Don't be a Kept Man

Chapter 69: A Step Into Their Hearts

The moment this was dropped, it gave all the arguing antis just now a loud and clear slap to their faces. The few that had been the worst and most aggressive were quickly disappearing; no matter how many mentions, they did not pop up again. It was also at this time that Fu Xiu Nian received a video from the stadium. Taking a quick moment to edit it very simply to the specific relevant time, he then used his throwaway account to upload this version to all major video platforms.

This rendered version was of even higher quality, to the point of clarity in the smallest of details. Easily capturing the faces of those C listers standing by Tong Yue, of their discrete actions in blocking her escape and of their mocking smiles as they did so.

But the video not only captured them in high crystal clarity, Tong Yue's manager down under the stage could also be seen clearly, acting completely dismissive to Tong Yue's cries for help with her eyes. It was a very jarring and piercing image to see, especially when contrasted with the nonstop blinding lights of the paparazzi taking photos.

Not one of them stood up for her, not one of them took a step to lend a helping hand. They were all leaving Tong Yue in a panic and desperately holding in her tears.

Anyone with a brain would know, if that dress fell down, what kind of conclusion would be waiting for her.

A very short video with only a couple of minutes, it was like the mirror on the wall. Within seconds, it was being shared by numerous people, with netizens getting mad out of disgust and from the righteousness in their hearts. But even more were shocked. Not one of them could have thought that the only person to stand up and help was Chen Yi.

That notorious and infamous Chen Yi.

From the dead of night until now, he had not shown his face at all, and he didn't even come out to explain anything. The internet was spiralling out of control with words full of hate, going wild without any indication of stopping; each character, each word forming into the worst of the worst, as the most poisonous vitriol that could ever be formed on this earth. And this seemed to be normal, as if everyone was used to spitting out hate at him, and he had also gotten used to everyone's attitude.

In his previous life, Chen Yi had cultivated to a degree of mastery, killing people without notice with just flower petals or leaves. But he had no ability to kill the evil, the malice in the hearts of humans. No one could ever, from looking at a distance, know what kind of person that was sitting right there was really like.

Those who are keyboard warriors, those who take up quests of vengeance with their words and attitude online, lashing out at whoever they could, could be any one of those working men or women in a random corner of a city, could be any of those students sitting in a classroom, and even more possibly, could be a weak, suffering, bullied individual.

The internet was like a covering, hiding away all their details, from information on their sex to their faces. Anyone in the daylight who was normally an upstanding person could take off their masks and go online, typing away words and words that were harder to hear in real life. As if they were knives that did not touch blood, killing soundlessly from millions and millions of miles away.

From the onset of the first video, the fans of Tong Yue had been blowing up in anger, and now they had their targets to switch their ire to. Although they were not high in numbers, tearing apart the other C listers that were there that evening was no problem. It was also easy to grow in numbers, as the group was joined by quite a few passing netizens that were in it for the drama. In just one afternoon, they suppressed all the hashtags that were trending back down.

# Chen Yi did not steal the spotlight, he stole our hearts #

# Big reveal on Tong Yue, a fight from jealousy between female celebrities #