CH 12

In the morning, Meng Yuan drove the car to pick up Yu Nian for the show recording. Yu Nian sat in the co-pilot seat and asked with a smile, “Brother Meng is early, are you feeling better?”

Meng Yuan looked at him sideways, in a good mood, “I’m fine, I have decided that no matter how Lao He entices me with barbecue, I will stick to my heart!”

Yu Nian answered, “Stick to your heart by following Director He again?”

Meng Yuan laughed, “Nian Nian, you know me well! How could gastroenteritis stop me?”

The car drove smoothly into the underground parking lot, and the two got out of the car and walked towards the exit. Meng Yuan turned the car keys in circles with his fingers and asked Yu Nian, “For this round, you have to show your individual talent. What did Xia Mingxi choose?”

Yu Nian replied, “Mingxi knows how to play piano, violin, flute and can do hip-hop dance, so he has not decided yet. He said that he would first see what Xu Xuan and Fang Huai would choose and he would choose a different one.”

Meng Yuan nodded, at this moment, several people suddenly sprang from behind the concrete pillars of the parking lot. Each of them held Yu Nian’s Photos or Q layouts, and there were also a bunch of avatars and badges on the backpacks.

The two stopped immediately. Meng Yuan was a little surprised, “There are fans who know your schedule?”

At this time, Yu Nian was surrounded by fans. It was the first time he encountered such a situation, but Meng Yuan and Shi Rou had helped him practice before, so he did not panic.

“Hello, may I—”

“Yu Nian, I like you very much, can you give me your autograph?” A young girl with a round face and a big backpack stood at the front. She smilingly pointed to a blank notebook and handed it over to him.

“Okay, what do you want me to sign?” Yu Nian asked with a gentle smile and reached out to take it.

At this moment, the girl suddenly stretched her hands forward, and then, as if being pushed hard, took a few steps back and fell heavily to the ground.

The next second, the other “fans” who had been surrounding Yu Nian screamed:

“It’s fine if you don’t want to sign, but how could you push people like that!”

Meng Yuan turned around and saw Yu Nian looking in the direction where those people disappeared. He pursed his lips tightly and repeated the sentence “I really didn’t push her”, his heart felt inexplicably sullen.

“Well, I know, we were framed by someone, and they just wanted to create a scene.”

After a few seconds, Yu Nian smiled, “So… I’m going to be on the hot search again?”

“You’re still laughing at a time like this?” Meng Yuan took out his mobile phone and said, “But you’re right, you are going to be trending again…”

When Meng Yuan brought Yu Nian to the studio, He Qiubai frowned, “What happened to the hot search? Yu Nian pushes fans?”

Yu Nian explained with a smile, “I didn’t push her, it was designed by someone.”

“What’s going on?”

Meng Yuan’s face was dark and his voice was tense, “What else can happen? When I got out of the car, I saw a few people disguised as fans surrounded Nian Nian and asked for autographs. It was also my dereliction of duty. I wasn’t thinking at the time and didn’t pay much attention to things. As a result, those few people started to perform what is called standard touch porcelain[mfn]Touching porcelain [碰瓷, pèng cí]: Extortion under false pretence or When a person pretend to fall and scam other people’s money.[/mfn]!”

He Qiubai has been in this circle for more than ten years, and he has seen many things. Recalling the video he saw on Weibo, he quickly understood what’s going on. He handed the phone to Meng Yuan, “Look for yourself, it’s the ninth most popular search.”

Meng Yuan was upset, “Laozi know all these tricks very well. Posting a video, buying hot search and water army, having the victims cry about it, only to change the focus to someone else, leaving the huge pot of pushing fans on Yu Nian’s head. Fuck, all these things happened in front of Laozi!” He was angry, but his head remained calm, “Can we see the monitoring of the parking lot?”

“Yes, you can check it out yourself, but I guess it won’t be of any use. Since the other party has a plan, he must have found an angle in advance.”

Meng Yuan nodded, turned to look at Yu Nian, and softened his tone, “Nian Nian, don’t let it affect your rehearsal and recording. You can distinguish what’s important to you. I’ll let Shi Rou follow you in a while.”

Yu Nian nodded, “Brother Meng, don’t worry too much. I will record it well.”

Meng Yuan smiled, “It was you who was framed and scolded so badly, but you came to comfort me instead.” He looked at He Qiubai again, “Old He, help me take care of it.”

He Qiubai responded, “Okay, you go.”

Not long after, Xia Mingxi hurried into the dressing room with his peaked cap on. Panting,”Damn, you were framed by someone Nian Nian? What the hell is that hot search?”

Yu Nian’s heart warmed and he asked with a smile, “You saw it too?”

