Chapter 727 - 498: Something’s Off—Extremely, Extraordinarily Off!

"Damn, homewrecker, with such poor character, I knew you’d get what’s coming to you soon."

Xu Siyu planned that once that scumbag fell from grace, she’d delete her X account, leave all the groups she joined, and retire from the chaotic online world altogether.

The internet was too complicated, her heart was deeply wounded.

Xu Siyu’s home was conveniently located not far from the venue, so she rode a shared bike to rush over and soon approached the neighborhood.

But as she got closer...

"Traffic control?"

Xu Siyu was taken aback.

"It’s only midday, and there’s traffic control already? Plus, it’s still two or three blocks away?"

The man with the cap who stopped her nodded, "This year, more people have come for the offline event. For safety reasons, the control range and time have been expanded a bit. You can park your bike over there and walk over."

After indicating the parking spot, the man didn’t forget to remind her, "Once inside, stand according to the on-site instructions, don’t crowd or play around, and contact nearby security personnel if needed."

"Got it."

That’s more than just a bit of expansion. In past years, they usually only controlled a few nearby streets, now it’s two or three blocks.

Xu Siyu grumbled internally.

She turned to look at the people around her, and indeed, there were noticeably more people.

Also...

"Yiyang, Yiyang, always shining!"

Xu Siyu’s gaze fixed on a group of people passing by wearing orange vests, with mighty orange flags in their hands.

She smiled.

The more people there are, the sooner that scumbag will be completely done for.

As she continued walking inside, more and more people appeared along the way, occupying not only the sidewalks but most of the street itself.

She had to constantly dodge aside while walking.

As she slowly approached the core square of the venue...

People, people, people!

It’s all people! It’s only midday, and the core of the square is nearly packed full already!

The middle of the square and the street extending outward were divided into sections by human barricades created by the man with the cap. Most sections were already filled with people, guiding newcomers to sections with room.

Xu Siyu was guided to a section on the south side of the square.

The overall view here was nice; with a single glance, she could take the whole square in.

With that glance, her smile grew even brighter.

Green for Zhou Yu fans, black for Xiao Yi fans, blue for Wu Yiming fans, Gu Hao fans, Sun Zhichun fans...

These people must have coordinated, each adopting a different color, and even if they supported different idols, they all wore support vests and held flags.

So a glance over most areas of the square made it seem like a grand military march, full of vigor!

This time, that damn homewrecker is definitely done for!!!

Xu Siyu laughed heartily to herself.

The people around her clearly shared similar thoughts.

This area had quite a few bystanders without vests, discussing amongst themselves.

"It’s over, Wu Gou’s finished. With this many people, conservatively there must be ten to twenty thousand, any business seeing this would be shocked."

"This is too much, it’s only midday, and probably only half the people have shown up. For offline events usually just seeing a red carpet would be crowded with a few thousand, but this year we’re looking at tens of thousands!"

"There’s just too much hatred for Wu Gou."

Everyone sighed.

This area also had some celebrity fans waiting for their companions, not yet gathered together.

They clearly heard the surrounding discussions and looked exceptionally excited.

"Earlier, I was worried not enough people would come, now it seems everyone hopes that scumbag falls soon."

"Exactly, I was just thinking how to boo if I saw fans of that scumbag, but now it turns out there aren’t any! That scumbag was clearly all marketing; he doesn’t actually have fans!"

Wu Mu’s rival fans felt they’d already won completely.

Not far in front of Xu Siyu, a girl wearing Qiu Yiyang’s orange vest even had the leisure to strike up a conversation with a male bystander nearby.

"There’s certainly a lot of people who hate him. I wonder why someone with such low morals has fans."

The male bystander nodded in agreement, "Indeed, low morals."

"Total scumbag, being a homewrecker wasn’t enough, recently he even caused a romantic scandal."

The male bystander nodded repeatedly, "Definitely a scumbag, left Xiao Mo heartbroken."

"And squeezing fans dry, jacking up prices for everything, it’s disgusting."

The male bystander nodded more deeply, extremely agreeing, "Definitely disgusting."

The girl spoke more excitedly, feeling like she’d found a kindred spirit, "And no real skill, just marketing to rise to fame."

The male bystander continued to agree... wait, why is he shaking his head?

The bystander disagreed, "You’re talking nonsense. Wu Gou may have low morals and love squeezing fans, but he does have high skill, absolutely among the best, I think he’s somewhat underestimated."

Huh?

The girl’s smile froze a bit. She looked at the male bystander, testingly said, "That scumbag should just directly fall."

The male bystander made a noise, hesitantly said, "Having him directly fall might not be good. If he falls, we won’t have entertainment to watch, and can he still make games?"

The girl’s smile slowly faded, eventually displaying a blank expression as she glanced at the male bystander with some distaste, turning away.

Ha, turns out he’s that scumbag’s casual fan.

Loudly calling out immorality, but instantly watching the show when it’s on, buying the game... no, even before the game’s released!

Might even secretly buy merch!

If not for these damn casual fans always supporting, how could that scumbag not have fallen by now!!

Watching this from the side, Xu Siyu also couldn’t help glaring at that male bystander.

Hmph, rotten apples among the people!

The girl from earlier sulked for a while, but quickly adjusted and put on a smile again, turning to a nearby girl bystander.

"Hey, sister, which celebrity do you like?"

Unexpectedly, faced with her smile, the bystander girl just glanced at her indifferently, then turned away.

Huh?

The girl’s smile froze again. Frozen for a few seconds, she testedly said, "Wu Gou, scumbag?"

No sooner were these words spoken than they seemed to directly anger the bystander girl, who had been just glancing, turned back with a cold smile:

"However bad he is, he’s better than your idol Qiu Yiyang, a fake Korean who spent a few years in a boy band early on. Without him helping your idol press down Zhou Yu and Wu Yiming, this year would he have gotten first place votes?"

Whoa!

Wu Mu fan!

Not only the fan of Qiu Yiyang but also the surrounding bystanders were startled.

The tone was obviously that of a Wu Mu fan.

Turns out Wu Mu fans did come but were mixed in the crowd!

Wait a minute, something seems off.

Similarly startled, Xu Siyu suddenly felt she overlooked something.

She quickly turned around, her eyes scanning over the surrounding bystanders without support gear.

Something feels off.

Something’s majorly off!!!