A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

Lin Fang received a call from Fang Cheng as soon as she left the editor-in-chief's office.

"Reporter Lin, I'm sorry to bother you, but I want to talk to you about Xiao Fan. He's definitely not that kind of person. There must be some misunderstanding here."

Lin Fang asked, "Can we get in touch with him? He's the most qualified person to speak on this matter."

"We can't get in touch with him right now; he should be on a plane to Jiangxi Province. But I'll pay the 20,000 yuan he promised. Do you think you can find that little girl and her family first?"

"I'm going to the hospital now. You're in charge of contacting Su Fan. Have him call me as soon as he lands."

"it is good."

……

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the conference room of the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Culture and Tourism plummeted to freezing point.

Someone hesitated before speaking up: "Director Qi, how about we take down the promotional song first? The impact of this matter is too bad right now; if it continues to be displayed, it might not be good for us either."

Qi Tongwei sat in the main seat, tapped his fingers twice on the table, and said nothing.

Someone else chimed in, "Yeah, the internet is full of people criticizing him right now. If we associate ourselves with him at this time, we'll easily get dragged into it."

Qi Tongwei immediately rejected the idea: "No, we can't kick someone when they're down before we've made contact with Su Fan."

"But……"

Someone else wanted to say something, but Qi Tongwei interrupted them: "No buts. What we need to do now is not to cut ties with him, but to find a way to minimize the impact."

He stood up, picked up his coat, paused at the door, and glanced back at the people present: "Notify the finance department that if the child's surgery fees haven't been raised yet, we'll make up the difference. I'm going to the hospital now."

Someone grew anxious: "Director Qi, are we really going to protect that kid? This is all muddy..."

Qi Tongwei didn't turn around; his voice came from the corridor: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."

The door closed, and the people in the conference room looked at each other in bewilderment.

Some people sighed, some looked down at their phones, and no one said a word.

At the same time, on the other side of the city, Wang Chuan was leaning back on the sofa, handing his phone to Shen Yi'an.

"Take a look at this." His voice held a hint of amusement.

Shen Yi'an took the phone. The screen displayed information about Su Fan. After reading it, he said contemptuously, "He's really flirting with death."

Wang Chuan laughed without any attempt to hide his laughter: "Let's see how arrogant he can be now. If we extend an olive branch to him at this point, he shouldn't have any reason to refuse."

Shen Yi'an leaned back in his chair and said, "No need. We don't need to pull him onto the boat. We could throw a straw in front of him and he'd be grateful to tears."

Wang Chuan was stunned for a moment, then realized what he meant: "I'll go arrange it right away."

……

Wang Chuan went out, took out his phone, and dialed a number.

"We can add fuel to the fire regarding things happening online."

"Understood. To what extent?"

"Do whatever it takes, however ruthless you can."

"Understood, I'll arrange it right away."

……

Soon, another wave of enthusiasm swept across the internet.

What started as spontaneous online criticism has now escalated into a massive outcry.

On the trending topics lists of various platforms, Su Fan's name is followed by a dark red "hot" character.

A streamer even started a live broadcast with the title "The Su Fan kneeling incident: Is it a distortion of humanity or a decline in morality?"

In the live stream, the host slammed his fist on the table indignantly: "A mother, holding her sick child, knelt for several streets! Several kilometers! Her knees were worn raw! And what did she get in return? 'I was just kidding you'? Is she even human? Is she even human?!"

The comments section was flooded with negative remarks.

Gifts were being sent out very quickly, all supporting the streamer's righteous words.

Some self-media outlets even published lengthy articles with sensational headlines.

From a phenomenal singer to the public enemy of the entire internet, Su Fan only took 24 hours.

The article begins with Su Fan's rise to fame and goes all the way to that kneeling Weibo post, using extremely sharp language.

"A young man who has just been hailed by the public has used a desperate mother as a tool to gain attention in the most cruel way. This is not a joke, this is an insult, this is not humor, this is the depravity of humanity..."

The article garnered over 100,000 views as soon as it was published.

The comments section was filled with nothing but insults.

Occasionally, someone would timidly say, "Could there be some hidden story?"

It will immediately bring about a disaster.

"Are the floor cleaners here?"

"You're speaking up for someone like that; you're no better than him."

……

Some bloggers have started digging into Su Fan's past misdeeds.

Someone dug up a screenshot of his previous live stream quote, "If you succeed, even your farts will make sense; if you fail, even your most reasonable words will sound like farts," and enlarged it.

The caption reads, "Is this his value system? Success means he can do whatever he wants? Failure means he deserves to be trampled on?"

The comments below were unanimously negative, calling it "disgusting," "vulgar," and "morally questionable."

Despite the criticism, donations continued unabated.

Someone started a crowdfunding campaign with the title "Don't let that mother kneel in vain."

The comments below are linked one after another.

"Although I don't agree with Su Fan's actions, the child is innocent and has already been donated!"

"Not for anything else, just for that mother who knelt all morning. Two hundred yuan, not much, just a small token of her appreciation!"

"I personally witnessed her kneeling until the finish line on Chunxi Road. No matter how this matter ends, the child's illness cannot be delayed. I have already donated 500 yuan!"

……

The crowdfunding amount gradually increased amidst the criticism.

100,000, 150,000, 200,000...

At this moment, in a quiet café in Kyoto, two girls sat by the window.

He Xiaoxiao was looking down at her phone when she suddenly jumped up, almost knocking over her cup.

"Xiaomeng! I've found that person!"

Xu Meng, sitting opposite her, was startled: "Who is it?"

"It's the person who saved you in Qin Province!" He Xiaoxiao held her phone up to her face, the screen showing a screenshot of Su Fan's live stream. "Look, it's him."

Xu Meng took the phone and said, "Didn't you say his name was Lei Hong? But this person's name is clearly Su Fan."

"Perhaps he used a fake name."

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? He's from Shaanxi Province, but Su Fan, who sang those two songs, has always been in Sichuan Province, hasn't he?"

He Xiaoxiao said with certainty, "There's no mistake. I remember that face very clearly. He rescued you from the river that day, and I was standing right next to him. Those eyebrows, that chin, it's definitely him."

Xu Meng stared at Su Fan on the screen and suddenly remembered what happened by the river that day.

She and He Xiaoxiao went to Qin Province for tourism, and during their trip they visited Mawei Post Station.

On the way back, I accidentally fell into the water.

He was saved by Su Fan, who had traveled through time.

At that time, Su Fan just made up a name for Lei Hong.

Later, she and He Xiaoxiao searched for several days in nearby villages and asked many people, but they still couldn't find a young man named Lei Hong.