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“What the hell is going on?! How did those idiots leak all the contracts?!”
Early the next morning, Wu Li woke up from her sleep. As usual, she checked her soaring vote count — only to see the comment section filled with scathing criticisms. It felt like the sky was falling.
In a panic, she immediately called the hired bot company, but the only response was a busy tone — no one picked up. She had no idea what to do.
“These bastards! What is going on?!”
Wu Li was about to lose her mind. She couldn’t even find an outlet for her emotions. In her fury, she didn’t even bother switching accounts — she charged straight into her own comment section with her main account and started arguing with netizens.
Public opinion was already stacked against her. Her little meltdown only made it worse. Screenshots of her arguing were rapidly shared everywhere, stirring up even more rage. More and more people joined the crusade to “uphold justice,” eventually drawing the attention of the organizers.
“This Wu Li… she’s unbelievably stupid!”
Several executives in charge of the event gathered together to discuss the crisis.
Originally, if it were just the contract leak, they had planned to play dead — quietly wait it out and then protect Wu Li. After all, if they canceled her eligibility, it would be a slap to their own faces.
But now? Wu Li went and confronted netizens with her main account.
The backlash exploded even further. They had no choice but to consider abandoning her to protect the platform’s reputation.
“How about this: we clear Wu Li’s online votes, but don’t cancel her eligibility.”
“Hm, that works. The votes were fake, but the judges’ scores are real, right? We’ll just quietly increase the weight of the judging panel later.”
“Alright, let’s do that.”
After a brief discussion, they reached a decision.
This punishment immediately appeased most of the public outrage. In Country C’s entertainment industry, skill still mattered.
Clearing Wu Li’s bot votes was fair. If her score was high, it meant she had capability. Maybe the fake votes were just a moment of stupidity. No need to chase further.
“The voiceprint analysis is back. I booked the expedited service.”
Xu Wei stared at the report on her screen. The conclusion: the two samples were not from the same person.
The testing organization was essentially backed by FanxingNet — a semi-official institution recognized across the entire entertainment industry.
Excited, Xu Wei immediately submitted this explosive news to major media outlets again. The voiceprint report spread across the internet at incredible speed.
This time, the public’s anger could no longer be contained.
Lip-syncing and ghost-singing — these were the biggest taboos in entertainment. They were betrayals of fans and signs of severe professional misconduct.
At first, people thought Wu Li was just momentarily foolish but still talented. But now?
Even her skills turned out to be faked — someone else was singing her songs.
Connecting all the dots, people realized this was clearly a targeted scheme against the two newcomers — Lin Xiyue and Xia Jinnian. That only fueled the rage further.
People naturally felt protective toward delicate and beautiful girls. The uproar only intensified, eventually leading people to show up in person at PigPig Music’s headquarters with banners.
Many artists also spoke up to condemn Wu Li, pushing the incident’s popularity to an uncontrollable level.
Under mounting pressure, PigPig Music had no choice but to admit to major oversight in supervision.
They completely wiped Wu Li’s scores and canceled her eligibility.
Lin Xiyue and Xia Jinnian were restored to first place.
With the competition nearing its end, it was almost certain the championship would go to the two of them.
Even that wasn’t enough to calm the public. In the end, PigPig Music had to sacrifice a responsible executive — demotion and pay cut — to finally put the matter to rest.
Bai Lulu sat in the office, watching netizens roast Wu Li. A small smile tugged at her lips.
“Serves her right. Anyone who likes to play dirty deserves to get burned.”
By the way, she was now an official employee of Lin Entertainment, working in the PR department — finally fulfilling her goal of being with Lin Xiyue every day.
People were puzzled why the new PR staff member kept running to the recording studio, but no one said anything. After all, she was personally arranged by Director Xu.
“Fast forward to me developing depression because of cyberbullying — I’m back guys, don’t-laugh challenge.”
Lin Xiyue chimed in jokingly from the side, leaving Bai Lulu confused.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Nothing hahaha.”
Xiyue chuckled softly. Maybe she was too ahead of this timeline — the current era didn’t understand these smooth meme combos yet.
“This time, Lulu, you really contributed a lot~”
“T-then… can Xixi-sama give me a hug? Please? Pretty please~?”
“Alright alright… I can’t say no to you.”
Lin Xiyue sighed softly and hugged the adorable girl in front of her.
The intel Ran Zhu gave her said the Bai family heiress was cold, aloof, even a bit fierce — but this was nothing like that.
“Looks like even Bamboo Bro’s info can be wrong sometimes~”
Lin Xiyue thought to herself.
Who said Lulu was fierce?
She was too cute!
With the crisis resolved, Lin Xiyue took the afternoon off. She stayed in the PR office chatting with Bai Lulu about anything and everything.
She discovered Lulu was amazing at conversation — every reply hit right at her heart, giving her the feeling of meeting a soulmate.
How could someone match her so perfectly?
When it was time to go home, they waved goodbye. Bai Lulu drove away.
“Xixi is so lucky. She picked up such a cute, easygoing fan who even helped big time when it mattered.”
Xia Jinnian watched Lulu’s car disappear and sighed.
“Right? I think so too. But… still not as good as my Jinnian~”
“Pfft— Who asked you?!”
Meanwhile, on her way home, Bai Lulu made a phone call. Her expression shifted entirely — cold, emotionless, intimidating.
It wasn’t that one face was more real than the other. People simply wore different masks with different people.
“Terminate Bai Real Estate’s partial cooperation with Wu Construction Materials. And issue them a warning: if they dare retaliate, they’ll face more severe consequences.”
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