Chapter 59 The clay sculpture powder was incomprehensible to Shi Yao and greatly shocked her.
After comparing and speculating from various sources, Shi Yao concluded that Zhou Qixue must have been dating someone on set at the time, and that he had very boldly hidden his sister-in-law on set, or more precisely, in his RV.
Although there is no concrete evidence such as photographs yet, Zhou Qixue's actions were already very unusual. Before Shi Yao had even obtained the current indirect evidence, she had already suspected this, and as expected, it turned out to be true.
The crew didn't actually need the RV at all. Especially according to Ye Jingyu, the crew arranged very nice rest rooms for important characters, with Zhou Qixue having the best one. However, he never went there, although he did accept the room and reserved it for the staff. He went to the RV to rest alone.
In terms of rest space, a motorhome can never compare to a private lounge. The only thing that can surpass a lounge is the greater privacy of a motorhome. It belongs entirely to Zhou Qixue, so there's no need to worry about the crew planting anything in advance or accidentally discovering his secrets.
Caution is not wrong, but being cautious to this extent is very abnormal.
When Shi Yao first heard about this, a bold guess popped into her mind: the reason why Zhou Qixue guarded the RV so closely and didn't go anywhere else during his rest time was because there was a very important person hidden in the RV, and that person was very likely his girlfriend.
Shi Yao's speculation was not without reason. After all, apart from someone with a special status like her sister-in-law, she couldn't think of anyone else Zhou Qixue would do this for. Any other friend or relative of his could openly show their face if they wanted to join the film crew and accompany him on set, and could simply act as his personal assistant. It was all a normal interpersonal relationship.
There's only one thing I need to hide: my partner.
This kind of thing has happened before. Shi Yao herself has personally witnessed two cases where the man hid his sister-in-law in the hotel where the film crew was staying. He would go out to film during the day and then go back to his sister-in-law for a sweet time at night.
Hiding in a hotel makes it difficult to be discovered, because film crews usually book the entire hotel, or at least several floors, to ensure that no outsiders can break into those floors. If the sister-in-law stays quietly in the hotel, it is difficult for fans visiting the set to discover her.
The two people Shi Yao encountered before were examples of this. It wasn't until several years later, when their relationship collapsed for other reasons, that their sister-in-law came out and, incidentally, exposed them. Only then did everyone realize that these two had actually hidden their sister-in-laws in a hotel while filming.
Alternatively, there's another way to conceal it: the actress's sister-in-law could pose as a staff member at the studio and follow the actor closely. However, this is riskier, as she would have to dress very inconspicuously and completely cover her face. Fans who frequently attend offline events have a strong ability to recognize people and are familiar with the faces of almost all the staff members around their idol. If a new face appears, they will immediately check the person's identity to confirm that they are just an ordinary staff member and nothing suspicious before they feel at ease.
Therefore, this is the type of person most likely to be discovered when their sister-in-law is secretly dating. If you choose to put your sister-in-law under the watchful eyes of your fans to show off your love, you have to be prepared to be discovered and exposed at any time.
Those hiding in hotels are slightly less likely to be discovered, although there is still a certain probability. For example, if a sasaeng fan finds out the actor's room number and waits outside the room, they might just bump into the actress herself coming out – a dramatic scenario.
Or perhaps the sister-in-law herself can't hide her love for showing off and secretly creates a secondary account to share some affectionate photos, such as the same location, the same clothes and hair accessories, etc. For special locations like hotel rooms, sharp-eyed fans with good memories can easily tell whether it's the same room by comparing the interiors.
But apart from that, they are unlikely to be discovered, especially if the sister-in-law is very low-key and rarely leaves the hotel room, or only moves around inside the hotel. When she goes out, she dresses very discreetly and never appears in the same place as the actor. The possibility of being discovered is very low, unless a stalker sneaks in beforehand to peek under the bed.
Ye Jingyu's film crew booked the entire hotel. The hotel wasn't very big, just big enough to accommodate all the actors and staff, with a few spares. They booked it all at once, and the film crew members even doubled as receptionists in the lobby to help guard against fans or paparazzi trying to sneak in.
The film set is about a ten-minute walk from the hotel, not far. There is a fence at the hotel entrance, and fans are not allowed to follow when they are about twenty meters away from the main entrance. They are also not allowed to step inside the fence when picking up or dropping off people for get off work.
This kind of accommodation offers extremely high privacy; even the most resourceful paparazzi couldn't find a way to sneak into the hotel. Anyone in the film crew who wants to hide their sister-in-law or brother-in-law doesn't have to worry about being discovered. It's practically a happy home away from home.
But Zhou Qixue still chose the RV, in a place less than a ten-minute walk away.
