Rich Side Character Goes Viral for Gossiping on a Laid-Back Reality Show Ch. 64

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Even without Ji Minghan making a statement on Weibo to clear things up, the public opinion around him had already shifted—people knew he'd been wrongly accused. Chu Hanxun, knowing he was in the wrong, quickly removed the trending topics that attacked Ji Minghan's past.

But even so, what happened had already happened. The damage was done, and it was real.

Still, Ji Minghan bounced back quickly. He posted a new Weibo, telling his story—a side of his past no one had known about before.

Turned out, he had once weighed up to 270 pounds. It was during the darkest period of his life. When Ji Minghan was eighteen, his parents were suddenly killed in a terrible car accident.

His entire world crumbled in that moment. He spent a whole year trying—and failing—to get out from under the shadow of losing both his parents. Depression hit hard. He started binge-eating, and for a long time, he was trapped in a dark and hopeless headspace.

Then one day, he heard a song by accident. It was like someone flipped a switch—sunlight, warmth, energy, hope, the future... all the positive things in that music reached in and pulled him back out.

After that, with the support of his older sister, Ji Wei, he slowly got back on his feet. He started losing weight, working out, pushing himself, and chasing his music dream again.

Fans and netizens couldn't help but sigh after reading his long post. They felt a wave of guilt and sympathy at the same time.

A bunch of people started apologizing in the comments—

[Sorry, Ji Minghan! I shouldn't have said those things about you earlier. I had no idea you'd been through all that.]

[Aaaah it's all Lu Jianchen's fault! If it weren't for him, people wouldn't have misunderstood you. I'm so sorry! My heart hurts for you.]

[No wonder there's this weird strength in your voice when you sing... it all makes sense now. You've seen life's highest highs and lowest lows. Ji Minghan, keep going! Things will only get better from here!]

[Ji Minghan is the hottest in the whole universe! I'm officially your fan! I'll support you forever!]

That one Weibo post totally turned the public's impression of Ji Minghan around. He gained a ton of new fans and support.

After settling everything, Ji Minghan let out a big sigh of relief. The corner of his mouth lifted a little, and his energy came back. "Finally, I can relax. I'm not scared of this old black history anymore."

Ji Wei nodded. "We really have Miss Yu to thank this time. Without her, who knows how much more you would've been wronged."

"Ugh, seriously," Ji Minghan said dramatically, his face full of emotion. "My Sister Yu is a queen, my Sister Yu is the coolest, I love Sister Yu!"

"You better thank her properly," Ji Wei said.

She lowered her head, opened her phone, and after thinking it over, decided to come clean with Yu Qianxia about that one thing.

Back in her room, Yu Qianxia had just finished showering and was now lying comfortably on her bed, scrolling through the trending topics.

She looked through Yan Zhirou's hot search first, then moved on to Ji Minghan's latest updates.

Too bad her connection with the system had been cut off. Otherwise, she could've checked her luck points again.

But judging by how things were going, her luck points were probably rising a lot.

Just as she was thinking that, her phone buzzed.

It was a message from Ji Wei—they'd just added each other recently.

Ji Wei: [Miss Yu, thank you so much for everything this time. I don't even know how to repay you. If you ever need anything in the future, I'll do everything I can to help.]

Yu Qianxia replied: [No need to thank me. No matter who it is, once I know the truth, there's no way I'd just stand by. You don't have to feel burdened by it.]

Seeing this, Ji Wei felt a fresh wave of gratitude in her chest. She kept typing:

[About that Feili Magazine interview—I'm really sorry. The script for that interview was actually arranged by Chu Hanxun. He was parachuted into Feili as a top exec, so the team had no choice but to follow his lead. The draft you got came from him, and we were told to stick to the exact wording—no changes, not even a single word.]

[I'm guessing the content probably came from Yan Zhirou. She's definitely the one pulling the strings behind the scenes.]

Yu Qianxia's eyes flickered. So it was like that. She replied: [I already figured that out. But thank you for letting me know.]

Yu Qianxia's expression slightly softened, [Did you find it?]

The system responded excitedly, [Yes, Host! I risked using all my energy to search, and guess what I found? Yan Zhirou actually has a system!]

[Damn, she hid it so well! Her system has a strong shielding and hiding function, it managed to avoid my detection. All this time, I never noticed it. How infuriating!]

Yu Qianxia had already suspected this, so when the system mentioned that Yan Zhirou had a system, she wasn't that surprised.

Yu Qianxia: [As expected.]

System: [By the way, Host! The reason you've been telling the truth is also because of Yan Zhirou's doing!]

Yu Qianxia: [I know, I more or less guessed it. It should be a punishment triggered by a mistake she made during her task. She didn't want to accept the punishment herself, so she transferred it to me...]

The system was immediately amazed, [Host, you're so smart, you figured it out?]

[The Host guessed completely correctly!]

[Yan Zhirou's system is called the "Fortune-Stealing System." It's an evil system that feeds on luck. It makes Yan Zhirou gain the love of fans, and it sucks their fortune to grow its power.]

[If Yan Zhirou gets negative news or loses fans, her luck decreases, and the system activates the punishment mechanism. The punishment mechanism is randomly chosen, and this time, Yan Zhirou was unlucky and drew the "Truth-Telling" punishment for three months.]

Yu Qianxia's eyes showed a sudden realization, then she asked, [Why did Yan Zhirou bind such a system? What can this system do for her?]

Yu Qianxia had asked the most crucial question, and the system's tone suddenly became deep, [The reason Yan Zhirou bound the system is related to the Host!]

[To me?] Yu Qianxia slightly furrowed her brows, her cool eyes narrowing, [What... did she do to me?]

For some reason, Yu Qianxia suddenly recalled the days when she couldn't control herself. She was forced to "like" Lu Jianchen, her words and actions were no longer under her control. Then she was forced to follow the plot, chasing Lu Jianchen everywhere, crazily infatuated with him.

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