There were about thirty or forty of these photos.
Different angles, different locations, different times, different men.

The time span was extremely large, encompassing spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In the photos, Gu Qichi’s facial features also transformed inch by inch from youthful immaturity to sharp definition.

Because there were too many people, netizens were dazzled and could only barely pick out the faces they recognized.

Lin Shuangyi bore the brunt of it. He frequently appeared in front of media cameras, and his words and actions were completely unrestrained. Yet for so many years, no dirty laundry had ever been dug up about him.

However, in these photos, he was seen multiple times entering Gu Qichi’s room in the early hours of the morning, only to come out an hour or two later.
As for what exactly he was doing during that intervening time… naturally, it went without saying.

The comment section of this explosive revelation immediately livened up.

[Blueberry Jam currently kissing Gu Yuning]: …Fuck, so disgusting. No wonder our Xiao Ning was unwilling to participate in the drama. Resources obtained by climbing into the director’s bed—he doesn’t need them anyway. [So Happy]

[the last time]: Honestly, don’t be too ridiculous. Sleeping your way up is one thing, but making it so obvious… aren’t you afraid the other actors in the crew will notice? Truly, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds.

[Red Oil Crisp Bamboo Shoots are so delicious]: Don’t want to say anything anymore. Gu Qichi, roll out of the entertainment circle, I shouldn’t need to say more, right? [Soybean Smile]

[Everyone please avoid Centimeter Chicken]: Even so… Gu Qichi’s Shen Qingye is genuinely so handsome, completely fulfilling all my fantasies about Shen Qingye… Is this drama going to be martyred (canceled) now… [Tears] [Tears]

[Gu Qichi go die]: As a book fan of Shen Qingye, I truly have no words. Shen Qingye was already so tragic in the book, and now he has to be fatally struck down again in the 3D world… Gu Qichi, you have no heart. [Soybean Tears] [Soybean Tears]

[Red Leaf’s Letter]: Gotta say, this actor really plays hard. There’s 7 or 8 men here, and just the first one dug up is already a heavyweight…

[Centimeter Chicken, terrible, avoid]: I’m actually more curious about the next few…
No wonder Lin Shuangyi defended him so much when the makeup photos came out. So everything had traces to follow! Gotta say, the entertainment circle really is a giant dyeing vat. Disgusting to death. [Vomit] [Vomit]

[xiaolongxia]: For a moment, I don’t know whether my heart should ache for the fans who like Gu Qichi, or for myself who likes Director Lin Shuangyi’s works…

After the first man was exposed, the next one was Song Zhian.

Although all of Song Zhian’s activities had been canceled over the past two months, and there had been absolutely no news of him, he was still a top-tier A-lister, and his fan base was exceptionally massive.

Seeing the person in the photos right now, the pot instantly boiled over.

The photos were obviously screenshots taken from hotel surveillance videos. In one, Song Zhian was standing at a hotel entrance, intimately caressing Gu Qichi’s cheek with an indecent expression. There were also GIFs of Song Zhian intentionally or unintentionally getting close to Gu Qichi on set and making physical contact.

If it were only these, Song Zhian’s fans absolutely wouldn’t have believed it. But when the chat logs between Song Zhian and his assistant were exposed, clearly displaying the fact that Gu Qichi had multiple sugar daddies, and that even Song Zhian wanted to come in and get a piece of the pie—his intentions toward Gu Qichi were undisguised, blunt, and greedy.

Just as Song Zhian’s fans still wanted to resist, the leaker threw out a link to an audio recording.
It completely dealt his fans a head-on blow.

The recording was the very same one that had been handed over to Bo Yu back then. However, it had been blurred and maliciously edited by someone with ulterior motives. They couldn’t hear Song Zhian’s intention to drug and harm Gu Qichi; instead, it was twisted to sound like Gu Qichi deliberately seduced Song Zhian, and Song Zhian couldn’t control himself, so he had no choice but to give him a chance.

Song Zhian’s fans suffered a massive mental breakdown.

