From Reel to Real

XVI. The Threat

⚠️ Contains mild violent and mature content. It may be uncomfortable to some people.

In the next few days, Yue kept getting messages from the same unknown number. She had a guess who it might be and contemplated to block his number until she received the last few messages.

Can't keep your hands to yourself, Ms Shen?
(A photo of her hugging Dylan at Hualien market)

Who is Dylan Wang secretly dating with? Click to find out.
(It was her photo that appeared but the mask she wore was photoshopped with the Joker's mouth)

Yue screamed and almost dropped her phone. Thinking that he was stalking them sent her the chills. If his goal was to ruin Dylan's reputation, why send her the photos? He could just post them on Weibo. Yue thought she was going crazy, that she started to have unnerving response whenever her phone pings.

Even Dylan noticed how jumpy she got. "Hey relax, Yue Yue, is something wrong? You have been acting weird since we got back from Hualien." He said.

She smiled weakly. "I'm just getting used to the weather here again." Who would really believe that kind of excuse? Dylan did. "Make sure you wear enough clothing, autumn is coming soon. Do you need new clothes? I got some LV sponsored sweaters."

She stuck out his tongue at him. "Show off! Never ask a girl to request gifts from guys."

"What girl?" He asked looking around, innocently. "Oh yeah, Shen Yue is a girl, right!"

"Wang He Di, that was a lousy joke!" She said, jumping on him and pushing him down to the floor. "Hey girl, I might get the wrong idea here. Get off me now." He said.

"Say sorry first."
"If apology works, we don't need the police!"
"Daoming Si!!!" She shouted as they wrestled each other and Dylan got to be on top. "I just wanna kiss my girl."

He swooped down and kissed her on her lips softly and gently. Yue smiled. "Can I still get a sweater after this?" "Anytime." he replied as he kissed her again.

When Dylan was around, Yue felt safe. But when she was alone receiving these messages, it was disturbing till the point she could no longer tolerate.

She messaged the unknown number back.

I know who you are. You are a coward hiding behind your phone. Come out and tell me what you want.

A ping came back immediately.

Good. I like your style. Meet me at Black Joe. Tomorrow 10pm. Come alone.

That was Xiao Hei's place. Is he involved too? Yue braced herself. If possible, she did not want to have Dylan involved. He had a basketball event tomorrow in Shanghai and only back on Friday. Good timing. She would settle this and tell him later.

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She arrived at the Black Joe 5 minutes after 10. Always make a grand entrance to show that you are important. That is what celebrities do. It was quiet on a weekday and Yue scanned the place. She knew it by heart when she came here for the pajamas party. When she found the face she was looking for, she strut towards him and sat down across from the table.

"I'm here. Tell me what you want exactly."

Shang Yan looked at Yue with a lopsided smile. "You are late. Isn't Wang He Di important to you?"

"I'm not here to talk about him. I'm here to ask you what do you want from me." Yue said firmly.

He laughed. Oh how she wanted to wring his neck. Even the way he laughed was ugly. "Very well! You are a sharp woman. Let's get straight down to business. Half a million yuan if you do not want me to expose those photos on Weibo."