Chapter 427; But, Mr President...
"Okay Reporter Xie, thank you for the question... I’m going to respond and I want you all to listen very carefully, listen and listen.... I won’t respond to the same question once again.
’My brother has been sick the entire weekend from the previous day of engagement, his fiancé accompanied him the entire weekend as he was coming down with fever flu, and some infections! And then, I don’t want those rumors being circulated by vicious people to ruin his good image as he is innocent! He has just returned from the States, even if he was the Commander in Chief, he knew too little when it came to those men who suddenly died and haven’t interacted with them! My brother is innocent of all those claims you are pinning on him unless you have any concrete evidence, show me and we will execute him instantly, after all, this is a country governed by the law and we don’t allow butchering of human life even though those dead people were criminals who needed to be brought over to justice! They have human rights to protect them...
And then, the report I received this early morning was that most of them died because of heart attack, cardiac arrest, and misuse of drugs and those are the findings the doctors found, how does that have anything to do with my brother? Yes, I do understand that the situation looks fishy and nothing like a coincidence that they experienced the same thing at the same time, but then again, what we would have to do is wait until the doctors have completed their findings and understand what could have transpired and led them to experience such health concerning deaths, but for now, let’s leave it at that! Let’s not circulate something we have no clue about apart from insinuations, and you should know how my brother is, if he wants to keep you quiet forever, he could do it!" Most of those criminals were killed by natural health causes and a few were drug abusers, without any evidence against Huo Shen, they had to blame their health issues for acting up against them at odd hours.
He calmly responded and the reporters had their answers, they can’t be spreading rumors without a piece of valid evidence connecting these two. But even if he did that, who was going to judge him? He knew his brother would never leave behind any evidence that could be traced back to him.
"Mr President, what do you think about their deaths? Most of them were government officials and with the clear videos circulating around the social media platforms, you could tell they weren’t honorable people and had done wrong things, do you think their deaths are justifiable?" The reporter inquired gazing at Huo Dong.
This was a challenging question, if he said he supported what happened to them, this was the same as supporting violence against human rights, he was the current President, and if he didn’t support what happened, he wouldn’t sound emphatic toward the victims, most of them were kids who had been sold or kidnapped! He would only sound like a cruel leader with no emotions or empathy whatsoever. Whichever side it was, it was too risky and the only thing he would have to do was be neutral.
"When a calamity occurs, that’s nature’s wrath and the Gods are watching... Everything was destined and decided before we were even born... If it’s my fate, then it was already decided, the only thing we could do is comfort the living and assist the victims to continue living... This is what we are supposed to do!" He tactfully responded and they knew, that question was done, but who would have thought they the President believed in fate and destiny?
They just don’t know that he had no other options and that was the favorable response he could give without sounding like favoring any party. Each had their own miseries to shelter.