It all started when a paparazzi team, following Li Xichi to secretly take pictures of her gossip, accidentally captured Li Qiyu doing tai chi. They then spread the video online.
All of a sudden, comments like "Sister is so cool" and "Sister, marry me" flooded in.
Li Qiyu became popular out of the blue. She couldn't figure out how the whole world knew about her when she rarely went out.
Ming Yuexuan was really into all this.
She laughed and said, "The popularity you have now, even if Li Xichi spent money, she couldn't buy it. In terms of looks, Li Xichi can't compete with you at all."
Hearing this, Li Qiyu wasn't happy. She seriously retorted, "It's clearly her who has a better-looking face."
Ming Yuexuan was speechless. She patted Li Qiyu on the shoulder and said, "My beautiful lady, don't boost others' morale and undermine your own confidence."
The more Ming Yuexuan said this, the angrier Li Qiyu got.
She was so beautiful, yet Ming Yuexuan actually thought her face was not as good as that fox Li Xiyu's?
Li Qiyu, the most beautiful woman in Mu Dynasty, was not convinced!
At this time, Ming Yuexuan asked with a smile, "Beautiful lady, are you going to debut as an actress? I bet you'll definitely become a first - tier star!"
Just as Ming Yuexuan asked this, Song Jiaye walked downstairs. His steps paused. He stood at the stairway, looking at the two people having a heated discussion. He also wanted to know Li Qiyu's answer.
Li Qiyu scoffed.
"Why would I become an actress for no reason?" Li Qiyu said to Ming Yuexuan, "Since you're my friend, why are you persuading me to do a low - class job?"
Ming Yuexuan was stunned.
She had never seen Li Xiyu have such a strong prejudice against actresses before.
Song Jiaye, on the other hand, was quite surprised by this answer.
He remembered that Li Xiyu used to persuade him in the same way Ming Yuexuan was persuading her now: "You're so handsome. Why don't you become a star?"
Song Jiaye was very averse to being a star. In his opinion, stars were just actors. Although they seemed glamorous because of the good packaging in today's society, their essence remained the same.
They just used their looks to please others.
For Song Jiaye, one's attitude towards stars was a very important criterion.
It was precisely Li Xichi's decision to put aside her studies and sign with an agency that made Song Jiaye withdraw from his long - term secret love for Li Xichi. He realized that he and Li Xichi were not on the same path and decided to let go.
Song Jiaye took out his phone and searched for the relevant hot topics. He found that the nature of the hot topics had started to change gradually.
At first, all the comments were praises about how cool Li Xiyu was, but later, more and more people started to be sour.
Some said that Li Xiyu had a domineering and willful temper as a young lady.
Some said that Li Xiyu forced Song Jiaye to marry her, and at that time, Song Jiaye seemed to like her younger sister, but she would snatch whatever she wanted.
There were even comments from people pretending to be their university classmates, saying that Li Xiyu had pestered Song Jiaye in university and was a green tea.
In the car, the more Song Jiaye read, the more tightly he frowned.
He called his secretary.
"Have the public relations department deal with Li Xiyu's gossip. Also, find out the source of the video and see which newspaper took the secret pictures. I want to meet their person in charge."
Hearing Song Jiaye's tone, the secretary knew he was in a bad mood. She didn't dare to be negligent and quickly made arrangements after receiving the call.
After Song Jiaye hung up the phone, his mood didn't improve. Looking at those negative comments, he couldn't help but fight back one by one.
"She doesn't have a young - lady temper. She is a young lady."
"Forced marriage? Are you Song Jiaye? How do you even know this?"
"Which department are you from? Are you sure you can get into Jiangcheng University?"
Jiangcheng University was the alma mater of Song Jiaye and Li Qiyu. It was one of the top - notch key universities in the country. To get into this school, the admission score was not low, and the tuition fee was also very expensive. Ordinary people really couldn't afford it.
If Song Jiaye hadn't had his tuition waived and received a scholarship, he wouldn't have come to Jiangcheng University either.
Song Jiaye replied to the comments one by one according to their popularity. He didn't use his phone much, so his typing speed was relatively slow. It took him more than ten minutes to reply to just two or three messages.
While Song Jiaye was being a keyboard warrior on the Internet, the driver, Xiao Wu, suddenly said, "Mr. Song, Old Master Song said there will be a banquet half a month later and asked you to attend."
Without even thinking, Song Jiaye replied, "I'm not going."
Xiao Wu said, "Old Master Song said you can attend as the son - in - law of the Li family. He won't force you."
"Hehe." Song Jiaye just wanted to sneer.
Not forcing? Mentioning the Li family and still saying it's not forcing? Song Jiaye knew how much Li's father wanted to get in touch with the Song family. Now that Old Master Song was holding a banquet and asking him to attend as the son - in - law of the Li family, it was obvious that he had already informed the Li family.
Could he, Song Jiaye, not go?
Being forced to this extent, Song Jiaye couldn't escape. He asked, "Doesn't he already have a grandson? Why is he so persistent?"
Xiao Wu advised, "Mr. Song, he is different from you after all. Old Master Song naturally favors you more."
"Favors? When he disliked my mother's background and didn't recognize us, I didn't see him showing any favor. Now that the Song family is short of descendants and facing internal and external troubles, only then does he remember to favor me?"
Xiao Wu was rendered speechless by Song Jiaye's questions and could only reply awkwardly, "Mr. Song... Well, Old Master Song also has his difficulties."
"Stop talking."
Hearing this, Song Jiaye felt annoyed.
He had heard these words so many times that his ears were calloused.
What difficulties could a person have for abandoning his own grandson? It was just being old - fashioned, stubborn, and autocratic.
The public relations team of Li's Film Industry was really powerful. By the time Song Jiaye arrived at the company, the hot topics had been removed. As for those black fans who had randomly spread rumors, Li's Film Industry had compiled the materials and reported them to the police one by one.
Soon, not many people dared to spread rumors about Li Qiyu anymore.
But naturally, there were still some dissatisfied people. An over - excited netizen besieged Li's official Weibo, saying that Li's Film Industry was using its money and power to bully the public.
Some people even said sourly that those with a strong support were just different.
Of course, Song Jiaye, who had been at the forefront of arguing with netizens, also became the target of public criticism.
Song Jiaye used a small account. He had registered it but never posted on it. He just used it to check real - time hot topics and keep up with the news. Since people couldn't guess his identity, they started to give him all kinds of unpleasant nicknames.
Things like the young lover kept by Li Xiyu, Li Xiyu's lick - dog, and spare tire.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was hiding behind the screen and couldn't see each other's faces, every person who was jealous of the rich was venting their emotions wantonly.
At noon, Song Jiaye logged into Weibo. He changed his Weibo name to Song Jiaye, CEO of Li's Film Industry, and posted his first Weibo since registration -
I'm not her spare tire; I'm her strong support.