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 When Jian Leyi returned to his dorm, he found empty beer cans scattered all over the floor. His blond roommate was lying on the floor, drunk. He walked past him without changing his expression, placing a basketball under the table as he pulled out a chair and sat down. He asked his other roommates, who were sitting in their seats, "What happened to him?"

One of his roommates, wearing glasses, pushed up his glasses and turned around, saying, "He said his brother went to a dinner party today where his goddess was, but she has a boyfriend, so he's probably heartbroken."

Jian Leyi asked curiously, "Isn't his goddess an internet celebrity?"

Jian Leyi had a decent relationship with his roommates. Since last month, the blond guy had been shouting that he had met his true love and would marry no one but his goddess. Jian Leyi hadn't taken it seriously and didn't like to meddle in other people's business. So far, he only knew that it was a female internet celebrity named Niannian, and apparently, she was only superficially related to her.

Jian Leyi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It was normal for boys at this age to be full of energy and have a desire to explore attractive people. Although Jian Leyi himself wasn't like that, despite having all the traits of a scumbag, he was actually incredibly sexually frigid.

The bespectacled roommate shrugged. "Maybe he's really in love."

Jian Leyi found it somewhat amusing, not maliciously, but just that falling in love with someone on the other side of the screen seemed strange. Plus, the blond-haired guy was heartbroken, so she didn't continue the discussion.

But the blond-haired guy, who was lying on the floor asleep, seemed to be stimulated by the word "goddess." He actually opened his eyes, picked up a beer can, and said, "It's true love! I truly love my goddess, heaven and earth can bear witness!"

The blond-haired guy wobbled up from the chair and said to Jian Leyi, "And that guy isn't my goddess's boyfriend, he's just her number one fan! My goddess and he don't have any love. My goddess's love is reserved for me."

Hearing this, the roommate who had been playing games silently nearby suddenly looked up and retorted, "Your goddess loves you my foot! If you really have delusions, you should go to the hospital."

"And from what you've said, your goddess is having an affair with the top-ranked fan, how can you still like her? Do you have a cuckold fetish?"

Jian Leyi's roommate, who was playing games, was closer to the blond-haired guy and could say harsher things. Jian Leyi, who was only so-so with the blond-haired guy, could only say, "If she likes him, she likes him

, it's nothing." The gaming roommate chuckled and said, "He's poured almost all his money into his goddess. His goddess quit the internet a while ago, and now he has neither money nor her. What a fool."

The blond-haired guy was unhappy to hear this and said, "She quit because of the haters! My goddess is innocent. I think those haters just can't have my goddess, so they've become twisted. Now nobody gets any benefit, and the world is settled with the top-ranked fan winning."

Jian Leyi had no interest in this kind of bloody online celebrity drama. Seeing that the blond-haired guy was really into it, he didn't say anything more. He opened his book, but couldn't read a single word. The image of that beautiful "girl" in the hospital kept appearing in his mind.

He didn't know her name, what she liked, whether she had a boyfriend, or whether she was interested in guys like him.

These thoughts kept swirling in Jian Leyi's mind, clashing back and forth.

Just a brief encounter had made him hot-headed and a different person.

Jian Leyi thought he wasn't much different from Huang Mao; both were bewitched by a mysterious beauty they didn't know. He stopped reading and decided to open his phone and chat with the "girl," regardless of whether it would work out, he had to try. He couldn't become like Huang Mao, whose goddess ran off with someone else, leaving him only to numb himself with alcohol in his dorm.

Just as he unlocked his phone, Huang Mao suddenly waved his own phone in front of Jian Leyi. Huang Mao was truly drunk; the phone screen was black, and he kept saying, "Let me show you my goddess, she's so perfect, I love her so much!"

Jian Leyi helplessly agreed a few times, not looking at the phone, nor interested. His mind was only on the person he had met today; everything else, to put it bluntly, was no different from looking at inanimate objects.

If Jian Leyi could just look down at the phone screen that the blond guy had lit up, and see the unrealistically beautiful person on the screen, she would instantly realize that their dream girls were actually the same person.

After Jian Leyi sent the blond guy away, ignoring his mutterings about going online to look at his goddess again, she carefully considered what to say and planned to send it to the person she had fallen for at first sight. Then she heard the blond guy's incredulous scream, "Ah?? My goddess is a guy??"

