Chen Tianchi felt himself fall heavily to the ground, his back throbbing with excruciating pain that made his vision blur. He lay on the ground for a long time, listening to the whispers and mocking laughter of his classmates, before gradually regaining his senses. He had been... thrown to the ground by Lin Nian with an over-the-shoulder throw?!

When did Lin Nian become so amazing?

No, what he should be thinking about now is that he actually got hit by Lin Nian, he couldn't beat Lin Nian, and... he's still lying on the ground!

Realizing this, Chen Tianchi quickly got up from the ground and saw many girls pointing and whispering about him as they passed by, their smiles either mocking or contemptuous... Chen Tianchi wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He wanted to cover his face and leave as quickly as possible, but before he could take two steps, Tian Siyin walked up to him, stopped him, and asked, "Hey, Tianchi, what are you doing here?"

"It's nothing," Chen Tianchi said casually, trying to bypass Tian Siyin and leave quickly.

Tian Siyin hadn't seen what had just happened and didn't know why her classmates were pointing at Chen Tianchi and some were even chuckling softly. Curious, she asked, "Did something happen?"

Chen Tianchi: "Nothing happened." He tried to leave around Tian Siyin again, but was stopped by her once more.

She asked, "You don't look well, are you feeling unwell?" Her little face showed concern.

Seeing this, Chen Tianchi felt a little better and was about to say, "It's really nothing." But then a few nosy girls appeared at the dormitory entrance. They had been there and hadn't left since they saw there was a good show to watch. One of them couldn't help but chime in, "You didn't know, did you? This young master Chen was just beaten up by Lin Nian, the one who put on the show."

Tian Siyin couldn't help but look surprised.

Chen Tianchi's handsome face immediately turned bright red.

As soon as the conversation started, a girl next to them immediately said, "Didn't you see that? Lin Nian's over-the-shoulder throw was so cool..."

Another girl chimed in, "Yeah, I think she's really cool too, I'm kind of thinking of becoming a fan!"

...

The girls were all talking at once, making Chen Tianchi feel even more embarrassed. He quickly left, walking as fast as he could for his life. Behind him, he heard Tian Siyin scolding the girls: "Do you all love watching other people's drama? Are you all just bored and have nothing better to do?"

The girls then stopped talking.

Chen Tianchi's affection for Tian Siyin deepened even further.

Having been publicly slapped by a girl he had always looked down upon, and having his beloved girl find out about this embarrassing incident, Chen Tianchi gritted his teeth with hatred just thinking about it: he was determined to make that Lin Nian pay!

But when did Lin Nian, who had always been ignorant and incompetent, become so capable? As Chen Tianchi thought this, a strange, bittersweet feeling inexplicably flowed through his heart.

He couldn't immediately figure out why he felt this way.

Chu Nian's advertisement has been airing during prime time for several days now, and many students have seen it. They were quite amazed by Chu Nian's image in the advertisement: she sings and dances, full of energy, with a beautiful voice and an amazing dance.

This is a completely different extreme from the Lin Nian of the past, who sang off-key and couldn't dance!

Not only have students on campus become fans of Chu Nian and secretly followed her on Weibo, but many people outside the school, including some advertising and film companies, have also started to take notice of her.

However, posts about Lin Nian singing off-key and not being able to dance at all appeared on several forums. Many senior students who remembered Lin Nian singing and dancing at the New Year's Eve party during her freshman year started to comment.

Soon after, several similar posts went viral...

Chu Nian was puzzled. How did a post that originally only appeared on the campus forum suddenly become a trending topic? She didn't believe that no one was manipulating things.

This news spread a hundred times faster than the news about Chen Tianxi and Baihe. And because Chu Nian was filming an advertisement for Lin's products, it quickly affected the sales of Lin's products, and consequently the stock market.

Some of Lin's shareholders began to question Mr. Lin about this, causing him a great deal of trouble.

Chu Nian learned from the detective that Yun Fan had been behaving very well lately because Interpol was keeping a close eye on him and he was afraid of affecting the Yun family's legitimate businesses in China. He hadn't done anything to harm her, but Tian Siyin had been making many moves in secret, and the detective had collected evidence.

It's likely that Tian Siyin did similar things quite often when the original owner was alive. However, even if she hired online trolls to post negative comments, it wasn't illegal, and no amount of evidence could touch her or solve the Lin family's immediate crisis.

Chu Nian asked Lin's father to hold a press conference to clarify the matters stated in the post.

"This matter... is difficult to clarify!" Mr. Lin said somewhat helplessly after receiving Chu Nian's call. "What I mean is, how can this matter be clarified?"

Chu Nian: "At worst, I'll just sing a song and dance in front of the reporters..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin's father interrupted her: "No need. You should focus on your studies. Your grandfather and I will figure something out."

Chu Nian: "What solutions can you come up with? Besides live-streaming a segment of my singing and dancing, is there a better way to do this?"

Mr. Lin: "Dad knows you're very confident, but you really don't need to be. Your grandfather and I are in charge of the family business. You just need to focus on your studies."

Chu Nian was silent for a moment before saying, "Are you afraid I'll mess up the press conference?"

Mr. Lin quickly replied, "No, no, Dad wouldn't miss you like that. Dad does miss you..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard a beautiful song coming from the phone receiver. The voice was clearly his daughter Lin Nian's, but it was a thousand times more beautiful and melodious than Lin Nian's singing before. The song was full of charm.

After the singing stopped, Mr. Lin was stunned for a moment before saying incredulously, "Niannian, was that song you sang?"

Chu Nian: "Otherwise what?" Becoming a movie queen isn't easy; you have to excel in all aspects, especially vocal music, which is a required course for her to become a movie queen. Even without a great voice, as long as you cultivate enough emotion in your singing, it will feel very meaningful and make up for any shortcomings in your voice.

"Wow... Niannian, your singing is so much better than before!" Mr. Lin exclaimed in amazement. "No wonder the Performing Arts Department of Bincheng University is so famous; it's truly a place that nurtures talent!"

Chu Nian: "You'd better call a press conference right away!"

The stock market is volatile, not to mention the fact that the young masters of the Yun and Chen families have been trying to bring down the Lin family.

Mr. Lin cheerfully replied, "Okay, Dad will go and make the arrangements right away. Daughter, you'd better do your best!" Judging from his tone, he seemed a little worried!