novelraw Chapter 49 : She Doesn't Love You At All
Chapter 49 : She Doesn't Love You At All
The trending topics hung on all major platforms for three full days, but Tang Tang never appeared despite public anticipation.
Tang Tang's fans, Huan-Tang CP fans, and various netizens all gathered under Tang Tang and her studio's Weibo accounts, demanding she respond to the revelations made by her former manager Qin Miao.
But three days passed, and Tang Tang still didn't appear. All they got was a statement released by Xingheng Entertainment.
Xingheng Entertainment V: Regarding recent online comments about Ms. Tang Tang, the company has launched an investigation. During the investigation, Ms. Tang Tang deeply regrets the harm caused to Ms. Shen Xiaoyu. Ms. Tang Tang will provide 5 million yuan in cash as economic compensation to Ms. Shen Xiaoyu, and Xingheng Entertainment will also provide an additional 5 million yuan in cash as emotional compensation to Ms. Shen Xiaoyu.
In view of Ms. Tang Tang's behavior, Xingheng Entertainment will impose penalties, indefinitely suspending all of Ms. Tang Tang's management and entertainment activities. We welcome supervision.
Attached were two handwritten apology letters to Shen Xiaoyu.
This blog post completely pushed the matter to another climax, and the hashtag #ShenXiaoyuBlackMaterialCausedByTangTang stayed on trending topics for a full day!
[Let me translate Xingheng Entertainment's statement: Tang Tang admits to buying trolls and manipulating public opinion to blacklist Shen Xiaoyu. The company can't clean this up, so they've shelved her]
[...So Shen Xiaoyu was innocent from beginning to end? I've been cursing the wrong person all these years?]
[More than just cursing wrong—Su Huan's fans should all kowtow to Shen Xiaoyu. If not for Shen Xiaoyu, your Sister would have been devoured completely by the entertainment industry #TheWholeInternetOwesShenXiaoyuAnApology]
[[Smiling and waving] Don't mention it. As a CP fan who cursed Shen Xiaoyu, I already want to go die]
[[Smiling and waving] Genuinely shipping CP only to ship myself a creditor, I'm truly grateful [cracking]]
[#TheWholeInternetOwesShenXiaoyuAnApology I'm in isolation, never shipping or chasing stars again [goodbye][cracking]]
[But even so, Shen Xiaoyu pushing Tang Tang down is still a fact, right? If Tang Tang miscarried, Shen Xiaoyu can't escape responsibility!]
[Fans stop whitewashing. This time I'm on Shen Xiaoyu's side. Thinking about someone causing me to be cyberbullied for sixteen years, forget pushing her down stairs—I'd have the heart to kill her!]
[Hehehe, fans saying Shen Xiaoyu pushed people can check out this expert's video [video link]. I can only say Shen Xiaoyu suffered an unprovoked disaster]
Shen Xiaoyu, anxiously waiting in the hotel, also saw that video. Clicking in, she found an expert had done frame-by-frame analysis of that day's footage. Especially in the frame where she let go, something could be seen piercing her arm in the blurry photo.
The enlarged image was very blurry, but the expert had processed it. In the fuzzy state, the outline of the object could vaguely be seen—it was a small needle.
Combined with Tang Tang previously searching for ingredients everywhere and seeing a cactus raised by a villager's child at their home.
The truth finally came to light. Shen Xiaoyu had been pricked by something, which caused her to suddenly swing her hand away. Based on force analysis, even if Tang Tang was pushed, she couldn't have directly fallen down the stairs.
The expert did motion analysis, concluding that Tang Tang would only sit on the stairs at most. Her falling down was completely under her own control, deliberately falling in that direction.
Now the truth was completely revealed.
However many people had cursed Shen Xiaoyu before, that's how many went to curse Tang Tang this time.
Shen Xiaoyu watched the changing direction of online sentiment and opened Su Huan's chat window, sending a message with complex feelings.
Shen Xiaoyu: You arranged all this, didn't you?
