Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

Hmm?

Xu Qingyan was slightly startled. Why did her voice sound different from when he usually saw her? Was it because the electronic device signals at night were unstable?

"You tied your hair into a bun? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable to sleep with?"

"I'll let it down when I sleep." Lin Wanzhou was somewhat speechless—his focus was always so odd, "What... what are you going to sing later?"

"Up to you, 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star', 'Two Tigers' are both fine."

"Don't want to listen to either."

"How about a folk song?"

As soon as he mentioned folk songs, Lin Wanzhou instantly thought of "An He Bridge"; she assumed Xu Qingyan planned to sing that one. Thus, she nodded and pursed her lips.

"Okay."

"Then I'll start, ahem..."

His expression suddenly became serious, but the words he began with weren't the lyrics of "An He Bridge"; his voice had a magnetic quality.

"You accompany me into the summer of cicadas, beyond the city's clamor~"

"The song still wanders, your eyes like that of a pomegranate flower."

When he sang these two lines, Lin Wanzhou was stunned. Instantly in her mind flashed the scene from the day before yesterday when she and he walked through Pucheng District in search of temples.

In the late summer morning, beyond the city's clamor. They caught up with drifting clouds, saw green hills, prayed to Buddha, and amidst the crowded bell tower took a picture together.

The song lyrics weren't profound, they seemed just to be an impromptu performance, hummed out.

Just like that phrase 'love is longer than the paper it's written on', too many things left unsaid, too many questions unasked. Incommunicable are the countless ripples; all stories are about someone.

First love is like a gardenia flower wet with dew, passing through the first rays of sunshine in the morning. Just one look from someone makes the day's blooming worthwhile.

The faint taste of first love lingered, and the song was finished.

"How was it?"

"It was beautiful." She blinked her eyes.

"Then why do you only show half your face? Are you afraid the camera can't fit it?" Xu Qingyan curiously asked. This person's mouth was always like this, annoyingly cheeky.

"Not at all!" Lin Wanzhou's face flushed. She thought to herself it was because she was paying attention to her image. "It can fit, just... don't want to show it all, you see."

She quickly shifted, revealing a small face on camera, and then quickly moved back.

Xu Qingyan was left yearning. They didn't talk much longer, bidding each other good night, and the video call ended hurriedly. In the end, Lin Wanzhou sent a message.

"It would be great if you also went to Jianye."

Then she immediately retracted it, embarrassed, but Xu Qingyan had already seen it.

But he still replied, "? What did you retract?"

"Nothing... nothing."

He didn't reveal he was going to Jianye. Firstly, it was a trip planned for the day after tomorrow. If there were any changes midway, it might not be good for her competition. Secondly, it would be better to just show up unexpectedly.

If he mentioned it now, he would face a dilemma. For the same competition show, whom should he fly to Jianye with? It was better not to say.

After teasing the young girl, he glanced at the time, nine o'clock.

Damn, he hadn't released the statement yet. He sighed and was about to continue working on it when Zhou Mian's call suddenly came in.

Zhou Mian usually only texted; he wouldn't call unless it was something important.

"It's me, what's up?"

"Bro, have you not posted the clarification post yet?" Zhou Mian's voice was somewhat urgent, "Good news, the show crew has found a legal team and is already working on gathering evidence against the rumors."

"Oh? Planning to sue?" he was stunned.

"Yes!" Zhou Mian said, "Director Chen has asked me to tell you that you can coordinate with the program team's official Weibo for promotion, and at the same time, post a clarification. The police have already been notified."

"Fine, but can the police catch the rumor-mongering team?"

"That's tough, it all depends on luck." Zhou Mian lowered his voice, and his footsteps purposefully moved toward a less crowded area, "The team that person hired is quite experienced, they haven't left much evidence."

"Usually, it only takes the other side slipping up, maybe they come out showboating and accidentally slip up, then they might get caught, and be taken down in one fell swoop."

"I see, I understand." Xu Qingyan clicked his tongue, this practically meant there was no hope, "Hey, by the way, could you help me get something?"

"What's that? Bro, just say the word."

