Chapter 56: Her Illness
“Probably.”
Su Hua lowered her eyes. She both hoped he would remember the events of five years ago and didn’t want him to. Back then, she had shown him a bloody and brutal side of herself, and she saw disbelief in his eyes.
He was so gentle; surely he wouldn’t like the violent side of her.
Thinking about this, Su Hua tightened her hand. If he knew about her illness, would he find her terrifying?
After breakfast, Su Hua went to the company to handle work, while Brother Lin Xuan also withdrew a large sum of money from the bank. Butler Wang and two bodyguards followed him. Lin Xuan directly used a jute bag to carry the money, not at all worried about being robbed.
Carrying a sack of cash out of the bank, everyone’s eyes were dazzled.
“Holy crap! Is all that inside money?”
“If it’s coming out of the bank, what else could be in the sack but money?”
“Wow, truly rich. Look at his bodyguards, his attire, and his car—he’s definitely a billionaire. Damn, there are so many rich people in this world, why can’t I be one of them?”
“My dream is to carry money in a sack!”
Several young men with colorful hair stared greedily at the sack Lin Xuan carried.
They wanted to follow Lin Xuan and take his money.
But when they saw the two bodyguards, they chickened out.
Lin Xuan drove his Koenigsegg straight to Dream Creation Studio.
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At this moment, Dream Creation Studio was eerily silent.
“Butterfly Sister, I’m sorry, I’ve been eliminated early again.” Yu Wanqing said with red eyes.
“It has nothing to do with you.” Su Dieyi crushed her cigarette on the ashtray. “Starlight Entertainment is targeting us—no, more accurately, targeting me.”
Because she refused to accept the unwritten rules, Li Wei was furious and used her future to force her. Without hesitation, she paid a huge breach-of-contract fee and left Starlight Entertainment.
Crows everywhere are black. She did not choose to sign with another entertainment company.
She had won numerous awards in the music industry, and her concerts always sold out. However, before her first concert after leaving Starlight Entertainment, a wave of so-called scandalous material about her was exposed.
Mistress, ungrateful, heartless towards her parents.
Countless accusations were pinned on her, and suddenly, everyone was calling for her head.
Fans unfollowed her en masse, refunded their concert tickets, and her singing career was effectively over.
But she wasn’t going to give up. She founded a studio, thinking she could cultivate the next big singing star. But she underestimated Starlight Entertainment—they wouldn’t let any artists under her flourish.
With their power, she was just an ant under the sky, powerless to fight back.
“It’s my fault that I dragged you down,” Su Dieyi said hoarsely.
“Butterfly Sister, what nonsense is this? We should thank you for cultivating our singing abilities. Without you, we might have already left the entertainment industry,” Yu Wanqing grabbed Su Dieyi’s hand.
“Butterfly Sister, as long as we stick together, we’ll get through this.”
“It’s useless,” Su Dieyi shook her head and laughed bitterly. “Even if we try our hardest, it will be futile. I’ve already sold my house and car, and I no longer have the means to support the studio.”
All her income these past few years, except for the breach-of-contract fee paid to Starlight Entertainment, she poured everything into the studio, yet gained nothing.
“Butterfly Sister.” A man and a woman entered the meeting room.
“Xue’er, Gu Bin, you’re here, please sit down,” Su Dieyi greeted them.
Gu Xue and Gu Bin didn’t sit.
“Butterfly Sister,” Gu Xue bit her lip, “Brother and I came today because we want to terminate our contract with you. I don’t want to waste any more time.” All she ever saw in Dream Creation Studio was darkness; there was no future here.
If she wanted to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry, she had to leave Dream Creation Studio.
“Butterfly Sister, we won’t pay the breach-of-contract fee. You promised us that you would cultivate us well, but being in your studio hasn’t helped us at all.”
“If the company gives us nothing, why should we pay a breach-of-contract fee?” Gu Xue spoke confidently.
Su Dieyi looked hurt, her lips curling into a mocking smile.
After a long pause,
“Alright, I agree to the termination.” Su Dieyi signed her name on the termination contract.
Gu Xue and Gu Bin took the contract happily.
“Butterfly Sister,” Gu Xue changed her previous friendly attitude, sneering, “I suggest you leave the entertainment industry soon. Continuing this studio will only drag others down.”
She had already wasted a year because of Su Dieyi.
Yu Wanqing spoke solemnly, “Since you’ve terminated your contract with Butterfly Sister, you’re no longer part of our studio. Get out now!”
“Fine, we’ll leave. Who cares anyway?” Gu Xue coldly snorted and left Dream Creation Studio with Gu Bin, heading straight to Starlight Entertainment.
“Butterfly Sister, don’t take Gu Xue’s words to heart,” Yu Wanqing consoled.
“She’s right. Running this studio will only drag others down,” Su Dieyi smiled mockingly, “Wanqing, Zhou Wei, you should go too.”
“Leaving me, Starlight Entertainment won’t target you anymore. With your abilities, you will surely become famous in the singing world.”
“Butterfly Sister, I won’t go!” Yu Wanqing cried, “I can work without salary.”
Zhou Wei sighed. Even though he was reluctant, he had to admit that dissolving the studio was the best choice for them.
“Wanqing, even if you don’t need a salary, I can’t maintain the studio. Rent, utilities, daily expenses—I can’t keep up. The money from selling my house and car is almost gone.” She had no other way but to dissolve the studio.
“That’s enough, stop crying. There’s no banquet that doesn’t end. And since we’re still in Yundu, we’ll see each other often. It’s just that we won’t be working together anymore.”
Su Dieyi took out the wine she brought today, “Let’s have a drink.”
The few of them drank silently, no one speaking.
Before leaving, Yu Wanqing hugged Su Dieyi tightly and cried, “Butterfly Sister, I’m going to miss you so much.”
Su Dieyi smiled faintly, “The rented apartment I found is only a few hundred meters from your house. If you miss me, you can visit anytime.”
“Butterfly Sister, goodbye.” Yu Wanqing left the studio with red eyes.
Su Dieyi stayed alone in the spacious studio for an hour and a half. Her eyes were empty, devoid of any light.
She thought she could stand up to capital, but it turned out she was naive.
As long as Starlight Entertainment existed, she would never rise.
Su Dieyi gave a self-deprecating laugh, got up, packed her things, and took a large cardboard box out. Just as she opened the studio door,
Lin Xuan appeared, waving at her, “Miss Su, hello.”