(Post in the forum):

[Breaking News] Don't feel sorry for Nian Nian, we've all been deceived by him, he's been a guy from beginning to end!!! HOT~

OP: I'm so angry my hands are shaking, and my head feels like it's been punched several times.

Everyone still acting like a clown on this forum, who isn't genuinely in love with Nian Nian? And now, they're all laughing, everyone's become a real clown.

I've spent a lot of money on Niannian [screenshot]. I didn't take it seriously. I own a company and I'm not young anymore. Falling in love with Niannian made me feel unworthy; he's too young and innocent. So I never thought about investigating him before. I liked him and doted on him like a younger brother, so I didn't care about the rumors. But recently, Niannian disappeared from the internet, and I'm really worried. So I asked many old friends to help investigate his current situation. Then, I received information about Niannian before his information was blocked from me through a private investigator.

You can see for yourselves [picture] [paper with everything except photos and gender blurred]. After typing this, I've calmed down and am thinking about becoming a monk, seeing through the illusions of the world.

Of course, if you don't believe me, you can watch this video [link], which I bought.

In the video, the boy is wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans, with an apron stained with oil. He's carrying a plate of barbecue, and his pretty face is covered in sweat. The background is a noisy food stall, but none of this diminishes the striking beauty of his appearance. Tears wet his long, straight eyelashes, glistening at the corners of his eyes, creating an illusion of the moon falling to earth, almost within reach. The boy doesn't look at the camera, seemingly busy walking. At the end, the person filming seems to say something, and the boy, looking nervous and helpless, smiles shyly and says, "Sorry, brother, I'm not a girl, I can't give you my contact information."

Aside from being clearly male, the boy in the video is identical to the online persona of Nian Nian in both voice and appearance.

1L: I don't believe it.

9L: I agree, bro. OP, you claim to be old enough, but you speak so youthfully and extremely. Are you a hater who can't stand Nian Nian? Just put Nian Nian's full name in the title, and instead of criticizing anything else, criticize his gender. It's laughable.

57l: Hahaha, I don't believe it, I just don't believe it hahaha.

189l: Let's take a step back and assume the person in the video is nn. If nn says he's not a girl, is it possible that he's not a boy either, but intersex?

327l: Okay, the person above is indeed shocked and confused. Someone previously found out that nn worked at a barbecue restaurant, and the boy in this video also works at a barbecue restaurant. They look exactly alike. No one would think he's not nn, right?

556l: The person upstairs reminded me, there's another possibility: the boy and nn are twins.

620l: Then I still accept the idea that nn is actually intersex.

751l: I'm not a male fan. Besides being shocked and heartbroken, I also feel like you men are better at sculpting than I am. But having come this far, how much of an obsession do you guys have with nn being a girl?! A sex change out of thin air?!

892l: Whether nn is a girl or not, he has to be a girl!

997l: Stop derailing the thread! This is such a big revelation. The fact is, nn is a man who likes to cross-dress and has gender dysphoria, right? Aren't you all going to confront him? Where's your usual spirit?

1230l: How to confront him? What kind of confrontation?

Reply to 1230l: How else can we confront him? Go and curse him! He just quit the internet, not deleted his account. If you won't curse him, I will.

1562l: Why were we creating a persona for nn earlier? What if he doesn't have gender dysphoria and just likes to cross-dress to scam us men out of money?

1825l: There are female fans too, and female fans have also donated money. Female fans have a more complicated feeling than you. On one hand, they think he's a liar and should be permanently blocked, but on the other hand, they think effeminate men are just like that!

2003l: Where did I create a persona for nn? Why would a perfectly normal man cross-dress? He can make money by cross-dressing too, so there's only one possibility: he has gender dysphoria.

2233l: No, there's another possibility, he's gay, he likes us.

3518l: ? This thread is getting more and more twisted.

3980l: But thinking back carefully, nn never seemed to say he was a woman during his livestreams, he just always wore women's clothing.

5111l: What happens to effeminate men?

North Korea.

5736l: Stop messing around, you guys are just whitewashing nn, right? You're spineless, you can tolerate this, but when you see SMQ people starting to attack nn, normal men still exist, unlike this bunch of clowns on the forum who are being manipulated by nn.

