「Sydney」: You know, when I came back from National Day, I told you that I had retouched the photos I took of you and posted them on my account. I also sent you the original pictures in a package at that time.
After reading this, Aria's eyelids suddenly twitched.
She had a very, very bad premonition.
Sure enough.
The next second, Sydney sent another message.
「Sydney」: [Link] Notes of Beauty Sydney [Pictures]
「Sydney」: This is the link I posted. Since you didn't ask again, I didn't know if you played with that software, so I didn't ask you to support me.
「Sydney」: And you know, I usually post random things I take. I don't have many fans. This post of yours has been up for over a month and has been unnoticed. I almost forgot about it. But who knew...
Who knew it would suddenly go viral!
「Aria Winslow」: ...
Here's what happened. Sydney's account was just a self - indulgent account with no real prospects. She only had a single - digit number of fans. On weekends at Harvard University, there were no classes. Sydney couldn't stay still.
She took her camera and went out to play on the weekend. Kyoto was full of beautiful flowers and had numerous scenic spots.
After coming back from taking a bunch of random photos, she sorted them out casually as usual, packed them, and posted them on her account, with the label "Pictures can be saved, but commercial use is prohibited."
One of her small fans really liked several of the photos. The general content of the photos was a wishing tree in a temple.
The tree was very large, with countless red ribbons tied to it, swaying in the wind. There was a person standing under the tree, hands clasped in prayer, piously praying for something unknown.
Sydney passed by at that time and thought the scene was quite beautiful.
Her romantic cells as a young girl were activated, so she took pictures from different angles, only capturing the wishing tree and the person's back. After adding filters, the pictures became even more artistic.
That little fan used one of the pictures as an avatar and reposted this note on Weibo. Coincidentally, an up - master who liked to post various sceneries saw it. The up - master traced the source to Sydney's account and browsed through it from beginning to end.
Suddenly, the up - master saw the only vivid color among all the landscape photos.
——That beautiful girl, like a fairy.
The up - master, who was used to appreciating all kinds of beautiful scenery, naturally had an eye for beautiful things. They were simply in love with this set of photos.
So, after seeing the signature on Sydney's homepage stating "Can be reposted and pictures can be saved, but commercial use is prohibited," the up - master felt relieved and reposted that note on Weibo without hesitation.
This up - master had a fan base of several hundred thousand.
And most of them were active fans.
Shortly after the Weibo was reposted, it showed signs of going viral.
Because Aria's temperament was really special. In this impetuous online world full of countless internet celebrities, a girl who was fresh - faced, untainted by the vulgarity, was really rare.
Moreover, Aria was born very delicate, with a gentle and cold - like temperament, like the snow on a high mountain, yet without any sharp edges. She was both contradictory and attractive.
The theme of this set of photos was "The Maiden and the Rose."
Sydney thought it wouldn't become popular, so she was too lazy to waste brain cells. All the photo themes were named casually, perfunctorily, and straightforwardly.
But her photography skills were really good.
After the up - master reposted the photos and made them popular, netizens were attracted by the girl in the pictures. Who would care about the theme?
Netizens have discerning eyes. If they like it, they would decisively save the pictures, like, comment, and repost in one go.
The up - master posted that Weibo at noon. In just one afternoon, the number of reposts kept increasing and even reached over ten thousand. The number of reposts was still gradually rising.
Although there were no obvious signs yet, Sydney was a bit worried. If it continued to be reposted like this, what if it really got to the top?
Harvard University is a famous school. Sometimes, if there are any explosive news on campus, it often appears on the hot search.
For example, the school sports meeting, wonderful social events, research breakthroughs, inspiring and motivating things, all these are very meaningful events.
Personal sudden situations like this almost never happened.
Becoming famous is not a good thing for students like them who are as ordinary as can be, especially for Aria, this gentle and obedient girl who is a bit socially - anxious.
Even Sydney was left speechless.
She never dreamed that her account, which was colder than the freezing winter, could attract attention in this way one day. m.gΟиЪ.ōΓG
She couldn't laugh.
She was the one who posted the photos. Although she had Aria's consent, she also promised her that even if they were posted, no one would see them.
But now, it was a complete mess.
Sydney gave a cold laugh. Not only was it seen, but it was also a huge hit, almost making it visible to the whole country.
She didn't even dare to look at Aria's expression now.
Even if Aria wanted to strangle her, she wouldn't have a word to say.
She secretly peeked at Aria.
Aria was holding her phone, silently looking at the post and Weibo sent by Sydney, with a wooden and almost tearful expression.
...How could this happen?
What should she do?
After staring blankly at the phone for a while, Aria's mind finally cleared up a bit. Remembering there were people around, she turned her head and looked at Sydney with a pleading look. "What should I do?"
Sydney: "..."
Looking at this girl who not only wasn't angry but also regarded her as a savior and asked her what to do, Sydney suddenly sighed.
The guilt in her heart piled up like a mountain.
It was all her fault.
Sydney pursed her lips, squeezed Aria's hand, and whispered an apology with a guilty conscience. "I'm sorry, Aria. I didn't expect things to turn out like this..."
Aria was not an unreasonable person. Instead, she comforted Sydney. "It's not your fault."
"Alas..."
Sydney didn't know what to say. This silly girl.
She was so touched by Aria's kindness that she almost burst into tears.
She suspected that some classmates in the class might have seen the photos while browsing Weibo. Just now, someone clearly turned their head to look at Aria frequently and then talked to their deskmate with their phone.
She originally thought it was because of the noise just now, but now it seemed not.
Sydney was very annoyed.
She discovered this little treasure. What were they looking at? She hated it.
Aria was a bit anxious.
Sydney was thinking of a way, resting her chin in her hand. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind... Wait, annoyed?
If she was annoyed, then there must be someone even more annoyed than her, right?
Sydney quickly grabbed Aria's arm and shook it, urgently whispering in a low voice. "Quick, quick, find the president!"
"He majors in computer science! I heard the seniors in the dormitory praise him. He's the top student in the computer major. He's really good at dealing with the internet. Let him find a way to take it down."
Aria was stunned. Looking at her phone, should she find Ryder?
She subconsciously thought that if he knew about this, he would make a fuss again.
These days, she could feel it, especially because of the incident with Kiran. She felt more deeply that this person seemed extremely reluctant to share her with others.
Ryder was like a childish and rascally person soaked in a vinegar jar.
When he was unhappy, he would make a scene and ask her to coax him.