Trading insults won't hurt you-why not have a fight?

[I'm dying here, I'm dying! I was just settling in for the drama! Who knocked over my imperial camera?! Drag them out and behead them!]

[These two old bastards are animals!]

[They dared to hit our Teacher Shen in front of all these people. Just imagine what her life used to be like.]

[Every other word is about supporting them in old age, giving them money, or being an ungrateful brat. Any normal person can see what they're after.]

[There were even people defending them in the livestream earlier, saying they were pitiful.]

[Who's going to spare some pity for Teacher Shen?]

Although only An Zhizhi, who was standing close by, had seen the old scars on Shen Yunzhi's arm.

Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen's behavior alone was enough to prove that Shen Yunzhi hadn't had a good life before.

There were still haters kicking up a fuss in the comments.

[Who wasn't hit by their parents as a kid? She's playing the victim over this?]

[So she's the delicate one? My grandma used to whip me with a cane.]

[What would country people know about all those convoluted city parenting methods? Don't they just hit kids when they misbehave?]

Shen Fans:

[So your parents shoved you into a pit toilet when you misbehaved too?]

[Wow, once again, your experience represents the entire world.]

[At least our village doesn't have this child-beating approach to parenting. You're making rural parents sound like a bunch of sadists.]

[Exactly. I grew up in a village too. I'd never been to an amusement park or a children's activity center, and I was so jealous of the kids playing in the sand by the sea on TV. My grandma drained an entire pond just so I could play in the mud.]

[For the record, not every rural kid grew up being beaten and yelled at.]

The haters still refused to back down:

[That eager to speak up for your master?]

[She's alive and kicking now. Doesn't that prove there was nothing wrong with corporal punishment when she was little?]

[If her adoptive parents had beaten her within an inch of her life, could she have grown up looking so pretty and fresh-faced?]

[She probably only got hit a few times at most, and now she's turned her back on them. She's definitely the type who remembers every beating but none of the kindness. Did her adoptive parents really never do a single good thing for her?]

These people could always find fault with Shen Yunzhi from every possible angle.

Reasoning was useless, so the two sides started fighting again.

Shen Fans: [As long as someone's not dead, everything can be forgiven? You've got one moral guilt trip after another. A sow in a bra—one ridiculous set after another. Wow.]

Haters: [Is "wow" the only word you've learned? Even my neighbor's kid has moved on to "amazing."]

But these haters definitely couldn't match Shen Fans in a fight.

Like idol, like fans.

Every last one of them had a vicious tongue, and they knew just how to get under people's skin.

[6 = 5 + 2 + 0 - 1 + 3 + 1 - 4. It means "I love you."]

[You lot should eat more 66 plums in your spare time.]

[Obviously, six means those particular ship fans among the haters. Both the man and the woman are third parties, so three plus three makes six.]

Xiao Yao said, "We're livestreaming right now, so there's solid evidence, and this is a society governed by law. If you actually hit Shen Yunzhi, a few thousand or even tens of thousands in compensation per slap wouldn't be a problem."

An Zhizhi said, "Funny you should mention that. A friend of mine was punched by a troublemaker a few days ago and got twenty thousand in compensation."

These two, who normally bickered so enthusiastically, had actually taken the same line for the first time because of Shen Yunzhi.

When it came to paying compensation, Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen valued money more than their own lives.

Their bluster immediately wilted a little.

They had only come to cause a scene because there were plenty of people around, hoping to guilt-trip Shen Yunzhi and squeeze something out of her, but they hadn't gotten anything.

When the two of them had gone to S City before, Shen Yunzhi had clearly given them tens of thousands just to get rid of them.

Seeing how things stood, they knew they wouldn't get anything, but they still wouldn't stop running their mouths.

Shen Yonggui said, "We raised a worthless money pit!"

As Shen Yonggui pulled Wang Dezhen away, she didn't forget to turn back and curse, "Sooner or later, lightning will strike you dead, you unfilial thing!"

Only after seeing them leave did Shen Yunzhi say speechlessly:

"They really have nothing better to do."

[I don't understand that Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan dialect. Can someone translate?]

[It means they've got too much time on their hands.]

Jiang Yunli had been silently cursing the couple for being out of their minds.

