the way he framed it was a bit guilt trippy imo, especially since they had already broken things off
she didn't have to run out to buy him cigarettes, but it's kind of unreasonable for him to ask in the first place imo
zheng shuang was her and her ex taking turns to see who was more awful (she won but he isn't much better, glad to see that she's going through therapy now at least), zhang bichen and huan chenyu used that opportunity to get their news out without too much backlash
honestly I think dmz coming clean was the big trigger for more women to come out with their stories (that one singer dude hou zun I think and now qin feng), zzh was him pissing off his longtime fans who decided to drop and expose him for being an asshole which eventually snowballed into whatever happened there
there has been a govt attempt for years now to curb fandom because of how largely toxic it has become (if weibo is stantwt on steroids, then douban... no words) and also serious concerns about the fan economy (every year there's a story about some hyh or yyh fantou running off with hundreds and thousands of rmb, and the way that there's millions of dollars circulating unregulated on the internet I doubt is a bright idea anywhere), but I don't think there's some greater ccp conspiracy to this year in cent, the bubble was bound to burst anyways
plus, the ccp is actually more popular with the younger generation than the older generation, at least for now