The first thing Shang Yechu felt upon seeing this Weibo post was a sense of relief.

Yes, these are her father and mother. Her family. They wouldn't let her live so comfortably, obediently waiting for her to join one film after another, waiting for her to acknowledge them.

Shang Yechu calmly chewed the breakfast prepared by Yang Huanyi, a bitter taste rising in her mouth. Even now, she still had the leisure to finish her breakfast slowly and methodically, then went into the washroom and tidied herself up.

Yang Huanyi finished his morning exercise, feeling refreshed and covered in sweat, and pushed open the door to find Ye Chu humming a song while brushing her teeth in the bathroom.

"In a good mood today?" Yang Huanyi asked casually.

"Hmm," Shang Yechu replied vaguely, "Something good happened."

Yang Huanyi pulled the towel off her neck and tossed it aside, then began cleaning up the dishes Shang Yechu had finished using: "How are you feeling now? Does your head still hurt?"

"Thank you, Sister Yi," Shang Yechu said with a smile. "I'm fine. Did you see today's Weibo?"

Yang Huanyi didn't know why Shang Yechu suddenly asked this: "I glanced at it a few times during my morning exercise break."

"Did you see anything interesting?"

"What's new? It's the same every year." Yang Huanyi walked to the bathroom door and gently knocked. "May I come in?"

"……Can."

Shang Yechu had finished brushing her teeth and splashed water on her face. Yang Huanyi stood by the door, watching her back, and hesitated for a moment: "I ran into Luo Yao this morning. She said she had a one-month deadline."

As for the specific period of the restriction, there's no need to elaborate.

For actors, a director willing to give them a full month to adjust to their new state is incredibly generous. But from a human emotions perspective, expecting to develop something after living together for only a month is practically a pipe dream.

“What Luo Yao means,” Yang Huanyi said slowly, “is that we can borrow her accounts on the ‘Rainbow Between’ and ‘WWLW’ forums (both well-known lesbian forums in Taiwan) and introduce her to her lesbian friends. Let us think about it carefully this month.”

Shang Yechu pulled out a towel to wipe her face and said half-jokingly, "Friend? It's not Camel's ex-girlfriend, is it?"

Yang Huanyi was slightly taken aback, then chuckled: "You actually asked the same question as me. Luo Yao said no, her ex-girlfriends have all cut ties with her, these few are just ordinary friends."

"Wait a minute," Shang Yechu suddenly realized something, "Why is it introduced to you, and not to me and you?"

Yang Huanyi paused, pursed his lips slightly, and then laughed heartily: "This is, of course, because Ye Chu is too famous! There are no people on the island who know me, and even if they do, it won't cause any big news if it gets out."

Shang Yechu realized she had spoken out of turn, so she could only rub her face with a towel to hide her embarrassment. Fortunately, Yang Huanyi didn't seem to mind, and said with a smile, "But don't worry, when I get back, I'll tell you what they told me."

For some reason, Shang Yechu felt a strange sensation, as if she were spying on someone's life from under the bed. No, it was Yang Huanyi who was spying on someone's life from under the bed and then relaying the information to her.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Shang Yechu turned around, hesitated for a moment, "It's not very respectful..."

Yang Huanyi frowned slightly: "What's wrong with that? How can actors not observe life? To give you an example, back in our day, singers in the port city would go to the docks and live with the workers and sailors to write songs about ships."

Shang Yechu was startled, a touch of emotion stirring within her. She, too, had once studied history books to learn about emperors, talked with villagers to learn about Guan Yue, and imitated the Russian instructor again and again to learn how to shoot. This was the professional ethics of an actor. What was so special about gay films? Why all the hesitation, the taboos, and the worries?

Ultimately, she simply viewed these women as unapproachable outcasts.

After figuring this out, Shang Yechu couldn't help but change her opinion of Yang Huanyi. The impression Yang Huanyi had left on Shang Yechu in "Tianji Tower" was too bad, so it was quite unexpected for her to say such things now.

