Rich Side Character Goes Viral for Gossiping on a Laid-Back Reality Show Ch. 52

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Yu Qianxia: "......"

Yu Muqiu's expression froze. He had no idea whether she was messing with him or dead serious.

Time felt like it stopped. The air buzzed with something restless and dangerous.

The man's Adam's apple nervously slid up and down, his gaze filled with emotions that Yu Qianxia couldn't understand.

Yu Qianxia couldn't help but swallow. H-he couldn't have taken her seriously, right?

At that moment, Yu Muqiu suddenly raised his hand, unbuttoning the top two buttons of his shirt, exposing his flawless neck more completely.

Yu Qianxia: ???

Yu Muqiu didn't say a word, but his gaze held a kind of restrained darkness. He leaned back slightly on the sofa, his posture lazy, his neck slightly tilted up. The atmosphere was silent, but the casual movements seemed to radiate a subtle, almost naked, kind of seduction.

Yu Qianxia's cheeks involuntarily heated up.

She couldn't take it anymore.

When did this guy become so... shy and sultry?!

What the hell was he doing?

Had he really taken her seriously?

Was he really going to... let her touch?

Yu Qianxia took a deep breath, and suddenly realized that the force controlling her words had disappeared without her even noticing.

She quickly stood up, eager to leave the awkward situation. "Uh, I still need to head back to the hotel, so I'll go now. We'll have dinner together some other time. See you!"

With that, she hurriedly left the break room.

The room, now empty of her presence and voice, seemed to become strangely silent.

Yu Muqiu lowered his lashes, and the corner of his lips curved up just slightly.

Yu Qianxia returned to the nanny van, her expression turning serious.

Why had she spoken so truthfully just now?

She had a feeling it had something to do with Yan Zhirou.

Yu Qianxia thought for a moment. It seemed that whenever she spoke the truth, something shady about Yan Zhirou would surface.

She quickly pulled out her phone and began searching for Yan Zhirou's name on the trending topics.

It didn't take long for her fingers to stop. Her eyes narrowed slightly.

Sure enough, she found a negative news article about Yan Zhirou in the middle of the list.

#Yan Zhirou Appears Barefaced at Fan Meeting, Image Drops Drastically#

Barefaced? Yu Qianxia furrowed her brows deeply.

Since Yan Zhirou debuted, she had always marketed her beauty. Everyone in the industry knew how much she cared about her image. How could she possibly appear without makeup at a fan meeting?

Wasn't that the same as exposing her dirty laundry?

Unless...

She did it on purpose!

Once that thought formed, everything started to make sense.

Yu Qianxia had tried to figure out the "truth-telling bug" rule last night. She subconsciously believed this matter was connected to Yan Zhirou, so she tended to focus on her. Now, she was almost certain—Yan Zhirou was behind this.

Yan Zhirou probably had her own system!

And the mechanism that triggered her truth-telling was likely connected to Yan Zhirou having some dark secrets. Or perhaps, it was because Yan Zhirou worked so hard to make her fans like her. But if they started to dislike her and she lost followers, it would trigger the "truth-telling" mechanism.

Just like earlier, during the entertainment interview, when Yan Zhirou purposely appeared barefaced, it triggered negative reactions from her fans, causing them to unfollow her.

And that, in turn, triggered Yu Qianxia to speak the truth.

If that was the case, then the interview questions earlier had also been a trap.

Yu Qianxia now realized that every question they asked had been carefully designed to hit a nerve.

If she hadn't been aware, if she'd been the typical character from the book, a lovesick female side character, her answers would have landed her on the trending topics, getting hated on by netizens and attacked by anti-fans.

At that point, her luck value would drop to zero, and she'd be facing the inevitable tragic ending of the original plot.

So, was Yan Zhirou's system designed to steal her luck and ensure she ended up like the doomed female side character?

There weren't enough clues to fully piece everything together yet.

Unfortunately, the gossip system couldn't reach the real dirt on Yan Zhirou, and her guess was still just a guess—no solid evidence.

Yu Qianxia leaned against the car window, her brow furrowed as she sank into deep thought.

Yan Zhirou, wearing a mask, came out of the fan meeting. As soon as she got into the nanny van, her manager, Sister Zhao, immediately bombarded her with questions, "Zhirou, what's going on? Didn't the makeup artist finish your makeup this morning? Why did you take it all off?"

Yan Zhirou lowered her head, speaking vaguely, "I accidentally ruined it, so I just took it all off..."

Sister Zhao was confused by Yan Zhirou's actions and couldn't help but scold her, "If your makeup got messed up, why couldn't the makeup artist just fix it for you?"

"There wasn't enough time," Yan Zhirou said with a downcast expression, her voice filled with helplessness. "I didn't want the fans to wait."

Sister Zhao sighed heavily. She knew Yan Zhirou had always been attentive to her fans, but this time it was really unnecessary. She wanted to say more, but when she looked over, Yan Zhirou was already sulking in a corner, scrolling through her phone.

Sister Zhao shook her head in resignation, deciding not to say more. "I've already taken care of the PR. Don't worry, the loss isn't too bad. But next time, remember to think things through and don't do anything silly."

Yan Zhirou didn't feel anything after being scolded. The corners of her mouth secretly curled up beneath her mask. Silly? How could she have been foolish?

She did it on purpose!

Yan Zhirou eagerly grabbed her phone. Her negative news had already been cleared up by Sister Zhao, and the trending topic now read: #Yan Zhirou's condition isn't great, lack of sleep causing poor complexion, which barely salvaged her image.

Yan Zhirou didn't care about these messages. This time, she was playing a "hurt the enemy a thousand, but lose eight hundred" strategy, taking a gamble.

She quickly scrolled through the trending topics and when she saw #Yu Qianxia's interview with Fei Li magazine revealed#, her face brightened, and she clicked in immediately.

But as she saw the content, her expression froze. Why was it completely different from what she had expected?

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