CHAPTER 208: CHAPTER 181: JIANG CI’S SCANDAL

Yu Linlin was also a bit scared when she saw this scene.

What she didn’t expect even more was that the words she spoke here were posted online in less than a few minutes.

And it climbed up the trending search charts, reaching fourth place in the blink of an eye.

She knew it wouldn’t stop there.

Will she be cyberbullied?

This was the first thought that came to her mind.

However, this thought didn’t last long, because the screen showed that her connection failed, and she was kicked out of the livestream room.

"What does this mean?"

"Was I kicked out?"

Yu Linlin thought it was Mu Yunchu who did it.

But when she searched for Mu Yunchu’s account again, she was surprised to find... it was the livestream room that was closed.

This was the result of Hong Jingxue’s fervent fans reporting it.

After a brief moment of shock, she thought about the gift she sent right after joining the mic. Unwilling to let it go to waste, she decided to privately message Mu Yunchu.

Mu Yunchu gave her two options.

Return the money to her in full, or continue to do a divination for her.

Yu Linlin thought for a moment.

She chose the latter.

Because during that time, she somewhat learned that Mu Yunchu’s livestream room wasn’t just about followers and hype, but she actually had real skills.

Yu Linlin wanted to know when exactly her luck would change.

Returning the money didn’t make much difference to Mu Yunchu; she didn’t need to share a portion with the platform anyway.

But since the destined client chose to have the divination, she naturally had no objections.

This should have been her reading after all.

Mu Yunchu said, "Send me a picture of you, that’ll make the prediction more accurate."

While searching through her photo album on her phone, Yu Linlin suddenly thought of something and asked, "Would it be more accurate if we did it face to face?"

Mu Yunchu: "Yes."

"Then I’ll come to your shop to find you, I heard you have a shop," Yu Linlin changed her mind.

On one hand, it would be more accurate this way, and on the other, she really wanted to see what kind of things the shop was selling.

So she made this request.

Coincidentally, she was on a break in Qinghe City recently.

It wouldn’t cost much to get to Mu Yunchu’s place, and it’s always better to discuss things in person.

After she expressed her thoughts, Mu Yunchu sent her the exact address of the shop, and since it was late, they agreed to meet the next day.

...

It was the first time Mu Yunchu encountered a situation where her livestream room was reported by so many people.

She thought of the last words the destined client said, her eyes deepened.

The impact Yu Linlin brought was more than that.

What she said in anger about the talent show trainees became the biggest gossip on the trending searches.

All the bystanders began to speculate who this person being "victimized" by Hong Jingxue was.

Although Hong Jingxue’s company contacted the staff to take it down as soon as they saw the trending search, it couldn’t stop the enthusiasm of the netizens’ discussions.

Inexplicably, it gave that group of debuting talent show contestants a wave of traffic.

In the end, they even started betting the answer on Jiang Ci.

[The reason is simple, firstly he is the best-looking among them, secondly, his ranking is also very high.]

[Doesn’t anyone find it strange that Jiang Ci got second place in this competition?]

[What’s strange about it? Jiang Ci is the most handsome among them, sings well, and dances hard, isn’t it natural for him to get this ranking?]

[It’s precisely because he’s handsome that I think if the gossip that woman said is true, Hong Jingxue is most likely to make a move on him.]

[How could our goddess Jingxue be interested in a brat like Jiang Ci, Hong Jingxue has repeatedly said in interviews that she likes men who are older and mature like emperors of film. Besides, this is unfounded gossip, and you’re taking it so seriously, it’s hard not to wonder if there’s an intelligence issue at play.]

[Speaking of Jiang Ci, I actually thought before that him getting second place seemed off. Not because I think he doesn’t deserve it. But I’ve learned that many big companies and influential capital participated in this competition. Jiang Ci is indeed excellent, but he was, to put it bluntly, just a web celebrity with no connections before. Getting a debut spot is already good enough, how could he be so...]

[Yeah, I have some doubts about him too. The main issue is that the one who got first place doesn’t seem likely. I’ve heard he just turned eighteen this year, although I’m not sure if that’s true.]

[I have a friend in the crew, and I heard that during the final episode of the competition, Hong Jingxue indeed spoke to Jiang Ci backstage. Maybe the two were already in contact then.]

...

The rumor about Jiang Ci being kept by Hong Jingxue escalated with the discussions.

Slandering isn’t illegal, everyone was just making wild guesses, but in others’ ears, it turned into established facts.

In the end, even if Jiang Ci wanted to come forward to deny it, he couldn’t.

Because the company wouldn’t allow it.

Jiang Ci had just come to terms with the scary variety show issue, wanting to find his agent Wang Qi, when this matter broke out.

The room fell into a prolonged silence.

Wang Qi swiftly read through all the comments, quickly getting the background of the situation.

Jiang Ci looked at his diminishing number of fans, anxious and eager to step forward to deny it immediately.

"Wait a bit longer."

Wang Qi said just that.

Which poured cold water on all his ’fire.’

"We all know this isn’t true; even if investigated to the end, there won’t be any solid evidence."

That way, Jiang Ci wouldn’t fall into too miserable a situation.

On the contrary, it could increase his traffic and popularity.

"Besides, at least wait for Hong Jingxue to deny it first, it’s basic courtesy. We’re just newcomers, we can’t let the veteran think we’re trying to offend her."

Jiang Ci opened his mouth, feeling the complexity of the industry even more.

However, he had no decision-making power, so he could only listen to the company.

Moreover, his variety show was about to start filming, this wasn’t a good time to resist the company.

After listening to Brother Qi’s comforting words, Jiang Ci left the room.

He couldn’t help but check the chat with Mu Yunchu.

Wondering if she had seen the news about him.

If she had, what would she think?

...

Hu Chi was fiddling with his black-screened phone, not knowing why the livestream abruptly ended.

"What’s going on?"

"I was just getting into it."

He exited and re-entered the interface several times, but found the livestream page unresponsive, feeling a bit down and couldn’t help muttering, "Did something happen with Sister Mu Yunchu’s side?"

Such a situation seemed unprecedented before.

Wen Xu was about to say something.

But was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.

Neither of them minded much, assuming it was hospital staff.

Hu Chi got up and walked toward the door, when he lightly opened it, but found no one there.

Looking down, a white, letter-like object was lying quietly on the ground.