Chapter 249: Chapter 247: The Outrageous Trending Topic
Wen Ying truly didn’t understand the ins and outs of these things.
After all, she wasn’t part of this circle. She had only come on this show purely for the four million in pocket money.
She hadn’t expected to run into Song Jiayan and Xu Jiali.
"Thank you, Sister Ying!"
"Alright, you two take your phones and have a look. I’m going to make a call."
Xu Jiali and Song Jiayan got their phones and first checked their messages. Jeez.
Their once-quiet WeChat was now covered in a dense cluster of red notification dots.
Xu Jiali saw this and immediately closed WeChat!
Song Jiayan, however, took a look. After seeing that the messages were all from unimportant people he barely ever contacted, he closed WeChat too.
People were also calling and sending text messages.
Xu Jiali leaned over. "Are a lot of people you almost never talk to messaging you?"
Song Jiayan nodded.
Xu Jiali smiled. "This is what they call, ’Poverty in a bustling city goes unnoticed, but wealth in the deep mountains attracts distant kin.’"
"But I don’t have any money." Song Jiayan didn’t feel rich at all.
"Are you silly? Did you forget what the cameraman said? He said you were trending! Even if it was your song, that’s no different from it being about you, right? And Sister Yingying just said that companies want to work with you. That means you’re famous! Isn’t that a form of wealth?"
Song Jiayan didn’t speak. He didn’t want this kind of affection in the slightest.
’They don’t have a shred of concern, yet they pretend to have some deep connection with you.’ It just felt hypocritical and sickening to him.
"Song Jiayan, look! The trending topics!"
Xu Jiali’s voice pulled Song Jiayan from his silence, and he looked at his phone.
"Your song is in the top five trending topics! Song Jiayan, you’ve really made it! Quick, check how many followers you have!"
Song Jiayan opened his phone and logged into his account. His screen was filled with 99+ notifications.
He clicked on his profile page.
’Follower count... six zeroes???’
Xu Jiali leaned over. "Whoa! It’s over three million!"
Song Jiayan felt a thrill of excitement. Before coming on the show, he had only had a little over a hundred thousand followers.
’It jumped by three million just like that?’
Song Jiayan’s head felt a little fuzzy. ’Is this what it feels like to make it big?’
"Jiali, you’re on the trending list too. You’ve made it."
When they were in the same group, they had both talked about their reasons for being here. Song Jiayan wanted more people to hear his music.
And Xu Jiali was here to get more recognition, to get famous.
And now, it seemed they had taken a huge leap toward their goals!
Xu Jiali’s face was flushed with excitement. "I see it, I see it! I have no idea what this ’Sober in the Mortal World’ or ’Real in the Mortal World’ stuff means, but I’m just happy to be trending!"
Xu Jiali logged into her account and opened her profile. "Two million followers! It’s not as many as you have, but I’m already super satisfied! After all, you actually sang, while I didn’t do anything!"
Song Jiayan didn’t know what to say to Xu Jiali.
"When I got here, I only had a little over twenty thousand followers. This is the perfect comeback!"
Song Jiayan nodded. He was happy for Xu Jiali, too.
"You go look at the comments on your topic, and I’ll look at mine."
They each opened the comments, and Song Jiayan looked at his trending topic.
[Song Jiayan’s song has this indescribable power. It makes me feel like I’m not struggling in this world all by myself!]
[I never knew celebrities struggled so much and felt so lost before making it big. Song Jiayan sings so beautifully, why wasn’t he famous?]
[I declare, from now on, Song Jiayan is my ultimate bias! I guess that makes me an OG fan, right?!]
Song Jiayan’s eyes grew moist as he read. There were so many comments like this, warming his heart, and he couldn’t stop his eyes from turning red.
’So this is what it’s like to sing for so many people. It’s such a beautiful thing.’
He had thought his perseverance was a lonely endeavor, but now, it didn’t seem lonely at all!
Although no one in the world can truly feel another’s pain, it was true that so many people had warmed his heart, and he, in turn, had brought warmth to others.
There were too many private messages, and Song Jiayan decided not to open them now; it would affect his mood for the rest of the filming.
After scrolling through the topics about himself, Song Jiayan casually clicked on Xu Jiali’s trending topic.
As for the screen full of topics about Doctor Wen, he would look at those later. After all, Doctor Wen had so many trending topics, their popularity wouldn’t be dying down anytime soon.
#TheMortalWorldsRealMissXu
[Xu Jiali’s mouth is literally my own! She says everything I’m thinking! I can’t stand those pretentious fakes!]
[I can’t stand that Meng Xiaoyi either. Does she think her acting is that good? She’s just a clumsy clown! I much prefer someone genuine like Xu Jiali!]
[As a stan mom, I’m a little worried. It’s satisfying to watch Xu Jiali be herself, but with a personality like that, will she ever make it big? Even though her followers have grown and she’s had a moment of fame, will any director dare to cast her?]
[I have the same worry. What director wants their show to be thrown into chaos? To make it in this industry, the most important thing is knowing how to play the social game, and clearly, Miss Xu doesn’t have a clue!]
[I have a different theory. Is it possible Miss Xu actually *does* get it? Otherwise, why would she be riding Doctor Wen’s coattails so hard?]
[^ The above comment is exactly what I was thinking! If she really didn’t get it, would Doctor Wen be carrying her to success?]
[Honestly, won’t Doctor Wen get tired, looking after this son and daughter of hers?]
Song Jiayan froze as he read. ’A son and a daughter?’
’What son and daughter?’
Song Jiayan was completely confused.
But that comment had a lot of likes, which made Song Jiayan back out and run a search.
The search results showed another trending topic further down the list:
#DoctorWenHasBothASonAndADaughter
’When did Doctor Wen get married and have kids?’
At the start of the show, Xu Jiali had clearly stated that Doctor Wen was single.
’Besides, she’s so young. Where would she get kids from?’
’This trending topic is just too ridiculous!’
Song Jiayan was speechless. He was about to use his main account to reply in the comments and tell everyone to stop spreading rumors.
’If these rumors keep spreading, how is Doctor Wen ever going to find a boyfriend?’
He looked up and saw Xu Jiali smiling. "Jiali, look at this trending topic! It’s outrageous!"
Perhaps because his expression and tone were so serious, the smiling Xu Jiali looked over. "What’s wrong? Is someone attacking you?"
"It’s not me, it’s Sister Wen Ying."
Xu Jiali immediately looked at the trending topic Song Jiayan was pointing to and read it aloud: "Doctor Wen has both a son and a daughter."
After reading it, Xu Jiali couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
"Jiali?" Song Jiayan was confused.
’How can she still be laughing about this?’
Xu Jiali was doubled over, completely unable to control her laughter. She looked at Song Jiayan. "Song Jiayan, just click on it and take a look."
Song Jiayan gave Xu Jiali a suspicious look, then clicked on the topic.
He wanted to know why she was laughing so hard.
As he read the content of the trending topic and the comments below, Song Jiayan couldn’t help but feel his face flush red.
’I’ve made a complete fool of myself.’
It turned out the "son and daughter" the netizens were talking about were him and Xu Jiali...
Song Jiayan wasn’t upset. After all, they had truly been relying on Sister Wen Ying this whole time.
He just felt—
