For two hours, Assistant Liu personally investigated.
He had initially thought this time it was a sure thing, completely settled.
After all, once the other party made a move, it would be easy to find out who it was.
As a result, the reporters had vanished without a trace!
No one knew where they had gone!
Then, the trending news for tomorrow morning remained unchanged.
What on earth was going on?
Assistant Liu was baffled and called Ning Yecheng.
However, no one answered.
Assistant Liu glanced at the time, ten-thirty. At this hour, President Ning should be asleep.
President Ning was asleep, but he dared not sleep. He continued to investigate, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
He was afraid of dying.
Three hours later.
Assistant Liu felt his brain wasn't working well. After downing two doses of deep-sea fish oil to boost his brainpower, he started making calls one by one.
The result was the same as before; the trending topics for tomorrow morning were already prepared!
He couldn't understand, was Zhan Xiaojun really not anxious? Was she truly ignoring it? Waiting for the slander to be thrown at her without intending to seek Ning's help?
He thought President Ning's remark about her courting death last night was mostly due to unfulfilled desires.
But why couldn't he find the person behind Zhan Xiaojun!
If someone hadn't intentionally cultivated her, how could Zhan Xiaojun have such a close connection with President Ning?
When President Ning suffered from insomnia, she knew acupuncture.
When President Ning had a white moonlight in his heart, she looked exactly like that white moonlight.
This was too much of a coincidence, wasn't it?
No one would believe it was a coincidence if he said it out loud.
Finally, he could only truthfully inform Ning Zong of the current situation via WeChat.
Not long after, Ning Zong replied:
"Something must have been missed. Where are those reporters?"
Assistant Liu slapped his thigh, "Right, those reporters have been silent until now! There must be some shady dealings!"
"Ning Zong, I'll investigate now."
It was just a phone call, and it should be easy to find a few reporters.
Except!
The four reporters had seemingly vanished into thin air!
What was going on!
"Ning Zong, those reporters can't be found." Assistant Liu's face was pale, his hand holding the phone trembling.
They said they were going to stir up a big news story, then went to a hot pot restaurant for drinks, and while drinking, they just disappeared?
In Yan City, was there someone who could cover the sky with one hand to this extent?
He, the esteemed special assistant to President Ning of Ning Corporation, didn't even know!
He felt President Ning would still tell him to go die.
"Can't find them?" Ning Yecheng rubbed his forehead, opened the window, and looked out at the dark exterior.
It was three in the morning, and it was still dark outside.
Although he had slept for three hours at night, his dreams were too turbulent, and he had a headache now.
"Yes, the people can't be found, but I've already sent people to look. Ning Zong, this matter is unusual." Assistant Liu felt increasingly eerie, but he couldn't quite articulate why.
Tracing back to the root.
It must be closely related to Zhan Xiaojun.
"Stop talking nonsense, find out clearly," Ning Yecheng said coldly.
Assistant Liu broke out in a cold sweat and began searching as soon as he hung up the phone.
Even though he hadn't slept all night, Assistant Liu had no trace of sleepiness now.
Less than fifteen minutes later, the phone rang.
"Assistant Liu, there's news about those four reporters! As soon as they appeared, they rushed to ask their editor-in-chief, saying the front-page headline for the morning needs to be changed!"
Assistant Liu froze for a moment, "I'll give you half an hour. I want to know who hired them to resolve this matter!"
...
Zhan Family Villa.
Seven in the morning.
Zhan Xiaoya had set her alarm. The moment it rang, she scrambled out of bed.
She fumbled for her phone by the bedside, her eyes not fully open. She rubbed them and turned on her phone.
Then she quickly found the app and checked today's news.
Huh? Why were Lin Ya and Zhan Xiaojun's names not there?
Shouldn't the news directly point out the two of them?
She immediately clutched her phone and ran downstairs.
Wang Ke was eating breakfast. Seeing Zhan Xiaoya rushing down in a hurry, she furrowed her brows slightly. "Why are you still so flustered? Xiaoya, stay at home for a few more days. After things calm down and everyone knows you were misunderstood, you can go out freely. I've already spoken to Mu Bai's mother on the phone, and the matter has been explained."
"Now they all believe the video was maliciously edited and that Zhan Xiaojun deliberately framed you."
With every word, Wang Ke still spoke with arrogance, even a hint of smugness. She had always been shrewd; a woman from the countryside like Lin Ya could only be played with in her palm, like an ant under her feet, to be crushed at will.
Zhan Xiaoya shook her head, "Mom, I know that if you say you can handle it, you can definitely handle it. It's about today's trending searches. Didn't you say that starting this morning, it would be on the trending searches? And would it stay there all day? Why did I just check, and I don't see Zhan Xiaojun and Lin Ya on the trending searches?"
Wang Ke's smile froze. She picked up her own phone to check.
Indeed, there was nothing on the trending searches.
She glanced at the time again; it was already past seven. They should be punctual.
Could it be...
"Is there a delay in the time?" Wang Ke guessed with a frown.
Zhan Xiaoya's fingers suddenly trembled as she pointed at her phone. "Mom, what are they doing! Look, look quickly! The trending searches are about my news! It's about my video!"
"What?!" Wang Ke exclaimed in surprise.
In her shock, she quickly refreshed the page.
The words on the trending searches came into view.
Indecent Video of Zhan Corporation's Eldest Daughter!
Several large characters!
Upon clicking, it was indeed the video that had already been forwarded in many groups yesterday!
However, because it was posted online, the important parts of the video were pixelated!
"Ahhh! Mom, what's going on?! How did it become about me? Shouldn't it be Lin Ya? Shouldn't it be Zhan Xiaojun? How did it become about me? Didn't you spend a million? Didn't they take your money?" Zhan Xiaoya screamed repeatedly, her hand holding the phone shaking violently.
Her palm-sized face was ashen.
Shock, anger!
And fear!
It's over, it's over, it's over!
Now she was finished!
It was already on the trending searches. Yesterday, she could still rationalize it by saying she was framed. Today, everyone in Yan City had seen the video, what should she do!
Wang Ke's mind buzzed. She gritted her teeth and made a call, "You took the money but didn't do the job? What's with the trending video and the news?"
"Mrs. Wang, we can't handle your business anymore! We don't dare to do it, not even if our lives were at stake! The money has already been refunded to you!"
The person on the other end quickly hung up.
The beeping sound came from the phone.
Wang Ke felt for the first time that the situation was beyond her control. She opened her bank app and, as expected, there was a transfer notification. They had returned the money!
Who helped Zhan Xiaojun?
They took the money and didn't do the job, and even returned it!
Zhan Xiaoya's phone also rang. Seeing that it was Mu Bai, she was terrified. "Mom, what do we do! Mu Bai is calling me!"