My Livestreaming Metaphysics & Gossip Became an Internet Sensation Ch. 86

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Lai Yunyi was stunned by the shout, then erupted himself, "What the hell are you saying?! I'm famous! I have so many fans! How could I be finished? Don't talk crap!"

The manager gave a cold laugh. "Sure, keep dreaming. Let's see if your fans are willing to break you out of prison."

He knew exactly what Lai Yunyi had done. Jail time? Yeah, that was looking more and more likely. And strangely, now that things had hit rock bottom, he felt a twisted sense of calm—maybe because he'd given up.

Just as Lai Yunyi was about to fire back, he caught a voice from the livestream—Jiang Yiqing's voice:

"Because... Lai Yunyi spiked the drink."

Like a puppet with its strings cut, Lai Yunyi collapsed to his knees. The pain in his legs didn't even register—his brain was buzzing with one thought:
How... how could he know?!

He'd felt untouchable, invincible. But now? That one sentence destroyed every illusion. With the dirt the "young lady" had before, even if he got canceled, he could always stage a comeback later.

But this? This was the kind of thing you don't bounce back from.

His manager stood, fury etched into every line of his face, ready to walk out—but Lai Yunyi snapped back to reality and grabbed his leg in desperation, sobbing and sniveling like a man possessed.

"Brother, please! I made you so much money—please help me! I can't go to jail! That'd be the end of me! I'm begging you!"

Gone was the arrogance from minutes ago. Now he was just a crying wreck on the floor. The manager tried to shake him off, but couldn't.

"You should've thought about all this earlier! And forget me—even God himself couldn't save you now!"

Despite his calm voice, panic was churning inside. Because this wasn't just Lai Yunyi's fall—he could go down too.

Sure, he hadn't known everything, but he'd known enough. And if someone started digging, it was only a matter of time before he got dragged in.

"If you want to beg someone, go beg your investors. Maybe they'll try to save their money and throw you a lifeline."

It was solid advice—because he'd be doing the exact same thing. If Lai Yunyi went down, he needed someone to pull him out of the mud.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yiqing was completely unaware that his words had sent Lai Yunyi and his manager into total meltdown.

...Or maybe he did know. He just didn't care.

With everything that scumbag had done, this was honestly letting him off easy.

As for the young madam, she sat frozen in place, eyes wide in shock.

So that was it. That's why her memory had been so blank. Why she'd "gotten drunk" off just a little bit of alcohol. Why, even drunk, she didn't remember a thing the next day.

It all made sense now.

Back then, she had liked Lai Yunyi—just a little. And when she woke up, confused and foggy, his sudden love confession and dating proposal had hit her all at once. She was too dazed to think straight... so she'd accepted it. She'd believed the lie that she was just "too drunk to remember."

If she'd just taken a moment to think things through, she would've seen how wrong it all was.

"I was so stupid," she muttered, laughing through tears.

If she hadn't been blinded by his fame, if she'd been just a little more cautious, she wouldn't have fallen for such a pathetic trick.

Jiang Yiqing saw her expression and guessed what she was thinking. He gave a slow shake of his head. Honestly, Lai Yunyi's methods were pathetic.

But with his reputation and the girls' just enough fondness for him, it worked every single time.

That's why none of them had ever realized they'd been played.

A lot of people thought that someone like Lai Yunyi, being a celebrity, wouldn't go that far. But in reality, some people's nastiness had nothing to do with their social status. Some people were just rotten to the core by nature.

"Don't take the blame on yourself." Jiang Yiqing looked at the young madam, his voice carrying an unintentional kind of magic that made people want to believe him. "You're not the one who's really in the wrong."

The young lady froze for a second, as if a wave of warmth swept through her heart. This was... the first time anyone had said something like that to her.

She'd always been the type who craved love. That was why she fell for it so easily. She kept thinking she was just stupid. But now someone told her—it wasn't her fault.

She lowered her head and covered her mouth, trying hard to hold back the urge to cry, but the tears slipped uncontrollably past her hand, leaving a trail of wet streaks.

Meanwhile, the bullet comments said:

"I was watching this just for the drama, but now I'm not laughing at all. The young madam is way too tragic."

"Wuwuwu, Qingqing is seriously so gentle. In this kind of situation, most people would blame the girl for having no judgment, but Qingqing straight-up told her it wasn't her fault. If I imagine myself in her shoes, I'm bawling for real!"

"Am I the only one wondering—did Lai Yunyi, as a top-tier celeb, actually break the law?"

Jiang Yiqing felt deeply moved—finally, someone noticed that!

He cleared his throat and said, "I've already called the cops. Mm, they responded pretty fast."

Jiang Yiqing gave that a mental thumbs-up.

Bullet comments:

"Haha, Qingqing is practically a regular customer at the police station. The second he makes a call, the cops definitely jump into action!"

"Police officer: A free second-class merit? Gimme that!"

Jiang Yiqing touched his nose. Okay, maybe not a regular customer—he'd only called the cops twice before.

Early the next morning, the police department's official blog released a statement about Lai Yunyi. Top celeb scandal—it instantly shot to over a dozen trending topics, and as a result, Jiang Yiqing also got a lot more attention.

Some people thought he was awesome. Of course, there were also plenty who weren't happy with him—like Lai Yunyi's fans. Yep... even though Lai Yunyi had already been arrested, some of his "true fans" still stuck by him, tirelessly trying to clear his name.

Thanks to these fans' ridiculous comments, the internet turned into a circus. Everyone was watching the mess for laughs, because the fans' posts were so out-of-pocket that people couldn't help wondering if they were trolling.

And if you asked who Lai Yunyi's fans hated most right now, it was definitely Jiang Yiqing. They were dying to tear him to pieces.

But... they didn't dare.

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