Princess Syndrome - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Pitiful

Ji Zhiyi was too ruthless.

Just because the person hadn't accepted her love letter.

She actually cursed them to be blind!

After comparing the two, Su Lingyue realized that Ji Zhiyi’s repeated mockery about her bad memory wasn't that hard to accept. Brain food, so be it! It's at the company's expense. That's good enough! People should be content!

Su Lingyue sent out the message about changing the desserts. The people at the secretary's office suddenly realized, "Does President Ji not like ice cakes?"

"I think President Ji wants to make some drastic changes."

"How so?"

"Think about it. President Ji has been here for so long, and nothing has changed. Don't you all sometimes forget whether you're at Yilin or Su Qi? So, she has to start with the food and change our habits! It's actually to make us focus!"

"That makes sense."

What utter nonsense.

A sentence popped into Su Lingyue's head, causing the hand that was typing to pause.

She turned her head to look around.

Everyone was still focused on the question of why Ji Zhiyi suddenly wanted to change the desserts. No one was paying attention to her. Su Lingyue touched her nose and went to get some water. She immersed herself in work for the entire afternoon, not even glancing at Ji Zhiyi’s office.

Occasionally, Ji Zhiyi would look up from her office. Through the glass, she saw that Su Lingyue was either reviewing data or discussing work matters with her colleagues beside her.

Her expression was serious and focused.

She was rather impressive.

It wasn't until it was nearly time to get off work that Su Lingyue brought the compiled documents to Ji Zhiyi's office. She was on the phone. She glanced at Su Lingyue, indicating for her to put the documents on the bookshelf behind her. She didn't hesitate and, after brushing past Ji Zhiyi, she put the documents on the shelf. Then she heard Ji Zhiyi say, "Okay, Mr. Yang, see you tonight."

Mr. Yang?

Su Lingyue asked, "President Ji, aren't you supposed to have dinner with Yang Zhizhi tonight?"

Ji Zhiyi said, "I'm also introducing you to someone."

Although Su Lingyue was full of questions, she didn't say much, and just nodded and left the office.

When she was about to get off work, she unexpectedly saw news about Lin Fei.

When she was still at the Su family, she followed many artists and had many followers on Weibo, but she had never interacted with them. She had followed Lin Fei back then because she was going to endorse Su Qi's products. In Su Lingyue’s eyes, Lin Fei was a hardworking and talented artist, but unfortunately, her luck was not good. She had met with an accident and had to rest for more than half a year. She had also lost her resources. Afterward, she had filmed one or two dramas, but they had failed to be released for various reasons, so her popularity had declined. But she still had a large following. After all, she was a child star, and she was very popular with the audience. She was not an artist who was forgotten by the audience.

Therefore, when the news that she was about to terminate her contract with Su Qi came out, it made headlines.

Many people didn't believe it: [Impossible, right? Back then, Su Qi said that they would collaborate with Lin Fei for three years.]

[Actually, Su Qi has already done its duty. Lin Fei hasn’t had any resources these past two years and they still didn’t change the spokesperson.]

[I agree. Su Qi is still pretty good. I guess changing the spokesperson is because of business changes. Wasn't the boss in a car accident not long ago? They have a new boss now, so what does it matter if they get a new spokesperson?]

[Are the people upstairs all PR? Am I not hearing this wrong? Done its duty? When they were sucking Lin Fei's blood, they weren't saying that.]

[Although I don't really like Lin Fei, if they really terminate the contract, isn't Su Qi just slapping themselves in the face?]

[Just do your job as PR. Can you at least be honest? How many shoe endorsements has Lin Fei turned down because of Su Qi? I gave you my heart, and you try to rip out my heart? Su Qi, you’re awesome!]

[It’s not like your sister is really popular. She hasn’t had a project in two years. What a piece of trash!]

One sentence caused a huge stir.

It was fine to discuss the matter, but it was a bit irrational to make personal attacks. The anger that Lin Fei's fans had been holding back for the past two years had nowhere to go, so they went crazy after hearing these words!