She didn't believe in such coincidences—that Tang Tang's former manager would come forward to expose information and divert attention the moment she was being cursed, then have someone release analysis videos to clear her name.
This was clearly a premeditated counterattack.
Su Huan's reply came quickly. She didn't deny it, directly admitting.
She had arranged all of this.
Su Huan told her the matter would end soon.
But this was just the beginning. Whatever Shen Xiaoyu had endured, she would make Tang Tang pay back ten or a hundred times over.
Shen Xiaoyu stared blankly at the words on screen, her heart suddenly aching inexplicably. The unfamiliar pain made her somewhat breathless.
What was happening?
Shen Xiaoyu gasped heavily, lying on her back on the bed staring at the ceiling, slightly lost in thought.
After the video appeared, hashtags like #TheWholeInternetOwesShenXiaoyuAnApology# and #ShenXiaoyuWronged# also climbed to trending topics.
Countless netizens, discovering they had been deceived, flocked to Tang Tang's Weibo to vent their anger.
Tang Tang had completely crashed.
But Tang Tang was unaware of what was happening online.
When Tang Tang woke up, she wasn't in a hospital but in a familiar place—familiar scent, familiar room, and a familiar person sitting beside the bed...
After seeing that person's face clearly, Tang Tang's body trembled violently. "Ning, Ning Yu? I..."
She turned to look at the room's decoration—sure enough, she was back.
Ning Yu sat beside the bed, methodically wiping the fine sweat on her forehead with a damp towel, her expression calm. "You slept for three days. The doctor said your body is weak and needs rest. The child..."
She paused, not continuing, her expression darkening.
The child—
Tang Tang's heart jumped, and sudden wild joy struck her. The irrepressible happiness made even the corners of her mouth tremble slightly.
Her trembling hand touched her lower abdomen. Instead of the expected flatness, the familiar curve made her expression freeze instantly, feeling chills run down her spine.
Still there?
This child was still there?
Tang Tang looked at Ning Yu with a blank expression, her face suddenly turning pale.
"The child almost left us, but fortunately, she's very strong."
Ning Yu wiped her hands with the towel, seemingly not noticing her expression, and placed a light kiss on her palm.
"The baby is working so hard, so you as mommy must work harder too. Don't do dangerous things anymore." Ning Yu gently stroked her soft hair. "I've had all your schedules canceled. The only thing you need to do next is take good care of the pregnancy."
Tang Tang bit her lip. "But the work was all arranged beforehand. Canceling now requires paying quite a large penalty fee. I..."
"It doesn't matter. After paying Shen Xiaoyu 5 million in compensation, you still have a lot left, enough to cover all penalty fees. You don't need to worry about these small matters anymore. Just rest well at home. I don't want our child to have any more accidents."
Tang Tang's lips trembled. She heard the implication in Ning Yu's words.
She had been shelved.
This decision was made by the company, and also ordered by Ning Yu herself.
The variety show incident that nearly caused her miscarriage made Ning Yu completely lose patience, eager to imprison her in this exquisite cage.
She had known this would be the result, but what she couldn't accept was that this child was still there!
[I told you long ago that this child is the future protagonist.] The system's voice rang out.
Protagonists don't die.
Even if she was still just an embryo now.
[Accepting fate is your best choice.]
For the first time, Tang Tang didn't argue back. She closed her eyes in despair—she had no more chances.
Over the next few days, Tang Tang stayed in this room like a puppet, letting Ning Yu manipulate her.
Countless supplements flowed into Ning Yu's house like water, then were prepared by chefs and sent to Tang Tang to nourish the fetus in her belly through her body.
Tang Tang was like a tool—all her existence was for the child in her belly.
Not wanting any more accidents, Ning Yu directly turned the house into a cage that even birds couldn't fly into.
Online uproar continued, with official blogs making pointed comments, triggering new rounds of entertainment industry regulation.
A week later, Su Huan finally received Tang Tang's distress call.
