71: Chapter 71 See you Friday!

Tian Qiu was very frustrated.

As a paparazzi, it had taken him a great deal of effort to buy Ruan Xingyu's flight information from an insider at the airline.

He followed her from the airport to the hotel, from the hotel to the film set, and from the film set to the restaurant... It was fair to say he had exerted his utmost effort to capture such a massive scoop—

This was Ruan Xingyu, after all, who had peaked right at her debut and whose popularity had remained consistently high for five years.

What was most outrageous was that she had never had any confirmed dating rumors, and she barely even had any male friends, to the point where rumors spread, and many people started to think she was a lesbian.

Even for someone like Sun Yiyi, who frequently changed boyfriends, fans had written countless shipping fanfics about the two of them, claiming that Sun Yiyi only dated men to cover up their lesbian relationship...

It was utterly ridiculous.

Tian Qiu was certain that as long as he released these photos and the video he had on hand, he could immediately blow up the entire Weibo.

Especially since the man in them was none other than Lin Chuyan!

The blacklisted, universally despised Lin Chuyan!

Who would dare to believe that a proud daughter of heaven like Ruan Xingyu would end up with a street rat like Lin Chuyan?

It was good that they wouldn't believe it; that was exactly what made it a blockbuster scoop!

How much damage would this cause to Ruan Xingyu's image? How many fans would stop supporting her immediately?

How much would the video and photos in his hands be worth? Tian Qiu didn't even dare to imagine!

He had given what he filmed to his boss and hadn't paid any attention to the matter for the past few days.

He went home, took a nice bath, got some sleep, and even treated his colleagues to a meal the next day, already prepared to collect his bonus and commission.

But after waiting for a few days... he actually got this kind of result?

The other party didn't want to pay to buy it at all! They wouldn't accept any threats!

The boss even indicated to the other party that he had even more heavyweight evidence in his hands, but the other party still wouldn't budge!

According to his boss, the agent's side was quite cautious, and the person who made the decision directly was Ruan Xingyu herself.

Could she really not care?

How could that be possible?

Tian Qiu couldn't figure it out; he really couldn't.

What else could he do? He had no choice but to call his boss and ask how to proceed next.

General Manager Liao, who had just finished a disastrous conversation with Manager Song Mei, was also fuming, and his reply was very simple:

"Can't figure it out? Then don't think about it!"

Tian Qiu, experiencing such emotional ups and downs, felt a bit reckless: "Come on, boss, tell me what to do? I'll do it right away!"

"First, post a teaser on our account. What day is it today? Wednesday, right? Give them two more days! Just write it according to the usual rules. If they are sensible, we can just switch to another scoop later if necessary."

"OK."

Soon, Tian Qiu logged into the company's Weibo account, "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba."

How to describe the "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba" account? With 13 million followers, it was definitely one of the biggest accounts among those dedicated to gossip.

Many people didn't like it, but many still followed it.

There was no helping it; gossiping was human nature, especially for fans of various celebrities.

Besides, it was better to be safe than sorry; what if one day the gossip ended up being about their own idol? Wouldn't they want to blast this "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba" immediately?

Tian Qiu tapped his thumbs and quickly updated Weibo:

"See you on Friday!"

—With these three words out, it was equivalent to clearly telling everyone that this was a massive scoop! Come and watch!

Over the past few years, every time the "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba" Weibo posted these three words, it basically meant there was solid evidence, and there were too many artists who had been brought down by him.

Once this Weibo post came out, fans from all walks of life came to leave comments.

However, most were just curious, pulling up a chair to get ready to watch the drama, with no particularly interesting comments.

Originally, the matter would have ended there, but things suddenly took a weird turn.

The reason was that "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba" replied to one of the comments, and the account ID of that specific comment happened to be "Ruan Xingyu's _ Little Wife."

This comment was clearly just expressing a casual mood of watching the drama, as mundane as any other comment, but it was fished out from thousands of others by "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba," who then replied with a [Eating Melon] emoji.

How to put it, everyone felt that the more they looked at this, the more wrong it felt.

Because "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba" had never done something like this before...

After all, the lower the directionality, the wider the range of speculation among gossipers, which was more conducive to the spread of the event—it wasn't time for the reveal yet, so how could he directly tell everyone who the target was?

