Chapter Eighty-Four

  Fang Yu remained silent for five seconds.

  The two people in the hotel room locked eyes for five seconds.

  In the eleventh second, he "deng deng deng" continuously retreated three steps backwards while muttering to himself "I found out I forgot to wear underwear today, wait for me a minute, I'll go put on some underwear". The two people in the room exchanged a glance and then simultaneously picked up the pillows next to their heads and threw them at the door, shouting: "You damn well didn't forget to wear underwear, you were born without bringing your own integrity!"

  At this time, Fang Yu had already retreated to the outside of the door. At this critical moment, he showed his magnanimity and chose not to bother with the black-haired young man, turning around and running away. Unfortunately, it was clear that he forgot that at this time, apart from the only one who could roar, Jian Ran, there was also a Jiang Chuan with full action power in the room. So, before he could take two steps out, he was picked up by the collar and brought back into the room, thrown onto the bed.

  "Ah, ah, ahh," Fang Yu panted, "If you have something to say, say it properly, don't resort to violence, I have no idea what you're talking about - don't touch me, don't touch me, I'm really not wearing underwear, my sexual orientation is normal, don't casually... damn it's still early morning, I simply can't believe that such a chaotic thing would happen in this world..."

  Jiang Chuan easily restrained the agent's limbs on the bed, while not forgetting to slap him in the face with a "who dares to imitate me". At this time, Jian Ye, who had been waiting on the bed, quickly grabbed Fang Yu's phone and did something that he would later regret for not having tried in the past n years: clicking on the top right corner of the mobile client's "Settings", then clicking on "Switch Account", and in that list, there were only two accounts quietly lying there, one was "IM Entertainment Agent Fang Yu" and the other was "Li Gou Hai".

  Jian Ran: "......"

  The moment I confirmed my own thoughts, my brain suddenly stopped working. Thinking that every day, I was eating, sleeping, and farting under the eyes of such a dangerous person, secretly criticizing the acting skills of other ABCD actors, mocking the EFHG singers for their bad singing... Suddenly, I took a deep breath, and my whole body felt a bit uncomfortable.

  He suddenly felt that the matter of "Xu Qianqian knowing Yuan Jinyan's sexual orientation" was no longer a big deal, at least in front of Fang Yu. Yuan Jinyan's sexual orientation was just a tiny bit of insignificant gossip. If Fang Yu were to expose all his dark past, from then on, "Yuan Jinyan" would become the public enemy of the entertainment circle.

  Jian Ran: "Fang Ge... no, I'll call you Fang Da Ye, Da Ye, let's talk about life."

  Fang Yu: "Talking about Mao, as someone in the circle, I also have a gossip-loving heart, don't I? Watching all sorts of internal things every day but can't find a place to vent, it's so lonely! And you know it! Besides, wouldn't it be great if the whole world knew that 'Li Dog' is biased towards Yuan Jinyan? I'm being fair to you, you know. I have a folder full of your photos - farting, picking your nose, scratching your feet, sleeping and drooling..."

  Jiang Chuan let go of Fang Yu and turned his head, looking at the black-haired young man beside him as if he was watching some kind of rare species. The latter's scalp felt numb and immediately threw out a sentence "Fake!" After thinking for a moment, he showed Fang Yu a fierce expression: "No need to say anything, your motive for keeping these things is already very suspicious - if you're not thinking about using them that day, why keep them?"

  "Take it out and look at it when you miss me."

  "Get out of here, you son of a bitch!" Jian Yan was furious.

  "Really," Fang Yu wiped his face, "when others have a baby, the mother treasures even the video of the child's bowel movements as if it were a treasure. Do you know why? It's because being able to see a side that others can't is what's most precious."

  “……”

  Today I finally understood what it means to speak nonsense in a serious manner.

  He grabbed Fang Yu's mobile phone and looked at the Weibo posts sent by "Li Gou Hai" with a dark face. At this time, Li Gou Hai's fans had grown from tens of millions to over 110 million, mainly due to his consecutive explosive revelations in recent years, which were too powerful, and Weibo posts that were forwarded tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of times were not uncommon. The most valuable thing was that these were all proven to be true, so Li Gou Hai gained a lot of fans in a short period of time.

  Recently, Li Dog's most popular Weibo post is the one where he and Jiang Chuan are wearing military uniforms and eating bento together. Fang Yu even pinned this post to the top.

  Jian Ran: "You're afraid people won't know about my relationship with Jiang Chuan, right?"

  Jiang Chuan: "Who? Who has a leg with you?"

  "Don't mind such details."

  Fang Yu: "You can't say that, we're so open and aboveboard - look, the fans below are all defending you, right? Ah, look at what they're saying, 'If Yuan Zhenran was with Jiang Chuan, could they have been photographed together so openly?!' I think this argument is quite convincing, and the fans below who were randomly shipping you with Jiang Chuan are now rejoicing... but when someone brings up your sexual orientation as a topic, they get scolded for lacking entertainment spirit..."

