Chapter 1077: 1139: Writing Boldly - She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 1077: Chapter 1139: Writing Boldly

“I didn’t call you to hear your sarcasm. Help me publish something in the newspaper.”

“You’re the first to want to appear in One Weekly voluntarily. Go ahead!”

“Just issue a public statement saying that from now on, I, Qin Yue, sever all ties with the Qin Family!”

“Alright, you’ve got guts. I’m starting to admire you a little.”

“Shut up, I can’t take your admiration.”

After Meng Ping hung up, he called Xu Mo into his office. He detailed the Qin Family’s background, leaving Xu Mo utterly stunned.

“Boss, won’t writing this cause trouble?” Offending people with such backgrounds? Besides, much of the content is unfounded; if it’s incorrect, it’s just fabrication.

“Write it. Write boldly. However you want to write it, write it that way.”

“Really?” Before returning to the country, Xu Mo had mentally prepared for lack of freedom of speech. He didn’t expect not only freedom but too much of it.

“Absolutely real!” Meng Ping slapped the table, his handsome face suddenly magnifying in Xu Mo’s eyes. Using an extremely solemn tone, he said, “Not just these things, also do a separate feature on this murder case.”

“How should it be written?” Should he write boldly, or investigate facts first?

“Just write about Han Xiaoqiu’s attempt to silence someone, only to cause her own downfall. Too much evil leads to self-destruction! That’s the framework, and the specific content you can craft yourself. Use your imagination; the main goal is to critique Han Xiaoqiu’s vile character.”

“But… but she’s dead. Isn’t that inappropriate?”

“Why not?” Meng Ping widened his eyes, “If you dare not to write, then go home and fend for yourself.”

“Okay, okay…” Xu Mo thought if he wrote, his imagination ran wild, not his fault.

One Weekly came out at unprecedented speed, even three days early. Meng Ping invested heavily, with a buy-one-get-one-free offer, even giving them away for free.

The goal was to spread the content widely.

The most eye-catching was the recent highly-publicized murder case, where Xu Mo, with three whole pages, extensively described Han Xiaoqiu’s jealousy-driven attempts against a prodigy girl.

The prodigy, driven to the brink, tried to resist. Xu Mo included a mind-blowing twist that even left Meng Ping, his boss, amazed and applauding.

Well done! It’s well written.

Xu Mo wrote in the magazine that Dong Shuhua was the real culprit, Sheng An merely framed.

This infuriated the Shen Family greatly. Although some of Dong Shuhua’s actions discontented them, she was still the Shen Family’s daughter-in-law. How could they distort the truth?

Far away in the Southern District, the Qin Family was even more furious, including Qin Shuang, who wanted to watch the drama.

Because Qin Yue had published in the newspaper cutting ties with the Qin Family, even changing his name from Qin Yue to Sheng Yue.

The name change was another of Xu Mo’s flights of fancy.

Meng Ping was so pleased that he tripled the salary.

The already unstable events became increasingly tense after this ruckus. No one from the Hai Family stepped forward, but Sheng Ning couldn’t sit back. She tried to meet Hai Yunfeng at the General Political Department several times, being refused every time.

But she was persistent and finally blocked Hai Yunfeng at the General Union Courtyard.

“Minister Hai!”

“Sheng Ning?” Hai Yunfeng’s attitude was as usual, “Have you eaten? Do you want to eat at our place?”

“No need!” Sheng Ning took a deep breath, trying to make her tone sound polite. “Minister Hai, I’m really sorry about my sister. Isn’t there any room for turning things around?”

Upon hearing this, Hai Yunfeng was momentarily stunned, memories of Sheng An pulling him out of the school gate resurfaced. “If I say I did nothing, would you believe me?”

“I believe!” Sheng Ning nodded without hesitation, “I absolutely trust Minister Hai’s integrity.” This was known district-wide, but she needed more than Hai Yunfeng’s inaction.

Not taking action is, in essence, a form of action.

“That’s enough then!”

“Minister Hai, my sister is still so young, she’s innocent. If Han Xiaoqiu hadn’t approached her, none of this would have happened.”

“I know!” Hai Yunfeng nodded, “But Han Xiaoqiu is dead, and that’s a fact no one can change.”

“You can! Minister Hai, you are a dignified elder, respected by everyone. I’m begging you, can you?”

Hai Yunfeng was expressionless, “I have no issues with Sheng An, in fact, I admire her. Precisely because of this, I did nothing. If I really intervened, she’d have only one outcome – death.”

After saying this, he paused, looking at Sheng Ning with wise eyes, “Of course, she did overreact in self-defense, so she doesn’t deserve death. But even overreacting in self-defense is a crime, which also requires consequences.”

“Minister Hai, you keep saying you did nothing, but you’re the biggest manipulator behind the scenes. Because everyone’s watching you, your attitude implicitly permits them. Once you don’t express an opinion, some will pounce like mad dogs. Their goal isn’t just self-defense; they want my sister dead.”

“Don’t worry, with the Su Family and Meng Family joining forces, your sister won’t die.” Hai Yunfeng finished speaking and started walking home. Sheng Ning stood there dazed, hearing Hai Yunfeng’s last words echoing in her ears.

‘Your sister won’t die.’

“Minister Hai, you’ll regret this. One day, I’ll make you regret today’s choice.” Sheng Ning suddenly shouted, her voice loud enough for surrounding households to hear.

Many looked at her in shock, utterly surprised by her audacity.

It was all the Su Family’s upbringing, daring to shout at Hai Yunfeng, she was the first. Even the hot-tempered Shen Feihu had to be obedient in Hai Yunfeng’s presence.

This courage, is it ignorance or fearlessness?

Hai Yunfeng had one foot inside the courtyard and one foot outside when he paused. In his mind, Sheng An’s smile flashed again, his previously cold heart, for some reason, suddenly ached.

The pain made him instinctively clutch his chest.

“Dad, what’s wrong?” Hai Shen, hearing the noise, was about to come out and saw Hai Yunfeng’s pained expression. He rushed over worriedly, “Dad, are you okay?”

“I’m fine!” Hai Yunfeng stood straight, shook off Hai Shen’s hand, and walked inside.

Hai Shen shrugged apologetically at Sheng Ning, then followed Hai Yunfeng inside.

“Dad, is there really no other solution to this?” He actually had a good impression of Sheng An, even better than Sheng Ning.

“We’ve already compromised; it’s Sheng Ning and the Su Family’s demands that are too high.”

“Sigh!” Hai Shen sighed, feeling helpless, as the vendetta was complete, and he was embarrassed to go to the War Wolf Rescue Team anymore. “Dad, why did Aunt Han go looking for Sheng An? What was her motive?”