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"Mom, save me!"
Not long after, the girl who had been mocked in the live stream received another message: "I asked my parents, and the neighbor's surname is Gu, not Cen. But I heard that family has hardly ever lived here; the house has been empty for several years."
Upon receiving her friend's reply, the girl immediately typed indignantly: "I knew it! This Cen Meng must have secretly gone to someone else's house to show off! I'm going to expose her!"
The girl came from a wealthy family and had never suffered any hardship growing up.
She had originally planned to go shopping with a friend at noon, but she got bored in the morning and randomly found a live stream to kill time.
Who knew that she would be ridiculed by the celebrity's fans simply for posting a comment, and of course she couldn't swallow that insult.
After replying to her friend, the girl immediately opened her social media account and began editing the post:
"I have a bombshell! The luxury house that actress Cen Meng lives in doesn't even belong to her! My friend is the owner of the house in Jinshui Bay, and she can testify that the owner's surname is Gu, not Cen Meng or her parents!"
...
In Cen Meng's live stream, fans were still immersed in the halo of their idol, believing that Cen Meng was a rich young lady from a wealthy family.
At the same time, various marketing accounts also began to exert their efforts.
Urban Beauty Jiajia: An elegant young lady from a wealthy family vs. a nouveau riche celebrity offspring who loves to flaunt her wealth? The stark contrast in the parenting styles of the two mothers is clearly evident in a recently popular family reality show.
Entertainment Sister Seventeen: A deep dive into the three female guests on "Mom": one is low-key and cultured, another comes from a family of performers, and the last one had a winning hand but played it terribly...
Several blog posts published by marketing accounts have coincidentally compared the families of Cen Meng and Ning Yuxuan.
The blogger in the first post used several screenshots from the first episode to compare the luxury goods Ning Fei gave her daughter with the books Cen Meng's mother gave Cen Meng, and analyzed the two mothers' parenting styles.
The entire piece, several hundred words long, criticizes Ning Fei's educational methods and praises Cen Meng's parents' approach to raising her.
Finally, the audience is questioned: What's wrong with this era? Why is the gentle and low-key Cen Meng disliked, while the superficial and materialistic Ning Fei and Ning Yuxuan are highly praised by netizens?
The second Weibo post compared GIFs of Cen Meng, Jiang Ning'an, and Ning Yuxuan from the TV series.
Cen Meng has acted in several idol dramas before, and her acting skills are convincing. Combined with her pure and innocent appearance, the audience's evaluation of her is quite good.
Jiang Ning'an's performance in the recently popular drama "The Story of Cai Xin" has been widely praised.
Ning Yuxuan was the only one who made a cameo appearance in a flop TV series a year ago, and her acting was absolutely terrible.
The marketing account concluded that Cen Meng received a good family education from a young age and graduated from a domestic performing arts academy, thus her understanding of the character was very accurate.
Jiang Ning'an studied drama at a well-known overseas university and also inherited her mother's acting skills, which are quite remarkable.
Ning Yuxuan, on the other hand, lacks ambition and doesn't bother to hone her acting skills. She only wants to rely on her mother's fame to become a variety show personality in the entertainment industry.
Shortly after the marketing account made its statement, online trolls and Cen Meng's fans swarmed in.
[You wouldn't know unless you compared them; Ning Yuxuan and the other two are completely different! She's just a variety show personality who became famous through marketing!]
Cen Meng and Jiang Ning'an are both formally trained actors, but Ning Yuxuan's acting skills are truly terrible; I don't even know which shady school she graduated from.
Don't overestimate these celebrity kids. They might not have even had much schooling, let alone gone to university. They're just relying on their good mothers to get by.
Seeing that the online public opinion environment had once again tilted in favor of Cen Meng, Cen Meng's fans finally stood up straight.
Simply mocking Ning Yuxuan in the comment section of marketing accounts is not enough for them.
The fans in the group were having a lively discussion—
Yongai Cenmeng: [Group owner, the public opinion outside is very favorable right now. Should we organize a team-building activity and flood Ning Yuxuan's live stream with messages?]
Mengmeng's Little Cake: [Yeah, Mengmeng got really badly criticized in the live stream back then. Shouldn't Ning Yuxuan experience what it feels like to be criticized too?]
