Chapter 169: A Close Match

This was the only reason Li Beicheng agreed to Shen Aili's request to publicly display his affection with Yan Shuirou.

Apart from the issue of Internet public opinion, all outcomes were within his expectations.

He had won a complete victory, even managing to turn around his defeat on the board by extensively publicizing his discord with Yan Xiaye. Yet, why did his chest feel as if someone had brutally hollowed it out, leaving him feeling so empty that he couldn't even force a smile?

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Online, the situation changed rapidly in an instant.

At some point among overwhelmingly one-sided comments, a few discordant accounts emerged dramatically, picked out by the keen eyes of the public attempting to beat a dead horse with praises.