Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 53

The hotel person in charge clearly panicked a bit upon hearing that someone from Qiming Media was calling to check the surveillance.

Lu Jiayin detected something off and asked, “What’s wrong? Has someone else come to ask?”

“No no.” The person in charge asked, “Did something happen?”

Bai Li came over and took the phone, “Stop dawdling, Manager Wang. Our current situation is very urgent. I’m sure you’ve seen the hot searches online. We’re just asking you to do us a small favor.”

Manager Wang said with difficulty, “Those bed photos weren’t even taken in our hotel, why do you need to check our surveillance…….”

“We’re not checking for the bed photos.” Bai Li lowered her voice, “I want to see the surveillance from the fifteenth floor corridor during mid November, to find a long haired woman who entered room 1568.”

Manager Wang said, “Okay okay okay……. I’ll help you look. Isn’t that Li Yang’s room??”

Bai Li made a sound of agreement. The other side was clearly hesitant, only saying he would contact her after finding it. Bai Li knew she couldn’t devote all her attention to this matter, so she could only tell him to be quick and hung up. Then she scrolled through her phone screen to find another number and dialed it.

The male assistant went to another office to edit the audio. Lu Jiayin frowned directly at the laptop screen, which had countless web pages open with comments continuously scrolling in real time. Faced with such massive traffic, various media accounts really could no longer consider the personal relationships with Qihua Entertainment, scrambling to produce video articles and related reports on this incident, pushing public opinion to another peak.

“Hacked in?” Bai Li frowned and asked, “Hmm? What do you mean by something even more interesting?”

“Tsk tsk, this hotel has some shady dealings……..” The other person whistled, speaking in a slick and frivolous manner, “These pinhole cameras were probably installed in October, likely wanting to film some small videos……. But I haven’t seen any being circulated yet. Haha, the people coming and going here are all figures, the boss has quite some guts.”

Bai Li immediately felt she saw some hope, “So you mean, whatever the people in the room are doing, you can all see it?”

The other person, “Of course.”

“Help me check.” Bai Li said, “Mid November, room 1568, a long haired woman wearing a mask and sunglasses. I want to see her full face.”

Zhao Kaile was editing copy on his laptop nearby. Zhan Hang leaned over to look, then supported his forehead and sighed, “No, I really can’t say this out loud if you write it like this.”

“Hang ge, sincerity never goes out of style.” Zhao Kaile stared at the computer screen, thought about it, deleted the previous line, and retyped on the keyboard, “Although it’s a bit inconsistent with your public image, the more sincere and frank you are at a time like this, the greater the probability of gaining forgiveness. This isn’t about evidence anymore, we’re playing the sympathy card first.”

Lu Jiayin said, “President Lin has already found several water armies to enter the field. The topic is being directed toward the woman as much as possible.”

“Still not enough.” Bai Li hung up the phone and sat back in her office chair, saying, “Open a few more threads, pointing toward conspiracy theories. Say that Gu Shanshan had already colluded with Li Yang long ago. They both had private unpleasantness with Zhan Hang. Seeing his own reputation ruined, Li Yang instigated Gu Shanshan to drug Zhan Hang and actively climb into his bed, having prepared long in advance to drag Zhan Hang down with him when the scandal broke.”

Lu Jiayin, “Okay……. But someone dug up the time the photos were taken?”

“Of course Li Yang deliberately modified the shooting time to a few years ago when instructing the first person to expose it, intentionally blurring the public’s vision and causing them to misjudge.” Bai Li said without hesitation, “When Zhan Hang was drugged, Gu Shanshan had already separated from her previous sugar daddy. The so called knowingly being the third party doesn’t exist.”

Zhao Kaile’s scalp went numb upon hearing this, looking up at her, then quickly lowering his head again.

Zhan Hang leaned half dead on the sofa, as if his soul had left his body, staring blankly at the ceiling.

The door was knocked open again. The male assistant returned with his phone and played the edited audio for Bai Li to hear. He had cropped out all the segments related to the wife swapping party, after all they couldn’t afford to wade through that muddy water for now. He only left Li Yang’s harsh words and his own statements about lying low for a period before making a comeback, enough to prove that there was indeed a conflict between him and Zhan Hang, and also enough to prove that he did have the intention of dragging Zhan Hang down with him. It also showed how sinister, vengeful, and petty he was as a person.

“Zhan Hang, post this on your Weibo.” Bai Li specifically instructed, “Pay attention to your tone. You’re the victim, you’re aggrieved.”

Zhao Kaile also laughed and cried at the same time. They were all afraid that Zhan Hang, clearly the victim, would show a fierce and vicious face when posting the statement. He only said, “How about I do it instead……”

Zhan Hang made a sound of agreement, indicating for him to take it himself. Zhao Kaile pulled the phone out from his windbreaker pocket and discovered that every communication app was filled with red 99+ messages. He immediately understood why he no longer wanted to see his phone.

Zhao Kaile took a breath, uploaded the audio, and began editing. First, an apology to everyone, unintentionally occupying public resources. Li Yang, what you’re doing is really meaningless. I, Zhan Hang, stand upright and fear no shadow. Splash your dirty water all you want, if I admit defeat I lose.

