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The exposure of a recording pushed Wan Yuda into the eye of the storm and attracted countless netizens.

In the recording, there were two voices—one very familiar, belonging to Wan Yuda, and the other somewhat unfamiliar. However, Wan Yuda’s fans could recognize that it was his assistant’s voice.

At the beginning of the recording, the assistant asked hesitantly, “Are we really going to do this?”

Wan Yuda responded nonchalantly, “Of course, why wouldn’t we?”

“Not only is this something the agency wants, but just think about it—if I can use this to step on Pei Yao and rise up, it’s a win for me.”

“Now that the same-sex marriage law has been implemented, even if my sexual orientation gets exposed because of this, it won’t matter. In fact, it might even help me attract a wave of female fans.”

Assistant: “But what if Pei Yao sues us?”

Wan Yuda: “Sues? How? The company has already given me the script. All we have to do is wait for Pei Yao to take the bait.”

“We’re in the same agency. According to company policy, Pei Yao will come to my room to coach me on acting. The surveillance footage will capture everything clearly. Plus, Pei Yao’s work WeChat account is managed by his agent. When the time comes, the company will have the agent send me some ambiguous, seemingly flirtatious messages from that account.”

“These will serve as evidence. Even if Pei Yao denies it, claims he was just coaching me, and says that the WeChat account is handled by the company, so what? The company won’t admit to anything.”

“I’ll have evidence, but Pei Yao won’t. No matter what he says, it will all sound like weak excuses.”

Assistant: “Aren’t we going a bit too far with this…?”

“A bit too much?”

In the recording, Wan Yuda’s voice seemed to be laughing. “If Pei Yao is stupid enough to come to my hotel room late at night after filming, walking straight into this trap…”

“Then he only has himself to blame for being too naive after years of smooth sailing.”

“He probably thinks that as long as he isn’t visiting a woman’s room but a fellow male actor’s, it won’t matter. If that’s how he thinks, then he deserves to pay the price for his stupidity and naivety.”

He deserves to pay the price for his stupidity and naivety.

The entire internet exploded.

—“Holy shit, Wan Yuda, you really did this?”

—“I apologize for all the times I cursed Pei Yao. I’m sorry.”

—“Wan Yuda was just on the show yelling about how someone accused of se-xual harassment shouldn’t be on a dating show. He really has the audacity to say that?”

—“This is hilarious. Wan Yuda has never acted this well in any of his dramas or films.”

—“Sorry, Pei Yao. I’m getting down on my knees to apologize.”

—“Listening to this recording while watching Chasing Love! Brother is just peak irony.”

—“Apologize? What for? Don’t forget that Pei Yao was also accused of se-xually harassing the actress Liu Qianli! And who knows if this recording is even real?”

The user with the ID Sweeping Away Sunspots posted only one Weibo post, which read: “Pei Yao should not be tainted by baseless accusations.”

A massive argument erupted in the comments under this post, splitting netizens into three groups.

Some were apologizing.

Wan Yuda’s fans were loudly claiming that the recording was fake, arguing that even if Pei Yao hadn’t pressured Wan Yuda for favors, he had still se-xually harassed Liu Qianli and didn’t deserve forgiveness.

A smaller group remained skeptical, believing that if Wan Yuda had falsely accused Pei Yao, then maybe Liu Qianli’s allegations also deserved closer scrutiny.

Wan Yuda’s fans quickly began damage control, flooding the comments with doubts about the authenticity of the recording.

—“A random fake recording can frame our Dada? The cost of spreading rumors is way too low these days.”

—“There are tons of Wan Yuda’s voice clips online. If you wanted, you could even synthesize a voice pack. This kind of recording? Laughable.”

—“What kind of garbage person would try to slander my Dada?”

—“LMAO, did someone buy this recording for three cents off an e-commerce platform? It’s obviously fake.”

—“Pei Yao is disgusting, just disgusting. Se-xual harassment, casting couch tactics—he preys on both men and women. I hope he stays irrelevant forever.”

Despite the flood of negative comments, the user Sweeping Away Sunspots soon posted a second Weibo update.

It contained an official report from an authoritative institution verifying that the recording was 100% real, with no edits or tampering.

Immediately afterward, they posted a third update.

This time, it was a repost—Wan Yuda’s assistant had posted a confession on Weibo:

[The recording is real. I deeply regret participating in the false accusation against Pei Yao, the esteemed actor. I have always respected and admired Pei Yao, and ever since this incident began, I’ve been tormented by guilt. After much internal struggle, I decided to release the recording.]

[I will accept the punishment I deserve, and I also hope Wan Yuda can recognize his mistakes.]

A user with the ID “Sweeping Away Sunspots” used three Weibo posts to completely crush Wan Yuda, akin to wielding Thor’s hammer, leaving Wan Yuda’s fans utterly speechless.

—”I really couldn’t help but laugh out loud. One second, Wan Yuda’s fans were complaining that the cost of spreading rumors these days was too low. The next second—oh, turns out the rumor-monger was their own idol.”

–”Hurry up, why don’t you go ask your beloved Dada: ‘Isn’t the cost of spreading rumors way too low these days?’”

—”Jump? Keep jumping. A moment ago, you were all so lively. Just because I said Wan Yuda had poor character, you chased me down and cursed at me? Why so quiet now?”

—”Shout! Why aren’t you shouting anymore?”

—”Where’s that whole group of stubborn fans? What happened? Did you all take a vow of silence? Or did your hands break so you can’t type anymore?”

Among all these comments, only a few die-hard fans still refused to believe it, insisting it was impossible and even questioning the authenticity of the forensic report, doubting the credibility of the institution.

—”Who couldn’t just slap together a fake forensic report? Just hearing the name of this institution sounds fake—it’s probably using a forged seal!”

