Yan Ming’s comment struck the final blow, setting the tone for calming this rumor and strange public opinion.

Yu Tian should have felt relaxed, but somehow, she seemed to become even more nervous.

Surprise and shock washed over her heart like alternating waves, like a beautiful dream she hadn’t dared to expect suddenly coming true.

Yu Tian gently bit her lip, scrolling down through the comments.

Sure enough, Yan Ming’s reply was like a watershed.

After he appeared, the public opinion completely turned around—

“Senior Yan Ming obviously knows Yu Tian, haha, why does his tone remind me of ‘the dog has already been beaten’?”

“OP, stop worrying unnecessarily. Yan Ming, Yu Tian, and Qi Sihao all know each other well, and neither of the parties involved seems to have any big objections to having their heads photoshopped, so there’s no need for OP to jump around here causing trouble, right?”

“It seems like Yu Tian isn’t desperately chasing after Yan Ming either, but what exactly is their relationship? Are they a couple?”

“A couple, other dogs, mind your own business.”

“Senior Yan Ming is so handsome! Wuwuwu, I hope you’re single, can I add your WeChat?”

“Don’t be silly upstairs, with Yu Tian, such a stunning beauty, by his side, how could he look at anyone else?”

Yu Tian anxiously and nervously finished reading all the comments.

Many comments speculated and misunderstood her relationship with Yan Ming, but Yan Ming seemed to have disappeared after posting that one comment.

Yu Tian held back, but ultimately couldn’t resist. She wanted to take out her phone to thank Yan Ming, but looking at the time, she felt it wasn’t appropriate. It was no longer the hospital’s lunch break time, and Yan Ming was either in surgery or busy with other things. Besides, she had nothing to do after finishing editing the video in the afternoon anyway, and she hadn’t discussed the ophthalmology special topic with Yan Ming in detail yet.

Mm, so she should still approach Yan Ming solemnly and formally, wait for him to get off work, and thank him in person.

Yu Tian built up her psychological preparation, finding many reasons for herself.

After all, Yan Ming had paid for the meal last time, and if she took up his time again tonight, his father would be free to date her mother.

So she should ask about Yan Ming’s schedule first.

[Little Fish]: Brother Yan Ming, are you free tonight? Thank you for clarifying for me. I’d like to treat you to dinner.

Yan Ming was indeed busy, because Yu Tian only received his reply after half an hour.

[Yan]: Not free, didn’t help you clarify, not eating dinner.

[Yan]: Just stating facts.

[Yan]: Handle the rest yourself.

“…”

Cold.

Although it indeed wasn’t clarification, Yan Ming’s words were the turning point for all the public opinion changes.

[Little Fish]: Thank you anyway! I will do as you requested!

Putting down her phone, Yu Tian immediately went on Taobao to find a one-day Photoshop crash course.

Since Yan Ming had commented and hinted that she should take a PS class, how could she not listen?

But after enrolling in the class, Yu Tian discovered that PS absolutely couldn’t be mastered quickly; one day was only enough to learn the basics.

But she couldn’t delay too long in going to the forum to apologize and clarify.

With no choice, Yu Tian could only learn hastily like swallowing dates whole. First, she practiced good cutout techniques, and because of hard practice, Yu Tian’s head-swapping technique was much stronger than before, already showing no traces of head-swapping.

Looking at the latest PS photo, Yan Ming’s head already looked like it originally belonged on Qi Sihao’s body!

As for the frog that Yan Ming was dissatisfied with, Yu Tian also PS’d it away, ensuring that the species of frogs would go extinct in front of Yan Ming.

After a bout of frantic output, Yu Tian looked at the newly synthesized PS photo with genuine pride in her technique and learning ability. With just a bit more learning, she’d probably become a PS master in the circle!

She couldn’t help but take out her phone.

[Little Fish]: Brother Yan Ming! I’ve already done everything you said! I’ve also learned what you told me to learn! To be more solemn, I handwrote an apology letter, and together with the learning results, I’m sending you the photo. Please review whether it’s acceptable.

After Yu Tian sent it, she photographed the newly printed PS photo and handwritten letter together and sent them to Yan Ming.

When Yan Ming received Yu Tian’s message, he was in the auditorium attending the First Affiliated Hospital’s routine departmental meeting, with the vice president eloquently discussing young doctors’ dreams.

This vice president was famous for hating meeting attendees looking at their phones, so Yan Ming could only very carefully take a small break, quickly glancing at Yu Tian’s message.

He didn’t have time to read Yu Tian’s words carefully, only catching the core theme of her handwritten apology letter.

But the signal in the auditorium was poor, and Yu Tian’s photo wouldn’t buffer at all, directly failing to load.

The vice president’s sharp gaze was patrolling back and forth, the network speed was as terrible as always, and Yan Ming quickly gave up trying to see the photo clearly.