[Want to escape but can’t]: Song Zhian, can you really not control yourself that much? I always thought you were a young master who kept his hands clean. I liked you for so many years, yet you actually went and hooked up with a slut.

[Writing of past and present]: No, is that the main point here, sisters? The main point is that all this fcking happened on the set of ‘Xing Tian Qing’! Which means, either Lin Shuangyi or Song Zhian might have been cuckolded… Wearing a massive green prairie on their heads, truly amazing…*

[Salt-steamed orange]: Sister upstairs, is there a possibility that it’s not cuckolding, but that the few of them were sharing… [Vomit] That’s even dirtier. [Vomit]

[Pirated novel websites go die]: Fuck, my eyes are blind. I knew the entertainment circle was dirty, but I didn’t expect it to be this dirty. I’m truly throwing up. [Vomit] [Vomit]

[Pika Pika]: Rotten cucumbers go die! [Naughty] [Naughty]

[Cream Strawberry]: I’ve seen plenty of time management masters, but I’ve never seen a time management master like this. Was he split into several pieces to be used by everyone? [Surprised] [Surprised]

[Navigating with ease]: No wonder the last time Lou Shao provoked him, he was directly blacklisted and abandoned by his entire company. If I had this many sugar daddies, I’d dare to walk sideways in the entertainment circle too! [Doge Head] [Doge Head]

But the photos were far more than just these.

The pieced-together photos were a mixed bag. There were even photos of Gu Qichi going to a hotel to get a room with Bo Yu when he was shooting for the magazine. There were also quite a few photos of the mottled red marks on his wrists and ankles, and the hickey on the side of his neck that was accidentally exposed when he went to the airport early in the morning.

When he was young, he was taken home by the eldest young master of the Gu Corporation at two in the morning and didn’t return all night. The Gu family’s young master even specially bought him a high-end apartment to keep his golden bird hidden away.

Later on, he met all kinds of people, switching through countless men in between. And this year, after gaining popularity through the black-red route, he caught the eye of the famous director Jiang An, who touched his hands in deserted corners, secretly pulled strings to give him an S+ card, and even ignored the rumors, insisting on getting Gu Qichi into his crew…

With the development of the information age, the internet plays an increasingly large role in daily life.

The internet has truly become a global village. Anyone can roam within it, and anyone can obtain anything they want from it. This is undoubtedly highly beneficial to people’s lives; efficient, rapid, agile, and accurate information can be received and understood in real-time. Yet, massive drawbacks also spread rapidly without people realizing it.

Doxxing, rumor-mongering, insults, and verbal abuse are rapidly nourished like a virus on the massive hotbed of the internet, with malicious rumors spreading to every corner of the web.

When the home address under Gu Qichi’s name was dug up and revealed to be a high-end apartment in the city center, it undoubtedly further confirmed the authenticity of this set of photos.

The online discourse became incredibly clamorous, spiraling completely out of control.

Some busybodies even joined this chaotic rumor-mongering. Under the search tags, “classmates,” “friends,” “distant relatives,” and “crew staff who had contact with Gu Qichi” constantly emerged.

Using an incredibly familiar tone, they continuously released some “black material” on Gu Qichi.

He stole things in elementary school, he r-ped a female student in middle school, he bought his student status in high school with money but was still publicly denounced by the whole school for cheating.

As for his university days, opinions varied. Some said he dropped out before finishing high school and was kept as a sugar baby by Gu Yuan’an at a young age, hidden away like a golden bird in a cage. Others said the university he attended was a completely unranked, fake diploma mill, and he got in because his sugar daddy threw money at it; just saying the name of the school would get him mocked.

Time gradually shifted. The clock hands ticked all the way to 12:30 AM, yet the melon-eating masses on the internet didn’t rest for even half a moment.

More and more people joined in, and more and more explosive material was released. Everyone was like a badger jumping up and down in a melon field, wishing they could completely sort through all these melons in a single night.

But the information released was too much and too messy, dazzling people for a time, making it hard to distinguish what was true and what was false.