6238l: How was I manipulated? How was I manipulated? Unless nn himself comes out and slaps me in the face, I don't believe any of the revelations on the forum. 6517l

: But the others might not be true, nn might really be gay, the people he's been flirting with and having sex with are all men, and judging from the photos, he really suffered a lot at the hands of the top fan. Wait, is nn actually a man? We can ask the top-ranked person on the leaderboard. They have the most say. If nn really is a man, why is the top-ranked person so calm? Does anyone know the top-ranked person?

7028l: Yeah, yeah, don't start insulting nn without any evidence. nn has already quit the internet and can't be found. Now that he logs back in, it's all insults. Anyone with a bit of sense would just pretend to be dead and run away.

7672l: Are people in this thread serious or just pretending? Have you really fallen in love with a man?

8255l: You can't be so absolute. I still believe nn is bisexual.

8799l: How come the bisexual guy is still here? Besides you, who else in this thread is so perverted? Stop fantasizing, I'm scared.

9562l: Help! Someone screenshotted the bisexual guy's comments and posted them on social media. Now the comments section is full of people saying that everyone in the forum is an idiot.

9999l: On the other hand, only if nn performs a live-stream of taking off her pants will everyone really break down, but the live stream will be banned then. Also, since the poster was able to find out nn's information, aren't people worried that someone will cause trouble for nn offline?

...

The man was very strong, and unlike Xue Rongfeng and the others before, he really used force. His ruthless hand sealed Jiang Nian's nose and mouth, and Jiang Nian could only make unimpeded sobs. Her tears fell onto the back of the man's hand, making him loosen his grip as if he were being burned, and air rushed into Jiang Nian's respiratory tract again.

The man's voice was filled with annoyance: "Why are you crying already? I haven't even done anything to you yet. But it's good that you're crying, Nian Nian, you should cry. You need to atone for your sins."

"When you were deceiving us in those little skirts, you were probably very happy, thinking everyone was an idiot. Well, looking like that, maybe if you shed a few tears, everyone will forgive you."

"Even I, in my anger, couldn't bring myself to say anything harsh to you. How about this, Nian Nian, you become my wife, and I'll forgive you for deceiving me."

"You like wearing little skirts, right? It's okay, I'll buy you lots and lots of little skirts, and then you'll give me a baby, and we'll live a happy life as a family of three."

The man was completely absorbed in his own world, rambling on and on, obsessive and terrifying. Jiang Nian's eyes stung, and she struggled, kicking her legs back and biting the man's palm.

Jiang Nian possessed an animal-like intuition. While Xue Taihe had given her a sense of security when recognized, this strange man was terrifying; she felt his mental state was unstable and he might do something to harm her.

The system in the space was also extremely anxious.

Even if the pain level decreases, the psychological damage remains.

The man, though bitten, didn't release Jiang Nian; instead, he tightened his grip, forcing her to open her mouth. He then used his other hand to clamp down on her waist, lowering his head to sniff her cheek, his hot breath hitting her skin.

Jiang Nian repeatedly struck the man's body with both hands, but the man seemed oblivious to pain, obsessively sucking and biting at her cheeks. Then, excitedly, he bit her neck, the bite extremely hard, blood flowing down her fair skin. Jiang Nian, like

a swan, raised her chin high, fumbled in her pocket, pulled out her phone, and smashed it hard against the man's forehead. Blood immediately flowed, blurring his face. The man's grip loosened, and Jiang Nian seized the opportunity to push him away, then kicked him hard in the groin.

"You pervert!" Jiang Nian cursed.

As the man doubled over in pain, Jiang Nian clutched her phone and hurriedly ran outside. After running a short distance, she heard the man's hateful voice behind her, "You ungrateful bastard! I love you so much! Wait till I catch you..."

Jiang Nian looked back and saw a man with a face covered in blood, running after her in the darkness. He looked terrifying, making Jiang Nian's heart skip a beat.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the man was kicked into a flower bed by Xue Rongfeng, who suddenly appeared. Xue Rongfeng was still wearing his suit, and his clothes and hair weren't messed up at all during the movement. He rushed to Jiang Nian's side, cupped her face, and looked her up and down, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe. "I'm sorry, I'm late. I've made you suffer again."

