Chapter 518: You Can’t Help Me
The internet had already exploded. Ever since Weibo had officially issued a ban on Yu Linna, this matter had caused a huge fuss and had become a hot topic on various websites. Especially since it was an official ban, which was a rare situation. Even if it was said to be a ban, a punishment, it shouldn’t have been so obvious. But Yu Linna had been so obviously targeted.
Yu Linna’s haters were very happy because they had won.
“Flies don’t bite a seamless egg. Yu Linna’s end this time is a matter of course.”
“So many people are saying bad things about her. There must be a reason.”
“Think about it carefully. A foreigner, she has admitted it herself. Holding a Chinese nationality, and saying she is Chinese on her lips, disgusting. Don’t come to our place to earn dirty money.”
“I also think it’s disgusting. This person’s character is not good. She never responds positively to others’ questions online. To put it bluntly, she has a guilty conscience.”
“And she even insulted her fans.”
“To be honest, for those few broken novels and broken scripts she wrote, there are still people who watch them. I really doubt these people’s aesthetic. Maybe this is the era of entertainment to death.”
Now, she had become the target of public criticism. Even if she wanted to not care, she couldn’t not care now.
Because she had been “punished.” To say it was a punishment, in fact, it was no different from a semi-ban.
Now many critics in the newspapers had commented on this matter, saying that she was not right. Even the country had people who had stood up to say that such a thing had brought a negative influence. Yu Linna was being cursed on the hot search by many people.
The fans wanted to speak up for her, but when they looked back, they found that those who could truly be called teammates were very few. To cheer for her at her peak, but not to stay when she was down and out, this was the biggest reality of Yu Linna.
Of course, there were also people who spoke up for her.
Ye Zhiyun V: I think this matter is very unreasonable. You say you want to punish, but such an obvious ban, anyone can see. Besides, the remarks are inappropriate, and you can’t produce any convincing evidence to prove it. Furthermore, isn’t the meaning of targeting a little obvious?
Ye Zhiyun had stood up. She had spoken up for Yu Linna. However, this Weibo post had only survived for ten minutes before it was quickly deleted.
Others had wanted to speak up for Yu Linna, but it was useless to think about it.
“Chief Editor, why won’t you let me stand up? This is clearly targeting! Shion-sensei hasn’t done anything wrong. On what grounds should she be banned? Is that kind of remark also called politically incorrect?”
Qian Jiaxuan had wanted to speak up for her, but the chief editor had stopped her. It wasn’t just her. Many people had wanted to speak up for her, but were not allowed.
“You can’t do that.”
“Why?”
“You represent our Wenqing. If you speak up, then the next one might be us. You have to think clearly for our entire Wenqing. Besides, a ban is only temporary. After the storm has passed, she can still come back.”
“This is not reasonable! When she was at her peak, we were with her. We can’t leave when she’s down and out. This is too unreasonable!”
Qian Jiaxuan had even shouted and cried. She felt a sense of powerlessness towards such a world.
It wasn’t just her who thought so.
Fang Jiangning, Xiao Yanhan, anyone who knew Yu Linna had tried to stand up and speak, but their Weibo posts, just like Ye Zhiyun’s Weibo post, had not survived for a few minutes before they were deleted.
The happiest person was Chenghe.
“The biggest trouble has been dealt with, boss. Just as you said, it was very easy to deal with.”
In the company’s office, Yu Tianchen had talked about this matter when he was on the phone with his boss.
“Hmph, isn’t that a matter of course? No matter how famous, how amazing the other party is, she is just someone who writes things. How can she fight against us? She has no power, no one. How can she deal with us?”
“Yes, she can’t deal with us. I also said that all she needed was a suitable excuse, and she wouldn’t be able to make a living at all. She took herself as a big deal. She probably never would have thought that in our eyes, she is not worth mentioning.”
“This matter has to be dealt with cleanly. Don’t leave any obvious traces.”
“Roger.”
Yu Tianchen put down his phone and smiled. This battle had been too easy. Unlike the time when they had dealt with Nangong Ying, Nangong Ying would still fight back firmly, while Yu Linna was completely powerless to resist. The chips she had in her hands were limited. It was impossible for her to beat Chenghe.
This time, Chenghe had won.
Yu Linna had been blacklisted overnight. She was at home, and now she had no work. Even if she did, no one would take it. No one was willing to find her.
She scrolled through the comments online, looking at those dirty words, and those filthy remarks. This scroll was almost all curses against her.
“Yu Linna, get out of China!”
“We don’t need a foreign devil!”
“If you want to be an American, then go and be one. The Chinese don’t welcome you!”
Yes, many people had said that they wanted to drive her out, to drive her back to her own country.
A hot search titled “Yu Linna, please get out” had also entered Weibo. Those words, even the strongest person would probably find it hard to bear. Yu Linna, a person with a very strong ability to withstand pressure, when she had seen those comments, when she had looked at those hurtful words, she had actually cried.
She sat on the sofa, hugged her own thighs, and silently sobbed. Zhao Yuyan had opened her door and had come to see her. Seeing her like this, she also felt sorry for her. She went over and patted her.
“Linna, eat something. This is not okay. That English friend of yours is also worried about you. Go and eat. I’ve already made dinner.”
“I have no appetite. You guys can eat.”
