8月18號，新浪微博流傳多條消息，話中國各地高校已開始統計去過或身在廣東嘅學生，相信同呢次事件有關。微博相關話題冇辦法搵到任何相關內容，微信羣只要提到相關信息就會封羣封號。同日朝早，聲援團成員付佳慧佢阿爸喺聲援團住處揼門、騷擾。晏晝，聲援團成員張小玉嘅父母出現喺聲援團文藝宣傳場地，同聲援團發生激烈爭執並掌摑張小玉。
On August 18, a number of messages circulated on Sina Weibo saying that colleges and universities across China had begun to count students who had been to or were in Guangdong, which was believed to be related to the incident. There is no way to find any relevant content on Weibo-related topics, and the WeChat group will be banned as long as the relevant information is mentioned. On the morning of the same day, Fu Jiahui, a member of the support group, and his father beat and harassed him at the residence of the support group. In the afternoon, the parents of Zhang Xiaoyu, a member of the solidarity group, appeared at the literary and artistic propaganda venue of the solidarity group, had a fierce argument with the solidarity group, and slapped Zhang Xiaoyu.