Chapter 2: Entanglement of Three People

When Hua Xiangrong's Weibo was released, the entire entertainment industry was in an uproar.

It was more shocking than the news of Lu Huanong and Ruofei Qun's marriage, because her tone was clearly not about terminating the contract, but about leaving the entertainment industry for good!

Who is Hua Xiangrong? She is one of the hottest film and television stars at the moment.

She is not yet thirty years old, and her career and age are both at their peak. She rarely has scandals in the film industry, but in the television industry, she is a guarantee of ratings. In her ten years of career, she has never had a flop, and even though some of her shows may not have high ratings, no one has ever questioned her acting skills, and she has five or six representative works.

The media immediately called, but both Hua Xiangrong and her assistant's phone numbers had been canceled and became unreachable. Her agent Wen Lan and Huan Entertainment Century had already unified their stance, admitting that Hua Xiangrong was permanently leaving the entertainment industry due to health reasons, but they did not reveal any other information.

Hua Xiangrong had been diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer, and now only Hua Xiangrong, her most trusted assistant, He Zhen, and Wen Lan knew about it.

He Zhen and Wen Lan did not want her to be disturbed anymore. The hospital had already been informed, and the hospital staff who knew about Hua Xiangrong's condition were very sympathetic towards her.

But the media were relentless. They tried every means to find out which hospital Hua Xiangrong was staying in, but unfortunately, Hua Xiangrong had already anticipated this and had completed the discharge procedures before their arrival. The hospital did not disclose any information about Hua Xiangrong's condition.

Hua Xiangrong seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Her Weibo account was also canceled overnight, and all official accounts on various platforms disappeared one after another. After talking to the president of her fan club, her fans were devastated but could only handle it according to her wishes.

Just when everyone thought that Hua Xiangrong's fans would definitely go after Ruofei Qun and Lu Huanong, and the fans of the two were ready for a battle, Hua Xiangrong's fans remained very quiet, so quiet that it was unbelievable. The fan club posted one last Weibo.

[Hua Xiangrong Fan Club V: If you love her, let her come with the glow, and leave with the washing away of the worldly glamour. We only recognize the quiet and peaceful Hua Xiangrong as our fan. Anyone who tears, scolds, or causes trouble, please unfollow automatically. We do not acknowledge it, thank you!]

The Weibo was silently reposted by Hua Xiangrong's big fans, and then quietly reposted by people in the circle who were close to Hua Xiangrong. For some reason, it formed a pattern, where everyone, whether a fan of Hua Xiangrong or not, only reposted and liked it without commenting. This Weibo set a record for the most reposts!

Because everyone vaguely guessed that Hua Xiangrong's retirement this time was not a tantrum, nor was it because she couldn't handle it. Otherwise, with her popularity, she could have just left Huan Entertainment Century, and there were plenty of media companies vying for her. Everyone had a vague and unspoken speculation in their hearts.

The cheerful atmosphere from the morning suddenly became very silent.

Apart from the fans of Lu Huanong and Ruofei Qun who were still blessing and reposting on their idols' Weibo, this good news was overshadowed by Hua Xiangrong's retirement.

Everyone's hearts were itching to know the reason for Hua Xiangrong's retirement, but just as Hua Xiangrong had said, she seemed to have planned to become invisible. She had cleared all her contact information, as if she had vanished into thin air.

But there was one person who could still contact her.

She had four mobile phone numbers, one of which she had kept after she and Ruofei Qun started dating. It was registered under a different identity, and this number had been specially handled, so it was impossible to misdial. Apart from her, only one person knew this number.

When the phone rang, Hua Xiangrong, standing by the French window, answered without hesitation.

But there was endless silence on the other end of the line.

It was Hua Xiangrong who spoke first, "You have five minutes. Say what you need to say, and after five minutes, this number will also be invalidated."

"Rong Rong, what's wrong with you?" The voice on the other end was urgent, anxious, and uneasy, not as clear as before, but rather hoarse.

"I'm fine. My retirement has nothing to do with the two of you," Hua Xiangrong said calmly. "I haven't had a chance to congratulate you, happy newlyweds."

Ruofei Qun fell silent again. His breathing was erratic, and he should have been in a very quiet place. Hua Xiangrong could hear it very clearly. He seemed very restrained and even in pain.

Looking at the watch on her wrist, Hua Xiangrong did not speak until the five minutes were almost up, "You have thirty seconds left."

"Rong Rong... I'm sorry..." a restrained and trembling voice came weakly.

As soon as the time was up, Hua Xiangrong immediately hung up the phone, then turned it off, removed the SIM card, and threw the phone into the trash can. She flushed the SIM card down the toilet.

She didn't need apologies. For those who had wronged her, she would personally seek revenge.

Ruofei Qun, the only man she had ever been moved by, she loved the purity and clarity in his voice, his sense of responsibility and integrity, and his gentle and affable nature.

Perhaps in this circle, all the women who had struggled would fall in love with such a warm and sunny man.

She did, and so did Lu Huanong.

From the moment the three of them emerged, their names happened to come from the same poem, and it seemed like fate had entwined them. Lu Huanong and Ruofei Qun were both outstanding talents, both graduates of the Imperial Capital Film University, while she was a wild card, discovered by a talent scout. She and Lu Huanong were also from the same company, competing for fame, status, resources, men, and had been competing for ten years.

She knew that Ruofei Qun truly loved her, but he didn't believe her.

She had told Ruofei Qun more than once that Lu Huanong had ulterior motives for him and asked him to stay away.

He always felt that she was biased because of the rivalry with L'Oréal, and they had many arguments about this. Disappointed time and time again, until she was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer and became desperate.

She no longer quarreled, and even after knowing that L'Oréal deliberately created a romance to numb the group and tried to get close to the group, she added fuel to the fire.

Since you believe in her so much, I'll let you see it clearly. Anyway, I don't want you anymore.

But no one expected that maybe they were destined to be together. Her relationship with the group was not a platonic love. Although they were often apart during the five years, she never got pregnant. While L'Oréal and the group had a secret love affair.

The group, he is a responsible and gentle man. With a child, he had no way out. Even if he saw through L'Oréal, he couldn't bear to make her have an abortion.

Let them love each other well, but she, Hua Xiangrong, is not someone to be easily provoked.

Stealing the limelight and ruining the atmosphere of their announcement of good news is just the beginning.

She will let them both know that living is the ultimate pain.