Those words made some bystanders who didn't know the truth begin to waver.
Of course, Yu Nian's fans weren't about to tolerate their baseless accusations.
[When did he ever do that? Did you learn to pull claims out of thin air from your fave?]
[Lmao, even if our Nian Bao were selling a fake gay ship, he wouldn't pick an ugly guy, OK?]
The Ice Fans, however, seemed to have seized their chance. They posted some of Yu Nian's Weibo posts and livestream clips, all featuring another man, with comments full of people shipping them, as proof that he was indeed using a fake gay romance to attract fans.
[Open your damn eyes and look properly. That's his actual boyfriend!]
[So you clearly knew all along, yet you still dragged him into your fake gay ship. Have you no shame?!]
[What proof do you have? Has he said it himself? It's just marketing, and only idiots like you would fall for it.]
Naturally, the fans refused to back down and fired back, and the two sides argued fiercely.
But the Ice Fans latched onto the fact that Yu Nian had never personally announced his relationship, determined to brand him as deliberately faking a gay romance and ruin his reputation.
Their thinking was simple: Phantom Ice had already fallen from grace, so dragging someone else down with him was better than nothing.
The bystanders didn't know much about Yu Nian, after all. Misled by the Ice Fans, public opinion began to shift slightly against him.
Just as the two sides reached a stalemate, Yu Nian quietly posted on Weibo: @Rice CakeNeil: My partner got jealous and snatched my phone /doge
The attached photo showed two hands with their fingers interlaced, their exquisite matching rings gleaming in the sunlight.
Although he hadn't