Chapter 99: Trending on Weibo

The more Meng Yier thought about it, the more irritable and uneasy she became.

She walked into the bedroom, drew a bath with a tub full of warm water, and buried herself in the soft, comforting heat.

With a quiet sigh, she closed her eyes and decided to stop thinking about these troubling matters. She meant to relax properly for once.

After a long, soothing soak, she changed into her pajamas and lay down on the bed. By then, it was nearly midnight.

She rolled back and forth for a long while, yet sleep still would not come.

At some point outside the window, rain had begun to fall in a fine, steady drizzle. In the stillness of the deep night, the patter of raindrops was especially clear, tapping again and again at her heart.

The next morning, a sharp ring of the telephone sounded in Meng Yier’s room.

Because of what had happened with Yan Yichen and Ke Sen the night before, she had suffered from insomnia. Listening to the rain outside, she had scarcely closed her eyes the entire night, and only as dawn began to lighten the sky did she finally drift into a confused, exhausted sleep.

She was far too sleepy to care. The phone rang for a long time, but she ignored it, finally burrowing herself deeper under the quilt.

She thought it had to be that obnoxious man, Yan Yichen, calling to wake her up so he could keep squeezing labor out of her.

She was not going to listen to him.

At last the phone fell silent, and Meng Yier breathed a sigh of relief, preparing to sleep a little longer.

But before long, the ringing started again, tireless and relentless.

Irritated, Meng Yier sat up in bed, puffed out her cheeks, and was just about to scold him when she saw the caller ID and froze slightly.

It was not Yan Yichen.

It was Yu Mingxin.

She pressed the answer button. "Hello, Mingxin..."

The lazy words had barely left her lips before she let out a long yawn.

At almost the same moment, Yu Mingxin's anxious voice burst from the other end of the line.

"Xiao Yi, did you go out with Yan Yichen yesterday?"

Meng Yier answered instinctively, "Mm, yes."

Then she paused and suddenly felt puzzled. How would Mingxin know she had gone out with Yan Yichen?

She quickly added, "Mingxin, how did you know?"

Yu Mingxin let out a sigh. "So it really was you? Look at the news yourself."

Meng Yier frowned. "The news?"

Yu Mingxin said helplessly, "Xiao Yi, you're trending." Her tone carried unmistakable sympathy.

Meng Yier's drowsiness vanished at once. She sat bolt upright, eyes widening as she cried out, "What did you say?"

Yu Mingxin paused, then said, "You should check online yourself. But... be prepared."

Be prepared? What did that mean?

Meng Yier did not have time to think further. She jumped out of bed and quickly opened her computer.

As soon as it powered on, a hot topic popped up.

#National Heartthrob Yan Yichen's Romance Exposed#

The accompanying image showed Yan Yichen dragging a woman by the hand as they ran wildly.

Although the photo was blurry and the woman's features could not be made out, Meng Yier recognized her at a glance.

The woman in the photo was her.

Yu Mingxin knew her well, so of course she recognized her too.

Meng Yier's mouth twitched hard. No way—she had really made it to the hot search.

Yan Yichen's words suddenly flashed through her mind: So you want to make the headlines with me?

What a jinx.

Meng Yier cursed inwardly.

She logged onto the microblogging site and searched around, only to find that the entire top ten trending list had been taken over by Yan Yichen.

"Scheming woman seduces national heartthrob Yan Yichen"

"National heartthrob Yan Yichen secretly married some unknown actress"

"Heartthrob Yan Yichen's romance leaves fans disappointed and devastated"