  "You're just making excuses for yourself with all these pale words." Jian Yan said expressionlessly.

  Anyway, I didn't do anything wrong.

  "Oh, I remember last year when I wasn't in trouble yet, Li Dog Hey mocked on Weibo: 'Yuan Jin Ran doesn't know if it's because of lack of sleep last night, or if the force control was bad while hanging from the steel wire, and his face hit the wall, bleeding nose blood all over the wall, so dynamic hahaha'. Is someone pressing your face against the keyboard to roll out this comment?"

  Fang Yu: "......"

  He carefully took out his phone and began to scroll through Li Gou's chat history, reading aloud: "And this one... 'Yuan Jinran is afraid of the cold, today I don't know if it was because he wore too little or what, when reciting lines his teeth were chattering, Jiang Luocheng scolded him until he was speechless, in the end he got excited and bit his tongue, covering his face and kneeling down on the spot, heard that his tongue was bleeding, at dinner time he could only drink porridge hahahahahahaha'."

  Fang Yu: "......"

  Yuan Jianran: "Yuan Jianran went to the bathroom seven times today, I heard that last night at midnight he was so hungry that he ignored his agent's advice and ate leftover leek pancakes."

  Fang Yu: "………"

  "Hey, don't forget to whitewash yourself and push the responsibility around while you're at it. Great job, really! And that scallion pancake, I remember it was you who gave it to me, and after sniffing it, you seriously told me 'It's so cold outside, even if it's leftover from last night, it shouldn't be spoiled, right? Better to die from diarrhea than starvation, hurry up and eat it while it's still warm'."

  He was calmly counting the malicious comments on this side, while Jiang Chuan, a bystander, couldn't help but reveal a sly smile as he listened. He turned his head to look at the young man with black hair and no expression, who was reading Weibo, as if looking at some kind of freak. The latter turned his head to glance at Jiang Chuan's subtle expression, and sneered with a smile: "Don't be so happy about others' misfortune, do you think you'll end up well? Wait for me, I'll read one out for you... Ah, wait, let me flip through... Oh, this one is great! Three million reposts, just a few words..."

  Fang Yu's face changed color.

  "He solemnly recited in a loud and clear voice from the language textbook: 'Let me tell you a secret, Jiang Chuan doesn't like wearing underwear when filming, he says it's not comfortable!'"

  Jiang Chuan: “......”

  "This Weibo post actually made it to the hot search list, and later on, someone brushed up the topic 'Jiang Chuan doesn't wear underwear while filming' and it even reached top 3. At that time, many people were screaming in the comments saying they couldn't watch your performances properly anymore... You used to ask me what it meant when fans commented 'Jiang Chuan, what are you wearing inside?' under our joint photos, I didn't have the heart to tell you at that time, but now you know why, right? The culprit is right here," Jian Yan pointed at Fang Yu, and added "This Weibo post can also explain why some fans were asking if your armor was too heavy and hard, and if it hurt."

  Jiang Chuan: “......”

  Fang Yu: "......"

  "What I wear inside has nothing to do with you!" - Jiang Chuan

  "It has nothing to do with me."

  "Right, it has nothing to do with him, he just has an indelible and all-pervasive gossip heart that cannot be extinguished."

  "I said, how does this Li guy know the entertainment industry so well and always follows me around like a CCTV camera? He's everywhere!" Jing Yan poked the agent's face, which had gone blank. "You secretly developed your own side business when I wasn't paying attention, didn't you? You won't be an agent anymore, but you can still make money by selling ads on Weibo and whatnot. Did you think that I or Jiang Chuan wouldn't keep the secret about Xu Qianqian's scandal, so you're spreading it all over the place now?"

  Fang Yu immediately showed a look of being seen through, and he felt that his eggs were about to shatter. Every day, he guarded against paparazzi day and night, but he didn't expect that he had raised a bulldog from the paparazzi team by his side - and even built a folder for his various indecent photos, damn it!!!!!!!!!!

  Finally, Yan Jianyan pressed down Fang Yu with his mobile phone pointing at his head (...) and followed him to his room, staring blankly as Fang Yu deleted the folder full of indecent photos of "Yan Jianyan" on his computer, and forced Fang Yu to swear that he would not use Li Gou's number to cause trouble again. After everything was arranged properly, the three returned to Jiang Chuan's room - at this time, Yan Jianyan, who had been noisy all night, finally felt a bit tired, he yawned, flipped through today's schedule and found that he didn't have any scenes to shoot today, so he prepared to go back to his room to sleep.

