Chapter 61: More Than Killing Two Birds with One Stone

At this moment, Yun Fu, still unaware that she had become the woman favored by the "great master," was coolly watching her computer screen, where the dramatic scene unfolding downstairs was displayed. Fang Miner was by no means a timid woman who relied solely on men; on the contrary, she was resolute, highly capable, and came from a powerful political family in City D. Marrying Liu Jue was already marrying beneath her station, and with Liu Jue pulling such a stunt now, the Liu family would likely be erased from the capital’s social register.

As for Ning Lan...

Watching that face on the screen, teetering on the edge of despair, Yun Fu’s lips curled in satisfaction. She had always been one to repay grievances, no matter how small. Since Ning Lan dared plot against her, she needed to be prepared for the consequences.

Her phone buzzed again—the sender was still Mo Day.

She’d known before that he was gossipy and verbose, but she hadn’t expected him to be this chatty.

[Do you need me to add more fuel to the fire, great master?] Of course, with so much drama, he couldn’t resist.

But the great master only replied with two cold words: [No need.]

That attitude stirred something in Mo Day’s long-buried memories. He suddenly thought of someone—someone just as formidable. But that person... At this thought, even the ever-cheerful Mo Day showed a trace of bitterness on his face.

Downstairs, Liu Jue could no longer care about Ning Lan. He only wanted to throw her out from the seventeenth floor.

But Ning Lan was not one to surrender easily. She knew everything was over, but she would not allow herself to die alone.

“Liu Jue!” Ning Lan suddenly flung open the window and stepped onto the ledge. “Liu Jue, I’m telling you, I really do have your child in my belly. Whether it’s truly yours, you should know best. Do you think you can walk away clean? I’m telling you, that’s impossible!”

Her eyes were bloodshot, her hair disheveled, her face covered in slap marks—she looked every inch a vengeful spirit escaped from hell.

She glared at Liu Jue with venom. “If you dare to leave, I’ll jump right now. I’ve already scheduled a post on Weibo. Once it goes out, all your dirty deeds will be made public.”

In this circle, how could Liu Jue be clean? Even if such a person existed, Liu Jue was not one of them. He had let slip a thing or two to Ning Lan during their time together—never imagining it would become her leverage against him.

Liu Jue wished she would just jump, but now he could only lower his voice to soothe her. “Xiao Lan, we’re in this together now. It’s not that simple. Come down first, we’ll handle this slowly.”

But this matter was far from simple—because the internet had already exploded.

Recently, Ning Lan had flaunted her relationship, and now she’d been caught cheating—with a married man, no less, and pregnant! The wife had caught them in the act, and the video was completely uncensored; the revolting scene was impossible to unsee.

“Damn! I’ll never be clean again! What did I just witness?”

“Does Du Xingyuan know? He’s been royally played!”

“Isn’t that man Liu Jue, the CEO of XX Entertainment? I’m afraid I’ll get banned for saying this.”

“Starlight Entertainment isn’t so bad, though. Why would Du Xingyuan lose out to that bloated, middle-aged man?”

“Who knows, but the Liu family is more powerful than the Du family. Still, Ning Lan is truly shameless!”

“This woman is disgusting. How can she still be in the entertainment industry? Get lost already!”

Netizens were truly shocked. Though everyone knew the entertainment world was dirty, seeing it exposed so blatantly was still hard to stomach.

Meanwhile, Du Xingyuan had also found out.

He was not as angry as one might expect; in fact, there was a hint of joy. He’d known about Ning Lan’s infidelity for a while, but had kept quiet since she held dirt on him. Now, she’d sunk into the mire first.

This way, no one could blame him.

A strange light flickered in Du Xingyuan’s eyes.

Soon after, netizens saw a Weibo post from the president of Starlight Entertainment, Du Xingyuan: [I ended my relationship with @NingLan three months ago. Her team is currently negotiating a contract termination with our company. Please look forward to other new projects from Starlight.]

In just a few words, the message was loaded with meaning.

First, Du Xingyuan made it clear he’d broken up with Ning Lan three months ago, implying he’d discovered her affair back then but hadn’t made it public. Whether out of pride or for appearance’s sake, he won a lot of understanding and sympathy from netizens.

Then he mentioned that Ning Lan’s team was negotiating a contract termination. Everyone knew Ning Lan was a star built up by Starlight Entertainment, and Du Xingyuan had even broken up with Yun Fu for her. No one expected it to end this way.

He also mentioned Starlight had new projects in the works, likely promoting new talent—making people see him as cold-blooded.

“After all this, all I can say is: scumbag man and trashy woman—serves them right!”

“Agreed! Weren’t they madly in love before? Said Yun Fu wasn’t worthy—what a joke! Flaunt your love, die fast!”

“Neither of them have any shame! Both are trash!”

“Ning Lan would cheat with a middle-aged man—what does that say about Du Xingyuan? Look at how quickly he’s distancing himself.”

“Really feel sorry for Yun Fu. Who knows how much she suffered at their hands.”

Du Xingyuan became the butt of online ridicule, Ning Lan was universally reviled, and as for Yun Fu, she was showered with sympathy.

#HeartacheForYunFu even trended on social media.

Curious bystanders clicked in, learned the sequence of events, and joined the outcry. There was no other reason—this despicable pair was just too revolting.

Even more dirt surfaced online, exposing how Ning Lan had tricked Yun Fu to seduce Du Xingyuan, and how Du Xingyuan’s infidelity had hurt Yun Fu. Now, it was simply karma at work.

“Du Xingyuan… Ning Lan.” A young voice murmured as he read the news online.

His gaze swept coldly across the man in the photo, his eyes icy and piercing.

If one looked closely, his features strongly resembled Fang Miner’s, though tempered by the sharpness of a man, making him even more formidable.

“Lisa, book me a flight back to the capital.”

“Yes, Secretary Fang.”

This was Fang Junming, son of Fang Miner and Liu Jue. Raised by his maternal grandparents in City B, his relationship with his father had always been distant, even bordering on aversion. As he grew older, that aversion faded into indifference.

But now, it had transformed into anger and hatred; in the political world, no one was ever soft-hearted.

Yun Fu’s phone chimed.

[Fang Junming is returning to the capital.]

Seeing this, Yun Fu raised her brows, a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Another one was coming. It seemed this time, it would be more than just hitting two birds with one stone.

How delightful.

Yun Fu swung her little feet, playing games and sipping on her milk tea, utterly at ease.