Back in her apartment, Jiang Qin changed into a set of cotton pajamas.
It was rather interesting; in the current Interstellar age, pure cotton clothing and the like were practically nonexistent. What little there was went into high-end custom tailoring, while ordinary people had to make do with cotton-imitation garments.
Anything related to natural plants was very expensive.
After all, given the current air quality, these ancient species could only survive inside environmentally simulated cultivation pods.
As a result, the cost was very high.
Still, the imitation-cotton clothes weren't bad. Jiang Qin found them acceptable.
Just as she was about to log onto the Star Network for a bit, she received a call from an unknown Light Brain Number.
After selecting voice mode, she tapped "accept."
"Hello, is this Miss Jiang Qin?"
Jiang Qin was a little confused. "Speaking."
"Pardon the intrusion, but may I have a few minutes of your time? I'm Will, an agent from Tianwen Entertainment Company, and I was wondering if you have any interest in signing with an agency."
"I've already signed a contract with Moonlight Bar."
"We're aware of that. If you're willing, our company will take full responsibility for your contract termination fee and create a development plan tailored just for you."
It sounded great, but Jiang Qin still refused.
'I've had enough of a life controlled by an agency. In this life, I just want to be myself and, while I'm at it, bring those excellent works to the Interstellar era.'
"Miss Jiang, you should seriously reconsider. At the end of the day, Moonlight is just a bar. No matter how popular it gets, its reach is limited."
"I'm sorry, I'm really not interested."
"Alright. If you change your mind, feel free to contact me anytime."
That phone call seemed to flip a switch.
Afterward, several more calls from unknown numbers came in one after another, annoying Jiang Qin to no end.
'Who would've thought that even in the Interstellar age, there'd still be something like phone harassment.'
Although investigating anyone's private information—especially that of a female—was forbidden in the current Interstellar era, there were always people lurking in the shadows to make money, no matter the place.
This was particularly true in the vastness of the Interstellar space, where it was difficult to truly regulate everyone.
After all, there were still many planets that were only semi-developed or completely undeveloped, not to mention places like Garbage Stars, Barren Stars, Pioneer Stars, and low-level stars.
If criminals fled to these places and changed their identities, they were very difficult to apprehend.
***
Although Jiang Qin had been prepared for her information to be exposed, she never thought it would happen so quickly and so thoroughly.
Late that night, many night owls on the Star Network discovered that a post had quietly appeared.
*An Exposé on the Low-Level Female Who's Been Milking the Hype*
The title of the article was very eye-catching.
That evening, Jiang Qin had uploaded her recording of "Ningxia" to the platform, and the song had managed to snag the last spot on the charts overnight.
Meanwhile, "As Wished," which had been released at noon, had already reached tenth place.
"Anonymous Comfort," though a little further behind, wasn't far off, currently sitting at number fifteen.
Even though this was only a chart for new songs, it was still impressive enough to astound people.
The rave reviews for these two songs, in particular, had netizens exclaiming that they were the most moving songs they had heard in recent years.
Some songs were catchy, but they were forgotten as soon as they ended, lacking any real substance.
But these two songs were different. They felt that even if they listened to them again years later, they would still find them beautiful.
Jiang Qin had become a minor sensation on the Star Network, and Moonlight Bar had become popular too.
On Blue Star, at the very least, anyone who followed the entertainment trending topics had come across the video of her playing the piano.
Perhaps that was why someone had dug up her personal information.
Because she had upset the balance on Tai Street!
The post detailed the past eighteen years of Jiang Qin's life.
Born on a Barren Star, an unregistered citizen, once survived by scavenging garbage, lived among the inhabitants of a low-level star, and had received no education.
This part was all true, but what followed was a mix of truth and lies.
In reality, she was the biological daughter brought back home by the Jiang Family, but the post claimed she had been adopted by the kind-hearted Jiang Family after they met her on a Barren Star.
Then, after arriving on Blue Star, she supposedly grew jealous of Miss Jiang Ruming, pushed her down the stairs causing injury, and then fled the Jiang Family out of fear.
The post went on to say that she, driven by greed, started working in a bar. After she got famous, she immediately blocked the Jiang Family who had "rescued" her from the Barren Star.
A classic case of an ungrateful wretch, a low-level female with a vile personality.
[No way? I was just feeling sorry for her, and now there's a plot twist??]
[She never received an education? So she's illiterate? Then how did she write these songs? Oh my god, don't tell me she plagiarized them?]
[And I liked her songs so much! I thought she was a gentle and pure female. I was so wrong about her!]
[What the OP said is probably true. I'm a neighbor of the Jiang Family, and they did bring back a girl from a Barren Star a while ago.
But I haven't seen her for a few days, and the Jiang family's young miss was indeed hospitalized a few days ago.]
[I originally thought someone was just trying to smear her, but I guess it's true. I'm unstanning and turning into an anti!]
[Vomit.jpg, I wouldn't take a filthy, low-level female like her even if she was given to me for free.]
[What a waste of a pretty face. Who knows how many low-level males she let have their way with her on that Barren Star.]
Overnight, the post went viral across the entire network.
Jiang Ruhai, who had just pulled an all-nighter watching his favorite streamer's live broadcast, saw the post as soon as he exited the stream.
He'd originally clicked on it just for the gossip, but one look and... well, the drama had landed on his own doorstep.
'The Jiang Family of Blue Star, isn't that our family? And the post talks about a female from a Barren Star and a bullied Miss Jiang...'
'Who else could it be but Jiang Qin and my sister?'
The more Jiang Ruhai read, the angrier he became. He was practically fuming.
He immediately found the Light Brain Number that Jiang Ruming had sent him before and called it.
"Hello, the number you have dialed is not in a service area. Please leave a message."
"Damn it, she even turned it off!!"
He was actually calling Jiang Yulian's secondary Light Brain Number. No one in the Jiang Family knew Jiang Qin's new number.
So, even though he wanted to chew Jiang Qin out, he had no way to contact her. He could only bottle up his anger and wait until morning to get the parents involved.
***
Having slept her fill, Jiang Qin woke up early, feeling refreshed. She only turned on her Light Computer after washing up.
After all, she didn't think anyone would have urgent business with her late at night.
So, to ensure she got enough sleep, she would put her Light Computer into sleep mode before bed every night.
But today, the moment she turned on her Light Computer, she was inundated with all sorts of messages.
Among them were more than a dozen messages, all from You Wei.
Thinking he probably had something urgent to discuss about work, Jiang Qin quickly opened the messages.
"Miss Jiang, whatever you do, don't go out today. I'll figure out a way to handle things online."
The dozen or so messages were all more or less the same, telling her not to go out and to wait for his instructions regarding today's work.