In the morning, the RV would drive to the hotel gate to pick people up, and in the evening, it would drive back to the gate to drop them off. They would even make a special trip to drop them off over the 20-meter fence.
That's a bit too thoughtful.
Excluding the possibility that Zhou Qixue had difficulty walking while filming, Shi Yao felt that there could only be one reason why he stayed in the RV for the entire two months of filming: his sister-in-law was inside.
My sister-in-law can't make public appearances, but I don't want her to stay in the hotel. I want to see her during breaks from filming, so I arranged for a motorhome to accompany her.
Shi Yao even suspected that the hotel set up a 20-meter fence to prevent fans from getting close because of Zhou Qixue's request. After all, if Zhou Qixue just got out of the car at the hotel entrance in a very casual manner, with fans surrounding him, his sister-in-law would definitely be seen and photographed when she got out of the car.
To prevent such accidents, they simply set up a fence so cars can drive right in front of the gate, preventing anyone from taking pictures.
To be fair, Zhou Qixue is quite considerate towards his girlfriend; it's just that his fans would probably have a heart attack if they knew.
However, so far everything is based on Shi Yao's speculation. Although this speculation is basically equivalent to solid evidence, photographic evidence is required to expose it.
However, Shi Yao searched extensively on major social media platforms and niche anonymous websites without success. Simply posting a bunch of inferences online would not be accepted by anyone, and the progress quickly stalled.
Shi Yao was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked the system, "System, can you tell me if Zhou Qixue's girlfriend who announced his relationship afterward is the same person as his girlfriend from the film crew when he was filming before?"
The system was also silenced by her question, and after five seconds it replied: "Host, the question you asked is beyond my capabilities, and I cannot answer it."
Shi Yao persisted, "How could it be beyond your capabilities? These things all happened within the time frame of the storyline. Things that happen within that time frame are like things happening right under your nose, so you must know about them."
The system paused for a moment, then said, "Host, I really don't know. I can reveal the plot details that are explicitly written down, but I have no way of knowing the details that are not written down."
Shi Yao was disappointed. Although she had guessed the answer before she asked, she still felt a little disappointed when she heard the definite answer.
The plot of a book will definitely be described in detail and in brief. The content related to the protagonist will be described in detail, while other things will be glossed over if you are lucky, or they will be mentioned as background without being mentioned at all, since the world only revolves around the protagonist anyway.
Zhou Qixue is not the protagonist of the world, nor even a key supporting character. He is merely a slightly brighter figure on the character star map, with very few interactions with the protagonist. The plot that has been explicitly written will not happen for several years. Before that, the chances of getting help from spoilers from the system are extremely slim.
Once again, they were at an impasse. Helplessly, Shi Yao reopened the page. Oh well, it's better to rely on yourself than on others. The atmosphere in Zhou Qixue's super topic already reflects that many people have noticed something was wrong with his fan circle, but no one has brought it up. At most, they keep their distance.
But as long as someone feels something is wrong, that's enough. These are all potential sources of support. As long as Shi Yao can get these people involved, they can ultimately achieve their goal.
They restarted the investigation of supertopics and special groups. This time, Shi Yao changed the screening method, switched keywords, and chose to start from the timeline. Fortunately, the studio and fan club's Weibo accounts were not set to be visible for the past six months, so Shi Yao could jump to the past to see the previous content by date.
She simply started checking from the beginning of the account, then compared the ten most recent Weibo posts to find the real veteran fans who were still active. She also found some fans who had followed her for a long time but had also unfollowed her for a long time from the comments and reposts of her previous Weibo posts, and saved the homepages of these people.
Then switch to the dedicated groups. The content in the dedicated groups is much less than that in the super topics. After all, only a minority of people use this software to follow celebrities. But the advantage is that it is very convenient to search quickly, since there is only so much content.
Zhou Qixue isn't a popular young actor. He's only recently gained some popularity due to his CP (couple pairing) being a hit. However, because there are too many sycophants in the fandom, most seasoned fans with a keen sense of smell won't choose to invest in him. At most, they'll just say a few words in support of him. Therefore, the development of his fan group is still very low.
Fortunately, the task force was not very well-developed, which allowed Shi Yao to search through the entire task force from beginning to end. After searching through it all, she actually found something.
It wasn't a crucial clue or a bombshell, but rather that she discovered someone in the group whose speaking style and profile characteristics highly overlapped with a certain account on Weibo.
After comparing multiple sources, Shi Yao finally confirmed that the person on Weibo and in the dedicated group is indeed the same person.
This fan group ID is "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers" and the Weibo ID is "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn". At first glance, they have no similarity whatsoever. Shi Yao did not think that these two were the same person at first. "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn" is a very active fan in Zhou Qixue's Weibo super topic. He has a few thousand fans and can be considered a small fan leader, but he is not comparable to the big fans in the first tier.
