After the two had dinner, Xu Tingyu returned to her room to catch up on sleep.
Not long after, many domestic social media platforms became bustling.
The hashtag "The Xie Yu siblings all died in a car accident. Is it a curse or a coincidence?" topped the trending list.
There had been no major events in the entertainment circle recently, and it hadn't been long since Xie Yu passed away.
So as soon as this trending topic came out, it quickly caught people's attention. In just an hour or two, it was pushed to the top.
Many people were having a heated discussion below.
The most-liked comment was: "Is there any big shot who can tell me if this is true?"
"My God, if this is true, it's so eerie! Could it be that they really offended some gods?"
"I remember Xie Yu was from a remote mountainous area. Did she desperately try to escape because of a curse?"
"Although this sounds quite incredible, I actually think it makes some sense. What should I do?"
"Come on, why does anyone think it's a curse? I think it's more likely to be man-made."
"I agree with the above. There's no such thing as a curse these days. Are we shooting a horror movie? They must have offended someone and got killed."
"Shouldn't it be? Killing three siblings in the same way. Isn't it easy to be discovered?"
"Wait, guys above, why do you all assume the first half of this trending topic is true? We should first confirm if the three Xie siblings really passed away."
"I think so too. I only heard that Xie Yu had a younger sister. I never heard she had an older brother. Is this someone hyping things up?"
"Exactly. It's so bad. People are already gone, but they're still using them for hype."
...
There were all kinds of comments in the comment section.
And precisely because of the diverse opinions, the popularity only increased.
Even ordinary passers-by couldn't help but come in to see what was going on.
It didn't take long before someone claiming to be a good friend of Xie Yu came out to爆料 that there were indeed three siblings in the Xie family.
The older brother, Xie Zhen, passed away in a car accident many years ago.
As for Xie Shu, she hadn't made any public appearances in recent years. No one knew if she was dead or alive.
This person even released an old photo.
In the photo, there were three teenagers looking at the camera in front of an art school.
On the far left was a tall and thin boy with a simple crew cut. He looked very energetic.
In the middle was Xie Yu. Her eyebrows and eyes were not much different from later, but she looked more innocent.
On the far right, the youngest, was Xie Shu.
Xie Shu was always thought to look unlike Xie Yu.
In this photo, she looked the plainest, but there was still a faint resemblance in her eyebrows and eyes to Xie Yu.
Standing beside her older brother and sister, there wasn't much of a smile on her face.
Before she entered the entertainment circle, she had made some minor adjustments to her appearance, making her look even less like Xie Yu.
"I never thought Xie Yu had an older brother. He was quite handsome. It's a pity he died so young."
"The school in the photo should be the place where Xie Yu learned dance, right?"
"As an old fan, I always knew Xie Yu had an older brother who died in an accident a long time ago. I just didn't expect it was also because of a car accident."
"God, I thought Xie Shu temporarily quit the entertainment circle to enjoy life. This news is so sudden."
"I want to ask, what about the parents of the three siblings? If Xie Shu really passed away, how could their parents bear such a blow?"
"Xie Yu's parents passed away before she was admitted to the dance school. It was her older brother who supported her."
"Hey, how do you know it was her brother who supported her? Xie Yu was always very independent, right? I remember she said she started working part-time while studying at a very young age."
"Some people are really obsessed. I've been a fan for more than a decade. Don't I know more than you? She said in an early interview that she was very grateful to her brother."
"Yes, I also saw that early interview. She said her brother had good grades and got into a good university. He was the first one in the family to get out of the mountains."
"Later, when she came to Beijing to learn dance, she went to her brother. Her brother also helped her pay a lot of tuition fees. She said they had a very good sibling relationship."
"My God, if that's the case, it's both touching and heart - wrenching. The older brother must have doted on his younger sister very much."
"The older brother would be anxiously pacing in the sky if he saw his younger sister die for the same reason as him."
"Stop talking. I can't take it anymore. I'm going to cry."
...
As the popularity soared, some of Xie Zhen's schoolmates also released more information about him.
"Xie Zhen was really a smart guy. He was in the same class as me. He was quite famous in our school back then. Our teacher said he would surely achieve great things in the future."
"I remember his family conditions were not good at that time. There were many children in the family, and his parents were not in good health. He still did better than everyone else in studies even though he had to do housework when he got home."
"During the college entrance examination, he was the top scorer in science in our year. The county even gave him quite a lot of bonus."
"However, after he went to college, he rarely came back to save money. I only heard that he won scholarships every year and sent the money back home."
"He helped a lot with the tuition fees of his two younger sisters, especially Xie Yu. It was really not easy for her to learn dance with such a family background."
"But because Xie Yu liked it, Xie Zhen never said much. He always supported his sister both financially and mentally."
...
Not long after these news were revealed, they also made it onto the trending list.
However, soon someone raised doubts.
"I see that all those who revealed the news are Xie Zhen's primary or high - school classmates. Where are his college classmates? Didn't you say he was very outstanding?"
"Exactly. Since he was the top scorer in science, the school he went to must be very good. Isn't there any college classmate?"
Where there were doubts, there were explanations.
"I'm not being discriminatory, but a top scorer in science from a small place may become ordinary when he gets into a good university."
"Yeah, it's very likely that he became quite ordinary in college, so people didn't have a deep impression of him."
But these explanations were a bit far - fetched.
After all, no matter how ordinary a person was, he still had people around him.
Now that the news was all over the place, didn't any of his college roommates or classmates see it, or did none of them have an impression of him?
The discussion was in full swing, but still no college classmates of his came out to say anything.
Instead, soon, a friend of Xie Shu came out and said that she really hadn't been able to contact Xie Shu for a long time.
"I also have Xie Yu's contact information. After I couldn't contact Xie Shu, I contacted Sister Xie Yu to ask about the situation."
"But Sister Xie Yu said that Xie Shu was studying in a closed - environment and it was inconvenient for her to contact the outside world for the time being. I didn't ask further."
"Up to now, it's been several years. I've sent Xie Shu many messages, but I've never received a reply from her."
"If anyone knows her exact whereabouts, please contact me. I will offer a generous reward!"