Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 359 - 360: Dead, dead, dead...

Chapter 359: Chapter 360: Dead, dead, dead...

On another front, "Music Strongest Sound" had reached the second round of competition, and at the same time, the "Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People" starring He Jinxia also began airing.

As time went by, the plot of "Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People" became increasingly tense and critical.

Today happened to be the day when Su Qingwan, portrayed by He Jinxia, would be receiving her meal box.

From her character’s corruption to receiving the meal box, it took only three handsome days before being poisoned to death. Some people, after knowing that Su Qingwan’s ending would air tonight, had been tagging the officials on Weibo wanting to send blades to the scriptwriter.

He Jinxia gave no response, and the official account for "Small Bridge" was also silent, quietly letting the ending come.

Su Qingwan was one of the important characters throughout the TV series. Her death meant that the series "Small Bridge" was also coming to an end.

In reality, He Jinxia sat on the stage of "Music Strongest Sound," intently watching the contestants sing passionately, while in the drama, her character Su Qingwan sat in a cold and desolate great hall, dressed in stunning attire, with a stern makeup.

From corruption to eruption, in the drama, it took her only a brief six episodes to overturn more than a decade of docility and gentleness, reaching the pinnacle of a villain’s life, while according to the series’ timeline, it took Su Qingwan a whole year.

All the girls who had been following the show tightly clenched their hearts as they saw Su Qingwan, thrilled to hear that the city gates had held, about to faint from happiness.

Su Qingwan’s hands tightly grasped the maid who came to report the news, murmuring, "As long as it’s held, as long as it’s held..."

Outside the window, the overwhelming cheers of the people came flooding in. Su Qingwan stood up dazedly, step by step she made her way to the window, looking at the vivid and lively faces, her expression befuddled.

She dismissed the maid and took one last deep look at the people standing at the city gates, then turned around with determined steps, walking to the table in the center of the room.

On that table, there was a pot of wine and several silver cups. Next to the cups, there was also a letter.

The content of the letter was briefly scanned by the camera, not staying long enough for the audience to see more than the bold words "Secret Report," causing their eyes to widen slightly, as if the letter had awakened something in them.

Outside, the great general defending the city gates spoke passionately about how they had held because of a chivalrous hero who risked their life to bring him the news of the enemy’s invasion.

But the so-called chivalrous hero was in fact in the great hall nearest to the city gate, staring at the cup, smiling and crying simultaneously.

In truth, there was no chivalrous hero, only a madman engulfed in despair and darkness, seeking his last redemption.

Su Qingwan laughed out loud, her delicate hand gently lifted the cup, and drank the poisoned wine in one gulp, falling to the ground with a smile, her eyes fixed on the ceiling.

Moments from her past life quickly flashed across the screen, including her happy days living in the Su Mansion and the hardships after marrying into the Ciming family, her misdeeds when she had hate in her heart, and her deep regret after betraying her country...

In the end, there was nothing but a great enlightenment, a carefree letting go, and death, for her, was a redemption.

What if, from the beginning, she hadn’t married Jiayou of the Ciming family?

What if, from the beginning, she hadn’t been so weak, but had fought hard to keep her dear ones safe within the Ciming family?

What if, from the beginning, she hadn’t cooperated with the enemy spies, hadn’t betrayed intelligence, hadn’t led to the doom of nearly a hundred thousand people of Yu City?

Yu City was captured, the enemy didn’t honor the rules of war and brazenly slaughtered all the captives within the city, turning it effectively into a dead city.

Such atrocious sins awakened Su Qingwan’s heart, which hadn not fully succumbed to darkness, and she ended up aiding her own country before seeking death.

Su Qingwan believed that only death could cleanse her of all her sins.

The moment she closed her eyes, a single transparent tear traced a path down the corner of her eye, tragically beautiful and startlingly breathtaking.

Just as her eyelids fell, a rumble like thunder suddenly erupted from beyond the city gates; a robust army had arrived from elsewhere, expressly to offer reinforcement!

And there, galloping at the head of the charge, lance with tasseled spear in hand, and exuding a heroic posture, was none other than Ciming Jiayou!

In the end, Ciming Jiayou did arrive, just as Su Qingwan had longed for in her dreams—

Adorned in his lofty armor, riding a magnificent steed, returning with the flags of victory.

Regrettably, she would never hear Ciming Jiayou say to her, "These years, you’ve been wronged."

Neither of them could have imagined, since the day Su Qingwan stumbled upon Ciming Jiayou’s confession to Su Qingying, that from then on, for all years to come, they would never see each other again.

Years later, when the old friend returned, it was as if they were separated by the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

Following that plot twist, the viewers no longer had the heart to keep watching, the fans who had been chasing the TV drama since the first broadcast quickly took to Weibo with eyes brimming with tears, expressing their sorrow.

[My Qingwan is dead, dead, dead...]

[Without Qingwan, without Small Bridge, I won’t continue watching anymore [Goodbye]]

[How could Qingwan just die like this? You haven’t reached the peak of life yet, haven’t become the nation-destroying Demoness, how can you just die like this?!]

[I can’t accept this reality QAQ!]

[Suddenly I really want to grab the screenwriter, beat them up a hundred times, then grab Ciming Jiayou and beat him up three hundred times!!]

...

Riding on the popularity amassed by "Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People," as the beloved yet complex antiheroine, the moment of Su Qingwan’s death harvested a sea of tears and also rapidly climbed to number five on the trending charts!

As more and more people opened Weibo, this entry faintly began to trend towards taking the top spot.

Luo You kept an eye on the Weibo data, feeling a surge of excitement.

This trending was different from all the previous ones; it was completely organic, with He Jinxia being the first to be spontaneously propelled by the netizens to the top trending spot.

With the surge of the #SuQingwanDeath hashtag, several other entries related to He Jinxia on the trending chart also experienced a burst of attention. For example, the recently added #HeJinxiaChangE quickly benefited from this effect, soaring up to the tenth spot.

Regrettably, the videos from "Music Strongest Sound" could no longer be distributed; further dissemination would overexpose and consume the novelty for the netizens, otherwise, Luo You was quite confident that he could have pushed three entries related to He Jinxia into the top ten of the trending list.

With Su Qingwan’s character having died in the drama, and the real "her" appearing as a guest in a music show, netizens momentarily adapted a song for humorous effect.

"You in the reality of the show, dancing happily~ I in the drama’s storyline, at the threshold of life and death~

If I can forget the pain you’ve brought me before night falls, I’d want nothing more than to never see you again throughout my life~"