CH 6.2

Hate Her 06 – I’m more sober than any time I said I like you.

On the other side, at a certain filming set.

Ning Lin, holding her phone, looks at the overwhelmingly positive comments about Shang Lu on Weibo, and her expression turns sour.

What she can’t tolerate the most is that some of the comments praising Shang Lu even have Shang Lu’s picture as their profile pictures.

The makeup artist carefully touches up Ning Lin’s makeup, not daring to make any mistakes even in her movements.

Ning Lin’s manager understands her the best and comforts her, saying, “Don’t worry, everyone is just there to enjoy the show. It’s impossible for anyone to actually like her in this kind of program.”

“Are we just going to continue watching like this?” Ning Lin puts away her phone, takes a deep breath, and then looks at the makeup artist impatiently, asking, “How long are you going to keep doing this? You should change your profession early with this level of skill.”

“O-Okay.” The makeup artist hurriedly puts away her brush and stammers in response.

The manager glances at the makeup artist and signals for her to leave.

The door is closed.

The manager’s voice carries a hint of reproach while saying, “Ning Lin, be more cautious when there are outsiders around.”

Ning Lin is known as an idol drama sweetheart, always portraying the image of a gentle girl-next-door. But her current state is seriously ruining that image.

“I know my boundaries,” Ning Lin’s voice is indifferent as she says, “She’s just an assistant, even if she goes out and spreads rumors, no one will believe her.”

The manager tries to persuade her earnestly, “Rumors can spread like wildfire, and it can be troublesome.”

“I understand, I will be more careful in the future.” Ning Lin reaches up and tugs at her hair. She wouldn’t normally act like this, but the positive reviews about Shang Lu have made her feel extremely irritable, causing her to lose control of her emotions.

Then she searches for and reads the posts of Shang Lu’s black fans, and after reading through it for a while, she starts to feel calmer.

As expected, there are still many people who hate Shang Lu.

At the same time, Ning Lin discovers something that she can use to her advantage.

The interruption of the live broadcast on the first day was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

She knows what she needs to do.

Ning Lin opens WeChat and logs in with a different account, using a trumpet account1 to send a private message to someone with a black profile picture.

[Buy a hot search topic]

#The_Most_Hated_Her_And_Him_Live_Broadcast_Interrupted#

With Shang Lu’s name, the term directly made it to the top of the trending search, but this time it’s obviously not in her favor.

First, an entertainment blogger posted on Weibo.

@Variety_Show_Expert (V) : Everyone is praising Shang Lu online, how many paid trolls did she hire? She must have spent a lot of money to whitewash herself this time. You guys are all praising Shang Lu for having an interesting personality, but in my opinion, she’s just following the script as directed by the production team. Her true personality is obviously terrible. Only she interrupted the live broadcast on the first day when reading the black fan comment, right? Don’t blindly praise her, it’s obvious that she’s a privileged person, the pet of the program team.

The rhythm of this wave is well set.

[Ah, indeed, I’m not the only one who remembers this, it’s really strange.]

[+1 to the previous comment, Shang Lu’s face looked quite unpleasant when the live broadcast was suddenly interrupted.]

[So, what was the black fan comment that Shang Lu faced at that time?]

Someone has cut out the segment of the live broadcast where Ye Lu Shang Lu’s black fan comment into a single video.

Very soon, there were two more trending search topics related to Shang Lu.

#Shang_Lu_Oversensitive#

#Shang_Lu_Can’t_Handle_Black_Fan_Comment_And_Loses_Control#

[I thought it would be much worse… is this really necessary? Can’t a public figure handle this level of criticism? Just leave the industry if you can’t handle it.]

[Regardless of anything else, her oversensitivity can’t be washed away, but the fact that the program team interrupted the live broadcast for her, who would believe there’s no favoritism going on?]

But soon, someone noticed something unusual.

[Why do I feel that Ye Lu’s expression is quite strange, and there’s an obvious pause when he was reading halfway, as if he’s thinking about something.]

[After Ye Lu finished reading, he crumpled the cue card into a ball, is he trying to prevent Shang Lu from seeing the contents on the card?]

[+1 to the previous comment, I also feel the same. When Shang Lu asked him for it, he didn’t give it to her, and Shang Lu just took it directly.]

[I have a bold idea, could it be that what Ye Lu read out is different from what’s written on the paper? There must be some discrepancies at least in the later part.]

[Damn it! Look carefully! At 23rd second, the camera showed the card! There are a lot of words on it, although the specific content is not clear, but the word count definitely doesn’t match what Ye Lu read out!!!]

[I remember these malicious comments were selected from the official Weibo posts of the guests.]

…

Surprisingly, there was actually a Sherlock Holmes who flipped one by one through the replies under Shang Lu’s Weibo post with tens of thousands of comments, and successfully found the original malicious comment that Ye Lu didn’t read out—

[Does Shang Lu think she’s very beautiful? Always sticking around Jiang Yi, could it be that she deludes herself into thinking she can marry into a wealthy family and change her fate? This kind of woman is really despicable. Sister, if you put in some effort and accompany more men, you don’t have to hang yourself on Jiang Yi. Open your legs, clench your mouth, endure a bit and you’ll have resources. I wonder what level of skills she has in bed to keep a man. But, well, a homewrecker is a homewrecker, forever in the dark.]

