The incident began when a large number of people suddenly flooded into Gu Yueji's online store to place orders. Gu Jiahui was the first to notice this. Logically, their sales should have decreased since they had stopped live streaming because of Ren Jin's situation. However, not only did sales not decrease, but they also increased several times over.
Although Gu Jiahui was puzzled, he thought that Gu Yueji was not in the mood to care about these things right now, so he didn't tell her. However, soon the online store received a flood of negative reviews, which made him realize what was going on.
Meanwhile, Gu Yueji received a call from Qian Mingjun at home, "Sister-in-law, Xu Xin and Wang Jiao posted about Xu Wangde's accident at the construction site online!"
Gu Yueji was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Why did they post this online?"
Qian Mingjun paced back and forth in the room, furious. "They probably know that Brother Jin will be released soon, and they're trying to create public pressure so they can ask us for more money!"
Two days ago, Zhao Xun went to the detention center to check on the situation and came back to tell them that Ren Jin was indeed only assisting in the investigation, and it was basically confirmed that he had not committed any illegal acts and would be released soon.
Gu Yueji almost burst into tears upon hearing this, and now she waits every day for the day Ren Jin comes home.
Gu Yueji's heart sank at the sudden turn of events. She asked anxiously, "Didn't we give them money?"
The day after Gu Yueji met with Ren Jin, she prepared all her savings and put her house and shop up for sale with a real estate agency. However, she was unsure how much compensation to give or when it would be appropriate to give it. Later, she consulted Zhao Xun, who said that legally, Ren Jin had no obligation to pay compensation, but out of humanitarian considerations, he could give her a reasonable amount of condolence money.
Gu Yueji breathed a sigh of relief, but thinking that Xu Wangde had also had an accident at the construction site and was Ren Jin's cousin, she gave Qian Mingjun a bank card with 500,000 yuan and asked him to give it to Wang Jiao and Xu Xin. She didn't understand why they suddenly wanted to create public opinion online.
"They just want more money!" Qian Mingjun said angrily.
That day, he delivered the bank card to Xu Wangde's hometown. Xu Xin and Wang Jiao acted as if they were waiting for him. Without exchanging any pleasantries, they immediately asked how much compensation he was prepared to pay them.
Seeing their money-grubbing faces, Qian Mingjun didn't explain his purpose before asking how much money they wanted. To his surprise, Xu Xin and Wang Jiao asked for 3 million yuan. Qian Mingjun laughed and asked them why they deserved so much money. Xu Xin and Wang Jiao actually said that Xu Wangde was dead and they had no source of income, and Xu Xin didn't have money to get married and have children, so Ren Jin needed to compensate them.
Qian Mingjun had overheard Wang Jiao and the others calling Xu Wangde several times before, and almost every time it was to ask for money. He never imagined that Xu Wangde, who had worked hard all his life, would still be exploited after his death.
Qian Mingjun then asked what would happen if they didn't prepare it for them. They said they wouldn't issue a letter of understanding if they didn't, and they would expose them online.
Qian Mingjun lost patience and curled his lips in a mocking smile. He said he didn't need their letter of understanding because Ren Jin was about to be released without charge, and they had hired a lawyer. He claimed that Xu Wangde had gone to the construction site to extort money and that he had fallen down on his own. The construction site had no responsibility. After saying that, he threw his bank card on the table and told them that this was a 500,000 yuan consolation payment from Ren Jin, and not a penny more.
Xu Xin and Wang Jiao's faces immediately turned ugly upon hearing this. 500,000 yuan was far from their target, and they complained that Xu Wangde's life couldn't possibly be worth only such a small amount of money. Qian Mingjun was too lazy to waste words with them and simply asked if they wanted the money; if not, he would take the card and leave. How could Xu Xin and Wang Jiao not want the money? Almost without hesitation, they grabbed the card from the table and, without a word of thanks, kicked Qian Mingjun out.
Qian Mingjun is still angry when he thinks about it. These two people never asked what happened that day or what the situation was like for Xu Wangde. All they talked about was money. Now, for the sake of money, they are even distorting the truth and talking nonsense online.
“Sister-in-law, you need to be careful. Xu Xin and Wang Jiao said online that Xu Wangde was wrongfully killed in a fall at the construction site, and that Brother Jin was released because he has money and connections. Now netizens are doing a doxxing of you and Brother Jin, and they've even found your online store and live stream.”
After hanging up the phone, Gu Yueji opened her online store and live streaming account and saw a lot of unusual orders and a large number of comments and private messages about Xu Wangde.
She rarely uses short video apps except for live streaming. These past few days, she's been preoccupied with Ren Jin and hasn't been in the mood to manage her online store. Her live streams have also stopped, so she was completely unaware of the situation with her online store and live streams.
She then searched for Xu Wangde's name, and the first result was a video of Xu Xin and Wang Jiao.
In the video, Xu Xin and Wang Jiao, dressed simply and even in tattered clothes, appeared exceptionally weak and helpless. They tearfully recounted how they had lost their husbands who had been their life partners, and their fathers whom they hadn't had time to fulfill their filial duties to. Xu Wangde had worked diligently and endured hardship his entire life, yet he only had a few dozen yuan in his bank account when he died. It was Ren Jin, the contractor, who had withheld his wages and dismissed him without cause. Xu Wangde died in a fall at the construction site while trying to collect his wages. Now, Ren Jin has been acquitted. They pleaded for everyone's help.
The migrant worker was wrongfully convicted, fell to his death at the construction site, and the contractor was acquitted. Every keyword was enough to attract attention, and soon Xu Xin and his team's video went viral, with many influential figures sharing it.
There are tens of thousands of comments under Xu Xin's video. Some people analyze the suspicious points of Xu Wangde's fall based on Xu Xin's words in a very logical way. Some people curse Ren Jin, the black-hearted contractor, and wish him a bad death. Some people expose Ren Jin's construction site, her live broadcast room account, and online store name, calling on everyone to join in the cyberbullying. Among them, the most popular comments are to give Xu Wangde justice and also tagged the official public security account.
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