By the end of her story, Jiang Tianxin’s eyes were brimming with tears, yet she added with forced nonchalance,

"Thankfully, that time is behind me now. I studied hard, took the general college entrance exams, and was accepted into a university abroad."

"After I got into university, I got a perfect score on my English exam in my first year."

She sounded quite pleased with herself as she said this, which was exactly what her agent had instructed her to do.

The agent had told her to connect with the "plebs," but as a celebrity, she still needed to stand out. She could be relatable, but she had to maintain a certain distance.

[OMG, she’s so amazing!]

[The only time I ever got a perfect score was in elementary school. I could never do it again, no matter how hard I tried.]

[Could you be any more perfect?]

[I’m about to cry. I can’t believe someone this amazing actually exists!]

[Her English is amazing, she got into a foreign university, she’s a huge celebrity, *and* she can play the piano and violin. Is there anything she can’t do? What door did God ever close for you?!]

[Oh my god! I wish I could be just like her!]

"A perfect score?"

"Tsk... You might not get a perfect score in English, but you’d get one for being shameless."

Just as the audience was getting emotional, Su Nian suddenly let out a loud scoff.

The fans in the livestream chat, who truly believed Jiang Tianxin, were wiping away their tears, which only made Su Nian’s sneer seem more pronounced.

When Jiang Tianxin processed what Su Nian had said, she froze completely.

’What did that bitch just say!?’

But she quickly composed herself, her tone turning stern.

"Do you realize what you’re doing is slander? I can sue you for defamation. Apologize to me immediately, or you’ll be hearing from my lawyer in three days!"

She spoke with self-righteous indignation, her tone laced with a sense of being deeply wronged.

Su Nian just glanced at her.

"You know whether you’re shameless or not. And you know whether you got a perfect score in English. I know a lot more about you, too. Want me to continue?"

Jiang Tianxin faltered. She knew Su Nian must have some kind of ability.

But she never expected that something like her English grade could be divined.

In her first year, she had actually failed English.

But the school didn’t care. As long as you got the diploma in the end, it was fine. It was just a place to get a fancy degree, anyway.

But Su Nian really *had* figured it out. The color drained from Jiang Tianxin’s face. Her aggressive stance wavered, replaced by hesitation.

The viewers in the chat, however, exploded.

Jiang Tianxin’s fans, in particular, began to furiously curse out Su Nian. However, a few who were familiar with Su Nian became hesitant.

[What the hell, do you even know what you’re talking about? You just open your mouth and spew nonsense.]

[She really did go study abroad! She posted about it on Weibo before. I saved all the clips of her at the school.]

[Exactly! Jiang Tianxin couldn’t reveal the name of the school for privacy reasons, but she definitely went to college.]

[I saw the report card too! It really was a perfect score!]

[What are you talking about? You’re probably just jealous of our superstar, Tianxin, because you have no fans.]

[You’re just some trashy influencer. Anyone can be an influencer, but Tianxin is a real star.]

[You just want to be a big star, but you’ve got a plastic surgery face. You’ll never make it.]

At the same time, Su Nian was flooded with abusive private messages.

It was Su Nian’s first time experiencing a dogpile. And yet... she felt not the slightest ripple of emotion.

She gently raised a hand to prop up her chin. Her beautiful eyes flickered as she stared at Jiang Tianxin.

Then, she spoke, her words unhurried.

"People with filthy mouths are about to have some bad luck."

Soon enough, many of the girls who were furiously typing insults at Su Nian suddenly felt that something was wrong. The first was one of Jiang Tianxin’s biggest fans, a girl who had followed her for several years.

She had always led the charge in online fan wars and was a popular figure among the fandom.

She was the admin of Jiang Tianxin’s official fan group, had a way to contact the star directly, and was utterly devoted to her. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

At that moment, her insults were the most vicious of all.

’You bitch, how dare you insult our Tianxin. I’ll flame you ’til you’re dead.’

She muttered, her thumbs flying across her phone screen.

The next second, she heard the streamer’s voice. Before she could fire off another round of insults, her phone suddenly slipped from her grasp, falling to the floor and shattering. It was completely wrecked.

"Damn, what’s going on?"

「Meanwhile, in another city, a similar scene was playing out.」

A girl in pajamas with a lollipop sticking out of her mouth was typing on her computer. Her fingers flew across the keyboard, producing a stream of ugly insults laced with obscenities.

She had just heard Su Nian’s ominous words and was about to scoff, but in the next instant, she accidentally knocked over the cup of water beside her, soaking her computer.

The girl could only watch, wide-eyed, as her computer shorted out and died.

"Ah! What the hell is happening?!"

The same thing was happening to other fans who were busy hurling insults.

Jiang Tianxin frowned. She was starting to think there was something deeply unsettling about Su Nian.

But after what Su Nian had just said to her, she had to react. Another key part of her marketed persona was being "genuine and straightforward."

After a moment’s hesitation, she decided to strike back.

"What are you talking about? Even if you’re envious of me, you shouldn’t resort to this!"

She had cleverly shifted the topic from her academic record to Su Nian’s supposed envy.

In other words, she was implying that Su Nian was only saying these things out of jealousy.

Su Nian rolled her eyes.

"You’re really a turtle eating charcoal."

Jiang Tianxin didn’t get it at first and just stared at Su Nian.

Su Nian calmly added the punchline: "A turtle eating charcoal—a black-hearted bastard!"