In a corner no one cared about, Xiao Jingxi, who had tried to be clever and use public opinion to clear his name only to be plunged into an abyss by a single sentence from Xie Mi, received his eighth death threat of the week.
He stared at the dead rat in the delivery box and the words "go die," "scumbag," "faithless bastard," and "get out of the entertainment industry" scrawled all over it in red paint.
Xiao Jingxi finally broke down and smashed the box onto the floor, stomping and screaming like a madman, a sinister, terrifying gleam shooting from his bloodshot eyes.
After only a few short days of online abuse, he had already been tormented beyond recognition.
He shut himself away at home every day in a dispirited haze, afraid to read the comments online or the messages on his phone. Even his takeout orders were poisoned by haters, and he spent every day in constant fear.
With his hair disheveled, his face filthy and haggard, he no longer looked anything like the top A-list, award-winning actor he had once been.
The television in the room was still playing the Love Watch livestream. Xiao Jingxi looked over with a dark expression and saw Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing chatting and laughing together.
An icy chill immediately rose in his eyes.
Why? Why had his life been turned into a complete disaster, while they could live in splendor, basking in everyone's praise?
Why could that cannon fodder, who should have died as a mere foil to him, take his place now?
Why? Just why?!
Rage churned and boiled unchecked in his eyes before finally turning into madness.
At four in the afternoon, their shopping finished, Xie Mi emerged from the mall with Shen Yeqing, carrying two large