Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Jiao Xiu, who gave you the audacity to talk to me like that?!” Zheng Jiaoqian’s voice was sarcastic and mocking, which was offensive.
Jiao Xiu was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone, then he closed his eyes slightly to suppress the anger in his heart.
His eyes were sinister, but his voice was gentle: “Teacher Zheng… I’m sorry, I was just angry about what happened online, so I said some things without thinking. Please don’t be angry, an angry woman is not beautiful.”
“You’re angry? I’m furious! When are you going to make your move on Sheng Ziyou? Jiao Xiu, if you dare mess with me, I have ways to deal with you too!” Zheng Jiaoqian threatened.
Jiao Xiu narrowed his eyes and held his phone a little further away from himself.
Then he took a deep breath to calm himself and prevent his anger from showing: “Teacher Zheng, I haven’t gathered enough information about Sheng Ziyou yet. Let’s wait a bit longer. If we act too early, she can easily clear her name.”
Zheng Jiaoqian stopped talking, but you could still tell from her breathing that the other person was still angry.
Jiao Xiu continued to reassure her, “Sheng Ziyou is currently in the eye of the storm, and the internet is full of praise for her. Taking action at this time wouldn’t be very effective…”
Zheng Jiaoqian understood, but she was so angry that she wished Sheng Ziyou would die right now.
“Alright, hurry up on your end,” Zheng Jiaoqian said impatiently.
Jiao Xiu laughed and said, “Teacher Zheng, can you tell me what happened? Why did you post that kind of Weibo?”
His voice was very soft, but the expression on his face had nothing to do with gentleness.
“It was Sheng Ziyou.” Zheng Jiaoqian recounted the whole story.
Jiao Xiu’s breath hitched.
At that moment, he almost couldn’t hide the anger in his heart.
But he still knew that the person on the other end could still be used, so he took a deep breath and said calmly, “The synthesized recording… Sheng Ziyou won’t release it. Even if she did, no one would believe it.”
Zheng Jiaoqian replied almost without hesitation, “I don’t necessarily want to kill Feng Yuanxuan, why take that risk?”
Jiao Xiu fell silent. His cooperation with Zheng Jiaoqian was that she would help him deal with Feng Yuanxuan, and he would help her deal with Sheng Ziyou.
But this woman simply didn’t take promises to heart; she would break them immediately if there was even the slightest risk involved.
But while she broke her promise, she still wanted him to continue according to the plan.
Jiao Xiu chuckled: “Alright then, it seems this is the only way.”
“Hurry up on your end,” Zheng Jiaoqian added.
Of course she wasn’t stupid, and she knew she hadn’t kept her promise to Jiao Xiu.
However, it was extremely dangerous for her to personally take action on the stage of the performance. Moreover, since Sheng Ziyou had been helping Jiao Xiu’s opponent, it was inevitable that the opponent would attack Sheng Ziyou even without her request.
Given the difference in their social status, she was certain that Jiao Xiu would not resist.
As expected, Jiao Xiu smiled and agreed.
The instant he hung up the phone, he slammed it against the wall, his face contorted with malice.
“Zheng Jiaoqian!”
That woman was no good!
But soon, Jiao Xiu slightly raised his chin, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
He didn’t believe that Sheng Ziyou hadn’t kept the edited recordings. Sheng Ziyou was a smart person, and of course she wouldn’t release them now.
But the future… was uncertain.
It was hard to say how long Zheng Jiaoqian could remain so arrogant.
He would just stand by and watch, without offering a single word of advice!
After washing up, Sheng Ziyou lay in bed and began reading about the aftermath of the Feng Yuanxuan incident.
This matter was handled very well. It had just become a trending topic and netizens were starting to criticize it when Feng Yuanxuan sincerely apologized.
Zheng Jiaoqian then responded, and her fans stopped making trouble, which immediately reduced the buzz.
In addition, the popularity of Sheng Ziyou’s videos also helped to reduce the traffic for Feng Yuanxuan.
After seeing Zheng Jiaoqian’s Weibo posts, her fans would think that their idol was kind-hearted and helping the trainees.
However, after seeing Zheng Jiaoqian’s Weibo post, Feng Yuanxuan’s fans, although they didn’t say anything, most of the fans who favored their idol felt that Feng Yuanxuan’s car accident might really be related to Zheng Jiaoqian.
His manager was clever; he quickly got the big fans to thank Zheng Jiaoqian and make sure not to shift the blame.
So when Sheng Ziyou started paying attention, the topic was almost out of the trending searches, and Zheng Jiaoqian’s fans were quiet, with no one attacking him.
Zheng Jiaoqian wasn’t a top-tier celebrity, but her fan base was still far larger than Feng Yuanxuan’s.
This was a good approach. The other trainees in the same group already harbored resentment towards him, so Zheng Jiaoqian’s fans absolutely could not be allowed to get involved at this point.
