[I knew Shang Shujue was disgusting! It was because of him that our Create 6+1 couldn't even keep livestreaming. If he hadn't been there that day, the premiere would've gone smoothly ages ago. Disgusting ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚]
[Aaah! Shang Shujue, stay away from my idol! I'm literally begging you! Begone, begone, begone! If you like another man, go be with him! Stop messing with Su Youchuan!]
[Heh! What a pretty, useless vase and a sneaky green tea bastard. How can he be so good at disgusting people? Who exactly is backing him? Why hasn't he gotten out of the entertainment industry yet!]
[Why is everyone such a fence-sitter, believing whatever they hear? This Weibo post from some so-called idol? Look at the wording. It's obviously trying to steer you into cyberbullying this person named Shang Shujue. Don't let yourselves be used as weapons.]
[The person above must be a diehard Shang Shujue fan. Get out. Brain-dead fans like you aren't welcome here. Don't post under my darling's Weibo comments. You're making me a little sick!]
Su Youchuan's brain-dead fans really were a force to be reckoned with. A passerby had merely glanced at Weibo and noticed that Aila's words were very ambiguous.
So she posted her opinion in the comments, only to come under concentrated attack from the brain-dead fans. Their insults left her utterly defenseless. She was furious, but she couldn't outargue them. In the end, she could only slink away after deleting her account.
If she couldn't fight them, couldn't she at least hide? Fandom was simply too terrifying. There were far too many irrational, young, brain-dead fans. They really scared ordinary bystanders!
The Weibo post Su Youchuan had someone publish at one in the morning sat there for an hour while his fanatical fans clamored it into first place on the trending list. A "hot" label even appeared after the tag, making it a new hot topic of discussion.
Discussion hadn't dwindled as the hour grew later. Instead, with Yang Shaoying's special attention, it was recommended to quite a few people who liked staying up late.
The incident was getting enormous traffic, clearly aimed at utterly ruining Shang Shujue and dragging his reputation through the mud. More people saw it, and their disgust toward Shang Shujue continued to grow.
"Holy crap! Brother Zhou Zheng! Brother Zhichen, something happened! Something huge! The internet's going crazy! Stop practicing and look at what this blogger posted on Weibo!"
Quite a few people in the dance studio had been too nervous to sleep, and they were all practicing. Whether it was their performance dance or the theme song dance, it was hard work.
Bai Xiaoze was a little tired from practicing. Seeing Zhang Yunchen sitting on the floor resting, he walked over, took a sip of water, and picked up his phone. The moment he unlocked it, a new notification popped up. He tapped it, read the contents, and widened his eyes, calling for everyone to stop.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered around to look at his phone. Finding that they couldn't see clearly, they took out their own phones, only to receive the same notification as soon as they unlocked them.
After reading the news from last night, they all froze. Then they took a closer look at the photo. Wasn't the other man in it the one who had held Brother Jue that day?
Although he had been blurred out, they all knew the inside story, so the text didn't sway them. They even found it utterly absurd.
What business was it of Su Youchuan's who Brother Jue liked? Was he so eager to find someone to smear him because he feared Brother Jue would fall for someone else, or because he feared Brother Jue would stop giving him resources? Such a mystery.
"This is seriously ridiculous. Isn't this Brother Jue's outstanding suitor? He comes over to bring him breakfast practically every day, takes him out to eat, and even drives him to work."
Xu Jiaqiao looked just like the old man squinting at his phone on the subway meme as he finished reading the post. The sense of absurdity inside him grew stronger and stronger. The more he read, the more hypocritical the words seemed. No matter what angle he analyzed them from, they were all veiled insinuations.
"Damn, who wrote this copy? So you can insult someone with such sophisticated vocabulary. But insulting Brother Jue is wrong. Where is Brother Jue? Is he asleep?"
"Brother Jue goes to bed at ten sharp, without fail. He won't hear it if we call now. His phone's already on silent, after all."
"How strange. Why is this getting so much traffic? Did the other side buy a trending spot? How much did they spend? It popped up the second I unlocked my phone."
Gathered together, everyone grew angrier and found it more outrageous the more they talked. Even Bai Zhiyi, whose injuries had already healed, couldn't help frowning. Had Su Youchuan spent a fortune buying promoted traffic?
"Song Yanqing..." Looking at the name, Zhang Zhichen thoughtfully rubbed the edge of his phone. Whatever had occurred to him, he unconsciously looked up at Bai Zhiyi beside him.
"Could it be Song Yanqing, that famous favored son of heaven from the Songhui Great Aristocratic Family? I remember that famous young master has this name too..."
Bai Zhiyi abruptly looked up at him and blinked involuntarily. His earlobes reddened first, but he still answered the question. "I've never heard of him. Is the Songhui Aristocratic Family very powerful?"
Hearing Zhang Zhichen, everyone gathered around curiously. As they logged into their alternate accounts to speak up for the soundly sleeping Shang Shujue, they also wondered about Song Yanqing's identity. Could this man be an even bigger big shot than Su Youchuan?
Seeing their faces brimming with curiosity, Zhang Zhichen couldn't help chuckling softly. Then he explained a little about the Songhui Aristocratic Family.
"The Songhui Aristocratic Family is a great clan that has developed over several hundred years. During the Zhenli era, an ancestor of his branch served as prince regent. They come from a legitimate royal line..."
Once Zhang Zhichen put it that way, everyone understood immediately. Anyone who still didn't understand could go straight home and eat dirt. Why even come here to dance?
"Huh? Brother Chen, all those abusive comments on Weibo suddenly disappeared! The post Aila published is gone too, and his account's been frozen for a week!"
Bai Xiaoze had spotted another development. Everyone immediately snapped back to the matter at hand and looked down at the post. That insinuating post really had been taken down, and even related tags no longer came up in searches. This was clearly the work of someone powerful.
Zhang Zhichen stopped talking too and immediately looked down to check the situation on Weibo. Then his eyes widened. Good lord, that was even faster than his own family!
The post insinuating that Shang Shujue had a messy private life had only spread traffic for five minutes before its contents were comprehensively taken down.
Discussion topics concerning Shang Shujue and Su Youchuan were all designated as banned terms. Posting a related topic more than three times would get an account banned, frightening bystanders out of saying anything.
And so, before the incident could fully inflict any substantial damage on Shang Shujue, it was forcefully suppressed in this manner.
Just as the people whose accounts had been banned without their knowing the truth seethed with righteous indignation, while Zhang Zhichen and the others were baffled yet thoroughly gratified, a Weibo post suddenly became pinned across the entire platform.