The reporters, one after another like they were injected with chicken blood, couldn’t even wait for Yan Weiyang to finish walking the red carpet and crowded around her, competing to interview her first.
"Miss Yan, when did you return to the country?"
"Best Actress Yan, are you planning on developing your career domestically now that you’ve returned?"
"Miss Yan, what is your opinion of the current Chinese music industry?"
"Miss Yan, I heard your new film will be a collaboration with Director Jason, is that true..."
In response to the eager barrage of questions from the reporters, Yan Weiyang always maintained a generous smile, showing no signs of panic.
Such a presence indeed made others envious.
The female stars who hadn’t entered yet all had a touch of subtle resentment in their eyes.
Yan Weiyang’s high-profile appearance, especially being escorted by the Empire Entertainment CEO personally on the red carpet, had stolen all the limelight; how were they supposed to make their own entrance now?
It’s infuriating to be outshone by someone else.
Although they felt somewhat resentful, there was no jealousy, only envy.
Because Yan Weiyang was truly outstanding, the Top Sister of Empire Entertainment Media, a domestic supertar, Hollywood’s Eastern Pearl—a title none of these minor domestic stars could compare with.
Xia Weibao stood at the entrance, staring blankly at the woman being adored by all, somewhat lost in thought.
Just then, Yan Weiyang, who was surrounded by people, swept her gaze across the entrance and happened to see Xia Weibao, who had not yet entered.
Their eyes met across the distance.
As their glances intersected and passed by each other, Yan Weiyang’s gaze had already moved on as if it were just a casual sweep and she wasn’t intentionally looking at anyone in particular.
But Xia Weibao saw something like a derisive smile in that look.
The glance that Yan Weiyang had just thrown was directed at her!
And it was a provocation!
Xia Weibao’s eyes slowly narrowed as blurry images suddenly surfaced before her.
The camera zoomed in, the background was Lu Garden, a place she knew all too well.
On the second floor of the main villa, a girl in white pajamas walked in a daze. As the girl reached the top of the staircase, another girl in pink clothing suddenly approached from the end of the corridor.
In the vacant stare of the girl in white, the girl in pink pushed her down the stairs!
Immediately after, the girl in pink ran down the stairs, pressed the head of the girl in white, who was already bleeding profusely, onto the ground and smashed it repeatedly...
Then, everything before her eyes plunged into darkness.
The face of the girl in pink was very vague, but upon seeing Yan Weiyang’s thickly made-up face, it seamlessly merged!
Xia Weibao felt her heart clench as her eyes slowly narrowed again.
She remembered, the woman who had pushed the original occupant down the stairs that day, was indeed Yan Weiyang!
Xu Jiayang saw Xia Weibao lost in thought and called out three times before she brought her thoughts back.
With a frown, Xu Jiayang asked, "What are you looking at that’s so mesmerizing?"
Xia Weibao glanced once more in Yan Weiyang’s direction before casually withdrawing her gaze, "Nothing, let’s go in."
Noticing the direction of her gaze, Xu Jiayang thought she was envious of Yan Weiyang and smiled.
"You are more talented than her; what you lack is just an opportunity."
The implication was that, one day, she would surpass her!
Xia Weibao, somewhat absent-minded, entered with Xu Jiayang’s arm in hers.
After finding the seat of the "Despair" crew, she sat down and immediately looked up Yan Weiyang’s schedule for the past year online.
Back when Xia Weibao was a sensation in the entertainment circle, Yan Weiyang was still a nobody, doing walk-on parts, and she didn’t know who she was at all.
It was only after she had been blacklisted that Yan Weiyang suddenly rose to fame.