Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And in this case, it looks like the social media cold war, emo rant, and non-stop gossip were indeed all pointing at the fact that Taiwanese singer Show Luo and Chinese influencer Grace Chow have ended their nine-year relationship.

Grace confirmed the split herself with a lengthy post on Weibo this morning (Apr 23). “Show Luo and I have already broken up for quite some time now,” she wrote, adding that the reason she didn’t address this sooner was because she didn’t want to cause a distraction amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. “It’s been so long that I can now explain the whole thing to you in a calm and even slightly derisive manner.”

The 31-year-old went on to dedicate a long letter to her 40-year-old ex, which goes into great (and damning) detail about why she decided to part ways with him after almost a decade. (Let’s just say his presence at that infamous pool party makes a lot more sense).

Keep reading for 8days.sg’s translation of Grace’s post.

“Hey, @Show Luo: When we were still together, I once asked you as a joke, ‘If we were to break up one day, what do you think I would do?’ You said, ‘You would definitely write a long rap verse to scold me.’ You even came up with the lyrics for me.

But you guessed wrong! I didn’t write a song, but I still chose to write something for you. In the past, I used to help you edit your Weibo captions. I guess you could say this is the last time I would ever write such a long letter to you.

The reason we broke up is because I looked at your phone, even though you kept on saying that the most important thing between a couple is mutual trust and that looking at each other’s phones would break that trust, which you didn’t like! (I obediently listened to everything you said for nine years and never looked at your phone before that.) But for some reason, I happened to look at it, and it’s a good thing I did!”

“If I didn’t look, I would never know that you have another phone that you use for chatting with other women. It turns out that almost every day when I was away, you would invite women to the house, and the key point is that it would always be a different woman.

You would always have a woman to meet at the hotel in every city that you go to. You’ve had inappropriate relationships with the female artistes under your label, whom you’ve introduced to me before, and even your make-up artist.

You and your friends have absolutely no respect for the women you ask to come out and play, and what’s worse, you would often hold ‘multi-player sports’ activities that normal people would never be able to imagine. All these things that go against my values were happening with you, whom I loved deeply for nine years…”

“Now when I think about it, I was really so stupid. Why didn’t I let you go after I caught you cheating for the first time? Every time, I was moved by your promises and regrets and kept forgiving you for your betrayal, while holding on to the hope that I would be the only one who could understand you, be with you, and change you.

Can you say you really loved me, Show Luo? You must have truly loved me before… Otherwise, why would you cancel a job just to spend an important occasion with me? You’ve never gone public with any other girlfriend before, yet you were willing to introduce me to the public.

You’re such a majestic lion, and yet you were willing to let your friends believe that you were scared of me (you said you were scared because you loved and cared about me). You have also done so many romantic things for me.

You were very considerate of me. Whenever you were unhappy or sad, you would tell me as soon as possible. Even after being together for so many years, you would still call me every day, and your phone would never leave your side. You cried for me and laughed with me. (Oh my god! I’m writing more good things about you than bad.)

But how could someone who loves me so much, do all of that to me… What time zone are you from?! I only get to say good night to you at 3 or 4am. Could it be you don’t sleep because of your one-night stands?!”

“If we broke up because of incompatible personalities or because you fell in love with someone else, I would definitely have been an excellent ‘ex-girlfriend’. We would still talk freely and be good friends.

But sorry, this is an extraordinary situation. I know that now and in the future, there will be many more women who will be deceived by you as well. They might be naive enough to believe that they are the one (besides me). Girls, do not have faith that you are the only one who can change him, because some people are just born scumbags (and you are really too too too too too x100 despicable!!!).

Still, I want to thank you. Even though these nine years of spring did not result in anything (which is a good thing), I was happy for most of the time I was with you. If not for this last blow, my memories of you would still be beautiful. Thank you for being with me over the years!

If you ask me if I have any regrets, I would say no. Because you made me a better person. Because I loved you, I grew up, matured, and became independent.

If you ask me if I’m sad, then I would say no as well. Because you are just not worth it at all!”

A few hours after Grace’s explosive post went up, Show responded with a quick update on his Weibo account.

“First of all, I’d like to apologise for taking up public resources with my personal affairs. Thank you for your concern. Perhaps many people are waiting to see how I would respond, but all I want to say is, there will be many ups and downs in a relationship, and there were many times we broke up and got back together over the past nine years.

I will self-reflect on everything I’ve done wrong. There are many things that cannot be easily explained with just a few words, but I won’t explain myself. Thank you for the love we shared in this life. I also have no regrets. @Grace Chow”

Photos: Grace Chow/Instagram, Show Luo/Instagram