The live chat was buzzing with discussion about Xu Shuangrong.
On the show, Xu Shuangrong was listening to an employee explain the rules at the Stress-Relief Center when she received a message from her assistant.
Xu Shuangrong had maintained a gracious smile throughout filming, but the instant she read the message, that smile froze on her lips.
Beside her, Xiao Jingxi noticed the change in her expression, and a flicker of satisfaction crossed his eyes.
Xu Shuangrong's assistant had forwarded a newly trending topic on Weibo's Hot Search.
#Xu Shuangrong stole her first role#
The trending topic originated from an anonymous user who claimed to have been Xu Shuangrong's college classmate.
The user revealed:
Xu Shuangrong had landed her first-ever role through an audition while she was in college.
But the truth behind it was that another talented student from her class had auditioned alongside her, and the person selected had actually been that classmate, not Xu Shuangrong.
Yet, bizarrely, a month before filming began, the chosen classmate suddenly fell down the stairs and injured her leg, leaving her unable to join the production.
With no other choice, the production team brought in Xu Shuangrong as a last-minute replacement.
The classmate had been extremely agitated at the time, insisting that Xu Shuangrong had pushed her down the stairs.
Although she and Xu Shuangrong had been the only people in the stairwell when it happened, there happened to be no surveillance cameras there. Without solid evidence, there was no way to prove Xu Shuangrong had done it.
As it happened, another student who had passed by testified on Xu Shuangrong's behalf. Coupled with her usual kindhearted behavior, this convinced everyone that the injured classmate was simply talking nonsense out of distress.
The teachers and students had even spent quite some time