The Villain Just Want to Be a Slacker [Transmigration]

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At four in the morning, Li Changjian knocked on Ye Zexi's door with a staff member, waking him from his sleep.

After listening to Li Changjian's explanation, Ye Zexi was still groggy and unsure. "I'm trending?"

Li Changjian nodded worriedly.

"And it's with Tang Jing?" Ye Zexi's confusion was clear in his eyes.

Li Changjian nodded heavily again.

The assistant beside Li Changjian handed a phone to Ye Zexi. Taking it, Ye Zexi saw that his and Tang Jing's names were sitting at number five on the trending list.

Clicking into the trending topic, the first thing Ye Zexi saw was a video, and the stars of that video were none other than himself and Tang Jing. The scene was all too familiar—it was from earlier that day when Tang Jing had confronted him in the hallway, and Ye Zexi had spoken to him.

But at the time, apart from him and Tang Jing, there hadn't been anyone else in the hallway. So, who had recorded this video?

Li Changjian, who treated Ye Zexi like his own nephew, wouldn't allow the program's crew to release such a video.

Then, who else could it be?

Tang Jing?

No, while Tang Jing could use this to gain some sympathy, as a rookie who had just debuted, being associated with the label of homosexuality right off the bat wouldn't be beneficial for his career in the long run. Chasing short-term attention like this would do more harm than good.

So then—

Li Changjian must have discovered something if he brought his assistant to find Ye Zexi in the middle of the night.

Ye Zexi looked up at Li Changjian and asked, "Uncle Li, what do you think?"

As expected, Li Changjian met Ye Zexi's gaze, his eyes filled with guilt. "Zexi, this matter is a result of my oversight."

The moment the online leak surfaced, Li Changjian had received the news. After the staff of 'The Times Idol' wrapped up for the day, they were immediately called back to investigate the issue.

Finally, about half an hour ago, they tracked down the employee who leaked the information to a marketing account.

Li Changjian had come to wake Ye Zexi to get his input on how to handle the situation.

"I know Tang Jing well, and this has nothing to do with him. In fact, he's been very cooperative and willing to clear things up since the leak surfaced. My suggestion is that the production team releases a statement, explaining it was a scene rehearsal. That way, neither you nor Tang Jing needs to respond further. Tang Jing has already agreed. What do you think?" Li Changjian added.

Ye Zexi remained silent, his gaze lowered as he briefly scanned through the comments under his Weibo post.

The teaser for 'The Times Idol' had just been released, and the comments were already filled with accusations of Ye Zexi lip-syncing. Now, with this newly surfaced video, netizens wasted no time mocking him.

Some even claimed to be insiders, alleging that Ye Zexi only joined 'The Times Idol' to pursue Tang Jing.

Suddenly, rumors began to flood in.

Even Ye Zexi's background was exposed, revealing that he was the heir of Starlight Entertainment and had been infatuated with Tang Jing for some time, with the two supposedly having a prior connection.

When falsehoods appear true, and truths seem false, even the neutral bystanders started to believe the rumors.

The most enraged were Tang Jing's fans. They already harbored a strong dislike for Ye Zexi, viewing him as an unwelcome tag-along. Now, learning that Ye Zexi had the audacity to cling shamelessly to Tang Jing, they flooded the Weibo comments with insults.