CHAPTER 344: PUBLIC EYE

Cai Xiaojing sent the schedule and work plan to Wen Nuan’s iPad. Wen Nuan opened it and saw that her schedule for the next half month was packed. She was going to have to ask for more leave from school.

Wen Nuan sighed. "Sister Xiaojing, please coordinate my schedule with my class schedule next time. Please try to arrange work in A City. After all, I’m still a student, and I can’t skip as many classes as I did last semester."

"I know," Cai Xiaojing said with a smile. "Movie promotions are a necessity. After this promotion tour, I’ll schedule work according to your class schedule. Besides, most of the time you’ll be filming in Jingde in the future, so it won’t delay your studies."

Wen Nuan nodded and buried her head in her game. Cai Xiaojing glanced at her. "Have you checked your Weibo these past few days?"

"No."

"Try not to go there if you can," Cai Xiaojing said. Wen Nuan looked up from her game and gave a wry smile. "Are there a lot of people yelling at me?"

Cai Xiaojing hummed in agreement. The car turned onto the bridge, and she continued as she drove, "Most artists who get to your level have an agent, an assistant, a bodyguard, and a whole team to handle their scandals, exposure, and public image. I’m doing the work of ten people and only have you as my client, so to save resources, I haven’t given you a team. You made a big splash at the Golden Chapter Awards and also offended Li Yuanyuan.

Both of you are Anning artists. First, Li Yuanyuan will feel unbalanced, and her fans will definitely cause a scene on your page. Second, other artists’ teams will also send trolls to yell at you and at her to stir up internal conflict between Anning artists. Your fans are also not few, so when the two fan groups start arguing, the whole place becomes a mess.

Ever since Weibo came out, the mystery between celebrities and the public has lessened, and transparency has increased. Anything can stir up trouble. It’s been lively on the pages of you and Li Yuanyuan, as well as Hua Yun’s group. There’s all kinds of mean things being said. For now, it’s better if you don’t go there. Just pretend you don’t know anything. What you don’t see won’t bother you."

"I understand." Wen Nuan smiled faintly, with a hint of bitterness. She turned her head to look at the tall buildings outside the window. Winning Best Actress had brought her a lot of insults. Artists were talking behind her back, and her classmates were saying mean things to her face.

Gossip can hurt without leaving a mark.

"Nuan, as a public figure, it’s normal to have both praise and criticism. You can’t please everyone. If you make one little mistake, people will latch onto it. So don’t pay too much attention to what others say. Just focus on doing what you need to do. You’ll only worry yourself sick over the other things. The insults on Weibo will die down in a few days. It’s nothing." Cai Xiaojing thought she was upset about this and tried to comfort her.

This wasn’t too serious. Cursing people out online took no skill. Although the mainstream media wasn’t biased toward Wen Nuan, they didn’t dare to outright expose the inner workings of the Golden Chapter Awards.

Besides, which awards ceremony didn’t have inner workings?

Even the first round of voting with ID numbers could be faked, let alone the later rounds.

The mainstream media didn’t say much, and with a heavyweight like Cheng Yu writing a column for Wen Nuan, it basically silenced a lot of people in the industry. The rest were too afraid to say anything because of Second Young Master Ye.

Everyone was already talking about the unusual relationship between Ye Feimo and Wen Nuan, so letting the rumors spread wasn’t a bad thing for Wen Nuan.

"Sister Xiaojing, you’re overthinking it. I won’t take this little thing to heart," Wen Nuan said with a smile. "I’m worried about something else."

"You and Mr. Ye argued?"

"Something like that."

"Why?" Cai Xiaojing asked. She felt like she was becoming Wen Nuan’s all-purpose manager, handling everything and anything. It was truly not easy.

"Yesterday, Han Bi told me that she and Ye Feimo had a child. I misunderstood her and thought she had given birth to the child and was planning to use the child as a trump card to win Feimo back. Later, Feimo said that the child was lost a long time ago. I just feel a little uncomfortable," Wen Nuan said, never hiding anything from Cai Xiaojing. "I’m just making myself feel terrible. The watch, the child, Feimo’s stomach problems, I’m always worried about his feelings. I know it’s not right, but I can’t calmly say to him, ’Oh, Feimo, it’s okay, that’s in the past, it’s not important. Even if you brought a seven-year-old child home, I would smile and say, it’s okay, it’s in the past.’ I can’t be that generous."

"Oh my god, Han Bi told you about this?" Cai Xiaojing muttered.

Wen Nuan turned to her. "Sister Xiaojing, you knew about this too?"

"...I did. I was her agent at the time," Cai Xiaojing said guiltily. They had intentionally hidden this from Wen Nuan. They felt it was in the past and there was no need to bring it up. Who would randomly bring up that Han Bi was pregnant with Ye Feimo’s child?

"Then why didn’t you tell me?"

"Why would I tell you? Out of nowhere? If I told you, you would go home and have a fight with Mr. Ye, and he would come after me." Cai Xiaojing said with a laugh. The car got off the bridge and stopped at a traffic light. Cai Xiaojing continued, "When Han Bi got pregnant, she was completely lost. I only found out about her and Mr. Ye’s relationship later.

At the time, I told her not to have a boyfriend. Han Bi hid it from me because she was afraid I would find out. When she got pregnant, she was scared. At the time, she had a really good TV series lined up, and if she was pregnant, she definitely couldn’t film it. The moment I found out, I told her to get rid of the baby. Han Bi was only 19 at the time, and her career was just starting. She couldn’t keep the baby.

She had already found a small hospital to have an abortion. On the day of the surgery, I went to the hospital to get things ready. Han Bi was a second-tier artist, and if this got out, it would be a scandal. Anning would freeze her out. I had everything ready, but Han Bi didn’t show up. I called her, and she said she regretted it and wanted to have the baby.

I wanted to talk to her about the baby. I was also in a difficult position. As her agent, I had to prioritize her future and convince her to get rid of the baby. But she refused, and I couldn’t force her, so I had to turn down the TV series. It would take almost a year for her to be pregnant, give birth, and recover. I had already made a plan for her. If she wanted to have the baby, she could.

We would just keep it a secret. But her disappearance for almost a year would be a problem. I helped her apply for a one-year study opportunity in the United States. I was planning to take her to the US so she could secretly have the baby and come back. That way, no one would know. After I took care of all the paperwork, Han Bi had an accident. She had a miscarriage."