As soon as Cen Yemeng's statement was released, Jiang Ye's account was quickly restored to normal. However, people continued to flood in, with some netizens believing that Jiang Ye had forced her to issue the statement.
Jiang Ye was perplexed. Cen Yemeng did not appear in public often, nor did she have any significant achievements. Why were so many people reluctant to see her go?
Harboring his doubts, Jiang Ye idly browsed the internet.
Soon, he knew the reason.
It was her looks!
On video websites, searching for "Cen Yemeng," "Ball Commander," or "General's Wife" yielded over ten thousand videos.
The video content was all edited by netizens, featuring news clips of Cen Yemeng appearing in public or candid shots from events. With bright filters and idol drama voiceovers, it was exactly the same style as fan-edited videos of female celebrities.
There were also many posts featuring photos of Cen Yemeng, all extracted from news videos and candid shots.
The comments under each post made Jiang Ye frown deeply, feeling like an old man looking at a smartphone.
"To be honest, the Ball Commander is truly beautiful. I look at her photos every night."
"Be careful of getting shot, upstairs. She's the General's wife!"
"I just don't understand, how is Jiang Ye worthy of taking my goddess?"
"Damn, Jiang Ye Star's internet censorship is really lenient. Comments this outrageous can still be posted?"
"Cen Yemeng's looks truly outshine female celebrities!"
"Goddess!"
Jiang Ye browsed related posts online, feeling restless.
Some online platforms even had Cen Yemeng fan clubs, with a membership of twelve million people, rivaling the popularity of top female celebrities. It was simply outrageous!
Jiang Ye immediately called Cen Yemeng, "Do you know you have many fans on Jiang Ye Star?"
"I do," Cen Yemeng replied. "Don't you?"
"This is the first time I've discovered it today!" Jiang Ye exclaimed indignantly. "This is unacceptable! I plan to delete all the inappropriate posts and videos online and disband your fan clubs."
"No, don't be impulsive," Cen Yemeng said immediately. "You can't interfere with netizens' freedom, can you? They aren't spreading anything illegal or criminal; they're just being fans. It's not right to delete all those things."
"I will interfere!" Jiang Ye's temper flared.
"Husband, why are you acting like a child? Look at the husbands of those female celebrities, do they react like you?" Cen Yemeng said. "There are your female fans online too, and I haven't said anything."
"My female fans?" Jiang Ye was taken aback. "Is that so?"
"Go search for yourself. They have even more members than my fan club," Cen Yemeng chuckled. "The content there is even more outrageous. There are even Mary Sue novels starring you, and I've secretly read quite a few."
The call ended.
Jiang Ye quickly searched for himself online.
The search results shocked his worldview and shattered his eyeballs.
The Jiang Ye fan forum had over fifteen million members.
There were even more videos and photos, all of Jiang Ye's news appearances and candid shots taken by passersby, edited and made into idol drama-style short videos.
In addition to videos and photos, there were many posts serializing novels.
"Forbidden Love with General Lord"
"Cen Yemeng Slaps Me: How Dare She Have a Child with My Husband"
"My Past with Jiang Ye"
"General Lord Secretly Loves Me"
Jiang Ye almost vomited blood.
He casually opened a few novels, and the content was simply unbearable.
Utterly outrageous!
Even more outrageous was the sky-high number of followers and likes.
One novel, written from a first-person perspective as a memoir, claimed the author was Jiang Ye's first love. It described a passionate and shameless romance between Jiang Ye, when he was still an ordinary person, and the author. Later, due to family opposition, they had to separate, and Jiang Ye was forced to marry Cen Yemeng. This incredibly dramatic novel had over a thousand chapters serialized, over fifty thousand requests for updates, and a total reward amount of over three million.
Another novel began with Cen Yemeng dying of a terminal illness. In Jiang Ye's deep grief, the protagonist offered him a warm embrace, and thus, feelings began to develop between them. Before Cen Yemeng's body had even cooled, Jiang Ye was already exchanging glances with the protagonist. This novel had over ten thousand requests for updates and over a million in rewards.
Jiang Ye was utterly thunderstruck.
He couldn't help but register a small account and apply to join the fan forum.
As soon as he clicked apply, a barrage of questions appeared.
"What is Jiang Ye's favorite dessert?"
"What is Jiang Ye's height?"
"Who is Jiang Ye's favorite singer?"
All the questions were of this nature.
Jiang Ye gritted his teeth and answered the questions, but soon he was lost, as he didn't recognize the options for some of them.
Finally, the questions were completed.
[Your score is 34 points. You are not a true Jiang Ye fan and cannot enter this forum.]
Jiang Ye almost spat blood to the ceiling.
Who created these devilish questions!
How did these over ten million fans answer them correctly?
He thought about it; there must be tutorials and answers online, but he was too lazy to search. He directly switched to his main account and applied to enter the fan forum under his real name.
This time, he was approved at lightning speed.
Jiang Ye posted on the forum, "What are you all doing! Have your fun, but don't joke around with Jiang Ye! Please, stop writing such nonsensical things!"
The post was immediately pinned.
Then it exploded.
Five minutes later, fifty thousand likes and ten thousand comments.
"Husband!"
"Jiang Ye Husband!"
"Male God!"
"Holy crap, the General is really here. Scary, I'm running away!"
"Post a photo, otherwise who will believe you're the real Jiang Ye? A full-body shot would be best."
"Mr. General, please don't flatter yourself. We are fans of another Jiang Ye with the same name, and that person just happens to look like you."
"Scary, I've written several novels about Jiang Ye in this forum. Will I be taken away for execution?"
"When will there be a fan meeting? I'm the leader of the anti-fans!"
"General, people often spray and criticize you online, but we unconditionally support and believe in you. Given how good we are to you, can you kowtow to us!"
"Little Jiang, come give Auntie a hug!"
Jiang Ye was completely speechless.
Am I lacking in authority?
Don't I have any dignity?
After a moment of contemplation, Jiang Ye made a call to the CEO of the social platform company and said a few words.
Two minutes later, a notice suddenly appeared on the Jiang Ye fan forum:
"This forum is temporarily banned for seven days due to suspected non-compliant content."
Soon, Cen Yemeng's fan forum posted the same notice.
Jiang Ye let out a long sigh of relief. It felt good.
He did not completely disband or ban the related content. Regardless, it was a good thing that he and Cen Yemeng had fans. The seven-day ban was to remind netizens not to go too far and not to upload all sorts of nonsensical things.