Xu Man responded with a low "hmm".
Tian Si continued, "Fortunately, this idiot has some legal knowledge and knows not to post photos of people casually, so he censored you all. Your captain is not good enough. He was too popular a while ago, so he will definitely be recognized. You are fine. As long as there is no follow-up revelation, at most it will be talked about online, and it will not have much impact in real life."
Is this legal common sense?
Xu Man leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window, feeling her heart sinking.
Such an inflammatory article probably requires more than just legal common sense. The direction in the article is so obvious. What's the point of blurring the photo? Anyone who has some knowledge of recent hot topics can tell who Captain Qin is talking about. Even if you don't know, you can find out by just looking it up. It's clearly written in the title, #The Most Handsome Criminal Police in the Country#. No matter how you look at it, the other party is well prepared.
"I'm just afraid that this matter will spread and make too much noise, and my parents will find out about it." She sighed in annoyance. "They all know who I work for. Didn't he become a popular person a while ago? My mom even came to ask me if he was the captain. If she hears that he has a scandal, my dad won't be able to say anything, but my mom will definitely search the Internet. When she sees the photo, she will recognize me immediately."
"If they recognize it, just tell them the truth. How can they not believe you and believe what a fool wrote?" Tian Si disagreed. "In fact, I think the most troublesome thing about this matter is that it is very misleading. I almost vomited after reading the last few paragraphs. The whole stench of 18,000 public intellectuals. It is said that Luo Junyi is a very famous public intellectual on the Internet. He is always trying to stir up trouble and gain popularity. This article is the same. He is openly and covertly belittling the police. There will definitely be people who will be led by him and throw dirty water together."
Xu Man frowned: "That's what I'm afraid of. If the public opinion online is too strong, the Municipal Bureau will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure and will have to issue a notice. But Qin Shen... Forget it, don't worry about it for now. I'll handle it myself and talk to you later."
Tian Si obviously understood that his friend needed a quiet environment to think, so he didn't say much. He just said "OK", gave a few more words of concern, and then hung up the phone.
Putting down the phone, Xu Man closed her eyes and recalled the last few paragraphs in the article. She felt a wave of nausea and a cough rising in her heart, making her want to vomit while coughing softly.
Tian Si was right, those words were so disgusting that I didn’t even know how to describe them.
I cannot understand why someone would write this text with such malicious intent. It seems that the writer is more concerned with criticizing the injustice in real society than speaking up for the younger brother. However, this criticism is also based on distorted facts. Except for the fact that the younger brother was beaten into the hospital, the rest of the article is nonsense.
But this is where the tricky part comes in. If the entire article was slanderous and defamatory, then the Mingzhou Public Security Bureau could have responded generously, and she wouldn't be as troubled as she is now. But the most important point is true - Qin Shen did beat someone and violated discipline, and he did not receive the punishment he deserved, and he can still be "free and easy" as his criminal investigation team leader.
Xu Man had never felt so regretful as she did now. She wondered why she had to run downstairs to buy medicine in the middle of the night that day instead of waiting until daytime. If she had not gone down that day, she would not have met the criminals, Qin Shen would not have stepped forward to save her, and she would not have violated discipline and beaten people during the subsequent interrogation, been suspended from work without pay, and been scolded by her elders. Until now, she has been used as a target by such an article with ulterior motives.
Why had she refused to wait one more night?
Xu Man slowly slid down the glass window and sat on the ground. The sun was shining brightly outside and the air conditioner was running in the room. The cold wind and the sunlight blended together to form just the right warmth, which touched her skin and brought her endless heat.
It was a sunny weekend with nice weather, but her heart was gloomy and heavy as if it was filled with lead.
Tian Si said that Qin Shen had a great family background and it would be easy for him to deal with such things. It sounded like this was just a small accident that could be easily resolved and she didn't need to take it to heart. But such a background is also a double-edged sword. If this article becomes popular on the Internet and is used by someone with ulterior motives to make a big fuss, God knows what kind of impact it will have on Qin Shen and his family.
Xu Man suppressed her complicated emotions, took a deep breath, calmed down, took out her cell phone, and called Qin Shen: "Where are you now? Are you going home?..."
Today is the weekend. As usual, the two were supposed to go to the supermarket together to buy food for the next week. However, she felt a little unwell when she woke up in the morning. Her throat felt hairy and she coughed intermittently, as if she was about to catch a cold. Qin Shen asked her to stay at home and rest, and he went out alone. Now he has bought the things and is on his way home.
While waiting for his return, Xu Man searched the Internet and found Luo Junyi's personal account. She discovered that this blog post was pinned by him and was accompanied by seven pictures, all of which were high-definition enlarged versions of the pictures he placed at the end of the article as evidence.
