With the screams from the entire concert, the trending searches completely exploded.

There was no need to wait until evening, even before the concert ended, the news that Qin Shi had kissed a mysterious man and then got hit had already shot straight to the top of the trending list.

#QinShiKissesMysteriousMan#

#QinShiGetsHit#

#ThePersonWhoHitHimIsQinShi’sFather#

Soon after, these headlines followed, each one explosive. The PR departments of Qin Group and Ye Group couldn’t stop them, after all, the incident happened too fast—only about half an hour passed from the event to trending.

Some employees didn’t even know their boss had gone to see his son’s concert, only to turn around and find their wives kissed by his son.

The wails of Qin Group employees didn’t matter to netizens.

They only wanted to eat the drama.

At first, as they looked at the trending news of Qin Shi kissing the mysterious man, they thought they had already seen through Qin Shi’s little tricks.

This young master had left the industry, but he probably still couldn’t let go of the wealth and glory inside. He bought this trending topic to compete with Xu Feng. The gossip would rise, then get clarified. As friends in the circle, this CP would get hyped, right?

Once the CP was hyped, the attention would follow. He could appear on a variety show, get endorsements, and with inflated data fool the audience. Earning tens of millions a year would be easy, after all, his popularity and looks were already there.

These old gossipers had long seen through such industry schemes. Confident, they clicked on the trending topic with a disdainful attitude.

Three minutes later, they gaped in shock, exited the trending page, and glanced again at the headlines.

…It’s not just a small thing—why are you using the same old marketing account titles?

At least label it “Nuclear Explosion” at the front!

They hadn’t eaten such an intense piece of drama in a long time.

Qin Shi, the heir of the Qin family, had actually kissed that mysterious man, and the photos were out, guaranteed in high definition!

Moreover, the mysterious man Qin Shi kissed was none other than the unusually conscientious president of Ye Corporation.

Even more shocking, the young master had kissed him right in front of his father.

These three pieces of news alone were enough to shock the gossipers.

After all, Qin Shi still had some online popularity, otherwise, Brother Zhang wouldn’t have thought to bring him to the concert to boost Xu Feng’s visibility.

Even though Qin Shi had been assigned to the band category this time, many diehard fans still complained about the company’s inaction.

Fortunately, for some reason, these diehard fans didn’t get tickets and thus didn’t cause any trouble, which relieved the on-site security.

But what they didn’t expect was that the diehard fans didn’t make the scene—the main person himself did!

At that moment, the trending posts only contained some meaningless screams from the audience at the concert, a few blurry videos, and a few high-definition images—mainly just photos of the two kissing.

Due to the evening lighting and phone camera magnification, the clarity was high, but the scene could have been anyone believing it was Ultraman fighting Pikachu.

Even so, these images were enough for online gossipers and so-called industry insiders to immediately start analyzing whether the president of Ye Corporation could enter the Qin family.

Previously, a finance blogger who had posted and deleted the news quietly uploaded a microblog with only six dots.

Before these insiders could write long essays, a few minutes later someone uploaded a high-definition clip so clear that netizens joked the woman filming must have stood on someone’s face.

This high-definition footage completely refuted the so-called industry insiders.

President Ye didn’t need their analysis to know whether he could enter the Qin family.

—He had already entered, carried in a grand sedan chair.

However, the person who brought him in wasn’t quite what they had imagined.

The woman uploaded footage that started with Qin Shi shaking hands with his uncle and father one by one.

In front of his father and uncle, Qin Shi looked almost robotic, his expression barely changing.

Most netizens were already used to this expression.

It wasn’t until he approached the president Ye that a subtle change appeared on his face, much softer than before. He even ignored the president’s outstretched hand and stepped forward to embrace him.

What followed was the kiss that completely set Weibo on fire.

It was undeniably beautiful, especially with both their appearances, like a scene from an art film.

But as the gossipers sent comments on the live feed saying: “I approve of this marriage,” the next second, accompanied by a heavy hitting sound, Qin Shi instantly disappeared from their view.

The viewers watching the video gasped and then frantically posted question marks in the comments. The videographer seemed frightened too, her gasps could be heard.

