Chapter 202: Chapter 202: Targeting Gu Mo
It’s the same late night.
An unscrupulous marketing account received an anonymous submission, and the content was related to Gu Mo.
There were a few photos, showing Gu Mo’s profile or back, and it specifically highlighted the scar behind his right ear.
The text suggested that this young professor might have been a delinquent in his student days, bullying classmates, yet was protected because of his good grades.
Since it’s called an unscrupulous gossip account, this ’XX Gossip’ directly altered the submission, embellished it, attached screenshots of private messages, and posted it.
To ensure popularity, it added related topics of Gu Cheng, Gu Che, Gu Peihai, and Gu Miaomiao when posting this thread.
The topic silently fermented.
A neighborhood in Sea City.
With Gu Mo’s help, Tuanzi finally saw the nebula.
"It’s different from what Miaomiao imagined, but it’s beautiful."
She saw the nebula, with a dreamy color, and also saw the surface of some planets.
The surface of the planets doesn’t emit light, but with the help of the equipment, it feels within reach, very magical.
Tuanzi unconsciously reached out her little paw and grabbed a few times.
Miao Mu was anxiously scratching his ears and cheeks on the side.
He also wanted to take a look, but with the two older brothers eyeing covetously, he didn’t dare to disturb Tuanzi.
When Tuanzi finally jumped off the stool, Miao Mu quickly stepped forward.
"So amazing!"
Tuanzi rushed into Gu Mo’s arms and looked up at him, "The universe is so big and magical."
"That makes Miaomiao seem so small."
Tuanzi stretched out her hand to measure, suddenly surprised, "Wow, Miaomiao is indeed the ’Miao’ that means small."
Gu Chi also didn’t know why their uncle and aunt gave his sister this name back then.
He laughed, "Maybe it really has to do with that. No matter how strong you are, you’re always small in front of the universe. That way, you won’t become arrogant and complacent."
Tuanzi tilted her head and thought for a while.
"That’s true, Miaomiao wants to be the world’s number one Little Heroine, not necessarily the universe’s number one Little Heroine."
She patted her chest, "Miaomiao needs to be low-key, keep working hard. Let’s do an extra round of training tomorrow!"
After earnestly declaring her determination, she started praising him with admiration.
"So Brother Gu Mo is doing such great research, truly amazing."
Her watery big eyes blinked, "Brother Gu Mo, will you research time and space travel?"
Gu Mo calmly stated some terms.
Things like Hubble Constant and the universe expansion rate, none of which Tuanzi understood.
She cradled her little head, revealing a pair of black and shiny eyes, looking pitifully at Gu Mo.
"My head hurts, I can’t understand."
Gu Chi laughed and nudged Gu Mo, "Miaomiao is not your student."
Gu Mo immediately shut his mouth.
Sometimes he got carried away and would start talking like that.
"Sorry," he sincerely apologized.
"No need to apologize, it’s Miaomiao who doesn’t understand."
Tuanzi happily snuggled closer for a hug.
Later, even the cameraman tried looking through the telescope.
The group went back to the villa satisfied.
On the third day of the first episode, the performance group continued performing, while Yi Heng’s group and Ai Jie’s group continued investigating the market, striving to buy good-quality and affordable supplies, and they brought a sum of money.
Since they already planned to make use of the villa’s garden, they had to purchase large sunshades.
This time, Ai Jie found sunshades of reasonable style and price.
"Boss, can you make it a bit cheaper?"
Ai Jie sought to save every penny, every little bit saved was a victory.
For this, she encouraged Yi Heng, "Show the determination you had yesterday and haggle with the boss."
Yi Heng: "..."
He wasn’t keen on bargaining. He got scolded by his father last night and was a bit scared.
At this moment, Yi Kai, standing next to him, whispered, "Brother, the hard-earned money from fishing, it’d be great to spend it sparingly."
Yi Heng: "!"
His fighting spirit arose, enduring the hardships at sea for a day, not a single penny more should be spent!
Casting aside his ’elegant noble young master’ persona, Yi Heng began speaking eloquently, analyzing everything from style and color to materials, finally concluding, "If you lower the price by 5 yuan each, you’ll still make a profit, boss."
The boss was dumbfounded.
"Young man, didn’t see it coming, you really are an expert?"
[Feels like Yi Heng has unlocked a strange switch]
[He doesn’t dare spend extravagantly because earning money was hard]
[Now his persona is completely shattered]
[Doesn’t matter, sure his dad might be a somewhat famous director, but isn’t his family not super wealthy? The elegant noble young master persona was fake from the start]
[Has anyone checked the trending topics related to Gu Mo?]
By evening, the first episode officially ended, and the matter concerning Gu Mo finally finished fermenting. Suddenly, someone said, Gu Mo was not only a delinquent in his student days but is also now deliberately exploiting graduate students, threatening them with delayed graduation to make them do this and that.
The young professor, campus bullying, using delayed graduation threats on students, directly blew up the internet.
Gu Mo was already questioned for his youth, and campus bullying is many people’s sore spot, while the threat of delayed graduation is something most graduate and doctoral students fear the most.
Netizens hit a sore spot, and many jumped out to curse directly.
[No professional ethics, how did such a person become a professor]
[Isn’t Sea City Science and Technology University rotten from top to bottom]
[How could they hire such a young professor without being rotten, and they call him a genius, haha]
[Wasn’t there a graduate student who committed suicide last year due to exploitation, haven’t the schools learned their lesson]
[How can someone who once bullied others become a teacher, what’s wrong with the world]
[Just look at that scar, clearly a knife player, isn’t this a crime, and it’s not recorded in the files?]
Some maintained their rationality, suggesting to wait for Sea City Science and Technology University’s announcement.
[Wait for what announcement? They definitely cover for each other, didn’t they say Gu Mo is the signature of their astronomy department? How can a signature have any trouble]
[Young professor, just trying to attract attention]
[Why isn’t the education department stepping in]
[He’s even running to appear on shows, going crazy for fame, and it backfired, haha]
The groups of guests said their goodbyes to each other.
Miao Mu forced a smile, and after the other groups left, he quietly told Gu Chi, "Someone must have screenshot the live stream and made a fuss about the knife scar, could it affect your brother?"
Gu Chi smiled, "If you stand straight, you need not fear a crooked shadow."
He knew full well about the knife scar incident, as for exploiting graduate students, how could his naive brother know anything about that?
Besides, Sea City Science and Technology University was able to withstand the pressure to hire Gu Mo back then, they wouldn’t recklessly handle things due to pressure from public opinion. As long as it’s fair and just, big brother will be fine.
Miao Mu was still worried, "But your brother is surely going to be upset because of this, the comments online are really harsh."
Came to deliver paint and even donate equipment, but ended up encountering this, Miao Mu felt apologetic.
"Ah," Gu Chi showed a peculiar smile, "He basically doesn’t go online, and won’t see these comments. Those who only dare to vent their anger on the internet are going to be disappointed."
One by one like clowns, failures in life, running to the internet to vent emotions, trying to affect the principal’s mindset. However, the principal doesn’t even go online and won’t give them any attention.
On the other side, a certain rental house in Sea City.
A young man paced back and forth anxiously.
"How did this happen, how did it blow up like this? I just wanted to teach him a lesson, if he could let me graduate because of the public opinion, that would be great, but how did it get this big?"
He was a bit terrified, "If the school and education bureau investigate, wouldn’t this lie be easily exposed? What’s wrong with those netizens, why are they clinging to Gu Mo like madmen?"