Chapter 231 Hot Search

Seeing that she looked calm, Li Bian felt relieved.

At two o'clock, the book signing session officially began.

A pair of beautiful hands handed the book to her, and a familiar deep voice sounded above her head: "Master Xinglan, please sign your name on it for me. I will treasure it for the rest of my life."

Jiang Yao looked up and met Li Beiting's handsome face, and a sweet smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

After signing her name on the first page of the book, she added a sentence, to: Dear Beiting, and added a heart at the end.

When Li Beiting took the book back, he looked at the contents on it and a tender smile appeared in his eyes.

The atmosphere between the two was so cloying that it gave bystanders goosebumps.

Readers came in one after another. At the beginning, there were only about ten people. They quickly signed and left, making the place seem deserted.

The reporters kept filming, obviously waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

But not long after, a large number of people came in one after another.

"Master Xinglan, please, please give me an autograph."

"I've liked you for a long time, and today I actually met you in person. I'm so happy."

This group of people all looked excited, and the crowd was so crowded that it almost filled the hall.

The reporters were stunned, not understanding how so many people could suddenly appear in just a few minutes.

Even the reporters in the next room rushed over after hearing the news. "Oh my god, this is even more exaggerated than a singer's concert!"

"This number far exceeds the readers next door! It seems this place is more famous."

"The news here will definitely be more interesting if it is exposed."

The situation is reversed.

Jiang Yao was a little slow to react.

Until someone gently tapped his shoulder with a finger, "Master Xinglan, can I ask you for an autograph too?"

Jiang Yao looked up at the newcomer in surprise, "Mr. Qin, how could you..."

She quickly realized, "Did you invite these people?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just helping to organize the people. They are all your loyal readers." Qin Jinxiu explained to her.

Jiang Yao nodded gratefully at him, "Thank you."

Qin Jinxiu chuckled, but glanced at Li Beiting out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that he was indifferent, he couldn't help but snort in his heart.

This guy is really good at pretending.

The subsequent autograph session went quite smoothly. My hands were sore from signing by the end, but it finally ended successfully.

Jiang Yao stood up and bowed earnestly to the readers. "Thank you all for your continued support. Even though I haven't updated for so long, you've been willing to wait for me and give me a chance. I will definitely not let you down again in the future."

She said a lot of true words.

The readers were so moved that their eyes were filled with tears. "Xinglan, you are the best! We will always support you."

Jiang Yao smiled and stood up to see them off personally.

But in the end, the crowd was too crowded and Jiang Yao accidentally stumbled.

Before Qin Jinxiu could react, Li Beiting had already noticed it carefully and held her shoulders to steady her body.

"Tsk—" He immediately clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction and said, "Boss Li really is showing off all the time. What's the difference between him and a peacock spreading its feathers?"

I thought he would fight back, but this time, Li Beiting rarely did not retort him.

Jiang Yao was still a little surprised.

On the way out of the hall, Jiang Yao remembered something and asked, "By the way, Young Master Qin, how did you know about my situation and find so many readers in time?"

After all, this was an emergency and Qin Jinxiu was not at the scene, so he should not have paid attention to it.

Qin Jinxiu looked a little unhappy when he heard this.

But after hesitating for a moment, he finally told the truth, "It was thanks to Boss Li's great ability that he leaked the news in advance that I was able to make timely preparations."

Even though saying this would give his rival extra points, Qin Jinxiu didn't want to take advantage of him.

And even if he kept it secret, if Li Beiting secretly exaggerated the matter with Jiang Yao and took away his credit, it would be a waste of time.

Jiang Yao was startled and suddenly looked at Li Beiting.

So, was it because she had mentioned this matter unintentionally before, and Li Beiting took it to heart, that he made preparations in advance?

Meeting the man's gentle eyes, Jiang Yao felt a tenderness in her heart.

"Thank you."

She is very grateful to them.

There is no need to say much about the relationship between Li Beiting and her.

As for Qin Jinxiu...it seems that they are pretty good friends at the moment.

Just as they stepped out of the hall, reporters from the autograph room next door came running over.

"Ms. Jiang, I heard that your friend specifically paid a lot of money to hire a large number of online trolls to support your book signing event? Do you have any explanation for this?"

"Suddenly, such a large group of people showed up, and they were so disciplined. It's obvious that there's some capital behind this."

"It's not shameful to be out of fashion, but when you're clearly out of fashion, you're deliberately paying people off to boost your own popularity. This is malicious competition hype and it's unfair to the author next door!"

They attacked her righteously.

Jiang Yao thought it was ridiculous. They were really a bunch of people crying "stop thief".

"Who said they are water army? They are my readers!" Jiang Yao's eyes were sharp and his words were sonorous and powerful.

"Ha, if you say so, then so be it. Do you have any evidence?"

"Even if you find someone to impersonate you, do you think we will believe you?"

"How can your popularity compare to the author of 'The Dawn is Coming'?"

The reporters were clearly looking for trouble, as they were certain that she would not be able to produce evidence to prove that those people were her readers.

“Who said we were fake readers!”

At this moment, the group of readers who had just left unexpectedly rushed back. The girl leading the group took out her phone and pointed it at the camera. "I'm a reader who has supported Xinglan for three years! See? This is my reading account. This is my subscription and voting records. I've spent 100,000 yuan in the past three years! This can't be fake, right?"

"And me, this is my reading account. I subscribed a year ago. Although it didn't cost much, I am a genuine reader."

"I also have—"

Readers posted their notes one after another, "We've always wanted to meet Master Xinglan, but we heard the quota was full, so we almost missed out."

"I didn't know the address of the book signing event before, and only came after the group leader of our reader group sent it to me."

Such clear evidence before us is enough to prove that they are real readers.

The reporters were dumbfounded.

However, Qin Jinxiu on the side still felt it was not enough.

"The one who's really behind the scenes is the author next door, right? You guys are hired by the capitalists, aren't you?"

After he finished speaking, the reporters' faces turned pale and they denied it flatly, "I didn't do it, stop slandering me!"

Qin Jinxiu sneered, pulled out a stack of documents from his pocket, and spread them out in front of the camera. "The author of 'The Dawn Is Coming' used marketing hype to buy trending searches and bribed people to attend the book signing event. These are the evidence!"

Other reporters nearby took photos and recorded the scene.

There is no room for argument now.

The reporters who provoked Jiang Yao fled in panic.

Before long, topics such as #The author of "The Dawn is Coming" hypes# became hot searches.