After We Broke Up, She Started Pursuing Me [Entertainment Industry] 81

Chapter 81 – Extra 7 : Jiang Nan

Those indecent videos and photos were all released by Lu Xing’s wife.

After that incident was exposed, Lu Xing, for his own benefit, could only distance himself from his relationship with Ye Qingnan, claiming it was just a one-night mistake.

He thought that since Ye Qingnan was pregnant, he could ask his wife not to make a big deal out of it. But what kind of person was his wife?

Born into capital, how could she be soft-hearted?

She naturally saw Ye Qingnan as one of those women who would climb into bed for benefits. She ignored Lu Xing’s dissuasion, contacted the media, and directly published all those photos and videos.

And, the headline at that time even read: Well-known Actress Seduces Director, Indecent Photos Leaked.

This incident was like a bolt from the blue, causing a sensation in the entertainment industry in an instant.

And Ye Qingnan’s nude, indecent photos, since being posted online, had been spread like wildfire.

Not only that, but in newspapers, on television, many media outlets fabricated the incident in even more outrageous directions to increase sensationalism and attract traffic.

And at that time, Ye Qingnan, nearly five months pregnant, hid in her room, silently opening her phone to see what everyone was saying about her.

Her nude body had been seen by who knows how many people.

The way she struggled on the bed, her pained expression, her disheveled hair as she pleaded, all of it, without any cover, without any reservation, was seen by everyone.

The men called her a slut.

Said she didn’t know how to please a man at all.

Said they wanted to try it themselves…

The women said she was shameless.

Said she would do anything for benefits.

Said she even dared to seduce a married man.

Said she had the face of a vixen, the look of a disaster…

Everyone, everyone sneered at her, spat on her. The overwhelming curses were like an endless downpour.

She stood alone in the heavy rain, letting the rain wash over her, letting the raindrops beat down on her, letting the rain soak her.

Her face was empty, as if she had lost her soul, like a walking corpse. She seemed not to care anymore, not to care about anything at all.

What’s the meaning of such a life?

Maybe she shouldn’t have appeared in this world at all…

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And when the incident happened, Jiang Nuo was also furious, never having thought that Ye Qingnan had really hidden it from her for so long.

But after that, when she calmed down, she sensitively noticed that something was wrong with this matter.

In those photos and videos, although Jiang Nuo didn’t want to look a second time, how could she not see that Ye Qingnan was not willing at all?

On the contrary, from those cries of anguish, she heard a hint of helpless despair.

And putting all that aside for a moment, the impact of this incident was so great now. Everyone was treating it as a piece of entertainment gossip, something to talk about after a meal.

But what about Ye Qingnan?

Jiang Nuo couldn’t imagine what kind of pain a person so sensitive, who cared so much about outside opinions, was enduring right now.

Jiang Nuo first contacted Ye Lan, explained the situation to her, and told her to return to the country as soon as possible. On the other hand, she immediately rushed to Ye Qingnan’s house. Fortunately, she still had a key.

The moment she opened the door, the messy sight in the living room stunned Jiang Nuo.

On the sofa were clothes thrown about randomly. On the table were piles of various food packaging bags. The floor also had obvious dirty marks.

It was clear that no one had cleaned for a long time.

Jiang Nuo was stunned for a moment, then looked around. “Ye Qingnan?”

No one answered her.

She ran to Ye Qingnan’s bedroom, but the door was locked from the inside. She couldn’t open it at all.

“Are you in there? Qingnan?” Jiang Nuo shouted into the room.

Still no response.

A sense of unease rose in Jiang Nuo’s heart. Relying on her memory, she found the spare key in the living room.

The moment she opened the door, her heart felt as if it had instantly fallen from a high place, a sudden clench.

She saw Ye Qingnan lying flat on the bed, her lower abdomen already slightly bulging. She had her eyes closed, as if sleeping very peacefully, but on her left wrist was an abnormally obvious bloody gash. Fresh blood slid down from her wrist, staining a small patch of the white quilt red, and also piercing Jiang Nuo’s eyes with red.

Jiang Nuo immediately rushed over to hold her. Her trembling fingers were placed under her nose. When she felt a faint, weak, warm breath, Jiang Nuo let out a sigh of relief.

