Unbeknownst to when it began, soft articles started to appear everywhere—whether in newspapers, on television programs, or through various rumors whispered in private. Even if Du You stayed at home all day, he could hear them.
Like this newspaper here, today someone claimed Du You had a powerful backer. The next day, someone had dug up Du You's life story and exposed it under the broad daylight for everyone to see.
They might have thought they were doing something normal, but Du You felt nothing but immense frustration.
Needless to say, these machinations were undoubtedly the work of the institution behind the scenes. But Du You was helpless, for he could not even identify the authors of the articles, let alone retaliate; he didn't even know how to properly complain.
Then, someone said Du You relied on self-cultivation and that at Capital University he barely attended classes aside from reading.