Cen Meng's Exclusive Cat: [Agreed! I've already prepared ten accounts, I'm not afraid of being banned by the live stream admins!]
These days, as Cen Meng's fans, they are almost universally condemned online, and every time they speak, they are called "book-stealing fans" or "mistress fans".
This time, with the hard-won signs of a turnaround, everyone's enthusiasm is at an all-time high.
After the fans appealed in the group for a while, the group admin finally appeared.
Meng Xiaomengmeng: [I've heard everyone's voices. I have some good news to share: I heard from a friend who's interning on the show that there will be an interactive segment in the live stream this afternoon.]
Meng Xiaomengmeng: [When the time comes, let's all go to Ning Yuxuan's live stream and spam the chat to get back all the grievances we've suffered these past few days!]
...
At Ning Fei's home, Ning Yuxuan and Ning Fei finally sorted all 1,000 puzzle pieces by color.
There was a rustling sound coming from the villa entrance; it was Ning Shiyue returning home after finishing her morning work.
Ning Shiyue has already informed the production team that he will arrive before noon to participate in the recording.
The staff prepared well in advance and set up a fixed camera position at the entrance of the villa.
As soon as Ning Shiyue entered the house, his expression became subtle.
The living room stereo was playing one of his singles, and the volume was quite loud.
After that talent show ended, Ning Shiyue was one of the two most popular contestants, and his management company immediately seized the opportunity to release several solo singles for him.
One of the ballads playing in the living room was a sentimental love song. The boy's voice was full of sincere emotion, expressing his love for the girl he secretly admired.
The melody of this song is not complicated but catchy, and the lyrics are also easy to remember. It became popular on short video platforms as soon as it was released, and many people can hum a line or two of the chorus.
But Ning Shiyue secretly disliked the song's overly cheesy lyrics.
Hearing his mother and sister playing this song at a blast in the living room, he felt goosebumps rising on his skin.
Ning Shiyue rushed to the speaker in three quick steps and turned the volume control knob to mute.
He made such a commotion that Ning Yuxuan and Ning Fei both turned to look at him.
Ning Shiyue stared at Ning Yuxuan: "If you're recording a show, why are you playing my song?"
He didn't need to guess to know that playing his song at this time must have been Ning Yuxuan's idea, just like how Ning Yuxuan had dragged Ning Fei to watch his drama before.
Upon hearing this, Ning Yuxuan slowly stood up and stretched her arms.
Then he looked at Ning Shiyue with a sincere expression: "Hmm? Because doing the puzzle quietly is a bit too boring, so let's play some background music to liven things up."
Ning Shiyue continued to glare at Ning Yuxuan: "Then why didn't you just play any fast-paced song? Why did you have to choose this one?"
Ning Yuxuan smiled and said, "Because this song is beautiful."
Ning Shiyue: "..."
[Haha, Ning Shiyue definitely didn't expect Ning Yuxuan's next sentence to be a compliment, and he choked up for a moment.]
[You've learned this trick: suddenly praising your partner during an argument can have unexpected positive effects.]
Ning Shiyue is so cute! After being praised by her older sister, she didn't know how to continue arguing, haha.
Ning Yuxuan turned to look at Ning Fei: "And Mom said she likes your song the most! Right?"
Ning Fei smiled and nodded: "Xiao Yue sang this song with a lot of emotion."
The two of them, speaking in unison, left Ning Shiyue even more speechless.
Ning Yuxuan pressed on: "Besides, the melody of this song is quite memorable; I can already sing it after only listening to it twice—"
As she spoke, she began humming the first line of the chorus to herself.
When Ning Shiyue heard Ning Yuxuan say that she would sing her own song, he felt a strange sense of anticipation.
Although he kept saying he didn't want Ning Yuxuan to watch his TV dramas or listen to his songs, deep down he still hoped she would have more recognition of his career.
Ning Yuxuan had never cared about these things before; this was the first time she had taken the initiative to say she wanted to sing her own song.
However, Ning Shiyue's expression changed as soon as Ning Yuxuan sang one line.
How could he forget?
