The moment Xie Mi finished speaking, Xiao Jingxi's expression shifted slightly.
But he remained composed. "Of course. All the promotional work Shuangrong and I did was intended to help our drama perform better. All our interactions were perfectly normal."
"Okay."
Xie Mi's smile grew even brighter as she took out her phone again. "Then let's take a look back at the Hot Search topics from when the Xiao Rong CP was at its peak."
She opened the Xiao Rong CP fan community and dug through its history, bringing up their old Hot Search topics one after another for everyone to see.
"#Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong's late-night riverside rendezvous# #Xiao Jingxi travels 3,000 kilometers to celebrate Xu Shuangrong's birthday# #Xu Shuangrong visits Xiao Jingxi on set, the two embrace for three minutes as though no one else exists# #Xiao Jingxi gives Xu Shuangrong a ring#..."
With every word she spoke, Xiao Jingxi's expression grew uglier.
Being publicly put on the spot like this made him feel as though this was no longer a debate, but a retrospective of his embarrassing past.
Qiu Chengye, whose mouth he had just covered, was now watching him with undisguised delight.
Sure enough, you never knew how much a knife hurt until it stabbed you.
"There are plenty more Hot Search topics like these, but I won't read them all out. Anyone interested can look them up. They're quite something."
Xie Mi swiped to another page, still beaming. "Next, let's look at what the fans were saying back then."
"Best Actor Xiao and Shuangrong are obviously together. I don't know why you people keep denying it. Is it that hard to admit other people are happy?"
"If those two aren't real, I'll drop dead on the spot! If they are real, you drop dead on