Yet this woman, being the first to upload the video, bravely stepped back to avoid being in the frame, adjusted the focus, and began filming again.

She first focused on the bloodstains left on Qin Shi’s pale face. This battle-damaged version of beauty was indeed rare, but in reality, it could only make people scream that they wanted to call the police.

But when the fierce woman turned the camera and finished focusing, everyone realized that the tall man who had just hit someone was actually Qin Shi’s father!

As for how they knew…

Qin Shi’s father, dressed in a British three-piece suit with a long coat, looked mature and elegant enough to make people want to shout “daddy.” He held a cane in his hand.

It fit the British style perfectly, so much so that people wanted to recommend that every broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged mature man get a cane when wearing British-style clothing—if only the tip of the cane hadn’t been stained with blood.

The live chat went silent at this point, unable to understand what had happened or why Qin Shi’s father had hit him.

At that moment, Qin Shi’s uncle stepped in as well, nearly breaking Qin Shi’s rib with a kick.

The live chat exploded. Even under family conflict, this was too extreme. Many people commented that the police should be called—this was clearly domestic violence.

However, as the video continued, those who had shouted about calling the police fell silent.

They saw Qin Shi’s father not even glance at Qin Shi, then step forward, pull the handsome man into his arms, press his head gently, and comfort him, seemingly afraid that the small amount of blood would scare him.

Yet netizens were collectively confused. They couldn’t understand why the man who had just kissed Qin Shi suddenly appeared in Qin Shi’s father’s arms.

At that moment, Qin Shi’s father, holding and comforting the man, spoke softly.

“…He still doesn’t know how to respect his two fathers.”

“I think he wants to go to Africa for aid work.”

After this was said, the entire video fell into silence for over a minute, and the number of comments froze strangely.

Then the live chat and comment section erupted with messages.

“Ahhh?? No, what did I just see?”

“…I feel like I hallucinated. The person Qin Shi was holding and kissing just now seems to be his stepfather.”

“How coincidental, I had the same hallucination…”

The live chat filled with stunned voices, while the comment section became even more lively. Netizens who had finished watching the video began revealing various pieces of information online.

“Qin Shi’s father is the chairman of Qin Group, which recently built a new energy industrial park in city A. He used to work abroad but returned due to the international situation. Key point! He returned with everything intact. Only a minor, inconsequential company remained abroad.”

“When I saw this trending, I was stunned. How could this young master dare to provoke his father? His father really had gun permits abroad! Every basement in their house reportedly has an arsenal! And he used to work in finance—he’s ruthless!”

“The reputation of Chairman Qin abroad is so extreme that people even doubted whether Qin Shi, the young master, was human, because Qin Shi’s father is incredibly calculating! There is no evidence that Qin Shi was born in a hospital—he doesn’t even have a birth record.”

People in the comment section also discussed what “going to Africa for aid work” meant. Eventually, someone posted Qin Group’s winning projects.

After a brief silence, the commenters reacted in shock.

“…No way. Qin Group really won bids for three projects in Africa?”

“It seems the projects will start just over a month from now.”

“Are there any Qin Shi fans here? The young master might be sent to Africa for some work by his father.”

Netizens loved the drama.

Even Qin Shi’s fans were bewildered by tonight’s events.

However, none of them suffered financial loss. Qin Shi had stopped peripheral merchandise sales a year and a half ago. They wanted to spend money on him but couldn’t.

When they couldn’t get tickets to the concert, some had been sad. But once the scandal broke, their sadness turned to relief, and they happily joined the gossip train.

Some diehard fans still screamed and howled, but their voices were drowned out by the masses.

No one was injured in this scandal.

It was a perfectly executed, targeted explosion.

Many people remarked that, knowing they could witness a high-society scandal live, the ticket price had been well worth it.

Some even posted blogs on Weibo, saying Qin Shi had planned this. That was why he placed himself in the band category for the concert.

A former idol working as accompaniment, even with the aura of a genius composer and a fan base, could not be judged by normal idol standards.

Still… now he was called the “male homewrecker.”

But judging by his behavior, he seemed not to care about the title.