His older sister has been tone-deaf since childhood.
When Ning Yuxuan was in junior high school, she signed up for a singing class. After the first lesson, she came back to Ning Fei with tears in her eyes, saying that all her classmates were laughing at her after she finished singing.
Ning Fei herself wasn't very good at singing, so she asked her son, Ning Shiyue, who had been a "key member of the arts and culture group" in his class since childhood, to accompany her daughter in her practice.
As a result, the two days that Ning Shiyue taught Ning Yuxuan to sing made the young boy understand for the first time what "frustration" meant.
No matter how he taught her, Ning Yuxuan's off-key singing problem just wouldn't go away, and it even got worse.
Fortunately, Ning Yuxuan only had a short attention span for everything, and her enthusiasm for singing quickly faded. She never came back to him to learn to sing again.
As Ning Yuxuan sang his single with such seriousness, Ning Shiyue's memories of being dominated by her singing voice returned completely.
Fortunately, Ning Yuxuan stopped after singing only a few lines and asked Ning Shiyue, "How was it? How did I sing?"
Ning Shiyue: "..."
He hesitated, then said, "The lyrics were all sung correctly..."
But not a single word was in tune.
[Haha, I can tell Ning Shiyue tried really hard to praise her, but her singing skills are just too good to be true.]
Indeed, if the lyrics hadn't been sung correctly, I wouldn't have been able to tell that Ning Yuxuan was singing the same song.
Ning Yuxuan feigned disappointment as she looked at Ning Shiyue: "It's just that the lyrics were right? Did I sing badly?"
Looking at Ning Yuxuan's pitiful yet expectant eyes, Ning Shiyue couldn't help but recall how Ning Yuxuan had secretly hidden in her room and cried after being ridiculed for singing a long time ago.
Ning Shiyue gritted his teeth: "She sang well too."
Ning Yuxuan blinked her eyelashes: "Really?"
Ning Shiyue remained silent for a moment, then nodded with a look of grim determination: "It sounds beautiful!"
The comments section was filled with laughter.
[Hahaha, Ning Shiyue, you've finally met your match! I almost forgot how blunt he was on other shows.]
This is definitely the most insincere thing Ning Shiyue has ever said in all the shows he's been on.
[There was nothing I could do; the one asking the questions was none other than my own older sister!]
The two stared at each other for a few seconds. Just as Ning Shiyue was about to change the subject out of guilt, Ning Yuxuan suddenly burst out laughing and then couldn't stop laughing.
"Hahahaha Ning Shiyue—" Ning Yuxuan laughed so hard she could barely breathe, "You really should look in the mirror and see how forced your expression is right now. Anyone who didn't know better would think you'd swallowed a fly."
Ning Shiyue's eyes widened: "You..."
Ning Yuxuan laughed and said, "I've been singing off-key for years, how could I not know? I just wanted to tease you, I didn't expect you to be so kind!"
Ning Shiyue: "...Ning, Yu, Xuan!"
Seeing that Ning Shiyue was about to explode in anger, Ning Yuxuan quickly ran behind Ning Fei: "Mom, save me!"
Ning Shiyue wasn't really angry with Ning Yuxuan, but he just couldn't stand her arrogant attitude: "Ning Yuxuan, don't think I can't do anything to you just because you're hiding behind Mom!"
Ning Yuxuan made a face: "Then come on."
[This is hilarious! These two three-year-olds are at it again. Teacher Ning Fei is having a really tough time.]
Teacher Ning is like a kindergarten teacher, upholding justice for these two children every day.
Ning Fei watched the two children playfully fighting, feeling both helpless and amused, while continuing to complete the jigsaw puzzle.
Ning Yuxuan and Ning Shiyue argued for a while before finally calming down.
Ning Fei has quietly made significant progress on the puzzle all by herself, with almost no impact from the two people.
[Hahaha, Teacher Ning seems to be surrounded by an elegant and calm aura, a completely different style from the other two.]
[As expected of my goddess! She remained as steady as a mountain even in this situation!]
Before I knew it, a morning had passed.
This time, Ning Fei didn't cook herself, but instead had the family's housekeeper prepare several dishes.
