[Wait a second.]
[My brain hurts a little too.]
[Who's telling the truth and who's lying?]
The netizens were all baffled.
The original claim was that Shen Yunzhi had poor grades, since she hadn't even gotten into a junior college.
So, with her having attended the best local high school, someone had started a rumor that her scores had been bought.
Yet Shen Yunzhi's photo had once appeared on the outstanding students' bulletin board.
The whole thing simply didn't add up.
The netizens turned straight into badgers in a melon patch.
They either watched the drama unfold.
Or went straight into conspiracy theories.
[Could all this old dirt being dug up be fake again?]
[Hard to say. Is someone out to get her?]
[Who? Who?]
[Whoever hates her, or whoever benefits from all these incidents. That's who.]
Seeing public opinion shift in the wrong direction, Jiang Yunli's studio paid for another batch of trolls to jump in.
[If it's fake, why didn't she clear it up herself sooner?]
[Did Shen Yunzhi hire trolls? Why does public opinion get steered toward Jiang Yunli every time something happens?]
[Did Jiang Yunli kill her dad or her mom? Why does Shen Yunzhi hate her so much?]
Shen Yunzhi had already gained a million fans through this show.
She was no longer the poor little thing who let others spread rumors about her unchecked.
The Shen Fans packed one hell of a punch, too.
[Who's actually bringing up whose name every time something happens? Teacher Shen has been quietly minding her own business and has never gone out of her way to provoke anyone, okay?]
[A bunch of fucking idiots. Did they inject the pregnancy-saving shot into your heads?]
[Why bother arguing with them? Click through to their profiles. They're all fake people.]
[Whose paid trolls are these? Such a hard guess. Could it be jyl?]
Jiang Yunli's fans flew into a rage.
[Bring evidence when you make accusations.]
[You're acting like all the dirt on Shen Yunzhi is fake.]
[Right, right, your precious Shen Yunzhi is the most innocent of them all.]
[Even if a lot of it is rumors, she's no saint herself, okay!]
[So random bystanders get labeled paid trolls just for saying a few words in Yunli's defense?]
One of Shen Yunzhi's more militant fans had held her temper again and again.
She really couldn't stand seeing her goddess constantly smeared anymore.
She immediately used her connections to find someone to investigate these trolls.
For a professional, this sort of thing was fairly easy to investigate.
The accounts' login IP addresses and activity trails could all be uncovered with a check.
She logged straight into her main Weibo account and posted the evidence.
Lüelüelüe: [Over five hundred accounts registered from the same IP address, highly synchronized login times, and posts with highly overlapping targets. Come on, which Jiang Fan was it who said they were random bystanders?]
In the evidence Lüelüelüe posted, nearly all the recent comments from these accounts had been disparaging Shen Yunzhi.
Scrolling farther back through their posting histories.
There were more surprises!
The earlier topics claiming "Shen Yunzhi only got into a good high school because her adoptive parents spent their entire fortune buying her scores," "Shen Yunzhi forced the Jiang Family to send Jiang Yunli back to the countryside, causing her to develop depression," "Shen Yunzhi has her sights set on Xiao Yao," and so on.
Had actually all been created by these accounts.
[I told you our Lüelüelüe was a genius!!]
[We actually have someone this powerful among us Shen Fans!]
[I looked through her profile. She's that rich fellow fan from before!]
[Lüelüelüe, I order you to take down Teacher Shen's studio!]
[Wait, our Teacher Shen doesn't even have a studio.]
[I can't take this.]
[Our Teacher Shen has a million fans, for crying out loud. How's she doing so badly!]
Once the hard evidence appeared, the Jiang Fans' excuses immediately became feeble and unconvincing.
The netizens turned into avid drama spectators.
[Holy shit! I knew there had to be a reason the dirt on Shen Yunzhi never stopped coming!]
[This girl has it so rough. Her reputation finally starts showing signs of improving, and someone frames her again.]
Jiang Yunli's studio immediately panicked.
Her manager hurriedly went to Jiang Yunli for ideas.
Jiang Yunli nearly passed out from anger.
They were drawing such high salaries from her, yet couldn't even handle this little matter?!
Jiang Yunli furiously tore into her manager over the phone.
Her manager said awkwardly, "Calm down. Even if you curse them out now, it won't help. We still need to find a way to clear things up first."
Jiang Yunli said, "Do I have to teach you how to do your jobs? Suppress the buzz! Find some dirt on other celebrities to divert attention!"
"If this affects my reputation and endorsements again, I'll have Nanxian fire every last one of you!"
After Jiang Yunli hung up on her, the manager couldn't stop grumbling inwardly either.
As though that useless young master Ji Nanxian actually had any say in the company.
As though he could fire anyone he pleased.
Despite thinking that, the manager really was a little afraid that Jiang Yunli might marry into the Ji Family.
She could only go and deal with this matter for Jiang Yunli, miserable as she was.
The manager quickly found dirt on a few unlucky artists, posted it, and paid to get it trending to divert public attention.
At the same time, the studio confronted Lüelüelüe head-on.
Jiang Yunli's studio: [@Lüelüelüe, the internet is not beyond the law. The chain of evidence in your so-called evidence is insufficient, and it cannot prove that our studio commissioned the statements posted by these accounts. Your malicious conduct has already infringed upon our artist's reputation. A legal demand letter has been sent.]
Lüelüelüe replied directly as well:
[Bring it on. I'm not scared of you.]
The comments beneath Lüelüelüe's Weibo post filled with "66666666" and "Our Lüelüelüe is taking them head-on."
Lüelüelüe closed Weibo, turned, and kicked the man across the sofa who was holding a laptop and helping her write her group assignment.
"Jiang Chi!" Tang Jianing said angrily. "Someone sent me a legal demand letter!"
The man clearly knew Tang Jianing liked following celebrities and was used to this sort of behavior.
To placate Her Highness, he immediately put on a serious expression. "Okay! I'll have my family's legal department contact you in a moment. Someone actually dared send our Lüelüelüe a legal demand letter? Do they have a death wish?"
Tang Jianing was very satisfied with how obliging Jiang Chi was and decided to forgive him for being too busy to go shopping with her.
Jiang Chi asked casually, "Which celebrity have you gotten into this time?"
Tang Jianing: "..."
For some reason, saying that she was a fan of Shen Yunzhi felt a little embarrassing.
After all, the celebrities she'd liked before had all been either handsome or beautiful.
There hadn't been a crazy one yet.
And this one was also the biological older sister Jiang Chi had never particularly liked.
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