Sheng Ziyou clicked on Feng Yuanxuan’s apology Weibo post and found quite a few comments. The first few comments were mostly controlled by fans, while later comments were from other unidentified people who were cursing him.
But these people were originally Feng Yuanxuan’s haters, or toxic fans of other trainees.
Feng Yuanxuan didn’t expect these people to vote for him, so he didn’t care.
Sheng Ziyou checked the popularity rankings again and found that Gu Yuzheng’s group had seen a significant increase in popularity.
The hashtag #GuYuzhengGroupDebutOnTheSpot# was about to fall out of the trending topics, but tonight’s trending topics were not for nothing. Every time Sheng Ziyou refreshed the page, she found that the number of votes for Gu Yuzheng and his six teammates had increased dramatically.
She smiled and was about to put her phone down when it vibrated slightly.
[Lu You: You looked great. You were truly dazzling on stage.]
Sheng Ziyou forced a smile and replied—
[Thank you, goodnight.]
On the other end of the phone, Lu Jiangyuan, who was itching to smoke because he hadn’t had a cigarette, calmed down because of those four words.
Only smokers know how difficult it is to quit smoking, but for Lu Jiangyuan, this pain was nothing compared to that person’s.
He felt satisfied with just four words, closed his phone, and fell asleep.
After replying, Sheng Ziyou exited the chat software.
A message suddenly popped up on her Weibo account, which she had just logged into with a secondary account—
[Shocking! Jiao Xiu, the most popular contestant in the boy band audition and a talented songwriter, is suspected of having no songwriting ability whatsoever!]
Sheng Ziyou was taken aback, then clicked on it and began to read it carefully.
This Weibo post didn’t actually contain any particularly valuable evidence; it simply questioned whether Jiao Xiu ever created anything during his time in the training program. From the moment he entered the program, whenever the topic of creation came up, Jiao Xiu never gave a direct answer.
The blogger brought up the recent performance again, mentioning that Jiao Xiu was also a talented songwriter, but even though Feng Yuanxuan had been stuck on a song for so long, this “talented songwriter” didn’t help at all, instead sticking to the dance lead. Even when Feng Yuanxuan asked him to help revise the song, he didn’t offer a single suggestion.
The blogger questioned why this was so when Jiao Xiu’s initial audition song had consistently high play counts and popularity, and had even become one of his representative works.
Logically speaking, a “creative talent” like Jiao Xiu shouldn’t have stopped creating anything during his time in the training class, right?
After the first performance, when the trainees were playing around, Jiao Xiu just danced along and didn’t write songs with the other vocalists.
Needless to say, this round of performances was originally meant to test the trainees’ creative abilities, but why did the “creative genius” never create in front of others?
The blogger’s Weibo post included the hashtags for Jiao Xiu and the boy group audition. Sheng Ziyou refreshed the page, and there were already countless comments.
Xiu’s fans immediately jumped in, and the comments section became a bloodbath.
“Heh, where’s the blogger’s evidence? The whole thing boils down to two words: bullshit!”
“I’m really speechless, he’s just spouting nonsense.”
“We’re taking Jiao Xiu away, no dates. Whether Jiao Xiu has the talent or not, we fans know for ourselves.”
“Is the blogger an idiot? Take Feng Yuanxuan’s song, for example, how can you ask Jiao Xiu to change it?”
“Jiao Xiu doesn’t seem to have demonstrated any creative ability…”
“It’s terrifying to think about…”
“Regardless of his creative ability, I don’t like him.”
“I don’t know how he got first place…”
“Where’s the evidence? Don’t talk nonsense if you don’t have any evidence.”
“The whole thing is just the blogger’s wild guesses. Do you have supernatural powers?”
….
As Sheng Ziyou scrolled through the Weibo post, something flashed through her mind.
Then, she suddenly realized what was going on.
No wonder Jiao Xiu chose to team up with Feng Yuanxuan; it turns out he can’t create anything at all!
Feng Yuanxuan came in first place in that performance, and given his talent for songwriting, he naturally became Jiao Xiu’s target.
If Jiao Xiu couldn’t create… then everything that happened before would suddenly make sense.
This Jiao Xiu was really amazing.
Many students only thought of one step at a time, while Jiao Xiu thought three steps ahead and had a long-term vision.
It was just that it wasn’t used for the right purposes.
No wonder the original character became a famous pretty boy later on. His methods and the power behind him were definitely not comparable to those of Gu Yuzheng and Feng Yuanxuan who fought alone.
Sheng Ziyou thought that if she hadn’t interfered with his plans several times, he would probably have achieved his goal by now.
He would definitely be the most popular number one, a shoo-in for the center position.
As for why this was exposed, it seems Feng Yuanxuan took note of her statement, “Suppressing one scandal by making a bigger one appear”…
Sheng Ziyou smiled and said, “So even a rabbit will bite when cornered.”
After saying that, she put down her phone and fell asleep.
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