Seeing the blood flowing from Jiang Nian's neck, Xue Rongfeng almost went crazy. The naughty and lively Nian Nian in front of him was always being bullied behind his back, becoming pale and fragile. His heart ached as if it were being torn apart, twisted into a knot, and he wished he could kill everyone who had bullied Nian Nian, or perhaps stab himself to calm himself down. Xue Rongfeng steadied his trembling wrist and firmly wiped the blood from Jiang Nian's neck. Fortunately, the bleeding wasn't much and subsided quickly.

At this moment, the man also crawled out of the flowerbed, looking disheveled. He was still handsome, but the extreme ferocity on his face made him look exceptionally ugly.

He pulled a knife from his pocket and said hatefully, "Niannian, who's this adulterer again? I've never seen him before. How many men have you been with? This isn't a good girl..."

"It's okay, just be with me, I'll treat you well..."

Xue Rongfeng narrowed his eyes, took off his glasses, and handed them to Jiang Nian. He stepped forward, but the man had no patience for Xue Rongfeng. He stabbed the knife directly at the heart, but Xue Rongfeng dodged it, only tearing his sleeve. Then, Xue Rongfeng punched the man in the temple, making him dizzy and fall to the ground. Xue Rongfeng kicked the knife away from the man's hand.

Xue Rongfeng's punch was well-controlled; it wouldn't seriously injure or kill him, but it wouldn't be good either, almost immediately rendering him incapacitated.

Seeing this, Jiang Nian, somewhat emboldened by her presence, ran over and kicked the man a few times. Xue Rongfeng was charmed by her cuteness, but also worried. His Nian Nian was so fragile and pitiful, always making his heart ache. What would he do without her?

He said sternly, "Remember to carry a weapon for self-defense from now on. No… you have to stay with me every step of the way, or I'll teach you Muay Thai."

Xue Rongfeng took his glasses from Jiang Nian's hand and put them back on, his fierce

expression softening somewhat. Jiang Nian now looked like fragile glass, a white flower battered by a storm. Her slender figure, pure white dress, was stained with specks of blood, and her flawless face bore red marks and water stains. She blinked, stepped forward, hugged Xue Rongfeng's waist, leaned against him, and softly said, "Thank you. I was so scared just now."

Her voice became soft and sweet, like a melting snowflake, or like a frightened little ball of fur unconsciously lowering its voice.

Xue Rongfeng couldn't utter a single harsh word.

Jiang Nian, a well-behaved girl, not only experienced a group fight today but also encountered a pervert. She must have felt incredibly helpless.

Xue Rongfeng hugged Jiang Nian tightly, wiping her face and neck clean with his sleeve. He whispered, "No need to thank me. It's my fault. I didn't force you or take you home; I only dared to sneak behind you, which is why you ended up like this."

Jiang Nian shook her head in his arms. Xue Rongfeng could only see the cute whorl of hair on her head. Jiang Nian whispered, "It's not your fault." "Mm

."

Xue Rongfeng and Jiang Nian hugged for a long time. After a while, Xue Rongfeng remembered his business. He took out his phone and dialed the police. The police arrived quickly and, while arresting the man, Jiang Nian and Xue Rongfeng also had to go to the police station for questioning. By the time they came out, the moon was already high in the sky.

Xue Rongfeng had driven there. The two sat in the car. City A was bustling; even in the early morning, it was brightly lit and bustling with traffic.

Xue Rongfeng said

calmly, "Stay at my place tonight." He was nervous, afraid Jiang Nian would refuse; he always felt helpless with her.

But Jiang Nian agreed, and he hummed in response, listlessly settling into the passenger seat and looking at his phone without a care in the world.

Xue Rongfeng was worried. He'd always been independent, and comforting others was something he never did. After thinking it over, he said, "Your apartment complex has no security guards or access control; it's very unsafe. I own several properties. You can stay in any of them if you don't want any, or you can move in with me."

Jiang Nian refused.

He sensed something was wrong with the men around tonight. Searching his online name, he found a lot of people insulting him, mostly accusing him of being a man who dressed as a woman to scam money and affection.

Jiang Nian knew things were bad. Although his identity was about to be exposed, it was up to him to do it. Now, he didn't know who had disrupted his plans, which made him uneasy.

Jiang Nian asked the system in his mind, "Is the mission complete?"

The system investigated and regretfully replied, "Not yet. Those who are cursing you are a minority of your fans; most are observing. The passersby are all just having fun, finding it very amusing."

The system was telling the truth.

Jiang Nian's situation was escalating. Although his fan base had plummeted, some passersby were also regaining attention, making it seem relatively calm at first glance.

