Wang Qi also panicked.
She took a deep breath.
Biting her lip, she said, "Give me the phone."
Zhan Xiaoya immediately threw it over as if it were a hot potato.
Wang Qi took the phone and answered, "Mu Bai, hello."
Mu Bai hadn't expected it to be Wang Qi. Although he was angry at this moment, he managed to calm down. "Auntie."
"Is it because of the trending topic? Xiaoya is too naive. She truly considered Xiao Jun as her sister, but Xiao Jun harmed her like this! She wants to ruin Xiaoya! I will help Xiaoya deal with this. Mu Bai, Xiaoya needs you to accompany her through this. After all, no one knows better than you what truly happened that day." Wang Qi said.
There was silence on the other end of the line.
After a moment, a voice came through.
"Auntie, please don't worry. I also have responsibility for this. I will go through this difficult time with Xiaoya. Of course, I will absolutely not let Zhan Xiaojun off! Her intentions are too malicious. How dare she harm Xiaoya like this!"
Hearing Mu Bai's words, Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief. "Auntie knows you are a person of deep feelings. Xiaoya is heartbroken by the harm Xiao Jun has caused her. She's seeing no one now, but Auntie will tell her that you called and will accompany her through this."
"Then I'll trouble Auntie."
"We'll be family in the future. Xiaoya is my daughter. Even if I was reluctant to discipline Xiao Jun before, I can't let her continue like this." Wang Qi feigned a sigh before hanging up the phone.
Zhan Xiaoya wept, covering her face and crying, "Mom, I'm too ashamed to face anyone!"
Wang Qi's expression turned grim. "Stay home and don't go out. Don't reply to anyone who calls or texts you. I will personally investigate this matter. I want to see who is helping Zhan Xiaojun to smear your name!"
At the same time, Zhan Zhicheng, who had just arrived at his company, was reminded by his hesitant secretary to check the trending topics before he even reached his office.
He knew that there would be trending news about that bitch Lin Ya this morning.
So he wasn't in a hurry. Under the strange glances of others, he entered his office and then opened his phone.
After opening his phone.
The coffee in his hand spilled violently!
The phone also clattered onto the desk!
He widened his eyes, thinking he was mistaken.
Upon closer inspection, it was the same video he had seen yesterday, but with the faces blurred.
Just as he was about to pick up his phone and stand up, a sharp pain shot through his chest, making him sweat profusely. He leaned on the desk with both hands, and it took a long while for him to recover.
After the pain subsided, he immediately called Wang Qi.
"Is this what you call handling things? You've completely disgraced me! Give me an explanation!"
...
Ning Yecheng sat in the back seat of the car.
His eyes fell on today's trending topics.
He did not click on the video.
Assistant Liu sat in the passenger seat.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead before daring to look back at Ning Yecheng. "Mr. Ning, those four reporters have been brought in and are at the factory. I've already questioned them. They've kept their mouths shut. It seems the person who bribed them paid a hefty sum, or perhaps threatened them."
He hadn't expected that a few opportunistic individuals who took money would now act like chaste martyrs and refuse to divulge anything.
Knowing the status of the Ning family in Yancheng, they still wouldn't reveal a single word.
He felt that his position in Ning's Group and in Mr. Ning's eyes was precarious.
Ning Yecheng cast a cold glance at Assistant Liu. "It looks like you need to attend special training again."
Assistant Liu, terrified, tried to explain himself. "There must be a reason for this, otherwise their mouths wouldn't be so tightly shut."
He shuddered at the thought of his past training days.
He never wanted to go through special training again as long as he lived!
Ning Yecheng suddenly spoke again, his voice chilling. "Send me Zhan Xiaojun's WeChat contact."
Assistant Liu was stunned. "Mr. Ning doesn't have Miss Zhan's WeChat?"
Ning Yecheng stared coldly at Assistant Liu.
He clearly saw the expression on Assistant Liu's face and realized that if Assistant Liu had Zhan Xiaojun's WeChat, why didn't Mr. Ning?
The aura around Ning Yecheng seemed to be wrapped in a layer of ice.
Assistant Liu realized his mistake and quickly sent Zhan Xiaojun's WeChat contact.
...
In a ride-hailing car, Zhan Xiaojun was fiddling with her phone.
She opened an app.
And saw the trending topics.
The corners of her red lips curved upwards, and her mood lifted.
Those people were quite obedient!
Suddenly, Zhan Xiaojun's phone rang.
Seeing that it was Zhan Xiaoya, Zhan Xiaojun answered the call.
"Zhan Xiaojun, go to hell! Did you hire someone to put me on the trending list?! You bitch, did you find some sugar daddy? Do you think having a sugar daddy will help you? You're dreaming too big. In Yancheng, you're destined to crawl on the ground. Don't even think about stepping all over me!"
Abusive words poured from the phone.
Zhan Xiaojun could almost picture Zhan Xiaoya spewing saliva and her eyes bulging as she yelled.
"Zhan Xiaoya, wash your mouth before you speak. I can smell you even through the phone," Zhan Xiaojun replied slowly.
"Zhan Xiaojun! You will regret this! You will absolutely regret provoking me! Mu Bai won't let you off either. Just you wait, you and your mother are nothing but country bumpkins. I will make you beg me on your knees in the future!" Zhan Xiaoya said furiously.
Zhan Xiaojun was speechless. She rolled her eyes. "Do you believe I can release the high-definition video without the blur? The video that circulated yesterday wasn't clear enough. I've been studying hard recently and learned some techniques to restore videos to their highest definition, making skin textures and pores clearly visible. I believe many people would want to see it."
"You, you wouldn't dare!" Zhan Xiaoya's voice clearly weakened.
"The Zhan Xiaojun of the past wouldn't dare, but I do," Zhan Xiaojun said with a smile.
Against evil people, one must be even more wicked.
She suddenly felt that being studious was a good thing. The new things she had learned were immediately put to use.
Zhan Xiaoya felt guilty, and her voice became much softer. "I will definitely find your sugar daddy and make them abandon you!"
"It won't hurt to tell you, my sugar daddy is myself," Zhan Xiaojun confessed truthfully.
Didn't Wang Qi ever tell Zhan Xiaoya that relying on herself was always better than relying on anyone else?
She didn't agree with Wang Qi's parenting philosophy.
Zhan Xiaoya completely disbelieved her. "I don't believe you!"
With a snap, she hung up the phone.
Even after hanging up, Zhan Xiaoya was extremely uneasy.
That country bumpkin Zhan Xiaojun, who didn't even get into college, could make a video high-definition?
Impossible!
She had really grown capable, having just bragged to scare her!
Just wait, her mother would surely think of a way and find out who Zhan Xiaojun's sugar daddy was! Although Zhan Xiaojun was useless, her face was quite attractive, so finding a sugar daddy in a short time wouldn't be difficult.
Zhan Xiaoya thought fiercely, it must be some old lecher!
The thought of Zhan Xiaojun being toyed with by an old lecher brought Zhan Xiaoya a sense of wicked pleasure.
...
In the factory building.
Several reporters were sweating profusely, their clothes soaked.
They couldn't understand how Ning's Group was involved again, and even more so, its current leader, Ning Yecheng!
There was no one in Yancheng who dared to offend him!
They were all about to wet themselves in fear.