While the netizens were enjoying the gossip, Chu Xiyue was also following it with countless others with the system's help, occasionally liking an interesting comment.
Gossiping with everyone else was seriously too fun!
The One She Loves Most was not a twenty-four-hour live-streamed variety show. Its broadcasts generally ran from nine in the morning to six in the evening.
At eight thirty that morning, He Jinyuan stepped out of his room. He was wearing a simple white T-shirt with light blue jeans. His short hair looked casually tousled, but in reality, the angle of every strand had been meticulously arranged to accentuate his handsome features—the result of a whole morning's effort.
He Jinyuan had no phone, so he had no idea that the exciting little tryst he had had with Wan Zhen in the woods the night before had been photographed by paparazzi and posted online.
Thinking of the resources Wan Zhen had promised him last night, he cheerfully greeted the staff. "Good morning, everyone."
Several staff members in the corner hurriedly put away their phones. They glanced at He Jinyuan, exchanged looks with one another, then acted as though nothing had happened. "Good morning, Mr. He."
He Jinyuan felt that the atmosphere was a little strange today, but he did not think much of it. He sat down at the dining table and began eating breakfast.
Before long, Li Fan'er and Zhao Xizhou appeared in the dining room one after another. Xu Wenchong and Wan Zhen came down from the third floor hand in hand. Wan Zhen and He Jinyuan secretly exchanged a glance before quickly looking away as though nothing had happened.
When Chu Xiyue, who was gossiping with the netizens, heard from the system that Wan Zhen and He Jinyuan, the main characters of this scandal, were having breakfast in the living room, she immediately went downstairs as well. She found a spot in the corner and enjoyed the gossip firsthand!
Soon, it was nine in the morning. As soon as the stream began, countless gossip lovers flooded into the livestream rooms, especially He Jinyuan's, whose viewer count was rising exponentially.
[Looks like He Jinyuan still doesn't know that the rumors about him on Weibo have blown up. Otherwise, there's no way he'd be sitting here eating breakfast so leisurely.]
[Has no one noticed that He Jinyuan is a really good kisser? I suggest his agent get him more kissing scenes in the future. (doge)]
[Am I the only one here to watch the fans lose it? I heard He Jinyuan's fans have already started debunking it through rumors, saying the man in the clip isn't their gege.]
[Those spreading rumors deserve to lose their whole family. The man in the video isn't He Jinyuan at all. Their heights don't match—He Jinyuan isn't as short as the man in the video. Besides, Yuanbao has excellent posture. He would never slouch while sitting.]
[See? What did I say? Here comes the rumor-based debunking. Normally, you can recognize your gege from a single strand of hair in an airport photo, but now you can't recognize him in a high-definition video where his face is clearly visible? Different height? Don't you know your gege is 1.7 meters tall with one foot and 1.8 with the other?]
Among the fan comments controlling the narrative and the mockery from passersby, a conspicuous comment with a gift effect appeared.
[Sisters! Someone on Weibo just uncovered Ms. Z's real identity! Ms. Z is actually Wan Zhen, Xu Wenchong's wife!]
The person who uncovered the identity of He Jinyuan's mysterious wealthy female patron was a fashion-content creator—or, strictly speaking, one of that creator's fans.
This creator analyzed red-carpet looks, everyday outfits, and runway fashion styling for celebrities, wealthy wives, and rich heiresses. A few days earlier, she had posted a video about wealthy wives' casual wardrobes, and Wan Zhen had been included in it.
Those familiar with Wan Zhen knew that she was especially fond of C-brand's limited-edition Chanel-style suits. She owned a globally limited white-and-gold runway Chanel-style jacket. Among her everyday pieces, it appeared most frequently in her vlogs and was also the outfit most often analyzed by fashion bloggers.
Although the female lead in Wu Taotao's video had her face mosaicked, everyone could clearly see in the high-definition footage that she wore a long black satin dress with a jacket over it. The pattern and embellishments on that jacket were exactly the same as those on Wan Zhen's outfit! That was why fans who had just watched the creator's analysis of Wan Zhen's wardrobe recognized the clothing at once.
With that clue, everyone investigated the jewelry and posture of the woman in the video and finally reached a conclusion: the married wealthy woman passionately kissing He Jinyuan in the woods was the wife of Azure Sea Entertainment's president!
The scandal of a young male star hooking up with a married wealthy woman was already exciting enough. Who would have thought that the married woman was also a guest on the same show?
She flaunted her love with her husband on the show, then secretly made out with another male guest in the woods. This gossip was twice as explosive!
Gossip lovers who had not originally been interested in the show were drawn in by the scandal and poured into the production team's livestream rooms.
Among the show's guests, aside from Chu Xiyue, everyone else had turned in their phones and had no idea that the internet had exploded.
He Jinyuan's agent, Wan Zhen's assistant, and Xu Wenchong's family all wanted to contact them through the production team, but Director was tempted by the massive traffic and pretended not to see their calls.
The livestream continued, and its viewership was at least ten times higher than before.
With no phones to play with and nothing good to watch on television, someone started chatting about everyday matters in the living room.
The gossip lovers in the comments had all turned into Sherlock Holmeses, examining every tiny clue between He Jinyuan and Wan Zhen under a microscope.
[He Jinyuan and Wan Zhen made eye contact at least three times in the last ten minutes!]
[Wan Zhen looks like she's leaning against Xu Wenchong, but her body is actually tilted toward He Jinyuan. Those two definitely have something going on—body language doesn't lie!]
[Sisters, I just went back to watch yesterday's livestream recording. When Wan Zhen gave He Jinyuan a gift yesterday, the way they looked at each other practically spelled out their affair across their faces!]
[They handed in their phones before coming on the show. When will Xu Wenchong see the news? I really want to see the original wife and the mistress tearing each other's hair out!]
[Fight! Fight!]
Because everyone wanted to see the original wife and mistress tear each other's hair out, the livestream's traffic not only failed to drop while they chatted idly, but kept rising instead.
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