Xiaohongshu Seller's Diet Meal Post Goes Viral as 'Selling to Construction Workers' — Compared to Wuthering Waves Miner Drama, Then Completely Debunked

A Xiaohongshu screenshot of someone selling diet-friendly meals got twisted into a story of 'selling to construction workers' and linked to Wuthering Waves' infamous miner diet drama — except the seller was never at a construction site. Even the original poster tagged it as 'fake gossip,' but by then the narrative had already taken on a life of its own.

It all started with a simple group chat share: someone posted a Xiaohongshu screenshot showing a seller offering diet meals (减脂餐, low-calorie meal prep) at a university campus for around 13-15 RMB per serving. The poster immediately drew a parallel to Wuthering Waves' notorious 'miner diet' controversy — where the game's story text depicted coal miners wanting to eat light, healthy food instead of heavy, oily meals, which players roasted as completely out of touch with blue-collar reality.

Once these two seemingly unrelated events were linked, the comment section erupted. One legendary commenter (Floor 5) delivered the post's peak moment: they drafted a detailed subway itinerary for Wuthering Waves' developer Kuro Games, routing them from their office in Modiesha all the way to Sanhe Talent Market in Shenzhen — a notorious spot known for day laborers and migrant workers — and told them to 'remember to bring your diet meals.' This savagely well-crafted roast got quoted by multiple other commenters.

But the tone shifted fast. Floor 12 was the first to push back with receipts, posting the original Xiaohongshu screenshot and pointing out the watermark: 'Don't spread fake news — the original seller was at Zhengzhou Technology and Business University, selling to college students.' Floor 14 doubled down with more evidence, noting the watermark was clearly visible in the image and just required a basic search to verify. 'Even the most stereotypical 小红书 girl wouldn't go compete with construction site canteens and boxed-lunch vendors,' they wrote.

Floor 19 delivered the final blow by dropping the original Xiaohongshu post link and explaining exactly how to search for it. 'It's not hard to fact-check the original post — being too lazy to do so just makes you look ignorant,' they wrote. Case closed: the seller was at a university campus, not a construction site. Zero connection to construction workers.

Looking at how this spread, the image followed the classic 'information degradation' pipeline: original Xiaohongshu post → stripped of context in group chats → reinterpreted as 'selling diet meals to construction workers' → then forcibly linked to the Wuthering Waves miner drama. Each reshare added another layer of distortion. By the time it hit NGA, the story was unrecognizable. And yet, a handful of commenters debunked the whole thing in under 30 minutes — the watermark and searchable info were right there in the image all along. Most people just chose not to look.