Chapter 61 - 61: Each One is Harder to Figure Out Than the Last

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Nan Mu took two steps back silently out of survival instinct.

After swallowing nervously, he shook his head and said with unusual determination, “I don’t want to.”

Huo Xunzhou narrowed his eyes and returned the phone to Nan Mu. “Go do your work.”

“All right.” Nan Mu took the phone and quickly left to make arrangements for this matter.

What kind of life was this?

In his entire career as a manager, he had only managed two artists.

One was Huo Xunzhou. The other was Lin Shanchu, who had just signed the contract so Nan Mu had yet to start working for her.

Huo Xunzhou was the kind of person who could tell with one look that he was not to be trifled with.

On the other hand, Lin Shanchu’s gentleness and kindness were written all over her face, but she chose to hide her lethal blades in the darkness.

In short, these two people were more difficult to figure out than the other.

He finally understood why Huo Xunzhou had never been close to women before, and yet he suddenly treated Lin Shanchu so differently.

The two of them complemented each other.

However, Huo Xunzhou’s taste was really tricky.

That night, the topic #Text Lin Shanchu went on the trending list.

It happened to be a Friday night.

The content of the message was so explosive as well.

Moreover, Lin Shanchu had her own popularity.

After this topic got on the trending list, it fermented very quickly. It didn’t take long for it to reach the top of the entertainment list.

The comments filled the section.

[What the hell is this?]

[As expected, popular people have their own problems. Can they find out who this is?]

[The person who sent the message must be a woman. Most of the time, women are the ones being malicious to other women.] n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

[What kind of unholy trending topic is this? It’s terrifying.]

[Everyone, pay attention to this sentence that says ‘the popularity should have been yours”. The ones who have been following “My Stage” closely should know who this is, right?]

After this comment, someone immediately brought up Xia Jinmeng.

Xia Jinmeng’s fans immediately came forward to refute the rumors.

[Our Mengmeng isn’t that popular. Don’t drag her into this!]

Lin Shanchu gained a lot of fans during this period of time. Since she had many haters as well, her fans were properly trained in verbal combat.

Her fans quickly sorted out the most popular members of “My Stage” after Lin Shanchu joined.

Among them, Xia Jinmeng had the most trending topics and publicity appearances.

As soon as Lin Shanchu’s fans showed the evidence, Xia Jinmeng’s fans could no longer argue that Xia Jinmeng wasn’t that popular.

However, Xia Jinmeng’s fans wouldn’t let anyone scold them like that.

[Which celebrity doesn’t do marketing at all? Besides, our Mengmeng never harmed Lin Shanchu!]

[That’s right. If Mengmeng really did what was mentioned in the text message, would she still expose it?]

[Xia Jinmeng is just an ordinary girl who works hard for her dream. She’s not that mean. The mean one is the person who sent her this message.] Just like that, everyone’s attention quickly shifted to the person who sent the text message.

[The person who sent the text message may seem like they’re caring about Xia

Jinmeng, but I think she’s just trying to mess with Lin Shanchu.]

[I think so too!]

[So, the person who sent the text message must have a grudge against Lin

Shanchu.]

[Does Lin Shanchu have any enemies in this industry?]

A few days ago, Tang Qidai instigated her fans to cyberbully a regular person, causing her haters to increase exponentially.

Whenever they saw any trending articles related to Tang Qidai, they would click on them to see if they could make a show out of Tang Qidai’s flaws even more.

When they entered, they saw that everyone was talking about Lin Shanchu’s potential enemies.

Of course, they had to intervene quickly. [Isn’t Tang Qidai the one who can’t stand Lin Shanchu’s success the most?] [Isn’t Tang Qidai a good friend of Lin Shanchu?]

[As if! Tang Qidai has been flirting with Lu Shiyuan all this time and doesn’t care about Lin Shanchu at all. Besides, has Lin Shanchu ever admitted that they are good friends?]

[That makes sense!]

[If that’s the case, is it possible that the incident of Lin Shanchu getting slandered by the entire internet is caused by…]

[I actually think that what you guys said makes sense. It’s terrifying to think about it

Tang Qidai’s anti-hater team patrolled the internet every day, so they quickly saw the comments.

Naturally, they wouldn’t sit by and do nothing.

They immediately joined the battle.

[You’re just trying to spread rumors, right?]

[Those who are evil on the inside will view everything as evil. Our Daidai is beautiful and kind. How dare you slander her!]

[It’s probably because they noticed our Daidai’s skyrocketing success, so they want to do everything they can to bring her down!]

[Don’t worry. Even if all of your idols end up getting ruined, our Daidai will forever stay pristine.]

Tang Qidai’s fans were famous for being unreasonable.

The fans of a few of the members from “My Stage” who were on good terms with Lin Shanchu wanted to speak up for Lin Shanchu, but they also retreated in defeat.

However, the passers-by couldn’t tolerate Tang Qidai’s fans, so they directly confronted them.

As a result, the topic’s popularity continued to rise.

In the end,#Lin Shanchu and Tang Qidai went on the trending list.

Tang Qidai was having dinner with Lu Shiyuan when she received a call from her manager.

“Brother Shiyuan, I have to answer a call.”

Tang Qidai walked to the side before turning around to shoot a gentle smile at Lu Shiyuan. Then, she picked up the call.

“What is it?” It wasn’t easy for her to have a chance to dine with Lu Shiyuan, and yet she was interrupted by her manager’s call. Naturally, she sounded annoyed.

“Did you do something behind my back?” The manager’s tone wasn’t pleasant either.

Tang Qidai suddenly recalled the time when she arranged for Xia Jinmeng to do something.

She suddenly felt a little guilty and unconsciously raised her voice.

“What do you mean? What else can I do? You’ve been watching me so closely.

Don’t you know that I’ve been busy with jobs every day?”

The more she spoke, the more she felt that she made sense, so she turned the tables and scolded her manager instead. “Are you questioning me?”

“I’m sorry.” The manager also realized that she had been a little too impatient. “Something happened on the internet. You and Lin Shanchu are on the trending list together.” Tang Qidai’s tone became excited. “What trending list?”

Did Xia Jinmeng succeed?

“I’ll send it to you.”

The manager hung up the phone and sent a screenshot of the trending list to Tang Qidai.

Tang Qidai’s expression changed drastically when she saw the screenshot.

How could this be?

Xia Jinmeng had betrayed her!

Xia Jinmeng, that b*tch, had betrayed her!

Seeing that Tang Qidai had not returned after answering the call, Lu Shiyuan got up and went to look for her.

“Qidai.”

“Brother Shiyuan.”

Tang Qidai turned around and bit her bottom lip. “I’m fine. Let’s continue eating.”

Lu Shiyuan’s brows furrowed slightly. “What exactly happened?”

Tang Qidai’s eyes reddened as tears flowed down her face. “I didn’t ask anyone to do anything that can hurt Shanshan…”

Lu Shiyuan immediately took her phone.

Tang Qidai’s phone was still showing the screenshot of the trending list.

Lu Shiyuan first read the content of the message, then read the comments that speculated that the sender was Tang Qidai. His brows furrowed even more. “These are just the netizens’ wild guesses. Don’t take them to heart.” Tang Qidai looked like she wanted to say something, but she hesitated. “But….”