As soon as Yang Fei finished speaking, Shang Ning suddenly stood up.

"Disappear? You want me to disappear now?" Shang Ning looked at Yang Fei, her pale face covered in sweat from her emotional outburst. "I like Jin Yining. I chased after him at the airport and on set. I slandered Qin Wei. I accept all of that. But all those things—the constant insults and accusations against me for hurting and cursing people at the airport, the fabricated stories about me just to make more people hate me, attack me, and insult me—I'm supposed to just put up with it? You chose to remain indifferent even knowing that all those accusations against me were false, just to avoid causing trouble for Jin Yining. Who pushed me step by step to where I used to be?"

Shang Ning was on the verge of a breakdown, but she was still trying her best to suppress it.

"I can apologize to Qin Wei, and I can apologize to Jin Yining, but all of you owe me an apology." Shang Ning said each word clearly and forcefully.

Shang Ning had hurt Ning Kong before, and whether out of guilt or sympathy for a stranger, she couldn't bear to accept Yang Fei's suggestion.

When Ning Kong was surrounded and beaten at the airport, no one cared. When she got home, she was met with distorted and accusatory insults and condemnations. She clearly just wanted to give Jin Yining the gift she made herself. She just liked someone. What did she do wrong?

Even if she really did something wrong, it's a matter between her, Jin Yining, and Qin Wei.

Listening to both sides leads to clarity; listening to only one side leads to obscurity.

But ironically, the internet is a place where people can manipulate public opinion.

"So what do you want to do? To tarnish your own image to the extreme, then use those videos to slap everyone in the face, and then awaken some of the deceived people to hear them say sorry, is that it?"

"yes."

"Does that string of characters have any meaning?"

"For Ning Kong, yes."

Yang Fei hadn't expected Shang Ning to be so resolute; every word she uttered was so firm and resounding that Yang Fei couldn't use the rules of this industry to refute her anymore.

"The definition of a toxic fan is someone who imagines their idol as their own possession and then actively attacks other people's toxic fans. Putting aside feelings, don't you know what kind of relationship I have with Jin Yining? Didn't you condone the fact that people online are labeling me as a toxic fan? If you had been willing to guide public opinion and make explanations from the beginning, things wouldn't have developed to this point. Even if we hadn't made our marital relationship public, I think you would have had many ways to prevent this from happening."

Yang Fei listened, biting her lip.

"In the capital market, capitalists want to make money, and celebrities want popularity and attention. Fan base size is the extent of their influence, and the unity of a fan base often requires a common target to attack," Yang Fei said in a deep voice. "You're not a toxic fan, but I don't need to explain for you. Nobody wants to get themselves into trouble, and I've talked to you many times before, asking you to let Jin Yining go. Hasn't Jin Yining done enough for you? Have you heard anything about it?"

"I admit I was wrong, but I don't deserve to die. Didn't you ever think that public opinion could drive me to my death? Is human life so worthless in your eyes? If I really cared about what others said, do you know that the insults online could drive me to my death hundreds of times over? Would you be innocent then? When an avalanche comes, no snowflake is innocent." Shang Ning could feel her heart sinking into an glacier. She spoke slowly and deliberately, each word forcing Yang Fei to take a step back.

Yang Fei said it was impossible for her to have no feelings at all, but she had no choice. "Ning Kong, besides Jin Yining, I have several other artists under my management. Fan groups are the foundation for idols, especially traffic idols. Otherwise, why would investors choose them? The relationship between fans and idols is a very sensitive topic. Fans can make you famous today, but they can destroy you tomorrow."

Shang Ning clenched his fist.

She couldn't understand it, and she couldn't comprehend it.

These things were beyond her comprehension.

This bottom line terrified her.