Chapter 113 Cyberbullying
Zhu Fan barely used her phone to go online during these three days, and didn't check her social media messages much either.
She clicked on Yi Jia's work platform account on her phone.
Yi Jia deleted all his works.
However, the Peking University Top Ten Singers Competition was over-marketed by marketing accounts, and within a minute she saw several videos recorded on the night of the finals in the platform's recommendations.
The malice in the comments section made Zhu Fan frown.
[Damn, what kind of person is this? The bubble tea shop owner is the victim, and we didn't even ask her to apologize, yet she brought people to the shop to cause trouble.]
[My heart aches for Fei Fei. The victim is actually apologizing to the perpetrator. Does having power and money make you so great?!]
[Look at the friends the perpetrator called; they're all rich young men from the same circle.]
...
As Zhu Fan scrolled through the comments, the more he read, the more a surge of anger welled up inside him.
Fang Qizhou handed her a thermos, but she was busy watching a video and didn't look up. "I'm not drinking now."
Fang Qizhou glanced at the video on her phone screen.
He reached out and pressed down on Zhu Fan's furrowed brow.
Zhu Fan looked up from her phone, her eyes filled with anger after watching the video.
He showed his phone to Fang Qizhou.
The phone was playing a video of Duan Yijia confronting Zhong Fei.
The video and audio were very clear. Yi Jia spoke to Zhong Fei with a cold face, "I didn't even see you when you were waiting backstage that day. You used this wave of popularity to make the milk tea shop popular, but I'm warning you, don't let your fans stir up trouble and start a war against Zhu Fan."
Zhong Fei's shop was very busy, and she ignored Yi Jia's words.
Yi Jia became visibly agitated and stopped the customers from ordering more food.
Zhong Fei then looked up at her. "Sorry, what did you just say? The shop is too busy..."
Yi Jia suddenly snatched the takeout milk tea from her hand and slammed it on the bar counter. "I've been waiting for you for over ten minutes, and you acted like you didn't see me. Now you have time to talk?"
Faced with Yi Jia's aggressive demeanor, Zhong Fei put down what she was doing, occasionally glancing towards the outside of the shop. "I've already explained this online, clearly stating that you didn't push me... I accidentally tripped and fell. I know your life has been affected by what's online, but that's not a reason for you to protect your best friend and interfere with my business. I apologize to you again and clarify that you didn't push me. I'm busy and don't have time to chat with you."
When Zhong Fei bowed to Yi Jia to apologize, her gaze was fixed on the outside of the milk tea shop.
It was as if she was being threatened by Yi Jia to apologize.
The girl who rushed in from outside stood protectively in front of Zhong Fei and shoved Yi Jia in front of her: "Yi Jia, that's enough. You don't know how hard it is for Zhong Fei to run this milk tea shop, how hard she works every day. I'm begging you, Miss Yi, can you just give this milk tea shop some peace and quiet? The money you squander in one night is more than Zhong Fei could earn in a month."
Wang Aohan's words placed Yi Jia in the position of a bully.
The view from outside the milk tea shop was also recorded and uploaded online.
Four boys, led by Qiu Chen, stood a distance apart outside the milk tea shop. They were dressed in expensive clothes, and each of them looked very grumpy.
It's not hard to see that they're here to support Yi Jia.
Shanyu Milk Tea Shop has become a popular milk tea shop on campus due to its recent online popularity.
The place is packed with customers every day, and Zhong Fei has gained countless fans.
Many online celebrities come to Beijing to check in for the sake of popularity.
The incident continued to escalate.
Yi Jia was also doxxed by countless netizens.
The comments and controversies surrounding Zhu Fan were all brought upon Yi Jia himself.
Zhu Fan had lost all interest in attending class.
She couldn't get in touch with Yi Jia.
Qiu Chen quickly replied to the message she sent in the group.
Qiu Chen: [This must have been a big blow to Yi Jia. Let her calm down first.]
Qiu Chen: [Don't worry, this isn't over. I won't let Yi Jia suffer these past few days for nothing.]
Qiu Chen: [You and Gou Bai have been busy these past few days, so I haven't told you two.]
Qiu Chen @ Zhu Fan: [You should spend time with your boyfriend. I'll handle Yi Jia's matter.]
Fang Qibai posted two videos in the group.
The videos are all very long.
White: [The complete CCTV video of Yi Jia going to the milk tea shop to find Zhong Fei yesterday, and another video of Zhu Fan and Yi Jia waiting backstage that night.]
Zhu Fan: [That night I stood next to Yi Jia and saw it clearly; Yi Jia didn't push Zhong Fei.]
Fang Qizhou took away Zhu Fan's headphones and phone.
"Fang Qizhou, I have something important to do right now. Why don't you go to sleep first?"
Fang Qizhou's gaze fell on her furrowed brows as he opened the video sent by Fang Qibai.
Zhu Fan took out a thermometer from her bag and checked his temperature first.
37.6.
The temperature has dropped.
Fang Qizhou's eyes, which had been filled with laziness, suddenly hardened when he saw the entire process of Zhu Fan falling on the steps in the video. His eyelids lifted, and his dark eyes turned icy cold.
