After much difficulty turning his phone back on, Qiong Shun finally saw the content of the messages.
Most were from acquaintances, including his family, relatives, and former colleagues and friends.
"You bastard! Don’t come home anymore, we can’t afford to lose face !"
"Brother Qiong, I never knew you were so wild, I’m impressed, honestly."
"So it was you who sold the material leaked from the last show, expect a court summons! If I don’t sue you till you go bankrupt, I might as well quit this business."
Qiong Shun was dumbfounded. He had only been detained for a while, yet it felt like the entire world had changed?
He wanted to go home, but found that the lock on his door had been changed.
When he called his wife, all he got was a busy signal, clearly blocked.
Qiong Shun had no choice but to book a room at a hotel, only to find the receptionist staring at him for a long time.
"What are you looking at?"
The receptionist, turned away by Qiong Shun’s rudeness, snorted and handed him the room key.
"Room 305, don’t go to the wrong one."
Confused, Qiong Shun left, hearing voices behind not caring to lower.
"Looks like a pig’s head, still daring to flirt around, truly the uglier the man, the more restless he is."
Qiong Shun glanced back, but the receptionist quickly lowered their head, as if what he heard was just his imagination.
Too busy to argue, Qiong Shun entered the room and immediately called his once-best friend.
"Hey, why don’t you buy a newspaper? Any paper will do. Right, there are also some news online, logically you’re not some celebrity, but somehow the whole country seems in on your family matters, you’ll know once you see it yourself."
Hanging up, Qiong Shun hurried out to buy a newspaper, again finding himself stared at by onlookers.
After buying three or four newspapers, only then did Qiong Shun understand the reason.
His affairs had been completely exposed.
The newspaper reported the TV station firing an employee, Mr. Qu, for privately leaking raw footage, preparing to sue him in court.
And discovered he had been detained for soliciting prostitution.
What followed was a full expose on Qiong Shun’s life, digging out incidents of him cheating multiple times while his wife was pregnant, maintaining improper relationships with several women, secretly selling props to fans, and repeatedly breaching contracts and leaking footage.
Qiong Shun broke into a cold sweat, where were these stories back-traced from?
If it were anyone else, he likely would have spit on such scum too upon seeing this.
But unfortunately, the media not only published these stories but also included his photo.
Now, Qiong Shun was thoroughly infamous.
Beyond the privacy of celebrities, the public also relished standing on high ground to criticize scumbags like Qiong Shun.
This guy doesn’t look like much, yet he cheated while his wife was pregnant.
At work, he was disloyal, doing so much disgusting stuff.
Previously, Qiong Shun’s family still felt proud.
Their son worked at a TV station, had a secure job, and often met some celebrities.
But after everything was exposed, his parents felt humiliated, feeling like they were being stared at with strange looks every time they went out.
The pride they once held turned to embarrassment, wanting to call and curse Qiong Shun out, but couldn’t even get through.
Then they remembered reading in the newspaper that Qiong Shun had been locked up for that incident, making them feel even worse.
For the next few days, wherever Qiong Shun went, people pointed and whispered.
Completely exhausted, body and mind.
With no home to return to, he could only stay in a hotel.
During this time, his wife only contacted him to say four words.
Only then did she realize all the disgusting things Qiong Shun had done, taking advantage of his position to embezzle quite a bit of money.
Several tens of thousands, to say the least, yet who knows who he spent it on as none went to the family.
Even in divorce, she needed to reclaim the share of communal property that belonged to her.
But Qiong Shun knew he had no money left, now that things were exposed, the TV station and former collaborators wouldn’t let him off.
The money in his account would likely be entirely compensation, and might not even be enough...
What’s worse is that with this uproar, he has essentially socially ’died,’ and won’t be hired by any related company again.
All his relatives and friends had basically cut ties, all blocking his number.
The reporters camped outside daily, hoping to catch a bigger scoop for traffic.
Only then did Qiong Shun feel deep regret, full of remorse.
Experiencing what Yue Qingqing had gone through when chased by the media.