I was criticized on a dating reality show, but I retaliated and became an internet sensation.

Shu Zi gave Gu Yan a look, then walked over and sat down on the sofa opposite Director Liu, greeting him:

"Hi, Director Liu, good morning."

Director Liu slowly turned his head, glanced at her, and said in a low voice:

"Teacher Shu, tell me honestly, how many of today's trending topics did you participate in?"

Shu Zi blinked and counted on her fingers:

"...Strictly speaking, I only participated in one thing; the rest were part of a chain reaction."

"No! I didn't even have a chance to participate in the original one, but I just participated in one."

???

Director Liu suddenly sat up straight:

"What have you done now?!"

Shu Zi waved her hand, looking relaxed: "Don't worry, it's a small matter, nothing to worry about compared to those other things."

She simply added that Fang Yutong had revealed her address to the stalker, and then added a few more details that Yu Shize hadn't revealed, as well as some details that even Yu Shize didn't know.

She absolutely did not make this up; it's all true!

Director Liu took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and looked back at the ceiling:

"God knows, the first thing I did when I opened my eyes this morning was to get five Weibo notifications! Five! All of them were related to my show!"

"I thought I'd become famous, but when I clicked in, it was all about the love-hate relationships of your guests!"

Shu Zi took the water Gu Yan poured for her, took a sip, then looked at Director Liu and sincerely comforted him:

"Director Liu, look on the bright side. At least the show's popularity has gone up. Isn't that more cost-effective than spending money to buy trending topics?"

Director Liu was silent for a few seconds, then slowly sat up straight and looked at her: "Teacher Shu, what you said... seems to make some sense."

"Right?" Shu Zi replied with a smile.

At this moment, the assistant director next to him suddenly handed his phone to Director Liu, his tone hesitant: "...I'm afraid it's not worth it."

Director Liu was taken aback: "?"

He leaned back on the sofa, resigned to his fate: "I'm already like this, how much worse can it get? The show can't possibly be canceled, can it?"

He took the phone and glanced down at the screen.

The next second, he suddenly sat up straight, rolled his eyes, tilted his head to the side, and fainted.

"Director Liu!"

Everyone was in a flurry of activity.

The assistant director rushed forward, checked his breath, breathed a sigh of relief, and while pinching his philtrum, turned to the crowd and said:

"It's nothing, she just fainted from anger."

Shu Zi quickly raised her hand to prove her innocence: "...This time it really has nothing to do with me."

Gu Yan leaned back on the sofa, glanced down at Director Liu, and asked calmly, "What's trending on social media?"

The assistant director turned his phone over so the screen faced everyone.

#Fang Yutong pushes Su Yanhuan to fall from building, video exposed#

#The show "For Your Heart" is about to be canceled# Boiling

#Fang Yutong's Weibo post trying to gain sympathy was immediately followed by accusations of pushing someone# Hot

#Fang Yutong: They came to push people down, not to climb. #New

#Shuzi Fang Yutong Yu Shize Triangle Shura Field# New

Shu Zi stared at the last trending topic, a row of question marks slowly appearing above her head: "??????"

She paused for two seconds, then slowly turned to look at Gu Yan:

"...I really wasn't involved in that."

Gu Yan looked at her, a slight smile playing on his lips, and reached out to ruffle her hair. "Yeah, I know."

The assistant director was still desperately pinching Director Liu's philtrum.

Finally, Director Liu slowly woke up, staring unfocusedly at the ceiling, but his soul had already left halfway.

Just then, Su Yanhuan was pushed out of the elevator by the staff. Upon seeing this, Shu Zi got up and walked over.

Su Yanhuan raised her head and looked at her, her gaze much firmer than before:

"Sister Zizi, I've thought it through, and I think you're right."

Shu Zi nodded with satisfaction:

"It's alright. It wasn't a waste of my breath. I almost thought I had changed careers and become a life coach."

Su Yanhuan: "..."

Not long after, a noise came from the stairwell, and Yu Shize came down.

His expression was not good. He glanced around the living room, said nothing, and silently walked to a corner and stood there.

[Yu Shize's expression was as if he had just finished a fierce battle and was checking how many survivors were left on the battlefield.]

Are you sure, sis? Take another look at Yu's expression.

What is Yu Shize trying to do now? Make excuses? Try to clear his name? Too late, brother.

[The video of Fang Yutong pushing someone has surfaced. Will this show still be able to continue filming? Will it be canceled?]

[The show is cancelled?! No way! I just started shipping Gu Yan and Shu Zi!]

[Please stop, family! If the show gets cancelled, my only source of joy will be gone! Fang Yutong and Yu Shize, please get out of here! I'm begging you!]

[Fang Yutong's attempt to play the victim backfired spectacularly, the fastest she's ever been exposed. One second she posted on Weibo saying she was injured, the next second a video surfaced showing her pushing someone. Ugh, what is she pretending to be innocent for?]

[Exactly, I just saw Fang Yutong's fans stubbornly insisting that the video was edited, it's hilarious.]

Yu Shize isn't any better; let's lock those two scoundrels together.

[I'm dying of laughter at Shu Zi's trending topic about a "love triangle," she's clearly just a bystander.]

[Shu Zi: I really didn't participate in this trending topic. Netizens: But you're at the center of the storm.]

[My heart aches for Huanhuan! She's the most innocent one from beginning to end! Fang Yutong, you owe Su Yanhuan an apology!]

[Waaaaah, Huanhuan is such a cheerful person, but she's still smiling even while sitting in a wheelchair. It makes me so sad to see her like this.]

[Fang Yutong, get out of the entertainment industry! Stop ruining a good child like Huanhuan!]

Meanwhile, a taxi sped back to the villa.

Fang Yutong sat in the back seat, head down, her fingers flying across the phone screen, her face growing paler and paler.

She saw the video that Yu Shize had posted; the scene of her approaching Su Yanhuan at the stairwell was clearly captured.

She also saw the old grievances being dug up one by one: bullying the assistant, stealing resources, framing colleagues...

They were arranged neatly, one by one, as if someone had been planning this for a long time and had been waiting for this moment.

She continued sliding down, her fingers growing stiffer and her breathing shallower.

When she saw the exposé about stalker children, her fingers suddenly stopped, and her pupils contracted sharply.

She didn't tell anyone about revealing Shu Zi's address to the illegitimate child; only Shu Zi found out herself, so it was her doing.

She should have realized it sooner; that recording was Shu Zi's doing, from beginning to end.

She held her phone, her fingers trembling violently, her eyes red-rimmed, and a surge of anger welled up inside her.

She suddenly looked up and yelled at the driver:

"Drive faster!"

The driver was startled and pressed the accelerator harder.

Fang Yutong lowered her head again, staring at the exposé about stalker children on the screen, her teeth grinding together.

"Shuzi..."

The taxi screeched to a halt in front of the villa, its tires screeching against the pavement.

The door was kicked open from the outside, and Fang Yutong stood in the doorway, her hair disheveled and her chest heaving violently.

Her gaze swept over everyone else, fixing directly on Shu Zi on the sofa. Her voice trembled, hoarse with barely controlled emotion:

"Shuzi! You did it! You're the one who did this, aren't you!"