After Differentiating into an O, Pampered by an A - Chapter 26

Ye Xing and Ding Ling looked at each other, their faces full of bewilderment.

In the end, the director personally confirmed and replenished the stock, but in the blink of an eye, it was cleared out again. Che Xiaoxiao had never encountered such a situation in all her years of producing shows; she was utterly astonished.

Meanwhile, a call came in from the suppliers on Zhou Island. They reported that within half an hour of Ye Xing starting her broadcast, she had sold out their entire year’s worth of inventory.

With no stock left to sell, but unable to end the livestream so early, Ye Xing began to interact and chat with the viewers.

[Salted Fish Queen No. 2: Ahem, where are the anti-fans who said she couldn’t sell out and bet a Carnival gift? Stop playing dead, come out and show yourselves.]

[Salted Fish Princess No. 7: Heh, I know that ID. They’re currently over in Lan Xinqiao’s room frantically placing orders. They don’t have any money left to send our Xing-xing a Carnival. Scum!!!]

[Salted Fish Girl: Which big boss bought all our dried fish? Sob sob sob, I hate you!]

[Salted Fish Little Sister: Am I the only one worried that Sister ate so much dried fish just now? My heart aches for her—]

Looking at the neatly organized “Salted Fish Army” IDs, Ye Xing felt her eyes going blurry. Fortunately, the other guests were also nearing their minimum sales targets.

When the livestream ended, Ye Xing won first place by an overwhelming margin. The program team awarded her the honor of “Zhou Island Village Ambassador.” Additionally, the leadership from the supplier side arrived at the very end of the show.

In the distance, the leader was followed by two subordinates carrying a plaque that read “Salted Fish Queen,” adorned with a bright red silk flower.

Ye Xing: “…”

“Teacher Ye, thank you for your efforts and contribution to the promotion of Zhou Island dried fish. I am truly grateful. If possible, I hope you can become the spokesperson for our fish; would that be okay?”

Ye Xing never expected a job offer to come so suddenly. She replied modestly and politely, “Manager Li, you’re too kind. It’s an artist’s duty to set a positive example for the public. As for the spokesperson role, I think…”

The words “no problem” were about to slip out when Ding Ling suddenly stepped forward, gently tugging at the hem of Ye Xing’s dress.

She smiled. “Manager Li, hello. I am Ye Xing’s manager. Thank you for your recognition of our artist. Here is my card. I believe the matter of the endorsement is something we can discuss slowly later.”

Ding Ling finished and glanced at the director nearby, signaling that they still had unfinished work. Let Ye Xing endorse dried salted fish? Heavens, just kill me—

The leader naturally knew such things couldn’t be settled on the spot, so he tucked away Ding Ling’s card and left. Afterward, Ye Xing and Ding Ling went to the technicians to find out exactly who had bought out the entire inventory.

In a bright, spacious office, Shang Qing sat with her legs elegantly crossed. She lazily set down her tablet and gently rubbed her brow with her fair fingertips. Her eyes half-closed before slowly opening.

Her red lips parted slightly. “Assistant Bai, I accidentally bought a few things just now and have nowhere to put them. Go clear out a warehouse in the company.”

Beside her, Shang Qing’s assistant, Bai Dan, froze. A warehouse?

“President Shang, may I ask what you bought?” Bai Dan had to ask for clarification. Last time Shang Qing said she bought “a few things” and asked for space, Bai Dan thought it was a new luxury collection and cleared out an entire walk-in closet, thinking that would be enough. When it turned out she had bought an entire floor’s worth of plush dolls to chase a woman who loved collecting them, Bai Dan was speechless.

Now that she was asking for a warehouse, Bai Dan felt she needed to prepare herself psychologically.

Shang Qing raised her lashes, her long legs swinging gently, a mysterious arc curling onto her lips. She said tonelessly: “DRIED! SALT! ED! FISH!”

She enunciated the four words one by one through her thin red lips.

Bai Dan heard her clearly, but the confusion in her eyes deepened. “President Shang… is our company moving into the dried seafood business?”

Shang Qing’s brow rose as she let out a huff. “Why would I do that? It doesn’t make money. I was just bored, and a beauty was selling goods in a livestream—I had to show support and take it all.”

Bai Dan finally understood. Throwing money away just to make a beauty smile; typical of her flirtatious and passionate President Shang. She immediately nodded and went to handle it.

Once Bai Dan left, Shang Qing picked up her tablet and entered “Ye Xing” into the search bar. Instantly, countless stunning photos appeared. Her slender fingers scrolled through them, but the smile on her face gradually vanished.

“Mhm, Ye Xing, is it? Truly a beauty. No wonder Shen Yushu didn’t mind her ‘flavor.’ It’s fine, I don’t mind either.”

Two days ago, Shang Qing had seen an Omega celebrity named Lan Xinqiao on a billboard and felt a bit interested. She contacted the manager to arrange a dinner, but was told the artist was away filming. Shang Qing had been itching to meet her—such a soft Omega; she felt she could almost smell the sweet pheromones just from the photo.

