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The moment the video appeared, he hurriedly had the technicians deal with it. After discovering they could not take it down, he even tried contacting the blogger, hoping to buy him off with money. Unfortunately, his messages vanished without a trace. Before coming here, he had tried nearly every possible method, but none of them worked.

The other side was either a hacker, or Jinbai Entertainment was behind this... No, Jinbai Entertainment was definitely pushing this matter. There was no mistake.

Did President Cai really have that much power?

The landmark building in the center of the New Urban District... Forget buying a place there, he did not even dare dream of it.

Gao Su gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, you should prepare yourself. Gao Chi's sentence... might really be increased."

Since they could find this video, they could also find evidence of Gao Chi's other crimes.

And Gao Su did not want to drag Starlight back into this mess for Gao Chi, who was already in prison...

Mother Gao shot to her feet in shock, her face pale. "H-how could this happen? Why can't the video be taken down? Is there no other way?"

"Gao Su, Gao Chi is your biological younger brother. You have to think of something. You can't just let this keep developing."

She was afraid of things getting worse too.

She regretted it now.

Gao Su said, "It's too late. Who told you to make decisions on your own... If there hadn't been this wave of dirt, maybe they wouldn't have gone through the trouble of releasing the video."

After all, Starlight was not some small company in the entertainment industry. Leave some room for others, and they could still meet with smiles in the future.

But what Gao Su did not know was that even without Mother Gao taking the initiative, Cai Jinbai would have found a way to push this matter forward. He had no need to meet Starlight with a smile.

Mother Gao collapsed onto the sofa, her face filled with regret, no trace of her former smugness or composure remaining.

The Video

Gao Su had no solution whatsoever for the video.

Meanwhile, the comment sections of Liang Yi and Mu Xiaoying's Weibo accounts were flooded by passersby.

Some netizens even dug up the video of Liang Yi's interview from back then, reposted it, tagged him, and asked what he thought.

[Watching this video now, your smile makes me feel sick. Ugh.]

[If there hadn't been surveillance footage to clear up the truth, I really would have thought you were a decent person. Never mind what kind of person Mu Xiaoying is. At least Xu Yuqing stepped up back then, while you turned around and left. That is not necessarily a huge problem. Some people are righteous, while others are afraid of trouble and responsibility. That is human nature, nothing to blame. But what you absolutely should not have done was kick someone when they were down afterward and take advantage of the situation. You did not even say a single word in Xu Yuqing's defense. Didn't you say you were friends? Is this how you treat a friend? Stabbing your friend twice?]

[Spit. Your character is clearly the problem. I'm spitting once before I leave, and then I'm going to curse out Mu Xiaoying too.]

[Did you enjoy stealing resources? I think you and Boss Gao must have had a pretty good relationship. Did Starlight promise you Xu Yuqing's resources, then have you say that in front of the reporters? That reporter was probably arranged by Starlight too, right? The entire interview kept implying that Xu Yuqing knew Gao Chi and was even friends with him. Wasn't that misleading the public?]

[Liang Yi, I was blind to ever be your fan. Unfollowing.]

[I'm unfollowing too. So you're this disgusting kind of person.]

[Just walk your own path. Why extinguish someone else's light? If you had simply stayed silent about this, it would have been better than saying that.]

The passersby condemned him, directly cursing Liang Yi for having poor character. How could someone like that deserve to be an idol actor?

Not only had he turned a blind eye and stood by, he had even kicked someone when they were down afterward. He had lost his conscience just to obtain resources.

Though there was a saying that heaven and earth would destroy those who did not look out for themselves, when there was someone truly good and kind for comparison, netizens still preferred kind people.

The difference between Liang Yi and Xu Yuqing was immediately obvious.

When faced with threats and intimidation, Xu Yuqing had still chosen to save someone. That was character.

As for Liang Yi, the same thing still applied: you did not have to save someone, but you should not frame a good person either.

Some of Liang Yi's fans spoke up for him, but they were all cursed back by passersby.

After the blogger People Can't Live Without Conscience posted the video, Liang Yi was immediately drenched in cold sweat. Realizing the situation was bad, he contacted Starlight at once, but unfortunately, Starlight had no way to take the video down either.

They wanted to suppress the trending topic, but they could not. They even wanted to control the comments under Weibo posts, but that no longer worked either.

"Why can't we control the comments?!" Liang Yi shouted with a twisted expression. "Where are my fans?! What the hell are they doing?! Hurry up and control the comments! Can't you see the entire comment section is cursing me out? Even my follower count is dropping! Hurry up and control them!"

The manager looked troubled, his expression dark. "We can't control them. The moment fan comments get pushed up, they drop back down in the blink of an eye. Quite a few have even been deleted..."

"Who deleted them?!" Liang Yi immediately asked.

The manager said, "How would I know? Starlight isn't the only one capable of controlling comments. Isn't Xu Yuqing backed by Jinbai Entertainment now? They do not lack influence, and they have plenty of methods. They can even find surveillance footage from three years ago, so controlling public opinion is nothing to them."

