Chapter 57: Bai Shuruo Goes Viral

That night, a trending topic appeared on Weibo: Gu Yunting is in love.

Gu Yunting is certainly a famous person in Fengcheng, because he frequently appears on financial channels and occasionally on entertainment channels, but nationwide, his popularity is not high.

But this exposure immediately caused an explosion, because of his looks.

The comments all said that the CEO from the novels had walked right out of the book.

Then, the second trending topic arrived: Who is Mo Wanqing?

Number one on the trending list, with less than a thousand comments; one look and it was clearly bought.

Some netizens threw out infographics, the image title: The Growth Journey of Mo Wanqing.

It was roughly that Mo Wanqing had been a top student since childhood, but she loved the violin, insisted on practicing for 8 hours every day, later gave up an admission invitation from a top domestic university to pursue advanced studies at a foreign music conservatory, and now has returned after completing her studies, and so on.

Other netizens said that Mo Wanqing is a very hardworking second-generation rich kid, her grandfather was a diplomat, her grandmother was a lady from a prestigious family, and her father and mother are in business, owning a famous clothing brand.

Netizens looked at it and reached a conclusion: Oh, so that brand is theirs.

As for her journey of pursuing her dreams, they were not interested at all.

However, there are benefits to being on the trending list; at least there is attention, and some netizens have already dug up that Mo Wanqing intends to go on variety shows.

Bai Shunan, who was eating a late-night snack at a private restaurant, looked at these trending topics, sneered, put her phone back in her bag, and then tilted her head back to drink a cup of red wine.

Ling Feng sneered and said, "This is an old trick. I think this Mo Wanqing just wants to be famous; whatever public romance is just a front. Come to think of it, is this Gu Yunting an idiot or what? He doesn't even know he's being used?"

"Otherwise, why do they say that since ancient times, being sentimental only leaves behind regret?" Ni Xianglei said, "Matters of the heart, isn't it just that I like you, you don't like me, you like him, and he likes another him?"

Ling Feng raised his wine glass and clinked it with Ni Xianglei's: "You make sense, cheers."

Bai Shunan continued to drink.

Gu Yunting is a fool, and she is an even bigger fool.

But strangely enough, while she felt uncomfortable, her heart did not hurt as much.

Perhaps both her body and her emotions have developed an immunity to Gu Yunting.

The three of them drank until past one in the morning before breaking up.

In a private villa, Gu Yunting was also drinking while looking at the trending topics.

Everything that happened tonight was like a dream.

He used to always hope that Mo Wanqing would acknowledge him, like a sycophant, but now that she has finally acknowledged him, he doesn't feel a shred of the joy of victory.

It was as if a toy he had long coveted in childhood—he couldn't get it at the time, and when he finally did, he had already grown up, and that toy had lost its appeal to him.

Especially seeing this trending topic now, he didn't need to guess to know that Mo Wanqing had bought it.

Mo Wanqing is career-minded; in her eyes, the first thing is her career, and the second is also her career. She struggled abroad for so many years without any progress, so she must want to return to the country to prove her strength.

She is a person who lives on the stage; in order to fight for the stage, she will definitely find ways to increase her popularity.

Next, she might go on variety shows, and through those shows, get on the trending list again; this is an endless process.

Gu Yunting raised his wine glass and took a few more fierce gulps of wine.

At that moment, he didn't know why, but the image of Bai Shunan appeared in his mind.

He took out his phone on a whim and dialed Bai Shunan's phone number.

But there was no response on the other end.

At this hour, she must have already fallen asleep.

This day, Bai Shuruo posted another update on her Moments while in the car.

It was still a group photo with local children and the elderly. In the photo, she was full of warmth, and her smile was very infectious.

After posting, she stared blankly at her phone for a while.

She had been in Xijiang for more than half a month, and the days were very fulfilling, but it was very cold and dry here, and some colleagues' bodies couldn't take it and developed altitude sickness; once they felt unwell, they would be sent back early.

The original small team of 20 people now had 15 left.

"Shuruo, what are you looking at?" Lin Shan leaned in and asked, while handing her a bag of potato chips to replenish her energy.

Bai Shuruo put her phone away and smiled: "Nothing."

Han Yangting hadn't posted on his Moments for two days, and she didn't know if he was still in Beishi. Or had he already returned to Fengcheng?

She didn't know why she was waiting for his Moments either; perhaps she was just used to it.

Usually she could see them every day, and now that she couldn't see one for a day, she felt inexplicably lost.

She opened the potato chips and started eating them in a depressed mood.

"Shuruo, you're famous!" Lin Shan suddenly shouted excitedly.

"What?" Bai Shuruo didn't understand the situation.

"The company forum, take a look." Lin Shan handed her phone to Bai Shuruo and said, "Look, this is your photo, it's been pushed to the top."

CG Group has its own internal forum where employees can share their lives, discuss gossip, or complain about the poor food in the cafeteria, etc. Except for not daring to speak ill of the leaders, it is similar to a university forum.

Because CG sent people out to do charity work, the publicity department would share some photos on the forum every day.

Because Xijiang is cold and the scenery is pure, and the places they go to every day are different, it attracted many colleagues to click, and everyone followed it every day like watching a serial drama.

There were discussions about the scenery, as well as discussions about the local customs.

But today, the employees' focus suddenly shifted to Bai Shuruo, saying she was so beautiful, like an angel.

So someone specifically compiled Bai Shuruo's photos into a post, and this post went viral.

Some said that her photo in the snow looked like a certain foreign actress, so cute and so approachable, a total goddess for the geeks.

Some said that they only thought she was delicate and cute when they were in the same department, but they didn't expect her to look so good on camera.

Some suggested letting her be the company's image ambassador, saying it might have better results than celebrity promotion.

Because Lin Shan was so excited, the others in the minibus also paid attention to the company forum.

The older sister leading the team said right then: "Bai Shuruo has become our company's little star now!"

The photographer said: "Bai Shuruo really has a great sense for the camera; she really shouldn't be a corporate slave, she should go be a model."

Bai Shuruo hurriedly said shyly: "Please don't tease me, I can't do that kind of work, I'll just honestly stick to my job."

Zhang Yuanyuan clicked open the forum, looked at Bai Shuruo's photo, and she couldn't help but get angry.

Where is Bai Shuruo pretty? Her looks aren't stunning at all, okay?

She hurriedly posted a sentence anonymously under the post: She is beautiful, but it's a pity she married young and even married an old man.

As soon as she finished posting, someone immediately said: We can't control these kinds of private matters, right? We're just saying that her photos in Xijiang are indeed good-looking.

Before long, Zhang Yuanyuan's post was drowned out.

Later, someone unknown posted Bai Shuruo's photos to TikTok, which immediately attracted the attention of quite a few shut-in men, who one after another demanded that Bai Shuruo open an account and share her everyday photos; if she became a big hit, it would be easy to pull in advertising fees later, this is a gift from heaven.

Bai Shuruo did not open an account on TikTok, but Zhang Yuanyuan opened a burner account and uploaded her own photos from Xijiang on it.