Wang Xiao's team worked remarkably fast. Not long after Chu Xinghui finished his livestream, they had not only quelled the controversy online but even finished editing the video.
Every shot of Wan Linqing had been cut, leaving only Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo.
That dance sent Chu Xinghui trending again, and he gained plenty of followers on Weibo.
As luck would have it, he had no work scheduled for the next two days. He lounged on his bed, reading the messages on Weibo.
[You're so beautiful, bro...]
[Chu Xinghui: Thanks. Born this way.]
[Boohoo, be my wife.]
[Chu Xinghui: Thanks for the offer, but I'll politely decline.]
[Why was your dancing so gorgeous! Why was your dancing so gorgeous! Why was your dancing so gorgeous!]
[Chu Xinghui: Because I do good deeds, I guess.]
He even found a Super Topic for his haters on Weibo.
It was full of people who hated him.
[All Chu Xinghui knows how to do is show off. How much did he spend to get himself trending?]
[Exactly. His fan dance already trended for ages before. Can't he make room for someone else?]
[I already thought he had a sugar daddy before. It's even more obvious now.]
[Inside scoop: Chu Xinghui really does have a sugar daddy!]
[Tell us more.]
[Tell us more.]
[Chu Xinghui: Tell us more.]
[?]
Seeing the man himself visit their Super Topic, several people were so frightened that they deleted their comments in seconds.
[Chu Xinghui: Why delete them, guys? I'm waiting for the gossip.]
The show's team had probably paid for this trending topic to bury the ones about Wan Linqing.
But Chu Xinghui really did want to know where this "inside scoop" had come from.
Everyone around him was someone he knew. There was no one worth suspecting.