After lunch, the staff announced that an interactive segment would be held in the live broadcast room next.
All three groups of guests will interact and chat with viewers in real time in their respective live streaming rooms.
If the audience has any questions, they can take this opportunity to ask the guests.
Although the show was previously broadcast live, the audience was always just one-sided observers. This is the first time since the show started that the audience has been able to interact with the guests in real time.
Everyone was very excited, and the live stream was flooded with comments as soon as the interactive segment started.
[Ning Shiyue! Ning Shiyue! Can you see this? I'm so excited!]
【Ning Fei, you are so beautiful, goddess, I love you!】
[Ning Yuxuan is so beautiful! I'm your fan, look at me!]
Ning Yuxuan and Ning Shiyue sat on either side of Ning Fei, letting their mother answer the audience's questions first.
The atmosphere in the live stream was great. Ning Fei looked at the questions that kept popping up in the chat and picked out a few to answer.
An audience member asked: "Mr. Ning, why did you choose to retire from acting ten years ago? Will we have the opportunity to see you on screen again?"
Ning Fei's tone was calm and gentle: "To be honest, I've always been very reluctant to give up my acting career. The reason I chose to temporarily leave the entertainment industry these past few years is because I wanted to shift my focus to my family and spend more time with He Xuanxuan and Xiao Yue. If there is a suitable opportunity in the future, I may have new works to share with everyone."
Having been away from the entertainment industry for so many years, and having won all the awards she could when she was younger, Ning Fei has basically given up on the idea of returning to acting.
But in the last episode, Ning Fei listened to Jiang Ning'an and Qin Man talk so much about their experiences on set, which rekindled a small flame in her heart: she hoped that she could create a character with her heart again and portray a completely new life in her lifetime.
So when answering audience questions this time, she didn't hide her thoughts, and also took the opportunity to tell people in the industry that if there are suitable scripts, they can consider her.
Some viewers asked Ning Fei if she would participate in variety shows with the children again, saying they looked forward to seeing them in more programs.
Ning Fei also politely thanked everyone for their love and support for her and her family.
After answering two more questions from viewers, a group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared in the live stream.
After they arrived, they quickly started flooding the live stream with similar messages.
[Please, Ning Yuxuan, stop flaunting your wealth on the show and setting a bad example for minors. Studying hard is the right path; being uneducated is truly terrifying!]
[Please, Ning Yuxuan, go back and read more books before coming on the show again. Set a good example for teenagers!]
...
With so many similar comments appearing all at once, and their tone all harboring ill intentions, everyone present realized that something was wrong.
After realizing what was happening, the staff gave Ning Yuxuan a look, indicating that she needed help.
During the recording of these episodes, everyone in the Ning family treated the production crew very well and cooperated with their work, so the crew was willing to protect them as much as possible.
Ning Yuxuan, however, was not affected by these questions and simply narrowed her eyes.
She looked at Ning Shiyue with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong with these people? Why are they all suddenly making me go to school?"
Ning Shiyue pursed her lips and shook her head: "I don't know either."
He became an instant sensation after his debut, but was also targeted by a large-scale smear campaign by his rivals, which immediately revealed that the campaign was organized.
But what Ning Shiyue couldn't understand was why all these people were telling Ning Yuxuan to study hard?
When criticizing someone, you should at least be on the right track. Ning Yuxuan graduated from school several years ago, what does this have to do with anything?
Ning Shiyue didn't expect that this was a strategy that Cen Meng's fans had come up with in the group.
Cen Meng graduated from an art college in China. Although it wasn't one of the most famous art colleges, it was still a solid professionally trained institution, so there was absolutely no problem with it.
However, Ning Yuxuan's public profile has never shown her educational background, and she previously claimed that she wanted to be a full-time daughter.
Cen Meng's fans deduced from this that Ning Yuxuan's academic qualifications must be lacking, which is why she couldn't find a decent job and could only stay at home and live off her parents.
Now that Cen Meng has cultivated an image of a talented woman in the public eye, they can use her academic qualifications to put down Ning Yuxuan.
The comments kept flooding in.
