Chapter 117: 109, Carry on the family line
Who was the one who leaked the information?
Ma Zhenhe?
Or other factions that are hostile towards Tianren Pavilion?
Lin Zichen’s thoughts raced nonstop.
After pondering for a while, he felt that this was not important.
What he urgently needed to do was to quickly remove the news.
Thinking this, Lin Zichen scrolled to the bottom of the news page and found the reporting feature to report the article.
He reported the news for violating regulations and invading the privacy of the person involved.
Afterward, he also called the relevant internet authorities to file a complaint.
After a series of actions, the news exposing the personal privacy of the exam candidate was eventually removed from the news app at 10 a.m.
However, it was too late.
In the few hours before it was deleted, the related public opinion had already fermented, giving rise to many self-media articles that circulated on various internet platforms.
Almost the entire country knew that the high school runner-up from Nanjiang Province had joined Tianren Pavilion and chosen the Pureblood Human Path.
Some unscrupulous bloggers, for the sake of traffic, even concocted various conspiracy theories, saying that Lin Zichen’s joining Tianren Pavilion was not voluntary but that he was threatened, or that there was some unknown deal between the two parties.
In the meantime, many classmates and teachers asked Lin Zichen what was happening through WeChat.
Lin Zichen didn’t explain much, only replying that it was inconvenient to disclose, and then ignored these WeChat friends.
By the afternoon.
The high school runner-up incident intensified.
Someone leaked a photo of Lin Zichen, claiming this male student was the high school runner-up from Nanjiang Province.
Because he was too handsome, at first, netizens thought a male internet celebrity was trying to grab attention.
Once it was confirmed that it was indeed Lin Zichen himself, the public opinion further fermented.
Many female netizens, seeing how handsome Lin Zichen was, began calling him ‘husband’ in the comment sections.
A few more extreme ones even said they wanted to have his babies.
Several professional fan leaders smelled a business opportunity and individually messaged these female netizens in the comment section to invite them to set up a fan support group, aiming to make money from it.
Seeing the public opinion fermenting more and more intensely, Lin Zichen’s frown deepened, feeling very troubled but helpless.
He didn’t want to be famous at all or to be exposed under the public eye.
He just wanted to be a genius in his own small world and evolve quietly.
After all, being watched by too many people is not a good thing.
Especially someone like him, a traveler filled with secrets; being watched by too many people before he had fully grown was too risky and could invite attacks from the Heretical Sect at any minute.
As it neared evening.
Several well-known internet celebrity incubator companies contacted Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin through their phones.
They said they could package Lin Zichen with a persona of ‘handsome and capable genius’, to create an internet sensation on par with the genius from Jing University or the Mechanical Genius Girl.
They also said that in this era where female consumers have a higher willingness to spend, a persona of ‘handsome and capable’ would definitely be more profitable than either the Jing University genius or the Mechanical Genius Girl.
Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin were very rational and rejected these internet celebrity incubator companies without a second thought.
Earning money is of course good.
But if making this money meant having to frequently make public appearances and disrupt their studies, then forget it.
After dinner in the evening.
Both families sat down together to discuss how to deal with the Lin Zichen situation.
Lin Zichen’s popularity was now so high that it would inevitably affect his normal life.
The parents from both sides discussed for a long time but couldn’t come up with a good solution.
As ordinary people, they had no money or connections to resolve such a situation.
Ultimately, after much discussion, the parents decided the solution was to ignore it.
Thinking that the internet is full of fresh distractions and most people were just joining in on the excitement temporarily.
As time went on and the novelty wore off, the fervor would most likely die down.
At 11 p.m.
Lin Zichen took a shower, put on pajamas, lay in bed checking his phone, and kept an eye on the news related to himself.
Seeing the intensity of the public opinion surrounding him rise, his frown deepened.
Not long after, Shen Qinghan’s voice came from outside his room.
“Xiao Chen, I want to sleep here tonight.”
“The door’s not locked, come in.”
“Creak——”
Along with the sound of the door opening, Shen Qinghan, dressed in a nightgown and carrying a bag of daily necessities, entered gracefully.
At the moment, she exuded a pleasant scent of shower gel, evidently having just finished showering.
After placing the bag on the table.
She took off her slippers.
Shen Qinghan climbed into bed and sat next to Lin Zichen, shoulder to shoulder, leaning against him, and looked at his phone screen.
Seeing Lin Zichen searching for news about himself joining Tianren Pavilion, she couldn’t help but say:
“Those people are so mean, to directly use an innocent examinee as a pawn with no principle whatsoever.”
“That’s how struggle works, having principles puts you at a disadvantage, being unprincipled gives you the edge,” Lin Zichen said indifferently.
Shen Qinghan suddenly recalled her nominal master.
Her nominal master, Yuan Dongzhi, was the vice-chancellor of Shanhai University, the head of the academic department, and also the young lady of the Yuan Family.
Any of these three identities seemed very influential.
If she asked her nominal master for help, would it be possible to remove all news about Xiao Chen?
Thinking this, Shen Qinghan said to Lin Zichen:
“Xiao Chen, my nominal master seems quite influential, do you think if I ask her for help, she could get rid of this trouble for you?”
“Most likely not,” Lin Zichen shook his head and explained: “Given the factional struggle, if nothing unexpected happens, it’s the Genetic Fusion faction putting pressure on the Pureblood Human faction, and your nominal master is part of the Genetic Fusion faction, so there’s no reason she would help with this.”