Jiang Nian understood that since things had already developed to this point and couldn't be reversed, he decided to add fuel to the fire, making this farce even bigger.

Xue Rongfeng parked his car in the underground garage. The home he brought Jiang Nian to was a large penthouse next to his company, where he would rest when he was tired from work; it was essentially Xue Rongfeng's private territory.

Just after parking, Xue Rongfeng noticed out of the corner of his eye that Jiang Nian was staring intently at his phone screen. Under the bright light, his face looked unwell, and Xue Rongfeng instinctively realized something was wrong. He bent down to look and saw only malice filling the screen.

Disgusting, transvestite, scammer.

With just a glance, Xue Rongfeng reached out and covered Jiang Nian's phone, turned on the car lights, and asked worriedly, "Has someone dug up your information?"

Jiang Nian lowered her eyelashes, her thoughts unreadable.

Xue Rongfeng said anxiously, "Don't look at these things. There's a lot of malice online. You're not that kind of person."

The day after his tryst with Jiang Nian, Xue Rongfeng ordered his men to block Jiang Nian's information to prevent it from leaking out, otherwise the news that Jiang Nian was a boy might have been exposed much sooner.

Xue Rongfeng didn't know that Jiang Nian had announced she was no longer livestreaming. He was busy with work, and Jiang Nian's livestream was already closed after he finished work. Furthermore, Xue Rongfeng had never followed any streamers and didn't know about livestream replays. So he still thought Jiang Nian was working as a streamer. Now, someone had dug up her gender and posted it online, so Jiang Nian was being criticized, and he might lose his job as a result.

Seeing that Jiang Nian remained silent, Xue Rongfeng, unable to accept what had happened that day, said, "I'll have someone smooth things over; you won't see any more of this."

Jiang Nian spoke up, saying, "No need, this is all as it should be."

Xue Rongfeng's tone suddenly changed, becoming harsher, "Don't be willful. There's no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn't.' Don't underestimate yourself."

Jiang Nian turned his head away, saying calmly, "Don't concern yourself with this. I was in the wrong first."

Jiang Nian moved Xue Rongfeng's hand away; he couldn't let Xue Rongfeng ruin his plans. Meeting Xue Rongfeng's flickering eyes earnestly, he said, "It's okay, I'm not sad. I knew this would happen from the beginning."

Xue Rongfeng's smooth-sailing life had been repeatedly thwarted by Jiang Nian, but he... he had no other choice; he couldn't refuse Jiang Nian.

Xue Rongfeng opened the car door. The two remained silent the entire way. In the elevator, Xue Rongfeng said, "If you stop livestreaming, come work for my company."

"If you don't want to work, I'll take you traveling everywhere,"

Jiang Nian smiled, her eyes crinkling. It wasn't obvious that she was reluctant, but it stirred a wave of helplessness and complex emotions within Xue Rongfeng.

Jiang Nian was truly so pitiful.

He wanted to lock her up, isolating her from all people to ensure her safety, monitoring all the conversations and previews on her phone to prevent her from suffering emotional harm.

He wanted to build the most magnificent and exquisite castle for his princess to live in.

But… watching the elevator numbers rise, Xue Rongfeng felt that the princess didn't need him, her knight.

Jiang Nian was the princess, he was the knight; they were meant to be together.

Why did he always have this premonition that Jiang Nian was about to leave him?

Next, Xue Rongfeng kept a close watch on Jiang Nian, preventing him from looking at his phone, fearing he would continue his self-destructive habit of viewing online comments criticizing him. Xue Rongfeng warmed some milk and placed it on Jiang Nian's bedside table. Jiang Nian was put in the master bedroom. Jiang Nian wasn't interested in the night view of City A, and the huge floor-to-ceiling windows failed to attract his attention.

While Jiang Nian went to take a shower, Xue Rongfeng hesitated between using a spare bathrobe and his own rarely worn bathrobe. In the end, he acted normally for once, opening the newly packaged bathrobe and placing it on the rack. He said to Jiang Nian in the bathroom, "The clothes are outside. There's a bathtub and essential oils in the bathroom; you can use them as you like."

The sound of running water and Jiang Nian's voice blended together, "Okay, I understand."