At that moment, someone on Weibo naïvely asked: “Why did Qin Shi kiss his stepfather? Is his relationship with his father really that bad? And why did his father have to attack him?”

The comment section fell strangely silent for a moment, as no one knew why Qin Shi acted this way. Then an informed person appeared and quietly said: “Is it possible that his relationship with his father is okay, but his relationship with his stepfather is complicated?”

Last night was like a nightmare for Xu Feng’s superfan, Yezi.

She hadn’t bought a VIP ticket, but she still brought her lyric book and DSLR, approaching her idol’s concert with maximum enthusiasm.

It started well, with no problems, and it made Yezi think that the messages circulating in the fan group before had indeed been lies.

During the intermission, although some commotion occurred, she happened to step out to handle a hygiene issue and didn’t see it. She only noticed that when she returned, some people at the venue were whispering.

She didn’t care about this, Xu Feng was still on stage, and the people around him showed no unusual behavior, which meant nothing serious had happened.

To show her devotion, she didn’t even touch her phone, concentrating entirely on watching her idol’s performance, occasionally taking a few photos with her DSLR, planning to post the retouched pictures on the fan site later.

However, how did Xu Feng repay her?

“—I want to share my joy with my fans!”

Share your father, your mother’s joy!

“I have someone I like!”

What the hell? She had spent thousands of yuan to see him, and the concert was supposed to be to watch him perform, not to witness a confession!

Just as Yezi was about to lose her temper completely, a sudden strike from a pair of clogs knocked Xu Feng to the stage.

The audience erupted with a shocking roar. Some cheered, while others started shouting for refunds.

“Refund! Refund! Refund!”

“Nice hit! Well done!”

“We came to see a concert, not a confession scene!”

It was like the roar of a national football match gathered around Xu Feng, leaving him, who had just gotten up and wanted to curse, stunned.

He had never faced so much criticism from so many people, and they were his fans. Weren’t they supposed to always support him, like An Yang?

Something was wrong—this world was really wrong. It shouldn’t have been like this, absolutely shouldn’t have been like this.

Xu Feng thought in frustration. He raised the microphone to say something, but at that moment, the security arrived and pulled him off the stage.

The audience cheered as Xu Feng was removed from view.

Once Xu Feng completely disappeared, the cries for refunds gradually diminished, and the crowd began preparing to leave, leaving only the diehard fans shouting.

This temporarily relieved Yezi, but when she got home and saw Weibo had somehow crashed again, she chose to vent her anger in the fan group.

When the fans in the group heard this news, they were initially incredulous. Only after seeing the short video Yezi sent from the scene did they scream in disbelief.

“Why did he treat us like this? Are we worthless? Why do we have to watch him confess to someone else at his concert?”

“Can he have some professional spirit? If he wants to confess, he should wait until he retires from the industry! An idol must remain pure!”

“(A string of curse words) I’m going to blow up his official account. I even bought his magazine before, now I want a refund!”

The fan group erupted, conducting a full-scale protest against Xu Feng late at night. After finishing these tasks, Yezi still couldn’t sleep. She got up at 2 a.m., tears streaming, and typed her long complaint on the computer.

She had liked Xu Feng for two years. He had been such a good person—how had he become like this? Why treat the fans like this?

She wrote passionately until 8 a.m. Luckily, it was a weekend. Exhausted, she posted the long complaint in the fan group.

The group immediately filled with crying messages.

“I’m really going to unfollow him. Being a fan doesn’t mean he can treat our love like this.”

Yezi said this, planning to post the complaint and then leave the fandom that night.

At that moment, Weibo had been fixed. With a heart heavy as if she were attending a funeral, Yezi opened the trending page.

The top idol had publicly confessed and then been hit the night before—it was sure to be trending. She planned to post her long complaint at the highest spot. But when she clicked the trending page…

The small fans in Xu Feng’s fan group had been waiting for Yezi’s long post, so they could participate in group activities later. But after half an hour of refreshing and seeing nothing, they finally saw Yezi’s post, and…

For some reason, the small fans felt Yezi’s post seemed a bit perfunctory.

She hadn’t included the two fan-group-specific tags with emojis between them to avoid lowering visibility.

She hadn’t even added the broken-heart emoji.

