With Gossip in Hand, the World Is Mine

[Highlight: Control freaks, keep out]

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Shao Chi died.

Once a top-tier star, he was hounded by negative news. When he died, not a single person online felt sorry for him. Everyone called it what he deserved, and even when the ambulance crew pulled him out, people complained that he hadn't died thoroughly enough.

But he wasn't completely dead.

In the final second before losing consciousness, he was bound to by some thing calling itself a "Gossip System." It claimed it could provide him with the juiciest gossip, and that completing gossip missions would save his life and so on. Without asking his opinion at all, it sent him back.

So when he opened his eyes, he was back thirty minutes before his death.

The familiar setting, the familiar faces. All the major media outlets were there. His rival's obsessive fan was holding a knife, and a line of large text slowly appeared above his head: "Shocking! The leader of top-tier star Shao's antis turns out to be the illegitimate son of an award-winning actor. These two seem as close as blood relatives, but they have a secret they can't tell anyone. Click to see..."

Shao Chi: ...?

He clicked.

"Hello. Based on your 'Have You Eaten the Gossip?' order, we've checked the relationship between the two. Our analysis shows they are not related by blood. Continue reconstructing what happened and uncover the truth to receive a new gossip-gathering gadget!"

Shao Chi: ...

The knife-wielding man was about to rush at him. In a flash of inspiration, Shao Chi yelled, "Wait! Did you know your dad isn't your dad? Your second uncle carried you for ten months and gave birth to you!"

His impassioned shout shook the whole building. Even the knife-wielding man, his face twisted with rage, forgot to be angry and froze on the spot.

After a few seconds, all the cameras present turned toward them.

Antifan: You're ugly!

Shao Chi: You aren't your dad's biological child.

Antifan: You're so malicious!

Shao Chi: You aren't your dad's biological child.

Antifan: People like you shouldn't be alive!

Shao Chi: You aren't your dad's biological child.

Antifan: ...

I can't take this anymore. This guy is so vicious. Making things up to expose someone's secrets would be bad enough, but he actually! Actually! Everything he said is true...

The antifan cursed furiously, the antifan couldn't believe it, and the antifan was reduced to tears in total defeat.

From then on, as a little melon-eating badger in a field of gossip, he roamed the sea of rumors. He devoured the wealthy families' secrets and the collapse of carefully cultivated public images, listened to the long-buried scandals of top-tier stars, and even heard the explosive story of a young master who couldn't win the heart of a little-time streamer, despite being her ex-boyfriend...

Wait, isn't there something wrong with that last one?

How did this gossip end up being about him?

The Gossip System is great, the Gossip System is wonderful. Use the Gossip System well, and the whole world will sing its praises!

Unit One

A celebrity who used to be a kept lover and later became a top-tier star, yet still has the unmistakable air of a corporate drone, as the gong x a stammering young master who was once forced into marriage and had his path paved for him, but whose family has since fallen on hard times, as the shou

Unit Two

A ruthless bounty hunter who cares only about money, not people, as the gong x a pampered vampire prince, as the shou

Unit Three

A scheming pretty boy who seems to have risen through the ranks on his looks alone (?) x a proud apocalyptic team leader who is tough on the outside but soft-hearted underneath

[Highlight: Control freaks, keep out. Told from the gong's perspective, but very, very mutually doting and love-struck, with a dose of satisfying wish fulfillment. This is not a story written to cater to one specific audience.]

1. Every world starts with some explosive gossip. The logic goes completely out the window. This is a brainless story, so don't scrutinize it. It's entirely fictional and has nothing to do with reality. The author condemns all behavior in the story that violates ethical and moral standards.

2. Gong-centric quick transmigration, though it might also be slow transmigration. Each unit features one couple. Three units are planned for now, but anything may change before a unit officially begins.

3. I'm determined to write stories in all kinds of styles. I will never give up writing melodramatic, silly stories!!! (shouts)

Theme: Rumors stop with the wise.