"The professional creative knowledge has already been answered by the two teachers. Now, let's talk about your personal matters," the host said with a dry chuckle. "I see the comments in the livestream are also more interested in your personal lives."
"What about us could be of interest to everyone?" Xia Qingtian smiled.
"You two seem to have a very good relationship. You'll also be jointly singing the character songs for the twin characters, Chu Yi and Shi Wu. How did you meet?" the host inquired.
"I've known Yu Yinyin for quite some time. In general, I suppose you could call it a fated misfortune…," Xia Qingtian said, looking at Yu Yinyin. "But our first meeting was quite unexpected."
"Yes, at that time, an auntie introduced me to a reliable plastic surgery hospital. I foolishly followed her, but I never expected it to be a black market hospital for human organ trafficking. That auntie was a human trafficker. The moment I entered, I was captured and almost died there," Yu Yinyin said with a wry smile. "If it weren't for Qingtian, I really thought I would have died there."
"Yes, I also didn't expect to run into a fan while being kidnapped," Xia Qingtian said, her smile somewhat carefree. "We truly have fate on our side."
[Holy crap? Is that true? Kidnapped? Oh my… ]
[Is this a lie!]
[I only thought rich people getting kidnapped existed in movies, but I didn't expect it to happen in reality…]
[I can only say thank goodness I'm not rich…]
[It seems fake. I think it's for hype. Meeting a fan while being kidnapped? Xia Qingtian really likes to build her persona. I'm so annoyed by her! Is being rich that great!]
[I also think it's so fake. Is there any evidence for fabricating such things on the spot?]
[Selling pity.]
"Was it that dangerous?" the host continued to go through the motions.
"Yes, that incident even made the social news," Xia Qingtian said. As soon as she finished speaking, a staff member displayed the relevant news clip.
[Holy crap, it's actually real!]
[Ah! I remember now. I vaguely felt like I had an impression. That hospital wasn't far from my aunt's house. My aunt even went there for skincare. After the news came out, my aunt was terrified.]
[As long as it's related to Xia Qingtian, I don't find any further bizarre incidents strange or unexpected anymore…]
[I can only say she deserved it. She's rich and unjust. Don't you remember what was said online? Yu Yinyin was the third party and was disfigured by sulfuric acid. She deserved it! Evil retributions! Why didn't they kill her!]
[Exactly. If they had killed her, her organs could have been sold to those in need. I don't see any problem with that. Her death benefiting others, isn't that good?]
[Are you guys too vicious? If you want to do good deeds so badly, why don't you donate your organs yourselves? Wouldn't it be better if your whole family died and benefited everyone?]
[Yu Yinyin's death was what she deserved. All mistresses deserve to die!]
The host looked at the comments, feeling a blockage in his heart. He was also relieved that Yu Yinyin, the person involved, couldn't see these malicious comments. "Yu Yinyin previously covered 'Ying Yue,' and many musicians felt that your singing skills had similarities. Is this also a connection between you two?"
"No," Yu Yinyin replied, shaking her head. "I originally studied Qingtian's singing method specifically."
"Because Yinyin is Qingtian's fan, right?" the host asked with a smile.
"No, it was mainly to make money," Yu Yinyin paused before continuing under Xia Qingtian's encouraging gaze. "Do you guys remember when Gu's Entertainment first launched Sui Sui, Wanmeng Entertainment… which was then called Wanqing Entertainment… they also launched a virtual idol called 'Yi Xia.' Later, there was a voice-doubling incident. I was that voice-doubler."
The staff member then displayed the news from that time.
[What what? I'm new here? What's this about? I didn't even know!]
[Holy crap! I almost forgot about this!]
[That disfigured voice-doubler who was gaslighted? Holy crap! Is that true? I even left comments to encourage her back then!]
[I also reposted it! Holy crap… Is this really so surreal?]
Yu Yinyin, unaware of the discussion in the livestream, tightened the air-conditioned blanket around herself and continued, "The fire started suddenly. When I woke up, I was already in the hospital, my entire body wrapped in bandages, and tubes inserted. The doctor said it was a miracle that I survived."
The staff member then displayed news about a fire at a large hotel in Kyoto, where many staff and guests were trapped, and one injured person suffered severe burns over a large area of their body and was in critical condition.
At this point, the entire livestream comment section fell into an almost eerie silence.
Only Yu Yinyin was softly recounting the events: "When I woke up, I didn't know who I was, where I was, or what I should do.
My skin was in pain, pain day and night.
Before being discharged from the hospital, I thought my time in the hospital was the most painful because it hurt so much. As long as I was conscious, there wasn't a moment I wasn't in pain.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a slow slicing to death.
However, after being discharged, I realized that living was the most painful.
Because everyone's gaze felt like a knife, slicing away at my flesh, piece by piece.
That was also when I first realized that psychological torture was more painful than physical torture.
The head nurse at the time was very kind. Knowing that I had amnesia and no family searching for me, she took me in. I started singing live online. Sometimes, I would receive tips, and I would save the money.
Later, someone found me and gave me an audio clip, a song sung by Qingtian, and asked if I could imitate it. If I could, they would give me money.
As for what happened later, everyone should know. I became a disreputable voice-doubler. Because my appearance was gaslighted, I subsequently lost all my work.
At that time, I met a kind person… He… he was very kind. He didn't leave his name, but he left me a bank card with two hundred thousand yuan.
That was the first time I saw hope. I wanted to use that money for plastic surgery, to quickly become like everyone else, and to earn money quickly to repay the debt."
Yu Yinyin recalled Bai Yuqi, a faint smile appearing on her lips. Perhaps Bai Yuqi didn't know that the two hundred thousand yuan was the money that saved her life.
"Perhaps I was too anxious and wanted too much to become a normal person, not a monster in everyone's eyes, so someone took advantage of me. That auntie seemed very kind. She said she had a critically ill husband and that she wanted to do good deeds to accumulate virtue, which was why she wanted to help me. She tricked me into a black market hospital. If it hadn't been for Qingtian back then, I might have truly disappeared from this world."
Yu Yinyin looked at Xia Qingtian, tears welling up in her eyes. She still remembered the despair and pain from that time.