This post had been published in the middle of the night, but since it was Friday and many people were off work, everyone was eager for gossip.
Midnight gossip was always more exhilarating, making people devour it with even greater enthusiasm.
Unsurprisingly, the post blew up.
Not only did the post explode, but so did the trending searches.
No one knew whether the production team had bought the trending topic or whether the buzz had simply grown too massive.
Quite a few marketing accounts reposted it on Weibo. The show's fan forum was also discussing Shen Qingling, and even Gu Yijin's Weibo comment section had fallen.
The number one trending topic was Gu Qingling Orphanage.
People in the comments began speaking up for Shen Qingling.
Seriously? Gu Qingling had been cursed out for days, only for it to turn out that he'd been doing charity work. Would Gu Yijin's fangirls apologize to him?
I can't imagine how annoyed I'd be if I were Gu Qingling—working all day, coming home, and still having to deal with Gu Yijin.
After working all day, Gu Qingling probably opened his phone only to find his world collapsing. It was full of people cursing him out, while Gu Yijin had somehow become the victim. What a ridiculous world.
Oh, please. His fans would say Gu Qingling was the Gu Family's illegitimate child, someone who couldn't be seen in public and didn't belong in polite society. Why would someone like that deserve an apology from their precious idol?
What exactly was Gu Qingling's status in the Gu Family? Why did that public account say he was a child from an orphanage? Was this some wealthy-family feud?
I'll say this under a helmet, but I think Gu Yijin was really putting on an act. Gu Qingling was