Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin were just telling the truth. Neither of them had discussed things much with the people from Xin Man Net beforehand, so since they'd been asked, they simply said what they thought!
But Zhao Qinyin and Chu Yu's remarks were too much for Zhao Qinyin's fans to accept!
"Teacher Zhao Qinyin, don't say things like that! Aren't you just boosting someone else's morale and undermining your own?"
"Exactly! Attack on Titan is really popular right now, and the story looks pretty exciting, but it still falls short of Slam Dunk!"
"Just being polite? Teacher Zhao Qinyin was praising you to be nice, but Teacher Shui Xin actually accepted it without hesitation? That's so awkward. She was just being courteous, and you took it as an admission?"
"What's up with Teacher Zhao Qinyin today? She seems different from when she's been on shows before. Something feels off—she seems a little stiff!"
"Maybe she really is excited to meet someone who used to be her goal! Even though Teacher Zhao Qinyin seems to have edged past Teacher Shui Xin in terms of achievements, perhaps she still looks up to him!"
"This is so annoying. I can already imagine the headlines the media will be writing tomorrow! They'll praise Shui Xin to the skies and put Teacher Zhao Qinyin down!"
"But seriously, isn't Teacher Shui Xin being a little too combative? He straight-up said Attack on Titan was created to take down Teacher Zhao Qinyin's two works, Slam Dunk and Fullmetal Alchemist! Isn't that a bit disrespectful?"
"You're all discussing this so much, but maybe the topic and both teachers' answers were scripted by the show's producers? Just focus on the livestream!"
"It obviously doesn't look scripted. Didn't you see the host, Zhang Pang, looking completely stunned? She probably