What's particularly noteworthy is that the most recent post by "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn" in the Zhou Qi Xue super topic was ten months ago. In other words, she hasn't posted anything in the super topic in the past ten months. It's not that she ran away, but that she was blocked by the super topic.
Shi Yao deduced this because she hadn't had time to finish browsing through Xiao Qi's Weibo homepage.
Shi Yao specifically started by going through the old Weibo posts of the studio and fan club. At that time, there were very few people who followed Zhou Qixue, and it was easy to remember the slightly more active IDs. "Xiao Qi loves to learn" was one of them.
This girl is clearly a very lively and cheerful young woman. She speaks eloquently and wittily, but sometimes she says things that are too surprising. When she gets carried away, the things she says can make people wonder if she is a fan or a hater.
"Xiao Qi Loves Learning" is basically a copywriting blogger who is good at praising and flattering, and also good at fighting with other groups. Occasionally, he will also make some small GIFs. He is a very capable fan. Logically speaking, such a fan should at least pay attention to and even encourage you, if not recruit you directly. But it is very strange that he was blacklisted by the super topic ten months ago and even his right to post was taken away.
Shi Yao felt that there must be something extraordinary going on.
Returning to the "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers" in the special group, the key evidence that Shi Yao connected this writer with "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn" on Weibo is that the creation time of the "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers" account was exactly the same time that "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn" was blacklisted by the super topic.
In addition, the two have very similar speaking styles, both possessing a subtle, dry humor, occasionally uttering surprising remarks, and both being fans of clay sculpture.
Clay sculpture fans like to gender-swap their favorite celebrities, calling female celebrities "husband" or "brother," and male celebrities "sister," "baby sister," "mom," or even "little girl." There are many branches within clay sculpture, and fans often fight among themselves. "Xiao Qi loves to learn" belongs to the "sister" category of clay sculpture fans. On her personal Weibo homepage, when mentioning Zhou Qixue, she basically uses "sister" or affectionate nicknames like "X-sister." However, the captions in the reposts are a bit more restrained.
The same goes for the "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers" group; all the posts in the group refer to Zhou Qixue as "elder sister," a distinctive style that makes it hard to ignore.
Furthermore, the latest version of Green Petal has updated its IP function. According to the IP, "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn" and "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers" are not in the same place, but it is obviously self-deception, because the IP of "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers" is in the United States. It is obvious that a VPN was used. Shi Yao browsed the homepage of the writer and sure enough, she found a post that she had not had time to use a VPN for, and the IP address was the same as that of "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn".
This completely confirms that these two people are the same person.
First of all, I don't know why "Xiao Qi loves to learn" was blocked by Zhou Qixue's super topic. Usually, those who are blocked are either anti-fans or advertisers. Although her orientation is different from that of most fans and she is a fan of clay sculpture, she has not committed this crime.
Secondly, "Xiao Qi Loves to Learn" seems to have completely accepted that she was blocked by the super topic of the main character. Shi Yao followed her with a secondary account and went through all her past original Weibo posts and fan comments, but did not see any Weibo posts from her complaining about being blocked by the super topic. Furthermore, there was no related content on the homepage of "Tang and Song Dynasty Writers".
She simply accepted this fact very calmly and then moved on to another platform.
When "Xiao Qi loves to learn" was on Weibo, she loved posting clay sculpture posts. When she joined the fan group, she also loved posting clay sculpture posts. Zhou Qixue actually has a rather rugged appearance, so there are very few clay sculpture fans. Her actions often shock many new fans, but fans who like her style love her.
Shi Yao felt that something big must have happened when this fan was blocked by the super topic, so she temporarily ignored her recent posts and instead went all the way back to ten months ago, going through all her Weibo posts, including reposts and original posts.
It's strange that she was blocked by the main character's super topic but neither unfollowed nor complained. It doesn't fit the characteristic of "Xiao Qi loves to learn" who loves to comment. However, there is no related content on her homepage. Just when Dang Yao was puzzled, she suddenly saw a somewhat unusual repost.
It was "Xiao Qi Loves Learning" who forwarded a post from a mutual friend in the industry. She forwarded it without any caption, but the original poster's caption was quite interesting.
[@·KissingSenior: When faced with a problem, the first reaction isn't to solve it, but to run away; when you make a mistake, the first thought isn't to correct it, but to cover your mouth. Your circle is truly a small temple with a lot of evil spirits, always able to create myths [smirk]]
This Weibo post only received a dozen or so reposts, all of which seemed to be from Zhou Qixue's fans. They all uniformly left no captions, but there were two comments that seemed quite meaningful.
