On the day prior to the official start of the filming, the crew released yet another promotional clip.
Fresh from her nap, Jinli found herself on the trending list again.
#Lu Qingyuan Jinli#
#A Frank Jinli, direct confrontation#
This time, she trended twice as much as last time.
Lazily, Jinli snuggled down in her bed, half-sitting and half-leaning on her bedframe. Looking at the comments, she trod carefully. First, she opened some seemingly comforting and gentle comments.
[Huh? Wasnt Jinli supposed to be exploiting him? Where did the expected menacing, murderous atmosphere go?]
[Oh! Oh! Oh! What is this heavenly CP? This is practically the meeting of the God and Goddess of Beauty! Oh, my gods! I can see the first sakura of springs blooming already!]
[Freaking funny! This must be a scene of professional, mandatory, mutual bootlicking!]
[OMG! SO CUTE! What a fantastic relationship God Lu and Jinli have!]
[To be honest, I'm not surprised at all. If I was god Lu, I also wouldn't be able to steel my heart enough in front of such a gorgeous, adorable girl!]
[Hot Chick Jinli! Hot Chick Jinli, don't try to kidnap my God Lu's heart!]
[Take God Lu away! Don't let this bitch exploit him again!]
The trending video was professionally cut by a netizen. In this edited version, most of the other guests didn't feature. Thanks to this man's high skill level, the smile from the 1st meeting, and even the extra common greeting of "nice to meet you!" seemed much more flirtatious than before.
After watching this clip, doubt sprouted within Jinli.
Am I really this close to Lu Qingyuan? But we just met! Could I have fallen for him?
Vigorously, her head shook.
What a perilous thought! Out! Out of my mind!
Immediately, she dove into the next trending search. This was much more direct.
The content and the hashtag was closely matching. It was literally a high-quality compilation of her fight with Xu Zhiyi.
[Sister Jin Li, you are just a few years older. You don't mind me calling you Sister right?]
[Nope, I don't like it. Don't you dare call me that.]
["Oh my! I'm so sorry! I only called…"]
[It's alright! I've got good anger management!]
[And this little girl is so not cute.]
[For one, I already said, I don't like you calling me Sister. I don't have a sister who is old like you.]
[You like him, but you hate me. I know it, you don't need to put on that repulsive smiling face at me. Honestly, it's gross.]
[Don't bother acting all pitiful in front of me.]
...
[Freaking hell! HAHAHAHA Jinli is so damn daring!]
[WTF! That was so exhilarating! I can't stand artists that have this fake innocent and fragile air! Who the fuck is your sister? Don't you have the sense to gauge for yourself in your own mind?]
[O.M.G. I am so impressed with Jinli. She is the type of confident person that we all aspire to be!]
[HEHE! There she goes again. Acting like a bigot and bullying others!]
[Anitfan up in the thread, just give it up. That newbie isn't any weakling either. For Jinli, I just need to say one thing. Well fking done!]
...
As she scrolled deeper, Jinli's heart thumped faster and faster. Invigorating energy from the Golden auras pumped through her veins.
To be honest, she really had not known that the cameras were rolling at that point in time.
When she'd flamed Xu Zhiyi on set, her mind had been fully prepared for criticism from all corners of the country.
Slander me for all I care! Just that little faith and love from the viewers! Not worth putting up with the arrogance and lousy attitude of scum like Xu Zhiyi.
Yet, the polar opposite had occurred. The viewers had loved it.
Yet, it had all changed as she went deeper into the threads.
[How cocky is this bitch? Just because you gained some fame you turn into a savage?]
{OMG My heart broke for that little girl Xu Zhiyi. She literally cried from the bullying!]
[What's the meaning of this? Does the production team not care at all?]
[HAHAHA! As part of the production team, I can vouch that Jinli is worse than this in person. We already filtered the worst parts out!]