The man’s eyes were dark and deep, maybe it’s inevitable to overthink when things go wrong; Shi Su almost thought that he also saw the rumors online and even believed those fabricated stories, which is why he was looking at her this way early in the morning. She withdrew her gaze, looked back at her phone, and was about to walk around him when the man’s arm suddenly grasped hers just like last night, pulling her back directly. "What are you doing..." Shi Su couldn’t remember what happened after she got drunk last night, but the familiar pull made her brain hazy for a moment, with fragmented images from last night flashing chaotically in her mind. She abruptly looked up as she was pulled backward. "Nonsense. If I weren’t awake, would it be a ghost standing here?" Shi Su knew he was asking if she had sobered up, but she didn’t feel like dealing with it, so she reacted grumpily, brushing her hand through her hair again, feeling it was clean, her body devoid of any odor, not at all like the state of someone who hadn’t showered after a drunken night. Jing Jihan caught a glimpse of her pulling a strand of hair, seriously sniffing it: "You washed yourself last night." Shi Su let go of the strand of hair, raising her eyes thoughtfully to look at him: "Why did I sleep in the master bedroom?" Did she get so drunk last night that she forgot there was a living person at home and instinctively went straight to sleep in the master bedroom? "Don’t you remember what happened last night?" A trace of panic flashed across Shi Su’s eyes instantly. What happened last night? Did she do anything other than get drunk? Seeing Shi Su instinctively lower her head to inspect her own pajamas, then raise her eyes, filled with vigilant fire, staring at him, the corners of Jing Jihan’s lips imperceptibly lifted in a smile, not exposing her misguided thoughts, just looking down at her with that faint smile. Facing the man’s deeply inscrutable yet seemingly amused gaze, if he really was wronged by her, he certainly wouldn’t have such an expression. Shi Su suddenly snapped back to reality, quickly rolled her eyes, and pushed him away: "Go cool off somewhere, I’m not in the mood to joke with you." While speaking, she walked a bit farther around him, straight to the sofa, picked up the cup from the coffee table, poured herself a full glass of warm water, and drank it all, seemingly feeling the burn in her stomach from last night’s alcohol ease up quite a bit. Picking up her phone, she took a deep breath and opened Weibo. Although Shi Su knew her fame and popularity weren’t high enough, she was well aware of Yi City and Shi Yunyin’s status, and Yi City liking her Weibo post would have surely caused a huge stir in the circle. Originally, she thought after the whole night’s fermentation, there should be tens of thousands of abusive private messages occupying her Weibo today, along with her being high on the trending hate search. Yet, surprisingly, the trending topics on Weibo were all other daily popular issues, and all search terms related to her name and anything associated with her had vanished without a trace. Shi Yunyin’s studio’s public relations members had been monitoring real-time trending discussions, initially the trending topics rose quickly because they were bought, but after an entire night’s fermentation, and the battlefields expanded by easily agitated fans online, the heat and attention all became real conversion rates, even escalating through the night. The mood in the team was great, as they felt the job had been perfectly completed. But before five o’clock in the morning, the trending topics suddenly disappeared. Besides, all entertainment news websites, including various popular entertainment forums, many discussion threads about Shi Su started disappearing one by one. Shi Yunyin’s studio members thought something went wrong and called the marketing company and relevant personnel involved with the trending topics early in the morning. The reply was that they didn’t know what the situation was, only that those from above indicated all related posts and Weibo had been reviewed by online inspectors and were deemed violations, with reports made, even the leaders were being questioned, as if the issue was serious and intervention from above was involved. Shi Yunyin woke up in the morning, completed her skincare routine, and opened Weibo intending to see the excitement. But found all the trending search terms related to Shi Su had disappeared. Regardless of searching any single one of the blacklisted terms that peaked last night, all that appeared was blank and an attached note that read [According to relevant laws, regulations, and policies, search results are not displayed.] Shi Yunyin couldn’t believe it and repeatedly searched a few related terms, all yielding the same result. However, when searching just Shi Su’s name, only official content from the drama team and some press releases from Four Seas Entertainment studio regarding her appeared, occasionally an angry curse from a gossip fan would pop out in real-time, but it would vanish right after refreshing. Refreshing again, she saw several marketing accounts with red V publish Shi Su’s photos and anticipation for her role as the second female lead on Yao Platform, all of which were positive promotions. She’d investigated previously that the small entertainment company and studio behind Shi Su didn’t have the power to wipe clean all traces from the internet, not to mention these marketing accounts had millions of fans each, any single Weibo post requiring at least tens of thousands in promotion fees, with Shi Su surrounded by a few useless people... Completely impossible! Shi Yunyin immediately called the studio, and the PR team said they’d contacted the marketing side and those responsible with trending topics but hadn’t received a definite answer, only that people from above had investigated and were strictly controlling the spread of rumors. Shi Yunyin personally called the marketing side and received the same answer. When she called those responsible for trending topics, the staff’s tone was unusually unfriendly; they had always maintained friendly cooperation with Four Seas Entertainment, treating Shi Yunyin like royalty, but today it seemed a few staff members rotated, and their tone was very cold and official, finally reminding her suddenly: "Miss Yunyin, do you want to look at the trending topics on Weibo again?" Shi Yunyin was dumbfounded, hung up, and reopened Weibo. Suddenly seeing the top trending term displayed was #Yi City attending the Imperial City Commerce Exhibition#. Upon opening that trending topic, there were numerous snapshots of Yi City over the past couple of days attending meetings in Imperial City, with all angles of photos captured at the exhibition, confirming Yi City was in Imperial City yesterday instead of Jiang City. Refreshing again, the trending topic still floated high at number one, and even a dark red explosive symbol appeared behind it. On the real-time popular section of Weibo, a string of network IP data investigation results screenshots prominently surfaced, showing the IP location used for Yi City’s Weibo like was in Jiang City, while Yi City himself was in Imperial City at that time. Since it was still morning and many hadn’t woken up yet, those who had watched the gossip all afternoon till night suddenly boiled over. For original chapters go to novelꞁire.net Was Shi Su’s Weibo not liked personally by Yi City? Did someone log into his Weibo to intentionally like it? Who hated Shi Su so much to make everyone almost obliterate her online across platforms last night, only for such a bizarre twist to unfold early this morning?
