With her lover about to set foot in that place where fish and dragons mingled, Tong Yao had recently learned to follow gossip in between working on her drawings. Every so often, she looked up the hottest male and female stars of the day, along with the entertainment industry's tangled web of relationships.
Early one morning, mother and daughter curled up on the sofa with an iPad, browsing the day's trending searches. One featured a newly popular young heartthrob who had been shoved by a fan at the airport. His displeased expression and clenched fist had been caught on camera by the paparazzi.
And just like that, a story claiming the young heartthrob had a violent temper and wanted to punch someone began circulating.
Public opinion and commentary naturally galloped toward two extremes, the kind that even eight horses could not drag back.
"This is so boring." Unable to understand what excited Seventh Sister about the entertainment industry, Tong Yao felt these people simply had far too much time on their hands. If there was nothing to talk about, they manufactured something. In her view, it was perfectly normal for an ordinary person to look unhappy after being shoved. If she had nearly fallen over, her face would have darkened immediately too.
Nothing had even happened, yet speculation was already flying everywhere.
"Ugly." Le Le pointed at the photograph and delivered her verdict with a pout.
"Hmm, after looking around, our Le Le is still the prettiest." Tong Yao had an innate talent for compliments, but suddenly realized that praising one person by putting another down might teach her child bad habits in the future. She hurriedly asked, "Actually, there are kind, sincere, beautiful people in the entertainment industry too. You only discover them by looking deeper and getting to