As soon as the call connected, Tang Tang's deliberately lowered voice came through: "Su Huan! You must help me! Otherwise when the child is born, Shen Xiaoyu will only have death waiting!"
The system controlled her, but also gave her the only leverage to threaten Su Huan.
This was her only remaining bargaining chip.
Su Huan leaned back in her chair, eyes cold, mouth curving in a playful smile. "Fine, tell me how you want me to help?"
"I want to leave!" Tang Tang said decisively.
"Certainly. You just need to walk alone to the garden, and someone will take you away."
"Good, I'll go to the garden now. I hope you can keep your word! Otherwise I'll definitely make Shen Xiaoyu pay with her life!"
After saying this, the call ended.
Su Huan's eyes flashed with contempt. As long as she was there, Shen Xiaoyu could never die!
Su Huan stared at her phone waiting at home for half the night. Finally at 4 AM, she received another call.
"Boss, we've caught her. We've also shaken off those tracking us and are now heading to the research facility."
Hanging up, Su Huan's mouth split into a blooming smile.
She stood up, walking out in a good mood.
Her test subject had finally arrived.
When Su Huan reached the research facility, Tang Tang was already tied up on a hospital bed with a cloth stuffed in her mouth, unable to speak clearly.
Seeing Su Huan, Tang Tang's expression immediately turned ugly, her struggling intensifying until even the bed shook with banging sounds.
However, Su Huan only glanced at her before looking away, quietly watching the screen content and asking: "How long will it take approximately?"
"With a test subject, experimental progress will accelerate, but since this is technology beyond this world's level, we can't determine the specific timeframe."
Su Huan nodded. "I understand, but you don't have much time. Just research freely—I won't let anyone find you. But whether the system will control Tang Tang depends on the strength of your newly developed signal blocker."
"Understood." The speaker paused, then remembered something else: "About the new signal blocker, do you want to take it back for use? The other system..."
Su Huan's expression paused. After a moment of silence, she slowly shook her head. "No need."
She needed the system on Shen Xiaoyu to accurately report the time.
She needed to know how much longer this world could hold on, so she could better execute her plan.
Tang Tang naturally heard their conversation and realized belatedly that she had personally delivered herself into the tiger's mouth.
This time, she truly had no escape.
Su Huan emerged from the research facility, looking at the rising sun and exhaling heavily. Although things were delayed longer than expected, they were ultimately proceeding according to her plan.
Next it was Shen Xiaoyu's turn.
Su Huan had the driver take her directly to the large flat in the city center.
Since that day, she had preemptively had Shen Xiaoyu sent here and refused all visitors.
But just as Su Huan left the hillside villa gates, she saw Shi Qiubai blocked outside.
Shi Qiubai was furious. Seeing her car, she recklessly rushed to the front to block the way.
The driver was startled and slammed the brakes.
Su Huan's body jerked forward, then she saw Shi Qiubai slam both hands on the hood, shouting angrily: "Su Huan! Give me back Sister!"
"Miss Su, this..."
Su Huan said it was fine and got out of the car calmly. "Miss Shi, not sleeping early in the morning and coming to seek death—that's really your style."
Shi Qiubai couldn't be bothered arguing with her. She walked up to her in two steps, her voice cold and hard: "Give me back Sister!"
"Let me correct you—that's not called giving her back to you. Shen Xiaoyu was never yours."
"Su Huan, how can you be so shameless? Sister is my girlfriend—why isn't she mine?" Shi Qiubai crossed her arms. "Don't think that locking Sister up can win back her heart. I'm telling you, it's impossible! Sister hates you most in this lifetime!"
She said viciously, stabbing knives into Su Huan's heart: "If not for you, would Sister have been cyberbullied for so many years? You used every means to get revenge on Tang Tang, but did you ever think you were also one of the perpetrators? If you really want to avenge Sister, you should deal with yourself first. That would complete the revenge cycle."
