237: Chapter 238 Let's Break Up

After scrolling through the news for a bit, Zhou Yun went to sleep.

However, the discussions about him online continued to ferment.

And in this storm that had captured the attention of the entire nation, no one was pushed to the forefront more ruthlessly than Chu Xinran.

Come to think of it, this former school belle of Jianghai City No. 1 High School was indeed somewhat innocent and unlucky.

In Zhou Yun's growth history, which had been dug up almost entirely, her presence was simply too strong and too eye-catching.

Judging from public records, Zhou Yun had a gentle personality since childhood, and although he had excellent relationships at school.

But because his mind was mostly immersed in his studies, he had almost no excessive private contact with any female.

Yet, Chu Xinran was an exception.

From the first year of high school all the way to the third, the frequency of interaction between Chu Xinran and Zhou Yun was shockingly high.

Their desks were not far apart, and on the playground, in the library, and at the old street corner after school, one could always see their figures walking side by side.

It would have been fine if Chu Xinran were just an ordinary girl, but she happened to be dazzlingly beautiful.

With that, the countless young women online who harbored yearnings for Duke Zhou and viewed him as their perfect dream lover could no longer sit still.

The fighting power of the "sisters" erupted with astonishing energy at this moment.

In just a few short hours, all information about Chu Xinran—from her elementary school class, her college entrance exam scores, and her usual preferences, down to a blurry landscape photo she had posted on her social media—was completely doxxed!

Immediately after, public opinion online began to veer in a subtle direction.

Many people began to desperately try to prove from various angles that Chu Xinran was simply not "worthy" of Zhou Yun.

[Although Chu Xinran is pretty, the Great Han Nation is not lacking in beauties. What kind of noble status does Duke Zhou have now? He deserves better!]

[Exactly, her college entrance exam scores were just so-so, and her talent is nothing special. What right does she have to stand beside Duke Zhou?]

[Wait... she was assigned to an A-grade small city at the very least, is that really nothing special?]

[Shut up! This is none of your business!]

[Just watch, in the future, Duke Zhou will be expanding his territory in the City Lord World. What help can she provide? It would be good enough if she doesn't hold him back!]

...

As soon as similar comments appeared, they immediately received crazy likes and agreement from the vast number of "sisters".

They began to nitpick, using a magnifying glass to examine every detail of Chu Xinran's past, attempting to define her as a symbol of someone "mediocre who only knows how to rely on the strong."

Of course, not everyone online had lost their reason.

Many rational passersby and netizens simply couldn't stand it anymore and began to speak up in rebuttal.

[I say, aren't you being too nosy? Duke Zhou hasn't even expressed his stance yet, so what are you blindly worrying about here?]

[Exactly, they had a good relationship in high school, that was the pure emotion of their youth. Just because of this, you cyberbully a young girl like this—isn't your behavior a bit ugly?]

[What did that young girl do to deserve this? Why is she being slandered and attacked by you for no reason?]

...

However, those who had completely lost their heads could not listen to any rational voices.

In their view, everything they did was "for Duke Zhou's own good," to protect this youngest and most dazzling duke of the Great Han Nation from being burdened by ordinary women!

Consequently, both sides engaged in an extremely fierce online confrontation on various social media platforms.

But no matter how stubborn the "sisters" were, slandering a young girl put them in the wrong from the start. Under the joint counterattack of rational netizens and supporters of Chu Xinran, they were beaten back step by step, and it seemed they were about to completely lose their footing in the public opinion arena.

However, at this critical juncture, a fortune-telling Great Master with a famous reputation in the metaphysical world suddenly appeared!

This Great Master published a long article overnight, claiming that he had obtained the birth charts of Zhou Yun and Chu Xinran and had conducted extremely rigorous Purple Star Astrology and birth chart calculations.

The results of the calculation were written by him in highly inflammatory language:

[The two fates conflict; water and fire are incompatible. The Chu family's birth chart has narrow Luck. If forced to combine with Duke Zhou's Dragon fate, not only will it fail to assist, but it will instead diminish Duke Zhou's lifespan!]

Once this statement was released, those who were on the verge of defeat instantly grabbed onto a life-saving straw, having found the strongest ammunition for a counterattack!

"Metaphysics! Fortune-telling! Birth charts! Purple Star Astrology!"

"The metaphysics of the Great Han Nation has already spoken: Chu Xinran's birth chart does not match, she is not compatible with Duke Zhou!"

"What! Do! You! Say!"

"Now what else do you have to defend? This is destined by fate!"

"I said it before, she is not worthy of Duke Zhou!"

"Hmph! Any little vixen cannot escape my Dharma Eye!"

...

With metaphysics as an endorsement, for a time, the trend of public opinion showed signs of a complete reversal.

Those "sisters" who were originally unable to lift their heads reoccupied the high ground, and their clamoring filled the sky.

Some busybodies even struck while the iron was hot, working overnight to create an extremely crude but straightforward "birth chart matching" website.

As long as one entered their name and birth date, they could calculate their metaphysical compatibility with the Great Han Nation's newly promoted "Duke Zhou" with one click.

Once this feature was launched, it immediately caused a huge uproar in major "sister" groups and social media platforms across the country, with countless women clicking and flooding in as if they had gone crazy.

After getting the matching result, as long as the value was slightly ideal, even if it just passed the passing line, they would immediately take a screenshot and post it on their social media, attracting the envy of countless sisters.

For a time, the homepages of major social media platforms were flooded with screenshots of various colorful matching results.

And those with slightly higher matching scores were so pleased with themselves that they lost their bearings, and even looking at their real-life partners beside them, they felt they were unpleasant in every way.

Inside a cold drink shop in Jianghai City.

A young woman held her phone, looking at the screen displaying "Your birth chart compatibility with Duke Zhou: 76%," her heart pounding wildly, her entire face flushed with excitement.

She turned her head to look at her boyfriend sitting opposite her.

Just a minute ago, looking at this boyfriend she had been with for three years, she had been thinking sweetly that she would never marry anyone else in this life.

But now, against the backdrop of that dazzling "76%" value, the more she looked at the boyfriend sitting opposite her, the more mediocre and even sleazy he seemed.

"Baby, I bought the mango pomelo sago with extra toppings you wanted. I've already inserted the straw for you, hurry and taste it!"

Her boyfriend had just returned with the milk tea, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and with a fawning smile, handed the cup with the straw to her side, feeling that his performance today was simply impeccable.

However, he was not greeted by his girlfriend's sweet smile, but by a cold face.

This young woman took a deep breath, placed her phone face down on the table, and suddenly spoke in a tone that was almost like a trial:

"Let's break up."