"I asked these questions about the artist's love life on her behalf, which can also be considered as fulfilling a dream of my sister."

She became more and more upset as she spoke: "If you had told me about these things about the era earlier, I wouldn't have stepped into a minefield by asking questions."

The real purpose wasn't to confront Li Han, but to use the conversation with Li Han to clear his name for the audience on camera.

This way, there's no way for netizens to criticize you.

After a moment's thought, Li Han guessed Zhao Jiao's methods. She sneered, "Do you have chat logs with this friend? Show them to everyone and see if these questions were asked by your friend."

Zhao Jiao quickly shook her head: "No, I need to protect my sister's privacy!"

"Come on," Li Han shrugged. "If there were chat logs, you would have posted them online to clarify things already."

"If you can't produce it, then we'll assume that you're the one being called 'sister'."

"Actually, these are all the questions you wanted to ask, right? You're a big fan of Epoch, so you were happy when you replaced me because you got to meet your idol up close."

"Otherwise, as a reporter from the news department of New Star TV, shouldn't you have asked some questions about the gala?"

Li Han shook her head: "You're so unprofessional in every way."

Li Han's words left Zhao Jiao, who was feigning grievance, with no reason to refute them.

The fans who flooded into the live stream insulted Zhao Jiao even more fiercely, and the audience's impression of Zhao Jiao plummeted.

[I hate people like this the most in the workplace who are incompetent and only bully and steal from their colleagues.]

[Watching Zhao Jiao help He Qinqin with that charity project, I thought she was very kind and righteous... She's such a good actress!]

[I love watching Xiao Li tear apart those scheming women, it's so satisfying!!]

Shouldn't those who criticized Li Han before come out and apologize now?

"Stop with the nonsense. Do you think the audience is stupid?"

Li Han ignored Zhao Jiao and returned to her workstation to start working.

Zhao Jiao stared intently at Li Han's retreating figure.

"Having been standing here for so long, don't you have any work to do?" Cheng Man, the head of the news department, said from behind Zhao Jiao. "Or is standing guard here your only job?"

"Then I suggest you move to the security booth downstairs in the company building."

A few words made Zhao Jiao's heart skip a beat. She quickly said, "I'm sorry, Director Cheng, I'll go back to my workstation now."

"Don't go back, come to my office." After saying this, Cheng Man turned and went into her office.

Zhao Jiao looked pale and sickly.

*

Jinghe Hospital general ward.

He Qinqin was scrolling through her phone when she came across a poll on the official Weibo account of the "City of Light" program, which had launched a "Star Popularity King" poll this week.

After the voting ends, the most popular guest will receive a fan meeting from the production team, where celebrity observers will also ask questions and conduct interviews.

Currently, Li Han's votes are far ahead of the competition, and the spot for the guest to meet with fans belongs to Li Han without a doubt.

Thinking of this, she asked Shi Yao, "Shi Yao, have you picked up Li Han's adoptive parents?"

"I received it. The Si family is currently riding high, and I plan to have them cause trouble at New Star TV in the next few days."

Shi Yao was shaking his leg while scrolling through his phone. He was anxiously browsing comments from netizens criticizing Blue Sky TV and Sugie Group.

The reversal of the plagiarism incident involving Si's Group and the collapse of the top influencer's property should not affect the stock price of Shanjiang Group, right?

After all, the current accusations are just minor accusations without any real evidence, and it's not uncommon for top celebrities to have their careers ruined.

When He Qinqin heard that Shi Yao was planning to have Li Han's adoptive parents cause trouble, she told Shi Yao about the fan meeting that the "City of Light" program had arranged for Li Han.

"What a golden opportunity!"

Shi Yao slapped his thigh and said, "Qinqin, you don't need to worry about this. I'll take care of it."

"You can focus on getting better."

He Qinqin felt that Shi Yao was reliable from the bottom of her heart. She rested her chin on her hand and looked at Shi Yao's superior and sharp jawline with a somewhat infatuated gaze.

When He Qinqin came to her senses, she quickly checked her phone.

She sent Si Jin many messages during her hospital stay, and Si Jin would occasionally take a moment to reply, telling her to rest well.

But Si Jin hasn't come to see her even once in the past few days, even though she could tell that her brother was wavering that night.

What He Qinqin didn't know was that there had been a lot of personnel changes at the Si Group recently, with many things happening both internally and externally. Si Jin was currently focused on his work and had no time to read her sob stories.

Moreover, now that He Qinqin is in the Si family's hospital, Si Jin is not so worried anymore.

He Qinqin plans to visit Si Jin when she is healthy enough to go out.

*

Sijia large single-level apartment.

Si Jiuyin and Aunt Ling had dinner together.

She looked at the empty chair. "The two kids have been really busy lately, and Uncle Liu has left too. The house feels so quiet."

"It's good that Aunt Ling is here to have dinner with me. I feel really bad that you've been staying at my house all these days."

Si Jiuyin was smiling, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

It's highly likely that Aunt Ling leaked the blueprints. So, she used Aunt Ling to set the other party up this time. I wonder what Aunt Ling is feeling now.

Aunt Ling showed no unusual expression, and her tone was kind.

“Not at all, Ah Yin. You treat me like family, and I treat you like family too.”

"I'm happy to eat with my family every day."

Si Jiuyin observed her calmly: "Really? I'm very happy today too."

"I heard that the Si Group has become a sponsor of the Spring Festival Gala. Congratulations!"

Aunt Ling's voice was filled with joy, and she sounded genuinely happy for Si Jiuyin.

"The matter is finally resolved." Si Jiuyin said to Aunt Ling with a refreshed expression, "Because it was a product sponsored for the Spring Festival Gala, we dared not slack off and finalized it a long time ago. The designer sent us the revised version that night, which he had been working on for a long time."

"Maybe I don't understand art, but I can't see what's been changed."

Si Jiuyin really couldn't figure out how Aunt Ling had passed the blueprints.

She didn't do anything in the surveillance footage, and she's been blind for so many years, it's impossible for her to suddenly regain her sight.

Si Jiuyin looked into Aunt Ling's eyes, which were empty and lifeless.

She suddenly realized something and felt a chill on the back of her neck.

Forcing herself to calm down, Si Jiuyin began to probe Aunt Ling.

The Sugie Group only emerged in the last two years. How could they have set up Aunt Ling as a pawn so many years in advance?

Si Jiuyin carefully sorted through the original owner's memories and felt that Aunt Ling cared more about He Qinqin than Si Jin.

The original owner was probably more concerned about He Qinqin, the son of her old friend whom she had taken in from the orphanage, so she didn't think there was anything unusual about me with Aunt Ling's group.

Thinking of this, Si Jiuyin looked conflicted and asked, "Aunt Ling, Qinqin is currently in the hospital."

"I've already told you what happened that night. Her kneeling down was heartbreaking to see."

"What do you think? Should we let this child go back to the Si family?"