It was just a handwritten apology letter anyway, the wording would be the usual stuff, and presumably Yu Tian wouldn’t cause any more problems.

“Go ahead and post it. Handle this matter properly.”

After Yan Ming sent the message, he quickly turned off the screen and began refocusing on the vice president’s speech.

Short-term crash courses naturally couldn’t advance PS skills very far, and Yu Tian hadn’t expected Yan Ming to be satisfied with this photo. She sent it to him purely hoping Yan Ming would see her attitude of admitting mistakes and her determination to actively learn, as well as her obedience to Yan Ming’s every word. She just didn’t expect Yan Ming to be so satisfied with this half-finished product and even tell her to post it on the forum?

Although Yu Tian was somewhat hesitant, since Yan Ming had reviewed it and said so, she should post it!

Yu Tian could already imagine that once she appeared, she’d probably attract another bunch of “hahaha”s.

But since Yan Ming required it, she could only bite the bullet and do it.

So she quickly posted the photo with her real name, once again solemnly apologizing to Qi Sihao and Yan Ming, reflecting on the wrongness of her behavior, while clarifying that she and Yan Ming were just friends.

After doing all this, Yu Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief, quite wanting to go out for a meal to relax.

Since Yan Ming refused to have dinner together tonight, she’d find Qi Sihao!

She immediately decided to first squeeze out Qi Sihao’s remaining value, treat him to a roadside snack first, then coax him into filming several science education special videos.

Yan Ming had no outpatient clinic or surgery scheduled today, so after the meeting he could leave work normally.

Walking to the hospital entrance, he saw Yu Tian.

She wasn’t dressed up grandly, just wearing a simple skirt and T-shirt, but the navy blue T-shirt made her skin look snow-white. Her hair wasn’t let down but was gathered behind her head, casually twisted into a bun shape, with occasionally a few unruly strands escaping, adding several touches of lazy charm to her casual appearance.

It looked very casual, but also very calculated.

Yan Ming had heard Jiang Yuming say that there was now something called “no-makeup makeup,” where, although makeup was applied, it made people feel like natural beauty without any makeup.

Yu Tian’s outfit was perhaps along the same lines.

Although he had already clearly refused her, Yu Tian’s appearance wasn’t too surprising.

Perhaps she wasn’t giving up, so she was waiting here.

Sure enough, when Yan Ming looked up, he saw Yu Tian waving at him with a brilliant smile.

But before Yan Ming could organize his words, he saw Yu Tian running straight toward him.

Then he watched her running all the way, running toward him.

It was exactly as he had predicted.

“Yu Tian.”

By the time Yan Ming reacted, he had already called out to stop Yu Tian: “I’m not free tonight.”

Yu Tian was indeed somewhat surprised. She paused, looking at Yan Ming, then at what was behind Yan Ming: “Oh, I see.”

“I don’t have time tonight.” Yan Ming pressed his lips together. “I told you already.”

She was quite persistent. Even though she had been refused for dinner together tonight, she still came to wait with a devoted heart…

Tonight, having no time was just Yan Ming’s excuse. He had nothing to do after going home tonight, and he didn’t want to cook for himself. Since Yu Tian was so persistent…

“But tonight I…”

But before Yan Ming could finish speaking, Yu Tian started waving toward someone behind him—

“Qi Sihao! I’m here!”

After saying this, she continued smiling at Yan Ming: “I know, Brother Yan Ming, so I won’t disturb you tonight. I’m going to eat barbecue nearby with Qi Sihao.”

Yan Ming stared wide-eyed, somewhat caught off guard by this development, instinctively saying: “Actually, tonight I temporarily have…”

Yu Tian interrupted Yan Ming with an understanding expression: “You don’t need to say it, I know. You temporarily have several more work matters, right? After all, a successful doctor’s evenings are busy like yours. Qi Sihao, who can spare time to eat barbecue with me, is obviously at the bottom among doctors!”

After speaking, she waved at Yan Ming: “Then, Brother Yan Ming, I won’t disturb you. You go ahead and be busy! Qi Sihao and I are going to eat barbecue!”

“…”

Yan Ming watched Yu Tian’s cheerful back as she playfully went away with Qi Sihao, unable to describe his feelings.

Was this the attitude of someone chasing after him?

The first time bringing food, it ultimately went to Qi Sihao. The pajamas were bought for Qi Sihao. The PS head-swap used Qi Sihao’s body. Now eating barbecue, she was also only focused on going with Qi Sihao.

Did she think leaving him one cheesy pickup line would settle everything?

What a waste that he had considered that Yu Tian’s mother had once been his father’s blind date, and had taken time out of his busy schedule to register a real-name account and comment on the campus forum.

Yan Ming returned home and cooked some frozen dumplings, thinking that Yu Tian was probably gorging herself on barbecue right now, feeling somewhat unbalanced.

