Published at 28th of July 2026 1:12 pm

Chapter 3888: Past Connections

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"The problem shouldn’t be that serious; it’s not like we’re exposing them for making fake medicine. It won’t affect her."

Because of Yan Ci, Lin Yi also knew a bit about things in the entertainment industry.

Normally, if a company’s product had issues, the celebrity who endorsed them would more or less get dragged into it.

But that kind of situation also had its preconditions.

If it wasn’t a star company everyone knew, or a householdname celebrity, then even if it came out that the product had problems, it wouldn’t have that big an impact.

And Shengxin Pharmaceutical and that female host from the station were both nobodies in the business and entertainment circles; even if it broke that their drugs had issues, it wouldn’t really affect them.

Besides, right now it’s not even their drugs that have a problem, it’s just the discharge of wastewater.

"That’s true, but she’s still a colleague from the same station. We see each other all the time, so we should still be a bit careful."

Lin Yi understood everyone’s concerns. They weren’t like him, they were just ordinary people, still constrained by the rules of society, so he couldn’t force his own thinking on them.

"We’ve already come this far. There’s no way we’re quitting halfway." Feng Chengrong said:

"That commercial was probably shot a long time ago; maybe they’re not even in touch anymore. Let’s just pretend nobody knows anything and keep investigating this."

After he finished, Feng Chengrong looked over at Lin Yi.

"Lin Yi, when will the test results for the second water sample be out?"

"They should be about ready tomorrow."

"Alright, once the results are out, tell me right away. Then we can air our show."

"No problem."

Knock, knock, knock—

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

Everyone turned to look and found that the person standing at the door was unfamiliar—though not to Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan.

Because the person at the door was none other than 18.

"Lin Yi, come out a second. I need to talk to you about something."

18’s expression was serious, even a bit arrogant; his tone sounded like he was giving an order.

"Who do you think you’re talking to? Can’t you be a little more polite?"

Getting snapped at like that, 18’s pride took a hit. There were other people in the office, which made it a bit embarrassing for him.

"It’s not me who wants to see you, it’s our boss. Come over for a minute."

"I don’t have time. Can’t you see I’m busy? If he’s got something to say, he can come find me."

If it had been someone else coming, Lin Yi definitely wouldn’t have refused, but with 18’s attitude, there was no way he was going to play along.

"What do you mean by that, asking our boss to come to you? What the hell are you thinking?!"

"That’s exactly what I’m thinking. Even if you don’t like it, you’ll just have to suck it up."

Sitting next to them, Dong Xiao and Zhou Li exchanged a look and secretly gave Lin Yi a thumbsup.

"Fine, Lin Yi, you’ve got guts."

18’s face flushed with anger, and he shifted his gaze to Zhao Yuhuan.

"Little Zhao, you come then. Talking to you works too."

Zhao Yuhuan froze for a second, not expecting to get dragged into it.

She didn’t have Lin Yi’s fiery temper, nor his confidence to tell 18 no, so she put down her work and stood up.

"Brother Rong, I’m stepping out for a bit."

Feng Chengrong nodded and didn’t say anything else.

Zhao Yuhuan left with 18, and the office fell quiet again.

"If I remember right, that guy’s a host–journalist from Entertainment Frontline, isn’t he?" Zhou Li said.

Lin Yi nodded.

"We used to be in the same department. I switched posts through this round of internal recruitment."

They chatted a few lines and didn’t take 18 seriously, then went back to their own work.

About twentyodd minutes later, Zhao Yuhuan came back.

"Little Zhao, what did they want with you?" Zhou Li asked.

"The one who called me over was Wang Jia. She asked me about the pharmaceutical factory. I said I’m just in postproduction and don’t know anything, and then she let me go."

"That cold medicine from Shengxin Pharmaceutical is the one she endorses, isn’t it?" Dong Xiao said in surprise:

"We’ve been investigating this so secretly, and she still found out?"

"Most likely someone from the pharmaceutical company contacted her and wants her to step out and help smooth this over."

As she spoke, Zhou Li looked over at Feng Chengrong.

"Brother Rong, she might come looking for you any time now."

"Is she out of her mind? This has nothing to do with her. What’s she butting in for? First time I’ve seen someone jump into the shit pit themselves." Feng Chengrong cursed.

"It’s easy. She endorses the pharma company, so their relationship is definitely pretty cozy. As long as the company gives her some benefits, she’ll naturally be willing to come plead their case."

"I don’t object to her making that kind of money, but she should at least pick her battles. She’s already pocketed all the benefits, and now she wants to come play the good guy? Does she really think everyone else is an idiot?"

No one said anything; they all felt Wang Jia was going a bit too far.

"Damn it, we’ve got to blow this up big time." Feng Chengrong swore:

"Just because their show’s ratings are high, everyone in that team’s eyes are practically growing out of their foreheads. They really think everyone has to owe them a favor."

"Brother Rong, you’re awesome. I just love a man as domineering as you." Zhou Li said with a laugh.

"Yeah, this is the first time I’ve seen Brother Rong really lose his temper."

"He actually has a reason to be mad." Dong Xiao said:

"Our team and Entertainment Frontline really don’t get along."

"Huh? You mean there’s bad blood?" Zhao Yuhuan said in surprise, a total gossiponlooker look on her face.

"I think it was at the start of the year. A foreign musical troupe came to perform. Brother Rong put in a ton of effort to get in touch with them, wanted to do an interview and even got twenty free tickets to give away to viewers in a raffle. In the end, Entertainment Frontline swooped in and snatched it."

"There’s actually something like that? That’s way over the line."

"Their producer said that kind of interview didn’t fit our show’s tone and that it should be theirs, then just grabbed the resource."

"Our show is about everyday people&rsqu;s lives. A musical troupe coming is also a way to add to people’s entertainment. How does that ’not fit’?" Zhao Yuhuan said, unconvinced.

"Tell me about it, but they still stole it. And afterward they didn’t even say thank you, let alone treat Brother Rong to a meal or something." Dong Xiao said:

"The most hateful one in all this is Wang Jia. She knew we were going to interview the musical troupe and deliberately cozied up to Brother Rong. You all know what kind of person he is; he didn’t overthink it and told her a bit about it, and in the end she stabbed him in the back."

"Putting it that way, that woman’s pretty nasty—straightup a petty backstabber."

"Yeah, she’s a bit vile. She acts all harmless, but she’s full of dirty tricks. If you ask me, we should dig into this to the bitter end and not give them the slightest chance—piss them off good!" Dong Xiao said.

"Mmhmm."

Lin Yi sat to the side and chuckled.

When women decide to go ruthless, men really don’t get much of a say anymore.

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