"There should be screenshots from communicating with the lawyers, like paying a deposit, right? Ask Director Chen, see if I can borrow them," Xu Qingyan perked up.

"What do you want that for?" Zhou Mian was puzzled.

"For the promotion, what else?" Xu Qingyan's voice was innocent, "Just help me ask, tell him I have a plan, we'll talk if it doesn't work."

On the ninth day of September, not recalling brothers from Shandong, at ten o'clock at night.

The account "Xu's Spring and Autumn" posted an official statement without any emotion, first debunking rumors. Then it named several marketing accounts, and also a few real-person accounts.
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And showed a picture of a lawyer's letter. The caption read:

"I have recently been very busy with work, just made a little money. Out of sheer luck, I managed to get hold of a few good songs, Pei Muchan's new song xxx, Lin Wanzhou's new song 'The One I Miss', welcome to follow."

"I also noticed that out of nowhere, rumors were maliciously fabricated against me, greatly affecting my personal life. I have already, um, engaged a professional legal team to follow up."

"These days, I have been losing sleep night after night, as a newly minted music industry rookie who's been very hardworking about learning how to write songs."

"Yet I still have to bear these malicious slanders from the outside world, which causes me great pain. Every day I go to bed in a daze and wake up in a daze, until I finally made up my mind to fight to the bitter end."

"I am prepared to spend all of my savings to sue the rumor-mongers. Hell is empty, and all the devils are here! Though I am not powerful, I wish to be a spark in the dark, to fight unwaveringly against them."

"Those who have wantonly slandered me, not one of you will get away!"

With a bang, the post exploded like dynamite in the comments. Looking at the lawyer's letter in the picture above, and the exorbitant attorney fees, people were shouting their support.

"Cyberbullying is really outrageous, who hasn't been poor before, it's not a reason to deny someone driving a Palamera. The ones who truly love you, don't care about the model of your Porsche."

"Tears in my eyes, it's really too pitiable for an ordinary person to be cyberbullied, I support you fiercely!"

"No way, is this guy serious? Really tough, how much are the lawyer's fees? With that kind of money, I could buy a car for commuting!"

"The curtains are drawn, haha, I've already seen several big V's deactivate their accounts. I have been detesting these people for a long time, now it's good, they've encountered someone tough who drives a Palamera."

Leading accounts shrank back, one after another deactivated, turning into real-name certified grandmothers from mountainous regions. But for those real-person accounts, it got awkward, even if they wanted to deactivate and flee, they couldn't.

Some still harbored hope, thinking it was unlikely anything would happen. A lot of noise for nothing, so many people blasting together, they were just onlookers enjoying the spectacle.

The law does not concern itself with the multitude; none of the main rumor-mongers were affected.

Until the next morning, when these individuals received express-delivered lawyer's notices from the program team.

At that moment, they truly panicked. Upon checking, they were completely baffled—defamation, up to three years, they were so scared their legs went soft, and they quickly conceded online.

Those who had to apologize publicly did so, those who had to pay compensation did. The more indignant they were while riding the trending wave of spreading rumors, the more pathetic they looked holding their ID cards and making a public apology now.

Rumor-mongers being caught, but dissing people without taking responsibility.

Xu Qingyan made a big show of it, acting like he was the first to fire a shot against cyberbullying. While some supported him, of course there were also plenty of moral high-grounders who didn't like his style.

"In this whole Weibo sphere, you're the one who's the pettiest, is it necessary? /Contempt/ Such a narrow-minded man. Do you really need to make a fuss when others just enjoy a bit of gossip?"

Xu Qingyan didn't indulge these people at all, ignoring Zhou Mian's attempts to stop him, he directly entered the fray with his main account late at night.

"You're so magnanimous, stop trying to stand out. Cuss a bit more and I'll sue you along with the others. Be more careful next time you speak, don't sound like you've got a vibrating stick stuck in your brain."

"Making such a fuss, so when are you going to do a sales promotion? /LMAO/ "

Xu: "Which sewer cover wasn't put back properly, allowing you to crawl out? Sales promotion? What kind of goods should I promote, should I promote you as the goods? Are you a large item or a small one?"