Who is whose brother-in-law? And who is whose kindred spirit?

[Brothers-in-law? What does that mean?]
[Holy crap, is it the kind of brother-in-law I'm thinking of?]
["The Victim"]
[Such rigorous phrasing]
[Hurry up, hurry up!]

Xu Qingfeng spoke in a mysterious and unfathomable tone, "Last March, that scumbag Liang suddenly got exposed for fake charity donations, followed closely by allegations of sexual harassment against a female crew member on set. He was even photographed entering a hotel with a fan, only coming out two hours later. Does anyone here know about this?"
[Yeah, that's ancient gossip.]
[Holy crap, how come I didn't know about this?]
[I remember it blew up for a while and then just died down.]

Xu Qingfeng nodded and smiled, "So, just who on earth could possibly get their hands on such classified information? That's right, it was none of than that scumbag Jiang."
[???]
[Is this thing so explosive?]
[I was getting sleepy, but now I'm wide awake.]
[Awesome, awesome. Your circle is really a mess.]

"Like I said before, getting on Weibo's trending list is actually easy as long as you pay up. After exposing Liang's dirt, the scumbag Jiang casually bought him five trending topics, spending a good several hundred thousand yuan. Truly worthy of being kindred spirits—he didn't even blink while spending that cash. On the other end, that scumbag Liang was scratching his head almost bald. Something felt off; clearly, he had paid to have the trending topics removed, so why were they still up? Suspecting that the bot farm took his money and did zero work, Liang got into a massive screaming match with them."

"The bot farm was wronged to the high heavens, but they didn't take a loss either. Turning around under the pretext of 'the impact being too severe,' they slapped an extra 500,000 yuan fee onto Liang. Getting cursed out while making half a million—not a bad deal at all."

[Hahaha holy crap, scumbag Jiang is seriously a dog.]
[The bot farms won big time, cashing in on getting someone trending and then cashing in again to take it down. Playing both sides.]
[Awesome. I've been dying to know if there was any behind-the-scenes dirt on people buying smear campaigns against each other.]

"The streamer would like to clarify something here," Xu Qingfeng continued. "Liang's fake charity scandal wasn't the one million previously rumored, but a staggering five million. In other words, that scumbag Liang, who constantly parades around as a charity ambassador, didn't shell out a single penny of that so-called five million donation."

At this, Xu Qingfeng shook his head. "My apologies, the streamer wasn't precise enough. Saying he didn't shell out a single penny is also incorrect. According to records, the great total of Liang's donations back and forth amounted to a massive fortune of over fifteen hundred yuan. Truly touching."

[Holy crap, donating fifteen hundred and claiming five million?]
[Can it get any more absurd?]
[He's even better at bragging than my buddy when he's blackout drunk.]
[Heaven-defying!]

"That being said, how on earth did scumbag Jiang find out about Liang's fake charity?" Xu Qingfeng pressed on. "Such an intimate matter—how did scumbag Jiang even get wind of it? As far as I know, their relationship isn't exactly chummy."

The viewers' CPUs were burning up as they desperately tried to piece together the clues.

In front of his screen, Liang Fei's eyes nearly split open as he stared dead at the livestream. "You bastard!"
Whether he was cursing Jiang Wei or Xu Qingfeng was anyone's guess.

Xu Qingfeng clicked his tongue. "Now, that scumbag Liang has a head-fansite manager who handles a lot of things for him, including some shady business. I won't name the fansite manager, but she's a real looker. As for scumbag Jiang, well, he might be a piece of work, but the guy has a decent posture. Somehow or another, scumbag Jiang got entangled in a little ambiguity with Liang's fansite manager. Back and forth, the two of them struck up a little romance—something Liang knew nothing about."

"Liang is also bold to a fault; he actually dared to let his fansite manager handle things like fake charities and photoshopping. Of course, Liang isn't a complete idiot—naturally, he wouldn't let just any ordinary fansite manager handle such classified matters. This fansite manager is no ordinary person; she was Liang's bona fide pillow-companion, frequently sharing the same room when traveling. As to whether they actually hooked up, the streamer couldn't possibly say. Word is they didn't do much, but hey, the streamer definitely believes it."

