After Gu Weichen learned that someone had thrown sulfuric acid at Shen Xuanrun, his expression remained dark, and even his assistant spoke a little more quietly.
"President Gu, the investigation into that diehard fan finally revealed that Jiang Yi had secretly contacted him, played the victim, and deliberately told him damaging stories about Shen Xuanrun, whipping him into a frenzy. That was why he decided to throw sulfuric acid."
"Good. It's almost time."
After building for several days, the abuse Jiang Yi's fans hurled at Shen Xuanrun reached its peak. Some even gathered around the set where the production was filming.
Shen Xuanrun remained calm, finished filming his scenes for the day, then immediately returned to his residence to quietly read his script alone.
In the evening, after dinner, everyone liked to scroll through Weibo and watch dramas.
Suddenly, a trending topic appeared out of nowhere.
#Anti-prostitution and organized crime crackdown concludes successfully, with five high-ranking officials implicated# Explosive.
Netizens flocked to look. The five high-ranking officials involved were all familiar faces everyone knew. They had participated in organized gambling, soliciting prostitutes, improperly accepting cash gifts, pimping... There was no evil they would not commit, and they stopped at nothing for money and power. The masterminds included, but were not limited to, those five, as well as public figure Jiang Yi, company president Wei XX, prominent lawyer Zhao XX...
The internet erupted!
Do you love me: Oh my God! Those five all held pretty high positions, didn't they? I'm completely shocked!
Don't want to go to work: Oh my God! How many people did they hurt? I bet even ten cash-counting machines couldn't count all the money they embezzled!
Let me graduate already!: Am I the only one who noticed that "public figure Jiang Yi"? Is that the Jiang Yi I know? But he seems to be the only public figure with that name, right?
Jiang Yi's official girlfriend: Impossible! This definitely isn't our darling! How could our darling do something like this? I don't believe it!!!
Chief gossip spectator: Jiang Yi's fans, shut up already. You attacked anyone you could get your hands on for your darling before. What other public figure besides him is named Jiang Yi? Give us an example.
Hugs for Jiang Yi: No way! Our darling works so hard and is so kind. There must be someone with the same name who just isn't as famous as our darling!
I just want to sleep: Give it a rest, will you? I don't know of any Jiang Yi besides your darling. Look at what he's done. Are those things a human being would do? That incident with Shen Xuanrun was probably something he deliberately staged himself too! You bullied him online so badly that someone even threw sulfuric acid at him.
Yi-Yi is the best in the world: I don't believe it. The official detailed notice hasn't come out yet. I absolutely refuse to believe it's our darling!
Jiang Yi's diehard fans began a frenzied online flame war with ordinary netizens. Even so, more and more people believed the news.
Some of Jiang Yi's more rational fans also stopped supporting him.
Jiang Yi's official girlfriend: Darling, hurry up and explain! Tell us this isn't true! @Jiang Yi V@
But in the end, they would never see that explanation. After all, Jiang Yi had already been taken away by the military.
Soon, another Weibo post shot onto the trending list: #The capitalist's true cannon fodder, that beautiful soul who died unjustly# Explosive.
Sister, are you doing well in heaven?: Let me tell everyone a story. My older sister was Lu Lu, the popular young actress who killed herself a year ago. However much she had longed for the entertainment industry at first, that was how miserable she was in the end.
Two years ago, she chose to enter the entertainment industry. She loved that profession. She wanted to act out other people's lives on screen and shine onstage. Later, she succeeded. A year later, she had gained many fans who called themselves Deer, and she was overjoyed.
At a gathering, a certain investor took a fancy to her. She was so beautiful, like an angel from heaven. My sister refused the investor's conditions, and he flew into a rage. He had your beloved darling Jiang Yi drug her and deliver her to the investor's hotel. You should know what happened after that. They even deliberately recorded a video and threatened my sister to keep her from telling anyone.
My sister was already close to marrying my brother-in-law then. They had once loved each other so much. To avoid holding him back, she broke up with him unilaterally. I remember that day, my brother-in-law knelt alone outside her door for a very, very long time, but that door never opened.
My sister wasn't afraid of their threats. She wanted to expose them and fight them to the bitter end. But Jiang Yi deliberately leaked the video, and marketing accounts steered public opinion, saying my sister had seduced the investor to get opportunities. Everyone knows what followed: online bullying, depression, suicide, and finally being forgotten.
My brother-in-law never received an explanation from my sister, even when she died. In the end, they were separated in life and parted by death. My sister also kept everything from our whole family. I even complained about her. I really deserve to die. She was already suffering so terribly then... It wasn't until a few days ago that I found her diary. I don't even remember how long I cried.
When I saw you bullying Shen Xuanrun online, I thought of my sister. I don't want to pass any judgment on this world. The real power of capital only lets you see what it wants you to see. We live under its control forever.
My sister doesn't need your apologies either, because you don't deserve to give them. She was so wonderful. She doesn't need you disturbing her peace.
Finally, I only want to ask: Sister, are you doing well in heaven?
Missed you in the end: So this was the truth Lulu refused to tell me! How could she have been so foolish! It's been a year, and I've never been able to understand why she broke up with me. We had even picked out names for our future children. Even when Lulu was being bullied online, I never believed she could do something like that for money. Why didn't I force my way inside back then! All along, she was silently enduring so much alone...
The internet fell silent in an instant, as though it had come to a standstill.
Everyone quietly read the Weibo post. There was only one person's comment, yet the view count exceeded one billion.
Even when Jiang Yi's obsessive fans left comments, the moderators quickly deleted them. Everything was quiet, and the clamor and agitation of the past few days settled into calm.
Everyone seemed to be observing an unspoken rule. Those who cried easily even covered their mouths and wept softly in the real world.
Before everyone had recovered, damaging revelations about Jiang Yi broke online. Everyone already knew about the organized gambling, soliciting prostitutes, and pimping. He had also deliberately led his fans to spread rumors and smear others, forced others to submit, and there were even minors involved...
Netizens stopped holding back and poured out their anger and regret.
Bonds form, bonds fade: This is an official notice, so it should be true, right? It turns out Jiang Yi was the capitalist all along! We were all kept in the dark, living under his control.
Jiang Yi's official girlfriend: It turns out I once indirectly helped kill a good person, and just now I was still hurting another. I'm the executioner...
Shen Xuanrun, sorry: We all owe them, but none of us deserves to apologize.
Follow stars rationally: Although Jiang Yi has already been arrested, I still feel it isn't enough. Those things he did hurt so many people. How can he repay them?