After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 529: Don’t Let Heroes Go Unsung

Chapter 529: Chapter 529: Don’t Let Heroes Go Unsung

Not to mention anything else, but just on the aspect of men alone, Shi Yiqing had completely lost.

If she had Quan Jinbei backing her, someone like Shi Yaoguang would have been nothing to her.

But...

There are no ifs in this world.

Shi Yiqing closed her eyes for a moment, striving to suppress the thoughts she shouldn’t harbour, and turned to look at Shi Yaoguang.

"Don’t think you’re so great just because you got a better endorsement than me. The game isn’t over until the last step, and it’s still too early to tell who’ll win or lose!"

Shi Yaoguang nodded in agreement, very accommodating, "You’re right, it’s still too early to tell who’ll win or lose, so you have to keep trying."

Listening to her sincere words, Shi Yiqing didn’t believe she was actually encouraging her.

Instead, she felt mocked.

She snorted coldly, turned her head away, and looked no further.

Shi Yaoguang simply cuddled up with Quan Jinbei and walked away.

Watching their retreating figures, Shi Yiqing couldn’t help but grit her teeth in resentment.

"Shi Yaoguang... just you wait, one day I will certainly surpass you!"

Listening to her own pep talk, Shang Minghao wasn’t so confident.

To surpass Shi Yaoguang...

Ha.

Shang Minghao lowered his gaze and thought carefully.

So far, Shi Yaoguang hadn’t shown any skill in painting. If Shi Yiqing could fully absorb Shi Ruhong’s talent for painting, she would definitely surpass Shi Yaoguang.

If there was even a single area where he could surpass Shi Yaoguang, he had to seize it!

Unaware of Shang Minghao’s thoughts, in one edition of Ruihe High School’s bulletin board, Shi Yaoguang had already flaunted her painting skills.

It even reached the trending searches once.

Only because Shi Yaoguang was not keen on self-promotion did it go mostly unnoticed.

Naturally, Shi Yiqing was aware that Shi Yaoguang could paint, as they went to the same school.

However...

How could Shi Yiqing possibly keep a firm grip on Shi Yaoguang’s "achievements"?

She would rather see Shi Yaoguang trampled into the mud; she certainly wouldn’t hope for Shi Yaoguang to show excellence.

Even when Shi Yaoguang’s painting hit the trending searches and was even praised by industry moguls, she wouldn’t take it to heart.

If Shi Yaoguang displayed a skill level of ten, she would remember just one or two points of it.

To her, the rest was just Shi Yaoguang getting lucky.

She wasn’t outstanding on her own; it was just a stroke of dumb luck that got her glorified.

...

The hashtag #BoycottBadBehaviourEndorsers suddenly caught fire.

This bad behavior endorser referred to none other than Shi Yaoguang.

The reason she was criticized was not for being irresponsible, but for being "too responsible".

Though the Protection Shield is currently hot, only a portion of people in the Northwest Region have actually gotten their hands on it.

But there are plenty surfing the net.

With so many online, of course, they wouldn’t tolerate Shi Yaoguang "monopolizing" all the credit.

Coupled with schemers stirring things up, it led to such a trend.

"Shi Yaoguang only endorsed the product, yet when people talk about the Protection Shield, they only know Shi Yaoguang and not the inventor behind it. Is this fair to them?"

"An invention that’s a leap for the era, and yet we don’t know if the inventor is male or female, young or old; but people are profusely thankful to Shi Yaoguang, a performer from the entertainment industry. What a tragedy for the people."

Shi Yiqing also saw the trending search when she was online.

To fuel the flame, she directly contacted a marketing account she had worked with before.

She gave them a large sum of money to stir up the matter.

Shang Minghao realized something was amiss only when he saw her excitedly holding her phone as if she was waiting for some message.

"What are you looking at?"

Upon hearing his question, Shi Yiqing replied, "President Shang, have you seen the trending topic on Weibo?"

Shang Minghao looked at her whiningly excited expression and thought to himself that something bad was going to happen, and asked, "Why are you asking about that?"

This fool, she couldn’t have done something behind his back, could she?

As he was thinking this, he heard her say with self-satisfaction, "I specifically hired an internet water army, and now everyone is blaming Shi Yaoguang for being a performer with a track record of misconduct!"

Shang Minghao clenched his itching fists, his tone somewhat sinister, "The trending topic on Weibo, it was you who hyped it up?"

Shi Yiqing didn’t take the credit for herself, and honestly said, "I only fanned the flames after seeing the trend, so I can’t claim much credit."

"Haha," Shang Minghao scoffed, "You even know your contribution wasn’t that big."

Seeing his attitude, Shi Yiqing’s heart sank, "President Shang... is something wrong?" Why did it feel to her that Shang Minghao’s expression was as if he wanted to rip her apart?

As she thought this, she heard Shang Minghao say, "The Protection Shield was released by Shi Yaoguang."

Shi Yiqing stared wide-eyed in shock, "What did you say?!"

Shang Minghao repeated it expressionlessly.

Shi Yiqing’s jaw dropped as she muttered in a daze, "No, no, no, how is that possible? Surely this must be a misunderstanding, how could she produce something as amazing as the Protection Shield?"

"Whether it’s true or not, you’ll find out soon enough."

What Shang Minghao meant was, essentially, that they were about to be publicly embarrassed by Shi Yaoguang.

Being embarrassed wasn’t the worst of it.

What was terrible was...

...being embarrassed by Shi Yaoguang was their own doing.

He had thought that by not telling Shi Yiqing, she wouldn’t make any trouble.

Shi Yiqing sure did give him a huge surprise.

Now that everyone knew, even if he wanted to make amends, it was too late.

Consider it free publicity for Shi Yaoguang.

...

As he expected.

At the height of public opinion online, almost reaching the point of a network-wide boycott of Shi Yaoguang, she finally spoke up.

To be accurate, the official central government Weibo account spoke up.

The official account first gave its views on the earthquake situation in the Northwest Region and then proceeded to expressions of gratitude.

The Northwest earthquake was concluded with a nearly negligible number of casualties, already setting a new historical record.

And, as the developer who had contributed the Protection Shield, a "divine artifact," official acknowledgement and thanks were naturally in order.

Prior to this, many netizens had requested the release of the developer’s information.

Even with talent protection regulations in place, they at least wanted everyone to know who had developed the Protection Shield.

Even just a name would suffice.

Of course, the netizens’ enthusiastic demands were not out of any designs on the developer of the Protection Shield; their main issue was the reluctance to let Shi Yaoguang hog all the limelight.

And the result...

When the official expression of gratitude was released, everyone was baffled.

They hadn’t read it wrong, had they?

Thanks to the enthusiastic member of the public @Shi Yaoguang for providing the seismic monitors.

Thanks to Quan Family Enterprise @QuanFamilyEnterprise @Shi Yaoguang for providing the first batch of Protection Shields sent to the Northwest.

Thanks to the inventor @Shi Yaoguang for unconditionally disclosing her research findings, providing the precious Protection Shield technology, enabling the nation to take a great leap forward in the field of scientific research...

Seeing this, the netizens were dumbfounded.

What kind of magical development was this?

They had just boycotted Shi Yaoguang network-wide, accusing her of stealing the developer’s thunder, letting the real "hero" go unnoticed.

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