Chapter 396: Heard You Got Shelved (1)

Agent Li Hong stared at the latest entertainment headline titled “Young Starlet’s Drunken Night Exposes Ugly Behavior” and felt a surge of frustration that she had no outlet for.

But the pale yet undeniably beautiful woman before her couldn’t be scolded.

Why?

Because, while others might not know her identity, Li Hong certainly did.

She was the younger sister of the CEO of Starshine Entertainment.

Rumors swirled that she was being kept as a mistress, her acting was painfully awkward, and she was considered a total vase actress.

The number of haters she had was countless, and the comments on her Weibo were simply unbearable.

But what did it matter?

With her powerful connections, no matter how terrible her acting was or how many more haters than fans she had, she still had no shortage of opportunities.

Yet, this privileged woman had a fatal flaw—she had fallen for a notorious playboy actor who had cheated on her multiple times.

She’d foolishly been helping him secure resources behind the scenes, and just a few days ago, he was caught by paparazzi sneaking into a hotel with another actress.

Still, she refused to give up and went to confront him, only to be dumped.

Last night, she got drunk on the streets and was photographed by the paparazzi, leading to today’s headline scandal.

Li Hong suppressed her inner rage, took a deep breath, and said, “Tang Xiaoxing, I’ve been covering up your scandals all month, but look at what you did last night! All this for a man—was it worth it? I won’t say more. President Liao assigned me to you for over half a year, and I’ve been paid to do my job. But I’m no servant or maid. I’ll tell him I’m no longer fit to be your agent.”

The woman lifted her face, revealing an oval-shaped, palm-sized face and a pair of teary, mesmerizing eyes.

Her red lips parted gently as she called out, “Sister Hong.”

For some reason, Li Hong’s heart softened a little.

It was that face; there was no denying its power—especially today, when she somehow appeared so pitiful.

Shen Mubai noticed her expression ease slightly and softly called again, “Sister Hong, please don’t leave.”

Li Hong couldn’t understand why her previously hardened heart softened again.

She sighed and said, “Tang Xiaoxing, I told you long ago that Li Yunze was no good. Why are you still so stubborn?”

Shen Mubai didn’t defend herself immediately because she was still under the restrictions of her character persona for the month.

Her eyelashes lowered, revealing a wounded and forlorn expression.

In a soft voice, she said, “I know, Sister Hong. I’ll think it through carefully…”

Li Hong said, “Take a good break for now. Once the storm blows over, I’ll find you another script.”

The mention of scripts gave Li Hong a headache.

Acting skills could be trained, but this woman was simply not cut out for it.

If not for her background and connections, no director would ever cast her.

After the agent left, Shen Mubai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, if the system hadn’t reminded her, she would’ve long forgotten about the persona she had to maintain.

In this world, the protagonist was named Yu Jingchen.

Due to the collapse of the world’s order, his fate had gone off track, and his path to stardom faced early setbacks.

A wealthy businesswoman had set her sights on him, and his agent had schemed to drug him.

However, the plan failed, and he ended up in an embarrassing situation.

Furious, the businesswoman used her connections with the CEO of Glory Entertainment to begin suppressing him, effectively shelving his career.