Bringing Last Season's Grudge into the Next

Xie Ran watched the livestream while taking out his phone. Suddenly, he turned around with reddened eyes and asked, "Second Brother, why does nobody like me? Did I do something wrong?"

He had asked Xie Jinran the same helpless, fragile question before.

The latter had been heartbroken at the time.

Xie Yuchen felt the same way now.

"What could you possibly have done wrong?! The ones in the wrong are those keyboard warriors! They don't know you at all, yet they sit behind their keyboards attacking you! Like they're gods who can pass judgment on anyone they want!"

After gritting out those words, Xie Yuchen pulled Xie Ran into his arms. "But don't worry. The internet has a short memory. Even if the whole internet is mocking you now, you can still build up traffic. Once the chance to turn things around comes, going from hated to beloved will happen overnight!"

"Really?" Xie Ran asked, blinking his big eyes.

Xie Yuchen nodded firmly and promised, "Second Brother won't lie to you. We've already contacted an insider for this season's variety show. You just need to follow the plan and keep up your kind, gentle persona, and you'll win the fans' love!"

"Thank you, Second Brother. It's so good to have you!"

Xie Ran smiled through his tears and affectionately rubbed his face against Xie Yuchen's neck.

Xie Yuchen ruffled his hair, his face full of indulgence.

Originally, their eldest brother had planned to personally send Xie Ran to the variety show, while also putting the other guests in their place.

But Xie Chen had come back and caused a scene, injured him, then fled, disrupting the plan.

At first, they had not thought the injury was that serious. But in the middle of the night, his lower back hurt so