1RomanceEB Chapter 67 Terrible Reputation
Chapter 67 Terrible Reputation
"Chen Chen, I want to ask you a question."
"What?"
"Your video."
When she got home that evening, at the dinner table, Lin Jianlu, in front of her grandparents, held up her phone, opened the viral video she had seen during the day, and showed it to Chen Chen.
—It must be explained here that Chen Chen's father drives a truck and went to another city this month, so Chen Chen has been eating at Lin Jianlu's house during this period.
What's your take on this video?
"What do you mean?" Chen Chen asked, puzzled.
At that moment, the phone was snatched away by a slightly chubby old man's hand.
"Let me see you, dear." Grandma held the phone in her palm, put on her ever-ready pair of reading glasses, and frowned as she looked at it.
"Little deer, why did you make the words so small again? I can't even read them, it's hard on my eyes."
Here we go again. Grandma always complains that the text on her phone is too small, but she complains that the text on Grandma's phone is too big and can't be displayed completely.
"Watch the video."
"What's so interesting about that? It's just Chen Chen confessing his feelings to a young girl, right? I've seen too many of those."
"Oh? You saw this video a while ago?"
"Oh dear, I've seen too much of that." Grandma chuckled and boasted to Lin Jianlu, "That Douyin is amazing! I upload your photo, and it doesn't even take a minute. It can make me look like whatever I want!"
As she spoke, she took out her phone and showed Lin Jianlu a video.
In the video, Lin Jianlu and her grandmother are each holding a chubby little boy in their arms, their mouths wide open, laughing as if they've won millions.
Isn't it terrifying? Lin Jianlu got goosebumps watching it.
But Grandma didn't care about that. She was all smiles as she pulled out a bunch of these videos and insisted that Lin Jianlu examine each one of them and give her feedback.
Sigh, these old men and women, all they think about all day is their big, fat son.
But there's nothing we can do about it. Even if we don't mention the elderly, there are still a lot of young people who work hard from dawn till dusk, carrying heavy mortgages, car loans, and dowry loans, just to get married, have kids, and have a big, healthy baby so their parents can say that their lives have a bright future.
"Stop! Stop! I don't want to watch it anymore! Don't get it wrong! I'm the one who wanted Chen Chen to watch that video!"
After a while, Lin Jianlu could no longer stand the private sound effects her grandmother added to those short videos, and quickly changed the subject back to Chen Chen.
"I know which video it is," Chen Chen said, having just finished eating and putting down his bowl.
"Then tell me, what do the comments below mean?"
"What comment?"
"Those who say you didn't save anyone."
Chen Chen was stunned upon hearing this.
"Why haven't I seen it?"
"Huh?" Lin Jianlu hurriedly opened the video, only to find that the popular comment she had seen during the day had disappeared.
"That's impossible, I saw him during the day today."
"You're probably mistaken, anyway, I've never seen it." Chen Chen shook his head.
Impossible! It must exist!
Lin Jianlu remembered clearly that if it weren't for those sarcastic comments, she wouldn't have clashed with Chen Chen today, and Cheng Xiuxiu wouldn't have had to warn her.
In this situation, there is only one possibility.
That is--
"Chen Chen! Why did you delete the comment?"
"What do you mean by deleting comments? What comments did I delete?" Chen Chen took a sip of water, looked up, and appeared extremely innocent.
Lin Jianlu asked, puzzled, "If you didn't delete the comment, how could it disappear?"
"It's possible that it violated the platform's rules, and the system automatically deleted it."
The girl pursed her lips and remained silent.
That possibility can't be ruled out, but what a coincidence! Why didn't it delete automatically earlier or later? She just noticed it and deleted it?
At this moment, Chen Chen spoke up again:
"However, I think you've wronged me. The account that posted this video isn't mine, so even if it's deleted, it wasn't me who deleted it."
"Eat?"
Lin Jianlu quickly clicked on the video uploader's page, and then froze.
"What's this 'Seventh Middle School Newspaper' thing?"
"It's the Douyin account managed by Yan Yiyan and her group, the one from our school newspaper."
"Huh? Is that so?" Lin Jianlu frowned as she stared at the pile of clickbait headlines and trending news on this account.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. She had already blocked Chen Chen's account. If Chen Chen posted this video, no matter how popular it became, she wouldn't be able to see it.
Oh well, who cares? Anyway, the person in question is right here. If there's anything I don't understand, I can just ask him.
So Lin Jianlu put down her phone, stared at Chen Chen, and asked the crucial question:
"So, did you save anyone or not?"
"No," Chen Chen shook his head and answered nonchalantly, "I already said it during the day... Yes, you weren't there at the time. I went into the water, but I couldn't save anyone, so I came ashore. All the things circulating online now are rumors. I think some self-media outlets are just trying to ride the wave of my confession video by spreading these rumors. It's really boring."
"What?!" Grandpa, who was usually hard of hearing, suddenly shouted, his voice so loud that Chen Chen and Lin Jianlu were startled.
"You can't hear anything clearly in the water, but you can hear it perfectly well when you're in the water, darling." Grandma chuckled, teasing Grandpa, "You want to go in the water? You wouldn't dare, would you drown, darling?"
"What's there to be afraid of? I even carried explosives for my comrades back in the day, what's there to be afraid of?!" the thin, bald old man hurriedly shouted, sticking out his neck.
"Hey, hey, hey, hurry up and eat! Don't interfere with the young people's conversation, or you'll scare them to death!"
"You wouldn't dare go into the water to save people! Those who drown are all like monsters, they're just drowning ghosts. They can't do anything but desperately pull people down!"
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say, let's eat..."
While listening to this, Lin Jianlu kept staring at Chen Chen. She felt that her grandfather was simply her perfect mouthpiece, saying the words she had always wanted to say but had never had the chance to.
To her dismay, Chen Chen didn't seem to react much to her words, appearing quite indifferent.
There was no other way, so she had to say a few words.
"I think Grandpa is absolutely right." She frowned and said seriously to Chen Chen, "Didn't you think about what would happen if you drowned when you went into the water? Saving people is the lifeguard's job, why are you meddling? You're only putting your life in danger, it won't do you any good..."
"You were worried about me, weren't you?" Chen Chen raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.
"I'm not worried about you at all! I wouldn't even care if you drowned!"
Helpless, Chen Chen could only manage an awkward laugh.
"Little Deer, how many times have I told you? Don't speak so rudely! It's outrageous for a young girl to talk like that all day long!"
Elders always care about saving face, so when they saw that Chen Chen was unhappy, his grandmother quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Chen Chen quickly waved his hand. "We were just joking. Besides, I only got a little wet, I didn't actually save anyone, hahaha, it's not a big deal."
If the problem is serious, you're dead.
and……
Lin Jianlu looked down at her phone, still incredibly annoyed.
After all, regardless of whether Chen Chen saved anyone or not, his reputation online is now a complete mess.