Chapter 150: Xiao Xu Will Never Lose Sister Tu Again
"So, are you sighing over your job?" Hao Ren asked with a smile.
"Not really!" Tu Hengsha thought for a moment before saying, "A journalist who can scoop a piece of news that goes viral online has talent; some people never encounter such a chance in their entire life, but this kind of virality can be frightening. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but our pen—no, now it’s the keyboard—is a double-edged sword; it can save people, but it can also harm them."
"No need to think so much." Hao Ren said, "Everyone has their own principles, knowing what to do and what not to do; being truthful and having a clear conscience is enough."
She shook her head and sighed again. The keyboard in her hands was controllable, but the fermentation of public opinion was not. No one knew what kind of life a person involved in a viral story would face after becoming "famous" overnight across the internet, whether the news was positive praise or negative exposure.
However, she thought maybe she was indeed overthinking it; weren’t they just making a living? As Hao Ren said, having a clear conscience was enough.
The woman in the news was called Peipei, and the self-media that forwarded the story dubbed it the Peipei Incident.
The Peipei Incident continued to ferment.
When many netizens demanded the disclosure of donation accounts, Su Rongxing released the second part about the Peipei Incident, that is, a follow-up investigation: Peipei’s hospitalization expenses since the start of the crowdfunding, and an investigation into Peipei’s family’s and in-laws’ financial situation.
In this part, it was already obvious that there was a large discrepancy between the donation amount and Peipei’s medical expenses; at least tens of thousands of yuan were not used for treatment before she was discharged.
During the investigation into her family’s situation, there were phone interview recordings with her mother-in-law and father.
Her mother-in-law stated the family was not wealthy; they had exhausted their savings on Peipei’s illness and didn’t plan to continue treatment anymore because spending more money would be futile, and as for the donation money, she claimed to know nothing about it.