Chapter 159

"Let's go, Shi Ye."

The two said goodbye to Chen Feng and prepared to leave the hospital. When they walked to the nurses' station, a back figure caught Jiang Zhinian's attention.

It was the woman who had abandoned her child and ran away. Her child was now seriously ill, and she was raising money everywhere.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhinian couldn't help but slow down his pace and turned his head to look at her profile. Coincidentally, the woman also turned her head and met Jiang Zhinian's eyes.

“It’s you…”

Jiang Zhinian saw an extremely complicated expression on her face, like resentment, and gratitude, which finally turned into a long sigh. The woman turned her face away, as if she had accepted such a life.

Jiang Zhinian's heart was tugged by that look...

If she had not delayed, perhaps she would have successfully escaped from this quagmire. Although she would have been condemned by her conscience for a long time, at least her life would not have been ruined by her child.

However, her own obstruction made her an accomplice with a great moral stance.

"Shi Ye, in her situation... can she go on a crowdfunding platform?"

"The hospital has applied for her, but the results are not very good. The speed of raising funds is very slow."

Although she was miserable, she was just one of the ordinary tragic people. She lacked some special stories to attract the public's attention, win their sympathy and raise enough funds.

"How about asking her to imitate the kneeling posture in the news earlier?"

"Lack of emotion." Anger at the cruelty of the rich often burns more fiercely than pity for the misery of the poor.

"Then...what should I do?" Her child was still so young and didn't even have the chance to see this colorful world. If she didn't have the surgery, it would be like giving up a life.

Shi Ye shook his head and patted Jiang Zhinian on the shoulder: "This is not your responsibility. You shouldn't carry your emotions on yourself... Everyone has their own predetermined destiny to bear."

"I know, I just..." She wanted to do something for the child, but she didn't say these words out loud, just nodded silently.

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Sometimes online public opinion is like weeds burned by sparks. With just a little wind, the fire will spread rapidly, so fast that the human brain cannot react.

The incident happened on Wednesday. Jiang Zhinian had just returned to the office after class when he was pulled aside by Teacher Li.

Seeing her hesitant expression, Jiang Zhinian thought something had happened at home again. Just as he was about to listen to her patiently, he saw the phone that Teacher Li handed over to him: "Teacher Jiang, you don't know about this yet, do you?"

Jiang Zhinian lowered her head and saw a video playing on the platform. It was the public welfare promotion video she had filmed with Xiao Fengche. She had gained attention because of her looks, and the comments below the original post were all praising her for being "beautiful and kind-hearted", which actually brought a wave of traffic to Xiao Fengche.

She felt a little strange in her heart, but she couldn't put her finger on it, but she still watched it patiently. This was a clip reposted by a marketing account. It only contained the part she had filmed. After the normal video was played, a commentary was added at the end.

Simply put, someone took screenshots of posts related to her on the forum during her college years, made them into pictures and videos, and submitted them to this marketing account.

The main purpose is to expose the "scumbag with an angelic face and a vicious heart".

Although the video emphasizes that it is a submission and the contributor only took screenshots of the forum content from a few years ago, this kind of content with traces of time is always easy to gain people's trust.

"Teacher Li, the content in the video is nonsense. I haven't done anything like it."

Teacher Li comforted her, "Don't worry, I absolutely believe you. But look at the comments section, some netizens have started to doxx you. I'm afraid that if the fact that you're a teacher is exposed, the school will definitely feel that it has a bad impact. I'm afraid..."

Before she finished speaking, someone posted the latest reply. The picture showed a red sports car parked in front of the school gate. Jiang Zhinian was standing next to the sports car and talking to a man dressed like a rich second-generation. Only the man's back was shown, and his face was not visible. However, the polite and natural smile on Jiang Zhinian's face was attacked as flattery of the rich and materialistic vanity.

For a time, all kinds of obscene rumors began to fly around, and even the child in her belly was suspected to be the product of a mistress or a third party.

Jiang Zhinian's hands were shaking as he forced himself to calm down.

It was just a rumor of this level. She had experienced it so many times that she was numb to it. This kind of talk no longer hurt her as much as the first time. Moreover, after growing up during this period of time, she had realized that pain and sadness could not save her. Only calmness and logic could pull her out of the quagmire of rumors.

She took out her cell phone and checked the time. It should be time for Shi Ye to take a lunch break. She tried to send a message first, but there was no reply. That meant he probably wasn't done with his work yet.

Then there is no need to rush. Let’s wait until Shi Ye replies.

She first called Wang Bo and briefly told him what had happened, hoping to get some advice from a professional legal perspective. Sure enough, when it came to something he was good at, Wang Bo became extremely reliable and quickly provided her with several ideas and solutions.

"Have you told Shi Ye?"

"Not yet. He should be busy. I'll tell him during lunch."

"That's fine, but you'd better contact Jiang Tao and Zhou Hongsheng."

Jiang Tao is a police officer. This kind of widespread slander and defamation would definitely require a police report. Consulting with Wang Tao beforehand would definitely be the right thing to do, but Zhou Hongsheng...

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Hongsheng is a computer expert. He knows a lot about things like this on the internet, so maybe he can be of some help. Of course, he can't compare to a professional like me."

"Okay, then I'll ask them first, thank you."

"You're welcome. I'll just create a small group to sync the information so you don't have to call everyone one by one. It's so troublesome."

Jiang Zhinian hung up the phone, and soon a small group was born. He couldn't help but sigh at Wang Bo's high professional efficiency.

Soon, Jiang Tao and Zhou Hongsheng both recovered. Jiang Tao suggested that she first call the police to file a case, while Zhou Hongsheng checked several marketing accounts that had been sending black messages.

"If nothing unexpected happens, these marketing accounts all come from the same PR company."

Wang Bo replied quickly.

"It's easier now that we know the company. I immediately helped send a lawyer's letter and then opened an account to refute the rumors and express my determination to pursue the matter to the end."

“Huh, this company again…”

These black accounts are the same ones who slandered Jiang Chinen on the forum. It seems that with the development of the Internet, their main battlefield has evolved from text forums to video platforms.

"After all this trouble, it's just the thief crying 'stop thief'."