Chapter 80: 080 Should I clarify for her?
Sun Ling burst out laughing, “Sending this will get you cursed to oblivion by Gu Chengyu’s fans. Aren’t you blatantly mocking him?”
“Aren’t we going for the Revenge Queen persona? In half a month, the groundwork will be laid. What’s so strange about mocking him?” Shi Lan retorted.
“By the way, there’s a little brother in our group who has a birthday that day.”
“Then go find out more about him and give the kid a gift he’d like. Make it thoughtful,” Shi Lan responded.
“Comparing the two, Gu Chengyu’s fans will be furious to the point of insanity.”
At this point, Shi Lan put down her hand fan, looked at Sun Ling, and said, “These people cyberbullied An Lan back then, drove her into a corner, and even took pride in it. Now, they are escalating their efforts. I will make them understand that every time they cyberbully from now on, it will backfire on Gu Chengyu.”
Before, Sun Ling, as an artist, dreaded reporters shoving microphones in her face, but now with Shi Lan, she wished reporters would come every day to serve themselves up on a platter.
At that moment, Shi Lan looked toward the National Couple resting and wiping sweat in the distance, as if observing prey that was bound within a cage, yet blissfully unaware.
Soon, they were going to taste the bitterness of darkness.
In the past few days, Yan Shixiu’s assistant had heard quite a bit about Shi Lan from the winds, mostly gossip from marketing accounts. He hadn’t bothered to verify the truth. In the evening, he honestly reported to Yan Shixiu, “Sir, there are a few gossip accounts spreading rumors that Miss An has found out who released her chat records with Gu Chengyu initially, and she plans to start taking her revenge by seizing the scooper’s resources.”
After listening, Yan Shixiu thought to himself, Hadn’t she known already?
“Should we clarify for her?”
Yan Shixiu closed the file, looked up at his assistant, and said, “Clarify? If we clarify, how will she act her part? Offer double the price, buy a few more social media accounts, and flesh out the identity of the leaker. Make it as clear as possible that it’s Chen Beini.”
“Although I don’t understand why, I will do as instructed.”
Yan Shixiu had no plans to explain to his assistant, only wishing to aid Shi Lan.
Thanks to Huahai’s embellishment, this “false scoop” quickly spread. Fans from various camps gossiped intensely in the comments of marketing accounts:
“That A is An Lan, that G is Gu Chengyu, and that C, who leaked the chat record, is Chen Beini. Chen Beini’s actions caused An Lan to be brutally cyberbullied and almost led to her death. So, An Lan has started her revenge mode, aiming to snatch Chen Beini’s resources. Is that right?”
“An Lan had already drawn clear boundaries with Gu Chengyu before. Now that she knows the truth, she’ll certainly harbor a grudge, but with her status, what resources can she possibly snatch from Beini’s hands?”
“If An Lan really does this, I’ll turn from hater to fan in an instant. Why can’t a nice girl just walk her own path independently?”
“Take away my Nini, refuse the touch of vulgar vixens.”
For a while, false information flew all over, as if making a proclamation. Although the marketing accounts’ posts were all self-edited, the general message was consistent. Some had more details, some less.
Chen Beini’s fans felt like they had touched something dirty when they saw all this, cursing unceasingly.
However, Shi Lan self-destructed her Weibo, turned off comments on her burner account, and didn’t manage any fan clubs, leaving Beini’s fans completely without an outlet to vent. The old An Lan cared about the curses, but the current Shi Lan, didn’t care about petty school kids’ squabbles.
Moreover, if at this time, Chen Beini actually claimed her resources were being snatched, she would be falling right into Shi Lan’s trap.