Besides, Lin Fei had had an accident.

No one should say such things!

A heated debate broke out online. As Su Lingyue was scrolling through Weibo and watching the two sides argue, she received a phone call from Chu Yi.

Chu Yi had just gotten off work. She had just left the office when she called Su Lingyue. She said, "That woman is furious."

Su Lingyue asked, "What happened?"

Chu Yi said, "It's said that Zhou Yan had made the decision on his own to invite Yang Zhizhi to the company and offer a high price to make Yang Zhizhi the new spokesperson. Lin Fei found out about this. Lin Fei went to the company and happened to hear about the new spokesperson. She went to find Zhou Yan, and they had a falling out."

Su Lingyue nodded: "What about the news online?"

Chu Yi said, "I don't know. Maybe some paparazzo leaked it."

Su Lingyue bit her lip.

Would the paparazzi be that fast?

Moreover, this was Su Qi's scandal. According to Zhou Shiyu's style, she would definitely buy out this news first. It was strange that it was leaked. Su Lingyue was silent. Chu Yi laughed: "Oh, that's interesting."

She asked, "What is?"

Chu Yi said, "It's interesting that you're actually taking the initiative to care about Lin Fei's matters."

In the past, she never cared about anything outside of her own business. She just focused on being a couch potato.

Even when she mentioned Zhou Shiyu, Su Lingyue didn’t even raise an eyebrow.

But now, she was taking the initiative to care about Lin Fei?

There was something fishy going on here.

Or rather, Su Lingyue had been acting quite strange recently.

She was strangely like a normal person.

Chu Yi knew that this sentence sounded strange. Su Lingyue was normal to begin with, but she used to be a normal person without any emotions. Now she was beginning to have emotions.

She had even sent her an exclamation point today!

Could it be that Ji Zhiyi had tortured her too badly?

Thinking this, she felt a bit sorry for Su Lingyue and asked, "Has Ji Zhiyi calmed down yet?"

Su Lingyue said, "No."

Then she said, "It's good that she hasn't calmed down yet."

Chu Yi was confused: "Huh?"

Su Lingyue couldn’t explain to her Ji Zhiyi’s elegant methods of revenge, so she simply said, "I'll tell you later."

Chu Yi scratched her head: "Okay."

Su Lingyue said, "I'm hanging up."

When she looked up, she saw Ji Zhiyi walking out of the office. Su Lingyue quickly picked up her bag and followed her.

Dinner was still at Haotai, in a private room on the second floor. This time, it was a slightly larger room. On the way there, Ji Zhiyi was looking at her tablet. Su Lingyue, who was sitting beside her, saw that the tablet wasn't showing reports. It was actually Weibo. She was seriously watching people argue.

Did she have this hobby?

Ji Zhiyi scrolled through the comments on Weibo. Seeing that the arguments were getting more heated, they had gone from one trending topic to two or three.

It was obvious that Su Qi was trying hard to suppress it.

But it was like they were going against Su Qi.

As soon as they suppressed it, it would be pushed back up in no time.

And it would be even more popular and eye-catching.

Zhou Shiyu was furious. Zhou Yan stood in front of her, like a log. She threw a file at him, hitting Zhou Yan, and said, "Is this what you call a good idea?"

Zhou Yan said, "Sis, I've already asked around. Yang Zhizhi has an older brother who’s the sales director at Baoshun. Isn’t Ji Zhiyi trying to get in contact with Baoshun? She's trying to find another way in. We can't let her succeed!"

Zhou Shiyu said, "So you went ahead and negotiated with Yang Zhizhi?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand: "Anyway, I’ve already checked. Lin Fei’s contract is almost up. We can give her more compensation for the termination, it’s not..."

Zhou Shiyu was furious: "Not what?"

"Have you seen how they are scolding us online?"

Zhou Yan didn't care: "Sis, what do people online know? They're just a bunch of people who follow the trends. Once we have signed Yang Zhizhi, her fans will be the ones speaking up for us. We won’t have to do anything."

