?Chapter 36: Episode 36: Blessing in Disguise, Unexpectedly Famous? Chapter 36: Episode 36: Blessing in Disguise, Unexpectedly Famous? Yao Shanshan was pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pan, cursing He Tong under her breath for being a scoundrel.
“Shanshan, stop pacing, you’re not tired, but you’re making me dizzy…” Zhou Xueyin pushed Yao Shanshan back into her seat, “Didn’t KK say? Once the network gets a bit better than usual, we’ll help you hang He Tong out to dry!”
“I’m just afraid that by then, the people from the Little Pink and Little Sky Blue communities will have already stripped me bare… You all know how good they are at doxing!” At that moment, Yao Shanshan was praying that these doxing masters wouldn’t take any interest in her trivial matters.
“So what if they dox you? You don’t have any dark history. What’s there to fear? Even if they really dig up stuff and post it on our forum, we are qualified to handle it! What’s there to be afraid of?” Zhou Xueyin confidently declared.
“Yinyin, it’s not a ‘what if.’ He Tong has already posted our forum along with Shanbao’s threads…” Li Jiniang rubbed her temples, frowning.
“Hmph… Hehe…” Zhou Xueyin let out a disdainful chuckle, “I should actually thank him for giving us free publicity!”
Zhou Xueyin had not finished speaking when she received a message on QQ.
She clicked to open it and it was from Curly Cat: The person who posted before has posted again, several new ones, what’s going on? To delete or not to delete?
Zhou Xueyin replied: Leave it for now, let’s see what he’s up to. We know who he is, I’ll fill you in on his ‘nasty behavior’ later.
Curly Cat: Got it! But suddenly a bunch of people started registering on the forum, about 15 or 16 of them.
Zhou Xueyin: Damn, this is unprecedented. The total number of people registered on the forum since its creation hasn’t even reached 15, and now we have 15 in one day! I’ll get KK to check in a while if it’s a single IP address.
Curly Cat: You guys still can’t get on the forum? Seriously, you need to change your crappy network…
Change the network? Who wouldn’t want to? But despite scouring the streets daily, there have been no notices of any other broadband providers moving in.
It seems it will be eons before we can get rid of this mess…
Not only did Zhou Xueyin have Curly Cat providing updates on the forum situation, but Senior Brother Yang was also sending screenshots to Kang Siyin.
Senior Brother Yang: Little K, should I investigate this person’s IP address? It’s clear they’re here to provoke us maliciously!
Kang Siyin: It’s okay, we all know who he is, his character is awful.
Senior Brother Yang: Alright, let me know if you need any help.
Kang Siyin: Senior Brother Yang, do you know the moderators of Little Pink and Little Sky Blue communities?
Senior Brother Yang: I do, but they’re not in charge of that section, so there’s nothing they can do…
Kang Siyin: No worries, we’ll figure something out ourselves.
Senior Brother Yang: However, don’t worry, I do know a few of those doxing experts in the forum, I’ll ask them not to take action.
Kang Siyin: Thank you so much, Senior Brother Yang!
Senior Brother Yang: It’s nothing!
“Shanshan! Senior Brother Yang said he’s talked to those doxing masters, and they won’t lay a finger on you!” Kang Siyin excitedly shared the news with Yao Shanshan.
“Really? That’s amazing…” With those words, Yao Shanshan was completely reassured. Justice was indeed on her side!
Although Senior Brother Yang had only said they wouldn’t dox Yao Shanshan, he hadn’t said anything about not taking action against He Tong.
Anyway, since I was idle, I asked Kang Siyin for He Tong’s IP address on the forum…
When the network was a bit smoother, before Kang Siyin and the others could post He Tong and Mi Lu’s photos online, netizens from Little Pink and Little Sky Blue had already exposed He Tong completely.
They not only dug up the numerous flags He Tong had planted over the years but also posted his current location on the forum.
That’s not all; there were even posts apologizing to Yao Shanshan, admitting they shouldn’t have text-threatened her.
“What the hell happened?” The four of them were stunned by the one-sided situation and their jaws dropped.
“Brother Yang said that since he was idle, he casually exposed He Tong with a few human flesh search experts…” Kang Siyin had just received Brother Yang’s reply due to the network issues.
“And then He Tong’s dark past was completely dug up?” Li Jiniang said in shock, “The internet is really scary. In the future, whatever you do, you can’t post it online; once it becomes a dark history and is seen by others, that’s awful.”
“It seems this guy also pissed off quite a few people, apparently even stealing the girlfriend of another group leader…” Zhou Xueyin was enjoying the gossip about He Tong, “Serves him right! Evil deeds will bring about self-destruction! Let him two-time! Now he’s capsized in the gutter!”
“Brother Yang is really amazing! If there’s a chance, we must thank him properly!” Yao Shanshan gratefully exclaimed.
“It seems Brother Yang is like me and doesn’t like meeting strangers… I just asked him to dinner, and he refused,” Kang Siyin said, a bit disappointed.
“No worries, when the time comes just buy some stuff for Xiaojing, and let her give it to Brother Yang!” Zhou Xueyin knew how to delegate tasks.
“But you know, the power of this gossip post is really huge, our forum’s traffic hit an all-time high tonight!” Kang Siyin was extremely happy looking at the promising data.
“How about this? Shall we open a cosplay section? Specifically to attract traffic?” Zhou Xueyin suggested, “After all, there isn’t a dedicated cosplay forum in Beijing, if we start a special section for cosplay, it should attract quite a lot of traffic!”
“That’s a good idea!” Kang Siyin thought about it. The forum’s early task was to attract people and divert traffic, right? Since cosplay could bring people in, let’s do it!
Without further ado, Kang Siyin and Zhou Xueyin set up a dedicated Imperial Capital COS section on the 51buy forum, and also transferred the gossip post there.
Meanwhile, He Tong, who had thought he would humiliate Yao Shanshan, could only rage impotently at home.
Seeing that the direction of public opinion had gone completely beyond his control, he was powerless to strike back.
Now, he had become like a stray dog being beaten by everyone online; anyone could step forward and accuse him of being irresponsible, for ruining the bright future of a young girl, and that he deserved to be human-flesh searched.
Moreover, someone had posted his high-definition images, along with all his information online, almost wishing for all women on the internet to be wary of this philanderer. Sёarch* The N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
On top of that, Mi Lu also sent a text breaking off contact; she certainly didn’t want her bright future in Beijing to be delayed by such scum.
He Tong had originally wanted to use the power of the internet to isolate Yao Shanshan, ultimately forcing her to return to him. However, he didn’t expect that in lifting a rock, he would only crush his own foot; now, he was not only on the blacklist in the cosplay community but also the target of online shaming.
His blurry cosplay photos had also been used by netizens to Photoshop into various funny images.
Even if he now shamelessly begged Yao Shanshan for forgiveness, it would probably be useless.
All He Tong could do was to honestly, earnestly, and quietly wait for the storm to pass.
However, he was not the kind of person to sit back and accept his fate; if he was going down, he was going to take someone with him!
Since he couldn’t get through to Yao Shanshan, he would start with her boyfriend!
He Tong found a photo of Li Ranxu and Yao Shanshan from their chat history: “Kid! If I can’t live well, you can’t either!”