Su Huan wasn't angry at her offense; instead she smiled brightly: "So what if I'm a perpetrator? What does it have to do with you? You're just her leisure entertainment—she doesn't like you at all."
"You're talking crap! We..."
"Otherwise why, after living together for almost two months, does Shen Xiaoyu still feel repulsed by your intimacy?"
Su Huan's words completely silenced Shi Qiubai.
"You thought pretending to be girlfriends would give you an advantage?" Su Huan's smile grew brighter. "But fake is fake—it can never become real."
She touched her chin thoughtfully: "Let me think—you keep being intimate with Shen Xiaoyu in front of me. Are you trying to anger me or prove your importance in her heart? I guess both. People emphasize what they lack most. You emphasize titles so much—is it because you actually have no title at all?"
Shi Qiubai's face turned livid, veins bulging on her forehead. Her mouth corners pressed down as she stared fiercely at Su Huan, her displeasure spreading without disguise.
Su Huan wasn't afraid; instead she provoked further: "Or maybe you've also discovered that Shen Xiaoyu doesn't like you at all. She's only with you to provoke me. You thought if I lost my reason, you could rise to power."
She clicked her tongue and shook her head: "Not liking means not liking. No matter what you do, Shen Xiaoyu will never like you. Don't fantasize about things you can't have."
"Shut up!" Shi Qiubai finally exploded, raising her hand to hit but Su Huan caught it. "What's this supposed to mean? Can't argue back, so you're embarrassed into anger?"
"Who do you think you are? Even if Sister doesn't like me, at least she doesn't reject me. I can always stay by Sister's side. What about you? Sister wishes she could kill you!" Shi Qiubai laughed maniacally. "Su Huan, I'll give you the same words—don't fantasize about things you can't have. Sister will eventually be mine, but you..."
Her laughter grew louder, her voice ghostly, carrying pity: "Sister hates you so much... No, I should say Sister doesn't care about you at all. You're never in Sister's consideration. You'll never have her."
"Is that so?" Su Huan was very confident. "She loves me and will always love me."
As long as she made Shen Xiaoyu recover her memory, Shi Qiubai would never have a chance.
After all, Shen Xiaoyu had said she would always love her.
"Then let's wait and see." Shi Qiubai said finally, turning toward Qiu Ye. "Don't let me find Sister, or else..."
Before she could finish, Su Huan had already gotten in the car and left.
Shi Qiubai didn't move, quietly standing in place watching the car's departing figure.
Qiu Ye, wearing a hat, slowly walked to her side, looking up and asking softly: "Should we keep searching?"
"Search!" Shi Qiubai looked away and got in the car. "To the company, find Ning Yu!"
...
On the other side, Su Huan drove for an hour before reaching the foot of the opposite mountain.
It wasn't luxurious here, even quite desolate with no one around.
This was a place she had carefully chosen—the pastoral style Shen Xiaoyu used to like. She had thought that after retiring from the industry, she could live here with Shen Xiaoyu, but...
Su Huan exhaled and got out of the car. Walking into the house, she heard Shen Nian'an's bell-like laughter.
"Mama, come down quickly! It's so cool here!"
Following the sound, Su Huan saw Shen Nian'an dog-paddling in the pool with arms and legs spread wide.
While playing, she didn't forget to call Shen Xiaoyu to come play together.
Shen Xiaoyu sat in a nearby chair, firmly shaking her head.
"I'm not going. I need to rest."
She had stayed up all night following the drama and hadn't slept much. She originally wanted a good morning sleep but was dragged up by the little girl to swim.
The pool water had been freshly changed that morning and was very clean, but it was quite cool in the mountains in the morning.
Shen Xiaoyu initially disagreed with letting Shen Nian'an in the water, but turning around, the little girl had already jumped in herself.
Having no choice, Shen Xiaoyu could only watch from the shore, afraid of accidents.
Seeing Su Huan, Shen Nian'an's eyes lit up as she waved: "Mommy!"
