Chapter 38

In the few months that Yao Yingmo had known Shi Xuze, he had only seen him wearing fancy clothes on the day of the comic convention. He usually dressed in a low-key manner with a hoodie and a black mask.

The person who created this fake news obviously does not understand the real Hu Guang and thinks his daily life is a stage.

Unfortunately, judging from the reactions of netizens below, many people believed it, and many of them even had words related to lake light on their IDs. The malice in their words was even greater than that of those who just passed by and took a look.

Last night he kept saying he loved me the most, but today he started to curse me indiscriminately.

It would be fine if it were true, but this is indeed a piece of fake news. You can tell it immediately with just a little bit of thinking.

Even if you don't know that he usually only wears a hoodie, you should know that normal people would not walk around on the street wearing the same clothes they wear on stage.

If he really dressed like this every day, there would be a lot of photos of him circulating on the Internet. After all, it is so conspicuous that it is difficult not to be recognized by fans.

Yao Yingmo suddenly felt a little sad. It turned out that these people's love was so superficial. They didn't even have the willingness to use their brains for him and judged him so easily.

As someone who has gained countless likes even though she is only slightly known, she can't help but feel a sense of empathy.

"He doesn't usually wear that kind of clothes, and his WeChat ID is not that one," she said.

"My He He, netizens don't know that his wardrobe is full of hoodies. The hairstyle and figure of the person in the photo are so similar to Hu Guang. Netizens don't have Hu Guang's WeChat account either."

Li Yicheng's tone was full of helplessness.

It's easy to throw dirty water, but it's very difficult to clean it. Some stains are enough to ruin a brand new piece of clothing.

"Unless they can provide an alibi or find the true identity of the person in the photo, it will be difficult to clarify. But they are dubbing artists, they don't have the same team behind them as the entertainment industry."

Alibi...

Yao Yingmo suppressed his disgust and went back to the top to study the rumor-mongering Weibo post.

Walking out of a residential building in flashy attire in broad daylight looked ridiculous from any angle, but this photo revealed too little, so Yao Yingmo moved on to other screenshots.

After a careful look, she found that the date mentioned in this Weibo post as "sleeping with fans" was a very special day for both her and Shi Xuze.

"I have an idea." Yao Yingmo put down his phone, eager to try it out. "I'll hang up first."

"Wait a minute, don't hang up, what can you do?"

Li Yicheng panicked, but failed to stop Yao Yingmo from unilaterally cutting off the call.

She hurriedly dialed again, but no one answered after several attempts.

Yao Yingmo chose to leave a message and forward the rumor-mongering Weibo post. She only wrote a short sentence, but it caused a huge uproar on the Internet and completely reversed the direction of public opinion.

Her cell phone rang again.

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bump!

The door of the recording studio was pushed open forcefully. Outside was Sister Chang, who looked dusty and still wearing the same clothes she wore yesterday. She had never barged in to disturb a recording session before, and her steps and expression were filled with anxiety.

The high heels of her shoes hit the ground with a thud. She walked hurriedly to the control table, grabbed Shi Xuze's hand and pulled him up from the chair.

"Something serious has happened. I'll borrow the person first."

The few people who were isolated from the world in the recording studio didn't know what was going on, but Sister Chang's tone made them all serious. Even Tang Yu inside the soundproof window paused and didn't continue speaking his lines.

Shi Xuze seized the moment and used the director's microphone to instruct Tang Yu inside, "I'll go out with Sister Chang first. You record two versions of each of the remaining two sentences first. If there are any problems, we can re-record them next time."

Tang Yu made an OK gesture.

When he and Sister Chang walked into the office area, Shi Xuze found that the whole office was in a state of excitement.

It was Sunday, but everyone was there. When he entered the studio at noon, the office area was still empty.

He saw Luo Jiayou also running out of his editing room, holding down Xiao Su's chair back with one hand and giving instructions on Xiao Su's computer with the other hand.

Shi Xuze had never seen the studio so busy before. He took a deep breath, turned to look at Sister Chang, and asked tentatively, "What happened?"

Sister Chang looked at him, stretched out her hand, raised her palm, then lowered it, and repeated this action three times in a row. Shi Xuze also followed the rhythm of her movements and took three deep breaths. His heartbeat, which had been accelerated by the tense atmosphere, stabilized slightly.

He looked directly into Sister Chang's eyes and said, "I'm ready."

Sister Chang nodded, "You've been hacked."

Shi Xuze: "Ah?"

Luo Jiayou heard Shi Xuze's voice, patted Xiao Su's shoulder, motioned him to stand up, and asked Shi Xuze to sit in front of Xiao Su's computer, "Come and see."

It was a Weibo post that seemed to be conclusive evidence, but was actually completely fake.

Shi Xuze blushed, "That's not me!"

"We all know it's not you." Luo Jiayou took advantage of his position and raised his hand to rub the top of Shi Xuze's head, "But... look down for yourself."

Shi Xuze gripped the mouse tightly, veins appeared on the back of his hand, and his knuckles turned white from exerting too much force.

The more he looked down, the colder his heart became.

It would be fine if these comments were just by passersby who didn't know him or fans of other voice actors, but there were a lot of disgusting insults among them, all coming from Weibo accounts he was familiar with, and even a lot of the IDs were included in his TO signature yesterday.

