Who's going to be the female lead's simp? Aren't the supporting female characters mor

The air pressure inside the car in southern Jiangsu was so low it was suffocating.

Lin Ruyu was shoved into the passenger seat. She huddled in the corner, trembling, clutching the broken pearl necklace in her hand.

"Young Master Su... I really don't know..." she said, her voice trembling with tears, trying to tug at Su Nan's sleeve. "It must have been Bai Jingyou who framed us! That Zhao Feng..."

"Shut up!"

Su Nan turned his head, and the look in his eyes made Lin Ruyu swallow the rest of her words.

That wasn't the look you give a lover, or even the look you give a person; it was the look you give a piece of chewing gum stuck to the sole of a shoe—disgusting, repulsive, and eager to get rid of it.

"Idiot." Su Nan gritted her teeth, each word seemingly squeezed out from between them. "You think Bai Jingyou is after you? Someone like you doesn't deserve his schemes! He's trying to smear me! Using your filthy affair with Zhao Feng to drag the Su family into the mire!"

Just then, Su Nan's phone rang.

The moment Su Nan saw the caller ID, his previous ruthlessness instantly turned into terror.

He took a deep breath, regulated his breathing, and then answered the phone: "Dad..."

"You bastard!"

The roar on the other end of the phone was so loud that Lin Ruyu in the passenger seat could hear it: "Turn on the TV and look at the stock price! The Su Group's stock price has plummeted by three percent in half an hour! Who told you to mess with the Bai family? Huh? Are you trying to kill me with anger?!"

"Dad, that's a misunderstanding. Zhao Feng acted on his own..."

"I don't care about the process! I only want the result!" The old man's voice was cold and devoid of any human warmth. "Immediately, right now, clean this up completely! The Su family can't afford to lose face like this! If you don't handle this properly, you're going to the branch office, and don't even think about coming back for the rest of your life!"

beep--

The phone hangs up.

The veins on the back of Su Nan's hand, which was gripping the phone, bulged.

He watched the street scene rushing past the window, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

Bai Jingyou's knife went too deep.

If he didn't make the difficult decision to cut his own arm, the festering wound would cost him his life.

He needs a scapegoat.

In the current situation, only by spilling all the mud and clearing oneself of any wrongdoing can one give an explanation to the board of directors.

Zhao Feng is definitely doomed, as for Lin Ruyu...

Su Nan glanced coldly at the woman huddled in the corner through the rearview mirror.

He thought it was a knife that would disgust Bai Jingyou, but it turned out to be a bomb that exploded in his own hand.

Since that's the case, then don't blame him for being impolite.

He dialed the public relations director's number.

"Issue a public announcement." Su Nan's voice regained its calmness, revealing a chilling coldness. "First, Brilliant Entertainment is also a victim. They were deceived by Zhao Feng and had no knowledge of his personal actions. We will immediately terminate all cooperation with them and file a lawsuit against them to hold them legally accountable."

Lin Ruyu suddenly looked up, a glimmer of hope flashing in her eyes. If Zhao Feng was taking the blame, then perhaps she could…

"Second," Su Nan paused, his gaze sweeping across Lin Ruyu's face like a knife, "we will immediately terminate Lin Ruyu's contract on the grounds that she has serious moral flaws, concealed past misdeeds, and caused a huge negative impact on the company's reputation. In addition, we will send her a lawyer's letter, demanding compensation for breach of contract and damage to her reputation, with the amount set at ten million."

"Wh...what?"

Lin Ruyu felt as if someone had poured a bucket of liquid nitrogen over her head, and her whole body froze.

She stared at Su Nan in disbelief, her lips trembling: "Terminate the contract? Demand compensation? Young Master Su... you said you would promote me! You said as long as I obeyed..."

"I did say that." Su Nan hung up the phone, turned around, and smiled mockingly. "But I didn't expect you to be so useless. Bai Jingyou didn't even have to make a move; just exposing your sordid affairs has already turned you into this. Keeping you around is pointless, isn't it?"

The car braked suddenly.

"Get out of the car," Su Nan said calmly.

"This is an elevated road..."

"I told you to get out of the car!" Su Nan suddenly shouted, yanked open the passenger door, and shoved Lin Ruyu out.

boom!

The car door closed, and the black luxury car sped away, spraying Lin Ruyu with exhaust fumes.

Lin Ruyu slumped on the emergency lane by the roadside, the evening breeze chilling her backless dress to the bone.

She watched the car drive away, then looked at her own disheveled state.

It turns out that it only takes half an hour to go from heaven to hell.

……

Two hours later.

Lin Ruyu returned to the river-view apartment that Su Nan had arranged for her, looking disheveled.

All she wants now is to take a shower and get some sleep, even if it's just in her dreams.

But as soon as I got to the door, I found that the fingerprint lock was no longer working.

Several burly men in moving company uniforms were throwing her luggage out.

Those were the designer bags, clothes, and shoes she had bought on a shopping spree over the past few days, now piled up in the hallway like trash.

"What are you doing! This is my home!" Lin Ruyu rushed forward to try and stop them.

"Ms. Lin, is this?" A lawyer wearing glasses stood beside her, handing her a piece of paper. "This is the termination notice and claim letter. This apartment is company property, and according to the contract, you have no right to reside here after termination. Furthermore, please pay ten million in compensation within three days, otherwise we will apply for enforcement."

That document, though light as a feather, carried the weight of a thousand pounds.

Lin Ruyu did not answer.

She looked at the luggage on the ground and suddenly burst out laughing.

I laughed so hard that tears streamed down my face.

Again.

It's always like this.

From Chen Hao, to Gao Beining, and then to Su Nan.

