Xie Ling watched Xie Feiran’s overly dramatic words and, in the end, somehow decided to let Xie Feiran handle it on his own.
Pay-to-win Whale: If you can’t solve it yourself, feel free to come to me anytime.
Xie Feiran: Got it.
After ending the chat with Xie Ling, Xie Feiran finally started investigating the whole matter from the beginning.
All the details had been posted on the Tina Forum by someone Xie Ling had instructed, and as soon as Xie Feiran entered the forum, he saw it.
Upon seeing the expose post, Xie Feiran discovered that the one who bought water armies to frame him was actually Song Qiusheng, which made him laugh quietly.
“So petty.”
Xie Feiran tapped his chin lightly with his slender fingers, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
“Just like those Old Nobles.”
After saying that, Xie Feiran paused for a moment.
Old Nobles?
Wasn’t he just a game character with a consciousness?
Where did these memories even come from?
But he didn’t dwell on it.
Since Song Qiusheng dared to pull these dirty tricks, he might as well expose everything he had done.
True to his word, Xie Feiran immediately linked his consciousness to the network and smoothly began screenshotting all the WeChat messages between Song Qiusheng’s assistant and the water army studio.
He personally checked the water army studio’s accounts to prove there had been transactions between Song Qiusheng’s assistant and the studio.
Finally, after tracing the main members’ IP addresses, Xie Feiran completed gathering all the evidence.
Tina Continent Game Forum
[Concrete Proof]
The post’s title was casual, but the first floor was packed with undeniable screenshots.
Each image was solid evidence, nailed down so firmly that it was impossible to refute.
A crowd of night owls who hadn’t gone to sleep yet came to watch, and this was way more exciting than the previous ambiguous threads.
Floor 1: Damn, did the forum host hack someone’s computer?
Floor 2: With so much evidence, could it be from Xie Feiran’s team?
Floor 3: Floor 2, you’re blind. Didn’t you see the host’s account is level sixteen? An almost veteran player since the server opened.
Floor 4: You can buy accounts though.
Floor 5: I know the host. He used to post tons of tutorials on how to use Xie Feiran for dungeons, even when Xie Feiran was almost unusable in the meta. He always developed new strategies to get Xie Feiran in the game. Ultimate Xie Feiran fan. It’s impossible that he sold his account or helped Xie Feiran fight dirty.
After Floor 5, many opened the posting history of the Xie Feiran account and saw almost all posts were about the game character Xie Feiran—developing new strategies, fighting against the claim that Xie Feiran couldn’t appear.
These tactics required exceptional skill; very few could pull them off. But looking at hundreds of posts like these, no one dared deny the host’s love for Xie Feiran was genuine.
Floor 6: If it was SQS, then nothing he does would be surprising. He and his fans are disgusting.
Floor 7: The forum host has solid evidence that can’t be refuted.
Floor 8: I wonder how Xie Feiran offended SQS.
Floor 9: The entertainment circle’s dirty tricks are disgusting. Others never promoted themselves, but he claimed to be our Tina Continent’s Xie Feiran.
The post was full of insults targeting Song Qiusheng, quickly gaining attention and sparking heated debates.
It also drew the eyes of Song Qiusheng’s fans and Anti-Black Fan Stations.
Fans rushed in, claiming the screenshots were photoshopped.
Their Qiusheng would never do such things; these were all lies.
They warned about Lawyer’s Letters and threatened to dox the forum host and report the game forum.
The doxing and reports infuriated the players even more.
To them, if you did something wrong, you should lie low and accept the criticism.
But if you act recklessly on their turf, be prepared to get beaten.
Soon, Song Qiusheng’s Weibo was flooded with insults, and even he didn’t quite understand what was going on.
After posting all the evidence, Xie Feiran cut off his network connection and closed his eyes.
He was dreaming.
Xie Feiran was back in the game, standing once again before the solemn, majestic church.
A gentle breeze lifted his hair, as if nothing had changed.
He was a little surprised.
When he turned around, he saw the blonde-haired, blue-eyed protagonist wielding the power of light.
“Xie Feiran, you’re back!”
The golden-haired protagonist looked at him excitedly.
“Damn it, if I wake up and can’t see you in the game, I’m going to curse the game devs.”
Xie Feiran understood.
The protagonist had no consciousness of his own; the body was controlled by a Player.
“I went to another world.”
Xie Feiran smiled.
“It was really fun.”
The other world he mentioned was the Players’ world, though he couldn’t reveal that to them.
“After my travels, I’ll become a strong Main Carry.”
Xie Feiran caught a flower petal carried by the wind and blew it toward the protagonist.
“Travel Companion, we will meet again, and there are still a thousand rivers and mountains we haven’t walked together.”
With those words, a gentle light enveloped Xie Feiran as he gradually disappeared from the Player’s sight.
The next morning, Players woke up and immediately posted, “Last night I dreamed of Xie Feiran.”
