Chapter 730: Scandal Queen vs. The White Lotus Actor 1

When Tang Wan heard Little Cutie’s words, she immediately reached out and clamped a hand over his mouth, her expression turning sharp with warning as she snapped, “Shut up, you little crow. Every time you speak, it’s half good and half bad. If I really end up in some poor place as a village girl, you’ll be the first one I deal with.” She spoke quickly, almost anxiously, and then added in a hurried murmur, “Children’s words are harmless, children’s words are harmless. Main system, you’d better not take this nonsense seriously.” The mere thought of becoming a village girl made her scalp prickle, because she neither knew how to farm nor had any intention of starving in some remote place.

Little Cutie blinked at her innocently, as if he had done nothing wrong at all, and after a brief pause, Tang Wan exhaled and forced herself to calm down before asking, “So, are we going to the next world now?”

“Mm, let’s go.”

“Alright, host.”

A soft mechanical sound followed, and everything went blank.

When Tang Wan opened her eyes again, a harsh spotlight shone directly into her face, blinding her for a moment, while the rapid clicking of cameras echoed around her and a chaotic wave of voices surged forward, each reporter pushing closer with urgency.

“Miss Tang Wan, is what Wan Jie said true? Did you really use your resources to threaten him into staying with you?”

“Ms. Tang Wan, when did you start keeping Wan Jie? Now that he’s exposed everything, what do you have to say?”

“How many times did you force him?”

“Is it true that you threatened to cut off his resources if he refused to sleep with you?”

The overlapping questions crashed into her ears like noise, sharp and relentless, making her temples throb, yet she steadied herself almost instantly, rising from her chair with controlled composure. The moment she stood up, the surrounding reporters instinctively stepped back a few paces, as if her presence alone carried pressure.

Tang Wan had seen far bigger scenes than this, and even as she took in the hostile atmosphere, she immediately understood that the situation was clearly disadvantageous to her, but her expression remained calm, her gaze sweeping slowly across the crowd, her phoenix eyes sharp and composed, while at the same time she began absorbing the storyline of this world.

When she finished receiving the plot, a faint sneer curved across her lips, carrying arrogance and disdain.

“Heh. Keep him? Force him?” She lifted her chin slightly, her tone cool yet confident as she said, “With my status and position, do you really think I need to resort to something so low and troublesome?”

Her words cut cleanly through the earlier chaos.

In this world, her name was still Tang Wan, and according to the original plot, she was already a top-tier actress who had firmly established herself among the elite in the entertainment industry. Backed by a powerful family, she never lacked resources, nor did she need to trade anything for opportunities like others in the industry, so in a circle filled with hidden rules and compromises, she was one of the rare few who remained clean.

Unfortunately, she had fallen for the wrong person.

At twenty-three, the original host met Wan Jie, a seventeen-year-old newcomer who had just entered the entertainment industry, and at the time he appeared harmless and obedient, like a soft and clingy puppy whose personality was gentle, whose smile was sweet, and whose words were always perfectly timed to charm, so during an MV collaboration he stayed close to her, carefully protected by his background yet deliberately showing vulnerability, until the original host gradually fell into the illusion he created.

With her straightforward personality, once she entered a relationship she had no intention of hiding it, and while most celebrities worried about losing popularity if their romance became public, she simply did not care.

But Wan Jie refused.

He insisted that he did not want people to label him as someone who relied on a woman for success, claiming that he wanted to struggle on his own and build his career independently, yet behind the scenes he continuously relied on Tang Wan’s resources, moving from idol dramas to high-profile variety shows, climbing higher step by step.

Five years later, the once unknown boy had become a top-tier young star at twenty-two, boasting tens of millions of fans, with every post on social media gathering hundreds of thousands of likes.