Chapter 83: The Whole Internet Crashes – Why Did I Reject Every Confession? Because I…

Even the eloquent Ning Qingyan fell silent in front of Qiao Li at this moment.

Meanwhile, the audience in the livestream chat went wild, spamming messages like crazy.

“WTF, WTF! It’s already this far, and Qiao Li still won’t give up? Still trying to break up Ning Qingyan and Sheng Mingzhu?”

“See? I knew from the first episode that Qiao Li was a mole, but I didn’t say anything. I voted for her in the first two rounds, but you guys insisted on voting for Xu Ruanruan and Huo Qi, wasting two chances. At least it’s not too late now.”

“She’s definitely a mole! The two of them have already gone on dates and completed couple missions, and she’s still saying this? Is she just betting on the chance that Ning Qingyan might soften up?”

“Ning Qingyan won’t actually soften up and agree, right? Why is she so quiet?”

“Nooo! Stay strong, Yan Yan! She’s a bad woman!”

…

Amid the intense and nerve-wracking atmosphere, under the watchful eyes of countless viewers, Ning Qingyan finally spoke clearly:

“Fairies belong to the heavens. We mere mortals cannot handle them.”

Qiao Li, committed to her act, looked regretful, as if she had lost all strength. This only made the audience believe even more that she was indeed a mole!

“HAHAHA! Well done, Yan Yan! That was awesome!”

“Time for the giveaway! That global travel package looks nice. So does the NQY necklace. The new car is pretty good too!”

“Thank you, Ning Qingyan, for exposing the mole!”

“Thank you, Ning Qingyan…”

“Thank you…”

…

Soon, the entire screen was filled with “Thank you, Ning Qingyan!” as if everyone was celebrating the New Year. And finally, the moment everyone had been waiting for arrived—the final confession call from Sheng Mingzhu!

Sheng Mingzhu, looking extremely nervous with a flushed face, picked up her phone and called Ning Qingyan.

Beep— The call connected!

Sheng Mingzhu, shy yet determined, spoke:

“Thank you for taking care of me all this time. Thank you for choosing me so firmly for the final couple missions. Thank you for fulfilling all my childhood fantasies about my future boyfriend. These days have been wonderful—I have no regrets. From now on, let me take care of you, okay?”

Her words, filled with shyness, sweetness, and resolve, melted the hearts of the audience in the livestream. The sheer sugar overload almost gave them diabetes!

The chat was flooded with:

“Raising the Ning-Sheng CP flag high!”
“Ning-Sheng is real!”
“The main couple is literally feeding us sugar!”

Even fans of other CPs (couple pairings) started switching sides.

In the end, all the chat messages condensed into three words: “Say yes!”

With all eyes on her, Ning Qingyan, who had just been speaking in a clear and confident voice, suddenly lowered her tone. Her voice turned deep and serious, making the entire chat go silent.

She spoke softly:

“I’m sorry. I choose to reject you.”

The audience was stunned.

As if they had misheard, they quickly turned up their volume to the max, practically pressing their ears against their screens.

Sheng Mingzhu, unable to believe it, asked in confusion:

“Why are you rejecting me? You wrote me a letter, didn’t you? You agreed to do the couple missions with me these past few days. You already rejected the other three—there’s only me left! Why are you rejecting me?”

On the other end of the phone, a gust of wind blew, the sound distinct—something that only happens when someone is sitting by a car window.

But the show provided horses, not cars.

That meant—Ning Qingyan had already left.

Then came the boy’s deep, almost chilling voice through the wind:

“Because—I am the mole.”

With that last haunting sentence, the call was cut off. The show’s livestream blacked out.

The chat exploded.

Even though the tech team had already limited users to sending one message every five minutes due to overwhelming activity, the sheer number of people still caused the livestream platform to crash completely.

#NingQingyanIsTheMole shot straight to Weibo’s No.1 trending topic, with the labels “New” and “Exploding” right behind it.

The final segment of the livestream, which had been screen-recorded, hit over ten million views in no time, and the numbers kept skyrocketing.

“WTF, WTF, WTF! This can’t be real, right? I refuse to believe this. 😭😭😭”

“I’M CRYING! NING QINGYAN IS ACTUALLY THE MOLE? I’M GOING CRAZY! My Ning-Sheng CP… it’s over!”

“I feel betrayed! I just started shipping Ning-Sheng today because of their fans hyping them up, and now I get slapped out of the fandom! Two CPs in one day—both gone! I can’t take this!”

“Ning Qingyan is the mole? I still can’t believe it. My mind is blank.”

“I’M SO MAD! My world trip! My NQY necklace! My new car!”

“Ehehehehe, but there’s still the giveaway tonight~ Ning-Sheng CP is real~ I’m so happy I could cry sugar out of my eyes~”

“Another one’s gone crazy upstairs. Take them away for proper burial.”

…

With an overwhelming number of viewers flooding the chat, the livestream app crashed completely.

Desperate for answers, fans swarmed Weibo, causing it to crash too.

The show’s official account tried logging in to post an explanation, but their account was too overloaded to even log in.

Soon, Weibo itself went down, following the livestream app into total collapse.

Trending pages wouldn’t load, posts couldn’t be sent, and even the Weibo homepage became inaccessible. Weibo’s entire tech team worked frantically to restore it, nearly losing their minds.

With no official answers and nowhere else to go, fans flooded to Tieba (a popular Chinese forum), but… Tieba crashed too.

Then they went to Douyin (China’s TikTok) and Kuaishou, only for those platforms to crash as well.

Everything crashed. The entire internet exploded.

…

While the internet was in chaos, Ning Qingyan was already on her way home, fully disguised with sunglasses, a cap, and a face mask, sitting quietly in a taxi.

Her phone was blowing up with messages, but since most apps had already crashed, she idly checked her texts instead.

• Xu Ruanruan: “You’re the mole?! No way! Did the show make you do it last-minute to avoid giving away the jackpot?”
• Lin Qingqing: (Image of a dog dropping its bowl in shock)
• Qiao Li: “WTF, WTF! Big bro, you were the mole all along?! Thanks for sharing the heat—I went from fandom-famous to mainstream famous overnight!”
• Sheng Mingzhu: “So that’s why you told me upfront that you wouldn’t be with me, even before our couple missions. I thought I could change your mind in these last few days, but I failed. Now I understand… since you were the mole all along. That makes me feel better.”
• Huo Qi: “Goodbye forever.”
• Wen Shijin: “Travel safely. Call me when you get home.”

Then there was Gu Si…

• Gu Si: “Where are you?”
• Gu Si: “Pick up your phone!”
• Gu Si: “Send me your location, I’ll come to you!”
• Gu Si: “Ning Qingyan! Talk to me! You rejected everyone else, right? So you don’t like them? Did I misunderstand you? I’m sorry!”
• Gu Si: “Please answer me, I’ll agree to anything you say.”
• Gu Si: “…I’m begging you, I’m really about to cry.”

The wind was cool against her face. Ning Qingyan stared out at the scenery flashing past, feeling a little sentimental.

When the car stopped, she stepped out, walked over to a trash can, and snapped her SIM card in half, dropping it inside.

Everything was over.

After one last glance at the trash can, she turned and walked toward her future.