The small fans were baffled, posting question marks in the group like lost children.

—Until Yezi finally spoke up in an extremely excited tone: “Forget about that fool Xu Feng! Go check the trending page! This is way more interesting than last night!”

The small fans were even more confused, but they obediently clicked the trending page.

The gates of a new world opened with a bang before their eyes.

Within just a few dozen seconds, dozens of replies appeared under this comment, all waiting for the gossip. The poster didn’t hold back, another message appeared in the comment section a minute later.

“Actually, this kid two years ago pretended to be his father and had a thing with his stepfather. Later, his stepfather found out and they broke up.”

The comment section: “…”huh?

No, this exciting???

However, the poster hadn’t finished. The next message immediately caused a flood of question marks across the comment section.

“By the way, President Ye broke up with Qin Shi’s uncle half a year ago — yes, he also had a thing with Qin Qiu.”

The blogger even commented with some amazement: “President Ye’s taste is really consistent, he just likes this type.”

But the comment section was far from calm.

“Big socks! Are you even speaking Chinese?”

“God, where am I even?! Is this still in China?”

“Oh my, the real-life thunderstorm version…”

Amid all this collective chaos, Weibo… finally crashed.

Not to mention the programmers had to work overtime with thinning hair again. Meanwhile, the concert continued unfolding.

The tall man carried his partner in his arms and left under the bodyguards’ escort, never letting him see any blood.

Once the VIP section emptied, wails erupted — the mourning cries for the gossip leaving.

Qin Shi was taken backstage to bandage himself. President Qin stayed behind but looked at Qin Shi with unmistakable displeasure.

The concert returned to normal, but the lingering impact didn’t disappear. By the start of the second half, no one paid attention to Xu Feng anymore.

Even Sheng Hai’s assisting performance, which should have drawn fans to boost numbers, had no one helping because everyone was distracted by the gossip. They didn’t just stop boosting numbers, even Xu Feng’s original concert hype was overshadowed.

Audience enthusiasm noticeably dropped in the second half.

They would watch Xu Feng sing briefly, then hunch down scrolling through Weibo.

Unfortunately, Weibo crashed, so they flooded other social platforms to catch up on the gossip.

Everyone was focused on this incident.

The Ye Group and Qin Group were forced onto trending lists, though they didn’t want this attention and wished it would go away. But massive traffic had arrived, whether they wanted it or not.

The lights, previously turned off for Qin and Ye Groups, were turned back on, and when posted online, again drew sympathy. After all, why should the workers suffer when the capitalists have troubles?

After seeing the fivefold overtime pay and company-arranged transportation, they quietly closed their mouths.

When Qin Shi returned to the stage, the audience gasped.

He had simply bandaged himself and appeared on stage. The wound on his forehead was alarming, the gauze merely pressed in place. While performing, blood trickled down onto his outfit.

But it wasn’t frightening. On the young man’s strikingly charming face, it almost looked like a special performance.

The audience refrained from harsh comments. Although they had witnessed some gossip, they didn’t dare speak before the truth emerged. If emotions were stirred, the Qin family’s lawyers were no joke.

Though they assumed President Qin wouldn’t want to see his son now, what if he did?

Meanwhile…

The gloomy young man stood at the keyboard. His pale fingers danced over the keys, veins slightly bulging on his wrists, blood trickling slowly from his forehead. The amount wasn’t much, but visually it was striking.

Gradually, the audience appreciated a different kind of beauty.

Wang Qing’s attention fully shifted away from Xu Feng. She almost sang out: “So this is the charm of battle damage? I finally understand why some people like men who look battered and broken.”

Her companion added breathlessly: “This battle-damaged keyboardist is really handsome, with that world-weary, gloomy yet attractive vibe.”

Still, Wang Qing found it odd why he would perform as a keyboardist with such a visible wound, even blood soaking his outfit.

With his status, he wouldn’t be forced or kidnapped to stay on stage injured, right?

—At the concert’s end, Wang Qing saw a photo on the repaired Weibo account, posted to Qin Shi’s personal account.

It was from his recent appearance. He seemed to have had his assistant or manager take the photo and post it.

