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Chapter 1640: Chapter 1312: Shadow’s Identity Crisis

Blue Star has five great epic embarrassing moments, all created by one person, Lin Yuan. It was only later that people realized this man’s epic embarrassing moments were too many, leading to fierce competition among different events.

However.

No matter how fierce the competition is, the "Chu Kuang Reveals Himself Incident" is always one of the top two undisputed classic scenes of Blue Star’s five epic embarrassing moments!

The difference is:

Other embarrassing moments make you want to dig three rooms and one living room with your toes right then and there.

But the embarrassment of Chu Kuang revealing himself is felt later, with a strong aftereffect that makes you want to dig a standalone villa with your toes.

It’s only when people dig up the past and enumerate and review the "Bros Interaction History" between Chu Kuang and Xian Yu that spans decades that they can appreciate the wondrous state of someone’s social death!

In fact.

The reason the internet crashed after Chu Kuang’s revelation was because the fervor of the netizens to dig up the past was too high!

Luckily, the internet outage didn’t last long.

About ten minutes later, all major social software basically restored stability.

Yet the excitement and craziness of the netizens at this moment were not diminished in the slightest by the recent network failure!

For example, in Xian Yu’s blog comment section.

People no longer just laughed at him for having "two phones."

Numerous screenshots of the interactions between Chu Kuang and Xian Yu over the years have been posted.

Countless teases!

"I didn’t expect Fish Papa and Chu Kuang to be close enough to share the same pair of pants."

"Back then, there was an online couplet activity, and a matching line was clearly intended for Chu Kuang to answer, but Xian Yu rushed to answer it. At the time, we didn’t think much of it. In retrospect, maybe someone accidentally logged into the wrong account!"

"Is today the apocalypse for the CP fans?"

"As a Chu Kuang and Xian Yu CP fan, I’m withdrawing right now."

"Self-top, self-bottom?"

"Back when Chu Kuang killed off Sherlock Holmes, it was said that Xian Yu stepped in, forcing the old rascal to change the plot. Now knowing the truth, my tears are falling!"

"I used to keep saying that if the old rascal could be half as gentle as Fish Papa, that would be great, sob sob sob sob."

"Dual entity?"

"Oh no, am I beyond saving? Even if Lin Yuan admits that Xian Yu and Chu Kuang are both him, I still instinctively separate the two."

"You’re not alone."

"I’m begging for the blog’s two accounts not to merge, so that fans of novels can turn left to Chu Kuang, and fans of music can turn right to Xian Yu."

Others have left and right guardians.

Lin Yuan has left Chu Kuang and right Xian Yu.

...

Meanwhile.

In Chu Kuang’s comment section.

The hot comments here have also changed subtly, with the most-liked comment boldly proclaiming: "Are you the legendary master of time management?"

"How do you allocate your time, please?"

"What kind of time management allows you to write books and songs without missing a beat?"

"Give me back the gentle Fish Papa!"

"Oh no, Fish Papa is already impure!"

"Tell everyone a secret, Xian Yu and Chu Kuang sleep on the same bed every day."

"I’ll tell everyone another secret, Chu Kuang steals Xian Yu’s toothbrush every day."

"So funny, silly netizens really know how to play."

"Is there a possibility that Fish Papa has a dual personality, with Chu Kuang the old rascal representing his dark side, and Teacher Admirable Fish his bright side?"

"Haha!"

"Your comments did remind me, suddenly it seems completely possible!"

...

As soon as the theory of dual personality emerged, a large number of netizens found it plausible!

Even more absurd, this theory spread quickly on the internet, and more and more people found it plausible!

Otherwise, why would the contrast between Chu Kuang and Xian Yu be so stark?

Some renowned psychologists even joined in the hype to explain:

Dual personality specifically refers to a person having two relatively distinct and separate personalities, with the original/primary personality (the patient without subdivided personality) as the main personality, while the split/derived personality serves as a sub-personality in a type of mental disorder. A normal person can possess two kinds of thinking modes at the same time, with these modes operating and making decisions independently, without interference or influence from the other thinking mode.

In other words:

Lin Yuan might really have a dual personality!

At that time.

Lin Yuan returned home, went online, and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

If this theory of dual personality is circulating, then if Shadow reveals himself in the future, will people say I have multiple personalities?

Impossible.

We’ve always been one person!

But there’s no need to specially explain this kind of thing.

Chu Kuang has already revealed himself, so just let the netizens slowly digest it.

If the dual personality theory is something everyone can widely accept, there’s no problem.

Speaking of which.

What truly left Lin Yuan speechless was not the mention of dual personality, but the netizens digging up old posts and tagging him!

Speaking honestly.

The interactions between Chu Kuang and Xian Yu throughout the years are something Lin Yuan himself doesn’t dare to revisit.

But now netizens are forcing him to look back, making someone’s face slightly flushed.

Social death may be late, but it arrives in the end.

Luckily, this is in his own bedroom, where no one sees Lin Yuan’s toes tightly clutching the bed sheets, causing them to be all wrinkled.

Oh.

Poirot saw it.

But Poirot isn’t human, he just giggles silently.

The dog has become a spirit!

...

