Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1156: Tell Me, What Are You?
Tang Li’s premonition was accurate.
Two days later, voices emerged on Weibo about her being Lai Wenyan’s illegitimate daughter.
The marketing account that first ’exposed’ the news didn’t mention names, only using ’Xiao Xiu’ to refer to her, and referred to Lai Wenyan as ’a certain troubled councilman.’
However, not long ago, "The Brightest Star" was just aired, and netizens quickly guessed that ’Xiao Xiu’ was Tang Li, who played the female lead Jing Xiu. As for the troubled councilman, that was easy to guess; Tang Li had once stayed with the Lai Family, and Lai Yuaner’s father is a senator, which isn’t a secret in the entertainment circle.
In less than half a day, similar posts appeared on G District and Douban.
Feng Qi called Tang Li, informing her of the company’s PR strategy, which was to remain silent for now.
Overreacting in the entertainment industry usually backfires.
Regarding the comments mentioning her name, the company would first report them for handling.
By evening, #Lai Yuaner# landed on the trending list.
At four-thirty in the afternoon, Lai Yuaner suddenly went online on Weibo and posted a vague statement.
——[The truth will eventually come to light someday.]
A netizen asked in the comment section if Tang Li is really your half-sister?
Lai Yuaner’s reply was a smiley emoji symbol, along with the phrase ’Whether it is or not, the person involved knows best.’
This very sentence brought Lai Yuaner to the trending list.
Lai Yuaner’s ambiguous words were also screenshotted by Yu Sui and sent to the group chat.
[Yu’s Family Only One]:"Lai Yuaner dares to jump out again, isn’t she socially dead?"
[Get Rich Wu]:"Probably thick-skinned?"
Tang Li: "..."
Yu Sui quickly tagged Tang Li: "[Serious.jpg] I have sufficient reasons to suspect that those posts implying your background were also done by Lai Yuaner’s hired water army."
Before Tang Li could type, Wu Xuehan questioned it——
[Get Rich Wu]:"Can’t be, right? Lai Yuaner isn’t smarter than me."
Yu Sui was anxious about her lack of initiative.
[Yu’s Family Only One]:"Look for yourself! [Screenshot][Screenshot] Lai Yuaner, who has completed her studies in Yin-Yang learning, is no longer the silly sweet girl she used to be. You think she’s you, relying on drinking six walnuts daily to boost your brain."
Wu Xuehan immediately sought help: "Ah Li, tell her!"
Tang Li replied: "Someone must be teaching her what to do."
This ’her’ naturally refers to Lai Yuaner.
With Lai Yuaner’s personality, she’s indeed incapable of achieving much.
But she’s a member of the Lai Family, knows their secrets, making her susceptible to some people’s manipulation.
Yu Sui captured more square comments: "More and more netizens demand Ah Li to clarify her background."
[Get Rich Wu]:"Same in G District, originally everyone was discussing which brother’s PP is perkier, but now they’re all investigating the inescapable sisterly affection between Ah Li and Lai Yuaner."
[Yu’s Family Only One]:"How about Ah Li does a split on Weibo?"
[Tang Li]:"..."
Yu Sui found herself to be a little PR genius: "If Ah Li does a split, netizens will surely think she’s hinting at a pregnancy. Once everyone’s attention is diverted, who will still care about the background issue?"
After all, the sisterly relationship between Ah Li and Lai Yuaner is an immutable fact.
If a statement is issued denying it, who knows if Lai Yuaner has a countermeasure?
Lai Yuaner might not be very clever, but as Ah Li mentioned, she has someone advising her behind the scenes.
Feng Qi originally planned for this exposure to cool down on its own, but Lai Yuaner’s involvement accelerated the topic’s fermentation, and continued silence might lead to netizens thoroughly digging into Tang Li.
By then, it won’t just be exposing the relationship between Tang Li and the Lai Family.
Tang Li also prepared for the worst.
What will come always comes.
However, before they could write the PR draft, the online opinion underwent a reversal.
Led by ’My Ningning is the only beauty,’ Tang Li’s anti-fans engaged in a fierce battle with Lai Yuaner on Weibo, attracting 38,500,000 viewers, ultimately crashing the Weibo server.
Tang Li: "..."
Tang Li logged into Weibo using a small account, where the trending term #Lai Yuaner# had been pushed down by #My Ningning is the only beauty#.
