction will be. If some more conservative and traditional minds can’t stand it, and they attack Lew Qingqing for her premarital pregnancy, it could severely damage her career."

"Pregnant before marriage..." Zhou Yun slightly furrowed her brow, recalling the words Lew Qingqing said to her during their meeting, "In this day and age, would people really use this to attack Lew Qingqing?"

"Lew Qingqing has always had a very positive and gentle image on the screen, which doesn’t really align with this incident and her public image," Zhou Lan said. "But what the future holds, no one can say now. It’s possible that many people, feeling compassion when they see Lew Qingqing being attacked, might actually support her. Regardless, Lew Qingqing’s current career path will be obstructed, she’ll either need to reinvent herself or lie low and return later. Think about the roles she’s played over the years, almost always these gentle and beautiful female characters, which in a way have embellished the audience’s perception of her. Moreover, her stronghold is in TV dramas, with many older viewers, not just young fans. Once this comes out, it’s going to be a big shock to those fans."