  At this time, Jiang Chuan was already packing up and preparing to go downstairs to the crew for today's filming. He supported his eyelids and watched as he put on his clothes, and then saw that the agent, who had barely regained his composure, looked him up and down from head to toe. As his gaze swept over Jiang Chuan's hair, which was still half wet from washing, he suddenly said: "Jiang Chuan, come out for a bit, I have something to say to you."

  Jiang Chuan: "What's going on?"

  "What's up?"

  "What's with you?"

  "Wow, it's been a while since you dared to speak to me like that? Comrade Li Dog High, having 10 million Weibo followers is indeed different - awesome!"

  A young man with black hair on the bed in Jiangchuan's room rolled his eyes, turned around and pulled Jiangchuan out. At this time, there were already movements from other rooms outside the door - Jin Yan heard many people who had gotten up early greeting Fang Yu and Jiangchuan at the door, those individuals bowed their heads to take a look inside the room and saw Jin Yan smiling and waving at them. These days, Jin Yan's emotions have not been very good, everyone has also seen it, but since Jin Yan is a good person, this time he rarely showed a genuine smile, so everyone was quite happy and took the initiative to greet him.

  "Brother!"

  "Good morning, brother!"

  "What were you discussing with Fang Yu and Jiang Chuan so early in the morning?"

  "Hey, yeah, you're in a good mood today, have you checked Weibo?"

  Jin Ran smiled and waved his hand with the phone, indicating that he had seen their hints and told them not to gossip. At this moment, Fang Yu turned around and closed the door with a "bang", blocking Jin Ran's communication with people outside. The room suddenly became quiet, Jin Ran got up and pulled up the curtains, and the room suddenly darkened, leaving only Jiang Chuan's desk lamp illuminating the interior with a warm orange-yellow light that made people feel at ease.

  Listening to Jiang Chuan and Fang Yu's whispers outside the door, Jin Yan pulled down Jiang Chuan's quilt and covered himself with it - although he was already very sleepy, thinking that he would have to go back to his own room soon, he couldn't sleep immediately, so he reluctantly picked up his phone to check the news for today. Then, unintentionally, he discovered that Li Gou's Weibo post from early morning had actually caught official attention. At this moment, a reporter claimed that at 5:30 in the morning, the police department of City G had already set out to Xu Qianqian's home and would show a search warrant to conduct a formal search of Xu Qianqian's villa.

  I went back to Weibo and saw that someone said Xu Qianqian was released an hour ago and is now on her way to H City People's Hospital.

  But in this one hour, nothing happened.

  No exposure, no revelation, not even a rumor of Xu Qianqian holding a press conference - everything was as quiet as every ordinary morning, and probably only she knew that this time Xu Qianqian was really on the road to hell, and unfortunately, she was alone.

  “……”

  He quietly exited Weibo, read some other unrelated news for a while, and still had an unreal feeling in his heart - it was hard to believe that before he went to sleep last night, he was like an ant on a hot pan, but after just one night of sleep, the situation changed dramatically. He wasn't even clear what exactly happened... The young man with black hair turned over, and at this moment, he heard the sound of the door being pushed open. He opened his eyes to find that it was Jiang Chuan who had walked in, alone.

  "What about Fang Yu?"

  "I'll go downstairs to buy breakfast," Jiang Chuan said, "aren't you sleepy? Why aren't you sleeping?"

  I'll go back to my room and sleep for a while.

  "It's okay, I'm free this afternoon, I'll be back at noon and we can go have lunch together."

  Jin Ran thought for a moment and decided it was fine, anyway, many people had seen him in Jiang Chuan's room earlier so there was no need to be shy about it. He yawned again and snuggled deeper into the blankets. At this time, he saw Jiang Chuan open his closet and change into a cooler vest. Jin Ran looked at Jiang Chuan's back, looking at the scars on his back that he didn't know where they came from, and asked after thinking for a moment: "Where did your injuries come from?"

  Gang Chuan's action of putting on his clothes paused, then he pulled down his vest to cover up those scars and replied briefly: "I was mischievous when I was young."

  "Oh," Jian Ran continued to ask, "what did Fang Yu call you out to whisper about just now?"

  "Are you still whispering?"

  "I'm curious," said Jian Ran straightforwardly and confidently, "you tell me."

  "He knows I went out last night," the man said, his voice low and magnetic, as he turned around in the dim light, his azure eyes glinting slightly. "Let me not do that again next time."

  "That makes sense," Jian Yan closed his eyes, "Can you take me with you?"

  "Want to go with me?"

  "...you're just going for a spin, not participating in a car racing competition, why can't you bring a drag along?"

  Jin Yan was saying something while grabbing Jiang Chuan's pillow and putting it under his head. At the same time, he felt a shadow looming over him, and when he opened his eyes, he unexpectedly met a pair of beautiful eyes - Jiang Chuan had somehow appeared beside the bed, bending down to look at him without saying a word. Jin Yan was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

  "It's nothing." The man raised his hand and patted his forehead, "Go to sleep."

