Chapter 41: Boomerang. It's a mess outside, but you two are still doing it...
Everything had been going smoothly on the tour so far, and the finale was just around the corner, but something went wrong.
That day, Tang Ruining was making fruit juice in the kitchen. When Li Xi got up in the morning, he said his throat was dry, so Tang Ruining went to buy some pears and made juice for him. The juicer made a very loud noise, so he didn't hear Rong Xiao when he called him.
Rong Xiao just answered a phone call. After hanging up, he looked at his phone for a while with a serious expression, then went to find Jiang Yilan, said a few words, and called Tang Ruining, but only the sound of a juicer responded to them.
Tang Ruining came out of the kitchen and saw the low mood between the two of them. He asked, "What's wrong?"
"The incident of replacement that year was exposed on the Internet," said Rong Xiao.
Tang Ruining didn't even react to the "replacement" incident at first. He had almost put it behind him. In his current understanding, he was facing Li Xi himself every day.
The cup was shaken, and it was filled with juice, with a little foam overflowing and dripping down the wall of the cup onto the ground.
"How did it get out?" Tang Ruining asked.
"Someone has leaked the information to a marketing account, and it's already on the hot search list." Not long after the news broke, neither of them was looking at their phones, and Rong Xiao was the first to receive the news. The entry "Jiang Yilan replaces" went straight to number one on the hot search list.
The whistleblower said that Jiang Yilan's name was not on the To5 debut list. He was added in temporarily and squeezed out the person who was originally going to debut. The information about the person who was originally going to debut was not revealed, but the whistleblower emphasized that this person's original positioning was ACE, which is why To5's official positioning has always been vague and there is no real ACE.
At the same time, Jiang Yilan has a strong background. The whistleblower listed the names of several directors, one of whom was surnamed Jiang.
This matter has been rumored for a long time and is no longer a secret. It is also the reason why Jiang Yilan was always ridiculed as a young master in the early days.
Once this information came out, even though there was no direct evidence, everyone felt it was highly credible and it attracted a lot of attention on all major platforms. A lot of information in the entertainment industry is like this, and it can be widely circulated without any evidence. Netizens are also curious, since the person who was replaced has the ability to be an ACE, where is he now?
The information was released bit by bit, and a few hours later, it was revealed that this person was going to make his debut, but it also came to nothing.
When they just debuted, the attention was high and there was some discussion online at the beginning because the company once revealed that the new group would debut with seven members and released some concept images, all of which showed seven members, but in the end it turned out to be eight members. However, this is not a big problem and it was not discussed much. But once the replacement issue came out, the issue of the number of people was brought up again for analysis.
Of course, fans refuted it with all their might. After all, the whistleblower did not produce any strong evidence, and the so-called "person who was replaced" did not have a clear identity. Who knows if there is such a person? This must be a rumor!
But in the eyes of bystanders, this melon is already a ripe melon, which perfectly explains why To5 has such excellent overall strength, but a young master who knows nothing is inserted into the team and is incompatible with the entire team.
——His improvement in strength now is a story for later, but he was mocked by the entire Internet at the beginning.
Coupled with his long-standing rumored background and the fact that he didn't get along with the members in the early days, the more netizens analyzed it, the more it seemed to be true.
The person who leaked the information seemed to be an insider of the company. He revealed many details, including the internal positioning when To5 was formed, and the allocation and adjustment of the lyrics and dance of the debut song. And why the six people were not allowed to debut at that time was because the person who was replaced had accidentally offended Jiang Yilan, and Jiang Yilan was taking revenge on his personal grudge.
The whistleblower never revealed where this person is now, replacing it with "X". He said Jiang Yilan just disliked X, and X did not do anything substantial to Jiang Yilan's detriment. Jiang Yilan is an arrogant and domineering person who looks down on everyone. X is an ordinary person who has worked hard from a small city. He has no background at all and no one can help him.
Li Xi remained silent. The first person Tang Ruining suspected was Wu Xingye.
Ever since Wu Xingye almost forced them to come out, the two have not had any private communication with Wu Xingye. Tang Ruining was not too angry about this matter, and even thought that this cabinet was well designed. But in his eyes, Wu Xingye was like a time bomb, and something could happen at any time. He was even capable of "poisoning" Jiang Yilan, so what was the big deal about him secretly leaking some information?
It is not that he himself contacted the marketing account, but he revealed something to a third party, and the third party then provided the marketing account with information. This is what Tang Ruining thought.
At this time, Wu Xingye just came back from outside. As soon as he opened the door, Tang Ruining immediately stood up and was almost in front of Wu Xingye. Li Xi reacted quickly and took a few steps forward to hold him.
Li Xi shook his head at him, meaning "it's not him", but Tang Ruining thought Li Xi wanted him to stop being impulsive. He was so angry that he didn't listen to Li Xi this time. Although he didn't shake off his hand, he still let him hold it obediently, but he questioned Wu Xingye: "Is it you?"
Wu Xingye looked as if he had no idea what he was talking about, and asked in confusion, "What?"
"I'll ask again, is it you?" Tang Ruining suppressed his anger and asked through gritted teeth, "Don't make me grab your collar like I did last time before you cried and told the truth."