Ning Yuxuan found one of the lines and slowly read it aloud: "Excuse me, Ning Yuxuan, you don't study hard and only know how to sponge off your parents. Aren't you afraid of setting a bad example for the vast number of young viewers?"
After reading it aloud, Ning Yuxuan smiled and said, "This netizen, I don't know why you think I didn't study hard? If you say that, my teachers and classmates at A University will be very sad."
audience:"……"
【Huh? Is it the University A I know?】
[Really? Ning Yuxuan is that amazing?]
[University A is second only to the top two universities in Beicheng, Ning Yuxuan wasn't exaggerating, was she?]
[So Ning Yuxuan was actually a top student... How could Cen Meng have the nerve to belittle Ning Yuxuan while bragging about her own education?]
[This... My first thought was that Ning Yuxuan was just making things up, but this kind of thing is easy to verify, so she probably wouldn't dare to fake it, right?]
Cen Meng's fans were also shocked. They never expected that their carefully organized "offensive" would be neutralized by Ning Yuxuan's casual remark.
Is Ning Yuxuan from University A?
Cen Meng's fans couldn't understand why Ning Yuxuan had never mentioned her academic background in public if she really did have such a good education.
But looking at Ning Yuxuan, she didn't seem to be lying.
Cen Meng's fans were suddenly unsure of what to do next.
Just then, a prominent fan in Cen Meng's fan group suddenly tagged everyone urgently: [Attention everyone, emergency! Her house has been burgled! Don't bother with Ning Yuxuan anymore, hurry back to Mengmeng's live stream to help!]
Shortly after Ning Fei's interactive segment began, Cen Meng also started interacting with her fans.
However, since this morning, the question of who exactly owns Cen Meng's mansion has sparked heated discussions among netizens.
Initially, someone leaked information claiming that Cen Meng's mansion was located in Jinshui Bay, but the owner was not from the Cen family at all, but rather surnamed Gu.
Later, some people followed this clue and speculated that the owner of the mansion was the Gu family, a long-established wealthy family in Beicheng.
Netizens recalled the high-profile extramarital affair scandal and began to suspect that Cen Meng's boyfriend had a relationship with the Gu family.
Originally, because the scope of "non-celebrity" was too broad, people were unable to find out who Cen Meng's boyfriend was, and they only got halfway through their gossip.
With this clue, more and more netizens joined the ranks of detectives.
Someone found news photos of the Gu family members appearing in public and discovered that the eldest grandson, Gu Yunhao, matched the age and build of the man who broke up with Ning Yuxuan in the video.
Then, some netizens compared the details and found that Gu Yunhao and the man in the toasting photo posted by Cen Meng on Weibo both had a mole on their right wrist, and in the exact same location.
Not long after, someone discovered that Gu Yunhao was wearing a watch on his wrist when he took a group photo with someone at a charity event.
The group photo wasn't very high resolution, so it wasn't very clear, but the color scheme of the watch strap looked the same as the limited edition watch in the toasting photo.
As more and more evidence accumulates, the truth is gradually being revealed to netizens.
The male protagonist who remained hidden in the previous affair scandal was Gu Yunhao, the eldest grandson of the Gu family.
Cen Meng's claim that she had broken up with her boyfriend is most likely false, otherwise she wouldn't continue living in the mansion owned by the Gu family.
After the news spread, Cen Meng's live stream exploded, with countless netizens flooding in.
[Cen Meng, is your boyfriend Gu Yunhao? Are you currently living in a property owned by the Gu family?]
Didn't they say they broke up? Why are you still trying to portray yourself as a strong, independent woman? Doesn't it hurt your pride?
[You're still living in the mansion your ex-boyfriend gave you after breaking up? You think we netizens are idiots?]
【Cen Meng, when you shamelessly lied, did you ever think you'd get caught?】
For a time, both Ning Yuxuan and Cen Meng's live streams were extremely lively.
A group of people were shocked by Ning Yuxuan's academic qualifications and were busy looking for evidence that Ning Yuxuan graduated from University A.
Another group of people were waiting in Cen Meng's live stream room to see how she would explain her relationship with Gu Yunhao.
The live broadcast of the program "Dear Mom" once again turned into a feast for all netizens to watch, with the data soaring rapidly.
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