Chapter 47: The Movie Emperor's Pet is a Black-Hearted Vixen

After a long while, Song Heqing finally broke the silence, calling out Su Tang's name in a gentle voice, "Su Tang..."

"Yes..." Su Tang replied in a soft, cautious voice.

Su Tang looked up at Song Heqing. Because the lights were turned off, the room was shrouded in darkness. The only light source filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the far side, but since Song Heqing's tall figure stood right before her, Su Tang still could not see a thing.

Unlike Su Tang, Song Heqing could vaguely make out her face.

Looking straight at Su Tang, Song Heqing asked in a low voice, "Before I arrived, it seemed like you were having a very pleasant chat with Shen Lv?"

Su Tang's heart skipped a beat. At that time, she and Shen Lv had been speaking in low voices, bringing them rather close together. Judging by Song Heqing's earlier reaction, she had assumed he hadn't noticed.

She never expected that Song Heqing had seen it all, and was only bringing it up now.

Su Tang quickly explained, "No, no! Shen Lv just said he wanted to help me handle some company matters, but I turned him down immediately. I told him my boyfriend was already taking care of it for me, and I didn't want his help."

Unable to see Song Heqing's expression, Su Tang felt a lingering sense of unease, but the moment she heard him let out a chuckle, her heart finally settled back into place.

"Promise me you won't get that close to other men from now on, okay?" Song Heqing's tall frame suddenly leaned down. He rested his head gently against the crook of Su Tang's neck, his tone carrying a coquettish hint of spoiled pleading.

Oh god!!

Su Tang's eyes widened in disbelief. Who could possibly resist a man acting like this?!

Anyway, Su Tang certainly couldn't, so she immediately nodded and agreed, "Okay!!"

Putting herself in his shoes, if Song Heqing were to get that close to another woman, she would feel extremely displeased as well, which made her agreement swift and willing.

Song Heqing let out two low, muffled laughs of satisfaction.

"Stay away from other men, and that includes Shen Lv, understood?" Song Heqing's tone remained gently coaxing, completely devoid of any threatening undertone.

Yet, Su Tang could already feel the thick wave of jealousy radiating from him. She reached out and wrapped her arms around Song Heqing, "Alright~ I promise you, my precious~ But you aren't allowed to do it either."

In the darkness where neither could see, both of their eyes flashed with a hint of obsessive, deeply affectionate madness.

"Alright." Song Heqing readily agreed as well.

Eventually, the two of them took the elevator straight down to the underground parking garage. Because there were still some loose ends to deal with, Song Heqing could only drive Su Tang as far as the intersection.

Reluctant to part, they held each other in the car and shared a lingering, passionate kiss before finally separating. Only after their farewell kiss did Su Tang step out of the vehicle.

Watching longingly as Song Heqing's car drove away, Su Tang turned around and began her walk back.

If someone has been constantly keeping company with another, the sudden solitude upon parting can leave them feeling terribly unaccustomed.

Su Tang was in precisely that state right now. Watching Song Heqing's car fade into the distance left her heart feeling hollow and empty.

After walking a few steps down the darkened alley, Su Tang paused.

She pulled out her phone and glanced at it, as if she had simply stopped to check a message.

Holding her phone, she strolled toward a small intersection. Just as she was about to pass it, a hand suddenly shot out from the side of the wall, pulling Su Tang into an even narrower, secluded alley.

Being dragged into the alley did not panic Su Tang in the least. First, she securely tucked away her phone, and before the assailant's fist could swing toward her, she caught the incoming fist with her left hand.

Immediately afterward, Su Tang channeled all her stored strength into her right hand and delivered a powerful strike to the person in front of her.

Accompanied by a miserable howl, her heavily built manager crashed hard to the ground with a loud thud.

Su Tang curved her lips into a cold, faint sneer, "Well, well, long time no see, scum. What a coincidence today."

The manager, sprawling on the ground and clutching his face, looked up at Su Tang with trembling fear. He had assumed Su Tang was just a delicate and fragile woman.

The only reason she had gained the upper hand last time was by pure chance, allowing her to chase and beat him.

This time, he had seized the initiative entirely, yet he had still been knocked flat to the ground by a single punch from her.

The moment he dragged Su Tang into the alley, he had thrown a punch right away, but he never imagined Su Tang's reflexes would be so terrifyingly fast—far quicker than his own!

Refusing to believe it, the manager stubbornly attributed his defeat to mere coincidence.

Struggling, he quickly scrambled back to his feet, attempting another surprise attack on Su Tang, but in the blink of an eye, she kicked him sprawling once more.

The piercing, inhuman screams echoing through the narrow alley startled the stray animals nearby.

Due to the secluded location, no one around noticed the commotion.

A few minutes later, Su Tang sauntered out leisurely from the alley.

After the skirmish, not a single scratch marred her skin, and her clothes remained neat and orderly. Only her exquisite hairstyle was slightly disarrayed, though it did nothing to diminish her stunning beauty.

Even System 001, which had been watching the entire time, was dumbfounded: [Aren't you always fond of accumulating merit and doing good deeds? How could you hit him so...]

Su Tang dusted off her hands with a helpless sigh, continuing her slow walk home, [My dear, I do love accumulating merit, but that doesn't mean I should just stand there and let someone beat me up, right? If I did that, I wouldn't be kind; I'd just be a fool.]

001 fell into a silent speechlessness.

Although an unpleasant yet satisfying incident had just occurred, it failed to dampen Su Tang's excellent mood.

After finishing her shower and climbing into bed, she picked up her phone.

Every night, she would spend a while being affectionate with Song Heqing before they exchanged goodnights and went to sleep. Tonight was no exception.

*

Song Heqing moved with remarkable efficiency, wrapping up all the loose ends in a very short time. Just as he had anticipated, the entertainment agency lost the lawsuit.

During the preparation period, Song Heqing had even taken the initiative to speak with other artists from that agency and gathered as much evidence as possible, making victory an absolute breeze.

Even with such fast-paced progress, a full month had already passed.

Throughout this period, although Su Tang had temporarily stepped away from work, she remained actively in the public eye.

Aside from the variety show *Survival Operation*, this was also due to the ongoing fallout surrounding her former management agency.

Especially after the agency lost the lawsuit, Su Tang's popularity soared to new heights once again.

Scrolling through her phone, Su Tang found her name everywhere she looked.

Seeing countless comments speaking up on her behalf throughout the day, she began leisurely scrolling through them one by one.

A: [No wonder such a gorgeous young lady had to resort to those bizarre antics—turns out it was all forced by the company.]

B: [This agency is seriously sickening, making all their artists use such weird methods to rake in money. No wonder so many of them were diagnosed with depression.]

C: [Yeah, seriously. I heard quite a few of them were even driven to self-harm.]

D: [Damn it, these artists had it so rough. I hope the boss rots in hell!!!!]

E: [+1 to the floor above.]

F: [+2 to the floor above.]

A: [+10086 to the floor above!!]