Her Entire Court Reborn with Her in the Modern World

Chapter 60: Chapter 59: Pure Carnivore, Starting the Battle for Retainers

The manager was taken aback and frowned. "What?"

Xu Shuangqiao had already helped wipe Shi Changying’s face and put her mask back on. With Lu Qingyuan falling into the water, the production crew was in chaos, and the media had also rushed in. Naturally, she had to protect Shi Changying’s privacy.

"Meng Miaoyan, I think you’ve lost your mind!" Xu Shuangqiao shielded Shi Changying behind her. "If Yingying hadn’t found Teacher Lu, something terrible would have happened. And now you’re pointing fingers at the rescuer, calling her a murderer?"

"That’s strange. If she didn’t do it, why would she jump in to save her?" Meng Miaoyan smiled faintly. "After all, saving Teacher Lu is a massive merit."

"Oh?" Shi Changying dried her hair with a towel. "By your logic, police officers only catch criminals because they were the ones who let them go in the first place?"

Meng Miaoyan’s face turned pale, then green. "You..."

"The security cameras will show exactly why Teacher Lu fell into the water," Xu Shuangqiao said, staring at her coldly. "Meng Miaoyan, do you think my younger sister is easy to bully just because she’s young? You really only know how to pick on the weak."

"The weak?" Meng Miaoyan sneered. "On her very first day home, she angered an elder into a heart attack. Does that sound like someone weak?"

Shi Changying tossed the towel aside and slowly walked toward Meng Miaoyan. "Do you want to have a heart attack, too?"

"Wh-what are you trying to do?" Meng Miaoyan took a step back. "We’re in public!"

Shi Changying patted her cheek, looking down at her condescendingly. "I can help beat one out of you."

Meng Miaoyan’s expression shifted wildly. Even in high heels, she somehow felt like a dwarf standing next to Shi Changying.

The manager had spent countless years in the entertainment industry and was used to this kind of covert scheming. She could easily tell that Meng Miaoyan was simply using the incident to attack Shi Changying. Casting a cold glance at the pale Meng Miaoyan, she then turned to thank Shi Changying.

"Little girl, thank you so much for saving our A Yuan. She doesn’t know how to swim and usually stays far away from the water, terrified of falling in." The manager choked up. "If it weren’t for you, A... A Yuan would have..."

Shi Changying paused. "She’s also afraid of water?"

"A Yuan almost drowned when she was a child, which left her with trauma." The manager wiped away her tears, not elaborating further. "Could you leave your contact information? Once A Yuan wakes up, we will definitely pay you a visit."

"No need," Shi Changying replied, her expression indifferent.

This genuinely surprised the manager. It was certainly common for people to save lives without expecting anything in return. But this was Lu Qingyuan!

"Since Teacher Lu has been rescued, I’ll take my sister home now," Xu Shuangqiao said. "She’s caught a chill, and I’m worried she’ll get sick."

The manager also grew anxious. "Yes, go back quickly. She absolutely cannot get sick. Here is my contact information; let me know if you need anything."

"Yingying, let’s go." Xu Shuangqiao picked up Shi Changying’s backpack and led her away.

With Lu Qingyuan’s accident, the day’s filming had to be suspended. Moreover, since there was a high possibility that this incident was intentional, the production crew needed to immediately screen for suspicious personnel.

By the time they returned to the Xu family’s home, Shi Changying’s clothes were still wet, and water was dripping from the ends of her hair.

"How did you end up like this just from going out?" Seeing her drenched like a drowned rat, Ming Chengli was shocked. "Changying, do you feel dizzy? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

Xu Shuangqiao looked serious. "Yingying, hurry and take a hot shower. You were in the water for a long time. I’ll go brew some medicine for you."

"I’m not drinking it," Shi Changying stated flatly, disappearing into the bathroom.

"Uncle, it’s all my fault." Xu Shuangqiao felt deeply guilty as she recounted what had just happened. "If I hadn’t taken Yingying to the set, she wouldn’t have caught a chill."

Ming Chengli didn’t blame her; instead, he comforted her. "Shuangqiao, you should look at it this way: if you hadn’t brought Yingying along, someone might have lost their life today!"

Despite saying this, he was secretly worried. Shi Changying had only recently recovered from her illness. What if...

"Uncle, you didn’t see how heroic and brave Yingying was," Xu Shuangqiao said. "Even the best swimmers on the crew weren’t as capable as her."

