However, Chi Nian’s seriousness at this moment was not believed by anyone at all.
On the livestream bullet screen, another wave of Chi Nian’s haters stirred at the slightest sign of trouble.
【Quit the industry tonight? Then what are you doing right now? Even if you’re lying, at least make it sound convincing!】
【No sense of game spirit at all. If you don’t want to quit, just say it. Is there really a need to lie?】
Some uninformed passersby spoke up for Chi Nian from a neutral standpoint, but they were vastly outnumbered and were quickly drowned in the flood of comments.
【She’s originally from the entertainment industry. If you ask her when she’ll quit, joking around a bit is understandable, right? What else could she say?】
【The one above must be Chi Nian’s fan, right? Chi Nian actually has fans?】
【Does she not know what “truth” means? Cracking jokes at a time like this is ridiculous.】
【If you can’t handle it, then don’t play!】
Soon after, the comments became eerily uniform, all copying the same sentence pattern.
【If Chi Nian quits tonight, I’ll livestream myself eating a keyboard.】
【If Chi Nian quits, I’ll go vegetarian for three years.】
【If Chi Nian quits, I’ll stay single for ten years!!!】
At the same time, the hashtag #IfChiNianQuits…# climbed onto the trending list, and the popularity of the livestream room surged once again.
Seeing that enough attention had been drawn, Liu Bing was happy to give Chi Nian a way out.
But before he could speak, Lin Xiao took over the conversation.
“Chi Nian, this is Truth. What you did really does seem like you’re brushing off the audience. Why don’t you switch to Dare instead?” Lin Xiao looked at Chi Nian with a face full of concern, as if she had Chi Nian’s best interests at heart.
Hearing this, Chi Nian quickly picked up her cup and took a sip of water.
At this moment, if she didn’t drink something, she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to resist getting into a fight with the female lead.
What was wrong with this person?
Not to mention that what she said was the truth—even if it wasn’t, couldn’t she see that Director Liu was already trying to smooth things over? Did she really need to meddle?
And Dare? If she was so capable, why didn’t she go herself?
However, after the unexpected disaster caused by Lu Yu’s butterfly effect, Chi Nian truly did not want to have any more interaction with the female lead.
There were only a few hours left before she quit the industry—she endured it!
She just hoped Lin Xiao wouldn’t fall into her hands in the future. Otherwise, she would definitely prescribe her the most bitter medicine among those with the same effect!
Usually, that kind of medicine was even cheaper—she was doing it for her own good.
The audience also noticed Lin Xiao’s words and began to fan the flames.
【That’s right, this doesn’t count as Truth at all! If it were Xiao Xiao, she would never do this.】
【Xiao Xiao is right, Chi Nian is just brushing off the audience!】
【Dare!】
【Dare!】
【Dare!】
Looking at the uniform comments flooding the screen, Liu Bing felt somewhat troubled.
They were already playing Truth at such a high level—how far would Dare go?
Thinking about Chi Nian’s recent public reputation, Liu Bing didn’t even dare to imagine further.
To be honest, over the past two days, his impression of Chi Nian had improved somewhat. He hadn’t planned to make things difficult for her. If Lin Xiao hadn’t suddenly interfered just now, he had already prepared a way out for Chi Nian, and she could have smoothly stepped down.
But now, the bullet screen was filled with requests for Chi Nian to do Dare. With such overwhelming numbers, even Liu Bing had to seriously consider this opinion.
After doing so many shows, this was the first time he had been forced by the audience to follow a certain process.
Thinking of this, Liu Bing couldn’t help but develop a slightly negative impression of Lin Xiao.
The girl usually seemed fine, just a bit meddlesome. Next time he made a show, he would have to carefully consider the guest selection.
But that was for later. The most important thing now was to resolve the situation at hand.
With that in mind, Liu Bing cast an inquiring look at Chi Nian.
Not wanting to make things difficult for the director, Chi Nian nodded.
It was just Dare, wasn’t it?
Could it really be more frightening than the female lead?
Every day living under the same roof as the female lead felt like a Dare anyway—she wasn’t afraid at all.
After this incident, Liu Bing’s impression of Chi Nian improved even further.
Perhaps he hadn’t paid much attention to her before, but after interacting with her several times now, his view of her had changed.
“Alright, Miss Li, do you accept Chi Nian switching from Truth to Dare?”
“Of course I accept.” Li Fei sounded somewhat eager.
Li Fei was a die-hard fan of Lu Yu.
When she saw the two GIFs on the trending list, she had wished she could rush in and grab Chi Nian and beat her up.
She had trained in Sanda. If she trained for a few more years, she might even make it into the city team. With Chi Nian’s frail build, she definitely wouldn’t be able to withstand even two punches from her. It would be good to let Chi Nian experience what her “brother” had once gone through.
As for the PR statement prepared by Chi Nian’s studio, she didn’t believe it at all. She remembered that Chi Nian had had many unpleasant interactions with her idol on the show. In her opinion, Chi Nian was simply taking the opportunity to maliciously retaliate against him.
So when the call had luckily connected, Li Fei had already prepared a Dare for Chi Nian in her heart. She hadn’t expected that the usually impulsive Chi Nian would choose Truth this time. Now that she had a chance to deal with Chi Nian, how could she possibly refuse?
“I want Chi Nian to call Lu Yu and say ‘sorry’ three times.”
Li Fei attended a sports school and had a straightforward personality. She asked whatever she wanted to ask, and making Chi Nian apologize was simply having her make a phone call.
In Li Fei’s own opinion, she had already been very lenient with Chi Nian. If she had been better at coming up with pranks, she wouldn’t have let her off so easily.
Hearing this Dare request, before Chi Nian could say anything, Lin Xiao spoke eagerly, “That’s simple. Chi Nian, hurry up and call Brother Lu.”
Lin Xiao genuinely thought this Dare was very easy. In her view, on the day of Lu Yu’s surgery, Chi Nian had indeed done something bad to him. If someone did something wrong, shouldn’t they apologize?
Chi Nian paused for a few seconds and did not take any action.
Chen Ying, who was beside her, couldn’t help but tease, “Chi Nian, why aren’t you moving? Don’t tell me you want to give up again? That’s really lacking in game spirit.”
Chen Ying clearly didn’t expect a response from Chi Nian. After a moment, she gently rubbed her temples and then put on an expression of sudden realization.
“Oh right, I forgot. Chi Nian, do you… not have Brother Lu’s contact information?”
Because of Chen Ying’s words, the livestream audience started a new round of discussion.
【Chi Nian can’t even contact Lu Yu? Looks like their relationship really isn’t good.】
【I actually believed the statement from Chi Nian’s studio before. They even reported it to the police—seems like there’s more beneath the surface!】
【Don’t they have a group chat for the show? Our company has group chats for projects.】
【The one above, maybe it’s not that there isn’t a group chat.】
【It’s that Chi Nian isn’t in it.】The previous speaker quickly realized.
After speaking, Chen Ying looked at Chi Nian’s indifferent expression and assumed she was afraid.
After all, she had to apologize in front of so many people!
Thinking of this, Chen Ying simply took out her phone, tapped a few buttons, and dialed Lu Yu’s number.