Lin Yu went to sleep early and had no idea there was a continuation to the matter.
Not long after returning home, Huang Jing ran to a firework shop and bought a bunch of firecrackers. She went straight to Wu Hao's doorstep.
After a burst of loud pops and bangs, Huang Jing dusted off her hands and posted a video with the caption: "Bad luck cleared out!"
When Wu Hao came back, he saw only the wrappers of the firecrackers on the ground and the strange stares of his neighbors. Before he could even react, his parents grabbed him by the ears and scolded him.
"Look at the fine mess you've made!"
Learning that the firecrackers had been set off by Huang Jing, Wu Hao shook with rage. He pulled out his phone to call her, but she didn't answer, so he sent her a WeChat message.
Wu Hao: "Huang Jing, have you lost your mind? Do you have to make a spectacle of this for everyone to be happy? Are you trying to ruin me?"
A glaring red exclamation mark was his only reply.
Huang Jing had blocked him!
But that wasn't even the worst of it. His Douyin notifications kept blowing up with private messages. As soon as he clicked in, he saw people using his parents as the center and his relatives as the radius to hurl profanities, warmly greeting eighteen generations of his ancestors.
Looking at the vile and unbearable words, Wu Hao's face turned pale, then red, and then black.
When he clicked on Huang Jing's profile, he discovered that her original sixty thousand followers had skyrocketed to over one hundred thousand.
Along with them came the live-stream clips of him being caught in the act.
Staring at the video with nearly three hundred thousand likes and top trending hashtags, Wu Hao felt the hairs on his body stand on end. His legs went weak, and he staggered back a few steps.
[Cheese Cake: What a slap! This series of moves by the sister totally satisfied me. First time seeing an affair caught in such a cathartic way. Crying doesn't solve problems, but beating people up makes both herself and us feel refreshed!]
[Xuanxuan: Five-year relationship, and the boyfriend cheats with the best friend? And the two of them even slandered each other behind backs? How the hell did these two hook up?]
[Extremely Wealthy: A fine performance deserves a reward. Come and pay homage to Princess Slap!]
[Cute Mengmeng: The sister should have brought a hard flyswatter; her hand must hurt from swatting like that.]
[Blush Rice: Sister is so bold, actually going to the scumbag's house to set off firecrackers to clear out bad luck. You really know how to humiliate someone!]
It was the first time internet users had seen a girl who was cheated on not cry and make a fuss, but simply resort to beating people up to vent. Imagining oneself in her shoes was immensely satisfying.
"Ring, ring."
Seeing Zhu Li's incoming call, Wu Hao's brow twitched.
As soon as he answered, the voice on the other end wept, "Wu Hao, what should I do? My notifications are entirely full of people cursing me, sob, sob."
Hearing the crying, Wu Hao's already foul mood grew even more irritable.
"Crying, crying, all you know how to do is cry! If you hadn't asked me out today, I wouldn't have been caught by Huang Jing!"
"You... you're yelling at me?"
Zhu Li even forgot to cry as she shrieked with grievance, "Wu Hao, are you even human? Clearly you couldn't resist temptation, and now you're blaming me?"
"If you had any self-control, could I have asked you out? Besides, you were the one making eyes at me first back then. If anyone is at fault, it's you!"
Wu Hao gritted his back teeth in anger, "Aren't you cheap?"
"Wu Hao, you actually called me cheap? I fu—"
Wu Hao hung up the phone, not wanting to listen to Zhu Li's endless rambling. The constant notification sounds on his phone felt like knives slicing his heart. If he hadn't messed around with Zhu Li, would all of this have never happened?
After setting his account to private, Wu Hao locked himself in his room.
Seeing that both accounts had been set to private, netizens could only rush to the comment sections to vent, while many onlookers hopped between videos to catch up on the gossip.
They quickly discovered that the video still bore the hashtag "Yuyu is the Rest of Life".
[Pure Bystander: Who is this Yuyu is the Rest of Life? Is she the scumbag's affair partner?]
[No Idea: @Yuyu is the Rest of Life, don't look at the hate comments. Sisters above, please don't misdirect your fire; this young lady is the streamer who exposed Wu Hao's cheating.]