Bored, he ate dumplings while taking out his phone and re-entering the campus forum post about him and Yu Tian.

Yu Tian had indeed posted, but…

But what was with this new photo?!

Yan Ming took one look and nearly died of anger.

Just posting the handwritten apology letter would have been fine, who told her to PS a new one?

Although, to be fair, this time the head was indeed PS’d well, with no visible joining traces.

The frog in his hand was indeed PS’d away.

But who could tell him why Yu Tian had replaced the frog’s original position with a bar of soap?

Yan Ming looked at the photo expressionlessly.

His hand was no longer holding a frog, but grasping a bar of soap.

“…”

This time Yan Ming really couldn’t hold back.

He was beginning to feel that Yu Tian was indeed a legendary-level expert.

Unable to control her emotions, she PS’d a composite photo to show off, and that wasn’t enough. To attract his attention again, she even PS’d another one.

But undeniably, Yu Tian’s move was very successful.

Yan Ming felt all his emotions being stirred up.

Angry.

Uncontrollable.

Yet he couldn’t explode.

Yu Tian’s skill was even more advanced in playing hard to get.

She PS’d composite photos trying to show off and create public opinion effects, making everyone on the campus forum think he and Yu Tian were dating, but in the handwritten apology letter she posted, she effortlessly added a line—

“Senior Yan Ming and I are friends. Senior Yan Ming is single, and I am also single.”

Sure enough, after she posted this, the comments below started changing direction again. Although there were still scattered female students expressing interest in pursuing Yan Ming, girls were ultimately thin-skinned, and more were shameless, thick-skinned male students asking Yu Tian for contact information below, saying they’d had secret crushes on Yu Tian for a long time…

Heh.

An expert among experts.

Creating smoke screens to make their relationship ambiguous and mysterious, forming public opinion trends, then directing and starring in her rumor debunking, using rhetoric to get some simple-minded men to express admiration, trying to create the situation that Yu Tian was also in high demand, attempting to pressure him and stimulate him with reverse psychology.

Could Yan Ming not know the implied meaning behind this?

Nothing more than—I’m very popular, you know. If you keep being wishy-washy and not agreeing, I might be pursued away by someone else.

The most sophisticated hunters often appear in the form of prey, and this saying was correct.

On one hand, chasing him and sending him explicit cheesy pickup lines, on the other hand, being elusive, even deliberately going to eat dinner with Qi Sihao, wasn’t this all to tease him and make him feel a sense of crisis?

Yan Ming smiled coldly, having figured it out.

The new PS photo matter still needed to be questioned. Yan Ming called Yu Tian.

With great effort, suppressing the emotions in his heart, Yan Ming’s tone could barely maintain calm: “Why did you PS another one? Why did it become a bar of soap?”

Yu Tian’s end was very noisy; clearly, she was happily eating at the barbecue restaurant.

Her tone was very frank, her acting very natural, and her lines very smooth: “Brother Yan Ming, you looked at the post? I listened to you completely, enrolled myself in a PS crash course, and this is my short-term intensive training result, all done according to your requirements! I guarantee that in the future, there will never be incidents of me not listening to you. From now on, whatever you say goes; if you say east, I’ll not go west! You said to PS away the frog and I resolutely eliminated the frog!”

Yan Ming was almost gritting his teeth: “Then why is it a bar of soap? Couldn’t you have anything in your hand?”

Yu Tian’s voice became embarrassed as expected: “I thought the same thing, but the PS teacher I enrolled with said that directly PS-ing things away and also fixing the hand in the image is an advanced course that requires paying to enroll in the next advanced class. The class I’m taking now can only teach me to replace unwanted elements with other things, but time was tight and I really couldn’t take another advanced course…”

“Then why a bar of soap? Couldn’t you hold something else?”

“Something else would work too, but first, the replacement needs to be about the same size. I saw that this soap and that frog were about the same size. As for why it’s soap, that’s because the PS teacher said everything must be considered copyright. If it’s an online image source, you can’t just use it randomly because it’s copyright infringement. He gave me a library of materials that could be used for free, non-commercially.”

“I searched through the entire material library, and the only thing available for free use that was about the right size was this bar of soap… And don’t you want cleanliness? Soap is very clean, it looks like you’re about to wash your hands…”

“And I showed you the photo for review beforehand. You said to post it, so I posted it… If you had said not to post it, I would have PS’d it again…”

“…”

Yan Ming was about to speak again, but then heard Yu Tian’s voice with barely concealed joy—

“Hey hey hey! That’s the grilled skewers we ordered! We ordered first! Don’t take them to the wrong table!”

“…”

This was like talking on the phone with him while being distracted watching whether the server was delivering the wrong skewers.

Very good, Yu Tian.

Sure enough, she was pretending to be completely indifferent to his phone call.