Chapter 148

Chapter 148

[As expected of Empress Dowager Ning. She just waltzes into the room of one of the other guests like it’s nothing. Has she never heard of privacy?]

[Mingyue and Shen Yibai are that close. What’s wrong with her stepping into his room for a second…?]

Ning Mingyue’s fans tried to argue on her behalf, but their explanations couldn’t keep up with the speed at which the internet was tearing her apart.

In the end, they simply gave up.

Some fans even unfollowed her on the spot.

[I was going to defend Ning Mingyue against the haters, but then I realized there’s no end to it. This woman pulls one ridiculous stunt after another.]

[She’s basically a pile of scandals with a person attached. I’ve followed her offline several times. If I weren’t trying not to be the kind of ex-fan who turns around and stomps on her, I’d have exposed it all already.]

[I was originally betting on Ning Mingyue becoming a top actress someday. Now it looks hopeless. Her audience appeal is way too bad. Unfollowing, bye-bye.]

Ning Mingyue had not been in the industry for long. Although various marketing campaigns had won her plenty of fans, their loyalty was shallow.

Now that scandal after scandal was breaking out around her, most of those fans were already running for the hills.

…

Inside the room.

Ning Mingyue knew perfectly well that Shen Yibai valued his privacy above all else and hated people barging into his personal space, yet somehow, as if possessed, she still walked in.

Her eyes fixed, almost bewitched, on the file Shen Yibai had casually left on the table.

She had seen this file before!

Back when she had gone to Shen Yibai’s company to see him, she had happened to catch him putting it away.

At the time, she had not thought much of it and assumed it was just ordinary company paperwork.

She had never expected Shen Yibai to bring the file with him to a variety show!

Somewhere deep down, she had a premonition.

There had to be something important hidden in this file!

Perhaps it was the reason Shen Yibai had always kept her at arm’s length!

With her back to the door, Ning Mingyue cast a long shadow across the wall, giving off an obscure, unsettling air.

She picked up the file, reached out, and was just about to turn to the first page-

“What are you doing?”

An extremely cold voice rang out.

If one listened closely, there seemed to be a faint trace of disgust in it.

Ning Mingyue’s hand trembled.

She quickly put the file back where it had been, forced herself to calm down, and turned to look at Shen Yibai, who had returned unexpectedly.

She did not know what had happened just now, but his expression seemed faintly stirred. Yet the moment he looked at her, that fluctuation vanished completely.

He became the same distant, cold Shen Yibai as before.

“Yibai, I came here because I wanted to…”

“Get out.”

Shen Yibai cut Ning Mingyue off directly. His tone was utterly calm, without the slightest emotion.

It was as if Ning Mingyue were someone irrelevant, not worth even half a glance from him.

Ning Mingyue froze.

The alienation and indifference in Shen Yibai’s eyes were far too obvious. He was completely different from the Shen Yibai who had once treated her gently!

“There’s something I’ve always wanted to tell you…” Ning Mingyue clenched her hands, trying to explain.

But Shen Yibai clearly had little patience. He merely repeated flatly, “I’m not interested in your affairs. Please leave.”

Ning Mingyue stared fixedly at Shen Yibai. She bit her lip until it went pale. In the end, she left without saying a word.

The door slammed shut from the inside with a bang.

It was like a vicious slap across Ning Mingyue’s face.

But at this moment, Ning Mingyue had no attention to spare for that.

In her heart, she murmured silently, “A genetic disease?”

Although Shen Yibai had returned very quickly, she had still managed to catch the words “genetic disease” amid the dense English text.

Why was Shen Yibai looking at a document like that?

Ning Mingyue had originally thought Shen Yibai was investigating her experiences abroad. She had not expected it to be about some completely unrelated genetic disease.

Something flashed through her mind, but it was gone too quickly for her to grasp.

Avoiding the cameras, she was about to message Father Ning and ask whether Shen Yibai’s investment company had invested in any medical projects recently.

But when she saw the dozens of missed calls and messages on her phone, she froze.

The message at the very top was unmistakably from Father Ning.