[If you believe that, I believe it too.]
[Such a pure, innocent boy.]
[Go treat that kidney deficiency early.]

Xu Qingfeng shook his head straight. "That fansite manager is quite a talent. While playing the devoted confidante to Liang and handling all sorts of errands for him, she was playing sweet little games with scumbag Jiang on the side. People lose their minds when they're in love; going back and forth, the fansite manager completely lost her head and spilled everything—what should've been said and what shouldn't have been. Relying on his prowess in bed, scumbag Jiang managed to extract plenty of dirt on Liang from her."

The live chat was already in absolute meltdown.
[Holy crap, playing it this wild?]
[Awesome, awesome. Double-wielding two celebrities.]

[Huh? No, this shattered my worldview for the entire day.]
[Does scumbag Jiang really have some extraordinary perks?]
[Are you mocking the Undead Battlemaster? One shotting kids left and right.]

Xu Qingfeng chuckled, "So strictly speaking, scumbag Jiang and scumbag Liang are genuine brothers-in-law. One uses it in the morning, the other at night, guaranteeing zero downtime. They're cut from the same cloth; they can exchange user reviews when they run into each other next time."

[Heaven-defying brothers-in-law.]
[On 24-hour standby, zero vacancy period.]
[Is this kind of kindred spirit even decent?]

"After starting his little romance, scumbag Jiang felt his scalp itching a bit. One day, he looked in the mirror—holy cow, horses could race across the top of his head! Why? Because it was bright green, his girlfriend having attracted all sorts of suitors. After the scumbag finally exerted every ounce of his strength to figure out the situation, he was so pissed he nearly went to meet his ancestors. His head was a lush expanse of green—talk about environmentally friendly!"

"Still, scumbag Jiang, don't get too mad. Strictly speaking, you actually cuckolded Liang first. In everything, you have to respect the order of arrival; since the other guy came first, getting even a scrap is already a blessing. Yet scumbag Jiang just couldn't let it go. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Coincidentally, around that time, he and Liang were fighting over the top billing in a new drama, and Jiang kept losing ground. Old grudges and new hatred piled up together, and in a fit of rage, he exposed Liang."

In front of his screen, Jiang Wei jumped up. "Fuck your mother!"
Liang Fei slammed his fist onto the sofa, completely enraged. "Dammit, I'm not letting you off the hook!"

Jiang Wei had always thought he handled this matter with utmost secrecy; he hadn't even personally come forward to buy the trending searches—his team had carried it out quietly. And yet, just like that, Xu Qingfeng exposed it right in front of millions of people.

As for Liang Fei, he was boiling with unadulterated rage. That previous incident had dealt a heavy blow to him, and his team had paid a massive price just to salvage his reputation. He just had never managed to figure out who was stabbing him in the back.

The entertainment industry was simply too chaotic; anyone had the motive to strike. He never in a million years would have guessed that Jiang Wei was the culprit.
If he didn't avenge this, he swore he wasn't human!

Inside the livestream, Xu Qingfeng seemed to have anticipated their reactions. "Folks, don't be too surprised. Dog-eat-dog in the entertainment circle happens all the time. For a mouthful of warm dog shit, they'd throw away their own kids. Scumbag Jiang is an absolute champion among them. He really was ruthless enough, directly using brute-force output on the fansite manager and sending her right into Liang's room that very night, demanding she complete her 'master's mission' while recording a video of her entering the hotel. With that combo punch, he not only mobilized fan circles to expose Liang down to his underwear and steal the destined male lead role, but he also got spiritual vengeance on Liang."

Xu Qingfeng sighed, shaking his head. "Not long after, the fansite manager got pregnant. As for the rest of the story, everyone can probably guess. Yet another addition to the ghost babies."