This made Ming Chengli proud. "There’s a river in the village, so Changying has known how to swim since she was little."

Just then, his phone rang. Ming Chengli answered, "Hello?"

A middle-aged man spoke joyfully, "Chengli, I found it!"

Ming Chengli’s mind was entirely on Shi Changying’s health, so he replied dismissively, "Found what? What has you so excited?"

"You were the one who said Master Xie Lin’s Jade Pendant belonged to Young Master Xie, and you even made me do the legwork!" The middle-aged man was bewildered. "I’ve been working around the clock for a week, and you forgot?"

"Oh, that," Ming Chengli recalled. "What’s the result?"

"I made a special trip to Linsu, and by digging through some records, I found that the Green Lotus Jade Pendant of the Linsu Xie Family’s young master is indeed different from those of ordinary direct descendants," the middle-aged man explained. "There’s still a little bit of comparison left, but it’s pretty much a sure thing. I wanted to give you the good news first. Once the final results are out, I can reach out to Master Xie Lin."

Ming Chengli remained dismissive. "Congratulations."

"Wait, what’s wrong with you?" The middle-aged man was sharp. "Knowing your personality, shouldn’t you be jumping for joy right now?"

"I don’t have time to jump for joy with you. I’m anxious to check on my daughter’s condition. Hanging up," Ming Chengli replied.

The middle-aged man was left speechless.

Although Shi Changying had said she didn’t want to drink the medicine, when she came out after blowing dry her hair and changing clothes, three bowls of medicine were already set in front of her. They were pitch black, and she didn’t even need to taste them to know they would be bitterly awful.

"Changying, Shuangqiao is right. You have to take your medicine," Ming Chengli said seriously. "It’s your own body you have to care for."

Shi Changying let out a long exhale. Having her name and achievements erased was fine. But without a Xuan Doctor, she was forced to drink this bitter medicine that only treated the symptoms and not the root cause—that was absolutely unacceptable.

After forcing down the three bowls of medicine, Shi Changying looked lethargic.

"Here, have a candied fruit." Xu Shuangqiao popped a sweet date into her mouth. "You’ll have to take another dose tonight."

Shi Changying shot her a glance, then went upstairs. With a loud SLAM, she shut her door and locked it from the inside.

Xu Shuangqiao was speechless. Her younger sister really wasn’t cute at all.

"AHEM!" Ming Chengli cleared his throat. "Shuangqiao, don’t mind her. Changying has hated taking medicine since she was a child. Making her drink medicine is worse than making her practice English."

"Uncle, how could I mind something like that? Yingying saved me again today." Resting her chin in her hands, Xu Shuangqiao asked, "Is there anything she particularly likes to eat? I’ll prepare it for her."

Ming Chengli thought about it and said, "I don’t think there’s anything she dislikes eating. As long as it’s meat, Changying loves it."

Xu Shuangqiao clapped her hands together. "I’ll go order a whole roasted lamb right now, plus a roasted suckling pig and a whole roasted cow!"

Lu Qingyuan’s popularity was simply too high. Let alone a major accident like this, even eating an extra slice of bread would land her on the trending news searches.

#Lu Qingyuan, Falls into Water#

#Wire Snapped#

#Dragon Flying Phoenix Production Accident#

When such an incident occurred, her fans were absolutely furious.

[What’s going on? Why did my sister fall into the water? Doesn’t this production crew know she’s terrified of water?]

[Time for a conspiracy theory: someone definitely tampered with it because they have a grudge against Sister Yuanyuan.]

[The production crew must take full responsibility! Don’t just throw some temporary worker under the bus as a scapegoat later!]

[Urgent, urgent, urgent! How is A Yuan doing now? Does anyone know?]

At this moment, in the Jianghuai First Hospital.

Many reporters had gathered outside, all waiting for first-hand news, forcing the security personnel to come out and maintain order. The two-hour emergency rescue had concluded, and Qingyuan was no longer in critical condition. Inside the hospital room, her manager sat by the bed, waiting anxiously.

COUGH COUGH COUGH! A violent fit of coughing broke the silence as Qingyuan woke up.

The manager was overjoyed. "A Yuan!"

Qingyuan’s head was still spinning, her expression dazed. "Sister Xu?"

"It’s me," the manager said, holding her hand. "Are you still not over your last drama? You kept crying out ’Your Majesty, Your Majesty’ just now."

"Your Majesty..." Qingyuan murmured again before abruptly lifting her head. "Where is the person who saved me?"