And in this storm that swept the internet, while Chu Kuang and Xian Yu were indeed impacted the most, when people finally came to their senses, they didn’t forget about their fellow celebrity Shadow either!

Or perhaps it was destined.

South Xian Yu North Chu Kuang, Shadow in the center!

Now South and North are united, Chu Kuang and Xian Yu turn out to be the same person!

Everyone naturally wonders, as the contemporary Painting God of Blue Star, did Shadow know this secret all along?

Of course, they knew!

The whole world knows how good the relationships among the "Three Bros" are!

In the past, not only Xian Yu and Chu Kuang interacted online, but Shadow would also occasionally join in!

Who would believe that Shadow didn’t know?

You should know that this Painting God once gave an interview, personally admitting to frequently interacting with those "two" in private!

Suddenly.

Shadow’s blog comment section also exploded, instantly becoming almost as hot as Chu Kuang and Xian Yu!

"Accomplice!"

"We can’t let Shadow muddle through!"

"I didn’t expect you to help Lin Yuan cover up!"

"Oh my, the good ’Three Bros’ have now turned into just two brothers!"

"It’s one thing for Xian Yu to chat with himself using two accounts, but how did you chat with two accounts when you knew they were both him, acting like Chu Kuang and Xian Yu were two different people?"

"Hmm."

"Wait a minute."

"Didn’t someone say Xian Yu had a dual personality? Is it possible that Shadow regarded the two personalities as two people? After all, two personalities can independently exist, each considered as a separate individual."

"Wow, that’s terrifying when you think about it."

"Think carefully, could it be that Chu Kuang hiding his identity was learned from Shadow?"

"No way!"

"There’s a fundamental logic issue here!"

"Shadow debuted later than Chu Kuang. Chu Kuang played the mysterious card first, then Shadow followed suit. If anyone was learning, it was Shadow learning from Chu Kuang."

"So, who is Shadow!?"

"Don’t forget, Shadow’s debut work is the comic ’Prince of Tennis,’ and the original author is the old rascal Chu Kuang!"

At this moment.

Countless people on the internet turned into Conan, Poirot, and Sherlock Holmes.

In the midst of unraveling deductions, an even more terrifying speculation inevitably surfaced in the minds of countless people, even causing this revelry to momentarily pause!

Could it be?

Shadow is also Lin Yuan!?

Shadow, aren’t all people supposed to have shadows!!!?

...

This is a terrifying speculation, its implications even surpassing Chu Kuang’s revelation!

Xian Yu and the old rascal Chu Kuang being the same person is shocking, but it’s nowhere near as shocking as Shadow, another of the Three Bros, being the same person!

However, this speculation is too far-fetched!

Ultimately.

Only a small portion of people believe in the slightest possibility.

The majority are rapidly self-explaining, not believing this at all:

"Relax, it’s not possible."

"How could Shadow also be Lin Yuan’s alias."

"Isn’t it already ridiculous enough that Xian Yu and Chu Kuang are the same person?"

"Exactly."

"Shadow is Shadow, definitely not Lin Yuan’s third alias."

"Such speculation doesn’t give the Shadow God proper respect, the realm of the Painting God is not something just anyone can reach!"

"But it’s true that Shadow has been covering for Lin Yuan."

"So devious!"

"That’s true brotherhood, collaborating in an act for so many years for Lin Yuan!"

"Xian Yu means ’rather than longing for fish, why not go and net it,’ Chu Kuang’s means ’I am the madman of Chu, singing the phoenix song and laughing at Confucius.’ If Shadow is also Lin Yuan’s alias, there should be some poetic basis for Shadow, considering Lin Yuan is a cultured person. You can’t just forcefully claim Shadow is Lin Yuan’s shadow, right?"

"I don’t find it forced."

"’Lin’ in pinyin is lin, ’Shadow’ in pinyin is ying, shadow is just after Lin in tone, could it just be a coincidence?"

"Hmm, in, ying?"

"Feels kind of strange, the bond among the Three Bros is too deep; if they were one person, everything would make sense."

"Are you guys overthinking this?"

"Hahahaha, they’re just unnerved by the news of Xian Yu and Chu Kuang being the same person, the phonetic connection is a bit too forceful."

Alright then.

It’s either the east wind prevails over the west wind or vice versa, yet the two perspectives begin to subtly tug at each other.

At home.

Upon noticing the online trend, Lin Yuan’s eyebrows immediately shot up.

Lin Yuan always knew that netizens would become suspicious of Shadow; it was bound to happen, but they had no evidence.

Though only the staunchest minority of netizens suspect Shadow’s identity, they’re digging furiously, and who knows what incredible clues might surface if they keep digging?

There’s no such thing as an absolutely seamless lie in the world.

Lin Yuan understood this truth, there must be some flaws in the previous hints.

As Sherlock Holmes’ famous deduction says, after eliminating all impossible factors, no matter how unbelievable the remaining answer is, it must be the truth!

No way!

Absolutely no way!

The buzz around Chu Kuang hasn’t even died down yet!

How can Shadow’s identity be exposed so easily?

Although exposure is only a matter of time, it’s too early now. I have to find a way to divert the netizens’ attention first.

With this in mind.

Lin Yuan prepared to take action.