Bai Li ripped off his headphones, swallowing a "Holy crap" that he didn't utter for the sake of his image.

Her friends were more relaxed than her and were already laughing hysterically.

"Lan Shu'er! It's definitely Lan Shu'er! Everything matches up!"

"Is that best friend Xi Tongsu?"

"My God, how dare Lan Shu'er scheme against Xi Tongsu like this?!"

"Quick, I'll forward this one too, it's hilarious."

Bai Li twitched his lips, saw his companions' gloating expressions, shook his head, still opened his phone, pressed the share button, and typed out a comment.

"I don't care who this actress is, I just want to know how her best friend is going to tear her apart. If I were that best friend, I would definitely slap this actress across the face!"

On Weibo, the number of comments jumped rapidly, with mockery, ridicule, surprise, sighs, and insults converging from all directions across the internet, clearly displayed on the screen in black text on a white background.

"You're really something else, aren't you? You're the epitome of viciousness!"

"Are you talking about @兰舒儿?"

"It must be... that best friend is Xi Tongsu? Holy crap, is Lan Shuer really that disgusting? Xi Tongsu just cleared things up for her, and now she's trying to harm Xi Tongsu?"

"Have some conscience, you trolls! The blogger didn't say it was Lan Shu'er, so don't make wild guesses! My Shu'er and Tong Su are good friends, it's impossible!"

"Lan Shu'er, is the news true?"

"@Lan Shuer, do you know why we're cursing you? You shameless woman! Xi Tongsu was kind enough to help you, and you turned around and schemed against her, attacking her from the shadows and maliciously slandering her! You're so black-hearted, Sima Gu'er!"

"To be fair, everyone, please stop criticizing Lan Shu'er. After all, I've almost run out of likes for all of you."

"No dog head added, friendly forces were given a proper burial, the forty-meter-long sword can't be retrieved."

"Hahahaha @Lanshuer, what do you think?"

In her hotel room, Lan Shuer browsed the comments on Weibo. Each word felt like a needle of ice, pricking her and making her tremble.

"Damn it! Who posted this?! Who?!"

She roared and smashed her phone. Even though the floor was covered with a thick carpet, the phone made a crisp cracking sound from the force of the impact.

The glass screen shattered into a spiderweb pattern, flickered, and then went completely black.

Lan Shuer's pretty face contorted into a grotesque grimace. She abruptly jumped out of bed, slammed down on the table, and frantically opened her laptop, clicking the WeChat icon on the screen: "Agent... Ji Yu, no, I need to find someone! Who dares to scheme against me, who—"

However, when the page popped up with the QR code required for login, her confused mind went blank for a moment before she realized: "My phone is broken, and I can't log in to WeChat on my computer either!"

She stumbled around and lunged at her suitcase to grab her spare phone, but the more she rushed, the more her hands trembled, and she couldn't even unlock it.

Lan Shu'er trembled all over, her ears ringing, as if she could hear giggling sounds outside the room, as if everyone was talking about her.

"Xi Tongsu? It's Xi Tongsu and Liu Ming, isn't it? Xi Tongsu must have told Liu Ming! They dared to harm me like this, I'm going to kill her! Damn Xi Tongsu!"

Liu Ming is Madam Zhang.

Lan Shuer felt dizzy. After finally turning on her phone, she was bombarded with messages from Weibo, WeChat, missed calls, unread text messages, and unread emails.

Her spare phone wasn't the latest model to begin with, and it immediately froze. Frustrated, she turned off the Wi-Fi and dialed Ji Yu's number.

But the phone was hung up after only two rings.

On the other end of the signal, at the Ji residence.

Before Ji Yu could answer the phone, his mother snatched it away.

She glanced at the name displayed on her phone screen, her face darkened, and she hung up the call without hesitation.

"Ji Yu, you must stop contacting this woman now. Go find Xi Tongsu right now and explain things to her properly!"