A Low Rank Female Goes Viral Across the Galaxy-Chapter 61: Hot Search
The next day, the people of the Federation woke up to new trending topics.
#The Ghost Gate Opens on the 15th of the Seventh Month?#
#Do the Dead Truly Continue to Exist in Another Form?#
#A Look at Ancient Wedding Customs#
#A Suona Blast: For a Wedding or a Funeral#
[What the hell? This female has taken over the top trending topics again. Who the hell is pushing this low-class female so hard?]
[LOL, you think everything she says is true? Where’s the proof?]
[I don’t know about the other stuff, but I do know about the 15th of the seventh month. My family’s elders have a rule that we all have to be home early on that day every year. I never understood why my ancestors passed down that saying, but now I get it.]
[What kind of instrument is a suona? @Ancient Culture Research Institute, what have you guys even been researching all these years?]
[I used to jump on the bandwagon and call Jiang Qin illiterate. Well, now it’s her turn to laugh at us.]
[It’s all because the @Ancient Culture Research Institute isn’t trying hard enough.]
[You guys have to go listen to this song! The style is so unique, and the eerie vibe is maxed out! Especially when that instrumental part in the middle kicks in, for a second it feels like you’re seeing a funeral hall, not a wedding hall.]
[I listened to it too. That part is the suona instrumental.]
[So annoying. Every little thing about her gets pushed to the trending topics. How much money did she spend on this? Can the algorithm stop recommending people like her to me? I’d rather see trending topics about our Federation Soldiers.]
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The comments were all over the place, but most were full of suspicion, questioning how a female from a Barren Star could know so much about ancient culture.
Jiang Qin’s background information had been leaked before, so everyone was well aware of who her relatives were.
Perhaps her father’s side, the Qi Family, had some well-preserved ancient texts, but it was obvious she’d had no contact with them.
So where on earth did she get all this knowledge of ancient culture?
Others were simply annoyed, irritated that a low-class female was always trending for being an attention-seeker.
Those who liked Jiang Qin were still in the minority. Most people preferred singers from the Empire, so it was inevitable that they’d feel some hostility toward her recent high-profile activities.
The one thing fandoms hate most is betrayal.
In their eyes, anyone who suddenly stopped liking the singers from the Empire and became a fan of Jiang Qin was a traitor.
So, whenever someone tried to promote Jiang Qin’s songs in a group chat, they would be attacked.
This led to a large number of people holding a grudge against Jiang Qin.
They felt she was stealing fans from their own idols.
***
In the Jiang Fan group chat.
Wen Xueli woke up early and listened to the new song. Before she even had a chance to put it on repeat, she was summoned by the group members to go to battle.
She couldn’t stand it when people questioned Jiang Qin.
’What a poor girl.’
’Her biological father died young, her biological mother abandoned her, and she was abducted at birth. She should have been the daughter of a wealthy family, but instead, she ended up an undocumented resident of the Barren Star.’
’She finally found a job, but after only a few days, she was framed for plagiarism and then kidnapped by a Star Thief. She never gets a moment of peace.’
’People on the Star Network are constantly slandering her. It’s a good thing the poor girl doesn’t like to go online, or she’d be heartbroken.’
Besides, Jiang Qin was delicate and small. Every time she performed, you could see how pale her complexion was, even with makeup.
It was obvious she wasn’t in good health, probably due to some physical deficiency from her past.
Deficiencies from one’s formative years weren’t so easy to make up for later in life.
And despite all that, she remained so optimistic and hardworking. She worked diligently every day and, even when scouted by an entertainment company with a high salary, she didn’t abandon the bar owner who had helped her when she was at her lowest.
’How could they slander such a wonderful girl!’
’So what if her background is poor? It’s not like she asked to be stolen and abandoned on a Barren Star.’
’If anyone’s to blame, it should be those maniacal Star Thieves.’
Besides Wen Xueli, Wen Jiaqi was also in the group. Although she’d been frightened last night, it didn’t stop her from loving the new song.
So, she too had gotten up first thing in the morning and, without even stopping for breakfast, started arguing with the trolls online.
Then there was He Zhuoqun. To him, Jiang Qin was the person who had been willing to offer him a helping hand when he had nowhere else to turn.
The song hadn’t been released yet, so he didn’t know if "Nameless People" could truly offer him a new lease on life.
But that didn’t diminish his gratitude toward Jiang Qin in the slightest.
And so, a man accustomed to enduring things in silence had, for the first time, transformed into a keyboard warrior.
No joke, he could type out a hundred words a minute in insults!
The three of them could be called the most active members in the Jiang Fan group, so the group owner had even made them administrators. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
As for the group owner, she rarely spoke in the chat.
But everyone knew she was likely a female from a High-level Planet, and a very wealthy one at that.
The subtle air of arrogance she always carried wasn’t something an ordinary female could possess.
Jiang Qin, who had stayed up late, was not yet awake, so she had no idea she had such a group of fans with off-the-charts combat power.
Through their flame wars alone, they had managed to argue these few trending topics right to the top of the list.
***
After waking from his stupor and beating up his friend last night, Ning Feiyu had been digging through all of Jiang Qin’s videos that had surfaced on the Star Network.
By the time dawn was breaking, he had downloaded all of Jiang Qin’s songs.
Then he lay down and played them on a loop.
Incredibly, he ended up falling asleep while listening.
Usually, when he listened to other songs, his mood would only grow more restless, making it harder and harder to sleep.
But listening to Jiang Qin’s music calmed his heart. In fact, he found it so beautiful that he didn’t want to sleep at all.
He wanted to learn how to hum a few lines.
And yet, he had drifted off to sleep without even realizing it.
When he woke up and went on the Star Network, he clicked on the trending topics and saw that the top few threads were all filled with people cursing out Jiang Qin.
They called her a fraud who pretended to know things she didn’t, accusing her of fabricating ancient history with her overactive imagination.
Others just called her a fake.
They said she was just an uneducated female who could get away with writing a few songs with weird lyrics to fool her fans, but now she was trying to leech off ancient culture to generate buzz.
Some even insulted her for having inferior Genes.
All in all, these haters could have listed a dozen sins against Jiang Qin.
Ning Feiyu was more cautious. He didn’t rashly post anything in support of Jiang Qin.
Although he liked her work, he placed more importance on a person’s character.
If he publicly supported someone with poor character, it could easily mislead his own fans.
That was why he was being exceptionally careful about speaking out.
He was used to calling people out, but this was the first person he was preparing to praise.
To ensure there were no surprises, he contacted someone to investigate Jiang Qin’s background.
Half an hour later, a file was sent to his account.
The Federation was very strict about protecting the data of its females, but since Jiang Qin’s life story had already been leaked, it was easy to investigate.
Aside from the eighteen years she spent on the Barren Star, which couldn’t be investigated in great detail, the rest of her history was essentially public record within the Federation.
The more Ning Feiyu read, the tighter his brow furrowed.
Especially when he read the verbally recounted summary of Jiang Qin’s experiences on the Barren Star.
