CHAPTER 97: THE SCANDAL BREAKS

She didn’t even care that her arms were still wet and grabbed the phone beside her.

When she turning it over, she saw that the fan group she had joined suddenly became active.

The notifications popped up so fast she couldn’t even read the messages, all collapsing into one pile.

Before Yan Momo could even click into the messages, she suddenly saw the top notification on the Weibo.

[ Rong Zhenghao’s Romantic Life Has Been Exposed? Late Night Hotel Meeting, The Popular Actor’s Rumored Boyfriend Turns Out to Be Him ]

Yan Momo: !!!

She opened her eyes wide and her mouth involuntarily formed an "O" shape.

Her phone almost fell into the water, but poverty made her instantly sober.

She quickly grabbed the phone to prevent it from being ruined.

"How is this possible? It must be fake, right?"

Yan Momo muttered to herself.

"It’s definitely one of those unscrupulous marketing accounts that like to spread rumors again!!!"

Even as she said that, a bad feeling rose in her chest.

She clicked on the notification and entering her Weibo.

Several trending topics related to Rong Zhenghao immediately appeared in front of her.

[ Rong Zhenghao’s Boyfriend ]

[ Rong Zhenghao Hotel ]

[ Rong Zhenghao Gay ]

All of them were trending on Weibo.

A [BREAKING] mark was attached to the hot search.

Yan Momo’s sense of foreboding intensified.

She swallowed her saliva nervously and her finger trembled as she clicked on the trending topic.

Even though it was already late at night, this was exactly the time when online users, gossip seekers, and news hunters were most active.

Suddenly, such a shocking scandal broke out and Weibo practically crashed.

Yan Momo waited half a minute just to refresh the page and finally see the trending topic.

When she finally saw the photos, her head felt like it was buzzing.

Although the photos weren’t ultra-clear and were almost completely watermarked by paparazzi, Yan Momo as a loyal fan of Rong Zhenghao for many years, recognized him instantly.

It was really Rong Zhenghao!

In the photos, Rong Zhenghao was holding a slightly shorter boy closely as they got out of a car and walked into a hotel together.

As if sensing something, Rong Zhenghao glanced back and that single glance revealed his full face to the camera.

Even if he hadn’t shown his full face, fans could have identified him from his body shape and partial profile.

The boy walking next to him, with Rong Zhenghao holding him closely at the waist was only seen from the side.

Even so, his delicate and striking features were obvious.

Late at night in a hotel, the two of them went inside and didn’t come out until morning.

Combined with their obvious closeness in the photos, the situation seemed extremely intimate.

Rong Zhenghao was already a top-tier celebrity and every move he made attracted enormous attention.

Now, with a suspected romance exposed, it was no wonder Weibo was nearly paralyzed.

By the time Yan Momo looked at the photos, her initial shock had passed.

Aside from a slight sense of disappointment, she felt nothing extraordinary.

After all, she was a fan of an actor, not someone who focused excessively on Rong Zhenghao’s private life.

If the romance were true, as an old fan, Yan Momo would still give them her blessings.

Her disappointment came because, not long ago, Rong Zhenghao had personally denied previous rumors in an interview, stating that he had always been single and had no plans for a relationship in the near future.

"If I ever start dating, I won’t hide it from my fans," Rong Zhenghao had said to the camera with a smile. "To me, fans are like close friends. Would you hide something from your friends?"

At that time, that interview of Rong Zhenghao had moved many starlight including Yan Momo.

But now...

Yan Momo sighed and her mood suddenly became complicated.

The group chat notifications kept ringing nonstop, pulling her thoughts back.

She tapped into the chat and saw 99+ messages and more messages were still flying in so fast that it looked like the screen was being flooded.

Yan Momo scrolled upward for a long time but still couldn’t reach the beginning, so she could only settle for reading from where she was.

People in the group were sending everything, some were sending question marks and some were directly breaking down.

Rong Zhenghao had always had many fans, and his girlfriend fans made up a big part of them.

Now that his relationship had been exposed, many of the ones breaking down were those girlfriend fans.

Not only in the group, but even in the Super Topic, many girlfriend fans unfollowed him on the spot.

They thought their idol brother was seriously focusing on filming, but they never expected Rong Zhenghao to be secretly meeting his boyfriend in a hotel???

Some people even said Rong Zhenghao had hidden his sexual orientation and that it was disgusting.

In an instant, both the fan group and the Super Topic became a battlefield full of chaos and anger.

Yan Momo watched as large numbers of fans unfollowed him and some even came back after unfollowing just to step on him with harsh words.

She felt terrible inside.

Yan Momo kept refreshing Rong Zhenghao’s homepage and his studio’s homepage, trying to get an explanation.

But even after the water in the bathtub turned cold and she couldn’t help shivering, nothing new showed up.

After waiting so long with no update, Yan Momo felt a deep disappointment.

Was this still the gentle and responsible idol she had in her heart?

But Rong Zhenghao and his studio stayed completely silent, as if they were directly admitting the relationship.

Because of that silence, within less than a day, huge turmoil broke out among the starlight.

Even some big fan accounts posted long goodbye messages in the Super Topic before leaving.

Yan Momo’s finger hovered over the unfollow button for a long time, but in the end she still couldn’t bring herself to click it.