“Who can’t see it? It’s the 6th most popular search. I flipped it over in the car, and was scared to death! I even looked at it three times to see if it was really your face!” Seeing Yu Nian holding the phone in his hand, it was obvious that he was just looking through it, Xia Mingxi didn’t have the heart so say more. He carefully looked at Yu Nian’s expression and worried, “Nian Nian, are you okay?”

Yu Nian nodded, the smile on the corner of his mouth faded a little, “It’s just——” He paused for a moment, “It’s my first time to face so much hate. I’m just a little sad. I’ll get used to it as time goes by, I guess.”

Xia Mingxi was also worried, “You are so good, you didn’t even think about knocking me out, and even helped me choose songs. Those who scold you have never met you or interacted with you. How can they judge what kind of person you are?”

“Maybe it’s because they haven’t met me before, so they can scold me without affecting their conscience.” Yu Nian remembered the comments he had seen before, “Just like how someone complimented me two days ago. Saying “You Nian, you are so good at singing and dancing, I will definitely support you”. The person who supports me just left a message saying, “I didn’t expect you to be such a person, that girl just wanted to get your autograph. You are too much” and that she has turned black.”

Xia Mingxi just listened to Yu Nian’s retelling, and his heart shrank. He took two steps on the spot, feeling that his words were clumsy and he didn’t know how to comfort him. So he could only curse, “Fuck, that person behind this is really vicious!” He hadn’t seen Meng Yuan since he came in, and realized, “Brother Meng, is he going to check the monitoring?”

“Well, yeah.” Yu Nian turned to mentally prepare Xia Mingxi, “but the result may not be very good.”

Sure enough, Meng Yuan came back not long after. He took a deep breath with a gloomy face and looked at Yu Nian, “Because of the position and angle of the monitoring, there are not many pictures that are beneficial to us.”

Xia Mingxi broke out first, “It must be Fang Huai! Doesn’t he think you are blocking his way and the first place should be his?”

“I can sue you for slander.” Fang Huai, who always arrives near noon, came very early today. He stood at the door of the dressing room with a smile on his face. Looking at Xia Mingxi and Yu Nian, he said, “You can’t talk nonsense about things without evidence, you know?”

“Pushing fans? There won’t be any negative impact if the topic is about using the backdoor to get on the show, plastic surgery, etc. On the contrary, you can even stir up a wave of popularity to earn traffic. But there will be a very bad impact by the news like pushing fans. If he’s not careful he might lose all his fans!”

“He didn’t push fans, it’s a rumour.” Xie You didn’t have the heart to say more, “What should I do next?”

Qu Xiaoran tried his best to activate his sluggish brain, “Where did he push —bah, where was he framed? It’s better to check the surveillance at the time to prove that he didn’t do anything. But his agent has not done anything. I guess the surveillance has been checked but it is useless. If that’s the case, It’s a bit of a hassle. If there’s no evidence to prove it, even if he doesn’t push anyone, other people won’t believe it.”

“Do you need evidence?”

“Yes, it’ll be best to directly prove that Yu Nian was framed.” Qu Xiaoran had never contacted Yu Nian, worried that if things turned around, his heart would be severely damaged, he asked carefully, “But are you sure…he really didn’t push?”

“He’s very nice and won’t do that.” Xie You didn’t say any more, “I’ll go first, you can continue to sleep.”

Qu Xiaoran watched the bedroom door close. He fell on the bed, suddenly excited, “Tsk tsk tsk, Xie Xiaoyou is about to explode?”

“Pushing fans? There won’t be any negative impact if the topic is about having strings pulled to get on the show, plastic surgery, etc. On the contrary, you can even stir up a wave of popularity to earn traffic. But there will be a very bad impact by the news like pushing fans. If he’s not careful he might lose all his fans!”

“He didn’t push fans, it’s a rumor.” Xie You didn’t have the heart to say more, “What should I do next?”

Qu Xiaoran tried his best to activate his sluggish brain, “Where did he push —bah, where was he framed? It’s better to check the surveillance at the time to prove that he didn’t do anything. But his agent has not done anything. I guess the surveillance has been checked but it is useless. If that’s the case, It’s a bit of a hassle. If there’s no evidence to prove it, even if he doesn’t push anyone, other people won’t believe it.”

“Do you need evidence?”

“Yes, it’ll be best to directly prove that Yu Nian was framed.” Qu Xiaoran had never contacted Yu Nian, worried that if things turned around, his heart would be severely damaged, he asked carefully, “But are you sure…he really didn’t push?”

“He’s very nice and won’t do that.” Xie You didn’t say anymore, “I’ll go first, you can continue to sleep.”

Qu Xiaoran watched the bedroom door close. He fell onto the bed, suddenly excited, “Tsk tsk tsk, Xie Xiaoyou is about to explode?”