It has been nearly a week since Chinese actress Zheng Shuang (郑爽) launched a virtual campaign against ex-husband Zhang Heng (张衡). It began with her accusing him of cheating, followed by nude photos of Zhang Heng’s mistress.
Although she initially claimed she was exposing Zhang Heng to obtain an apology, her most recent posts seem to indicate otherwise. She seems determined to drag Zhang Heng down to her level while elevating herself. Yesterday (4th October), Zheng Shuang claimed she had signed her kids away to protect them from her former lover who was a pickup artist (PUA).
The surrogate scandal which occurred earlier this year has destroyed large portions of Zheng Shuang’s career. It has left her bereft of work and dropped by many companies. With a ban on Weibo as well, the actress has taken to Instagram to share her side of things. Zheng Shuang acknowledged that she had failed to speak up after the scandal broke, and she paid for it. However, it seems she is ready to talk about it now.
Zheng Shuang began by claiming that Zhang Heng was a pickup artist. In fact, she indirectly claimed he had been trained by other pickup artists. “(The PUA team) is more organised and strategic than I thought,” she said. PUAs usually aim to seduce and manipulate others for sex. They achieve their goal by any means; flattery, psychological manipulation and coercion. The actress claims the effects were subtle but there. “It controlled (the) friends around me, controlled me with photos of (the) children and turned me into a tool for him to make money,” she stated.
The actress then listed ways PUAs snag people, some of which sounds like she learned from experience. “They replace their WeChat avatar with your drawing,” she shared. “If you don’t look for him, he will always look for you so that you will not feel insecure. He will ask you not to work so hard and takes care of you. He takes the initiative to send your photos to your family to increase their affection towards him.” She describes PUAs as people whose hearts have been “controlled by the system a long time ago”. “They are like (the) walking dead without (any) sincerity,” she remarked.
Zhang Heng has yet to reply to the former accusations so it doesn’t seem likely he will respond to Zheng Shuang’s new allegations either. We’re not sure if the actress’ reveals will change her circumstances, so perhaps this is just her way of getting it off her chest.
For now, it seems Zheng Shuang will continue attacking from Instagram, if she has any more information to share.
Sources: China Press, Instagram (1)(2)