The photo was undeniably beautiful: bloody, handsome, decadent, pitiful.

Fans would have screamed wildly over it in the past, praising his beauty.

—If the caption wasn’t “It hurts.”

Anyone could guess who it was directed at.

Luckily, Weibo crashed again the next second, preventing fans from being overly provoked.

Although Wang Qing regretted not following the gossip live, she felt relieved seeing Qin Shi finally leave the stage. She turned to her friend and said: “Let’s hope Qin Shi doesn’t go abroad anytime soon.”

Her companion asked, puzzled: “Why?”

Wang Qing sighed: “With how reckless he is, I really can’t believe he could survive safely in a foreign country.”

Her companion immediately understood, glanced toward the direction Qin Shi had gone, and began praying as well.

After all, such a beautiful face shouldn’t be wasted.

While Wang Qing and her friend prayed, Brother Zhang also prayed, looking at his phone.

Seeing that all attention on the concert had shifted to Qin family gossip, Brother Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone was focused on the Qin family’s scandal, no one was paying attention to Xu Feng’s concert. As long as Xu Feng could be restrained in the next show, Brother Zhang could capitalize on the next concert.

Moreover, after this, Qin Shi would certainly no longer be allowed to accompany performances. Whether this person still existed in the industry was debatable. For the young master, it didn’t matter, he had already retired from the entertainment scene, just now more completely.

Brother Zhang suddenly realized the path ahead was clear. His previously dull eyes brightened.

As long as he could restrain Xu Feng and tell him not to confess to An Yang, it would be simple.

An Yang had already left with President Ye’s group. Even if Xu Feng wanted to confess, he couldn’t find him.

Motivated, Brother Zhang rushed backstage to tell Xu Feng.

Xu Feng agreed immediately but still searched for An Yang in the VIP section during the concert intermission.

Unfortunately, the area was empty, just as Brother Zhang had said.

Still, Xu Feng didn’t give up.

Although he knew his recent spotlight had been stolen by Ye Wangxing and the Qin family, he still wanted to confess to An Yang during this widely watched concert, so his fans could witness his love.

Brother Zhang busied himself with online activity. Backstage staff couldn’t control Xu Feng, and his parents couldn’t rush the stage to stop him.

Sheng Hai, the hosting actor, had left after the intermission. His contract only required him to host the intermission.

Usually, after the concert, those with good relations would have dinner with the main performers and guests to showcase connections.

But Sheng Hai clearly had no such interest. As he left, he sighed in relief. If possible, he wished he had eight legs like an octopus to leap into the car from the dressing room.

This gave Xu Feng an opportunity near the concert’s end.

He looked to the side of the stage. Good, Brother Zhang wasn’t there.

He looked downward.

Good, Weibo had been down for a while. Fans gradually focused on him.

He took a deep breath and raised his hand to signal the band to stop playing.

Fans below immediately looked delighted. They expected thanks or a schedule announcement from him, but what they heard shocked them.

“Everyone, I want to share my joy while all my fans are here.”

Xu Feng smiled. Correspondingly, the audience’s mouths drooped.

“Yes, everyone! I have someone I like, and I want to confess to him today.”

He joyfully raised his ring for the entire audience to see.

“I want to confess to you, An—”

Before he finished, a Croc shoe suddenly hit Xu Feng in the face from the audience.

“Smack!” The sound, amplified by the microphone, echoed through the venue.

Xu Feng collapsed on stage, struck by the Croc.

Silence fell.

Someone shouted: “Well done!”

Sitting in the car, Ye Wangxing also praised, feeling relieved: “Luckily, we had a backup plan, otherwise, An Yang would really be done for this time.”

Next to him, 19 nodded in shock.

Although Xu Feng’s character model had been established, his lower limits still surprised 19.

…It seemed the system database would need updating after this mission.

Ye Wangxing hadn’t expected Xu Feng to go completely insane. Xu Feng would surely attract more attention, so…

“19, you’ll have to work hard.”

Ye Wangxing said with some guilt.

19: ?

The next day, those who hadn’t seen what happened the previous night checked Weibo trends and found one topic had soared to first place:

#Genius Composer Qin Shi Travels to Africa for Aid Construction#

 

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