70: I'm not stingy

Regardless, the dominant discourse in the live stream had become the anger of fans and passersby.

“We Kites have finally been vindicated! Even we little Kites were slandered into dust, how did Chen Fang endure it?! Who will compensate Chen Fang for his losses over the past month?!”

“What are Kites?”

“His fans are called Kites, like flying a kite.”

“Yao Ting was still crying in her live stream last night, saying that the perpetrator was revered under the spotlight, while the victim would forever live in the shadows. I even empathized with her, what a liar!”

“I never slandered Chen Fang. The rabble are just brainless, incapable of independent thought, blindly following trends and being used as pawns.”

“Wait a minute, how do you know if Chen Fang's materials are real or fake? Don't cyberbully the real victim.”

“Oh my god, upstairs, fools have fool's luck, but idiots don't! I went to that beauty blogger's homepage and checked! This video really exists!”

“Oh my god, I'm getting goosebumps, can this actually be reversed?!”

“These rabble, once a viewpoint is instilled in them, they become followers of that viewpoint. I'll give them a piece of advice: brains are for daily use, not decoration. Don't get botox for your brain and smooth out all the wrinkles!”

The live stream's popularity surged, and various media outlets also got busy.

As soon as the bombshell dropped, they all quickly started working overtime to write articles.

But what they didn't expect was that this was just an appetizer.

Just as someone in the live stream realized that Chen Fang hadn't responded to the two types of negative rumors, questioning, “Did Yao Ting's fake rumor expose a bunch of real ones?”

In front of the camera, Chen Fang took out another stack of documents and continued, “Ms. Shen Caihan claimed that she and I were in a relationship from April to November last year, but of the eight dates and locations she mentioned, two days had very obvious problems. She said that on May 18th and July 4th, we had a date in the Capital. I was indeed in the Capital, but on those two days, she was not in the Capital.”

“In addition, the ambiguous chat records she displayed are also fake. Saying this, everyone might not have an intuitive feeling. But we carefully analyzed the chat records and found a very intuitive problem. In the records she showed, at 9 AM on June 4th last year, I sent her an ambiguous message asking her if she wanted to video call and bathe together. But at that time, I was recording a song at the company, with the equipment storing file times as proof. As everyone knows, there is no bathtub in a recording studio. Furthermore…”

Chen Fang spoke point by point, simultaneously displaying the evidence to the camera one by one, his expression calm, yet full of exhaustion, weariness, and numbness, as if he were talking about something unrelated to himself.

In reality, he was not tired; on the contrary, he was boiling with excitement.

But he had practiced in front of the mirror for several days; he should look very broken and miserable, right?

In fact, as he expected, the audience bought into this act.

Many viewers had already transformed into his soldiers, fighting for him on the battlefield, and rushed back.

“@Shen Caihan, does human blood bread taste good?”

“Fortunately, I didn't say anything this month. When he first ‘collapsed,’ the internet was truly like crazy, slandering him. At that time, I was stunned. What kind of heinous things did he do?”

“Because netizens vented all their dissatisfaction with their significant other or crush onto him. Lacking details, they would fill them in themselves. They'd put themselves in the shoes of a minor celebrity, imagine being hurt by him, and imagine the details of the incident. Last night was the same.”

“Yes, yes, last night a group of people suddenly vented their emotions. I also saw it. The comment section was all about their own experiences, but the target of their resentment was him.”

“Damn! How disgusting! Is someone trying to harm him? Could these two people alone cause Jia Kang Entertainment to abandon him?”

“Oh, right, why did Jia Kang give up on him?”

“True and false, there's nothing clean in the entertainment industry. He clearly has someone behind him now, wanting to regain popularity, so what he's saying now isn't entirely credible.”

“Shen Caihan is the second ‘sister-in-law.’ How did Chen Fang skip the first ‘sister-in-law,’ Jiang Tong?”

“Is it because Jiang Tong is real? I don't see her promoting herself much. Is she the real victim?”

“Having one relationship doesn't make him a victim, just an ex-girlfriend. I can accept that. He was 21 last year; it's normal to be in a relationship.”

“He can date with his current status, but at that time, he was an idol with a loyal dog persona! Dating means being irresponsible to fans and defrauding fans!”

“Oh! I remember now, the ‘door almost kicked down’ meme came from their relationship, right?”

“Hahahaha, I even used that emoji. He makes so much money, why is he still so stingy?”

On site, He Xing had already communicated with Chen Fang and the director to advance the clarification process, and he opened his mouth to ask, “Teacher Chen, there are two female protagonists in the dating scandal, right?”

“Uh, yes.”

“May I ask about the other one?”

“I have never dated Jiang Tong.” Chen Fang opened the next folder and took out a photo. “This photo was taken when she proactively asked to take a picture with me at an event, not a photo we took as boyfriend and girlfriend.”

Of course, these words did not convince the audience. The live stream instantly saw a surge of bullet comments like “Real or fake,” “If you dated, then date, we'll forgive you,” and “Irresponsible to fans.”

Chen Fang took out a thick stack of documents and continued to the camera, “Besides this, I want to clarify something.”

He Xing cooperated, “Teacher Chen, what is it?”

Chen Fang held up a piece of paper, “Perhaps many viewers have seen these two emojis.”

Chen Fang tilted his head to look at the paper.

The image above was a screenshot of him from a variety show. At the time, while playing a game, he smiled and pounded on a door, and netizens screenshotted it with the caption, “I'll kick your door down, don't even think about getting a penny from me!”

This image was used by many to mock him in the comments of his negative news when the meme first appeared.

His photo wasn't used much, but the panda head emoji below was used a lot. The panda head emoji was captioned: “Being frugal, understand?”

Similarly, there were also emojis with captions like “The door is almost kicked down,” more or less the same; he only printed one copy.

Chen Fang looked at the camera, “The one above needs no further explanation. The one below uses my facial features. I understand people use celebrities for emojis. I don't care about this matter; what I want to say is that I am not stingy.”

Chen Fang put down the emojis and took out a thick stack of hard cards from the folder. “Please, camera operator, give a close-up.”

After speaking, he displayed the hard cards to the camera one by one.

The three guests also curiously gathered behind the Assistant Director, observing the live broadcast screen. The next moment, all three simultaneously widened their eyes, seeing receipts, certificates, or proofs with official seals appearing on the screen.

Each one began with “To Mr. Chen Fang” or “Hello, Mr. Chen Fang,” with the subsequent text clearly showing Chen Fang's donations and amounts.

“Donated 2 million yuan to areas affected by floods in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, assisting local flood control and disaster relief and infrastructure repair in affected areas.”

“Donated 1.5 million yuan to the Earthquake Emergency Support Project, used for purchasing rescue supplies, temporary resettlement of affected people, and post-disaster reconstruction work.”

“Donated 1.5 million yuan to Hope Primary Schools in impoverished mountainous areas, used for constructing new teaching buildings, libraries, and playgrounds, improving the school's teaching environment.”

“Donated 1 million yuan to the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Patient Aid Project, used for purchasing special medicines, medical equipment, and supporting related medical research.”

“Donated 1 million yuan to hospitals in impoverished areas, used for purchasing medical equipment and supplies, improving local medical standards.”

“Donated 500,000 yuan to the Traditional Paper-cutting Art Inheritance Project, used for cultivating handicraft inheritors, establishing handicraft studios, and organizing exhibitions and promotional activities.”

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