The Entertainment Industry in Turmoil: Young Actresses All Want to Rise to the Top

Chapter 115 Shocking! Shen Mo Beats Up a Fan!

It was nearly midnight when the recording of Happy Camp was finished. The ten-hour recording session left everyone looking tired.

As the host, He Jiong enthusiastically suggested that everyone go out for a late-night snack. After changing into their casual clothes, everyone walked out of the Mango Building in twos and threes.

The streets were rather deserted late at night. Just as the group was walking toward their car, something unexpected happened!

A black figure darted out from the shadows beside the road like a ghost, its target clear: Dilraba, who looked tired and was walking with her head down in the group!

"Reba—!"

The figure let out a hoarse shout, which sounded particularly jarring in the silent night.

Dilraba was so frightened by the sudden attack that her pretty face instantly turned pale, and she froze on the spot, watching as the person was about to rush towards her.

At the critical moment, Shen Mo beside her reacted with astonishing speed!

He instinctively stretched out his long arm and pulled Dilraba behind him, while simultaneously turning sideways and raising his leg without hesitation, accurately hitting the dark figure.

With a muffled thud and a cry of pain, the charging figure was kicked and staggered backward.

As Shen Mo forcefully pulled her away, Dilraba's high heels twisted due to inertia, and she cried out in surprise as her body fell backward uncontrollably.

Shen Mo didn't even look at the person who had been kicked away. He pulled his arm back from her shoulder and used his other hand to firmly support her waist and back.

With a smooth rotation to deflect the force, he instantly pulled Dilraba, who was about to fall, completely into his arms and held her tightly.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye!

"Brother Mo!"

"Reba!"

Zhao Xiaoyu and her managers and assistants, who were not far behind, finally reacted and rushed forward, quickly surrounding Shen Mo and the still-shaken Dilraba.

Bodyguard Wang Zheng quickly pounced on him, pinning the stunned figure to the ground, rendering him unable to move.

Everyone looked on in shock and then realized that the man who was being pinned to the ground by Wang Zheng was still tightly clutching a bunch of red roses that had been squeezed and deformed.

Even with his face pressed against the cold ground, he continued to struggle and scream wildly.

"Dilraba! I like you! I really like you so much!"

"Don't be with Shen Mo! He's not a good person! And Li Xian too! Neither of them are good enough for you!"

"Let me go! Let me see Dilraba! Dilraba—!"

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At this moment, the security guards from Hunan TV, who had noticed the commotion outside, rushed over and, together with Wang Zheng, completely subdued the obviously fanatical fan.

With a serious expression, He Jiong strode forward, first glancing at Dilraba, who was being protected in Shen Mo's arms, and then immediately giving instructions to the security guards.

"Take this person to the police station immediately and handle it properly!"

He turned to Shen Mo and Dilraba, his tone full of apology.

"I'm so sorry! It was our security oversight that startled you! Are you alright?"

Shen Mo shook his head to indicate that he was fine, but Dilraba in his arms was still shaken.

She instinctively gripped the fabric of Shen Mo's shirt tightly with both hands, her face deathly pale.

Shen Mo could clearly feel the trembling of the delicate body in his arms. He frowned slightly and tightened his arms around her.

"It's alright, don't be afraid, I'm here."

His gaze swept past the crowd and met that of Li Yitong, who was standing beside him.

Li Yitong's face still showed lingering surprise and worry, but the moment she met Shen Mo's gaze, she quickly composed herself.

Then he quickly walked up, put his arm around Reba, and nodded slightly to Shen Mo, indicating that he would hand her over.

Shen Mo patted Dilraba on the back and then let go.

Dilraba then realized what was happening and, upon seeing Li Yitong beside her, quickly let go of her hand that was gripping Shen Mo's clothes.

Shen Mo walked over to Wang Zheng and gave him a brief explanation, telling him to negotiate with the police to find out the reason, but not to make a big fuss, since it wouldn't be good for Dilraba.

Bai Mengyan, Tian Xiwei, and the others standing beside Li Yitong were no longer their usual playful selves.

They all wore expressions of lingering fear and anger. Although they maintained a calm facade, their tightly pursed lips and slightly pale knuckles betrayed their inner turmoil.

Shen Mo's eyes were calm as water, but those who knew him well could see the coldness hidden beneath that calm.

He whispered to He Jiong.

"Teacher He, we won't go for supper. Let's take Reba home to rest first."

He Jiong nodded quickly: "Of course, of course. Go back and comfort them properly."

The black van slowly drove up, and Shen Mo and Li Yitong, one on each side, protected Dilraba, whose legs were still weak, as they got into the van and drove away.

Just then, unnoticed by anyone, a faint shutter sound rang out in the night from the green belt across the road.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, news of Shen Mo "violently assaulting fans" quickly became a trending topic.

With the phenomenal success of "My Love from the Star" still fresh in everyone's minds, any little thing about him is amplified, and this news instantly went viral across the internet.

The titles are getting more and more terrifying:

[Shocking! Popular celebrity Shen Mo assaults fan in the street!]

[Shen Mo's image has collapsed? He kicked a fanatical fan in the street after filming a TV show!]

[Is the male lead of "My Love from the Star" really this volatile in private? Suspected of hitting a fan over jealousy!]

The accompanying photos are carefully captured images: Shen Mo kicking a fan, Dilraba being pulled into his arms, and Wang Zheng pinning someone to the ground.

The only thing missing was the scene of that enthusiastic fan rushing forward first.

The text was extremely inflammatory, misinterpreting Shen Mo's defensive behavior as "Shen Mo and Dilraba developed feelings for each other during filming" or "out of jealousy—"

"Fans sent flowers, then the violence spiraled out of control."

The attack by a "sasaeng fan" was blurred into a farce of jealousy and rivalry.

"He's only just become famous, and he already dares to hit people? If he acts in two more movies, wouldn't he dare to use a knife?"

"I told you, none of these capitalists are any good. Do you really think he's some kind of decent person?"

"I suggest banning him outright and taking that garbage drama 'My Love from the Star' down as well!"

"His on-screen pairing with Li Yitong in the TV series was all the rage, and now he's already eager to get involved with Dilraba?"

"Oh my, maybe the whole company is his harem. What's Dilraba compared to him?"

Around 7 a.m., before dawn, Shen Mo's phone rang urgently.

The caller was Yang Tianzhen; her voice was hoarse from waking up early and filled with suppressed anger.

"President Shen, the trending topics are exploding, and there are online trolls behind it, stirring up the hype at an incredible pace."

"I have been handling it according to the standard emergency plan."

"The technical department has collected screenshots from the entire internet to identify the few marketing accounts that are most active online, and the legal department can send out the lawyer's letter drafted in half an hour."

"The main accusations are that they infringed on portrait rights, fabricated facts, and committed malicious defamation."

"Our public opinion team is also organizing fans and marketing accounts to control comments, emphasizing that the other party attacked the artist first, which is a legitimate self-defense."

She speaks very quickly and clearly, and it's obvious that she has already gotten the team up and running.

"But this time the situation is a bit complicated."

Yang Tianzhen paused, his tone grave.

"The other party came prepared, and the angle of the snapshot was too tricky, making it easy for ordinary passersby to be misled."

"Moreover—it involves you and Dilraba, and your drama CP fans, as well as your individual fans and haters, have all joined in, making the public opinion field a complete mess."

"If you have any other ideas, please let us know as soon as possible."

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