Chapter 13: Dirt

Back in her apartment, Jiang Qin changed into a pair of cotton pajamas.

It was quite interesting; the Interstellar era actually lacked things like pure cotton clothing. Even if they existed, they were only used for high-end custom apparel, while ordinary people could only buy imitation cotton clothes.

Anything related to natural plants was very expensive.

After all, given the current state of the air, these ancient species could only survive inside simulated environment cultivation chambers.

Therefore, the cost was very high.

However, the imitation cotton clothes weren't bad, and Jiang Qin felt she could accept them.

Just as she was preparing to hop onto the StarNet to play around, she received a call from an unknown optical computer number.

After selecting voice mode, she tapped to answer.

"Hello, may I ask if this is Miss Jiang Qin?"

Jiang Qin was a bit puzzled. "I am."

"Excuse me, could I bother you for a few minutes? I am Will, an agent from Tianwen Entertainment. I wanted to ask if you have any intention of signing with an agency."

"I have already signed with Moonlight Bar."

"We know. As long as you are willing, our company will take full responsibility for your contract termination fees and tailor a development plan for you moving forward."

Although it sounded very good, Jiang Qin still refused.

She had had enough of a life controlled by agencies; in this lifetime, she only wanted to be herself, and incidentally, bring those excellent works to the Interstellar.

"Miss Jiang, you might want to seriously reconsider. Moonlight is, at the end of the day, just a bar. Even if it's popular, it has its limits."

"Sorry, I really have no intention."

"Alright, if you change your mind, feel free to contact me at any time."

This call seemed to have flipped a switch.

Afterward, several more calls from unknown numbers came in one after another, making Jiang Qin feel incredibly annoyed.

She hadn't expected that even in the Interstellar era, there would still be things like harassing phone calls.

Although the current Interstellar laws did not allow anyone to pry into others' privacy, especially the privacy of females, there would always be people hiding in the shadows to make money, no matter where you were.

The Interstellar, in particular, was actually very difficult to truly regulate.

After all, there were still many planets that were semi-developed, undeveloped, or existed as trash planets, barren planets, wasteland planets, or low-level planets.

As long as criminals ran to these places and changed their identities, it was very difficult to arrest them.

***

Although she had prepared for her information to be exposed, Jiang Qin really didn't expect it to happen so quickly and so thoroughly.

Late at night, many night owls discovered that a post had quietly popped up on the StarNet.

《Digging into that low-level female who has been grabbing all the attention lately》

The title of the article was very eye-catching.

Jiang Qin had uploaded the recorded "Ningxia" to the platform again that evening, and this song had also climbed to the tail end of the charts that night.

Meanwhile, "As You Wish," released at noon, had already reached tenth place.

Although "Anonymous Comfort" was a bit further back, it wasn't far off, currently ranking fifteenth.

Even though this was just a new song chart, it was enough to be stunning.

In particular, the praise brought by these two songs made netizens exclaim that these were the most moving songs they had heard in recent years.

Some songs were pleasant to listen to, but you forgot them as soon as they ended, lacking any depth.

These two songs were different; they felt that even years later, they would still find them beautiful when they looked back.

Jiang Qin had become a minor hit on the StarNet, and Moonlight Bar had become popular too.

At the very least, on Blue Planet, anyone who followed entertainment trends had scrolled past the video of her playing the piano.

Perhaps that was why someone went to dig up her background.

Because she had affected the balance of Tai Street!

The post detailed Jiang Qin's life over the past eighteen years.

Born on a barren planet, an undocumented resident, once survived by picking through trash, lived among low-level planet citizens, and never received an education.

These things were true, but what followed was half-truth and half-lie.

Clearly, she was the biological daughter brought back by the Jiang family, but in the post, it became that she had met the kind-hearted Jiang family on a barren planet and was adopted.

As a result, after coming to Blue Planet, she grew jealous of the family's Miss Jiang Rumeng, pushed her down the stairs, and then left the Jiang family out of fear.

Then, she greedily entered a bar to work, and after becoming famous, she blocked the Jiang family members who had saved her from the barren planet.

She was a textbook ingrate, a low-level female with a vile personality.

[No way? I was just feeling sorry for her situation, and it turns out there's a plot twist??]

[She hasn't received an education? Meaning she's illiterate? Then how did she write these songs? God, could she be plagiarizing?]

[I regret liking her songs so much, thinking she was a gentle and pure female. I really misjudged her!]

[The OP is likely telling the truth. I'm a neighbor of the Jiang family, and they did indeed bring back a girl from a barren planet a while ago. But I haven't seen her for a few days, and Miss Jiang was indeed hospitalized a few days ago.]

[I originally thought someone was smearing her, but I didn't expect it to be true. Unfollowing and turning against her!]

[Vomit.jpg, I wouldn't even take such a dirty, low-level female if she were given to me.]

[What a pity for that pretty face. Who knows how many low-level males took advantage of her when she was on the barren planet.]

Overnight, this post went viral across the entire network.

Jiang Ruhai, who had just finished staying up late to watch his favorite streamer, had just exited the livestream when he scrolled past this video.

He had originally opened it out of curiosity, but after reading it—well, he ended up eating the melon that turned out to be his own family.

The Jiang family on Blue Planet—wasn't that his family? Plus the mention of the barren planet female and the bullied Miss Jiang.

Who else could it be but Jiang Qin and his sister?

The more Jiang Ruhai read, the angrier he became; he was practically fuming.

He immediately found the optical computer number Jiang Rumeng had sent him earlier and called it.

"Hello, the number you have dialed is out of service. Please leave a message."

"Damn it, she actually turned it off!!"

What he had actually dialed was Jiang Yulian's secondary optical computer number; no one in the Jiang family knew Jiang Qin's new number.

So, he had no way to curse at Jiang Qin at the moment, and could only swallow this anger until dawn to call his parents.

***

Having slept well, Jiang Qin woke up early, feeling refreshed. After washing up, she turned on her optical computer.

After all, she didn't think anyone would have anything urgent to reach her about in the middle of the night.

So, to ensure a good night's sleep, she always put her optical computer into sleep mode before bed.

As a result, today, the moment she turned it on, she was flooded with all sorts of messages.

Among them were over a dozen messages from You Wei.

Thinking he might have something urgent regarding work, Jiang Qin quickly clicked on the messages.

"Miss Jiang, please do not go out today. I will find a way to resolve the situation on the internet."

The meaning of the dozen or so messages was more or less the same: telling her not to go out and that she should wait for his notification regarding today's work.

(End of chapter)