Chapter 17: Suppressing Huo Qingyan’s arrogance
Hearing Cheng Xishi’s words, Jiang Su actually felt a little smug.
This damn competitive spirit!
“Eat, it’s getting cold,” Cheng Xishi took his phone and put it aside.
Seeing his calm expression, Jiang Su felt very anxious: “Aren’t you worried?”
“Worried about what?” Cheng Xishi looked at him with a playful smile: “Isn’t it great to be above Huo Qingyan?”
Above Huo Qingyan…
Jiang Su’s mind inexplicably flashed with images that could be censored.
He was no longer clean.
The no-longer-clean Jiang Su didn’t continue the topic: “Let’s eat.”
…
The reason Huo Qingyan and Lin Siyue were trending was similar to Jiang Su and Cheng Xishi.
But Huo Qingyan and Lin Siyue were even more impressive.
They were not only photographed getting into a car together, but also photographed going to an apartment together.
After eating breakfast, Jiang Su thanked Cheng Xishi and prepared to go home.
Before leaving, Jiang Su repeatedly said: “Regarding the trending searches, if you need my cooperation, I will fully cooperate.”
Cheng Xishi smiled gently: “Okay.”
On the way home, Jiang Su kept scrolling through Weibo.
As he scrolled, he realized something was wrong.
Originally, under his and Cheng Xishi’s trending searches, there were some scolding comments, but later, it was all “Sisters, it’s a holiday, Vegetarian CP is back” and so on.
The wording was consistent, like it was done by bots.
Who would be so bored to spend so much money buying these bots?
Could it be his and Cheng Xishi’s hardcore CP fans?
Jiang Su remembered that he did know one hardcore CP fan of him and Cheng Xishi.
That was his Second Sister, Jiang Ying.
It might not be believable, but the super topic for Vegetarian CP was actually created by Jiang Ying, the well-known CEO of Dingyue Media.
Jiang Su took out his phone and called Jiang Ying.
Jiang Ying’s voice sounded happy: “Xiao Qi.”
Jiang Su: “Second Sister, are you at the company? I’m passing by, I want to treat you to coffee.”
“I just finished a meeting.”
“I’ll be there soon.”
“Didn’t you say you were passing by?”
Jiang Su hung up the phone and told the driver: “Please change the route to Dingyue Media.”
…
Dingyue Media CEO’s office.
Jiang Ying, in a neat white suit, took a sip of coffee and looked up at Jiang Su: “Is this what you mean by treating me to coffee? Coming to my company and drinking the coffee I collect.”
Jiang Su said with a smile: “Another cup?”
Jiang Ying rolled her eyes at him: “Just say what’s on your mind, stop messing with my coffee.”
Jiang Su showed Jiang Ying the bot comments on his phone.
Jiang Ying glanced at it and looked away: “What’s this? Why are you showing me this, it has nothing to do with me.”
As she spoke, she leaned back, slightly raising her chin to appear imposing.
But her words “It has nothing to do with me” sounded like she was trying to hide something.
Jiang Su was a little helpless: “Second Sister, you’re a big company boss, how could you do such a boring thing?”
Jiang Ying snorted discontentedly: “I’ll do whatever I want, and I only bought some bots to comment, I’m not like Big Brother, spending a lot of money to compete with Huo Qingyan.”
Jiang Ying’s topic changed too quickly, and Jiang Su didn’t understand at once: “What?”
Jiang Ying realized she had slipped up: “Uh, I have another meeting later, I’m very busy, you play by yourself, I’m going first.”
As she spoke, she got up and quickly walked out.
Jiang Su: “…”
…
Huo Corporation CEO’s office.
Zhou Fu’s expression was grim as he knocked and entered: “Mr. Huo, this is the data you requested.”
Huo Qingyan had drunk quite a bit last night, and had come straight to the company after waking up, busy all morning, he now felt a headache, his slightly drowsy eyes resting against the chair.
“Mm,” hearing Zhou Fu’s voice, he only responded lightly.
Zhou Fu hesitated to speak: “Mr. Huo, there’s also something…”
Zhou Fu rarely spoke in this tone; Huo Qingyan raised his eyes to look at Zhou Fu.
“You and Mr. Lin are trending again.” Zhou Fu had just discovered this.
Huo Qingyan showed impatience: “Do I need to teach you how to handle this?”
Zhou Fu looked troubled: “It seems someone is deliberately opposing us, the trending search can’t be taken down, and not only that…”
Hearing this, Huo Qingyan slowly sat up straight: “Speak!”
Zhou Fu gritted his teeth and said, “Mr. Jiang and Cheng Xishi are also trending.”
Although Huo Qingyan had always been cold towards Jiang Su, Huo Qingyan was very possessive; Jiang Su was his, yet he was trending with Cheng Xishi, with whom he had been previously paired as a CP…
After speaking, Zhou Fu didn’t dare to look at Huo Qingyan, but he clearly felt the pressure in the room drop.
After a while, Huo Qingyan said faintly: “Cheng Xishi?”
Zhou Fu explained: “Yes, the male star who filmed a movie with Mr. Jiang before.”
Huo Qingyan sat there with a calm expression, Zhou Fu couldn’t understand his expression, and tentatively asked: “So, should we… take down the trending search?”
Huo Qingyan slightly raised his hand, signaling him to leave.
In the entire Qingyang City, there weren’t many people who had the audacity to oppose the Huo family and the financial resources to keep the trending searches up.
Besides the Jiang family, who else could it be?
Huo Qingyan recalled Zhou Fu’s words just now, and with a cold face, opened the Weibo page and clicked on the top trending search of Jiang Su and Cheng Xishi.
He only skimmed through it, and the colder his expression became as he read further.
Jiang Su actually dared to meet Cheng Xishi behind his back!
…
Jiang Ying left under the pretense of a meeting, not giving Jiang Su a chance to continue questioning.
But Jiang Su quickly understood what Jiang Ying meant.
Because he found that Huo Qingyan and Lin Siyue’s trending search hadn’t been taken down.
Normally, with Zhou Fu’s ability, he would have already told Huo Qingyan about it and handled it.
But today, the trending search had been up for several hours, indicating that someone was deliberately preventing Huo Qingyan’s people from taking it down.
Combined with Jiang Ying’s previous words, the person deliberately causing trouble was undoubtedly Jiang Zhaoyu.
Only Jiang Zhaoyu had the motive and ability.
Jiang Su called Jiang Zhaoyu several times, but no one answered.
Jiang Lichuan called Jiang Su.
“Big Brother asked me to tell you that he’s on a business trip, very busy, and won’t answer calls.”
Jiang Su: “…”
Jiang Zhaoyu obviously knew why Jiang Su was calling, clearly saying that he wouldn’t listen to Jiang Su’s advice and would continue to oppose Huo Qingyan.
Jiang Zhaoyu had a lot of authority among his peers, and no one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do.
Jiang Su chose to give up, feeling somewhat helpless: “What’s gotten into Big Brother, he’s usually such a calm person…”
Jiang Lichuan replied: “Isn’t it because he can’t stand Huo Qingyan treating you like that, he wants to suppress Huo Qingyan’s arrogance.”