Esports world champion, debuted as the center of a talent show

At first, the general sentiment on the forum was quite normal; everyone was just joining in the fun with the picture of the two people in the same frame, and there was no malice involved.

- [Has the Shining Project Shined Yet?] Forum

#I captured a photo of Jiangjiang leaving get off work at noon, and she happened to pass by xxy, so the first picture of jzy and xxy together was born...#

[1L: The ultimate group photo! But from a great distance.]

[2L: I downloaded a picture of the top trending topic and the current top trending topic side-by-side after clicking in.]

[3L: From this angle, there are a lot of people surrounding XXY. They seem quite concerned about him. Is it really as mysterious as the internet says?]

[4L: Jiang Jiang stands out so much in this photo. He's just standing there doing nothing, but my eyes are glued to him and I can't take them off...]

—Reply: [That's only human nature.]

—Reply: [Human nature +1]

—Reply: [Human nature +2]

[5L: I can't take it anymore. It's like two completely different worlds. On one side is a heartwarming coming-of-age story with friendship, and on the other side is a feeling of "I'm carrying the team all by myself."]

……

[69L: Um, am I the only one who thinks Jiang Zhiyu is cold-hearted? They're colleagues on the same show, right? He just stood there coldly watching when the other person had an emotional breakdown?]

—Reply: [Finally, someone dares to say it. Didn't they notice anything amiss with such a cold and disjointed scene before...?]

[70L: I agree with the comment above. I felt uncomfortable when I saw it. Does Jiang Zhiyu really have any feelings? How can he turn a blind eye to his companions' suffering?]

[71L: I've wanted to say this for a long time. Jiang Zhiyu is completely two-faced, acting in front of the camera and fans, putting on a perfect persona, but in private he's just arrogant and indifferent to everything around him.]

—Reply: [Hehe, you can tell from how he handled the Bian Ziang incident. They were at least friends, yet he could be so ruthless, not giving them even the slightest chance.]

……

[213L: Holy crap, what's wrong with this building? Is it haunted?]

—Reply: [Just because you pointed out Jiang Huang's personality flaws, it's considered a ghost story? Fans, keep defending him.]

—Reply: [This photo was released by your fans themselves, proving that your idol is a cold person, hahaha.]

—Reply: [Stop with all this nonsense, go out and see the world! Your Emperor Jiang is trending on social media for all the wrong reasons!]

Meanwhile, the online sentiment quietly shifted. #HeartacheForXuXiaoyu# was pushed off the top trending topics list and replaced by a series of negative trending topics about Jiang Zhiyu, such as #JiangZhiyuIndifferent#, #JiangZhiyuWatchingColdly#, and #JiangZhiyu'sCharacterCollapsing#.

Jiang Zhiyu's fans were caught off guard by a more well-trained online troll army than before. Coupled with a large number of uninformed bystanders who were easily swayed by the narrative, this created a cyberbullying situation that was almost impossible for him to shake due to his current fan base.

As a result, the only post on Jiang Zhiyu's personal public account, @ShiningProject-JiangZhiyu, titled "Lunch," was transformed from a place where fans would regularly check in and express their love into a gathering place for his detractors.

They targeted Jiang Zhiyu alone, showing no intention of verifying the truth, and swarmed over to vent their emotions.

Lu Shanshan called Tan Yi in tears, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "What should I do, Yi Yi? I'm so upset. They have no idea what kind of person Jiang Jiang is, but they just blindly follow the crowd and criticize him. He's clearly a very good person..."

"Sigh... Shanshan, I understand how you feel. My little R went through something similar, and even now people are still chasing after him and accusing him of faking it... We fans have too little power in these kinds of situations. We can only either leave it to time or wait and see if there's a turn of events..."

"I'm afraid he'll be brought down by these baseless accusations, and I don't want to see that happen."

Tan Yi spoke softly, trying her best to comfort her: "Trust him, trust that the person you love is a strong pine tree that won't be easily defeated."

"Hmm..." Lu Shanshan sniffed and barely managed a response, but the grievance in her heart did not diminish at all.