Yet the only thing they could confirm was that there was genuinely a sugar daddy behind Gu Qichi. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Lan Yi and Picky Eater Manman‘s Weibo posts were deleted, and why all malicious search terms regarding Gu Qichi were completely blocked.

Some netizens couldn’t sit still. Even though tomorrow was still a workday, and they had to drag their exhausted bodies to catch the crowded subway at 8 AM, they still disregarded everything, insisting on staying up all night to completely strip Gu Qichi clean.

Some even tried to start with the people around him.

At 2 AM, Luo Qianqian’s personal information was mosaicked and exposed online.

Perhaps because she had previously managed the members of Song Zhian’s boy group, some repulsive pieces of shit began to make even more malicious speculations.

Luo Qianqian’s personal Weibo account quickly fell under these comments.

[lost]: No wonder Song Zhian could hook up with Gu Qichi! So there was this layer of connection. Tsk, the entertainment circle really is a circle. [Husky]

[You and me under the plane tree]: Sister Qianqian, I don’t know if you’re asleep, but I know you’ll definitely see this Weibo when you wake up. Tell Chi-chi that we believe in him, tell him not to be sad.

[The plane tree forever accompanying Chi-chi]: Sister Qianqian, hurry up and do anti-black PR! Hurry up and sue them! Why does Xiao Chi have to suffer these rumors and slanders every time? [Tears] [Tears] It’s already been so hard for him to make it this far. [Tears] [Tears]

[Pineapple Pineapple Jackfruit]: Lived long enough to see everything. He’s been exposed to this extent, and there are actually still fans willing to wash the floor for him. [Soybean Surprised]

[Mutually attracting prime numbers]: Just stop calling yourselves plane trees, call yourselves ‘floor-washing ponds’ instead. It really fits your fan persona. [Covering mouth laughing]

[kika ya]: Luo Qianqian shouldn’t be called Luo Qianqian either, call her a pimp! [Finger Heart] [Finger Heart]

At 4 AM, someone dug up the background of Wen Che from Strive! Actors!

The only son of the country’s largest catering company, Wen Corporation Foods; the incredibly wealthy and noble Young Master of the Wen family.

But because it was truly too late, the CP super-topic for Wen Xin Ru Gu didn’t fall like Luo Qianqian’s Weibo did, though a large batch of strange people still flooded in.

[Every brick and tile is hard-won]: So these fans aren’t shipping any sweet moments at all, this is all just Gu Qichi’s new technique for hooking rich guys.

[Don’t ask if you haven’t loved]: Truly lived long enough to see everything. He casts his net really wide…

[Startling swans entering the ear]: So far, the people dug up are: Famous director Lin Shuangyi, popular top-tier star Song Zhian, international big director Jiang An, the Gu Corporation’s eldest young master Gu Yuan’an, Wen Corporation Foods’ only son Wen Che, and a mysterious mosaicked man. Of course, those few old geezers can be ignored… Gotta say, using ‘Sea King’ (playboy/fckboy) to describe Gu Qichi is considered modest…*

[The green tea alpha is always fishing me]: The hot searches haven’t fermented yet right now, but wait till tomorrow, it’s definitely going to explode straight to the top…

[The most beautiful is a vow]: But looking at Wen Che’s reaction, he was completely manipulated by Gu Qichi to death. Sigh, what a pitiful kid.

[Stir-fried meat is also very delicious]: So sleepy, going to sleep. Hope he gets directly hammered to death tomorrow morning. Eating melons is so tiring. [Sleep] [Sleep]

Just as the netizens guessed, because the time of the explosive revelation last night was too late, and the several real-time public squares and hot searches related to Gu Qichi’s black material had been directly withdrawn, besides a few big fans in the fan circles who had grudges against Gu Qichi, most passersby had absolutely no idea this happened.

The matter hadn’t completely exploded yet.

Even the technicians of the Bo Corporation hadn’t had time to come to work and discover this quietly emerging search term.

The comments and insults inside continued to grow with time.

At 8 AM, everyone woke up and rushed to their work units.

