Chapter 709: The Whole Internet Was Down for Half an Hour (1)

Translator: _Min_

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence after Si Fuqing’s revelation.

Gu Zhinan’s smile slowly froze on her face, and a buzzing sound filled her ears as she struggled to comprehend what Si Fuqing was saying.

The other celebrities were also baffled.

Gu Zhinan making Si Fuqing to voice for her? Absurd!

What actor would do voice work for another?

If Gu Zhinan had any sense, she would never ask Si Fuqing to voice for her.

The host stood frozen, unsure how to smooth over the situation.

Gradually, parts of the audience began to react.

[What the fu*k?!]

[Wait, what?! Did I hear that right? Is Si Fuqing suggesting she is Homeward Deer? Just yesterday, Gu Zhinan liked several tweets about Homeward Deer not voicing for her!]

[Are you kidding me? How old was Si Fuqing when Homeward Deer became famous? Just a teenager!]

[Regardless of whether it’s Si Fuqing or not, voicing really depends on talent. Some people are naturally versatile in their voice.]

[Ahhhhhhh, I can’t handle this! I’m losing it!!!]

The number of online viewers started to skyrocket.

In just moments, it increased by a million.

Under the camera’s gaze, Gu Zhinan’s face flushed red as she struggled to calm her voice, “Teacher Si, what are you talking about? When did I ever ask you to voice for me? How could I possibly ask you to do that?”

“Teacher Si, I know you don’t like me, but is it necessary to do this here?”

Despite her words, panic had taken complete hold of her.

A thought slowly emerged in her mind, incredibly inconceivable.

Gu Zhinan couldn’t bring herself to believe it.

“Let me reintroduce myself,” Si Fuqing looked up into the camera, “This is my first time meeting everyone as Homeward Deer. Thank you, Teacher Gu, for this encounter. Today, I performed ‘Mountain Ghost Ballard’ as a tribute. I hope you all enjoyed it.”

She used four different vocal tones in her statement—male, female, old, and young—perfectly representing the characters from Homeward Deer’s famous works.

Those familiar with Homeward Deer knew these works were masterpieces beyond replication.

Revisiting the rendition in “Mountain Ghost Ballard,” all doubts were dispelled.

[OMG, I’m dumbfounded! Si Fuqing is actually Homeward Deer?!]

[Dad! Si Fuqing is my dad today!]

[This is some magical reality. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I’d think I was dreaming.]

[I still think I’m dreaming…]

Gu Zhinan stood rigid, disbelief plastered across her face as her sanity instanly collapsed.

Si Fuqing was Homeward Deer?

How could that be?!

The other celebrities were also struck dumb with shock.

Some had seen the anime “The World,” and there were fans of Homeward Deer among them.

But no one had connected Homeward Deer with Si Fuqing.

How did anime and real life, these two dimensions, just merge today?

“There are many who impersonate me, and it’s understandable that Teacher Gu was deceived,” Si Fuqing said calmly, “It’s hard to explain clearly online, so let me repeat here: I refuse to voice for you. Firstly, I truly look down on you. If you want to compete for the Cloud Award, do it on your own merits. Winning an award that should belong to someone else through dirty tricks is pathetic.”

“Secondly, I’ll return your own words to you: Who do you think you are, expecting me to voice for you? Just because you won a Golden Flower Award, you think you’re above everyone? Do you think everyone should spoil you like your mother would? Princess syndrome?”

These words cornered Gu Zhinan with no way out.

The exposure of Homeward Deer’s photos by troll armies and marketing accounts tied to her team hadn’t been subtle, and insiders could see through it.

But most damningly, she had liked several tweets criticizing Homeward Deer and hadn’t unliked them, unable to claim it was a mistake.

She liked them to appear vulnerable and gain her fans’ sympathy.

But now, these likes became evidence of her maliciously spreading rumors about Si Fuqing.

Not just the celebrities present, even the Starlight TV’s head hadn’t expected such explosive news to kick off the New Year’s Show.

He glanced at the real-time viewership and the online stream.

It had soared to 84 million.

He had never seen such numbers before.

Onstage, Si Fuqing continued, “I originally just wanted to quietly do voice work to make some extra money since I’m really quite poor.” She chuckled, “I’ll be direct: those who blindly follow trends and insult others without thinking for themselves are not worthy of being my fans. I don’t need such fans. Don’t overestimate your importance, as if your departure would affect me in any way.”