On [Lai Yuaner V]’s personal homepage, the comments under her latest post had reached 370,000, 300,000 more compared to when Yu Sui had screenshotted it.
Tang Li opened the comment section, where the top comment was from ’My Ningning is the only beauty.’
[My Ningning is the only beauty V]:"Is Tang Li’s dumbass really the councilman’s daughter? Everyone send me up!"
"..." Tang Li.
Lai Yuaner immediately replied to this comment.
[Lai Yuaner V]:"[Smile.emoji]"
[My Ningning is the only beauty V]:"So is it or isn’t it?"
Lai Yuaner still didn’t respond directly: "Whether it is or not, time will prove."
This angst-filled literature thoroughly infuriated Tang Li’s number one anti-fan.
The opponent unleashed a four-part rant on Lai Yuaner.
——"Why bother to buy trending if you don’t disclose anything!"
——"I’ve got my pants down, and you tell me to wait a few more years?"
——"Can’t make it as a celebrity, become a marketing account, and dawdle on the first day of work; it’s people like you as media creators that feed us garbage rumors!"
——"Everyone don’t focus on her! She just wants to scam attention and comments!"
Lai Yuaner broke down and responded with a ’Scram.’
Lai Yuaner clearly underestimated the combat power of anti-fans, as within fifteen minutes, her comment section was flooded with her own memes. Clicking on #Lai Yuaner# on the trending list, the first popping issues were no longer about Tang Li’s background, but a series of ugly pictures of her.
Meanwhile, a new post appeared in G District.
When Feng Qi sent the link, the post had already amassed over 500 comments.
An account familiar with G District, proclaimed as knowing the inside story of Xiao Xiu’s background, couldn’t stand Lai XX’s online insanity, deciding to reveal a secret buried deep inside for years!
Tang Li hadn’t finished reading the post when the living room door was pushed open.
It was Song Jingtian returning from school.
The little fellow threw his backpack on the sofa, gesturing to find his waist and ’scolded’ her: "Just what kind of mess is brewing online, and you’re still leisurely here slacking off!"
The moment he finished speaking, Tang Li received a new WeChat message.
Sent by Deng Xian.
[Martin]:"[Hug]"
[Tang Li]:"?"
[Martin]:"Don’t say anything, let brother hug you!"
Xu Feifei, who collaborated with her in "The Brightest Star," also sent a message.
[Feifei_baby]:"Earlier I wondered as you do resemble her elder sister more than Lai Yuaner, and now the truth is out, I’m not surprised at all!"
Tang Li was once again shared the half-read G District post.
The second half of the post exposed Lai XX as a child adopted by the Lai family back then, whereas Xiao Xiu was indeed the true second daughter of the Lai family, lost in the countryside during childhood and raised for seventeen years; upon returning to the Lai family, unloved by parents and uncheered by grandma, living worse off than a hen named ’Fu Gui’ raised by Old Madam Lai!
Tang Li: "..."
The plot felt strangely familiar.
Like she’s seen it somewhere before.
This post was also carried by netizens to Weibo.
As #Lai Yuaner’s background# boomed on trending, Tang Li logged onto her main Weibo account and posted a statement on respecting personal privacy.
A few seconds later, her statement was retweeted and ’spurned’ by "My Ningning is the only beauty."
[My Ningning is the only beauty V]:"I knew you’d jump on the hype! He-tui!"
[Tang Li V]:"......"
When fans asked about the authenticity of the G District post, Tang Li directly told them ’It’s false.’
This comment response was also forwarded by ’My Ningning is the only beauty’: "The surname Tang is just craving for Lai Yuaner’s eight daily trending topics, trying to emulate, netizens are crystal clear, we can’t indulge her!"
Tang Li retaliated with a report.
When Lai Yuaner called, Tang Li had already exited Weibo.
Upon hearing Lai Yuaner accuse her of stealing her identity, Tang Li calmly retorted: "Isn’t this your promotional stunt?"
Lai Yuaner: "..."
She never imagined the online opinion trend would shift like this.
She was convinced that the G District post was put out by Tang Li!
At once, her heart was filled with resentment.
"You’re just a thief! Just like your mom!"
Tang Li responded: "One thing netizens got right, you’re indeed not the second Miss of the Lai Family."
Lai Yuaner was just about to argue but heard Tang Li’s cold words: "When your mother was pregnant with you, your father was still married to another woman; tell me, what does that make you?"
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Goodnight.
