Chapter 219
Hao Ren picked up the phone, greeted with a "hello," and then fell silent, listening for several minutes before hanging up.
Tissue’s phone rang again. Just as she was about to hang up, Hao Ren shook his head, took the call for her, and did the same—kept silent, letting the person on the other end spew all sorts of obscene language until finally hanging up.
"Recorded, saved." Hao Ren handed her back the phone.
She nodded silently, then subconsciously started scrolling through online comments, but Hao Ren turned off her monitor, "Don’t look, it’s worthless."
He wouldn’t let her look, but he himself started browsing on his phone. Sure enough, his and Tissue’s information, from phone numbers to home addresses to ID numbers, were all exposed. A wave of people attacked their ID photos, first targeting their looks—ugly, B-face, sleazy, harsh—then jumping from looks to personal character, declaring him as looking like a rapist and Tissue as looking like a mistress, someone who’s been with too many men.
Hao Ren scoffed and tossed his phone back onto the desk, dismissing the repetitive tricks.
In the afternoon, Chief Zhou’s personal account and Chenjiang Daily’s official comment section and direct messages were overwhelmed, demanding severe punishment for Hao Ren and Tissue. The operations team couldn’t handle it and asked Chief Zhou if they should issue a statement first.
Chief Zhou firmly denied it: No need!
Still in the afternoon, Hao Ren and Tissue contacted Liu Hong’s parental home and in-laws, all of whom refused to speak with them again.
At dusk, more explosive news broke: Liu Hong had recanted her statement. She still admitted to the murder but denied that the victim had abused her; instead, she said she had long harbored grievances against the victim due to emotional discord, and impulsively killed him following a verbal altercation. Her previous domestic abuse claim was meant for a lighter sentence.
Watching all this unfold, Hao Ren just sneered. He would bet, if this wasn’t someone manipulating from behind the scenes, he’d give up his press card and never work in this field again! But clearly, this person was no ordinary individual; could even change Liu Hong’s statement in custody?