"When it comes down to it, we are not the ones most at fault in this matter. Isn't the entertainment industry just like this? There are only so many resources. Either you fight for them or I take them. Resources change hands all the time, and no one's name is written on them. If Boss Gao wanted to give you resources that originally belonged to Xu Yuqing, were we supposed to refuse?"

"The only thing netizens have on you is that one sentence. Just apologize and it will be over. No one will care afterward. As for not saving Mu Xiaoying, just wait and see. She'll be cursed even worse than you by netizens. She's the one who repaid kindness with ingratitude."

Liang Yi was instantly soothed by his manager. He sat back down, looking more relaxed. "That's right. There's still that woman Mu Xiaoying to cushion my fall. Heh, no rush to apologize. Let's see what response Mu Xiaoying gives first."

The manager nodded.

The two opened Mu Xiaoying's Weibo comment section.

As expected, this place had been flooded by netizens too, becoming an even worse disaster zone for insults.

Compared to Liang Yi kicking someone when they were down, Mu Xiaoying's actions were clearly far more detestable.

Toward the benefactor who had saved her, Mu Xiaoying had not shown herself even once afterward. If the surveillance footage had not come out, they probably would not have known that Mu Xiaoying had even been involved in that incident. And she had been the fuse that led to Xu Yuqing being shelved and nearly having his acting career destroyed.

[How do you still dare stay at Starlight? Aren't you afraid someone will drug you again?]

[You stepped on your senior's blood to keep being a star. Where is your conscience? Did a dog eat it? No, wait, I shouldn't insult dogs. Puppies are so cute, while you are so disgusting and vile-looking.]

[Sis, if this is a misunderstanding, hurry up and clear it up. Did Starlight threaten you, so you did not dare say anything?]

[Xu Yuqing was shelved for three years. Three years! If he had not been lucky enough to sign with a new company, his acting career would have been ruined. But what about you? In those three years, you never said a word for him. You acted as if nothing happened. This isn't when you were desperately begging for help back then.]

[Xu Yuqing really saved the wrong person. Saving a dog would have been better than saving you.]

[Ungrateful and repaying kindness with hatred, how do you still have the nerve to remain in the entertainment industry? Doesn't your conscience hurt?]

[I don't think so, because she has no conscience.]

Just as such remarks grew increasingly fierce, Mu Xiaoying finally stopped playing dead and logged on to post on Weibo.

The general meaning was that she had indeed wronged Xu Yuqing, but what had happened back then had truly terrified her. It was the first time she had experienced something like that. Afterward, she could not sleep all night, became depressed, and needed sleeping pills to fall asleep. Whenever she thought of it, she would burst into tears, and she was terrified of Gao Chi's revenge, trembling all over.

She had not wanted everyone to know about it either, so she had begged Xu Yuqing not to tell anyone. After all, for a girl, even if she had not suffered actual harm, rumors and gossip could still destroy a person. She was afraid of being discussed by others.

She had truly been scared back then. On top of that, Boss Gao had come to talk to her, so she had missed the best opportunity to step forward.

Mu Xiaoying also praised Xu Yuqing for being a good person and posted screenshots of their chat. In them was a message Xu Yuqing had sent, saying that he did not want Mu Xiaoying to suffer secondary harm either. Since Gao Chi had already gone to prison, they should just let the matter pass.

Every word of that Weibo post was making excuses for her mistakes. First, Starlight had indeed threatened her. Second, even Xu Yuqing, the victim, had not asked her to step forward or exposed her existence, so what right did you netizens have to criticize her?

In short, it was not her fault. She was a victim too, and she had her own difficulties.

As soon as this statement came out, Mu Xiaoying's fans immediately began defending her.

[If I went through something like that, I wouldn't even want to mention it again. How can you blame her for not speaking up back then? She must have been scared.]

[Please get this straight. The real culprits are Starlight and Gao Chi. Stop barking here nonstop.]

[My sister is so pitiful. Hurry up and terminate your contract with Starlight. You should not stay at such a trash company any longer.]

[I knew it. Starlight must have threatened you, which was why you did not dare speak up for Xu Yuqing. Sister Ying is not the kind of person who repays kindness with ingratitude. I wasn't wrong to support you. How could an ordinary person possibly resist capital like Starlight? My heart aches for Sister Ying.]

[That's right. Even Xu Yuqing did not say anything, so what right do you have to curse her?]

[She's just an ordinary person too. How could she possibly handle everything perfectly? In that incident, it was already amazing that she protected herself from harm. Hugging you, baby. Gao Chi is in prison now, and no one will hurt you again. But you should terminate your contract with Starlight as soon as possible.]

For a time, Mu Xiaoying's image really seemed as though it was about to turn around again.

Some netizens believed she was indeed one of the victims, and that perhaps she had been unable to speak for Xu Yuqing against her will.

On top of that, there was Starlight. They must have threatened her too.

Some netizens even began feeling sorry for Mu Xiaoying.