Soon, someone stepped in to slap them back with the truth.

—”Are there still people who can’t read the name of the person on a forensic report? I’m speechless.”

—”Do you even understand the credibility of this forensic institution? This isn’t just some random agency, you idiot. This is a forensic lab that specializes in evidence examination for the public security system, judicial system, and other government agencies. You moron, it’s obvious this person got official evidence notarization. If Pei Yao decides to file a lawsuit, just wait for your idol to go to prison.”

—”Friendly reminder: if defamation and slander lead to serious consequences, the offender can be sentenced to up to three years in prison.”

Cases of defamation and slander require the victim to file charges for prosecution to proceed. Although the recording came from an authoritative official source, it was still only at the stage of evidence notarization. Moreover, Pei Yao had not reported the case.

If Pei Yao chose not to report it, Wan Yuda would at most suffer a complete fall from grace in the eyes of the public, forever branded as someone with poor character. But if Pei Yao decided to press charges, Wan Yuda could very well end up in jail.

From the moment Jian Yuanbai started planning for Pei Yao’s return to the screen, he had been meticulously refining the strategy, and on the first day of filming Chase Love, Brother!, the net finally began to close.

Jian Yuanbai hadn’t expected the production team to invite Wan Yuda. Originally, he had only wanted Pei Yao’s appearance to attract as much public attention as possible before releasing the evidence, so that all the false accusations against Pei Yao could be thrown off in one go.

But now that Wan Yuda was on the show, Jian Yuanbai didn’t mind. The loss of a single variety show didn’t matter to him.

Predicting the public’s reaction with near precision, Jian Yuanbai had his assistant, Li, use the “Sweeping Away Sunspots” account to post a fourth Weibo update.

[I am a fan of Pei Yao. To me, Pei Yao is like a little sun—warm and bright. I never believed he would commit acts like se-xual harassment or abuse of power. Fortunately, I finally found the evidence.]

[Wan Yuda, Liu Qianli—you two who have been sucking Pei Yao dry, I won’t let a single one of you go.]

This Weibo post once again ignited heated discussion among netizens, who began asking if Liu Qianli had also falsely accused Pei Yao and whether there was evidence against her too.

But no matter how they asked, the user “Sweeping Away Sunspots” did not post any further updates or respond to anyone.

Curiosity clawed at the netizens like a cat scratching at a door. Desperate for more information, they flooded into the live-streamed variety show Chase Love, Brother!, only to find that things were even more dramatic than expected.

Since the show was broadcast live, the guests naturally had no access to their phones. At this moment, aside from Jian Yuanbai, no one knew about the storm raging outside.

Right now, the contestants were facing their first challenge from the show’s producers—pairing up in teams of two to transport their luggage onto a boat, giving them their first chance to interact with one another.

At this stage, everyone had to make their choice of partners, and the contestant with the most luggage would inevitably be the least desirable teammate.

Wan Yuda spoke up first: “I don’t care how the teams are divided, but I absolutely refuse to be in the same team as Pei Yao.”

He glanced at Pei Yao in disgust and sneered, “Luggage touched by someone like him is completely unusable. It belongs in the trash.”

Wan Yuda had no idea that his own deeds had already been exposed. He was still diligently maintaining his image as a victim of exploitation. Watching this unfold, the audience’s reactions were nothing short of spectacular.

—”When Wan Yuda first clashed with Pei Yao at the start of the show, I was ready to crown Pei Yao with the title of ‘Holy White Lotus’ and give him a three-room, one-hall mansion. But after hearing the recording, I feel like Wan Yuda deserves a whole castle for his level of hypocrisy.”

—”The production team doesn’t allow contestants to use their phones, so he doesn’t know he’s been exposed yet, does he?”

—”I’m dying! Thank God this show is live-streamed, or how else could I have witnessed such a glorious moment?”

—”Wan Yuda is seriously shameless. He falsely accused Pei Yao and can still say these things with a straight face.”

—”Let me borrow a line from his fans: ‘Is the cost of spreading rumors really this low these days?’”

—”Wan Yuda, you disgusting scum, get lost!! Protect the best little sun! Protect the purest white lotus! Protect our Pei Yao!”

—”Though I have to say, I still can’t help laughing whenever I hear ‘pure white lotus.’ What was Pei Yao even thinking when he said that?”

Suddenly, a long comment flashed across the screen:

—”What was he thinking? Probably the mindset of someone who was vilified by the entire internet, unable to wash off the filth thrown at him, asking himself in the dead of night whether people truly believed those accusations. Knowing he did nothing wrong, yet being buried in mud anyway, sinking deeper and deeper, clinging to a faint hope just to keep himself sane.”

This comment came from a Pei Yao fan—someone who had witnessed his rise to fame, his downfall, and the year of darkness he endured under relentless public hatred. Unable to hold back anymore, they spoke up in response to the mocking question about Pei Yao’s mindset.

What they didn’t expect was that this comment would be screenshotted and shared widely.

Everyone recalled the moment at the beginning of the show when Pei Yao clenched his fists as Wan Yuda repeatedly accused him of se-xual harassment. They thought of the veins bulging on the back of his hands from the force, the way he gritted his teeth and forced out his words.

The internet, which had once relentlessly mocked Pei Yao—turning his image into memes, editing his photos into glowing lotuses—suddenly fell silent.

They all remembered that year. The year Pei Yao was vilified, cursed, and torn apart.

Pei Yao endured it all for a year before finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

That night, the hashtag We all owe Pei Yao an apology shot to the top of trending searches.

On the show, Jian Yuanbai sidestepped Wan Yuda, walked straight up to Pei Yao, and said, “Boss, can I team up with you?”

“I’m pretty strong—I can carry two suitcases.”