  It became even more inexplicable, only this time the man didn't give him another chance to ask questions, turned around and walked out of the room, leaving the young black-haired man lying on the bed thinking for a moment, finally revealing an expression that didn't understand anything, let out a long sigh, turned over, and fell asleep.

  ……

  During this period of deep sleep, some things happened again. To sum it up, the G City police successfully dug up the screw that had caused a big stir between IM Company and Hua Tong Company, which was responsible for the construction work, under the tree in Xu Qianqian's courtyard, according to Li Gouhai's statement. Under the public outcry, a new star named "Xu Qianqian" who was about to rise in the entertainment circle fell, and a city built with "Xu Qianqian" as its facade collapsed with a loud noise.

  This incident triggered by the screw nail has come to an end: IM Company immediately withdrew its lawsuit against Huawei and had one of its directors, Luo Cheng, personally apologize publicly to Huawei. Huawei generously accepted the apology and stated that it would pursue Xu Qianqian herself and her brokerage firm for damages caused to their company's reputation.

  It is said that when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. Along with the statement of Huatong Company, countless formulas that were still confused and hadn't reacted yet seemed to wake up from their dreams. Within a short morning, various lawyers' letters almost flooded Xu Qianqian's brokerage company. Major advertisers cancelled their advertising cooperation one after another on the grounds of "breach of contract". Even if they didn't make such demands, Xu Qianqian's subsequent advertisements, whether filmed or not, probably couldn't be broadcast anyway.

  What probably made her agency most unbearable was Xu Qianqian's previous endorsement of an international big-name cosmetics brand, with a contract that clearly stated that the endorser must not be involved in any scandal that would have a fundamental impact during the cooperation period - if attempting to murder someone for stealing a movie role doesn't count as "having a fundamental impact", then probably nothing in this world can be called a "scandal".

  Xu's siblings were both sentenced to prison, one was disabled and the other has not shown up temporarily. Insiders claimed that due to the inability to bear the huge liquidated damages, there is no artist under their label who can make more money than Xu Qianqian. Now it is heard that the entertainment brokerage company where Xu Qianqian is located has started planning to apply for bankruptcy.

  All of this happened in just a few short hours from "before dawn" to "before lunch".

  This is a carnival standing at the high point of three views for the numb people who urgently need some big news to stimulate their lives - it is entirely based on malicious and selfish behavior; completely irrefutable criminal responsibility; and after the fact, not knowing how to repent, making all kinds of arrogant behaviors in front of the victim, all of this is enough to put Xu Qianqian to death.

  Since Jin Yan didn't die, Xu Qianqian won't be shot either. However, as a public figure, the current social voices and attention are extremely high and unprecedentedly one-sided. This matter can be said to have no room for redemption, and Xu Qianqian is destined to spend the rest of her life in prison.

  ……

  Lunch time.

  Jian Yan was eating and watching videos on his phone when he discovered that Xu Qianqian's Weibo had been updated. The update was a 10-minute video, in which the woman who was still arrogant not long ago seemed to have been mentally tortured in just a few hours, looking very haggard. In the video, she cried and apologized to Jian Yan and her fans while intermittently recounting her crimes, including how she was possessed by evil thoughts and impulsively did something terrible at that moment, and how she regretted it now.

  At the end of the video, she tearfully asked for forgiveness from her fans, family and everyone who had supported her.

  This Weibo post was forwarded millions of times in a short period, with most people unexpectedly keeping silent and directly forwarding it - including many celebrities who had been silent about the matter before and only forwarded without commenting. Only Wang Mo slightly responded, when one of his fans asked "Mo why don't you comment" under his forwarded Weibo post, he simply replied: "A thought in mind is futile for a human being, I don't know what to say, just like this."

  I think Wang Mo's answer is very good.

  Moreover, he believes that at this moment, most people are keeping silent under the shock of such a three-observation earthquake, probably just for a while not knowing what to say - too much abuse has already become very pale. On Xu Qianqian's Weibo, there were only a few people who had previously jumped and scolded her for being shameless, but more comments were from her former fans, perhaps with a sigh or leaving a sentence "I'm extremely disappointed in you" and then quietly canceling their follow.

  A star's downfall is not when she is scolded the most severely online, for angry curses may still hold a glimmer of hope for this person; on the contrary, when her fans lose all hope and turn their backs on her, this star likely has no chance of standing up again. Just like Xu Qianqian's fans have come to realize what Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookie Girl once said: When you realize that liking a star can no longer bring joy to yourself, then quietly leave.

  Those who quietly leave are the ones who will never come back again.

  In response, netizens left a classic summary under Xu Qianqian's Weibo: If you're going to die from acting, then act until the end with tears in your eyes.