No matter how fierce the storm on the internet was, it did not interrupt Jiang Zhiyu's immersion in the novelty of his first challenge of writing lyrics.

After discussing the feasibility of the first half of the lyrics with Qi Sixian, he swayed back and forth in his swivel chair, biting his pen cap as he pondered the second half.

The practice room was filled with intermittent guitar playing. Qi Sixian was sitting on the other side, deep in thought, occasionally strumming the guitar strings.

Yu Jin sat beside him, intently watching Qi Sixian's hand movements: "Is this the daytime part? Should the transition section be lowered by two keys?"

Qi Sixian did not hesitate and directly tried lowering two keys as Yu Jin suggested. The final effect was indeed much better.

His eyes shone brightly, brimming with passion for his beloved field: "Great! And another thing, I was planning to write the following part like this..."

The arrangement team's pleasant collaboration went smoothly, and Jiang Zhiyu from the lyric writing team also reaped some rewards on his own.

He reverently held the next paragraph of words that he had written one after another, and checked it in front of him again.

The handwriting on the draft paper was slightly cursive, but very smooth and beautiful.

"I tore away the mask of falsehood in the darkness."

Let all emotions fill your eyes and brows.

Vulnerability is inherent; there's no need to apologize.

No one is watching, so there's no need to be overly meticulous.

Allow yourself to succumb to this pathetic state.

Selfish obsessions, fragments of wounds.

These are all the most authentic aspects of me.

... "

I'm no longer curious about what Jiang Jiang writes... Now, just looking at his lively expression makes me feel sorry for him...

This is my only safe haven now; those mindless, bandwagon-following trolls can't touch me here.

[Jiang Jiang's social media platform, the "Daming Square," is truly awful these days. This place is much better; the people here are clean, and so are their hearts.]

[Hehe, who cares about them, Jiang Jiang is so cute!]

Jiang Zhiyu is a classic example of someone who attracts a lot of trouble the moment he becomes famous; it hasn't been long, and he's already being slandered again.

Jiang Zhiyu didn't learn about the online uproar until he returned to his dormitory after training that evening, when a trainee in the next dormitory asked him with concern. The trainee also showed him the pictures and text that Xu Xiaoyu had posted.

He glanced at Xu Xiaoyu's picture, his eyes flashing, but he didn't say anything.

Lin Sen and Mi Lan reacted even more strongly than he did.

"What do you mean? Have these people gone mad?" Mi Lan slammed her fist on the table angrily, gritting her teeth, her eyes filled with rage. "They just start cursing without even asking questions, don't they have any independent thinking ability?"

Lin Sen looked somewhat annoyed, and he scratched his head helplessly: "I shouldn't have joined in that fun. I should have just pulled you away."

"It's nothing, it's not a big deal," Jiang Zhiyu reassured him, while taking out a notebook from the drawer and calmly starting to write his daily journal.

Neither of them was in the mood to write in their diaries anymore. Taking advantage of the fact that the recording camera in the dormitory was not turned on, they started analyzing things on their own.

"I have a feeling that I've been set up," Lin Sen said in a low voice, his tone certain.

"It's clear that this whole set of tricks is a scheme by Xu Xiaoyu's company, but why did they include Jiang Jiang in it as well?"

"By shaping Xu Xiaoyu's character in such an extreme way, and then using underhanded methods to distort Jiang Jiang's image into a villain, aren't they afraid of backfiring and suffering a backlash?"

"...No, I'm going to contact my company. So what if they're bullying Jiang Jiang because she's an individual trainee without a company backing her up? I'll get my company to help me handle this." Mi Lan stood up abruptly, ready to storm out.

Jiang Zhiyu called out to him, his hand still writing: "Write today's little journal entry first, and you can take your time with the rest."

Mi Lan sighed and didn't insist: "Okay, I'll go borrow their phone when I wake up tomorrow."

He was silent for a moment before adding in a low voice, "What is this...?"

Jiang Zhiyu, who was engrossed in writing, paused for a moment before resuming his writing after a few seconds.

A faint smile played on his lips as he spoke softly and calmly, "It's 'day and night'."