I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

On Weibo, the video posted by Jiang Xinhai's account has already garnered over 5 million views, becoming a legend.

On Douyin, "Summer Breeze" has been quoted in countless videos, becoming a Douyin hit song that people have listened to to the point of being tired of it.

In addition, a relatively insignificant matter is that Jiang Xinhai's influence on the topic has been rising rapidly since surpassing Li Xingliang.

Three hours later, at midnight, the topic of Jiang Xinhai's popularity finally settled at—

5.76 billion.

This number is more than double that of Li Xingliang and completely surpasses his historical record.

It also broke Weibo's historical record.

The following morning, the official Weibo account posted a screenshot of the trending topic of Jiangxinhai on the Weibo launch page.

The figure of 120 million was highlighted in large red letters.

That small golden crown looked incredibly dazzling.

Li Xingliang, on the other hand, was completely relegated to the background.

Through this incident, those boy band fans finally realized:

The so-called trending topics list is just something they entertain themselves in their small circle.

Once a god-like figure like Jiang Xinhai steps into it, he will completely shatter the frogs' well rim.

……

The next day, Li Mengyao went to work with dark circles under her eyes.

Last night, she got really into reading the comments.

I watched until 1:30 a.m. before reluctantly going to sleep, completely forgetting that it was Monday.

As expected, I overslept today.

When she ran off the subway, she carried her high heels in her hand and stepped directly onto the cold ground with her stockings, sprinting to the exit.

As soon as he got off the train, he bumped into the company's new manager.

“Manager Yu…” Li Mengyao lowered her head shyly, not daring to look at the other person.

"Ah."

Unexpectedly, the other party did not reprimand her.

She hurriedly put on her shoes and noticed that Manager Yu had been watching her the whole time.

While blushing, she noticed that the manager also had dark circles under his eyes.

When she arrived at the office, she was just about to recommend Jiang Xinhai's new song to her colleague when her colleague preemptively asked her:

Did you hear Jiang Xinhai's new song yesterday?

"Huh?" Li Mengyao was caught off guard by the question.

"No way?! You haven't even heard of this!" My female colleague said, not with malice but with an exaggerated tone. "Here, let me play it for you. 'Summer Breeze' is super good!"

“No…” Li Mengyao stopped the other person, “I’ve heard of it.”

My colleague's face immediately fell: "Don't you think it sounds good?"

"No, it's not that it sounds nice, it's just that..." Li Mengyao blushed.

She didn't know how to explain it to the other person.

Yesterday, she personally experienced this grand banquet.

My colleague's face brightened again, and he said, "Guess what? Today when I went to the restroom, the people in the next department were humming 'Summer Breeze'."

"……Yeah?"

"I'll go ask other people if they've seen it."

Li Mengyao felt a mix of emotions.

This girl, I've never heard of her being a fan of Jiangxinhai before!

I was the one who became a fan of Jiangxinhai first!

……

At lunchtime, while Li Mengyao was eating, her colleagues gathered around, eating and gossiping.

They were naturally talking about the hottest topic at the moment—Jiang Xinhai and Zhichi.

“I rarely listened to Jiang Xinhai’s songs before. I had only heard that her duo with Zhichi was very strong. Today I realized that they are really amazing.”

"I had heard before that their songs were popular all over the country, but I didn't quite believe it."

"Have you read 'A Poetic Life'? Zhichi and Jiang Xinhai are boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Oh? Really? I thought it was just gossip."

"No, Jiang Xinhai himself admitted it."

"Wow! That's amazing!"

"And another thing, after Zhichi broke up with Jiang Xinhai, he went to find a rich woman..."

……

After some discussion, the tone of the conversation among the colleagues completely changed.

The focus shifted from praising Jiang Xinhai to attacking Zhichi.

"After breaking up with Jiang Xinhai, he went to find a rich woman, isn't that amazing?" a colleague said while eating. "I'm afraid he's run out of ideas."

“I think so,” another colleague said. “Otherwise, he wouldn’t have stopped writing songs for so many years and only released these two.”

"Songwriters have a short career span; once their inspiration runs out, they run out of money, so it's normal for them to go looking for rich women."