She had previously told them to come cause some trouble and stir up public opinion.

To make everyone think Shen Yunzhi was unfilial and ungrateful.

But all these two could think about was money, money, money.

Their intentions were so obvious that any normal person could tell Shen Yunzhi had cut contact with her adoptive parents because she'd had a miserable life in the village.

The cameraman got up, protecting his camera, cursing as he adjusted it.

"Which bastard knocked into me just now?!"

Jiang Yunli explained awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... it was so chaotic just now. I didn't mean to."

Jiang Yunli had always been fake as hell.

Although she still had diehard fans defending her online after her last scandal.

None of the guests present could possibly be unaware of what she was really like.

An Zhizhi delivered a flat "Ha-ha," then said sarcastically, "If you hadn't said anything, I'd have thought you did it on purpose."

Although An Zhizhi had initially disliked the trio of Shen Yunzhi, Jiang Yunli, and Ji Nanxian.

After spending more time with them.

An Zhizhi had discovered that Shen Yunzhi wasn't quite like the rumors suggested and had changed her opinion of her a little.

She was more willing to speak up for Shen Yunzhi.

Besides, Jiang Yunli and Ji Nanxian were both pieces of shit.

An Zhizhi's remark made Jiang Yunli look even more awkward.

But she was very good at playing the innocent angel.

She widened her eyes, which immediately misted over, then bit her lower lip.

That air of "I've been wronged, but I'm too inarticulate to explain" came out at the slightest touch.

Seeing their idol being wronged, Jiang Fans stopped battling Shen Fans and turned their attacks on An Zhizhi instead.

They were busy as hell.

[What's wrong with you, An Zhizhi?! Why would our Yunli knock into the camera on purpose?!]

[Exactly! It's not like she had anything shameful to hide!]

The best-trained dog Jiang Yunli owned immediately lunged in to bite too.

Ji Nanxian said, "An Zhizhi! What are you trying to say?!"

An Zhizhi was simply bad at navigating social situations; it wasn't as though she couldn't insult people.

She shot back, "Exactly what I said. What are you barking for?"

Ji Nanxian said, "Who's barking?!"

An Zhizhi said, "Whoever answers is barking."

Ji Nanxian said, "Does this have anything to do with you? Why are you so eager to stick your neck out?"

An Zhizhi said, "Shen Yunzhi and I are both human. How could I not be upset watching her get bitten by a dog?"

Chi Zong came out to break up the argument. "All right, all right. Trading insults won't hurt you. Why not have a fight?"

"?" An Zhizhi said, "Why is another dog barking?"

"?" Chi Zong said, "I'm copying you."

An Zhizhi said, "Then bark a couple more times."

Chi Zong said, "Dogs bark first."

An Zhizhi said, "Don't chicken out, dog."

Chi Zong said, "Keep barking, dog."

An Zhizhi said, "Don't chicken out, dog."

Chi Zong said, "Keep barking, dog."

An Zhizhi said, "Don't chicken out, dog."

Chi Zong said, "Keep barking, dog."

"..."

"..."

The director, who had only just talked that tantrum-throwing couple into leaving and hadn't even caught his breath before seeing another fight break out, was speechless. "..."

This was so exhausting.

President Xiao had clearly said that once this show took off, he could sit back and make a fortune, and his bitter days would give way to sweet ones.

This must have been the sweetness of swill.

[Here they go again. Here they go again.]

[Chi Zong and An Zhizhi were getting along so well before.]

[The atmosphere among the guests is still pure hatred, as always, without the slightest sign of their relationships improving. It warms my heart.]

[You shit the bed, didn't you? That's why you're feeling warm.]

[You sure know a lot. Had a taste, did you?]

[All you talk about every day is shit, piss, and farts. No manners. Clearly a Chi Zong fan.]

[? How can you tell?]

[How I can tell depends on who I feel like trashing today.]

[?]

[Hahahahahahahahaha.]

[Help.]

[Get in line for that too.]

[You really can't blame the Mayans. If I'd foreseen future people being this unhinged, I'd have thought the apocalypse had scared them into it too.]

The casual viewers were dying of laughter.

What a delight, what a delight.

From the idols themselves down to their fans, they were all exactly alike.

Whoever could put together a show like this was a real talent.