After seeing the news online, Electronic Sheep could not help growing nervous. And things really developed just as Zhang Heng had said—Xu Qian's fans began urging her under her social media account to take a break for a while, or even find another line of work.
The more Electronic Sheep read, the angrier he became. Unable to endure it any longer, he was about to snap back at a netizen who had mockingly commented, "Everyone's depressed," when Zhang Heng grabbed his hand just after he had typed two words.
"What are you doing?"
"Explaining everything to everyone," Electronic Sheep said angrily. "We can't just stand by and watch Xu Qian be humiliated like this."
"So you want to tell everyone that Xu Qian is a Clone too?" Zhang Heng asked in return.
Electronic Sheep fell silent.
"And besides, the priority right now isn't figuring out how to refute the rumors. We need to save Xu Qian first. Unless something unexpected happened, she has probably already been taken under control."
"Is she still alive?" Electronic Sheep thought of something, and his expression turned grim.
"That can't be confirmed yet," Zhang Heng said truthfully. "There was too little content in the email she replied to you with before, so there's no way to tell whether she sent it herself. But based on what I've learned about Xu Qian lately, after your stalking was exposed, she probably wouldn't accept any more money or gifts from you."
Zhang Heng had been away from the Third Layer for some time, and he had not expected the other side to move against the female streamer so quickly. Xu Qian's whereabouts were now unknown, and he bore some responsibility for that. After all, Zhang Heng had accepted the streamer's new commission, yet before he could investigate further,