She heard Lan Xinqiao had a livestream today and decided she would become her top supporter to get her attention. She opened the app, but Lan Xinqiao hadn’t started yet. Her finger slipped, sliding into the neighboring room.

Suddenly, an exquisite face appeared in her view.

Ye Xing—

Shang Qing knew of this actress. Staring at that beauty, she felt increasingly sure she had seen her outside of a screen, but she couldn’t remember where. Five minutes later, Shang Qing slammed the tablet down and slapped her thigh.

She remembered. In the suite above JY Bar, she had run into Shen Yushu, and the woman hidden in the room behind her was Ye Xing. She had been drunk at the time and hadn’t thought about it since. Now it seemed that when Shen Yushu was photographed recently, the woman in the passenger seat was also Ye Xing?

After searching Ye Xing’s profile, Shang Qing tapped the edge of the tablet rhythmically, a cunning glint flashing in her eyes.

“Shen Yushu, you steal my project, I steal your woman. That’s fair, isn’t it?” Shang Qing murmured to the empty office.

Jiangcheng.

2:00 PM, CEO’s Office of the Shen Group.

Shen Yushu had finished signing the startup documents for the South Factory project. Since she had only returned from Zhou Island last night and had work to catch up on, she sent Vice President Cai Yiqiu to attend the ceremony in her place.

The moment she found a spare second, her phone rang. Seeing it was Shen Xiaoqian, she frowned. Afraid the girl was calling to talk nonsense again, she hesitated, but eventually answered in case it was something important.

Her voice was cold. “What is it?”

On the other end, Shen Xiaoqian couldn’t hold back, and her voice came through with a sob. “Waaaah, Auntie, I beg you! Can you contact our principal or have our family pay to speed up the school’s internet? I’m so sad!”

Internet speed? Jiayu was the best arts university in Jiangcheng; how could there be a problem with the network? Hearing the girl actually crying, Shen Yushu knit her brows. “What’s wrong with the internet?”

Shen Xiaoqian pulled the red ribbon off her head to use as a tissue and blew her nose loudly. “It’s too slow! Too slow! I couldn’t grab… I couldn’t refresh the questions! I’m so upset!”

Hearing the reason, Shen Yushu immediately replied in a deep voice: “Fine. I’ll contact your principal later to handle it.”

She hung up, and Shen Xiaoqian instantly turned her tears into a smile. Standing on the school rooftop, she looked at the white clouds in the distance. Those clouds looked like a little dried fish waving goodbye to her—

Shen Yushu’s attention was briefly pulled away from work. Hearing that the network was so laggy she couldn’t refresh her “questions,” she felt a bit of dissatisfaction toward the school. She reached for the intercom.

At that moment, Sun Xi rushed in, gasping for breath and looking shocked. “It’s bad, President Shen!”

Shen Yushu’s face tensed. “What happened? By the way, I was looking for you. Shen Xiaoqian says the school internet is laggy; go to the school later and have Principal Deng handle it.” (The Shen Group held shares in the university).

Sun Xi thought it was something major. Hearing it was about internet speed, she waved her hand frantically. “No, President Shen, the important thing isn’t the internet right now! You need to see this—it looks like your card has been compromised.”

She held out a stack of statements that the bank had just delivered. They noticed a large volume of transactions on Shen Yushu’s card that morning and, as a VVVIP client, they had a duty to verify with her personally. Sun Xi originally thought it was no big deal—couldn’t their CEO spend a little?

But after seeing the numbers, Sun Xi was stunned; she couldn’t even count the zeros.

Shen Yushu raised her lashes and slowly took the statements. After a quick scan, she picked up her phone with an icy expression.

Shen Xiaoqian, Deng Yao, and Lu Huanmo were on their way to class, sighing in unison. They hadn’t expected their battle to support their idol would fail because of the dormitory’s trash internet.

Suddenly, the phone rang. Seeing it was Shen Yushu, Shen Xiaoqian stopped in her tracks. After only two rings, she hung up.

Shen Yushu knew what it meant when Shen Xiaoqian didn’t answer. She hung up the phone unhurriedly and asked Sun Xi: “Did you check the receiving account? Who is it?”

She had to clarify where such a large sum of money was going. Xiaoqian was simple-minded; she didn’t want the girl getting into something bad.

Sun Xi was efficient and had checked immediately. She pulled out another set of data. “The other party is a cultural media company account called…” Sun Xi stopped abruptly, blinked hard, and raised her voice:

“Called Our Countryside is So Beautiful?”

Hearing the name, Shen Yushu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and her dark expression softened a fraction. She handed the statements back to Sun Xi. “Mm, I see. Go to Jiayu later, find Principal Deng, and have him upgrade the school’s network.”

Sun Xi: “HUH???”

That amount of money is enough to buy a luxury car, and all she says is a calm ‘I see’? Truly, the joy of the rich was beyond a corporate drone’s imagination.

Sun Xi hummed an “Oh” and prepared to leave to follow the instructions. But as she reached the door, Shen Yushu called her back.

“By the way, Assistant Sun. When you see Shen Xiaoqian, tell her: I will be arranging for her to go abroad next month.”

Sun Xi: “…”