Before I See the Xie Family Ruined and Disgraced!

To be honest, not only were the two Xie brothers stunned, everyone present found it rather miraculous.

In just a few minutes, they saw Xie Chen brace himself against the village chief's legs and upper body, twisting him left and right before suddenly exerting force. Several loud cracks rang out...

The old man, who had just suffered a severe slipped disc, could actually get up and walk?!

Comments popped up in the livestream.

[Traditional Chinese bone-setting is this damn amazing? This isn't false advertising, right?!]

[Xie Chen's technique looks pretty professional. Did he study it before?!]

[Studying traditional Chinese medicine is exhausting, and most practitioners need to start young. I remember Xie Chen's college major being exposed before—it seemed unrelated to TCM. He's probably just a half-baked amateur! This kind of thing is harmful. He's gambling with people's health, and one small mistake could leave the village chief disabled!]

[The comment above is right. For someone like Xie Chen, who has no medical license but still treats people, calling it kindness is flattering him. Put bluntly, he's playing with human lives. Besides, whether the village chief really had a slipped disc attack is something only the man himself knows!]

[The more I think about it, the scarier it gets. Could the production crew be deliberately staging this to make Xie Chen famous? I always felt the camera angles specifically targeted the two Xie brothers. So much footage was edited strangely, making them act like elementary school kids—childish and stupid. If it were only Xie Ran, fine, but Xie Jinran received an excellent education and is a famous young pianist. Doesn't this all seem off?!]

[...]

As the narrative gradually gained momentum, Xie Zhenting finally relaxed and rubbed his brow. Then, his voice turning cold, he questioned his second brother, Xie Yuchen, beside him. "What is the PR department doing? Letting public opinion ferment? Letting all the filth get dumped on Ranran?!"

"Big Brother, I really did hire online trolls, but Xie Chen's fans suddenly rose up. We can't suppress them," Xie Yuchen said, sounding somewhat aggrieved.

Xie Zhenting pondered for a moment after hearing that. "Is someone advising him behind the scenes? Or does some capital want to promote him?!"

As he spoke, he could not help thinking of a certain powerful figure from Beijing's elite circle who never participated in variety shows.

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In front of the monitors, Director Li cursed as he watched the comments. "Who the fuck engaged in false advertising?! Who the fuck edited the footage?! Do these paid trolls not have to pay a price for spreading rumors?!"

He abruptly turned around. "Master Huo, what do you think?"

"Hm? Where is he?"

The observer's seat was completely empty. The assistant pointed toward the door. "He just left. It looked like he went to make a phone call."

Director Li: "..."

The observer was this unprofessional.

I don't even dare criticize him.

This was so damn stifling!

Just as Director Li was worrying over how to reverse public opinion, several topics suddenly shot up Weibo's trending searches.

#How Professional Is Xie Chen's Traditional Chinese Bone-Setting#

#Bright Village Chief's Medical Records Exposed#

#Veteran TCM Doctor Evaluates Xie Chen#

Clicking on them revealed several Weibo posts.

[Doctor Chen V: I watched the bone-setting video. His technique was indeed professional, and it was very safe. He merely used leverage; there was no risk of causing disability. Please do not make wild speculations. Also, classmate Xie Chen, would there be a chance for us to exchange ideas? @Xie Chen]

[Sky Entertainment Network: "Image" "Image" "Image" The images above are the village chief's medical records. Several years ago, he was indeed diagnosed with lumbar joint protrusion. There was no staged collision or acting involved! We ask certain people with ulterior motives not to spread rumors and slander against honest rural people!]

[Xie Chen Is Awesome: Xie Chen really got wronged this time. It had nothing to do with him, yet he got dragged into it. He stepped in to save someone, and people still said he was playing with human lives?! Please, it clearly worked, okay?! Where is the playing with human lives?!]

At that moment, the livestream was still overwhelmingly cursing Xie Chen.

Then, the trending searches that suddenly surged at just the right time provided him with an airtight clarification.

A huge number of fans flooded back into the livestream and unleashed a barrage at the overly excited paid trolls, cursing them until they were speechless and retreating in defeat.

That was true.

Even a renowned veteran TCM doctor had personally praised Xie Chen's bone-setting technique. Who would dare question it now?!

And there were the village chief's medical records, which emphasized that he could not strain his back and needed plenty of rest. Xie Ran had shoved him so hard—of course his condition would flare up!

Even if the paid trolls still wanted to force their smears, they had nowhere to begin.

Lu Fei, the manager watching from in front of the screen, had still been anxiously trying to think of a solution. But after looking again at the livestream and Weibo, his eyes widened. The golden window for PR had already ended?!

With a face full of astonishment, he called Xie Chen. The moment the call connected, he even heard carefree chewing sounds. "Bro, did you secretly find yourself a new manager behind my back?!"

"What?" Xie Chen was squatting on the steps in front of the threshold, gnawing on a chicken drumstick, completely unable to understand his college classmate's question. "Is there anyone cheaper than you?"

Lu Fei scratched his head. "Probably not—no, that's not the point! I'm talking seriously! How did someone clarify things on Weibo right after the livestream started getting attacked?! They even got the village chief's medical records?! How could they do all that in such a short time?!"

Unless they had predicted it in advance and gone to the hospital for the records, there was no way there would have been enough time!

And Doctor Chen?! He was a renowned grandmaster of traditional Chinese medicine!

The kind of person who would not do advertisements no matter how much money he was offered, yet he had actually stepped forward to speak for Xie Chen and even wanted to exchange ideas with him?!

All of this was simply too bizarre. It was completely beyond what a nobody like Xie Chen could achieve.

At Lu Fei's reminder, Xie Chen looked through Weibo. His expression did not change from beginning to end. "I don't know who it was, but it definitely wasn't you, me, or the company."

"The company definitely won't invest in you again!" Lu Fei gritted his teeth. "The Xie Family has made it known that they're going to freeze you out! They're really being ruthless!"

Xie Chen curled his lip. "Then let them freeze me out. It's not like I can only survive in the entertainment industry."

He was telling the truth. As his university classmate, Lu Fei knew all too well how terrifying this fellow student was.

Calling him a top student was practically an insult. This guy was no different from an academic god.

There was not a single subject he was weak in. He grasped everything with ease, and he was even first-rate at deliberately controlling his scores.

If he had not needed to hide it from the Xie Family, the presidents of the world's top universities would have personally come to recruit him.

"You're leaving the industry already? Don't tell me you want to go back and become a professor?" Lu Fei asked tentatively.

Xie Chen curled his lip. "How could that be?"

He had not yet seen the Xie Family ruined and disgraced!

Xie Ran loved acting so much. Naturally, Xie Chen had to keep playing with him.

Lu Fei finally relaxed. After giving a few more reminders, he hung up.

Xie Chen tossed the cleaned chicken bone to Big Yellow, who had been drooling beside him for ages, then stood up, shoved both hands into his pockets, and headed back.

Without the cover of an urban forest, the stars blanketing the sky seemed close enough to touch.

He took a deep breath and was just about to stretch when someone suddenly approached from behind.

His alert spinning kick nearly struck that cold, handsome face, but it was already too late to pull it back.

Fortunately, the other man nimbly dodged it.

Xie Chen sighed in admiration. Good moves. Then he flashed a wide grin, revealing a row of gleaming white teeth, and said without thinking, "Sorry, I thought you were an assassin."

Huo Wenye narrowed his eyes and pressed his lips together. "An assassin? What assassin? An assassin of love?"

Xie Chen: "..." Holy shit?!

He was so greasy!