"The high price that Ji Zhiyi is offering isn't for Yang Zhizhi, it’s for Yang Zhizhi's brother to see." Zhou Yan said, "We've been under attack from all sides for the past few months. This tie-up with Baoshun isn’t going well either. If we let Ji Zhiyi sign Yang Zhizhi, she will be even more powerful and it will be even harder for us."

He walked up to Zhou Shiyu: "Sis, do you think Dingsheng really wants to help us? Won't we have to rely on ourselves?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Shiyu’s anger gradually faded.

Although Zhou Yan was a scoundrel, what he said was not unreasonable.

Lin Fei's influence now was no longer enough to support their dying Su Qi. They needed a stimulant, and Yang Zhizhi was that stimulant. However, Zhou Yan was stupid, and he used the worst possible method.

She calmed down and said, "You go make an appointment with Lin Fei for dinner."

Zhou Yan was confused: "Lin Fei? Shouldn't we be making an appointment with Yang Zhizhi?"

Zhou Shiyu said, "You make an appointment with Yang Zhizhi."

Zhou Yan understood and went out to make the call.

As Ji Zhiyi was about to get out of the car, a message popped up at the top of her screen.

Zhou Shiyu had made an appointment with Lin Fei for dinner tomorrow night.

Ji Zhiyi swiped away the message and continued to look at the arguments on Weibo. Although Lin Fei hadn't had any projects in the past two years, her fans were just as aggressive as they had been before. In fact, because they hadn't had any way to vent over the past two years, they were even more fierce now. The comments section was gradually becoming one-sided. She looked at it for a few minutes and heard Su Lingyue say, "President Ji, we're here."

She closed the tablet and handed it to Su Lingyue.

Su Lingyue placed it beside her.

The two of them got out of the car, one after the other. In the distance, they saw Yang Zhizhi walking towards them with her bag. Su Lingyue reminded, "President Ji, it's Miss Yang."

Ji Zhiyi stopped and waited for a few seconds.

Yang Zhizhi, with her assistant, approached with a smile, and she reached out her hand to greet Ji Zhiyi. Ji Zhiyi smiled and said, "Good evening, Miss Yang."

Yang Zhizhi shook her hand: "Good evening, President Ji."

Ji Zhiyi said with a smile, "I took the liberty. There is another friend inside."

Hearing this, Yang Zhizhi showed no surprise. Ji Zhiyi examined her expression and saw her smile: "Then President Ji will have to pay for the meal tonight."

Ji Zhiyi smiled: "It’s my pleasure."

Su Lingyue, who was standing beside her, nodded slightly at Yang Zhizhi, then didn't say anything else. Yang Zhizhi's gaze fell on her. Su Lingyue didn't change. She still had her listless and calm expression. She followed Ji Zhiyi into the lobby. A server quickly came over to lead them to the elevator.

As she watched the floor numbers go down, Su Lingyue tossed her hair. Yang Zhizhi stood beside her and smelled a faint fragrance.

It was Su Lingyue's perfume. The scent was faint and long-lasting. She didn't know what perfume it was.

She had smelled it during the read-through the other day.

She had even asked her assistant to find several perfumes, but none of them smelled like this.

Yang Zhizhi moved one step closer to Su Lingyue.

Ji Zhiyi glanced at her movements. When the elevator was about to arrive, she said, "Assistant Su, please go to the car and bring the tablet over."

Su Lingyue looked at Ji Zhiyi, puzzled.

What did they need a tablet for at dinner?

Was she going to look at those arguments and eat even better?

She didn't understand, but she forced a smile and said, "Okay, President Ji."

Inside that sweet smile...

There was a hint of resentment.

Yang Zhizhi's assistant glanced at Su Lingyue, and her eyes showed a hint of pity.

She had always heard that Ji Zhiyi was targeting Su Lingyue. Today, she had seen it with her own eyes. She didn't even give her the right to go up the elevator with Ji Zhiyi.

She was so pitiful!

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