A colleague sighed, "Jiang Xinhai is still too sentimental. I thought she stopped singing because her voice was no longer good, but now it seems that her voice is still great. She's just too nostalgic."

Another person shook their head and said, "Yes! It's such a pity. Her heart was held back by this relationship. If it weren't for this romance, she could have been popular for at least another ten years if she had sung other people's songs."

Li Mengyao, who had been listening nearby, finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke up:

"No way, these two songs were written by Zhichi in one night, just to avenge Xinhai. They must still have feelings for each other, and Zhichi is still talented."

The colleague who had spoken earlier shook his head at Li Mengyao:

"Yaoyao, it's because Xinhai's singing is so good that it carried Zhichi."

Li Mengyao disagreed, saying, "It's about good teamwork, not about who carries whom..."

Another colleague said, "It's true that the seaweed flew within reach. You'll know once you listen to 'Summer Breeze.' If her voice weren't so beautiful, this song wouldn't have become so popular."

"Yes, I can't remember the lyrics, but I can sing them. It's all because Xin Hai's voice is beautiful."

Others chimed in, saying, "And then there's 'Hill,' which Xin Hai is desperately promoting just to boost Zhi Chi's popularity, but everyone can see how bad the song is."

Li Mengyao's eyes widened: "What do you mean, 'It's obvious to everyone'? 'The Hill' is a really good song!"

Everyone was staring at her, making her feel guilty.

"What, am I wrong?"

The colleagues next to them exchanged a helpless glance and said:

"To be honest, I think it's just so-so."

"Me too, I don't know what they're singing."

"It makes me want to sleep."

Li Mengyao was very dissatisfied.

Although Li Mengyao had also experienced some of the feelings they shared, she could tell that the song was definitely a great song.

Moreover, she could never forget the look in Jiang Xinhai's eyes and the close interaction between them when he sang.

That wasn't just a look of adoration and longing; it was practically... worship.

She worshipped Zhichi as if it were a god!

"The Hill" is indeed a good song.

A voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Chapter 108 A Young Man Named Chen Ya

Li Mengyao turned around and found it was Manager Yu.

Upon seeing that it was Manager Yu, everyone stood up and respectfully greeted, "Manager Yu..."

"No, no, eat your food. It's after get off work hours now."

After saying that, he added, "The song 'Hill' is one that requires life experience to understand. It's a great song."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the crowd, seemingly hoping for a response.

As a result, no one responded to him.

So he put his hands in his pockets and walked away.

After he left, people started talking about it.

Why did he suddenly bring this up?

Was he listening to our discussion just now?

"He's not even 30 yet..."

Li Mengyao did not join their discussion.

She suddenly remembered—Manager Yu's real name was Yu Sheng, wasn't it?

Isn't that the same name as the online friend she added yesterday?

And, it seems... he also lives in their neighborhood?

……

After get off work, Li Mengyao was still browsing the comments on Jiang Xinhai's new song.

This has become her regular leisure activity.

However, while she used to read all comments, now she's focusing on the song "Hill".

However, the reviews she received for this song were not very positive.

Compared to the immense popularity of "Summer Wind," this song has received very little attention.

It's as if, compared to his sister's excellence, this simple and honest younger brother has become someone that everyone deliberately avoids mentioning.

She even saw a post criticizing "The Hill" on a forum with a lot of boy band fans.

Some say this song is extremely awful, that they don't know what it's about, and that it sounds like rambling.

There were quite a few comments agreeing with this.

This made Li Mengyao very unhappy.

Out of boredom, she made a video call to her mother.

"Hey Mom, what are you busy with?"

"Hehe, watching TV." The mother chuckled on the other end of the video call.

"Where's Dad?"

"Ever since you shared that link yesterday, he's been opening it all the time."

Li Mengyao chuckled upon hearing this and said, "My dad has become a fan of Jiang Xinhai?"

"Hey, he's been a fan of Jiang Xinhai for a long time. When he listened to 'Encounter,' you were still a kid."

Li Mengyao said, "Let me see Dad."

The mother pointed her phone camera at the father.

Li Mengyao, however, saw a scene that was different from what she had imagined.

Her father sat blankly on the sofa, like a puppet, his eyes fixed on his phone.