She casually grabbed a piece of clothing, wrapped it tightly around Ye Qingnan’s wrist, and then immediately called for an ambulance.

Although she had lost a lot of blood, fortunately, Jiang Nuo had found her in time, and Ye Qingnan’s body was not in major danger.

The first thing Ye Qingnan wanted to do when she woke up was to go home. She couldn’t face outsiders right now. She couldn’t look at any outside gazes.

Seeing her so haggard, Jiang Nuo felt even more heartache. After taking Ye Qingnan home, she couldn’t help but ask:

“Qingnan, tell me… did that bastard force you?”

Hearing this, Ye Qingnan’s numb eyes finally moved. She looked elsewhere, her pale lips moving.

“Don’t… talk about it…”

With that, she turned her face back to Jiang Nuo.

Jiang Nuo looked at her, slowly raised her hand, and then placed it on the back of her own hand, squeezing it slightly. The hand was frighteningly cold.

In just a few months, Ye Qingnan was now so thin and withered, like a paper person who could be blown away by the wind at any time.

Ye Qingnan stared at her, a few strands of hair caught between her lips. Her lips were white and dry, even cracked.

She shook her head lightly at Jiang Nuo and said, “I beg you… don’t leave me…”

Ye Qingnan had thought her heart was already dead, that she had lost the nerve for emotional sensitivity.

But at this moment, a tear unconsciously slid from the corner of her eye. Then, one after another, the long-suppressed sense of emptiness, of numbness, could finally land on solid ground, fiercely vented out.

Jiang Nuo’s eyes also unconsciously turned red. She held Ye Qingnan’s hand back, and could no longer control herself as she hugged her, crying her heart out on her shoulder and neck.

“I won’t… never again…”

“I was too stupid. It was me who didn’t know… I’m sorry… it was my fault…”

Jiang Nuo cried like a child, her voice trembling, only able to say these two sentences intermittently.

That day, the two of them held each other, wanting to knead themselves into the other’s life, never willing to let go, never willing to be separated again.

After that, Jiang Nuo and Ye Lan took care of Ye Qingnan’s daily life together.

Jiang Nuo found that Ye Qingnan’s appetite had greatly decreased. Her expression was sometimes dazed, her reactions slow. She would often cry inexplicably by herself, unable to control it.

Jiang Nuo understood everything in her heart, but she deceived herself. She didn’t want to see this fact clearly.

Every day, she would wake up and stay by her bed, waiting for Ye Qingnan to wake up.

She held her, she kissed her, she would tirelessly, over and over again, encourage her, wanting to bring Ye Qingnan hope for life.

One day, the sun outside was just right. Jiang Nuo opened the window, letting the light shine on the bed.

And Ye Qingnan lay there, her brow furrowed in obvious discomfort, her face turned to the other side.

At that time, Ye Qingnan was nearly eight months pregnant, not far from her due date.

Jiang Nuo sat by her bed, a gentle smile on her lips, and took her hand. The hand was still cold and clammy, and Jiang Nuo wanted to warm it.

“Nannan, I had a dream yesterday. A very, very happy dream.”

Ye Qingnan also curved her lips into a faint smile and looked at her. “Mhm? What dream?”

“I dreamed that after you gave birth, I took you, and the child, and we went to live in another place. The people there were very nice, and our neighbors were also very nice.”

“We read our favorite books and movies together every day, took care of the child together, and did so many, many… things we’ve never done before.”

Perhaps it was truly so beautiful. As Jiang Nuo spoke, she was for a moment lost in a daze.

“Really? That’s really happy…” Ye Qingnan replied with a smile.

Receiving her affirmation, the smile on Jiang Nuo’s lips widened. “Right? You think so too.”

She squeezed Ye Qingnan’s hand and placed it on her own face, letting her stroke her.

“Then after you give birth, we’ll move to another city together… or anywhere is fine. As long as you like it, the three of us will live together for a lifetime, okay?”

She looked at Ye Qingnan, waiting for her reply.

That dream was something she had made up. Actually, her dreams were all nightmares. Sometimes she would dream that Ye Qingnan had left her, and she could never find her again.

Ye Qingnan didn’t reply, just smiled faintly and nodded.

