Lately, celebrities have had no issues airing out their dirty laundry, as seen in Han So Hee‘s relationship drama with Ryu Jun Yeol.
Han So Hee (left) and Ryu Jun Yeol (right)
Recently, a girl group member exposed her now ex-girlfriend for cheating on her with another member of her group.
Like AKB48, the Japanese girl group known for its cycling of members through a graduation system, the Shanghai-based SNH48 also operates similarly.
One cycle of SNH48.
In early May, a current member of the group, 28-year-old Shen Xiaoai, made a bombshell post that revealed she had been in a relationship with a woman but had now broken up with her.
Shen Xiaoai
While shocking, the two other parties involved added even more surprise. Xiaoai had been dating fellow member Lu Xinyi (22), who cheated on her with another member, Wang Yuchen(21).
Lu Xinyi | SNH48 Wang Yuchen
In a post made on Weibo, Shen Xiaoai shared they had been together for 2.5 years, but near the end Lu Xinyi began an “emotional affair.”
“We were together for 2.5 years but she was having an emotional affair towards the end of the relationship. You hid our relationship from your partner at the very start.
We agreed we wouldn’t be partners for this year’s Best Partners competition. One reason being the fact that I’ll be graduating soon. Another reason being the fact that for the past two years, we had arguments while working as partners. We promised each other that, since we’ve partnered up for so long, we would do it separately for one year.
I’ll be graduating next year, so you could partner up with someone new. However, for the Best Partners competition, there are many things that can’t be controlled.
The unacceptable thing is, for the past month, you used the excuse of ‘getting to know your partner better, for work’ in order to chat with your partner from morning until bed time everyday. You two even played games after I’ve gone to bed and wore couple bracelets without telling me.
We’ve argued about this everyday with no signs of stopping.”
— Xiaoai
She gave more details about the alleged infidelity, mentioning instances where there was suspicion about their relationship from the other party involved.
“Your partner actually had suspicions about us from the beginning, that’s why she’s asked you 4 times about our relationship.
Your response has always been ‘friend, roommate.’
So one day, your partner asked you to invite me along for a meal. To not make things awkward for you two, I pretended nothing was wrong, chatted with another friend, and sat in the front passenger seat.
One time, when we went to a groupmate’s place for a meal, you two went on a live broadcast right in front of me. I endured the heartache I felt and did a live broadcast beside you two, while looking at you two being close together and doing your live broadcast.
After the broadcast, she rested on your shoulder. I couldn’t hold back and messaged you, ‘Do you two have to lean on each other even after the broadcast?’
You picked up your phone but didn’t respond to my message. Instead, you messaged your partner and asked why she wasn’t saying anything. I only realized this when I saw the chat logs later on.
Even though all of this tolerance eventually led to things spiraling out of control, I really couldn’t bring myself to say, ‘I’m not okay with this, could you two not do this in front of me?’ to you two’s face.
Then we started arguing about things like this all the time.We said our goodbyes. The reason you gave me was that I didn’t console you and stay by your side enough when you got laughed at and were in a bad mood; instead, I just argued with you endlessly. You couldn’t stand days like this, so you decided to leave me.
Later, I reflected upon myself and thought maybe I really shouldn’t have done such things. Maybe I should’ve coaxed you. Maybe I really gave you too much pressure.
So, in the few days after saying our goodbyes, I kept coaxing you and held you close to me while sleeping on the same bed. But you messaged her and told her you’ll sleep after she gets back.”
— Xiaoai
Xiaoai then revealed that she discovered chatlogs between Xinyi and Yuchen, exposing their relationship, despite Xinyi’s supposed wish for them to remain in a relationship.
Xiaoai and Xinyi.
“On April 1, before going to school, you hugged me tightly and said, ‘Let’s not fight. Let’s not break up, okay?’
But everything changed on April 3.
On the day when you went to pick up your partner at the airport, I looked at all of your chat logs on the iPad. I only realized then that you started having an emotional affair a long while ago.
When you were touring in Beijing, you asked her if she would accompany to Beijing. We hadn’t started arguing back then. Where was I living? Did you think about me? I wouldn’t have found out if I hadn’t looked at the chat logs.
When we broke up, we made a promise that if you two break things off, then I would never mention any of this again. I never imagined that even after your partner found out about our relationship, you still didn’t keep the promise~
l those pages of lovey-dovey chat logs. All those pages of daily sharing from morning until late at night. It was only then I realized I made a clown of myself.”
— Xiaoai
She also added that she had “proof” and called out more instances where Lu Xinyi had blown her off for Wang Yuchen.
| Weibo I have proof. If you lie, I’ll show it. A few days ago, you said you were taking me to a movie, but you actually took her there a few times. Hangzhou is where we celebrated your birthday together, but you took a day off from shows and plan to take her to Hangzhou on the 20th. G.E.M.’s concert. You know G.E.M. is my favorite, but you said you’re taking her to watch it.
Xiaoai has been a member of SNH48 for seven years, while Xinyi has been in the group for a little more than 2 and a half years.