After Jiang Nian came out, she drank milk at the perfect temperature while Xue Rongfeng dried her hair with a hairdryer. Once her hair was almost dry, Xue Rongfeng said, "Sleep well tonight. Don't look at any bad comments online. Tomorrow will be a good day."

Jiang Nian held the glass and obediently nodded.

Xue Rongfeng stroked Jiang Nian's cheek and said softly, "Goodnight, Nian Nian."

Xue Rongfeng had originally planned to sleep with Jiang Nian, but then felt it was too fast. He was very restrained in pursuing her, unlike his directness on their first meeting.

So he decided to sleep in the guest room himself, adding,

"Remember to be good."

"I heard you. Goodnight, Xue Rongfeng."

After the door clicked shut, Jiang Nian put the glass on the bedside table, shrank into the black bed, covered her head with the blanket, took out her phone, and had the system hack her account so no one could find her address. Then she started posting about herself online.

It was her first time logging into a forum, and it took her a long time to register before she started typing and creating content. The forum

's "Watering Hole" section:

A small scoop about Nian Nian.

The original poster (OP): Nian Nian's deception isn't just about gender; see more: [Images][Images][Images]

The main post is filled with numerous censored, explicit images of Nian Nian sleeping with various men. The men's faces are blurred, leaving only Jiang Nian's seductive or decadent expressions and her flat, white breasts exposed to everyone who clicks to read the post.

Besides these, there are photos of Jiang Nian sitting in a bar, drinking, a cigarette between his fingers, lips slightly parted, eyes fixed ahead, casually exhaling white smoke. This

is Jiang Nian's first post. He's afraid to read the follow-up, fearing the disappointment of his fans, so he turns off his phone, closes his eyes, and prepares to sleep.

Actually, Jiang Nian originally planned to be even more ruthless, but remembering the system's statement that beginner tasks didn't require such intensity, and considering his deep affection for his fans after so long of streaming, he hesitated when it came to actually carrying out his harsh words to the system.

Jiang Nian changed his mind. He didn't want to see his fans sad. He was wicked, but not completely so; he could see the kindness others showed him.

Even if it was just to complete the mission, at this point, Jiang Nian still hoped his fans wouldn't be too heartbroken. He just wanted them to know that he was a man who smoked, drank, wasn't innocent, and dressed as a woman. His fans would be sad at first for being blind to like such a streamer, but they would probably forget about him later.

As for the mission, it didn't have to be perfect.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nian sighed. He couldn't bring himself to add fuel to the fire and make the farce bigger; he was such an idiot.

But what Jiang Nian didn't know was that his post was deleted within minutes of being published due to its obscene and pornographic content. Not many people clicked to see it, and he didn't even have time to take a screenshot. It

didn't even cause a ripple.

The system, which had been watching, initially wanted to remind Jiang Nian, but seeing Jiang Nian's still furrowed brow even after he fell asleep, its heart softened. It thought its host was also in a difficult position and must be feeling uncomfortable. It would remind him later.

Shortly after, the system discovered a strange post on the forum. It had just been published, the address was blurred, and it was related to Jiang Nian. The thread contained a video, but the strange thing was that the video was based on Jiang Nian's real experience, but apart from the visuals, the audio was all artificially synthesized.

It contained very offensive comments, the kind that would enrage fans.

The system should have woken Jiang Nian up, but the content of the thread could help Jiang Nian complete her task, so the system had ulterior motives. It wondered who had a grudge against Jiang Nian and had created this video.

They took advantage of Jiang Nian's current absence from the internet and the exposure of her alleged affair with a male, without offering any explanation.

They probably thought Jiang Nian wouldn't go online, which is why they dared to create such a fabricated video.

The system decided not to tell Jiang Nian that her post had been deleted and that she had been falsely accused. Since she could still complete her task, it wouldn't want to upset her.

All it could do was ensure that Jiang Nian wouldn't go online again.

The post's title was malicious: "[Fans, come in and see what kind of person you all love]."

The main post was a long video. It started in a booth in a bar, with colorful lights illuminating Jiang Nian. He wore a leather jacket, his hair styled in a typical masculine, slightly parted style, but because it was so long, it gave him an inexplicable air of liveliness and untamed freedom. Combined with the strange angle and blurry, candid camera quality, it had a millennium-era feel, making him stunningly beautiful.

However, nothing else

in the video was as beautiful as Jiang Nian. Surrounded by men and women whose faces were obscured, Jiang Nian was nestled in one man's arms, eating melon fed to him by another.

