The boss of the makeshift Internet Water Army Wei Cai had hired worked hard all night, finally managing to single-handedly push a negative hashtag about Qi Gu onto the trending list as dawn broke. It was right at the bottom, though, hanging by a thread, liable to be displaced by another story at any moment.
To keep it there, the boss continued switching accounts and frantically boosting the hashtag.
He was in such a hurry that he did not even spare a glance at what currently topped the trending list.
Without his noticing, the top spots had already been thoroughly taken over by Qi Gu's name, packed so densely that the trending list looked like Qi Gu's autograph book.
#Filming wraps on episode two of Investigating the Strange, Qi Gu receives a truckload of snacks#
#Qi Gu's abilities#
#Qi Gu can eat and sleep anywhere#
Aside from a handful discussing his teammates, the trending topics were almost all about Qi Gu.
[Just woke up this early in the morning. Genuine question: who's Qi Gu?]
[Didn't you watch yesterday's Investigating the Strange livestream? If not, I recommend slacking off at work to watch it. It's seriously thrilling and badass. Qi Gu is incredible, sob sob sob. Qingji District's hero!]
[Whoa, how did he become Qingji District's hero? Last time he caught Diao Huaqing at that clinic. Did he catch another fugitive this time?]
[Not a fugitive, just a vengeful ghost whose powers could affect an entire district, that's all.]
[??? What the hell? Girl, are you speaking English? Why can't I understand you?]
[Wow, the entertainment industry's whitewashing tactics really are getting trendier. He actually managed to sell this ghost-catcher persona?]
[Old man squinting at phone on subway.jpg]
[Uh, if you believe something like that, you'd still be drooling even after