Chapter 257: Case Solved, Breakdown
“This kid, why does she act like she’s seen a ghost when she sees me?”
After Fu Jiu said goodbye and left, Wang Heng looked at the two girls and asked this.
Han Yixuan was also slightly puzzled: “She came to play with Xiao Le. She was supposed to have dinner with us, but suddenly she had to run off. It is indeed a bit strange…”
Pei Ningle didn’t think too much about it. She grabbed Wang Heng’s wrist, pulled him to sit on the sofa, and pointed at the laptop computer on the coffee table: “Xiao Jiu went back, so she went back. I called you here to show you this!”
On the screen was Wangyu Music’s musician backend.
“Sleepless, this song’s playback volume has increased by how many times…” Wang Heng looked at the data and couldn’t help but be astonished. “What’s going on? Did someone advertise it again?”
Pei Ningle pointed at another piece of data: “Don’t just look at playback volume. Look at the comments—they’re already over seven thousand! There are also over a hundred paid tips, adding up to several hundred bucks!”
Wang Heng clicked on her second song《Dawn》 to check. The comments were over five thousand. In comparison, it was very puzzling. He couldn’t help but muse: “A new song that’s never been on television—why does it have higher popularity than one that has? This doesn’t make sense…”
Han Yixuan, who was nearby, suddenly said: “You can look at the comments under this song. To be honest, neither of us understands them.”
Wang Heng turned his head to look at the original author of this song: “You don’t understand either?”
Pei Ningle: “I really don’t quite understand what they’re saying…”
Wang Heng opened the comments section for《Sleepless》. The first comment seemed fairly normal, just with a slightly hard-to-describe deeper meaning—【You never know what a girl with a cold expression doing homework might be listening to.】
But the second one below was very baffling—【A slender flame ignites at the edge of the heart; passion, the passion that burns and spreads without knowing when.】
The third one was similarly strange—【The moonlight is so beautiful tonight. I don’t want summer to end.】
Strangely, these three comments had the most likes, all over ten thousand. Scrolling further down, there were many more confusing sentences until Wang Heng reached a comment with only a few hundred likes, which finally gave him a clue.
【Yuri is the best!】
Looking at this comment, Wang Heng suddenly asked: “Do you still remember the hot post in the Tieba Forum?”
Han Yixuan’s eyes immediately sharpened: “The scandal between me and Xiao Le?”
“Yeah, at that time, didn’t a lot of people say this song was about yuri…”
As Wang Heng said this, he opened Baidu Tieba, then saw the hottest post in Pei Ningle’s Tieba. It was still the yuri exposé post from many days ago. Going in, he saw the post had been replied to over a thousand times, and many replies were trying to prove from different angles that ‘Pei Ningle and Han Yixuan are a yuri couple.’
While Wang Heng operated the computer, Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle sat on either side of him watching. Those definitive statements in the Tieba Forum made both girls’ cheeks start to flush.
“Are they that bored?” Pei Ningle couldn’t help but complain. “Can’t they do something meaningful? What’s there to discuss about this?”
Wang Heng shrugged: “To tell the truth, this gossip is pretty interesting. It’s just that you don’t have enough fame yet; otherwise, it would definitely hit the hot search again.”
Though Han Yixuan was a bit flushed, she analyzed more calmly: “But this post can’t explain the popularity on Wangyu Music. There aren’t that many people on Baidu Tieba.”
Wang Heng exited the post and searched in Pei Ningle’s Tieba for half a minute before finding another clue.
It was a post titled【Lily Bar Bar Owner and Administrator Visit】. Clicking to see, there were only friendly but empty messages.
“Why would the Lily Bar Bar Owner come here?” Wang Heng frowned, realizing the matter was becoming more and more complicated. “And it seems quite popular.”
Han Yixuan rubbed her chin, looking like a girl detective: “This means Xiao Le definitely has popularity in Lily Bar too.”
“Right, obviously.” Wang Heng clicked the mouse twice, exited Pei Ningle’s Tieba, and entered the more populous Lily Bar.
Then he saw the hottest post in this Tieba, titled【Word-by-Word Analysis of the Deep Meaning of《Sleepless》】. The second hottest post below was【Yuri Anthem《Sleepless》】.
Wang Heng put down the mouse and said solemnly: “Case solved. It turns out it’s Baidu Tieba’s fault.”
Han Yixuan: “Yuri anthem…”
Pei Ningle pointed at the screen and shouted: “Wait a minute! What kind of people are in this Lily Bar? Girls who like girls?”
Han Yixuan: “It could also be boys who like watching two girls together.”
Her onion-white fingers trembled as Pei Ningle said incredulously: “But my song isn’t about yuri at all! Why!”
Han Yixuan reached out, patted her best friend and love rival’s shoulder over Wang Heng, and said half sympathetically and half gloatingly: “Think on the bright side. The yuri fans will be your most loyal fans from now on, your solid backing.”
Pei Ningle was utterly speechless: “But I…”
Wang Heng also patted Han Yixuan’s shoulder: “You won’t just be Xiao Le’s agent from now on. You have to play the role of girlfriend well for others too.”
The smile on Han Yixuan’s face instantly froze.
She never expected Wang Heng to have this trick up his sleeve here!
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When Fu Jiu got home, Lu Qi was still working overtime in the office. Bored, the girl pulled out Lu Qi’s old laptop computer, turned it on, and entered the password.
Because of poor grades, Lu Qi had forbidden her from playing games. When there was occasionally a legitimate reason to use the computer, Lu Qi would enter the password and then hand it over, with limited usage time.
After this final exam, Fu Jiu finally took advantage of Lu Qi’s carelessness to peek and memorize the password.
Now opening the computer, Fu Jiu didn’t immediately click into that ‘Sims’ game. Instead, she first opened Baidu Tieba—it’s been a long time since she browsed Sister Lele’s Tieba. What new things have the like-minded fans posted? It’s really exciting.
Then she saw the scandal between Pei Ningle and Han Yixuan.
Besides the earliest and most explosive post, there were some new gossip posts proposing more seemingly irrefutable evidence. For example, at the last music festival, someone photographed Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle walking together, holding hands and whispering.
After looking at the romance evidence between these two older sisters for a while, Fu Jiu recalled the fact that both liked Wang Heng, and couldn’t help but come up with a terrifying guess.
“Oh my god, no way…” The girl’s face collapsed, feeling her three views shattered. “This is way too complex!”
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