Chapter 117 Stirring Up Trouble

"He Zhengting was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission as soon as he left home this morning. It is said that someone filed a formal complaint against him for embezzlement and bribery."

As soon as I entered the TV station building, Song Ji-hyo blocked my way, pulled me aside, and excitedly told me about it.

Indeed, He Zhengting was not an incorruptible and upright official.

“I interviewed He Zhengting during the food investigation. His righteous and righteous manner now seems like hypocrisy.”

If it weren't for He Feng, I wouldn't have associated He Zhengting with unhealthy practices.

“I heard from my colleagues in the news department that they’re following up on this. They should be waiting outside the Discipline Inspection Commission for an interview right now. The news should be out soon. It’s already circulating online, but it hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.” Song Zhixiao and I couldn’t hide our excitement. We both knew that ever since Huang Yanyan and Chu Zhen provoked He Feng, the Huang Group had been inexplicably investigated by the Industry and Commerce Bureau many times. Although these were all reports from citizens, they were all baseless. This was clearly a case of using public office to settle personal scores. Now that He Zhengting is under investigation, Yanyan only has the matter of the employee who had an accident at the construction site to deal with, which is a slight relief.

"Where's Chu Zhen? I'm looking for Chu Zhen. If you're so capable, come at me directly. Don't try to play dirty tricks behind my back."

He Feng shouted as he walked, his manner aggressive. Several security guards couldn't stop him. It was rush hour, and several young girls were frightened by his appearance and kept their distance.

"Heh~ What a coincidence. I didn't see Chu Zhen, but I saw his woman. What's wrong? Did he get impatient when I flirted with you the other day and resort to this trick?"

We never expected He Feng to suddenly appear. When Song Ji-hyo heard this, she shielded me behind her.

"You? You think you can stop me?" He Feng sneered. Only when he got closer did he smell the strong smell of alcohol on him. He didn't know if he had stayed out all night at the bar or if he was drowning his sorrows after learning that his father was under investigation. He didn't care about Song Zhixiao at all and yanked her away. With the help of alcohol and brute force, Song Zhixiao was thrown to the ground.

"If you keep doing this, I'll call the police!"

I took out my phone, pretending to call the police, but he snatched it away and threw it hard on the ground.

"So Chu Zhen's woman is so bad because he doesn't cherish you enough? A woman like you, Amy still considers you a rival in love, ha~ not even in the same league."

"How Chu Zhen treats me is none of your business. Now that you've hurt my colleague and smashed my phone, you can't escape the charges of assault and property damage." I looked at him sharply, but I was still a little afraid. Chu Zhen dropped me off at the door this morning and went to find Chen Weiqi. He was completely unaware of what was happening at the TV station. I even started to pray for his appearance.

"Is that so? A mere reporter seems to know a lot about the law? Well, I've already injured one, and the charge is already established. I don't care about injuring a second one." He Feng strode up to me, pulled out a Swiss Army knife from somewhere, and stabbed at me directly.

"Lin Dang~"

"Sister Lin Dang~"

"Watch out!"

Suddenly, I heard various voices warning me to be careful, but no one stepped forward to pull away this drunken, disorderly man.

Just as the knife was about to reach me, I dodged, and with the momentum, He Feng's knife stuck into the stump of a landscape tree next to me.

"You're really good!"

My avoidance made He Feng's eyes redden. He stared at me angrily, his eyes bloodshot, perhaps because he had been staying up all night.

His knife was pointed at me again. Luckily, I had learned a few lessons in Taekwondo back then, and luckily I was wearing sneakers today. I managed to dodge it once again, but my position wasn't good, and I was forced into a corner.

"What are you men doing? With so many of you, isn't anyone going to step up?"

Song Huai rushed over and berated the security guards, which brought them back to their senses. I distracted He Feng from the front while Song Huai and the security guards slowly surrounded him from behind. When he reached for my knife again, Song Huai grabbed him from behind, and the security guards also grabbed his hands, causing the Swiss Army knife to fall to the ground.

"Lin Dang, I won't let you and Chu Zhen get away with this!"

"Let's see how many years you get sentenced first!" I said coldly. This kind of person doesn't deserve anyone's sympathy. If it weren't for him, perhaps He Zhengting could have stayed in the officialdom for a few more years with a sanctimonious facade. Of course, that's an incorrect view.

"Ji-hyo, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?" I helped Song Ji-hyo up; I had just seen her struggling to stand up.

"It's nothing, I just felt numb when I fell. Are you alright?"

We looked each other over and asked if we were injured. When we saw the police take He Feng away, we finally felt a huge weight lifted off our shoulders. He Zhengting and He Feng, one in the Discipline Inspection Commission and the other in the Public Security Bureau, could finally have some peace and quiet.

"Lin Dang, don't forget about Amy. You still need to be careful."

"I know!"

The internal affairs of the TV station quickly spread online, and the news that He Zhengting had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission early in the morning was also reported. In an instant, the father and son became celebrities in City A, and I was also doxxed by various people. After all, He Feng contacted me first after his father's incident and even tried to stab me to death.

"This woman is quite influential; I've heard she's having affairs with many high-ranking officials."

"It seems so. She got into TV station before graduating from university. I heard she seduced a program producer."

"Did things not go well with He Feng, so she took revenge on his family?"

"It seems she's having an affair with He Zhengting. She didn't agree to buy her a villa, so she just exposed him. You can only know a person's face, not their heart~"

......

Public opinion suddenly thrust me into the eye of the storm.

"Sister Lin Dang, aren't you going to release something to clarify?"

Xiao Xiao looked at the comments and angrily criticized the keyboard warriors on the other end of the internet.

"Why bother clarifying? It's all just rumors, what's the point of clarifying it?"

At this point, the more I try to clarify, the more I'm muddying the waters. I'm just an insignificant nobody; I'll wait for the storm to pass so that no one will ever mention me again.

"But Lin Dang, don't you think these comments are a bit strange? The focus of the matter should be on He Zhengting and He Feng, so why are you the one being talked about now?" Ai Min looked at the comments, somewhat puzzled.

"Could it be that someone is stirring up trouble?"

Xiao Xiao's words make some sense. The video recording wasn't comprehensive. Apart from He Feng shouting about finding Chu Zhen when he first came in, the rest of the audio was intermittent. If these keyboard warriors were going to dox someone, they should dox Chu Zhen. Why are they all talking about me? It seems there's only one reason: either these people are acting under someone else's orders, or it was all posted by one person.