After Going Viral on a Dating Show, I'm Pampered by All-Chapter 242: Mrs. Sang’s Good Intentions Backfire

Sang Qiao leisurely browsed through the trending searches, and sure enough, there wasn’t any comment defending Lin Weichen or Li Qingyan, and even Rose Entertainment was criticized brutally.

"Sister Qiao, should we contact someone to suppress the trending topics? Should we push down all comments related to these issues?"

The middle-aged lady asked, as with the involvement of the public, it was hard to control the direction of the comments, and it wasn’t easy to whitewash the situation.

Two young newcomers had continuously won roles over veterans and even award-winning actors in big productions, and the dramas haven’t even aired yet, which indeed lacked credibility.

"No need, doing that would indirectly admit that there’s insider manipulation involved with their roles. Let’s just tell Li Qingyan and Lin Weichen to ignore the comments for now and focus on filming well."

"Yes, I’ll call their agents right away."

"Mhm."

Sang Qiao opened WeChat, scrolled through, and found the director of Lin Weichen’s film, "Director Wang, hello, this is Sang Qiao. Could you please send me Lin Weichen’s audition clip if it’s convenient?"

After sending the message, she set her phone aside and waited for a reply.

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Sang Mansion

Mrs. Sang had recently created a new account and followed Sang Qiao and all the artists under Rose Entertainment, even those without any fans.

As soon as the trending searches about Rose Entertainment came out, she saw them. Initially, she tried to explain and calm things down nicely, but no one believed her, and even her Weibo account got flooded.

"This account following seems to be a throwaway, right? Someone from Rose Entertainment itself?"

"I’m dying of laughter, all the comments are about Sang Qiao, could it be Sang Qiao’s throwaway account?"

"I’m speechless, has Sang Qiao gotten too arrogant with her popularity? Too scared to throw insults with her main account, so she uses a throwaway to fight back? Instead of bickering here, she should focus on nurturing good artists!"

Mrs. Sang hastily edited her reply, "I’m not Sang Qiao’s throwaway account, just a fan."

"Yeah right, a ’fan’ who only follows Rose Entertainment artists, posts only about Sang Qiao, even uses the same IP—right."

"I really can’t stand people like Sang Qiao, I hope Si Chenli breaks up with her soon."

"Add to that, she hasn’t forgiven my dear Brother Sang Shen. She’s too proud, if it weren’t for Sang Qiao being so petty, why would their family be in discord? Any injuries she suffered are all in the past, and she’s living well now, why not be more generous?"

"The truth hasn’t even come out yet, isn’t it too arbitrary to condemn my Sister Qiao?"

"Here comes Sang Qiao’s lapdog again, so annoying, just don’t want to see."

"As a mere outsider, but with the recent trending searches, I’ve totally turned against Sang Qiao."

Mrs. Sang typed frantically trying to explain, but all in vain, and in her panic, she handed her phone to Sang Shen next to her.

"Shen’er, think of something quickly. I meant to help Qiaoqiao, but now the online criticism against her has grown even fiercer."

Sang Shen was already dealing with this issue, looking for someone to suppress the trending topics and drafting a good PR copy for clarification.

Seeing his mother’s independent actions only heightening the trending topics and turning the public against Qiaoqiao alone irritated him.

"Mom, why are you messing around with a throwaway account? This only makes things harder for Qiaoqiao."

"I... I just wanted to help Qiaoqiao. I was scared to post from my main account, I feared..."

Mrs. Sang’s voice grew weaker and weaker; she feared everyone would think her pretentious and was also afraid of Qiaoqiao mocking her actions.

"In the future, just stop making things worse by using your main account to clarify that it was your secondary account—leave the rest to me," Sang Shen sighed deeply, ending the conversation there.

Mrs. Sang couldn’t help but have her eyes redden; she was unable to help at all and even made things more difficult for Qiaoqiao.

"Sang Shen, is there anything I can help you with? Why haven’t you been out filming recently?" Sang Zheng leaned in, his face all smiles trying to ingratiate himself.

He was out of cash now, and the old man was not willing to give more, which was killing him.

"What’s there to film? Anyway, they don’t need my money," Sang Shen said with self-mockery, his condition fluctuating between clarity and degradation.

He could hardly even steal a look at Qiaoqiao; he was utterly helpless.

"Why don’t you give it to me then? I’ve got an investment in mind recently. Once I make money, I can buy a new mansion and we can all live together, how about that?"

"I wouldn’t give it to you even if I threw it away, get lost," Sang Shen sneered.

His assistant quickly sent him a draft, which he copied and posted.

Mrs. Sang also logged into her main account to clarify for everyone; she set all posts related to Jiaojiao to private visibility.

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Rose Entertainment

Meng Jiahe watched as the online sentiment grew increasingly against their company, even blaming Sang Qiao personally—she nearly died of anger. Those online friends who just judge by appearances!

"Sang Qiao, I think it’s no use posting Lin Weichen’s audition clips to prove he got the role by merit. The current online sentiment is all hurling abuse at you, there are even some malicious curses!"

As soon as Meng Jiahe’s voice fell, two new notifications popped up on her phone screen.

Sang Shen V: [Lost the role against Li Qingyan due to personal reasons, there’s no insider manipulation involved, please don’t speculate blindly, and pay more attention to my upcoming plans.]

Mrs. Sang V: [(Screenshot) This is my secondary account, do not misunderstand Sang Qiao.]

"Is the sky falling? I can understand Sang Shen messaging for you, he really is like a suck-up, but Mrs. Sang speaking up for you too? That childish secondary account was hers?"

Meng Jiahe didn’t have time to comment, her face full of shock—she had witnessed how much Mrs. Sang detested Sang Qiao, almost to the point of wishing her dead.

So even after Jiaojiao betrayed Mrs. Sang, she didn’t think Mrs. Sang could realize her own mistake.

But now...

Sang Qiao posted Lin Weichen’s audition clips and makeup preview clips nonchalantly, then lazily glanced at the latest two messages.

"It’s useless."

Meng Jiahe lowered her head to look at the comments on her phone, "...!"

The abuse was fiercer, some even claimed Mrs. Sang and Sang Shen were forced to post.

[Lady, how could you delete all of your and Jiaojiao’s posts? Were you threatened?]

[Did Sang Qiao’s secondary account mess bring Mrs. Sang out to take the blame?] freewebnøvel.coɱ

[Lady, if someone is covering your mouth, just blink your eyes. Sang Qiao cannot cover the sky with one hand!]

Meng Jiahe felt she was about to die from frustration, whispering resentfully, "Mrs. Sang rather not speak for you at all; it’s making things worse. Most doubts are because of her, after all, she previously despised you so much, and now her change of attitude is too sudden."

"Being criticized is normal, just ignore it," Sang Qiao muttered reassuringly, her red lips trembling slightly. In the entertainment realm, pleasing everyone is difficult.

She had realized this truth long ago. At this moment, seeing these misunderstandings and disagreements about her operational style online, her heart remained undisturbed.

"Why not spend money to suppress it," Meng Jiahe suggested, her face bitter.