Zhan Hang glanced at it and humphed, “This isn’t much different from what I was thinking.”

“I’m imitating your tone.” Zhao Kaile said somewhat happily, “Very similar, right?”

Zhan Hang, “……..”

Bai Li said, “It’s fine, send it.”

Zhao Kaile clicked send.

This audio was no different from one stone creating a thousand waves. Combined with the conspiracy theory posts that Lu Jiayin had previously urged a large batch of water armies to publish, a large portion of the spearhead was suddenly directed straight at Li Yang, and the topic gradually deviated toward the honey trap direction.

Of course, some people would still firmly believe that the two of them were dogs biting dogs, competing in rottenness. There were also those mocking Zhan Hang for daring to do but not daring to admit. Li Yang slept with a whole group and admitted it. Zhan Hang only slept with one and still put on a wronged act playing the white lotus to demand his innocence back, simply not a man.

Comment 1: Drugged? Bro, what era is this? This woman doesn’t look bad either, you’re not at a loss, just sleep with her and admit it. What’s there to be afraid of admitting? #grinning teeth

Comment 2: I also want to have this kind of beauty drug me and then crawl onto my bed. #shy

Comment 3: But in the photo Zhan Hang really does have his eyes closed……. Don’t you all find that strange?

Comment 4: Really!! Hang ge really was drugged!! This woman is so bad!

Comment 5: Upstairs, don’t be so naive okay. Whenever a sexual relationship happens, the man is never half pushing half yielding. Was he pushing her away while resisting as he did it? Ridiculous.

A dozen or so minutes later, Li Yang’s public relations team immediately made a related response, claiming that Li Yang didn’t know this woman named Gu Shanshan in the picture at all. The picture didn’t flow out from their hands either. It was even more impossible for him to have colluded with her to harm a fellow artist. There was indeed a conflict between him and Zhan Hang, but this audio was clearly edited and exaggerated their conflict. In reality they hadn’t reached the point of life and death struggle. The simultaneous explosion of both their black materials was purely coincidence. They hoped everyone would keep their eyes open and not be led by the rhythm of water armies.

Seeing their response, Bai Li immediately showed a mocking smile on her face. As expected, this was exactly the response she wanted. Then she observed for a moment, confirming that the momentum was much smaller than at the beginning, and slowly let out a breath.

A WeChat notification sounded. Bai Li picked up her phone and looked, clicking on the message. On it were clearly several photos of Li Yang in a hotel room embracing and kissing a woman. Her side profile, her full face, were all captured with perfect clarity. Bai Li’s eyes widened slightly. She immediately stood up and handed the phone to Zhan Hang, saying in a deep voice, “Take a look.”

“……..” Zhan Hang’s pupils suddenly contracted, “It really is her.”

It really was Gu Shanshan. She looked almost exactly the same as in the photos, only the difference between with makeup and without.

This was undoubtedly a pie falling from the sky, delivering Li Yang’s leverage straight into their hands.

Zhao Kaile said in pleasant surprise, “Then if we post this picture, can we completely clear Hang ge’s name??”

“Not so fast.” Bai Li pressed her hand down at him, indicating to stay calm and not be impatient.

Zhao Kaile looked at her suspiciously. Lu Jiayin nudged his shoulder with his elbow and winked at him, “If Sister Li says it works it definitely works. Go accompany Hang ge to record the video.”

Zhan Hang’s emotions were clearly more stable than just now. He got up and took Zhao Kaile, preparing to go to another empty office. The two walked one in front and one behind in the corridor. The arguing sounds from the conference room weren’t as intense as before.

“Great…….” Zhao Kaile woke up as if from a dream, “The sky has cleared, the rain has stopped.”

Zhan Hang, “Still early, scared?”

“A bit.” Zhao Kaile was still scrolling through comments, “I don’t know where these people get such great malice from……. Taking a step back, even if you really did have something with Gu Shanshan, that’s your personal emotional life, what does it have to do with them…….”

“Of course it matters, I’m Zhang Wenqian’s rumored boyfriend.” Zhan Hang said with a bored expression.

Zhao Kaile, “Oh.”

“This is what being an artist is like.” Zhan Hang put his hands in his pockets, slowing his pace as he walked into the office, “Everything you do gets infinitely magnified. Public figures, every move is a performance in front of the public. If you perform badly you get scolded.”

Zhao Kaile closed the door, pulled out a phone stand, using a projection white cloth as a temporary backdrop. Then he stepped forward to straighten Zhan Hang’s collar and hair, and nodded in satisfaction.

“Why make yourself so handsome for a response video, shouldn’t you look a bit haggard?” Zhan Hang looked at himself in the phone, suspiciously turning his head.

Zhao Kaile said, “You should still dress properly, after all the fans are watching. Otherwise……. Rub your eyes red?”

Zhan Hang, “……..”

The two looked at each other for a moment. Zhao Kaile reached out and rubbed around his eye sockets a few times. Zhan Hang wanted to put on a stern face again, but also found it funny, saying, “Okay okay.”

Zhao Kaile walked to the stand, signaled for him to stand properly, then imitated the directors and said, “Action!”