This move now would only make people suspect whether "Entertainment Reporter Xiao Ba" had a grudge against Ruan Xingyu...

"What does this mean? He only replied to a fan of Ruan Xingyu? And with such an intriguing emoji?"

"Wow, could this massive scoop actually be about Ruan Xingyu? My chair is already set up."

"This sister is famous for having zero dating rumors, tsk tsk, is she really going to collapse this time?"

"It's the entertainment industry after all, how can anyone be untainted by the mud? You just don't know because it hasn't been exposed yet! They play very wildly behind the scenes~"

"Agreed, do you really think this sister is that clean? Zero dating rumors only prove one thing—her backing is strong enough."

"Capital wants to promote her, no way around it. To be honest, there are plenty of people who are better at Singing than her, why is it that only she became popular? It makes no sense."

"I could tell when she won the Singer title on 'Singer'; it was clearly a rigged operation, she's undoubtedly a favorite of the producers."

"I've long found her an eyesore; if this scoop can directly take her down, I'll immediately hold a giveaway on Weibo to celebrate for everyone!"

"Could she really be a lesbian? Was she caught?"

Popularity brings controversy, especially when someone is as popular as Ruan Xingyu. If people didn't catch any dirt on her on normal days, that was one thing, but when something happened, the haters would naturally come out to jump around.

However, Ruan Xingyu's fans were naturally not pushovers, and they were used to this kind of thing.

They would curse back when necessary, defend her when necessary, and clarify when necessary. At the end of the day, wasn't it just an emoji? That this could cause such an argument was truly a bit too exaggerated.

Lin Chuyan had been following Weibo, and at this moment, he was also a bit confused.

However, Ruan Xingyu on the other end of the phone was quite calm: "You'll get used to it. I used to be under a lot of pressure, very afraid of saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing in public, because I knew it would be infinitely magnified. But later on, I stopped caring. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because even if I don't do anything, it will be interpreted in all sorts of ways... Sometimes it's just a look, or an action, and in others' eyes, it seems to have a special meaning. So, I suddenly realized—I just need to be responsible for Singing my own songs well."

"Just one emoji and you're being slandered like this; I don't even dare to imagine what Friday will be like..." Lin Chuyan truly felt it was absurd, "Has this paparazzi contacted you again?"

Ruan Xingyu shook her head: "Nope, they're probably waiting for us to contact them proactively... If we still don't pay, I guess they'll have more moves tomorrow."

Even though he held a system in his hands, Lin Chuyan couldn't help but sigh: "It's really scary."

Ruan Xingyu chuckled: "Scared?"

"Did you forget? I was also cursed by the entire internet back then, okay? By comparison, these are all small cases now."

"Hahaha!" Ruan Xingyu couldn't help but laugh, "I almost forgot my boyfriend used to be super popular."

Speaking of this, Lin Chuyan was a bit curious.

"Seriously, didn't you pay attention to me back then?"

"No, I don't watch idol survival shows, hahaha." Ruan Xingyu laughed unreservedly, "I think those boys in the survival shows are all very effeminate, and they don't look good either."

"...Good grief, you cursed me in there too."

"You are the exception!" Ruan Xingyu quickly tried to make up for it, "They don't look as good as you do; you should have clearly been first in that season!"

"Stop, stop, stop, being third is already hateful enough, okay."

"So why did you participate in the survival show back then?"

"Ah, this."

Lin Chuyan didn't hide it from her either and told Ruan Xingyu about how his dad was sick and needed money back then.

"Ah, how is Uncle now?"

Ruan Xingyu really hadn't expected there to be such inside information.

"He's already better, don't worry. Hey, speaking of which, my mom was urging me to find a girlfriend last time."

"What did you tell Auntie?"

"I asked her... how about finding a Singer as a girlfriend, she thought it was quite good, hahaha."

Ruan Xingyu was suddenly all smiles: "Speaking of which, my mom also urges me often, it's so annoying. I'm thinking, maybe I should just tell her about us."

"Huh???"

"Look how scared you are!"

"..."

I'm innocent!

Lin Chuyan felt aggrieved.

Who has to face their parents after only two months of dating? It would be weird if I weren't nervous!!!