"Sister Yan, should we say hello to Ruola?"
Song Yan was about to leave with Little Dumpling. In her hurry to take the child back, she had overlooked Ding Ruola.
Thankfully, Mei Xuejian reminded her. Otherwise, Song Yan would have forgotten all about Ding Ruola.
She led Little Dumpling inside and said a few words to Ding Ruola.
Little Sparrow, holding the design drafts, took a peek at Little Dumpling.
"That kid could easily pass for Sister Ruola's."
Song Yan also noticed that Little Dumpling was starting to resemble Ding Ruola more and more, especially in the look in their eyes.
Ding Ruola stole a glance at Song Yan. The woman didn't look well. She didn't know that Song Yan was troubled by Yin Han; she thought it was because of Little Sparrow's words.
"Hey! A teacher is like a parent. I'm Little Dumpling's daddy!"
As she spoke, she did a body - builder's muscle - flexing move and flexed her arms.
"Mommy, I want Sister Ruola to be my daddy!"
Mei Xuejian, standing to one side, tried hard not to laugh. In the end, he couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.
Song Yan gave Ding Ruola a few more instructions about work and then left.
The projects the studio had taken on were almost all completed. This time, they could take a real vacation.
Someone in the studio could even take a six - month leave.
Little Sparrow's work efficiency was remarkable. She had already finished her fashion designs.
The Moon brand had approved these drafts.
Once the "Renaissance" - themed dresses came out, many domestic light - fashion brands rushed to copy them.
Imitation could never become a classic. Moon, following a small - circle trend, created limited - edition items, and scalpers drove up the prices. This instantly elevated the brand's culture and sense of hierarchy.
At first, Ding Ruola thought this was inappropriate. But unexpectedly, just as the public's enthusiasm was starting to wane, they collaborated with the Kyoto Cultural Bureau to release a co - branded item.
Ding Ruola had never seen a domestic brand use such marketing tactics before.
Previously, Nike shoes were fond of using such strategies.
Sure enough, people were extremely curious about unique things.
The studio was taking a mid - year break. Ding Ruola was a responsible boss. Since the performance in the first half of the year was good, she gave each key member of the design studio a shopping allowance of 2,000 yuan.
No one could resist the charm of the June 18th shopping festival.
Ding Ruola planned to stay at home and help Fang Siyan organize documents. This was work she was capable of doing.
She could also understand some data reports.
But things didn't go as planned.
Just as Ding Ruola had given herself a vacation, something happened to Song Yan.
This incident had nothing to do with Ding Ruola at first. But after Ling Zi got involved, things that were originally unrelated became connected.
Someone leaked the surveillance video from that day, with all the timestamps removed.
Even after consulting technical experts, they couldn't restore the timestamps.
What was even more strange was that after Xia Ziyu left, there was no trace of him on any other surveillance cameras in the filming area. This made people highly suspicious of Xia Ziyu.
Xia Ziyu refused to say anything about what happened after he left Ling Zi.
All he said from beginning to end was, "It wasn't me."
Song Yan and Ding Ruola naturally believed Xia Ziyu, but netizens and some of Ling Zi's fans didn't.
Ding Ruola had never seen anyone more stubborn than Song He. Since she couldn't get her Weibo account back through normal means, she decided to speak up for Xia Ziyu.
As soon as she did, the netizens attacked her en masse.
She couldn't understand what was going through their minds.
[May Green Leaves: I don't know where this nobody came from, trying to steal the spotlight.]
[Hey! Didn't you quit the internet? Why are you back?]
There were all kinds of sarcastic comments. Ding Ruola was so angry that she wanted to climb through the internet cable, pry open these people's heads, and see if they had played too much Plants vs. Zombies.
Fang Siyan's workload increased significantly because Ding Ruola had logged back into Weibo.
He told his assistant to hire trolls to clean up the comments under Ding Ruola's Weibo posts and ban those with inappropriate remarks.
Every day, he sat there with a newspaper in his hand, keeping a close eye on Ding Ruola.
This kind of life was truly "meaningful".
"Baby, didn't you quit the internet?"
"Old Fang, I just want to help Ling Zi..."
Ding Ruola turned to talk to Fang Siyan, but before she could even finish half a sentence, she turned back and continued her online fight.
There was no way to persuade her, so Fang Siyan had no choice but to let her do as she pleased. He just regarded it as a new form of entertainment.
Xia Ziyu's public image completely collapsed.
Some old enemy dug out a video of Xia Ziyu beating a colleague.
The person in the video looked much younger. Ding Ruola pestered Fang Siyan to find someone to authenticate the video.
The video showed no signs of being edited, so it was true that Xia Ziyu had beaten someone.
Song Yan had already paid to get this trending topic removed from Weibo, but Xia Ziyu was really stubborn.
Xia Ziyu knew that if this incident was suppressed this time, it would resurface in the future, so he didn't really care.
The boy directly reposted the Weibo post and explained the whole thing clearly.
[Song Yan: Ruola! I've been hiding this for so many years, and now it's all ruined!]
The whole internet now knew that Xia Ziyu was gay.
He had beaten that man because the man had cheated on him.
Although that man had since moved to the behind - the - scenes, on the day Xia Ziyu clarified the incident, he immediately came forward.
[I'm the one who made the mistake. It's only human. There's no need to make a big deal out of it!]
These three sentences were enough to satisfy the curiosity of those who came to watch the drama.
The man also generously admitted that he and Xia Ziyu had once been in a relationship.
The internet was in an uproar.
Somehow, Yin Han got wind of this and decided to join the fray.
But Ding Ruola's perception was completely overturned.
"So this entertainment company belongs to Yin Han too? Old Fang!"
Fang Siyan looked at the excited Ding Ruola and couldn't help but laugh. He casually said, "You're still too naive."
So most of the studio's work had actually been given by Yin Han.
"Yin Han's late wife was Song Yan's sister. He entrusted the entertainment company to Song Yan to console himself. Don't feel too burdened."
Ding Ruola then recalled what Fang Siyan had said during their argument.
It had indeed been a bit harsh.
She also began to wonder why such an outstanding man would go out of his way to get close to her.
She wanted Fang Siyan to continue explaining, but at this crucial moment, the man's mouth seemed glued shut. He didn't say a single word.
Fang Siyan just didn't want Ding Ruola to get hurt. Now that Yin Han's target had changed, he no longer needed to be on guard against him.
Telling Ding Ruola that she was just someone else's shadow would be too cruel to her.
"I feel like such a fool."
Ding Ruola put her phone on the table and let out a long sigh. She leaned back on the sofa and stared at the lamp on the ceiling.
"Baby, sometimes it's not a good thing to see everything clearly. Seeing things through a veil is the most beautiful."
Fang Siyan handed Ding Ruola a black invitation.