Meet the Brother-in-Law

"Not gonna lie, Nana is seriously impressive. That's what it means when women are no less capable than men—she's tough as hell. Feels like Yunmiao Village isn't even as popular as she is now. Look, out of every ten videos, at least three are about her. 'A female singing streamer on a certain platform sues 156 people for spreading rumors and defamation; the case was heard today at the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court...'" Hu Youyu held his phone and clicked his tongue in amazement.

It was an afternoon ten days after Nana had left. The sunlight was warm, yet the cool breeze could not be shut out by the houses surrounding the courtyard. After lunch, Wang Yan, Xu Hongdou, Hu Youyu, and Bai Manjun were the only ones left in the small courtyard, sitting around and drinking tea as they chatted.

Other than Wang Yan, who was holding a tablet, the other three were all scrolling through videos. Xu Hongdou smiled. "See? Legal action is still the most effective weapon. Apart from those people making sarcastic, snide remarks, there's no more vile, vulgar abuse. Give them eight times the courage and they still wouldn't dare say it. And all those people who rode Nana's popularity before, blindly talking nonsense without knowing the truth—Nana sued every last one of them this time. Their traffic is way bigger than that of the people in the comment section. They're in for it now. Let them keep spouting nonsense."

Bai Manjun said, "But Nana's case went to trial pretty quickly, didn't it? Normally, wouldn't it take a month or two?"

Wang Yan nodded with a smile. "Maybe because the impact of the matter was too great, and the local court took it seriously, so they scheduled it early. After all, the entire internet