Then they checked the forum and thought, Damn, you all dreamed of Xie Feiran too?
[The male god said to me that we will meet again]
[Ahhh, I’ll never put my Feiran in the stash again; he really wants to see all the thousand rivers and mountains with me.]
[I’m not even a Xie Feiran fan, but I dreamed of him too. Is it still okay to become a fan now?]
[So many of us dreamed of Xie Feiran; maybe it’s a message from him.]
Before players could discuss further, the official Tina Continent game team announced they would be collaborating with the Xingyun Trainee Xie Feiran to create a birthday MV for Xie Feiran.
At the same time, Tina Continent posted a thousand-word apology to Players, explaining that they couldn’t fix the character.
Even remaking the model couldn’t save the data.
They also invited a Modeling Master to help rebuild the model, but even then, the data couldn’t be saved.
The modeling process kept crashing. The Master confirmed this explanation.
In addition, Xie Feiran’s birthday was approaching, but the Voice Actor had a scheduling conflict and couldn’t record.
To give Players a complete Birthday Celebration, the game official specially invited the Xingyun Trainee Xie Feiran to cooperate.
They asked for everyone’s understanding and compensated the entire server with a five-star character: Goddess of Fire Fina.
This apology and announcement stunned the Players.
Tina Continent’s studio was practically groveling, even compensating everyone with a powerful Main Carry for the new version.
[Is it really impossible for Xie Feiran to come back?]
On Weibo, someone posted this comment, but strangely, everyone couldn’t help but recall what Xie Feiran said in their dream: We will meet again.
[Considering everyone dreamed it last night, maybe after his travels, Feiran will reappear in our game character box.]
No one could refute this comment or explain why everyone had the exact same dream.
[But I still don’t like the official inviting a star to play Xie Feiran. My two-dimensional male god shouldn’t appear in reality.]
Meanwhile, Song Qiusheng looked at the comments under his Weibo and angrily smashed his phone. He couldn’t understand how anyone had found out about his behind-the-scenes schemes.
His Agent let him vent his anger, then finally spoke up: “I’ve already had the water armies control the comments under your Weibo, and I paid to have those forum posts deleted.”
“So what? Won’t they save the screenshots?” Song Qiusheng’s chest heaved with anger.
“For now, just lie low and wait for them to forget. Then attend the events later,” the Agent reminded.
To him, time would smooth everything out.
For now, they just needed to keep Song Qiusheng from escalating the conflict.
“It has to be Xie Feiran’s team behind this,” Song Qiusheng gritted his teeth.
“Do you have any proof?” the Agent asked calmly.
Song Qiusheng fell silent.
Then he heard the Agent say, “Xie Feiran is already cooperating with Tina Continent. Don’t stir up trouble. If a fight breaks out, everyone will know it was you.”
“Mm,” Song Qiusheng replied gloomily.
At this moment, Xie Ling was driving with a Tina Continent contract in hand, heading to the filming location of Youth.
As soon as he entered the dance studio, he saw Xie Feiran practicing his dance moves.
At the same time, Xie Feiran’s three teammates also looked at Xie Ling with surprised expressions.
No wonder. Xie Ling looked about forty percent like Song Qiusheng, but his features were more refined, and his aura more elegant.
Standing before others, he exuded a commanding presence without saying a word.
His golden-rimmed glasses made him appear even more unfathomable, giving off an intimidating charm.
Xie Ling’s presence made the top celebrity look like a clown, and the livestream chat was filled with comments praising him as a beauty.
[Who is this? Looks like he brought a contract. Are we finally getting business for Feiran?]
[Feiran’s brother is amazing.]
Xie Feiran glanced at Xie Ling standing at the door and said, “There’s surveillance here. Let’s talk outside.”
After that, the staff led the two to a secluded meeting room in the Polar Bear Building.
Inside the meeting room, Xie Feiran glanced at the contract and quickly signed his name.
Playing himself really was an interesting experience.
Xie Ling pocketed the contract and looked at Xie Feiran.
“Was it you who did that last night?”
“You tell me.”
Xie Feiran smiled.
Xie Ling suddenly felt that maybe Xie Feiran wasn’t that much of an edgelord after all.
“Keep practicing your dance. I’ll send someone to pick you up for tomorrow’s shoot,” Xie Ling said as he stood up.
“I’m leaving now.”
After saying that, Xie Ling got up and left. But as soon as he reached a corner, he was suddenly pushed against the wall and dragged into the tea room.
“Let me go!”
Xie Ling struggled.
The intruder was nearly two meters tall, making it impossible for Xie Ling to break free.
Qiyu, here to film the show, looked at the person he had been longing for and couldn’t help but touch Xie Ling’s chin.
“Aling, are you doing this to Song Qiusheng because you’re jealous? You still love me, don’t you?”
After saying that, Qiyu was about to kiss Xie Ling, but suddenly his shoulder was grabbed tightly by someone else.
“I say, did you chew through the peach tree root overnight?”