Chapter 338: Chapter 338 - 333: Shi Mianmian’s Photos Exposed

Shi Yunyin didn’t wait for him to push her out. As she walked away, she said, sounding like she was both laughing and crying, "Shi Su even has a child, hahaha... No idea whose child she was carrying back then... She actually has a child... huh..."

Until Shi Yunyin’s voice faded away, Yi City looked at the photo of Shi Su in his hand, deeply furrowing his brows.

The new location for the studio has already been selected, situated in the office building of Wanxing Building on Baoshu Road in Jiang City, renting all the offices on the sixteenth floor, totaling more than twenty rooms.

The name remains Shi Su Studio, and Jun is still the legal representative, but this time, Shi Su is not a small artist working for Jun, but one of the owners.

Some of their studio employees left Yijia Entertainment with them and came to the new studio along with Jun and Shi Su.

But currently, they still need to hire a few people.

Jing Luozhou, through the relationship with Jiang Jing Ru Hua, introduced a few very skilled agents in the industry to Shi Su, but none of them are currently within Shi Su’s consideration.

A mature artist needs at least three agents by their side: one artist agent and two executive agents.

She temporarily appointed an intern agent who previously followed Jun as an executive agent, and for other vacancies, she still needs to wait to find the right people before arranging.

The renovation progress within the new studio location is fast; office desks, chairs, conference rooms, including artist dressing rooms and interview room equipment, have already been delivered.

Once Shi Su returned from the crew, she went to Wanxing Building to take a look and saw those workers coming and going, moving things around.

She lifted her hand and gently pressed against her eyes.

In recent days, her eyelids have been twitching, twitching very frequently.

She doesn’t believe the rumors from the elderly, thinking it’s just due to shooting night scenes these days, the bright lights at night leading to eye overuse and visual fatigue.

"How long until the shooting wraps up?" When Jun came over, she saw Shi Su sitting in the temporarily tidied lounge within the studio.

"Another week or so." Shi Su looked up at her. "In the month before Mianmian’s birthday, I’ll temporarily take a break from acting and sort out the business and advertising tasks I need to handle first, then consider acting again at the end of next month."

"Alright, sounds good. After all, I’m not your agent now, these matters aren’t under my jurisdiction. You still have scripts in your hands, and you should be receiving quite a few more in the next month, so you can choose well. Most are leading lady roles, which is great." Jun laughed as she leaned over. "Why do you look like you haven’t slept well? Is Mr. Jing that vigorous? Doesn’t even let you sleep?"

Shi Su’s mouth twitched. "He’s been in Hong Kong these past two days; he’ll be back at the earliest tomorrow."

"So it’s longing for Jun without seeing Jun? Sleepless nights thinking about Jun?"

"It’s that Mianmian will soon be on winter vacation, and I’m considering whether to take her abroad to have some fun, but with my current situation, I’ll be photographed wherever I go, and it’s not free to take the child out for a vacation and let Mianmian enjoy herself." Shi Su said while resting her chin, "Even in domestic locations, booking a vacation hotel, they’ll still capture photos."

"That’s true; now even a random passerby can recognize you. If they caught photos of you and Mianmian traveling together..."

Suddenly, the lounge door was pushed open hastily.

Gossip diva and online sleuth Chujiu came in with an alarmed expression, holding her phone, and upon seeing Jun and Shi Su both present, she immediately lowered her voice, saying, "Something happened."

...

Domestic media websites and forums wanting to reveal some explosive news can easily be shut down and investigated.

If this explosive news is revealed on foreign websites, its spread might not be as wide domestically, but now more and more young people use methods to bypass restrictions to view foreign news sites, and the speed at which the information is covered is fast.

On a well-known foreign website, two photos of Shi Su holding a child’s hand were exposed.

The child’s face was blurred, but it was not hard to see the child’s body movements were very close to Shi Su, and Shi Su was walking near a kindergarten in Jiang City, leading a girl with a backpack.

Including another few photos simultaneously released, showing Shi Su and Mrs. Qin going to the supermarket, with photos of Mrs. Qin picking up Shi Mianmian from school, further confirming the relationship between Shi Su and the little girl.

In the discussion threads below the photos, there were also topics concerning the environment around that kindergarten, which is near Kaixing Mansion, claiming Shi Su herself lives at Kaixing Mansion, and the child attends kindergarten nearby.

"Shi Su sister, you... once told me there’s a big secret in your family... is... this it?" Chujiu looked at Shi Su, holding the phone. "...Is this really your daughter?"

Jun’s mind went blank the moment she saw the photos, and she abruptly turned her eyes to look at Shi Su.

Shi Su stood up as well, without stepping closer, but she could recognize from afar the screen of Chujiu’s raised phone; it was indeed her and Shi Mianmian.

Jun grabbed the phone and looked at it repeatedly, then passed it back to Shi Su.

Shi Su read through all the exposed photos and the text content, remained silent for a minute, didn’t answer Chujiu’s question, and only looked at Jun, saying, "Can I now openly take Mianmian out on vacation?"

Jun became serious on the spot, "You think the long-pent-up stuff suddenly being exposed is a relief, but it’s not that easy. Domestic fans are always harsher on female artists than male ones, and you know what price you’ll pay for ’unmarried motherhood’?"

Chujiu was stunned, her mouth wide open. "Is it true? Sister Shi Su? You really have a daughter?"

Chujiu was too shocked, so shocked her mind was filled with question marks. But then she realized asking such questions now was like adding fuel to the fire, quickly adding, "But this little girl looks at least four or five years old. You kept it covered for so long, and now suddenly someone exposed it on foreign websites, clearly intending to bring you down during your prime career surge..."

"The photos don’t seem recent, indicating someone knew a long time ago." Shi Su glanced at the phone again. "You can’t keep this under wraps anymore now that it exploded; just deleting posts and concealing won’t solve this."

Jun gestured to Chujiu to check if anyone was passing outside and received a reassuring look from Chujiu, then said, "It’s already been spread on foreign websites, and the discussion threads are so high, truly it’s out. You should stay silent for now and see what’s being said on Weibo and domestic entertainment forums. But you need to make a plan fast. Acknowledging Mianmian’s existence comes with a price, not just that your rising phase as a female star might see a drop in traffic, but if your acting skills and strength remain considerable, then the impact on that front might be manageable. Still, the ’unmarried motherhood’ label is very damaging for female stars in domestic entertainment, and for Mianmian, it’s exceptionally hurtful."