Half an hour later, a post titled #Ji Siyue and Qin Chengyao Break Up# suddenly emerged and quickly soared into the top three on the trending list, staying there for a long time!
The Weibo was posted by a small - account, but the photos it released were quite a surprise.
[I'm a student who just happened to pass by. I'm just a spectator! Before this, Ji Siyue and her boyfriend Qin Chengyao were extremely high - profile. They made it onto the trending list every other day. I thought they'd never break up, but today... You guys can see for yourselves!]
There were two accompanying pictures below.
One was a photo of Ji Siyue getting into Zhu Zhiyao's car. It clearly showed Zhu Zhiyao inside the car through the window and Ji Siyue about to get in. The other photo was of Zhu Zhiyao with his arm around Ji Siyue's shoulder, seemingly lowering his head to kiss her!
But this photo was actually not what it seemed.
It was all due to the lighting. At that time, Zhu Zhiyao was comforting Ji Siyue and telling her to calm down. The photo was taken from behind Ji Siyue, so it blocked both of their faces. From this angle, it really did look like they were kissing.
[Eww! I knew this woman wouldn't last long with Huang Feng!]
[No female streamer is a good person!]
[How many tens of thousands did you lose in an online romance, dude? Why are you so hostile to her? They haven't even released a statement yet. Don't be so hasty to judge, okay?]
[Am I the only one who thinks there's something strange about this photo? It just looks like they're talking face - to - face!]
[Stop making excuses!]
For a while, most people thought that Ji Siyue had dumped Qin Chengyao because after that incident, no statement from Qin Chengyao had been seen.
Just then, another so - called "solid evidence" emerged.
[Come and take a look, everyone. In the video released by the GH team at that time, usually Ji Siyue uses an iPhone X and Huang Feng uses an iPhone X Max Pro. But this time it was the web version! And it was Ji Siyue who posted it first! Maybe Ji Siyue posted those two Weibo posts on Qin Chengyao's behalf without his knowledge! Did they break up before that incident happened?]
There were comments below.
[It can't be, right? Didn't they just come back from a trip? Hmm...]
[They were still showing off their love during the trip! And they broke up right after they came back?]
[Hehe... Ji Siyue didn't get anything!]
This Weibo further confirmed people's speculations, and Ji Siyue became the target of public criticism.
However, Ji Siyue knew nothing about all this. She had just rushed to the hospital.
At the hospital, Qin Chengyao had just finished confronting Liu Xuejiao. He walked out of the corridor, took out his phone, and saw those posts on the Internet. His face was so gloomy that it seemed to be freezing.
Just as he was looking at the phone, Ji Siyue bounced over like a little rabbit.
When Qin Chengyao saw her, he quickly put away his phone and helped Ji Siyue sit down on one side.
Ji Siyue saw him putting away the phone and couldn't help feeling a bit suspicious.
"What were you looking at?"
"Nothing." Qin Chengyao lowered his head and didn't look directly into Ji Siyue's eyes. Instead, he focused on the gauze on her knee to check if there was any risk of infection.
"Is there some bad news about this on the Internet? Let me take a look."
"You don't need to look. It's enough for me to see."
Ji Siyue was surprised. She didn't believe him at all and didn't want Qin Chengyao to bear this blow alone. So, while he wasn't paying attention, she took the phone out of his pocket and said with a smile, "Let's face it together! Let me have a look!"
Qin Chengyao wanted to stop her, but it was too late. Ji Siyue had already seen it.
He watched as the comforting smile on Ji Siyue's lips gradually faded, turned into a calm expression, and finally a bitter smile appeared.
This process took about five minutes. She must have read it very carefully. During this time, Qin Chengyao kept holding Ji Siyue's leg to make her more comfortable.
Finally, when Ji Siyue took a deep breath and returned the phone, Qin Chengyao said, "Since you've seen it, explain what's going on." Looking into Qin Chengyao's eyes, Ji Siyue's eyes quickly filled with tears.
"You don't trust me?"
"Why don't you explain?" Qin Chengyao asked.
"This photo... was secretly taken. At that time, I was in trouble and very excited. So Zhu Zhiyao was just comforting me and didn't want me to cause any trouble... It's just an angle problem." Ji Siyue gasped, and tears fell uncontrollably.
"Okay, I believe you."
It wasn't that he truly believed her.
Ji Siyue involuntarily grabbed his arm and asked, "If you believe me, why do you still ask?"
"I'll believe you if you explain."
"What if I don't say anything? Today, some people said that I broke up with you just because it was Zhu Zhiyao who was holding me when I got hurt, not you. I think this is our private matter and we don't need to explain it to outsiders. Why do you care?"
Ji Siyue got more and more excited as she spoke.
Qin Chengyao gently wiped away her tears and said word by word, "Because the taste of suspicion is unbearable. Even if I trust you, I still need to hear your confirmation. I'll feel uneasy if I don't. Ji Siyue, I love you."
At this moment, around the corner, Zhu Zhiyao stood there silently.
His face was calm as he stared straight ahead, but inside, his heart was filled with a bitter sea of emotions.
After this incident, Ji Siyue moved back to her own apartment and didn't go to the base for several days.
A lawyer's letter had been sent out, and a formal lawsuit had been filed against that media outlet. For a while, the rumors on the Internet subsided a lot. The remaining skeptical voices would need more outstanding achievements to be silenced!
The base had been cleaned up. The five of them went back to training. Every day, they did nothing but eat, play games, and study strategies. They were extremely busy.
When he was busy, Qin Chengyao felt that he could finally stop thinking about Ji Siyue. But sometimes, while playing, he would feel that all his hard work was actually for Ji Siyue...
It was a never - ending cycle. The team had suffered a heavy blow and their state was not very good.
That night, Qin Chengyao took everyone to drink at the base.
...
Ji Siyue sat on the windowsill and carefully checked the wound on her knee.
After so many days, she no longer needed to wrap her knee with gauze. But to prevent the wound from getting dirty and infected, she still had to stick a small piece of anti - pollution gauze on it. She even had to lift one leg while taking a shower.
Fortunately, only she knew about this embarrassing situation.
Yes, she and Qin Chengyao had quarreled.
It was not until that day that Ji Siyue realized that not all quarrels were hysterical shouting. What was even more suffocating was the calmness.