Jiang Nuo believed her. She finally laughed heartily, leaned over, and kissed Ye Qingnan’s lips.

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It was just a pity that she still broke her promise.

Due to her physical condition, Ye Qingnan gave birth prematurely.

The day of the birth was very sudden. In the early hours of the morning, Jiang Nuo was startled awake. She and Ye Lan quickly took Ye Qingnan to the hospital.

Jiang Nuo waited anxiously outside the operating room, silently praying in her heart.

But the delivery process was very smooth. Ye Qingnan gave birth to a girl. Because she was a premature baby, she needed to stay in the hospital for a week.

At first, Jiang Nuo saw that Ye Qingnan’s condition was still okay. She could even smile and say a word or two to her.

And the public discussion about Ye Qingnan was also decreasing. Those photos and videos were banned.

But just as Jiang Nuo thought that everything was about to get better, an accident suddenly happened.

Ye Qingnan had taken a large amount of sleeping pills. By the time she was discovered, it was already too late. She couldn’t be saved.

Hearing this news, Jiang Nuo felt as if the sky were about to collapse.

Her heart ached, and the pain eventually turned into anger. She was angry that Ye Qingnan had deceived her again.

But the person was gone. What was the use of her being angry?

In her memory, such a vibrant person, gone just like that.

Ye Lan regretted it, washing her face with tears all day, but regret was also useless.

The two of them forced themselves to handle Ye Qingnan’s funeral arrangements, and also had to take care of this child who was not yet a month old.

Unable to accept this reality, Ye Lan once again chose to go abroad to escape. She felt she had no face to see her sister and Jiang Nuo again.

And at home, only Jiang Nuo and that child were left.

One afternoon, while the child was sleeping, Jiang Nuo began to clean the house.

Although Ye Qingnan was no longer there, Jiang Nuo would still clean that room spotlessly.

She knew that Ye Qingnan loved to be clean the most.

After finishing cleaning, she returned to the sofa in the living room and sat there in a daze.

She looked at the main door, remembering the first time Ye Lan had brought her home, and her first meeting with Ye Qingnan.

She looked at the dining table, remembering Ye Qingnan smiling and telling her that next time she came, she would definitely make her favorite dishes.

She looked at the balcony, remembering that in that dead of night, two lonely souls had come together, leaning shoulder to shoulder and joking.

The memories were too beautiful. Jiang Nuo smiled, but as she smiled, she began to cry.

Jiang Nuo couldn’t control herself and knelt on the floor. She braced her hands on the floor and cried her heart out, tears streaming down her face, dripping onto the ground.

She began to slap herself, hating that when they broke up, why hadn’t she asked a few more questions? Why had she said such things to Ye Qingnan? Why?

How sad, how helpless must Ye Qingnan have been at that time?

Jiang Nuo didn’t know, and no one would ever tell her again.

Perhaps her movements were too loud, and she woke the sleeping child in the room.

The baby’s cries rang out. Jiang Nuo quickly wiped her tears, ran into the room, and picked up the child to comfort her.

But the child cried louder and louder, unable to be stopped.

Jiang Nuo held her, as if she were coaxing her, and also as if she were telling herself:

“Be good, don’t cry. Maybe your mommy is always watching you? Hmm? You have to be good, okay?”

As if by magic, under Jiang Nuo’s soft, gentle voice, the child’s cries gradually subsided, and she slowly fell asleep.

Jiang Nuo held her in her arms, a doting smile on her lips. She used her finger to touch her little cheek, which was flushed red.

So cute. She’ll definitely look a lot like her in the future.

To let the child sleep soundly, Jiang Nuo walked back and forth in the living room, holding the child. Finally, she walked to the balcony.

The weather was good today. Jiang Nuo looked up at the sky. She was thinking, in that vast blue, in those layers of clouds, could Ye Qingnan also be hidden at that unseen end?

Could she? She must be.

Jiang Nuo smiled faintly. She knew that Ye Qingnan loved to see her smile the most.

Qingnan, I will take good care of the child. You can rest assured.

Some things, maybe not now, but one day, the truth will come to light.

Over there, you must be happier than you were here.

You must remember, if you miss me, come and see me in my dreams.