Huayu: Were you ever a top star before writing nonsense?

As people live longer, they'll see plenty of boomerangs.

For example, in 2014, Yilin published an article titled "Power Outage for Life".

The story is about a little sparrow that got tangled in a high-voltage power line, which triggered a series of rescue operations. Eventually, even the US government intervened and ordered a half-hour blackout across the country to save the little life.

This piece of content has been regarded by many as inspirational and touching.

Unexpectedly, something similar actually happened in China in 2026.

A drone in Sichuan Province accidentally got caught on a power line while transporting a pig for the Lunar New Year. To rescue both the drone and the pig, the village experienced a ten-hour power outage, but the pig was ultimately unharmed.

As Shen Can recalled what happened in his previous life, his hands continued moving as he scrolled down the page to read the comments from netizens.

"Hahaha, who knows why I laughed like a goose in the middle of the night?"

"I'd call this the most ruthless job of 07!"

"That's interesting. I suggest the poster also bestow an Innate Sacred Body upon Can Shen!"

"Alright, it's my turn to play now. I'm going to calculate the size of Shen Can's psychological trauma. I'm curious about his expression after seeing this gossip."

"Really? You're making it sound so true!"

"This is the true nature of a man; this is what a man's life should be like. After watching it, I'm even more envious."

"I also want to be a kept man."

"Brother who wants the numbers, if you have Shen Can's numbers, you can too."

"I believe Shen Can is definitely not that kind of person."

"Please elaborate on the part about the three of us; I'm not short of internet fees."

"..."

This group of people are having fun.

Shen Can smiled and shook his head.

Frankly, he hasn't yet come up with a good way to deal with this boomerang.

If you're going to respond... you can't be laughing happily when you're gossiping about others, and then covering your mouth when others gossip about you, right?

You can't be too hypocritical, right?

But if you don't respond, won't others escalate their actions?

You should know that he writes celebrity gossip in a restrained manner, but others don't care about such things. Things like Rolex Submariners, married female teachers, and threesomes are really something that even Shen Can wouldn't dare to write in his novels. It's just nonsense.

Responding or not responding, neither seems to be a good solution.

What do you call this, family?

A single-minded approach has become blocked at both ends.

Shen Can vaguely sensed that someone was deliberately messing with him. From Tianya Forum to the book review section of Diaoniang, it was quite obvious that there was a hand manipulating this matter.

Why do I say that?

The reason is simple: although most netizens on the Tianya Forum's "Entertainment Gossip" section are just looking for fun, they are not stupid and won't believe everything they hear.

Even if people believe it, it's only the behavior of a small number of people... It's impossible for his novel to receive a large number of negative reviews.

That's normal, though.

When you're out in the world, you're bound to get hurt.

Although the entertainment industry is not a martial arts world, the waters in this industry are no shallower than those in the martial arts world.

Even an honest man like Wang Baoqiang turned into the Hulk, and almost died in a car accident.

From the day he decided to enter the entertainment industry, Shen Can had anticipated this day.

"Entertainment capital, the gossip stars I've written about, the Four Young Masters of Beijing... or even Fan Bingbing's agent, Mu Xiaoguang?"

Mu Xiaoguang, in particular, is the prime suspect.

This person has a background in the Taiwanese underworld, and his behavior cannot be understood by common sense.

In 07, during the "Go! Good Boys!" competition, a reporter took a picture of Mu Xiaoguang. Mu Xiaoguang asked the reporter to delete the photo, which the reporter did. However, Mu Xiaoguang suspected that the reporter had not deleted it at all and demanded that the reporter format the hard drive. As a result, the two began to fight over the computer. During the struggle, Fan Xiaopang's bodyguard grabbed the reporter by the neck, and the computer flew out and damaged the CD player.

That brought the matter to a close.

This demonstrates Mu Xiaoguang's ruthless style. Later, when Fan Xiaopang's illegal activities were exposed, Mu Xiaoguang burned all the account books and destroyed the evidence, and was sentenced to five years in prison.

This person has a strong sense of chivalry and江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry).

However, these are things from a past life, and they haven't happened in this life yet.

Shen Can couldn't be sure that Mu Xiaoguang was the culprit. In fact, even a student from the Shanghai Theatre Academy was a suspect, after all, you can't judge a book by its cover.

Since he couldn't guess who was behind it all, Shen Can didn't bother trying to figure it out for the time being.

Right now, the most important thing is to face the situation at hand.

Shen Can's eyes lit up, and he immediately had an idea.

"Clap clap clap..."

He typed a line on the keyboard, then typed a reply and posted it.

Okay, so what about before I went to university?

Shen Can thought, since you like to make things up, then let you make things up, and it would be best if you made them even more outrageous.

Since he's already portrayed as a crazy person with a perfectly good mental state, this response is perfectly reasonable.

He doesn't care at all about things like "getting worse".

At best, they could call him a time traveler, a lizard man, an alien, or something like that.

It's impossible to say that he once had an older girlfriend who was actually his father in gender swap...

People born in 07 wouldn't have such outrageous ideas!

Shen Can even wanted to find someone to shoot a short video, playing a "using someone else's strength against them" game. By taking advantage of the opportunity for others to write about his gossip, he planned ahead for his future "scumbag ruins" and increased his popularity, thus ruining the release of "Fairy Tale Town".

As for the impact of these gossips on his popularity, Shen Can thought about it and felt it wouldn't be a big problem.

First, this thing is obviously fake at first glance, so not many people will believe it.

Secondly, popularity is actually related to the work. As long as he keeps producing excellent works and doesn't do anything illegal or criminal, it's actually quite difficult for his popularity to collapse.

To put it bluntly, the entertainment industry is actually just like the sports world; being bad at something is the original sin.

If you are strong, it won't be easy for capital to target you.

……

After Shen Can replied, the thread became even more popular.

When the person in question appeared, the netizens became excited.

When they saw Shen Can's reply, question marks appeared on everyone's foreheads.

"Okay, so what about before I went to university? Does Shen Can mean he was already a scumbag before university, according to the poster's revelation? Or is the poster's imagination just too limited?"

"Scarcity! Shen Can is amazing, he defeated the poster in an instant with just a few words."

"Did you hear that, OP? I suggest you start making up a story from Shen Can's kindergarten class. To be honest, I'd really like to see Shen Can's love story with his kindergarten teacher."

"Explode."

"I'm not curious about any of that. I just want to know, will there be any celebrity gossip updates before the release of *Once Upon a Time*? And who will they be writing about this time?"

"..."

Shen Can glanced at the replies a few times and then stopped paying attention.

As for the celebrity gossip before "Fairy Tale Town," he doesn't plan to write about it this time; he'll talk about it when the next song is released.

After all, it's too recent, and writing about another celebrity would make him seem too promiscuous.

He plans to give netizens a refreshing new experience – short videos.

Shen Can then opened QQ, took a screenshot of the gossip post someone else had written, and sent it to two people, then sent them text messages.

The message sent to Xu Xinran was:

"Senior sister, when are you going to give me the high-end custom-made suit, the Rolex Submariner (green), and the Nokia phone you owe me?"

The second person is Zhao Ji:

"Rich senior, I heard you're keeping me as your sugar daddy, giving me 10,000 yuan a month for spending money."

Xu Xinran and Zhao Ji were both stunned when they saw the message from Shen Can.