Li Li was taken aback by the editor-in-chief's words.
What's going on?
What? He and his newspaper are ruined?
The editor-in-chief didn't waste any words and hurriedly threw out a sentence: "Look at the number one trending topic, what's it saying now!"
"Number one trending topic?"
Li Li was completely bewildered.
After hanging up the phone, he immediately opened Weibo.
Then I saw the top trending topic, which was #JiangNianYingxiong#.
Li Li's eyes nearly popped out.
Jiang Nian, a hero?
Wasn't Jiang Nian, the murderer, the top trending topic before? How can a murderer become a hero?!
Li Li clicked on the first post under this trending topic in disbelief.
At the same time, the other students in the classroom also opened Weibo.
When everyone saw the blogger's written account of the whole incident, they gasped.
So this is the truth of the matter?
Jiang Nian did indeed kill someone.
But she is not a murderer.
She was innocent; it was self-defense.
The person she killed was also a cruel and depraved monster who raped and murdered an eight-year-old girl.
If Jiang Nian hadn't taken action back then, this beast might still be living a carefree life at large.
The mother, unable to bear the despair any longer, followed her daughter, who was left with a mangled corpse, into death.
It was eleven-year-old Jiang Nian who disregarded his own life and risked that the slightest mistake could affect his entire life, turning the villain's knife into a blade of judgment and bringing justice to this mother.
And then there are the anonymous transfers to this mother over the past six years, right up to now. These transfers have made the mother feel that there is a girl in this world, about the same age as her daughter, who cares about her.
In an instant, the way the students in Class 36 looked at Jiang Nian changed.
My heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Jiang Nian is so brave, meticulous, strong, and kind.
What's even more infuriating is that after the video was exposed, the entire school was cursing Jiang Nian on the forum. They called her a pervert and terrifying, a bloodthirsty murderer, and said that her arrogance had backfired.
Instead of defending Jiang Nian, the rest of the class looked at her with disdain and contempt. They were afraid that if they got involved with her, they would be scolded too.
Jiang Nian, on the other hand, never uttered a single word of rebuttal from beginning to end, and even took the initiative to drop out of school.
They all assumed she was guilty.
But now they realize how narrow-minded they were.
The reason for not explaining is simply that they would rather be criticized than let the case, which the victim had just managed to fade from public view, re-enter the public eye.
Jiang Nian's uprightness only served to highlight their secret jealousy, and her swift distancing herself from others when faced with problems only revealed how sinister she was.
After reading the news, Li Li's shoulders trembled violently.
Then I turned my head and looked at the comments in my live stream.
The situation has taken a turn. Jiang Niancai isn't an antisocial murderer at all; this idiot writer is just stirring up trouble.
[Yeah, before anyone else even said anything, he was already giving his verdict on Jiang Nian, just spouting off whatever came to mind.]
Could he have been paid to study in Heijiang?
[A journalist, instead of digging deeper to uncover the truth and hidden stories behind a news story, chose to go live for clicks and sensationalism, relentlessly smearing the parties involved regardless of the facts. We strongly demand that this journalist be banned!]
[How could the prestigious Jiangcheng Daily do something so disgusting? Boycott Jiangcheng Daily!]
Boycott Jiangcheng Daily! Ban this reporter!
Netizens are actually demanding that he be banned?
Two words suddenly echoed in Li Li's mind—it's over.
If this were true, no amount of condemnation would be excessive for a murderer. But right now, the person he was trying to smear wasn't a murderer, but a hero in the public eye.
A journalist whose career is tarnished and boycotted by the public has essentially lost his career.
*
Vice Principal's Office.
Looking at the latest news reports.
The director of the academic affairs office standing to the side was already drenched in sweat.
The vice principal slammed the tea he was offered on the table, his face changed, and his chest heaved with anger.
"It was all your idea!"
"Even if Jiang Nian dropped out of school on her own, we should be ambiguous and make the public think that the school expelled her, so that we can completely distance ourselves from her and this matter."
"Now look what's happened. The whole internet is criticizing our school for expelling students without even investigating the matter first."
"I told you I was going to try to stop them, but you wouldn't let me. So what do we do now?"
The director of the academic affairs office wiped his sweat and said cautiously, "How about we, Principal, talk to Jiang Nian's parents and try to persuade her to come back?"
Jiang Nianke was a genius girl back then, a prospect who could easily get into Tsinghua University or Peking University in the future.
Her loss was already a huge blow to Yingzhong. Now, Jiang Nian has gained an additional layer of heroic aura, attracting the attention of the entire society.
Who wouldn't want a student like that to stay at their school?
"You're right," the vice principal agreed.
Last time it was the Si family who came. Who dares to discuss anything with that man? This time, we'll just contact Jiang Nian's parents directly.
Yingzhong is, after all, the top high school in Jiangcheng.
Jiang Nian can't just stop going to school, can she?
Parents wouldn't want their children to go to a mediocre high school; if the school offers some incentives, they can always keep the child there.
The vice principal asked the director of the academic affairs office to find the contact information for Jiang Nian's parents in the student's file.
I called them myself.
I heard that Jiang Nian was abandoned in the countryside by her biological father, Jiang Sheng, when she was a child, and that she had long since severed ties with Jiang Sheng, so the number she left must not be Jiang Sheng's.
Whose number is this?
Beep...beep...
As soon as the call connected, the vice principal heard a man's aloof and dignified voice coming from the receiver.
Who is it?
This voice sounds familiar.
The vice principal frowned.
Clearing his throat, he began, "You must be Jiang Nian's parent. I'm the vice principal of Yingzhong High School..."
The person on the other end of the phone interrupted him, their tone ambiguous.
"Vice Principal Chen? This is Ji Yanli. What brings you here?"
Ji Yanli?
Ji Yanli, the grandson of the Ji family patriarch in Jiangcheng and the current president of the Ji Group?
The one who proposed sponsoring ten million British and Chinese companies right at the start of the new semester this year?
The vice principal opened his eyes wide.
A slight tremor in his voice: "President Ji? You mean, you're Jiang Nian's..."
Niannian is my younger sister.
Ji Yanli's voice on the phone was icy cold.
"Didn't Yingzhong kick our Niannian out of school a long time ago? Why is the vice principal calling now?"
"By the way, the sponsorship I gave to Yingzhong was originally for Niannian. Now that Niannian is no longer at Yingzhong, I will have the sponsorship withdrawn."
"I wish Vice Principal Chen continued success in leading Yingzhong High School. My daughter Niannian will no longer cause any trouble for Yingzhong High School."
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