However, it had nothing to do with her.
After their conversation, Gu Ruochu opened WeChat and realized that a stranger had added her as a friend. It was Jin Ye.
Looking at Jin Ye's profile picture, she saw that he looked like a cute cat. His username was Afternoon, and his profile description was, 'Lazy, lonely, and cold.'
"..."
If the cute profile picture did not fit Jin Ye's cold and aloof setting, then his popular online username from a few years ago gave her the feeling of a critical hit.
'Non-mainstream motherf*cker.'
Gu Ruochu looked at this internet nickname that was from her time in middle school. She thought of those years when non-mainstream had been wanton, and the corners of her mouth could not help but twitch. However, she also felt that it was a little funny.
Jin Ye's image on the outside had always been cold and aloof. She did not expect that in private, he could be coquettish.
Gu Ruochu clicked on the friend request and accepted it. She then sent the company's address to his WeChat.
He did not respond. Gu Ruochu guessed that he must have seen it and put away her phone.
"Yichen, how's the collection of data on the cosmetics brand that Gu Yanwei is endorsing coming along?"
Xu Yichen was typing quickly on the keyboard. "It's almost done. Even if we expose her scandal now, this dark history is more than enough."
Since Gu Yanwei had chosen to endorse the Shui Man cosmetics brand, Gu Ruochu would make sure that her accumulated sympathy and popularity would go down the drain. Her sister had courted death by going after her company.
"It's fine to expose it now. Gu Yanwei and ME have been riding high on the waves. They've received many media interviews and reports. Their exposure is at the highest it has ever been. They're even comparable to those little flower idols. Now that she's spouting nonsense to so many media outlets, I can see that there are a few rookies in our company who are ready to make a move and change companies."
At that moment, Huang Tu and Gu Ruochu were basically at the center of the storm.
Rong Xiao wanted to explode when he heard Gu Yanwei's name. That woman had been unscrupulous in her quest to be famous. She had turned Huang Tu into her stepping stone.
"There's no need for that. It's not the time yet." Gu Ruochu was much calmer than Rong Xiao. "The more complacent she is now, the more miserable she'll be when she falls."
"All right, I'll listen to you!" Rong Xiao could not wait any longer.
Before Jin Ye arrived, Gu Ruochu's received a phone call from a strange number.
"Where are you?"
When she heard Zhou Yunxi's voice, Gu Ruochu had the urge to hang up the phone immediately.
Zhou Yunxi knew that Gu Ruochu hated her, so she quickly said, "I won't hold a grudge against you for what happened to your sister in the entertainment industry. You should issue a statement, preferably at a press conference, to apologize to the public and your sister. Otherwise, I won't allow Yanwei to let go of this grievance."
Gu Yanwei shared her mother's sentiments. She wanted Gu Ruochu to apologize and negotiate compensation. Not only would it help her boost her popularity, but she would also be able to humiliate Gu Ruochu.
Reputation was of utmost importance to the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family!
Hadn't she relied on ruining Gu Ruochu's reputation to rise to power in the first place?
"Zhou Yunxi, I'm not the one who should be apologizing. I will hold a press conference. I hope that you and my sister can look forward to it. I believe that Gu Yanwei will be very satisfied."
Gu Yanwei had benefited greatly from this matter. Nonetheless, she still wanted Gu Ruochu to lower her head in front of everyone.
Zhou Yunxi heard the sarcasm in Gu Ruochu's tone. Just as she was about to question her, she realized that her daughter had hung up.
When she called again, Gu Ruochu had blacklisted her.
"Is that Gu Yanwei?"