Chapter 15 Cyber Bullying

• “Bam!” Qin Ming's eyes were met with an enraged Zhao Liniu that was banging the tabletop.
• Liang Shaoyong saw Qin Ming entered the room. He said, “Ming, come and look at this. Zhang Xiaoyan is competing in a live broadcast. Our classmates are helping to boost her popularity by sending her virtual gifts. Not only is Yang Wei not supporting Zhang Xiaoyan, that bastard's even helping another person. Zhang Xiaoyan's popularity is dropping because of him.”
• Qin Ming moved towards the computer screen and saw a virtual contest between net idols on HS Channel. Winners from every round would receive cash prizes worth up to ten thousand.
• Zhang Xiaoyan was their classmate from the same economics course. She was an innocent-looking girl with relatively enormous breasts. The girl was also talented in singing and dancing. Many of their classmates had been supporting her since she started her live broadcast.
• Liang Shaoyong pointed towards a red color bar on the screen. The name 'Rich boy Yang Wei' was listed as the VIP guest on the fans' list of the other net idol that was competing against Zhang Xiaoyan. A notification popped up on the screen that showed, “Rich boy Yang Wei gifted a gold.”
• Qin Ming asked confusingly. “I thought Yang Wei used to support Zhang Xiaoyan on her channel. Why is he not supporting her now?”
• Zhao Liniu said, “Zhang Xiaoyan heard Li Meng talking behind your back and mocking you today, so she commented on Li Meng's behavior. That Li Meng hated Zhang Xiaoyan for that, so she asked Yang Wei not to support Zhang Xiaoyan anymore.”
• Liang Shaoyong said, “That's right. Zhang Xiaoyan's livestream had been progressing smoothly albeit without any surge in popularity, but that was because Yang Wei and Zhao Fugui supported her in the past. They've been lusting after Zhang Xiaoyan, but she disregarded them. Now that Zhao Fugui was being hospitalized after having his arm broken by somebody and the matter of Yang Wei hooking up with Li Meng, Zhang Xiaoyan's support had decreased drastically. They were even so despicable as to support Xiaoyan's competitor. Zhang Xiaoyan had lost two contests because of that.”
• “Bam!” Zhao Liniu slammed the tabletop again. “It's a regrettable fact that we do not have that much money to show our support to Zhang Xiaoyan. My monthly allowance was only 3000, so I can never surpass that bastard Yang Wei.”
• Liang Shaoyong said helplessly, “I'm broke as well. I've just bought a Chanel perfume for my girlfriend.”
• Sun Zhipeng sighed. “I've gifted her with gifts worth up to 4000, but it's not enough to compete with Yang Wei. I feel so angry for losing to that bastard!”
• The trio knew about Qin Ming's financial status, so they did not ask him to show his support too. Qin Ming's roommate were simply complaining about their lack in cash.
• Qin Ming read the conversations in the comment section. The comments were mostly Li Meng's justifications of Yang Wei's behavior.
• “Wei is loaded with cash. It's up to him to show his support to anyone he likes. All of you should just mind your own businesses. You guys can show your support as well, why do you have to blame Wei for her loses?”
• “Is there a need for him to gain permission from all of you if he wanted to spend his own money?”
• “Wei had shown his support to Zhang Xiaoyan in the past. Is it necessary for him to support her for the rest of their lives? Is Zhang Xiaoyan as cheap as that loser, Qin Ming? Both of them had to rely on others to live their life?”
• Qin Ming could not help but wondered at Li Meng's comment. When did I have to rely on others to live my life? Li Meng had never provided me with any allowance.
• Li Meng continued her speech. “You're mixing with the wrong bunch, Xiaoyan. If you are aware of this fact, then show me your sincere apology. Then I will consider asking Wei to support you again.”
• Li Meng was the only person commenting the whole time. Zhang Xiaoyan had no room to refute Li Meng's diss.
• At that moment, Li Meng was playing with her phone happily inside Zhao Fugui's private room in the hospital. The girl spoke. “What a bunch of losers. They can't even match up with Wei even with their numbers. What a good life to be so rich.”
• Then she pecked a kiss on Yang Wei's cheek.
• Yang Wei was enjoying himself. He wanted to be intimate with Li Meng last night in the bamboo park after successfully making her his girlfriend. But they stumbled into Qin Ming and Nie Haitang which led to an unhappy parting.
• So that man was burning through his stack of cash to please Li Meng using any possible way. He wanted to sleep with the girl that night.
