CEO's Sweetheart is a Super Idol-Chapter 283 - 276: Mindless Provocation

Xiao Du didn’t expect it.

The data he posted would cause such a big reaction from the production team.

In less than six hours, they immediately issued an explanation:

The platform issues were due to technical maintenance.

There’s no situation where vote brushing affected the platform’s operation.

However, abnormal data did appear.

We apologize to all the fans for this abnormal data incident.

We understand the feelings of each fanbase and appreciate your efforts.

We will handle the backend data with fairness and impartiality.

Following the statement, they also dealt with vote data for Guo Xia and Wu Zixuan.

Once the statement was published, fans who were ready to fight tooth and nail for Guo Xia’s "I’m Proud" immediately simmered down.

Wu Zixuan, however, was absolutely furious, questioning whether this was just the show shifting blame.

Meng Meixuan’s fanbase also brushed data, so why single out Wu Zixuan?

Is the show dead-set on protecting Meng Meixuan’s C-position?

Wu Zixuan, in her rage, not only reported Meng Meixuan’s fanbase but also reported those of Yang Ni, Ye Yuwei, and Liu Feiyu.

Xiao Du was speechless about it, feeling like Wu Zixuan’s fans had lost their minds.

Meng Meixuan’s fanbase, on the other hand, was panicking like ants on a hot pan. After failing to win songs against Wu Zixuan and Ye Yuwei, the support club was already running out of funds.

Fans were exhausted from non-stop, round-the-clock voting.

The support club president, bombarded with various "greetings" from fans, had no choice but to step down in despair.

He even announced that they would no longer compete for any song, leaving Yuehua to manage by itself!

Yuehua didn’t expect things to end like this. If Meng Meixuan lost the song’s C-position, it would have a huge impact on her career.

A large number of fans might stop supporting her, and the reputation they had painstakingly built could collapse.

In desperation, Yuehua approached Wan Kai—after all, it was under Wan Kai’s instructions that they had acted.

This incident also led to an unexpected outcome:

Originally, Lai Ruoxuan’s fans had voted her song "Prideful" to the top of the charts. But shortly after, Lu Bingbing’s side surpassed her.

Galaxy fans finally took action, appealing to everyone in their fandom and various theater accounts to vote for Lu Bingbing. Their aim was to secure the song "Prideful."

Li Jiaqi learned through a call with Yu Qingjia that Galaxy fans were now in a frenzy trying to secure votes for Lu Bingbing.

Lu Bingbing’s support club agreed to pay for votes but lacked manpower, so they appealed to other Galaxy fans for help.

Most Galaxy fans were willing to support this. Regardless of the situation, they wanted Lu Bingbing to debut and enhance Galaxy’s reputation.

Even those extreme solo fans who weren’t mentally stable supported this cause.

At this point, Galaxy’s organizational abilities and cohesion were on full display.

Amazingly, within just 12 hours, they surpassed their competitor.

However, Galaxy’s decision to intervene was also strategic—they were reading the situation closely.

Their last failed attempt to smear Ye Yuwei had already tarnished their reputation badly.

Lai Ruoxuan’s fans panicked as they saw the data being overtaken.

They begged her company to step in, but in reality, the company had already been secretly exerting effort to help her climb the charts.

Contractually speaking, Lai Ruoxuan was technically an artist under the Penguin group.

Of course, her own fans were quite capable—despite starting voting early, she hadn’t yet secured a debut spot. But even her fanbase couldn’t compete with Galaxy’s 30,000 dedicated fans.

Finally escaping a veteran actor who wanted to coach her, Li Jiaqi fled back to her hotel room.

She felt emotionally and physically drained in recent days. Previously, she had minor roles that only required her to spend a few days on set.

But now, as her roles expanded, her time on set grew longer, and the dynamics became more complex; certain people began to target her with overt or covert interference.

For example, the veteran actor she just dealt with frequently played a braided emperor on TV dramas, cherished notions of his lasting allure and charisma, and even wanted Li Jiaqi to "serve" him.

"Phew! I never thought those stories I used to only see on social platforms would happen to me."

Despite her exhaustion, Li Jiaqi still opened her phone to check messages from her friends.

"These people are too much—how could they behave like this?"

Li Jiaqi was naturally aware of Galaxy fans voting for Lu Bingbing. She hadn’t expected so many fans to taunt Ye Yuwei.

Some people posted screenshots of their votes for Lu Bingbing on Ye Yuwei’s Weibo.

Others posted screenshots voting for Lu Bingbing’s rival song "Childish" and added comments containing extreme humiliation.

This wasn’t about impacting Ye Yuwei’s top spot but rather about insulting her.

Some audaciously declared that if it weren’t for the general elections, they’d drag Ye Yuwei through the mud.

Feeling furious, Li Jiaqi checked her Pocket app and saw it flooded with discussions about this incident.

Fortunately, because of her relationship with Ye Yuwei, none of her fans had participated.

She paced back and forth in her room a few times before deciding to call Yu Qingjia.

She felt the Galaxy fans needed to rein in their behavior. Instead of achieving anything against Ye Yuwei, this could provoke the other side’s retaliation.

And as Li Jiaqi expected.

Xiao Du was staring at his idol’s Weibo with rage in his eyes.

Being a senior Galaxy fan, he felt that kind of heart-wrenching pain deeply.

"Xiao Du, are all of Lu Bingbing’s fans completely insane?" Mu Yunchu, sitting beside Xiao Du in a pink pajama set, looked at him anxiously.

To make voting easier, Mu Yunchu had been staying at Xiao Du’s home.

As they spent more time together, she learned Xiao Du suffered from a severe illness—a congenital genetic defect that doctors said would not let him live past 23.

This plunged Mu Yunchu into inescapable emotions, feeling a duty and responsibility to care for him.

Now, seeing Xiao Du in such a state, she couldn’t help but feel incredibly distressed.

"Hmph! Lu Bingbing’s fans think they’ve secured that song! Just watch!" Xiao Du’s tone was filled with venom.

Base.

As dawn broke the next day, all the girls were summoned to the studio.

Today was the day rankings would be announced.

During the first public stage, it had been a 101-to-55 elimination round (plus three auditors, totaling 58 people), and now it was down to the final 36.

Because of how badly everyone cried last time, they discreetly brought tissue paper this time.

Long strides carried Long Zitao into the room, his afro styled as explosively as ever.

He had missed last week’s public performance due to attending a film festival but managed to make it to this ranking announcement.

As he walked in, he glanced toward Ye Yuwei’s direction.

The girl’s smile remained unchanged, and her presence seemed even more captivating than before.

Lu Bingbing, who hadn’t stopped watching Long Zitao, also noticed his gaze lingered on Ye Yuwei for a bit too long. Her intuition as a woman made her suspect there might be something going on.

Meanwhile, Wu Zixuan also noticed it. Her heart felt a pang of discomfort, as if something good was about to be taken away by someone she disliked.