Chapter 78: The Shen Family’s Concern

Shi Heng was now publicly known as Jiang Sui’s manager. Naturally, business inquiries began to come directly to him. Since Shi Heng had taken over, Jiang Sui simply followed his arrangements. She had chosen to work with Shi Heng, after all, and she fully respected the dedication of this top-tier manager.

No sooner had she hung up the phone than she received a notification on WeChat. Both Xu Manman and Li Lan had sent messages expressing their concern.

Xu Manman wrote: “Jiang Sui, what’s going on? Are you all right? How did you run into trouble—did you offend someone? Oh, and I just saw Bai Xixue’s fans insulting you online. The netizens think her fans started it so they've cursed them right back. Sis, you really draw storms wherever you go—your ability to attract fans is amazing, I’m honestly a little jealous~”

Xu Manman hadn’t been close to her before, but ever since they’d appeared on the parenting reality show together, she’d become much more friendly. Jiang Sui attributed this change to Xu Manman’s dislike of Bai Xixue—after being repeatedly slighted by Bai Xixue, Xu Manman had begun to take Jiang Sui’s side.

In the original script, Xu Manman was a bit of a schemer, but she’d never done anything truly malicious. She’d made a few sarcastic remarks about Bai Xixue in front of everyone, then rashly tried to spread some blackmail material, causing Bai Xixue embarrassment twice. After that, she’d been promptly sidelined by the industry.

Li Lan’s message, on the other hand, was filled with righteous indignation.

“In broad daylight, people still dare do such things—it’s outrageous! You’re so popular now, little sister, you must be more careful. Some crazed fans will stop at nothing! Take it from me, I’ve seen it all—they’re capable of anything!”

Jiang Sui replied to both of them with polite, formulaic responses, maintaining their relationships. After all, in the original script, the three of them had shared a kind of mutual misfortune.

But after dealing with their messages, Jiang Sui noticed even more notifications. What caught her eye were the message boxes from her mother Lin Hui and her two brothers from the Shen family.

Lin Hui’s concern was only natural—after all, they were mother and daughter. But the Shen brothers? Had they removed her from their blacklist?

Shen Qian asked, “What happened? Were you hurt?”

Shen Li messaged, “Why didn’t you tell us when something like this happened? What, now that you’ve called us ‘brother’ you just cut ties? I knew you were just fooling us, pretending to get close to us. And now when something serious happens, not a word from you?”

Jiang Sui was speechless. How had a minor incident escalated into a personal attack?

She looked at the long string of angry, abusive messages the original owner had sent, each marked with a red exclamation point, and then at the concerned words from her brothers after being taken off the blacklist. Silently, she deleted all those past abusive records.

They were truly an eyesore.

Then she began replying to Lin Hui and her two brothers, assuring them that she was fine, that it was all a false alarm, and things weren’t as exaggerated as they seemed online.

Lin Hui responded, “That’s good. You scared me to death. As long as you’re all right. If anything happens, you must tell me.”

Truth be told, Lin Hui’s worry extended beyond this incident. She feared that Jiang Sui’s visit the other day, and their apparent reconciliation, had all been a dream. She was anxious that if she reached out again, she’d be met with silence or another outburst.

But upon receiving Jiang Sui’s obedient, thoughtful reply, Lin Hui’s heart was finally at ease. It wasn’t a dream—her daughter had truly changed, and their relationship had genuinely improved.