On Xiao Xingyu's mobile phone screen, black names and numbers rolled and flew like a stream of carp crossing the river, and finally stopped at a number signed "New Media Director".
Jin Xueyang took a quick look and, as swift as a tiger, snatched the phone away from Xiao Xingyu a second before he could press a button. He asked in panic, "Teacher Xiao, what do you want to do?!"
Xiao Xingyu stopped his hand mid-air and looked up: "What do you want to do?"
Jin Xueyang tightly grasped the other person's phone, as if he was going to take it for himself and never give it back. "Teacher Xiao, are you really going to remove the trending search?"
Xiao Xingyu pressed his thin lips into a line, with a look of "What do you think?"
The traffic light at the intersection turned from red to green, and the traffic flow slowly started again. Xiao Xingyu turned his head and continued driving.
"Teacher Xiao, we were invited by the organizer to report. When Mo Yan was taking the photos, you didn't stop her, nor did you ask her to delete them, and you didn't tell her not to post them. So you should have known that if she took the photos, she might post them..." Jin Xueyang reasoned unconvincedly.
Xiao Xingyu asked angrily, "So I knew it would be trending?"
"You're still first!" He gave Jin Xueyang a look that let him experience it himself.
Jin Xueyang blinked at Xiao Xingyu and muttered to himself: It's reasonable for you to be ranked first. Don't you know what you look like?
But now was clearly not the right time to debate these matters. He coughed and softened his voice, "Our cultural news rarely makes the trending searches. The ones that have been there before were all posted by Mo Yan. She's the leader of our cultural group, but taking first place is truly unprecedented!"
Xiao Xingyu drove the car with one hand and held out his other hand to him: "Give it to me."
Jin Xueyang pressed his cell phone against his chest like a heart shield and struggled desperately.
Xiao Xingyu didn't force it and calmly withdrew his hand: "Are you stupid? You can also dial the number by voice!"
Jin Xueyang was stunned. Seeing Xiao Xingyu was about to speak, he spoke before him: "Teacher Xiao, please don't, please don't. Please be magnanimous and merciful and let this news go viral!"
Xiao Xingyu snorted: "What's the reason?"
"Teacher Xiao," Jin Xueyang sighed, his voice filled with misery. "To be honest, our Culture Group's news has always had very little traffic. In our line of work, poor traffic means poor performance, and poor performance means being sidelined. Now, we've finally got a piece of news that's this hot. Over a dozen people in our line are counting on it for their bonuses this month."
Xiao Xingyu was unmoved: "Oh, I thought I was being sacrificed for the benefit of all mankind!"
Jin Xueyang: "..."
He scratched his head and racked his brains, "Teacher Xiao, are you worried that this news will affect your normal life in the future? I can tell you it won't! Netizens have very short memories. They only watch the excitement for a while. If there is no follow-up, no one will remember you in two or three days!"
Xiao Xingyu frowned and glanced at him sideways. Why did these words sound weird?
Jin Xueyang sensed the look and frightened, then tried to reconcile, "Ah, that's not what I meant! I just wanted to say it won't cause any trouble to your life. Previously, there was a young man in the People's Livelihood News who complained about exploding bathroom glass. He was very handsome and almost became an internet celebrity. He was also very smart and took advantage of the situation to work hard online. Look, he's already become a household name now."
Destroy everyone?
Xiao Xingyu glanced at him sideways again.
Jin Xueyang slapped his lips twice, realizing that he had said too much and made many mistakes. "What do you mean by annihilation? Look at me, I can't speak!"
He continued to plead, "Teacher Xiao, please don't blame Mo Yan. I know her. What she can't stand most is giving up halfway and getting no reward. We spent five or six hours at the art center today. If there is no news in the end, she will definitely be upset."
Xiao Xingyu: "Really?"
As expected, when mentioning the brave and righteous Zhang Moyan, Xiao Xingyu seemed a little different.
Seeing this move was effective, Jin Xueyang quickly played the favor card: "Teacher Xiao, you don't know, Zhang Moyan's aesthetic taste is, how should I put it, not knowing how to appreciate men. She may have seriously underestimated the lethality of your looks."
Xiao Xingyu narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"
Jin Xueyang smacked his lips, pondering his words. "How should I explain this to you? It seems to me that she has a poor sense of beauty and ugliness in men. For example, when she looks at us, she judges us based on composition, proportion, and harmony... In other words, in her eyes, you, Mr. Xiao, meet the aesthetic standards, but she may not think you're handsome. I'm not sure if you can understand this."
Xiao Xingyu: "I can't understand."
"Uh..." Jin Xueyang pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Ah! The simplest way is to just treat her as an emotionless camera! She probably just thought the photos she took of you met her standards for lighting, angles, composition, and color, and then posted them."
Xiao Xingyu was speechless.
Jin Xueyang said with a sincere look, "Teacher Xiao, let me tell you the truth. This news is actually very important to Mo Yan."
Xiao Xingyu glanced at him from the corner of his eye: "Oh?"
Jin Xueyang knelt in his heart and apologized to Zhang Moyan, then went on to complain to Xiao Xingyu: "You don't know, our traffic is not good, and the top management has long intended to merge our cultural department with the entertainment department. I don't care, anyway, I was in the entertainment department before, and I will be more comfortable going back. But Zhang Moyan is not good. I don't know how Zhang Moyan offended her in the past, but she has always disliked her. From her makeup to her clothes, from her temperament to her business, she always uses Zhang Moyan as a negative example to the subordinates. I really don't know what the hatred is."
Jin Xueyang said as he obediently put his phone back into the junk box between them: "I really can't imagine what my life will be like if Mo Yan is under her care in the future."
Xiao Xingyu smiled silently and glanced at Jin Xueyang, with a look on his face that said "I have seen through your purpose."
Jin Xueyang acted coquettishly and waited for a long time for Xiao Xingyu to be stubborn and insist on carrying out the removal of the hot search.
However, Xiao Xingyu did not do that and just drove with a blank expression.
After a few minutes, Jin Xueyang tried to lighten the mood by saying, "Being number one on the trending search list is at least pretty impressive, right? You don't know how many celebrities spend their money to get themselves on trending searches every day. Teacher Xiao, please be happy! I saw the photos Mo Yan took of you, and they really make you look so handsome. Just think of it as a treat for the people!"
Xiao Xingyu rested his left elbow on the car window and drove with one hand, looking half disdainful and half too lazy to argue: "I just want to be a low-key, luxurious, successful and handsome guy, is that okay?"
Jin Xueyang: "..."
Although Xiao Xingyu said that, he didn't reach for his cell phone until he arrived at the police station.
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