A kind-hearted netizen posted a clip of the connection between Huang Jing and Lin Yu, and netizens who had been in the dark finally understood after watching it.
[Money Come Money Come: Can the streamer really read physiognomy? Or did she already know Wu Hao was cheating, so she deliberately used a bet to warn Jingzi Doesn't Eat Fish?]
[User: There's that possibility. It's a pity the streamer's live room was banned, otherwise we'd all get to see a live-action matchmaker.]
[Money Come Money Come: Why was she banned?]
Seeing someone ask, a helpful netizen decisively tossed out a video.
Soon, the mansplaining remarks of "He's Thirty-One and Still Breastfeeding" went viral, with a momentum that almost overshadowed Wu Hao.
A thirty-one-year-old who hasn't been weaned VS Wu Hao cheating.
Seemingly, the first one was much more eye-catching.
...
The next day, Lin Yu slept until she woke up naturally.
"Little Lin Sister is awake, wash up quickly and come eat breakfast." Shen Xue said with a smile as she set out the breakfast. The bowls were steaming, looking like they had just been brought back.
"I heard pigeon soup helps wound recovery. You should eat more later."
Lin Yu felt a bit at a loss and subconsciously said, "Thank you, Little Xue Sister. I'll transfer the money to you in a bit."
Shen Xue patted Lin Yu's head, "Listen to what you're saying. You helped me such a big deal, and you're going to haggle over a little food?"
In her heart, she sighed at how sensible Lin Yu truly was, refusing to take advantage of others even when she had no money.
Wang Xiuying also chimed in, "You're being too much of a stranger, child."
The two of them were so enthusiastic that Lin Yu genuinely felt a bit unaccustomed to it. However, she wasn't someone who put on airs, so she decisively nodded, "Then thank you, Little Xue Sister and Auntie Wang."
After washing up, Lin Yu drank the pigeon soup.
Once they finished eating, Shen Xue sat on Lin Yu's bed and said, "Little Lin Sister, go online and take a look. The guy who spoke ill of you has been exposed for genuinely not being weaned."
Wang Xiuying perked up her ears and asked, "What not being weaned?"
Shen Xue explained, "It's that man who got Yuyu banned yesterday. In the middle of the night, it was exposed that he's in his thirties and still drinks his mother's milk, and his girlfriend has already broken up with him."
"So fast?" Lin Yu was surprised by the speed of the netizens.
Shen Xue nodded, "Don't underestimate the gossip-loving hearts of netizens."
Lin Yu opened Douyin, and the homepage immediately pushed a video. In the video, there was a man and a woman; the man had his back to the camera, pressed against the middle-aged woman's chest, and a few minutes later, he turned back with a look of utter satisfaction...
That appearance was precisely Liu Yan.
The netizens in the comment section exploded.
[Look at that: He... he couldn't possibly be drinking milk, right? How old is he to still have this hobby?]
[Taro Bobo: Even though there's a mosaic, I can tell at a glance that he's the guy from yesterday called 'He's Thirty-One and Still Breastfeeding'!
[Little Raccoon: This man is infamous in the village, a pure bully and scoundrel who frequently picks on people. His parents don't care either and even beat up those who come to their door demanding justice. None of them in that family are good people.]
[Money Come Money Come: So everything Yuyu is the Rest of Life said was true! She really can read faces!]
[Watermelon Peel: @Xiaoxiao, everyone look, this is the partner of He's Thirty-One and Still Breastfeeding. She just posted text and images saying she's already broken up with him.]
Seeing the netizens pointing the way, Lin Yu also went to check the profile of the ID named Xiaoxiao. Sure enough, she saw her breaking up with Liu Yan and being cursed out by him in return.
Through the screen, Lin Yu could almost picture Liu Yan spewing filth from his mouth.
Shen Xue frowned and said, "You really can't judge a book by its cover. This guy looks big and burly, yet he has this kind of fetish."
Lin Yu smiled and nodded. After browsing briefly for a bit, she went to her profile page and discovered that her followers had reached five thousand, with over 99 private messages.
Scrolling down, she happened to see a message from Huang Jing, who had left her contact information saying she wanted to thank her. The corners of Lin Yu's lips curved slightly as she added Huang Jing on WeChat.