Moreover, the profile picture of this black fan commenter is still a maliciously photoshopped picture of Shang Lu’s portrait, obviously filled with deep hatred towards her.

This made those who were originally mocking Shang Lu for being unable to face malicious comments fall silent.

[… This is too harsh.]

[Although I don’t really like Shang Lu, isn’t this going too far?]

[Can’t this be sued?]

[Shouldn’t the more strange thing be that such comments are selected by the program team? This is definitely targeting her, right?]

Originally, there were controversies online regarding this matter, but after this malicious comment was exposed, most people also felt that the program team went too far.

However, some people still think that these are just speculations until the official account of the production team came out and apologized.

@The_Most_Hated_Her_And_Him (V) : Due to negligence in the work of an intern, inappropriate comments were included in the official recording of the show, causing harm to Teacher Shang Lu and the program team. We sincerely apologize for this and will strengthen supervision in future segments to ensure that similar mistakes will not happen again.

Comments are as follows:

[The official account came out and apologized, which means they admit that what netizens dug out is the truth, and Shang Lu did indeed face that malicious comment attacking her personally?]

[As expected, interns always take the blame for everything]

[If it wasn’t exposed by everyone, the production team wouldn’t have apologized, right?]

[Suddenly I feel sorry for Shanglu. The live broadcast was interrupted after she faced such comments, but it was not long and she continued recording as if nothing happened]

[Everyone has been saying that Shang Lu is the favored one by the program team, but why do I feel like the Program team is actually bullying her…]

[Lin Yanyan’s family has wealth, Xu Ze has fans to support him, Jiang Jing and Director Song have resources and connections behind them after so many years, and Ye Lu’s company, especially the legal department, is powerful. If they want to create a topic with no bottom line, Shang Lu is obviously the best choice]

It can be said that Ning Lin’s actions inadvertently helped Shang Lu gain sympathy, and the public opinion now seems to be leaning towards Shang Lu.

However, Shang Lu is still unaware of what has been happening online because there are more pressing matters waiting for her to face.

After dinner, Shang Lu’s manager, Meng Zhichuan, escorted her back to her apartment.

The two of them were originally planning to discuss their work arrangements for the upcoming days, but they fell into silence together upon seeing a tall man standing in front of Shang Lu’s apartment.

Meng Zhichuan widened his eyes and looked incredulously, because the man in front of him was Jiang Yi, the CEO of Tianyi Entertainment and the main cause of the online criticism directed towards their artist.

Meng Zhichuan was aware that Shang Lu had a crush on Jiang Yi and had even starred in many bad movies just because of him.

In theory, he shouldn’t interfere in the personal matters of his artist and should leave voluntarily now. But Jiang Yi seemed to be in a bad mood, so he could only stand in front of Shang Lu with a forced smile and said, “Mr. Jiang, long time no see. What a coincidence, you live here too?”

Jiang Yi ignored Meng Zhichuan and looked directly at Shang Lu. There seemed to be an indiscernible and sinister emotion on his handsome face.

Perhaps he had been waiting here for too long, his voice was hoarse when he spoke, “Did you block all my contacts?”

Shang Lu looked at Meng Zhichuan and said, “You can go back and rest first, we’ll talk about work arrangements tomorrow.”

Although Meng Zhichuan was not entirely at ease with leaving Shang Lu alone to face Jiang Yi, he knew that it was their personal matter, and he could only remind Shang Lu to call him if she needed anything, before reluctantly leaving.

In the quiet hallway, only Shang Lu and Jiang Yi were left.

Shang Lu looked at Jiang Yi directly and said, “You came just in time. I have something to say to you.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi’s expression finally softened.

He knew that the reason Shang Lu had blocked all contact with him was to force him to come and see her in person.

Sure enough, Shang Lu still cared about him too much.

With this thought in mind, the inexplicable discomfort and worry in his heart finally dissipated. Jiang Yi raised his chin without any expression and said reluctantly, “Go ahead.”

Shang Lu didn’t know what Jiang Yi had imagined in the short few seconds, and she didn’t even look at Jiang Yi again. She unlocked her phone with her fingerprint while saying, “Let’s cancel the engagement.”

Jiang Yi froze in place.

At the moment when the door was about to close, he finally regained his senses and reached out to grasp the doorframe, preventing Shang Lu from closing the door. He asked incredulously, “Shang Lu, do you know what you’re saying?”

Shang Lu looked at Jiang Yi and replied sarcastically, “I am more sober than any time I said I liked you.”

rokumi’s note : Yes, Shang Lu, fortunately you’re sober now…

By the way, because one of my projects, The Landlady and The Amnesiac, will have its last chapter updated on June 5, the next chapter of this novel will be updated on June 6 and will be updated everyday from then on~