"I'm sorry," Shang Yechu said immediately. "I was overthinking it. Thank you for your help, Sister Yi."

After this small conversation, Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi were back to their awkward silence. After a long pause, Yang Huanyi said, "I'm going to wash the dishes, Yechu. Do you want to go back to bed for a while?"

Shang Yechu said dryly, "No need, I'm going out for a walk and to get some sun."

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Strangely enough, Shang Yechu was prepared to face a storm, but after taking a walk outside for half a day, the major platforms remained stagnant. Apart from a few insignificant marketing accounts posting the "exposé of actress Yechu refusing to support her biological parents," there was almost no ripple.

No one from Qingping Entertainment has contacted us yet. Shang Yechu's assistants and agents also seem completely unaffected.

He had been hoping to see what kind of trouble the merchants would cause, but after waiting for ages, not a single word was thrown into the air. Shang Yechu finally realized that this wasn't an organized, targeted marketing campaign, but rather a rather amateurish operation.

It was precisely because he was an amateur that Shang Yechu was puzzled.

She had seen the leaked video as well. It was indeed her parents in the video; Ji Ya and Shang Hongxuan were sitting in the frame, putting on a tearful performance. Shang Jiayu, being younger, was less skilled at acting and couldn't manage to shed tears, making him look somewhat comical. The video quality was unclear and frequently shaky, suggesting it was filmed with a mobile phone.

Besides wailing, Ji Ya and Shang Hongxuan also presented some evidence, nothing more than photos and exam papers of Shang Yechu when she was a child. The variety was quite impressive.

Who exactly pulled this stunt?

If you really want to bring Shang Yechu down, you need to make a bigger show of it. This half-hearted approach won't threaten anyone.

Shang Yechu waited for half a day, but the storm she hoped for didn't materialize. She had no choice but to contact her agent and send out the information. A short while later, she received a reply: Qingping Entertainment's public opinion monitoring department had already detected the issue, but the videos were of poor quality and lacked persuasiveness. Releasing them would not be convincing, and hastily removing them would only cause a backlash. They were currently discussing a solution.

As for the origin of these things, Shang Yechu also figured it out—it was truly both laughable and lamentable.

Ji Juntao monitored all of the merchant's electronic devices, and the company could stop them immediately if they made any move. This wasn't the first time the merchant had done this; it's just that Ji Juntao had nipped it in the bud the previous times.

The reason these things were able to leak out this time was because of the aunt in Ji Juntao's family. When the merchant was chatting with the aunt, he learned that her son was not very filial, so he took the opportunity to complain to the aunt about Shang Yechu's unfilial behavior, abandoning his parents, and so on. The aunt was moved and felt empathy, and then she was filled with righteous indignation and decided to help the poor Shang parents.

No matter how powerful Ji Juntao was, he could only monitor the shopkeepers; he couldn't possibly lock up the auntie who worked there as well. The auntie seized the opportunity to bring an old phone inside and recorded this video of the shopkeepers. Following a tutorial she found online, she sent the video to some amateurish marketing accounts, hoping to expose Shang Yechu's true colors…

In fact, to help the merchants, this kind-hearted aunt even spent several thousand yuan of her own money to give to some marketing accounts that claimed to have a lot of influence.

The poor aunt didn't know that marketing in the Chinese entertainment industry has its own rules, and most marketing accounts you randomly find on the street are just shady accounts trying to scam people out of money. They couldn't even scratch Shang Yechu's oily skin!

And so, this farcical incident unfolded. Mastermind behind it all, with Ji Juntao's housekeeper as an accomplice, it was a meticulously planned and executed operation, like an underground operation. However, within just a few hours, Qingping Entertainment had completely cleaned up the mess.

Ji Juntao said with a hint of smugness, "Our company spends a lot of money every year to support Weibo and those marketing accounts, isn't that all for today? Only some low-quality zombie marketing accounts forwarded this post, while the rest of the big marketing accounts are all well-fed and asleep."