The room was completely silent. The members of Ji Yu's team stood quietly, heads bowed, in a circle, enduring Ji Yu's furious rant and ravings, yet daring not to utter a sound.

Ji Yu grew increasingly agitated, saying angrily, "You won't talk, huh? You dared to trick me! Now get your phones and computers out and go through them one by one! Go through your contacts, Weibo, WeChat, emails—any contact method, find everything you've contacted in the last few days!"

Check my phone?

This is an invasion of privacy!

The crowd clearly showed their displeasure, and Ji Yu was even angrier: "What are those expressions on your faces! Are you feeling guilty?"

"without……"

Everyone had no choice but to lower their heads, hand over their phones and computers, and check each other's devices, but after searching for a long time, they still couldn't find any clues.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and the assistant rushed to the door and said, "Brother Ji, it's Lan Shu'er."

"Lan Shu'er?" Ji Yu seemed to be thinking, then his expression suddenly turned fierce. He opened the door and pulled her in. "What are you doing here at this hour? Did you hire bots to manipulate the votes?"

Lan Shu'er was stunned: "What? Me? I didn't hire any online trolls! How could I be so stupid?"

The dramatic changes she experienced in the past two days caused her to break out in large, bright red pimples on her forehead, which no skincare or makeup products could remove or conceal.

"Then why did you come looking for me in the first place!"

"Ji Yu, do you think I still want to see you?" Lan Shu'er was also angry, and snorted, "I'm here now to ask you, have you canceled all the online troll operations you arranged in advance?"

Ji Yu was startled: "What?"

He completely forgot about asking for things in advance.

The assistant seemed to remember something, and his expression changed drastically. He looked up shakily, staring in horror at Ji Yu's violent face, his words stammering with fear.

"Brother Ji, Brother Ji... I just remembered, wasn't this poll orchestrated by that operations company? We paid the online marketing company a long time ago to handle all online information, including the poll..."

The team members chimed in, "Yeah, when we paid them, we thought Miss Lan's acting skills would definitely surpass Xi Tongsu's. To be on the safe side, we told them to cast more votes and make sure she beat Xi Tongsu..."

"Who knew that Xi Tongsu was actually a better actress?"

"My God, could this poll really have been orchestrated by that online troll company? They wouldn't be so clueless, would they...?"

As the staff's guesses grew quieter, the atmosphere in the room became oppressive and gloomy. Everyone looked at each other, feeling a chill in their hearts.

Could it be—

Is that really the case?

Did they dig their own grave?!

Ji Yu's expression changed three times. He picked up his phone from the ground, intending to call the online marketing company, but when he bent down to pick it up, he realized that his new phone was broken again. He then snatched his assistant's phone and dialed the number.

The phone rang a few times and was answered quickly.

"...Actor Ji, you're messing with us. What do you mean by 'our company acted on its own'? Our company is the most sincere. Since we took the money, we'll definitely do a perfect job for you! Even if Miss Lan Shuer's data was low, we still managed to boost it."

Ji Yu was trembling with rage, gripping his phone and yelling, "Are you stupid?! Have you lost your mind?! Lan Shuer's lousy acting skills were used to win? Do you really think those people online are blind?!"