Chapter 454: Black Dog Live-Streams a Scooping

It was nine o’clock at night in China.

Black Dog really did as he had said before, he started the livestream precisely on time!

In an instant, countless netizens flooded into the stream!

The livestream’s visuals were painfully simple: a blank white wall with no identifying marks, and a black dog-headed man sitting dead center. He sat upright before the camera, hands folded, and addressed everyone with solemnity, “Hello everyone, I’m Black Dog. Welcome to my livestream!”

“Everyone should already know why I’m going live, so I won’t waste words. I’ll go straight into revealing what I know—”

At that moment, the chat exploded with barrage comments, and viewer count kept climbing!

[Black Dog Livestream] shot straight onto the Hot Search list!

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“What’s Sister Ding’s side saying?”

Watching the stream’s viewers skyrocket, Xiao He’s brows tightened, his fingers itching, almost tempted to jump in and shut the stream down himself. But he knew this was beyond simply cutting off a connection.

This was aimed squarely at them, specifically at No Bait!

“Sister Ding has been emotionally unstable ever since receiving this news. We’ve contacted her team and tried to negotiate with Black Dog, but unfortunately, Black Dog seems prepared this time. His stance is firm: he intends to expose this matter. The male side has been contacted too, but they’ve been unresponsive. Most likely they want to sever ties on their own and survive,” Liu Rulan inhaled deeply before finishing, “I’m afraid this incident can’t be simply buried. The only thing we can do now is minimize No Bait’s losses from this.”

No Bait was at a crucial stage. Whether it could fetch a good price depended not only on the work’s quality but also on its reputation and public perception. This scandal was undoubtedly lethal. Aside from gritting their teeth and dealing with it head-on, they had no other way out.

Black Dog’s move was vicious, poisonous even!

Liu Rulan was already grinding her teeth inwardly, searching for the final hidden manipulator.

Sure enough, when Black Dog pronounced Sun Yuyang’s name and Ding Wanyu’s name clearly and precisely, the livestream detonated!

No, more accurately, the entire domestic entertainment industry detonated.

Although [top idol X washed-up actress] is a popular pairing in many romance-style entertainment novels, who would dare actually make that pairing in real life? Fans on both sides would instantly storm the other side’s accounts.

Well, to be precise, Sun Yuyang’s fans swarmed Ding Wanyu’s accounts.

Over the years Ding Wanyu had maintained an older-school actor presence. She couldn’t compete with an idol like Sun Yuyang for internet traffic. So between the two fanbases, Ding Wanyu was clearly at a disadvantage.

“Our information shows Mr. S and Ms. D met at an event five years ago. At that time Ms. D was at the height of her fame, while Mr. S had just become a trainee…”

“But they weren’t together then. From my deduction they probably started dating a year later, around the time Mr. S suddenly rose to fame. Whether it was before or after his breakout, we haven’t nailed down exact timestamps yet. They seemed to be deliberately avoiding public association then, so there are very few clues to latch onto…”

“But Mr. S and Ms. D were together shortly after his breakout—what happened between them, who made the first move, you can all speculate on your own.”

“Wow, so Ding Wanyu must have pursued him, right? Damn, didn’t she know idols aren’t supposed to date? Why does she cling to him just because he’s popular now? I’m blown away.”

“Shouldn’t we be blaming Sun Yuyang? It’s not like Ding Wanyu forced him into a relationship. He’s an idol—doesn’t he know whether he can date or not?”

“But back when Sun Yuyang debuted he was a junior and a company rookie with little say. Ding Wanyu was a senior, already famous. If she wanted to date him then, Sun Yuyang couldn’t really resist, could he? Their relationship wasn’t equal!”

“Haha, imagine a rich, famous, attractive senior pulls you into dating—would you say no? Sun Yuyang didn’t exactly lose out.”

“What a strange comment section. So the default now is that Ding Wanyu chased Sun Yuyang? Why not that Sun Yuyang pursued Ding Wanyu for status and connections?”

“Who made the first move doesn’t prove anything. Some fans are trying to make a point here. An idol dating is a mortal sin, can’t wash it off, thanks.”

“Idol dating is a mortal sin, idol dating is a mortal sin, idol dating…”

“Ding Wanyu is just a *&% (automatically censored)”

It was obvious Black Dog had come prepared, and the barrage comments were full of opportunists stirring the waters. Later, Black Dog showed a trainee-era Weibo photo of Sun Yuyang and claimed to find the same coat Ding Wanyu wore years ago. He also presented some supporting IP addresses, but he hadn’t produced more definitive, concrete evidence yet.

Everyone was waiting; many people spammed the chat urging Black Dog to hurry up and show the smoking gun.

Xiao He crouched by the livestream, frowning hard. “I think Black Dog’s malice toward Sister Ding runs deep. If you’re going to expose something, show the existing evidence and the proof. Why spend the whole time maliciously speculating about Sister Ding’s motives?”

Adding gratuitous malicious assumptions, deliberately guiding the chat’s public opinion—this behavior was disgusting.

Liu Rulan watched the livestream while repeatedly calling others to gather information.

Finally, Ding Wanyu’s situation stabilized a bit.

The two rushed to see her.

Before Xiao He could say anything, Liu Rulan, visibly impatient, asked, “In this relationship, who pursued whom? When they broke up, whose fault was it?”

Xiao He: “…”

Wow, Sister Liu came out swinging with such sharp questions?

Xiao He instinctively glanced at Ding Wanyu.

Sure enough, Ding Wanyu’s eyes reddened in an instant, and her gaze held an indescribable bitterness.

At that moment, for some reason, Xiao He suddenly recalled how Ding Wanyu had looked at him when she left last year after filming No Bait.

Back then Xiao He had perhaps not fully understood. He had assumed Ding Wanyu, having finished the role of Qi Xinyue in No Bait, had gotten too deep into character and triggered some sad memories. Only now did he realize that in that moment Ding Wanyu, separated by him—no, separated by Shu Yuxiu—had seen the shadow of someone else.

And that person was undoubtedly Sun Yuyang!

After a long silence, Ding Wanyu adjusted her expression and finally said slowly, “We broke up amicably.”

“There was no one right or wrong between us.”