The first two photos are close-ups of Luo Junli's face, which is wrapped in gauze and coated with medicine, and has some bruises, which looks really scary; the middle two photos are his disability assessment certificate, which shows three pieces of information: a broken nose, broken front teeth, and internal soft tissue damage; the last three photos are photos of Xu Man and Qin Shen getting out of the car together. The shooting angle is far and upward, and it is relatively blurry. It is obvious that they were taken from a distance with the camera zoomed in.
Leaving aside the first four photos, Xu Man couldn't tell the authenticity of them. She clicked on the last three and looked at them carefully. She found that although there were three photos, they were actually taken of the same thing: about a week ago in the morning, she wanted to eat water tofu pudding, so she didn't have breakfast at home, and went to the breakfast restaurant near the detachment with Qin Shen. What was filmed was a series of actions of the two of them getting out of the car after Qin Shen parked the car on the side of the road. It was just because of the different sizes and distances that it seemed like three different time periods.
She didn't know whether Luo Junyi did this on purpose, but regret and self-blame once again overwhelmed her heart, because since she and Qin Shen started living together, the two of them basically stopped eating out and cooked at home. If she hadn't suddenly wanted to go out for breakfast that day, Qin Shen would have driven the car directly to the detachment and got out in the parking yard. He would have driven directly home after get off work and driven out of the garage, and would not give anyone the opportunity to take pictures no matter which side he went.
When Xu Man thought that she had given others an opportunity to take pictures of these "evidences" to attack Qin Shen, she felt uncomfortable. She barely pulled herself together and continued to read the pinned blog post.
The blog post was published at 8 o'clock in the morning. More than two hours later, it has been forwarded more than 2,000 times, but there are only more than 100 comments. I guess there is some kind of reply limit. The comments are all sarcastic, such as "Your country is doomed" and "How dare you, a mere untouchable, sue me". She read a few of them and stopped reading because she was in a bad mood.
There are fewer strange words in the reposts, most of them express shock, there are also those who question, those who gloat over others' misfortune, and those who curse Luo Junyi for taking advantage of the popularity of black people. The number of reposts is increasing, but the growth rate has slowed down after exceeding 3,000. It is probably because the threshold of the fan effect has been reached, and it remains to be seen whether these 3,000 reposts can continue to ferment and attract greater heat.
Qin Shen returned to the villa more than ten minutes later and went up to the master bedroom on the second floor with a bag of medicine in his hand.
"I went to the pharmacy and bought you a few boxes of cold granules and cough medicine." He put the medicine on the bedside table and said, "If you feel your throat is too uncomfortable, make some and drink it. Don't let the symptoms get worse and turn into a serious cold."
Xu Man no longer had the time to think about these things. She sent him the link to the blog post and urged him to open it and take a look.
"What? So mysterious." Qin Shen said with a smile, lowered his head and opened his phone, reading the article from beginning to end. Except for the middle paragraph and the last few photos, his expression turned a little cold, but the rest of the time he was relatively calm. He even smiled after reading it, and said with a little sneer at the article, "Is this what you want to show me?"
"What do you mean by this?" Xu Man couldn't help but worry for him. "Don't you think the nature of this article is very serious? It has been circulated 3,000 times online. If it gets a little more popular, it will become a hot topic. By then, the Municipal Bureau will definitely be under pressure and will have to give an explanation to the public. What will you do?"
"No big deal, just follow the procedure and do whatever you have to do." Qin Shen raised his eyebrows and said this, then when he saw her staring at him in confusion, he smiled and put his arm around her waist, took her to sit down on the edge of the bed, and held her in a protective and comforting posture, explaining to her in detail.
"The content is quite scary, but it's not that serious. It's just a manuscript written by a lawyer. Most of the things in it are nonsense. It's not easy to dispel the rumors. There's nothing to worry about."
"If everything here is fake, I wouldn't worry about it." Xu Man bit her lip, "But - it's true that you violated discipline and beat someone up. How are you going to dispel this rumor and clarify it?"
Qin Shen was silent for a while: "Let's see what the higher-ups decide. I was the one who beat him up, so if they want to punish me according to the rules, I have no objection."
"What if they want to protect you?" Xu Man asked him, knowing in her heart that the "what if" in this sentence was actually redundant. Just by looking at the so-called "punishment" that did not even give him a warning, she could tell what the attitude of the public security department was towards this matter.
Unless this article triggers nationwide attention and more negative information is revealed in the future, pointing the finger directly at Qin Shen’s family background, the higher-ups will certainly continue to protect him without further ado.
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