Wu Xingye's face turned pale for a moment. He was afraid that Tang Ruining would tell that matter in public. He panicked and shouted, "I really don't know what you are talking about!"
Li Wei stood in front of Tang Ruining and said, "It's not him."
Tang Ruining: "Do you know what he did?"
This sentence almost made Wu Xingye lose control. Li Xi was standing between the two of them. Wu Xingye wanted to push him away and then stop Tang Ruining, but as soon as he grabbed Li Xi's arm, he was pushed away heavily by Tang Ruining.
"Don't touch him!" Tang Ruining yelled at him.
The grudge had been building for a long time. Even if Wu Xingye hadn't done it, the fact that he had deliberately given nuts to Li Xi to cause him to have an allergy made Tang Ruining want to pin him down and give him a good beating.
Tang Ruining pushed his chest with great force, and Wu Xingye crashed into the wall, taking him a long time to recover.
It all happened so quickly that Rong Xiao hurried over and stood between the two of them, fearing that they would fight.
But in fact, Wu Xingye didn't dare to fight back. He just leaned against the wall, gasping and trembling, as if he was trying his best to hold his anger.
Tang Ruining became even angrier. If Li Xi hadn't held him back, he would have really wanted to rush forward and punch that hypocritical and cowardly face a few times.
Li Xi dragged him into the room and said, "Let's talk inside."
As soon as the door closed, Li Xi gently pressed his chest and said, "Don't be angry. Listen to me."
"My identity has never been revealed in this whole thing. If it was Wu Xingye, he wouldn't have left me any wiggle room. Saying that I'm dead would only deepen the public's antipathy towards Jiang Yilan, which would help him achieve his goal."
Hearing the word "death", the chest that Li Wei was holding suddenly rose and fell. Li Wei stroked it and continued, "The whistleblower didn't want the already... person to be put on the table for public discussion again. This is a secondary injury. He is protecting me. Also, do you know the details of my previous offense against Jiang Yilan?"
Tang Ruining shook his head.
"Yes, you don't know, and Wu Xingye probably doesn't know either. Jiang Yilan only told others that I had offended him. I only told one person the details of this matter."
Tang Ruining hesitated and said, "...Fang Chenyu?"
Li Wei nodded, "It's most likely."
He has left the company now and should have returned to his hometown. Even if the company conducts a self-inspection, it will not be able to find him quickly. Li Xi missed him a lot, and never expected that he would take the initiative to do this for his "dead" self, but he ended up making things worse.
Tang Ruining fell silent. The most helpless thing about this matter was that he really couldn't blame Fang Chenyu. Although he disclosed the information anonymously, there was still a risk of getting in trouble. He would not gain anything by taking this risk and was simply speaking up for his old friend.
Tang Ruining thought of the last time he saw Fang Chenyu, how he looked a little flustered in front of him, and could only smile bitterly and said, "He is quite loyal."
Li Xi also smiled, with a mixture of helplessness and emotion that her friend stood up for her, and sighed softly: "He is indeed a good kid."
Tang Ruining looked at him: "Were you on good terms before?"
"I'm the best among the trainees." Li Xi replied.
Tang Ruining stopped talking again and lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. Li Xi could guess what he was thinking by looking at his expression, probably something like "I wish I had met you earlier". He held up Tang Ruining's face and pecked him twice on the lips, then said with a smile, "Your lips are a little dry. I'll drink the juice you squeezed for me later."
Tang Ruining chased after him and kissed him, hooking his tongue and kissing him deeply.
"I don't do it now." said Tang Ruining.
Yuan Zhiyan also came out of the room, but Wu Xingye was not there. Yuan Zhiyan also saw the revelations, and when he saw the two people appear, he hurriedly asked: "Have you discussed any countermeasures?"
Li Xi was stunned for a moment, "Uh, we didn't discuss this..."
"I'm impressed by you two! It's a mess outside and you're still cooking in here!"
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Since he couldn't count on these two, Yuan Zhiyan looked at Rong Xiao again, "Do you want to clarify something?"
"How do you clarify? It's the fact." It was Tang Ruining who spoke, with a hint of hatred in his tone. Yuan Zhiyan and Rong Xiao looked at him, then looked at Jiang Yilan beside him, unable to figure out what Tang Ruining was thinking.
"It's already suppressing the trending searches, so we can only wait for the heat to die down. It's hard to say anything." Rong Xiao said, "I don't know if the marketing account will reveal more information. If I speak out now, if they release some evidence, I will be scolded even more severely."
"Well, let's observe first, there's no other way." Li Xi said.
When the replacement incident first happened, Tang Ruining thought that Jiang Yilan would be hit by a boomerang sooner or later for doing such a thing. No one expected that the boomerang would come and make a circle and hit the victim again.
"It leaves a huge mess behind." Tang Ruining said in a low voice with resentment.
Yuan Zhiyan and Rong Xiao looked at Tang Ruining again in confusion.
Li Wei took his hand and intertwined their fingers. He gently pulled Tang Ruining and smiled at him: "It's okay."
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