Chapter 625: Chapter 498: Windfall from the Heavens

The elites of Starshine were deeply saddened.

They were both angry and speechless, wondering why these netizens were so hostile, saying such vicious things to a teenager.

As if this handsome young man had dug up their family’s ancestral graves.

Not to mention that the dirt on the handsome young man was obviously fabricated; even if it wasn’t, he’s still a teenager. Is this really necessary?

At that time, they were worried that the handsome young man wouldn’t be able to handle the news mentally, so they sent Andy, who had been in more contact with him, to comfort him.

Unexpectedly, Andy’s feedback was quite positive.

The handsome young man’s resilience was far better than they anticipated.

In fact, he was even able to comfort them in return:

"Sister Andy, when I decided to become an artist, I knew I would experience a lot in the future, including likes and dislikes, praises and insults, scolding and glory, even being moved to tears... I was prepared for it, and I also believe that through these experiences, I will gradually become more peaceful, restrained, and prepared. I feel all these are happening to make me grow up faster. I’m not upset, really, I’m not upset at all. I even thank them, because everything that doesn’t kill me will make me stronger. Thank you all for your concern. I love you, no need to worry~"

Andy took a screenshot of what Xie Yizun sent and shared it in the small "Starshine Squad" group, where it received likes from the elites.

...

Xia Youqing suddenly made her relationship with Xie Yizun public, which no one on the internet saw coming, not even in their wildest dreams.

As a result, those who were fervently criticizing Xie Yizun yesterday were completely dumbfounded when they saw the news.

A collective silence ensued.

This allowed the very few staunch fans of Xie Yizun, who felt powerless yesterday, to finally have their moment of glory and seize the opportunity to make their voices heard.

After each of them screamed in excitement, they immediately followed the trending #XiaYouqingSon hashtag and joined the passerby fans to post new comments under their idol’s Weibo—

[It’s just because our Yiyi is popular and getting a lot of envy!]

[Xie Yizun is really caught in undeserved trouble!]

[Yesterday, there were fans in the group saying that our Yiyi has strong backing and definitely doesn’t need any shady dealings, some people still didn’t believe it, pfft—]

[This is so ridiculous. Xie Yizun was just showing up in "Life of a Salted Fish" as part of the program, washing dishes diligently, serving food honestly, and even when chatting, he was sincere and witty. How could this possibly be a reason to criticize him?! Now that his identity as a young master is out, seriously! Are the haters embarrassed yet?]

[Xie Yizun is truly unfortunate, even going out for a meal led to two trending negative searches against him.]

[The young master appearing on variety shows, sure, but living a "Life of a Salted Fish" is false because as long as he’s at home, he lives that life every day.]

[He just joined a talent show and went on "Life of a Salted Fish." With a housekeeper at home and a yard, doesn’t that indirectly reveal his young master identity long ago?]

[The little brother is so genuine, haha, turns out everything he said was true.]

[Xia Youqing is his mom, no wonder he’s so bold on the show, haha.]

[Suddenly realizing this kid has a great personality and looks handsome, why was everyone cursing him like that yesterday?]

[The kid must have had a rough night and now he’s catching up on sleep, otherwise why wouldn’t he respond to his mom’s Weibo?]

[Yiyi, come out and take a breather, take a good look at how the haters got their faces slapped by your mom!]

[...]

What’s even funnier is that because Cathy messaged in the group as soon as Xie Yizun’s negative news came out, asking fans not to believe the rumors and insisting that Xie Yizun has strong backing and doesn’t need to succumb to unwritten rules.

As a result, when the news came out that Xie Yizun is Xia Youqing’s son, all the group members of the "Xie Yizun National Support Association" thought she must be an insider and unanimously proposed that she become the president of the support association.

Cathy, who may love watching online variety shows, isn’t exactly a fangirl whose hobby is idol chasing, so she certainly declined the position of president.

She joined the group only to occasionally keep an eye on the direction of the handsome young man’s fan group, and when his team eventually connects with the support association, she could simply relinquish control and relax.

However, after rejecting the enthusiastic invitation from the group members, she didn’t leave everyone in regret.

Because in refusing the president position, she simultaneously announced to the group that she and her friends had raised a fund for the support association, which could be used to organize events on Weibo under the association’s name to reward fans who believed in Xie Yizun and spoke well of him when he was being bashed earlier.

With her suggestion, the group members unanimously agreed to organize a Weibo lottery event to thank everyone for their support and generate goodwill.

Immediately, Cathy private messaged the group admin to send her the money, asking her to gather a team to carry out the event.

Soon, an account with the ID "Xie Yizun International Supporters" posted on the blog—

[#XieYizunInternationalFansSuperTopic##ForwardToWin#

Today is a good day! Happy, happy! Let’s have a lottery!

Repost and follow to enter! Five thousand lucky fans will each receive a red envelope to celebrate the #XieYizunInternationalFansSuperTopic# moment of love, interact and share moments about loving Yiyi.

Prize: Two hundred in cash

Quantity: Five thousand

Condition: Follow me and repost with a positive screenshot from yesterday supporting Yiyi.

Time: August 6th at 8 PM, senior@Weibo raffle platform draws. #XieYizunInternationalFansSuperTopic##XieYizun##XiaYouqingSon#]

Although the admins and fans of Xie Yizun’s group are scattered all over, most not knowing each other, the love for Yiyi is the same, and they worked particularly hard.

After Cathy transferred the fundraising from the "Starshine Squad" to them, everyone immediately got to work and implemented the tasks without delay.

If upon seeing the Weibo posted by Xia Youqing left the haters shocked and silent.

Then seeing the lottery event from the "Xie Yizun International Fans Support Association" left them heartbroken, fifty thousand red envelopes of two hundred each!!!

If only they hadn’t been so quick to talk trash yesterday, maybe they wouldn’t have missed out on the big fortune from the "Xie Yizun International Fans Support Association"—

Don’t ask, because the answer is heartbreak!!!

Especially those fans who turned from fans to anti-fans of Xie Yizun, their heartbreak is difficult to express in words.

Xie Yizun’s die-hard fans were just ecstatic.

A windfall of fortunes!!!

Xie Yizun has just shown his face on two programs, hasn’t officially debuted, and his fan base was small, to begin with. After yesterday’s negative news came out, many fans turned against him, leaving even fewer.

Fifty thousand red envelopes, each two hundred.

The lottery is for fans who gave positive reviews for their idol yesterday.

This winning probability—1314