This latest firestorm was kicked up by internet users themselves.
The buzz around the name "Chu Yao" from the previous news hadn't even fully died down, and now she had been thrust into the eye of the storm.
Countless celebrities, after achieving fame, had their promising careers ruined by their own families.
Such situations were all too common in the entertainment industry.
Combining the previous revelations with this latest turmoil, many online users suspected this was all just a publicity stunt orchestrated by Chu Yao herself—one that had ultimately backfired.
The news broke too fast and hit too hard. Shan Wei was among the first to get wind of it, but it was already too late.
If paid tabloid accounts were behind the hype, they could have maneuvered. But this was all organic, driven by the users themselves. What were they supposed to do?
What could they do?
They couldn't exactly go after every single person discussing the matter online.
