Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 186 : The War of Public Opinion

The posts the two had made one after another weren't just throwing a big stone into a calm lake, but directly tossing a torpedo into it, enough to send the lake water spraying dozens of meters high.

The names Bei Yaoyue and Bei Yaofeng were still quite unfamiliar to the general public, but just from the fact that both shared the same surname, it wasn't hard to deduce that they should be a pair of sisters, which undoubtedly added fuel to the already intense flames of debate.

Although not many people had heard of their names, the name Bei Yaoluo was more or less familiar to quite a few people. Soon someone connected their rare surname to that famous big boss Bei Yaoluo of Crescent City. With photos and names, after some simple verification, their identities surfaced in an extremely short time.

Moon Has Dark Clouds Flowers Have Wind, real name Bei Yaoyue, Bei Yaoluo's eldest daughter. Ichinose Xiyue, real name Bei Yaofeng, Bei Yaoluo's second daughter. Both attended Tianshui No. 1 High School and would be entering their second year of high school after summer vacation.

Once this news broke, the entire internet exploded... no, the entire pot was about to shatter into pieces.

"Teacher Hana ni Kaze and Xiyue are actually sisters? So disgusting, how can such people exist? Don't they find themselves disgusting?"

"I always said these two weren't good people. Look, sisterly incest—truly laughable."

"Yeah yeah, this Moon Has Dark Clouds Flowers Have Wind just draws obscene pictures that corrupt public morals all day. I feel ashamed for her."

"They say wealthy families' circles are quite chaotic. Now I finally believe it. This isn't just a bit chaotic—it's completely over the top. Sisters can do this too?"

"One fifteen, one fourteen, still middle school age, and they're already messing around like this. Don't their parents care?"

"Two little brats who know nothing about love. Probably just attention-seeking. Just watch the show, no need to take it seriously."

"I think so too. They probably don't really like women, just haven't tasted men yet and mistook sisterly affection for love. I bet if they tasted what men are like, they'd immediately fall for men."

For a time, negative comments about the two flooded in like a tidal wave, nearly overwhelming Bilibili's timeline section, even rapidly spreading to Weibo, forums, and other platforms.

At the same time, their follower counts began dropping at a visibly rapid rate. Obviously, quite a few people couldn't accept their relationship and chose to unfollow. In just ten minutes, Xifeng had lost a full fifty thousand followers.

Looking at the online public opinion that was approaching explosive levels, Xifeng's mood was actually much calmer than before. As Bei Yaoyue had said, if these things were quietly exposed by others, it would be unseemly scandal. But if they mustered courage to announce it themselves, it would be courage worthy of everyone's admiration.

So what if they were the same gender? So what if they were young? So what if they were sisters?

The two truly loved each other—why should they care about others' opinions?

In the period just after their sisterly relationship was exposed, online public opinion showed a completely one-sided trend. A considerable part of this was due to some onlookers who liked to watch drama and followed the crowd, blindly joining in the criticism without distinguishing right from wrong, just seeing others criticizing and thinking they'd join in too.

Besides this, there were some malicious people who took this opportunity to deliberately smear the two, hiring internet trolls to manipulate opinion.

When the tree grows tall, it attracts wind. With Bei Yaoyue and Xifeng's follower base of two million, they undoubtedly brought significant negative revenue impact to others in the same industry. Naturally, interested parties would use this golden opportunity to suppress them. If they could use this chance to directly knock them to rock bottom or even get them banned across the entire network, that would be even better.

In this kind of public opinion environment, people who originally supported them in their hearts completely lost the opportunity to speak. As soon as they said anything to defend the two, they would instantly receive massive verbal attacks from those claiming to represent justice, forced to delete their comments under personal attack-level malicious abuse to seek peace.

The two's posts, originally intended to publicly come out of the closet, became a carnival for justice warriors, followers, and competitor trolls.

Actually, with their position of only having some fame in the 2D circle, this shouldn't have stirred up such huge waves. But in fact, the popularity of this incident completely exceeded everyone's imagination. In just one hour, the tag "Bei Yaoyue and Bei Yaofeng Sisters' Romance" had already reached the trending searches on Baidu, Zhihu, and other platforms.

This was due to their other identity—daughters of Bei Yaoluo.

As a public figure, Bei Yaoluo normally received attention from various people. When this completely scandalous affair involving his daughters was exposed, it naturally rode on Bei Yaoluo's fame, bringing the matter into circles related to Bei Yaoluo.

To use a professional term, this was called "breaking out of the circle."

Compared to the more tolerant pan-2D circle, the business circle that Bei Yaoluo moved in would only have lower tolerance for such matters. Everything seemed to indicate that the two would fall into the whirlpool of public opinion and never be able to escape.

Many people who had long been displeased with the two couldn't help but start secretly rejoicing and gloating. But contrary to their wishes, after just one hour of fermentation, the situation took a turn.

"Bei Yaoluo: My daughters, do not fear others' gazes. Just be your true selves.

You must believe that even if the entire world becomes your enemy, your home will still be your strongest support."

Seeing this incident, Bei Yaoluo quietly posted such a statement on his Weibo. Though only a few words, it clearly expressed his position.

As a successful businessman of great renown, Bei Yaoluo's Weibo follower count was an extremely large number—nine million.

How many of these were real fans versus inactive accounts and haters was unknown, but it was completely sufficient to show Bei Yaoluo's massive influence. Once this statement was released, it immediately gave hope to those who wanted to support the two, and they began bravely expressing their opinions.

"They're not biological sisters, okay? They have no blood relation whatsoever. Anyone with eyes can see that, right? One has black hair, one has white hair—how could they be sisters?"

"Indeed not biological sisters. Bei Yaoyue is the biological daughter, Bei Yaofeng is adopted."

"Stop being passive-aggressive here. I think you're just envious of them, right? You're just envious that they have good family backgrounds, rich fathers, and people who love them back, unlike you—just one person in the family photo, saving you the trouble of going home for New Year. How convenient."

"Who they like is none of your business, right? Even their father doesn't interfere—is it your turn to gossip here?"

"What's wrong with same-sex love? Are you still living a hundred years ago, buddy??"

With just two short sentences, Bei Yaoluo single-handedly turned the entire tide of public opinion around.