Transmigrated into the Cannon Fodder's Daughter - Chapter 17.2
Editor: Aaghna
Jiang Chao’s looks were somewhat ordinary, but her aura was overpowering. Just by standing, she gave off a powerful and confident demeanor.
Jiang Chao saw Li Xiao and greeted her with a small smile, which softened her strong temperament. “I’ve already heard of your name.”
Li Xiao thought before asking, “Because of Lu Zhi?” After all, Lu Zhi had pursued Li Xiao for a period of time.
Jiang Chao shook her head, looking rather careless. “Lu Zhi is just a dog I raised on a whim. Since the dog decided to bite its master, I can swap it out. And since Ren Shaotang is scheming something against me, I have to return the favor.”
Jiang Chao asked, “What do you think of my face?”
Li Xiao’s heart jumped. “Your forehead is full, and your features are balanced. You’re full of youth, and it seems that you’re a person of faith.”
After looking at Jiang Chao’s face, Li Xiao felt more willing to work with her. If Jiang Chao had a bad moral character, Li Xiao wouldn’t be willing to work with her so as to not bring herself bad luck. But Jiang Chao had immediately let Li Xiao read her face. It was likely that Jiang Chao knew her from Zhang Hanbi. After all, after coming to this world, Li Xiao had only read Zhang Hanbi’s face.
Li Xiao paused for a moment before saying, “There’s a white mark on your uterus. Just in case, you should take your daughter for a check-up.”
After hearing about her daughter, Jiang Chao’s expression turned solemn. “I know.” It was better to trust Li Xiao’s judgment rather than not. Jiang Chao could confirm whether her daughter had a problem or not by going to the hospital. Jiang Chao doubted Li Xiao would bullshit her, considering how confident Li Xiao was in her own skills.
Jiang Chao made a phone call and scheduled a check-up for her daughter. After setting down her phone, Jiang Chao’s attitude toward Li Xiao became kinder and more amiable.
“You came to find me. Is there something you need help with?”
Li Xiao took out the photos and passed them to Jiang Chao, who flipped through them. Her eyes were filled with ridicule as she looked at the sheets of paper in front of her.
“Those two don’t shy away from suspicion, do they?”
After commenting on the photos, Jiang Chao said with interest, “You could start a paparazzi company.”
Jiang Chao didn’t know how Li Xiao managed to capture these photos, but she considered Li Xiao to be an experienced paparazzi. The most professional paparazzi wouldn’t have been able to take such close-ranged photos, even if they shoved their cameras into other people’s faces.
Jiang Chao had first heard of Li Xiao when she had been removed from a filming crew by Ren Shaotang. At that time, Jiang Chao and her friend had ridiculed Ren Shaotang for despising a young child for no logical reason. When the dog Jiang Chao had raised went off to pursue Li Xiao, she was furious. But before she could start investigating, the recordings of Ren Shaotang had reached her ears.
Since it was Ren Shaotang pulling all the strings, Jiang Chao targeted him. Afterwards, she heard from her friends that Li Xiao was a little mysterious, which prompted her to meet Li Xiao. She wouldn’t have thought that Li Xiao, who was described as stupid and arrogant, would give her such a big surprise.
Even if Ren Shaotang had the backing of the Ren family, there would be no way he could cover up such a big scandal. Releasing these pictures would shake the internet.
One was a superstar and the other was a married actress. Although there were some rumors circulating about the two, they put up the “we’re just friends” front in public. It was as if slandering them became an inexcusable offense, and eventually, there was no one left to circulate rumors.
“Thank you for the gift. I’m especially fond of it.” Jiang Chao said.
Li Xiao warned her, “If you plan to take action, it’s best to use the internet as little as possible. Try not to use computers, phones, or other communication devices.”
Jiang Chao grimly said, “Why?”
Jiang Chao would always take other people’s advice into consideration. If not, she wouldn’t have single-handedly grown her company to its current size.
“Ah, it’s because of my younger brother. Do you know him?”
Jiang Chao nodded.
Li Xiao said, “He’s a good hacker—maybe the best in the world. If you use the internet and he finds you, he may hack and steal your business secrets.”
Her words were frightening. But according to the sparrow spirit, Li Qianxing, who was obsessed with his mother, was capable of such a thing. The previous victim was a domestic makeup company, Blue Magic. At that time, the CEO didn’t like the fact that Zhan Jiayin was a homewrecker. The CEO went on Weibo to diss her moral character and Li Nanjue’s ungratefulness. After a month, Blue Magic’s business secrets and product formulas were leaked online. After another three months, Blue Magic went bankrupt and was acquired by another company. It was a miserable and cold death for Blue Magic.
Blue Magic’s scandal was well-known, and a fair amount of people assumed that the company that acquired Blue Magic was responsible for its fall from grace. Who would have thought that the one pulling the strings was actually Zhan Jiayin’s young son, Li Qianxing, who was just 14 at that time? He was still underage.
Zhan Jiayin’s relaxed expression turned solemn. “For real?”
Upon hearing Li Xiao’s words, Zhan Jiayin recalled a few incidents in the past. A few years ago, Zhan Jiayin’s female competitors had scandals leaked online. Only Zhan Jiayin was spared. Her fans used this as an opportunity to trample upon her competition and praised her for being uncorrupted in the entertainment industry.
“If you don’t believe me, you can go ahead and investigate him. But if you do, I’d advise you to be careful,” Li Xiao said. “I suggest you mail the photos to the marketing teams that don’t like Ren Shaotang. Another option is to mail them to some die-hard female fans.”
If the fans who viewed Ren Shaotang as their boyfriend received these pictures, the scene would get ugly!
But Li Xiao had no connections, so she had to borrow Jiang Chao’s hand.
Jiang Chao gently laughed. “Good idea.”
Li Xiao sighed, “It’s a pity I don’t know any heavyweights at the top. I could’ve recommended my little brother to them. It’s a pity that he’s wasting his talents like this when he should be receiving glory for his country!”
Li Xiao pitied the fact that Li Qianxing didn’t live up to her expectations. If he entered the eyes of the state, he’d be locked up behind bars for his previous offenses. He had no concept of patriotism, and instead, everything he did was for Zhan Jiayin.
Li Xiao desperately hinted that Jiang Chao could report Li Qianxing to the higher-ups. Although Li Xiao didn’t have the connections to do so, Jiang Chao did.
Jiang Chao’s eyes flickered. She felt that the person in front of her was horribly misjudged. The most capable person in the Li family wasn’t the dragon and phoenix siblings. It was this young lady.
Suddenly, Jiang Chao asked, “If you had come here and discovered that I wasn’t worth working with, what would you have done?”
Li Xiao’s lips curled into a smile full of self-confidence. “I don’t think there’s an entrepreneur who would want to offend a Xuanxue master*.”
*[T/N: Chinese philosophy that brings Daoist and Confuscian beliefs together.]
So even if Jiang Chao wasn’t willing to cooperate with her, she wouldn’t rush to betray Li Xiao. Not everybody was blinded by love like Ren Shaotang and Li Nanjue.
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