Shen Xiaoyu's body stiffened. After glancing at Su Huan appearing beside her, she nonchalantly looked away. Wearing sunglasses with an air of cold elegance, she didn't even speak to her.
Su Huan crouched by the pool, testing the water temperature—a bit cool but acceptable.
"Come up in a while, don't catch cold."
"Okay~" Shen Nian'an responded, continuing to dog-paddle under the swimming instructor's supervision.
Su Huan stood up and sat beside Shen Xiaoyu, asking: "Are you having fun here?"
Shen Xiaoyu lay in the chair completely ignoring her.
Su Huan wasn't annoyed and continued talking to herself: "I ran into Shi Qiubai on the way from the estate. She's looking for you."
Hearing this, the person beside her moved, then her voice came: "Are you going to let me go back?"
"No."
Shen Xiaoyu closed her eyes again—she had wasted words.
"Xiaoyu, we used to say that after I left the entertainment industry, we'd find a place with clear mountains and beautiful water to live together." Su Huan sighed slightly. "Now we've sort of realized that old dream."
She laughed coldly: "Wake up. The dream is dead."
[Is she sick today? Why is she telling me all this? I don't have the original owner's memories.]
Shen Xiaoyu felt uneasy. [When can I finally leave this damn place? My progress has returned to square one. If I can't see Shi Qiubai again, my mission will be ruined. When will this idiot finally let me go back?]
[System! System! You idiot, get out here too. What kind of broken character did you give me? I don't care—if I can't complete the mission, it's all because you gave me a bad character. I demand to switch to a different image and try the strategy again!]
System: [There's no such rule. Host, listen carefully—you don't have much time left. Failing the mission means elimination.]
[Stupid system. Stupid mission. Stupid Su Huan.]
Her eyes behind the lenses stared directly at Su Huan, knowing she could hear her thoughts, blatantly cursing.
Su Huan: ...
Su Huan laughed bitterly: "I am stupid. Otherwise back then I wouldn't have..."
Suddenly remembering she didn't have memories yet, she swallowed the rest of her words.
She dared not say too much, afraid Shen Xiaoyu would develop psychological resistance, making it even harder to awaken her memories.
However, Shen Xiaoyu was stunned—this was the first time Su Huan admitted she could hear her thoughts.
Although she had learned about Su Huan's golden finger from the system before, they rarely had time alone, and she had never said it directly.
Shen Xiaoyu stared at her intently, continuing to curse in her mind: [Idiot, why won't you let Shi Qiubai take me back? You clearly know I don't like you at all.]
"Xiaoyu, you are my wife, the mother of my child. I could never let anyone take you away." Su Huan patiently explained. "Besides, this is a critical time. Even though online attention has died down, there are still paparazzi trying to find you."
"'Flowers Growing Up' has ended. With such a big incident and being publicly criticized, this season can't continue filming. The production team's payment has been transferred to your account. If you want to accompany An'an, we could travel as a family to change the mood. Or visit places we used to live."
Hearing this, Shen Nian'an immediately climbed out of the water: "Travel? Great! I love traveling most!"
Shen Xiaoyu lazily waved her hand: "Tired, don't want to go. You two go."
"Mama~" Shen Nian'an grabbed her hand and started acting cute. "Let's travel together. I want to see where Mommy and Mama used to live. Let's go together, please~"
"I can tell you everything about the past." Su Huan said.
"Don't want to know." Shen Xiaoyu said stiffly.
[What else could there be? Nothing but me getting cursed. How happy you were! Acting, making money, and having beauties fighting over you.] She rolled her eyes. [What, trying to show off your superiority in front of me?]
"I don't mean that." Su Huan sighed, grabbing her hand and placing it on her heart, looking directly at her and saying word by word: "From past to present, the person I love has always been you! Xiaoyu, I just want you to know how much we once loved each other."
She also wanted to see if these things could help her recover her memory.
She could no longer bear being ignored by Shen Xiaoyu—she wanted to see her eyes full of love again.