“It’s fine. It will pass soon. Don’t mind those things. Those people are not human. Okay? You have to pull yourself together. You can’t be like this.”
Zhao Yuyan, seeing her like this, was like seeing the state of Yu Linna during the days when she had been given the cold shoulder by Ye Zhiyun. The only difference was that this time, she was not bound by her private feelings. She was being targeted.
“How can I not care?”
Yu Linna looked up, her face covered in tear stains, her eyes all red.
“You’re telling me not to care!”
She shouted.
“How can you tell me not to care!”
Her tears flowed down.
“Do you know what they’re saying about me! They’re telling me to get lost, to leave this country! They say I’m not Chinese! They’re telling me to go back to America, to go back to Europe!”
“I grew up in China. I grew up on this land. I’ve been living here since I was little. On what grounds can they tell me to get lost? Just because I have an American face, can they be so excessive as to tell me to get lost? On what grounds!”
“You can say that my writing is bad, and you can also say that my character is not good. I don’t care. But why do you have to tell me to get out of my own country? On what grounds…”
“I also grew up here. Why are you telling me to get lost? Why don’t you welcome me…”
Yu Linna cried her heart out.
She was very sad, her heart was in agony. In the past, no matter how she had been cursed, she had not cared, because she could ignore it. But now, when she had nothing, when she had lost everything, no one had comforted her. On the contrary, she had been told to get out of China, to leave this country. She had grown up here, she had lived here. Most of her time had been spent here. Just because she had said one sentence, and had a foreigner’s face, they had rudely driven her out.
Was she not even allowed to live here?
Zhao Yuyan hugged her and patted her head. Yu Linna, on the other hand, was crying on her. She loved to cry, but ever since she had turned 18, she had rarely cried. She had learned to control herself and would no longer cry casually. But this time, she couldn’t control it. She couldn’t bear it anymore.
Just imagine, to have grown up in this country, to have lived in this country for almost twenty years, and to be cursed to get out of this country, to go back to your own country. How painful that feeling must be.
She had clearly grown up here, but she had not received a single bit of respect.
Indeed, those were just the words typed out by some brainless netizens, but she would care. She really would care.
When Stephanie had come back, she had seen Yu Linna crying like this. She also didn’t know how to comfort her. She didn’t know what to say. Because she was also just an outsider.
This blacklisting incident had a very serious impact.
But it wasn’t as if no one had stood up to speak. Although many of the Weibo posts that had spoken up for Yu Linna had been deleted, there was one person’s Weibo post that was still there. That was the Weibo post of the Chinese-American star, An Xiayue.
An Xiayue V: Punishment is punishment. Whether there is a basis for doing so, I am not in a good position to judge. I am a Chinese-American, and I know that my words are limited. Also, to have someone get out of their own country, aren’t some netizens being a bit too much?
This Weibo post had been there all along and had not been deleted. The officials had also later stood up to say that no matter what, Yu Linna was a Chinese citizen and could not be blindly flamed and told to get out of her own country. But as for whether these people had punished the people who had led the rhythm, that was hard to say.
…
Ye Zhiyun had learned the news of Yu Linna being blacklisted. She had asked for leave to go back to Guangnan, wanting to find Yu Linna immediately. This matter had caused such a big fuss. In any case, she had to find her. She had returned to Guangnan, but her phone was turned off. Ye Zhiyun was extremely anxious.
As Ye Zhiyun was running, she thought of that day on the snowy ground, when Yu Linna had disappeared and had been found by her. Yu Linna had fallen asleep on her back, and Ye Zhiyun had been carrying her. And at that time, Yu Linna had said a few words in her sleep, which Ye Zhiyun still remembered to this day.
“That day, if you had tried to keep me, I would surely have turned back. But you didn’t…”
That sentence had made Ye Zhiyun burst into tears on the spot.
Having missed that opportunity, Ye Zhiyun did not want to miss it again. She had to find Yu Linna.
She also wanted to say, “I’s sorry. I won’t give up.”
She had found Yu Linna’s house and had pressed the doorbell. Yu Linna had opened the door. It was just that Yu Linna’s state was extremely bad. Her pale face, her red and swollen eyes, and her thin body, all of her state showed that she was not doing well.
“Nana.”
“You’re here. Come in.”
Yu Linna opened the door and let her in. Stephanie tactfully ran into her room to play her PSP, not to affect the conversation between the two of them. When Ye Zhiyun sat down, she saw that Yu Linna had put away her computer. One had to know that she was someone who could not live without her computer no matter what. She always needed to use her computer for work. This time, she had actually put away her computer.
“Nana, I want to help you. I want to speak up for you, but…”
“I know. I know everything. I believe what you said is all true. But this time, you can’t help me, Zhiyun. This is different from that time. You can’t help me.”
Ye Zhiyun clenched her fists. She hated, hated her own incompetence. If only she had enough power, if only she had strength, she would surely be able to help Yu Linna solve it. The only one to blame was her own powerlessness.
“Those people are really too much. They said that about me. I’m so angry, so very angry. I don’t care what others say about me, but when I saw them cursing you, I was so angry! Nana, why did only you encounter this kind of thing? It’s too unreasonable, really too unreasonable!”
Ye Zhiyun said so, hugging Yu Linna. And Yu Linna just let her hug her. She did not resist. At this time, Yu Linna would not smile either.