She thought she was a queen who moved among men, but she was always kicked aside like a dog.

"Get out! All of you get out!" She kicked the bag on the ground everywhere like a madwoman.

The motion-activated lights in the corridor went out. In the darkness, only her heavy breathing and desperate sobs could be heard.

……

In an urban village, there's an unlicensed clinic that doesn't even have a sign.

The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant and mold.

Chu Xuan lay on a creaking hospital bed, his right leg in a thick cast, the one that his own father had broken last time.

At that moment, he was staring at the old television set on the wall, which was showing news reports of Su Nan pushing Lin Ruyu out of the car.

Although the image was blurred, he could recognize the disheveled figure at a glance.

"Haha...hahahaha..."

Chu Xuan suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that his whole body trembled. This aggravated the wound on his leg, causing him to break out in a cold sweat from the pain, but he simply couldn't stop.

"Retribution...it's all retribution!"

His once handsome face was now twisted like a demon.

He once broke with his family for this woman, had his leg broken, and was now curled up here like a dog.

He had always thought Lin Ruyu was a pure goddess, but he had been deceived by that bastard Chen Hao.

Until this moment, looking at the chat logs and hotel booking information exposed in the news.

It turns out she was already completely rotten.

Chu Xuan pulled a phone with a cracked screen from under his pillow and dialed a number he had saved for a long time.

"Feed? Is that Brother Wang?"

Chu Xuan's voice was hoarse, carrying a chilling aura from hell, "I have some good stuff. Information about that Lin Ruyu, and Chen Hao."

……

Bai Family Manor, Study.

The night was dark.

Bai Jingyou stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, toying with a black chess piece in his hand.

"Young master, it's done."

Chen Mo pushed open the door and came in, his tone filled with barely concealed excitement. "The decision to cut off his own arm in southern Jiangsu was indeed ruthless. But while it silenced public opinion, it also chilled the hearts of those below him. Just now, Vice President Liu Zhen contacted us."

Bai Jingyou turned around, a predictable smile playing on his lips: "What did he say?"

"He said that Su Nan fired several middle managers who had contact with Zhao Feng in an attempt to shift the blame, and now the Su Group is in a state of panic. He's willing to cooperate with us to get the bid and core data for that land reclamation project." Chen Mo paused, "But he has a condition. After it's done, and Su Nan is brought down, he wants to take over the project team."

"Quite ambitious." Bai Jingyou chuckled, placing the chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard. "Agree to his terms. As long as we can cripple Su Nan, what does a project manager position matter?"

"And then there's Lin Ruyu..." Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, "She's been kicked out and is burdened with a debt of ten million. I heard that madman Chu Xuan also leaked his dirty secrets to the media, so I guess she won't even dare to leave her house tomorrow morning."

"Let her be."

Bai Jingyou sat back down in his chair, picked up the book he hadn't finished reading again, and spoke in a calm tone, as if he were discussing tomorrow's weather.

Although Su Nan's move of sacrificing a pawn to save the king was a quick reaction, it was still a bad move.

He successfully portrayed himself as a hypocrite who misjudged people, manipulated women, and shifted blame when things went wrong.

In the future, who in this circle will dare to sincerely follow Su Nan?

Trust is something that is as hard to build as a sandcastle, but only takes a single wave to destroy.

"Forget about those clowns." Bai Jingyou turned a page. "The real show has just begun. Does Su Nan think cutting ties with Lin Ruyu will stop the bleeding? Tell Liu Zhen to get ready. At Su's shareholders' meeting next week, I'm going to give Su Nan a real grand gift."

Outside the window, a bolt of lightning ripped through the night sky, illuminating Bai Jingyou's unfathomable eyes.

In this game, Lin Ruyu is the bait, Zhao Feng is the hook, and Su Nan is nothing more than a fish that thinks it's clever.

The fish has now taken the bait.

......

The motion-activated lights in the corridor went out again.

In the darkness, the lawyer wearing gold-rimmed glasses remained, the light from his phone screen illuminating his expressionless face.

He held up a copy in front of Lin Ruyu, while shining a flashlight in his other hand with great professionalism.

"Ms. Lin, given your unstable emotions just now, I suggest you calm down and listen to me." The lawyer adjusted his glasses. "This is the artist management contract you signed some time ago. Article 14, Paragraph 3 clearly stipulates that if the artist causes damage to the company's image due to personal moral issues or negative news, the company has the right to unilaterally terminate the contract and demand that the artist compensate for all publicity expenses and ten times the amount of liquidated damages."

Lin Ruyu stared intently at the piece of paper.

The document is in black and white, and even includes her red handprint, which was exceptionally clear when she signed her name yesterday because she was so excited.

At the time, she was only focused on the signing fee of up to two million and fantasizing about the glory of becoming a big star, and she didn't even look at the densely packed clauses.

"The total is 10.45 million." The lawyer closed the folder, his tone as businesslike as quoting vegetable prices at a market. "Mr. Su is kind and has rounded it down to 10 million. The company's legal department has already applied to the court for asset preservation. Your bank cards, Alipay, and WeChat Wallet should have been frozen half an hour ago."

"Ten million..." Lin Ruyu's lips trembled as she slid down the wall. "Where would I get ten million? This is fraud! I'm going to sue you!"

"Suit yourself." The lawyer shrugged, pulled a business card from his briefcase, and handed it to her. "However, I must warn you, the Su Group's legal team has never lost in Haicheng. Also, if the funds don't arrive within three days, you may face the risk of being prosecuted for fraud. After all, you've already received the signing fee."

After saying that, the lawyer didn't waste any more words and turned to enter the elevator.

Lin Ruyu was the only one left in the corridor, along with the pile of brand-name junk that had been thrown out.