The people around him were constantly trying to cheer him up. Jiang Nian seemed drunk, his cheeks flushed, and his eyes not very clear.

Someone asked Jiang Nian, "Don't you like your fans at all? They fawn over you so much?"

Jiang Nian kissed the man next to her before lazily replying, "No, I don't like them. They're so annoying. A bunch of clueless people. Who would like them? Just thinking about what they did to my photos makes me want to vomit."

Someone asked vaguely, "Then why are you dressed as a woman?"

"To make money. It's so easy. Just a little coquetry and I can get a lot of money. Only a fool wouldn't do it."

"So you're a guy then?"

"Haha, can't you tell?" Jiang Nian pushed away the men surrounding her, stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray, and unbuttoned her leather jacket one button at a time, revealing her underwear. Then, with a flick of her finger, she revealed a slender waist, a cute belly button, and above that, a milky-white chest adorned with red cherries, drawing attention.

"A genuine man."

The scene ended there, and the fans' hearts stopped too.

1L: Isn't the video a composite?

6L: How could he treat us like this? Just hours ago, a post exposed him as a boy, and I stupidly defended him. I was so stupid, such an idiot.

36L: I'm truly heartbroken. I chose to believe him through every crisis, but seeing this post, I'm speechless.

Why is he so cruel?! Why did he treat us like this?

89L: So what if he's a boy? I'd still like him, but after he said he didn't love us, I suddenly felt like everything was meaningless.

256L: Are we really lacking love? We're the ones lacking love. We did so much for him, said so many nice things, and got nothing in return, just a liar.

730L: What happened to all the sweet talk he gave us? Wasn't a single word sincere? Seeing us foolishly offering him our true feelings, did he laugh at our naiveté and ignorance?

1265L: How is that disgusting? Niannian, tell me, how does liking you disgust you?

1815l: I've thought a lot about it. Niannian might be a boy who lacks love, so he's very insecure and always makes mistakes, just wanting attention. But this post slapped me hard in the face; it told me I'm a joke.

2237l: I still remember the first time Niannian spent a lot of money on a dress, it was because fans said it looked too cheap and didn't look good. Niannian was very obedient; after buying it, he told us in the live stream that he spent a lot of money, more than he had ever seen before, and it hurt him, but it was all worth it for his fans. After saying that, he showed a youthful smile that still makes me want to cry when I think about it now. Was that all an act?

3507l: He pretends to be innocent and pure with us, but in private he drinks and smokes, right? How charming! He doesn't refuse anyone and leans on other people's arms, saying he's chaste for us, saying he wants our love. It's just a trick to manipulate us. Niannian, you're really something, I admire you.

3977l: Which of his words were true? I believe he was genuinely trying to fool us when he wasn't making money, but he changed after he got rich, right?

5002l: Niannian, we're not stupid. It's not that you can just act cute and we'll throw money at you. We love you because of the loving and sincere look in your eyes every time you look at us during your livestreams. You love us, that's why we love you. What's the real story?

5697l: Niannian is different from other borderline streamers. He shares stories about kittens he encountered downstairs, finding small stones in his takeout, and how happy he was when a dog walker let him pet the dog's head. He

also cares about the trivial things people say in the chat, and tells everyone he's happy to receive money, but hopes everyone will spend it on themselves, not waste it on his livestream.

And yet, when you say and do these things, you think we're disgusting? Even actors can't act as convincingly as you. I should be harshly criticizing Niannian, but right now I can't do anything except understand.

6513l: Is there some hidden reason? This video looks like it was filmed from an abnormal angle, like the person who filmed it planned it for a long time. This isn't normal. Adding to the previous post exposing the guy, it seems like they're all connected. How could they all coincidentally appear on the same day?

6927l: What other hardship could there be? The evidence is out, stop deceiving yourself! Deceiving yourself once is enough. Niannian herself said she hates us, are you going to keep doing this?

7585l: I still don't want to believe it, how could he do this…

8537l: This is when I hate someone the most. I hate that he pretended to deceive my feelings, I hate that I actually fell for it and loved such a jerk.

He's the worst jerk, and I'm the most despicable jerk, haha.

9999l: I've done everything I could. I loved him so much before, I'm taking back all my feelings.

Niannian, you have no heart.

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