Everyone was dead tired at their workstations. Sometimes slacking off, sometimes sneaking a couple bites of breakfast, sometimes taking out their phones to scroll through Weibo to see if anything new happened today.

At 8:50 AM, #GuQichiSugarDaddyNudePhotoScandal# climbed to the very last spot on the entertainment hot searches.

It instantly leaped into the eyes of all users.

The title was too eye-catching; it was hard not to notice it even if you tried.

Coupled with the fact that Gu Qichi had been frequently showing his face on the hot searches over the past few months, countless genuine passersby who started slacking off at work flooded in.

The value-add speed of the search term’s views and play counts erupted exponentially, reaching an almost terrifying speed.

At 9:20 AM, the search term #GuQichiSugarDaddyNudePhotoScandal# climbed to the 38th spot on the hot searches.

Major marketing accounts began to enter the fray.

@The Auntie With No Panties Left: Has everyone seen the new melon that just came out last night? A certain 18th-tier black-red obscure star slept his way through the entire entertainment circle, practically the Siren of domestic entertainment.
@Drama Queen Drama Queen Drama Queen Queen Queen Queen: Melon: The director and actor of a certain large-scale male-frequency IP adapted web drama were cuckolded, and the green hat they’re wearing is the exact same one. [Doge Head]
@Rebirth of Niohuru Puppy: A certain massive hit CP that rose up from an acting variety show recently became real. Good news: CP fans can ship with peace of mind. Bad news: Your sister-in-law isn’t just your sister-in-law, she’s the sister-in-law of a hundred families in the entertainment circle. [Eating Melon] [Eating Melon]

One stone stirred up a thousand waves. The search term hanging on the hot search was already conspicuous enough, attracting a massive amount of attention. Coupled with the marketing accounts fanning the flames, passersby practically didn’t even need to lift a finger; the melons peeled by a huge group of people last night were practically fed directly into their mouths.

Along with this, the clues from the inventories were also released one by one, making the whole thing look even more authentic and credible.

The public squares and the space under the search terms were spammed with massive amounts of “Holy shit,” “Lived long enough to see everything,” and “The Siren of the entertainment circle” from passersby.

This search term directly rocketed to the 23rd spot on the hot searches.

But its position was absolutely not limited to this. After taking this order, the marketing accounts behind it had been notified by the person pulling the strings to push this search term up the hot searches as much as possible, bound to send Gu Qichi to the headlines in one fell swoop, leaving him with no possibility of ever turning things around.

The sugar daddy ordered, so naturally, the marketing accounts had to comply.

When Lan Yi saw the marketing accounts consecutively spamming his homepage, his heart jumped violently.

He had just found out that his Weibo post was directly blocked by Weibo, and he was originally still terrified of whether the sugar daddy behind Gu Qichi would come after him.

But seeing the current situation, a malicious smile hooked the corners of Lan Yi’s lips.

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it; when a tree falls, the macaques scatter. This is an eternal truth in this world.

Since Gu Qichi was already like this now, it wouldn’t hurt for him to go up and add some fuel to the fire.

After all, Gu Qichi ending up in this state couldn’t be blamed on him. He could only blame himself for not living up to expectations; clearly clinging to so many thick thighs, yet still managing to muddle his way into this miserable state.

Furthermore, the other party’s fox tail was completely exposed now. Hugging left and right with so many sugar daddies, yet not knowing how to hide it better. Being pierced through and hung directly on Weibo… truly stupid beyond belief.

Not only that, the few people behind him were all famous figures in the circle. With their reputations suddenly persecuted, not only would they not protect him, but they would probably join forces to blacklist Gu Qichi within the circle.

Right now, it was an absolutely perfect, unparalleled opportunity.

Lan Yi switched to his alternate account. His eyes filled with excitement as he pulled up the video of Gu Qichi hitting someone from his photo album.

High definition, uncensored.

It was just missing some audio, but fortunately, it captured Gu Qichi’s insufferably arrogant expression. That was enough for him to suffer.

Click. Send.

This new search term, #GuQichiAssaultsSomeone#, became the final straw that crushed the camel’s back.