The wounds on Zhu Fan's arms and palms have scabbed off and are almost healed.
She leaned over to watch the video with Fang Qizhou.
The ballet tulle dress she wore that day was very casual; the hem only dragged on the ground when she went up the steps.
In the video, Zhong Fei was initially quite far away from her, and she raised her hand to touch her earlobe, as if she had discovered that her earring was missing.
Just as Zhu Fan was about to go on stage, she turned her back to Zhong Fei, who happened to be bending down on the ground looking for an earring and found it next to her.
That's when Zhong Fei stepped on her skirt.
It's clear from the footage that Zhong Fei didn't step on it intentionally. But two seconds later, the earring she'd been searching for peeked out from between her fingers. And after Zhu Fan fell, she crouched down and picked up the earring she'd deliberately dropped.
Then, Zhu Fan, protecting the cello, fell down the steps. Yi Jia was angry and wanted to find Zhong Fei, but Zhu Fan gestured for her to go on stage first.
After watching it, Zhu Fan's furrowed brows relaxed a little. "I don't know how Fang Qibai found such a complete video."
Looking into Qi Zhou's dark eyes, Zhu Fan opened his hand, gesturing for him to hand over his phone.
Fang Qizhou didn't return the phone to her. Instead, he tapped on the four-person group chat on the screen and added himself to it.
His fingertip paused slightly when he saw the account with the matching profile picture with Zhu Fan pinned to the top.
Zhu Fan noticed his gaze, "My pinned posts are only you and A Yuan, this account belongs to A Yuan."
Fang Qizhou's pale fingertip hovered over Zhu Wan's profile picture. "I want to use this profile picture."
Zhu Fan picked up her phone, intending to send A Yuan's profile picture to Fang Qizhou, but then thought that since the two pinned profile pictures were the same, she might send the message to the wrong person. It was better not to have the same profile picture.
She took her phone and said, "After I figure out how to resolve this Yi Jia issue, I'll find a matching profile picture for us to use together."
Fang Qizhou gave her his phone.
Zhu Fan blinked as she looked at the WeChat main interface he had brought up, wondering what he wanted to show her.
Fang Qizhou raised the tail of his eyebrow with a very slight curve.
Zhu Fan asked him with a smile, "You only have me pinned to your top? Are you jealous of A Yuan too?"
Fang Qizhou lowered his cold eyes, tapped his phone a few times, and pulled himself into the group of four.
The group of four became a group of five with Fang Qizhou joining.
The group chat fell silent for a moment.
Fang Qizhou forwarded a video he had just received and posted it in the group chat.
Zhu Fan clicked on the video.
It's a video of her arguing with Zhong Fei after Yi Jia stepped down.
Zhu Fan's attention was drawn to the video.
This video clearly proves that Yi Jia did not push or touch Zhong Fei at all.
She blinked. "Fang Qizhou, how did you get this video?"
It's as if it was recorded from her perspective.
"Did you use cutting-edge technology and AI to recreate the scene?"
Fang Qizhou reminded her, "On the night of the competition, the bionic butterfly on your shoulder had a miniature camera radar on its head."
Zhu Fan clasped her hands together and said, "Fang Qizhou, this video of yours has helped me a lot! Tell me quickly, how do you want me to thank you?"
Hearing her relaxed tone, Fang Qizhou gently rested his chin on the back of her hand resting on the table. "Couple profile pictures."
Zhu Fan scratched his chin. "I don't want to use online images. I'll draw a set myself when I get home tonight, and you can choose one when it's done."
Fang Qizhou hummed in agreement, his thin eyelids lifting slightly. He simply looked at her, showing no extra emotion, yet it felt as if the world in his eyes consisted only of her.
It makes your heart soften and you want to kiss him.
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Online, there was overwhelming support for Zhong Fei, while Yi Jia was being cyberbullied.
From the moment this online bullying began, Zhong Fei has been trying to create a persona for herself.
Every time Yi Jia goes to a milk tea shop, he is accused of causing trouble and being targeted by marketing tactics.
Meanwhile, Shanyu Milk Tea Shop capitalized on the buzz surrounding the inside story of the Yi Jia Campus Singer Competition while continuing its business operations.
After the incident escalated, Zhou Song posted three videos within three days of shaking milk tea at Zhong Fei Milk Tea Shop, documenting the daily life of the milk tea shop.
These three videos garnered more likes and views than any of his previous videos, attracting him countless new fans.
Zhong Fei's platform account gained hundreds of thousands of followers in just three days.
Beautiful, a violin prodigy, she runs her own shop, is resilient, gentle, and hardworking. She's incredibly popular.
Yi Jia, on the other hand, is a rich and beautiful woman who can get everything without any effort. Her private life consists of going to bars and frequenting various high-end luxury stores.
The two were deliberately brought together for comparison, giving even those who were indifferent to Yi Jia or unaware of the matter a new outlet for their frustration.
Yi Jia is straightforward and outspoken. She always speaks her mind and protects Zhu Fan from being affected. Whenever there are negative comments about Zhu Fan, she replies and argues back.
Those fans who initially firmly believed in Yi Jia gradually began to become fans of Zhong Fei.
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