hsntnovel Chapter 195 Identity
Chapter 195 Identity
After briefly resolving the argument on the forum, Jiang Xingni subconsciously glanced at his current popularity ranking.
--finally.
The popularity score, which had been stagnant, finally began to rise slowly, eventually surpassing Song Juexiao, who was above Jiang Xingni.
Jiang Xingni carefully examined his current ranking.
The name at the top is naturally Xiao Jiming.
He Jingtong followed closely behind.
As expected, Jiang Xing thought to himself.
Then came Pei Zhaoye and Song Juexiao.
Song Juexiao and Pei Zhaoye's popularity ratings are not much different.
Jiang Xing glanced at the popularity scores of Song Juexiao and Pei Zhaoye, which differed by only five numbers, and then looked at his own steadily increasing popularity score.
Finally, Song Juexiao was ousted.
So the popularity rankings finally became—
1. Xiao Jiming
2. He Jingtong
3. Pei Zhaoye
4. Jiang Xingni
5. Song Juexiao
Looking further down, it becomes unclear whether Su Yan knew when Xie Yungui had pushed her to last place.
Jiang Xingni wasn't worried about their low popularity.
No matter what, Su Yanzhi is a legitimate member of the main cast, unlike Jiang Xingni who relied on external advantages to force himself into the main cast.
Without popularity in the real world, Jiang Xingni knew very well what kind of fate awaited him.
That was indeed the "outcome".
After observing the forum, she realized that one reason she hadn't been killed off by the scriptwriters was because of her own abilities. She had been bound to the system and thus gained the ability to break free from the original two-dimensional world and observe higher-level narratives.
The other part lies with the screenwriter.
The screenwriter needs to make money through Jiang Xingni, but at the same time, he is afraid that if he kills off Jiang Xingni because of his own selfish reasons, Jiang Xingni's fans will be angry, and the fans of other main characters will worry that they will also push for suicide.
If Jiang Xingni, who is also part of the main cast, can die because of the screenwriter's preferences, then how can they—except for Xiao Jiming's fans—prevent their favorite characters from being manipulated arbitrarily because of real-world issues, just like Jiang Xingni?
Even if the screenwriter wanted to kill himself, he had to consider Jiang Xingni's commercial value and the readers' reaction.
[Actually, many people like you...] The system didn't know exactly what Jiang Xingni was thinking, but it could vaguely sense Jiang Xingni's true emotions.
Jiang Xingni made a gesture to stop.
"Since she's worried about my commercial value, then she should increase it," she said softly, lowering her eyes. "And then..."
"I need to go home."
—We can't bring Xiao Jiming along, and we can't let them notice us.
Home……?
The system paused for a moment, then realized that the place Jiang Xingni called "home" could not possibly be the dormitory he was currently living in, or the rental house he had rented before.
It can only be the lower city area.
It could only be the place where Jiang Xingni was first born and where he spent many years with his parents.
No other place could be called "home" by Jiang Xingni.
"How did it get here?" the system wondered.
It could think of Jiang Xingni's reasons for increasing commercial value, but it didn't know how increasing commercial value could be related to "going home".
Her eyelids remained droopy.
The system then noticed that Jiang Xingni's usual smile would fade when he was alone.
Jiang Xingni always had a smile on his face.
In front of the main characters, in front of strangers, and in front of friends.
Although Jiang Xingni always smiles, and most of the main characters like to laugh, Jiang Xingni herself is actually often smiling too.
The system once thought that Jiang Xingni was naturally cheerful.
Only at times like these does the smile that usually lingers on her face completely disappear.
His eyes were downcast, the smile on his lips had vanished, and his fingertips gently swiped across the phone screen.
However, this expression could not be described as cold.
In the system's impression, the person most suitable to be described as having a cold face is He Jingtong.
Sharp and sarcastic, he was somewhat kinder to Jiang Xingni and the others, but to outsiders he could be described as "arrogant".
Jiang Xingni's expression had little to do with He Jingtong.
It was just a quiet and serene feeling, as if the person was completely isolated from the world.
Fleeting, adrift.
So this is what Jiang Xingni was like when he was browsing the forum—the system thought to itself.
Then it turned its attention to see what Jiang Xingni was searching for.
Jiang Xingni is searching for the name "He Jingtong".
Jiang Xingni put the words "He Jingtong" into the input box and, without filtering, only looked at the titles or post content. Posts popped up quickly.
The numbers following the search results quickly rose from being easily countable to six figures.
And the final number is still changing and increasing.
"What do you want to know?" the system asked directly. "You could have just asked me directly, right?"
The system was indignant.
Jiang Xingni could have directly looked up relevant information, but instead of using such a useful tool, he insisted on searching manually.
Whether it's Jiang Xingni's distrust of its abilities or its character, it doesn't matter.
—The systems all felt they should prove themselves.
Jiang Xingni pondered for a moment: "Help me search for all the posts on the forum that are about He Jingtong but have been deleted by the administrator."
"Then categorize it for me based on the connections between the contents."
Jiang Xingni had actually made this guess a long time ago, and it was first confirmed when Xie Yungui made his first appearance.
However, her understanding of this world was too fragmented, with various pieces connected together, but lacking the thread that could string everything together.
Therefore, Jiang Xingni chose to step out of the original perspective. If the clues in the comic were obvious enough, there should be discussions on the forum.
Without discussion, the only outcome is that the content will be deleted or blocked by forum administrators or other responsible parties.
—On the contrary, it proves that Jiang Xingni's guess was correct.
This requirement is much simpler than the previous requirement to check IP addresses.
The system received the answer in a short time.
The basic audience was there, and there were quite a few posts discussing He Jingtong. Naturally, many posts were also deleted.
[50% of them were related to putting others down, and then they were reported by other people's fans, or directly deleted by the poster or the person who replied. The targets of the comparisons and criticisms varied, from you to Xiao Jiming, and then to the rest of the random people. There were quite a few of them.]
"Continue." Jiang Xing looked down and saw the message Xie Yungui had sent him.
This was not the answer Jiang Xingni wanted.
Xie Yungui: [Everyone has been rescued safely. We can report to the teacher now.]
She replied "ok," and then heard the system's voice.
[Another part consists of speculation about He Jingtong's identity.]