Chapter 451 - 432: Reveling The Truth-III
The reporter took it upon himself by playing the video that Li Lian have seen for the fourth time of her life. The audio had been added by a loud speaker, clearly he came prepared to ruin her career. Watching the video, Li Lian could feel the prickles on her heart, the pain and fear her younger self showed hurt her as she knew no one deserve such treatment.
The reporter showed a wide smirk at the time the video ended, "What do you have to say now, Miss Yue. It is a very shameful act and your folly to think you can swept the rumors under the rug because there is no evidence to proof yourself. It’s your karma and now we demand you to apologize for your lies."
"Apologize," Li Lian repeated the reporter’s words listlessly, seeing the man raising his shoulders, believing he had won.
"But I think for your constant lies it would be hard to believe your apologies, we would want you to step down from the entertainment industry for your mistake that had disappointed us all and the fans that followed you loyally," the man shake his head in pity, making himself appear like a person with a great responsibility and kind heart who want to reveal nothing but the truth to the world of how they had been fooled by Li Lian.
The room became chaotic. More people came forward with questions one after another endlessly. The bodyguard kept it down by warning they would stop the conference if they cannot calm down.
Li Lian raised her hand, pointing her palm toward the reporter who had been the same one to pour more oil to the fire politely, "I have done nothing that worth for me to apologize for. There had been one thing that I came here to tell everyone and reveal my past, however, I had been disturbed."
"Are you claiming this is a lie again, Miss Yue?" Came the reporter skeptical question, "Earlier you denied using drugs but we have the video or are you insisting the video is false?"
"Yes I have denied using drug, willingly," Li Lian pressed her last word, putting enough emphasis for people to pick up. "Years ago, I had some friends who I believe was a friend of mine. But I was fooled and tricked. They were in fact not a friend but enemy who disguised themselves as my friends to bully me."
"Bully?" The reporter scoffed. "Spinning sob story to have people believe in you is the wrong step Miss Yue."
"Then have you seen during the duration of the twenty minutes video I have been using the drug willingly? Taking them, drinking them, or injecting them?" Li Lian snapped back at the reporter, deterring him with her steady reply, "My words have been cut and interjected multiple times by you sir which only make the truth hidden by more of your accusations. I was drugged by a sleeping pill in the beginning of the video which you could see how I was asleep. The next scene showed how those people partied amongst themselves while making it seem as if I was drunk."
"But we rather believe what we have seen Miss Yue," said the reporter, not taking a no for an answer. "You claimed to fell asleep after having your drink spike, but we cannot see them doing that. To my eyes, it rather seem as if you have fallen asleep after taking too much drink... or drug," the reporter turned his head left and right as if waiting for people to agree and to his triumph, the reporter on his left and right side nodded.
"Why are you persisting that I have used drug, sir?" Li Lian took the reporter by his leg when she interrogated him. "By far you have been stopping me from showing the credibility of my words."