• Li Meng spoke with excitement. “That bitch, Zhang Xiaoyan. How dare she opposed me? She dared to speak up for Qin Ming and said that I was crossing the line? Is there anything wrong with what I mentioned? Qin Ming is a good-for-nothing piece of shit. Just shut up if you're poor!”
• Zhao Fugui that was lying on the bed said, “Damn, Zhang Xiaoyan spoke up for Qin Ming? She brought this predicament for herself then. What's so good about that loser anyway?”
• One of Zhao Fugui's lackey, Ma Fei spoke. “I know right. How dare they opposed us? Qin Ming was the one to blame for Zhang Xiaoyan's crisis now.”
• Zhao Liniu could not contain his anger. He posted a comment. “Yang Wei, don't go overboard. You've already caused Xiaoyan to lose twice in a row, and all she did was speak up for Qin Ming for once. Look past this already. Why do you have to drag others into the matter between Li Meng and Ming?”
• Li Meng was enraged when she saw Liniu's words. She typed rapidly. “Qin Ming is my nemesis now, so anyone that dared to support Qin Ming is an enemy of mine. What can you do about that? Zhang Xiaoyan, if you say that Qin Ming is a loser and apologize to me, I will ask Wei to support you right away.”
• Zhao Fugui fanned the flames as well. “I, Zhao Fugui will support you as well if you do as Li Meng said. I'll throw in the 50 thousand that my father just gave me as my allowance. Qin Ming's poverty disgusts me.”
• Other students that were reading their mockery were speechless by the insolent words.
• “Bam!” Zhao Liniu slammed the table again and scolded. “Damn, he thinks he's the mightiest person on Earth for being rich! They're indirectly demolishing Zhang Xiaoyan's dream right now.”
• Zhang Xiaoyan looked at her diminishing blue bar on screen that showed her 'popularity' after finishing a song. The girl was losing in both popularity and support as she was about to lose. She took out her phone and posted a comment. “Li Meng, it's your fault for cheating on Qin Ming even before the break-up. I will not apologize for speaking the truth.”
• Li Meng was triggered by Zhang Xiaoyan's words. She gritted her teeth and sent an emoji that showed a sneering face.
• She spoke to the boys in the room. “Wei, Fugui, please deal with that Zhang Xiaoyan for opposing me all the time. That bitch is not that pretty or rich either. She thinks that she's capable because of the little money earned through her live broadcast? She's nothing without the support from both of you.”
• Zhao Fugui and Yang Wei snorted. “No problem. My father will give me more money after I spent everything anyway.”
• The two of them continued to send gifts to Zhang Xiaoyan's competitor. Zhang Xiaoyan's popularity decreased again as everyone went to show their support to the other girl.
• Someone exclaimed. “Wow, another 20 golds. This guy is so rich. This net idol is way too popular.”
• “Rich boy Yang Wei, you're so generous......”
• “Thank you, Fugui for gifting the 30 golds......”
• “Haha, that net idol named Xiaoyan is going to lose with just 3 minutes into the contest. Her 'popularity bar' is depleting soon. Did she join this contest to make a fool out of herself?”
• Colors drained from Zhang Xiaoyan's face as she witnessed her 'popularity bar' dropping. But the girl felt helpless as she did not possess any loyal fans that could support her, unlike professional net idols.
• Li Meng let out her laugh after looking at Zhang Xiaoyan's troubled look. “What a fool, Zhang Xiaoyan. That's what you get for choosing the wrong side. You'll only lose and shame yourself further if you continue to take part in this contest.”
• “You'll soon become a couple of losers, just like Qin Ming, now that you've lost your sponsor! There's no longer any hope for your live broadcasts.”
• “I'd like to see how far your determination to support Qin Ming will brings you. Did you expect that poor loser to help you? He's probably doing some low-class part-time job somewhere. Hahaha.”
• Li Meng commented without filtering any of her words. The taunting words were too much for Zhang Xiaoyan. The girl could not help but welled up in her eyes.
• Reality was hitting her hard. Her 'popularity bar' was depleting even before the 5 minutes' time limit was up. She was losing in the most humiliating way possible.
• Zhang Xiaoyan's manager even texted her: Zhang Xiaoyan, what are you doing? You did not receive any significant gift during the entire live broadcast, and you're even listed on the top recommendation nonetheless. Please do not waste our resources on someone like you if there's no wealthy fans that are willing to support you.
• Zhang Xiaoyan suppressed her emotions and replied her manager: I'm sorry.
• “Ding!” A notification popped up on Zhang Xiaoyan's screen. “Good guy Qin Ming gifted cute girl Xiaoyan with a diamond.”