Do they really not trust him?

Even though the figure in the photo resembles him, it is not exactly the same.

Couldn't they recognize him?

Didn't everyone say they loved him the most? I even went to his book signings in several cities.

Shi Xuze suppressed his nausea, stood up, and said calmly, "Let me issue a clarification."

Sister Chang: "No."

Shi Xuze: "Why not? Am I just going to let them throw dirty water at me like this? These photos and conversation records are obviously fake, wouldn't it be okay if I just clarify them?"

Sister Chang pressed her lips into a straight line and repeated, "No, calm down first."

Shi Xuze pinched the edge of his clothes, pulling out wrinkles, "Why not?"

Luo Jiayou sighed and stepped forward, with Xiao Su each putting some distance between Chang Jie and Shi Xuze. He grabbed Shi Xuze's shoulders and felt him trembling uncontrollably, as if he was about to break apart.

Luo Jiayou lowered his eyes and pushed Shi Xuze back into his chair. "If you post on Weibo now, without any evidence, they'll just say you're quibbling. What you need to do now is re-examine that Weibo post and see if there are any loopholes you can refute with evidence. Once you're ready, we'll post on Weibo."

Shi Xuze closed his eyes and said, "Okay."

It takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to clarify it. This saying is not false.

After careful study, they found that there were far more than a few difficult problems to be solved.

"We've posted other WeChat screenshots to prove your account name isn't 'Voice Actor Hu Guang,' but simply the two characters 'Hu Guang.'"

Luo Jiayou took out his phone and said, "Screen mine."

Xiao Su: "But, but, everyone knows about your friendship with Teacher Hu Guang, and netizens will only think you're perjury. Besides, WeChat names and profile pictures can be changed. Even if you post a screenshot of WeChat, there will definitely be people who say that Teacher Hu Guang changed it after the incident."

Luo Jiayou put his phone away again, "What should I do..."

"that……"

Luo Jiayou looked up and said, "Teacher Tang Yu."

Shi Xuze kicked the chair and turned around. "You can go back after you finish recording. I'm sorry, I've been delayed today because of some personal matters."

"It's okay. We all trust you, Teacher Huguang." Tang Yu didn't leave. She held up her phone in front of the two of them. "Teacher Giraffe's fresh screenshot won't work. I have an old one here. Do you think it can work?"

On her phone screen, there was a message from Shi Xuze asking her if she was interested in auditioning for "Mantianxing". Because Shi Xuze used a very official and polite tone at the time, she found it strange and took a screenshot as evidence.

Luo Jiayou and Shi Xuze both looked at Xiao Su subconsciously.

Xiao Su was a little nervous as he received the gazes of two teachers at the same time, but he still held out his hand, "Teacher Tang Yu, can I see the screenshot?"

Tang Yu asked Xiao Su to take the phone over.

Xiao Su clicked lightly, and the time and date information of the screenshot was displayed on the screen, which matched the date of the screenshot posted on Weibo.

He looked up happily and announced, "It works!"

Luo Jiayou slapped his chest and looked up at the sky, "Great."

Xiao Su: "Teacher Tang Yu, please take another screenshot, include the time and date, and send it to us together with the original picture."

Tang Yu nodded, pressed the volume button and power button of the phone at the same time, then found Shi Xuze's WeChat and clicked it.

Just as she was about to send the picture, she paused and said, "Can't I just post it on my Weibo?"

Shi Xuze and Luo Jiayou answered almost simultaneously as if by reflex: "No."

Xiao Su also said weakly: "This is not appropriate."

Tang Yu, however, looked nonchalant: "Have you forgotten that I'm a free agent? I don't need to report to my agent or boss when I post on Weibo."

Shi Xuze looked at her with a complicated expression, then lowered his head and thanked her earnestly, "Thank you, it's my fault for implicating you."

"It's okay." Tang Yu waved his hand. "Teacher Hu Guang, everyone in the industry has seen what kind of person you are. This incident will be over soon as long as we clarify it. It won't be a big deal."

Shi Xuze: "Thank you for your good words."

Tang Yu found an empty chair and sat down with her phone in her arms, saying that she wanted to edit her Weibo post carefully and was determined to reverse the plot with one move.

Her declaration of confidence improved the heavy atmosphere in the office a lot, and the stagnant air seemed to be slowly flowing again.

But at this moment, Sister Chang's rational voice sounded again, "Have you forgotten about that photo?"

The air froze again.

As a young man who had just graduated from college, Xiao Su was very fast at surfing. He quickly realized what Sister Chang meant, "We need to provide proof of Teacher Huguang's absence that day."

Luo Jiayou immediately scratched his head, "He doesn't usually like taking pictures, where can I find an alibi for him?"

"Is a studio registration form okay? There's a record of Teacher Hu Guang's usage that night." Someone suggested.

But his proposal was quickly rejected. "No, that table can be modified by anyone. It's meaningless. Besides, the photos show daytime usage. Nighttime usage records can't prove anything."

"What should we do then? Is there any other way to prove it?"

Shi Xuze narrowed his eyes and looked at the date. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it looked. If he remembered correctly, that day seemed to be...

Tang Yu, who was huddled nearby, suddenly jumped up and excitedly raised her phone, "Look! Teacher Zhao He posted on Weibo!"