[@PeachIsNotSweet: I woke up and couldn't get into my house. I want to know if blocking her was her own idea? Will she be angry to see our homepage full of pictures of her? [laughing]]
[@KissKissSenior replied to @PeachIsNotSweet: Don't say it, I'm about to die of pleasure. Just thinking about how he was forced to look at all of our profiles and then had us all blocked makes me tremble with pleasure. I wonder if you'll come back to peek again.]
[@桃桃不甜 replied to @·吻吻学姐: Who isn't? But when you have time to get angry with us, like thinking about how to clean up our messes, we're easy to coax, but it's hard to say about others. If it really comes down to just us, won't you be so angry that you cry? [laughing]]
[@KissKissSenior replied to @PeachIsNotSweet: What can I do if I'm just stupid? I thought I was being really clever. Sigh, I'll never be able to shake my habit of liking idiots.]
After reading through a string of comments, Shi Yao almost forgot what the word "sister" meant. The thought that these two words were used to describe Zhou Qixue, that scumbag, made her feel nauseous.
Having been a fan for so many years, she felt she had been tolerant enough, but she still had to understand why this kind of fan was blacklisted by most people.
It's really an eyesore to see so many of these!
Although the written descriptions are hard on the eyes, the content is very informative. Ten months ago, the drama was still filming and was almost in its final stages. These fans' previous posts were all about daily behind-the-scenes photos or scenes being filmed.
All the other Weibo posts were normal, but this one came out and was collectively criticized. Considering the timing and the fact that they were blocked, it's hard not to suspect that what these fans were saying was related to the sister-in-law.
Shi Yao gave a simple Chinese translation: First of all, "sister" refers to Zhou Qixue. All the people who forwarded, commented and interacted with the post were Zhou Qixue fans, and they were all veteran fans. The "blacklist" should refer to the fact that "Xiao Qi loves to learn" was blacklisted by the super topic. However, judging from this interaction, it seems that she is not the only one who has been blacklisted. This group of Zhou Qixue fans have all been blacklisted.
"Wiping the butt, encountering trouble, making a mistake" all refer to the sister-in-law. Shi Yao suspects that these fans discovered the existence of the sister-in-law and then somehow sought confirmation from Zhou Qixue himself, or perhaps they started going crazy in the super topic (the probability of this is very small) and were eventually collectively blocked.
The "covering up and escaping" approach likely refers to the solution taken by Zhou Qixue's studio. After discovering that his sister-in-law had been discovered by fans, and because not many people had discovered it and it was a niche group within the fan community, and other fans didn't particularly like these fanatical fans anyway, they simply cut off the source by blocking these fanatical fans, preventing them from speaking in the super topic, and naturally preventing them from exposing his sister-in-law's affairs.
But what's amazing is that the thought process of these "mud sculpture fans" is quite peculiar. Normal fans who are suddenly blocked by their idol and supertopic will be confused at first, and then they will definitely be angry. Especially if they seriously like the star and work hard to promote him, it's hard not to feel disheartened when they are blocked instead.
If someone discovers scandals or dirt on a celebrity and gets blocked or silenced for speaking out about it, they'll definitely be angry. If the celebrity's studio doesn't try to contact and bribe them, they'll inevitably create a post exposing the scandal to expose this unethical artist.
But these fans of the clay sculpture were not angry. On the contrary, they were very happy. The reason for their happiness was that they had been blocked by Zhou Qixue. This act of being blocked by the person in question completely pleased them. They felt that if someone was going to block them, it meant that he had seen what they said and posted, and that he would definitely have to open their profile. If he was even more curious, he would scroll down to see more content on their profile.
What they want most is for their idol to see their homepage content, especially in fandoms where there are very few fans of idols. Even if they find out that they have been blocked because they discovered their idol's secret, they are still happy. It is probably a peculiar enjoyment of being spied on and the pleasure of having a shared secret with their idol.
Shi Yao didn't understand and was greatly shocked.
She then looked through the profiles of the fans who had commented, shared, and interacted with the post, and found that these fans had indeed discovered that Zhou Qixue had been hiding his sister-in-law on set. They were initially very angry, because any solo fan could not remain completely calm about their idol having a sister-in-law. Moreover, Zhou Qixue had only been in the industry for a short time, and they were still die-hard fans. In their hearts, Zhou Qixue was a woman, yet he was so protective and caring towards another woman, which made them very defensive, and they even considered exposing the matter.
But in the end, their breakdown was cured because they were all blocked by Zhou Qixue and his super topic. They felt that their idol had seen it, so they stopped being angry and were no longer going to reveal it. They even called Zhou Qixue "stupid sister" in a very good mood and helped him keep the news a secret.
Shi Yao felt a headache coming on. These fans must have pictures, otherwise they wouldn't be so sure that Zhou Qixue has a sister-in-law. But these people obviously refused to show the pictures. How could she get them to willingly become her wingmen?
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