A Major Reversal

Two days later, Shen Qiong discovered that the number of followers on his Weibo had surprisingly increased to six thousand, tripling from the initial two thousand.

The additional several thousand followers were almost all there to curse him, and Shen Qiong believed many more people were paying attention to this matter, far beyond just these six thousand.

For some people, there were three things to consider daily: what to eat for breakfast, what to eat for lunch, and how to curse Shen Qiong.

"Today is the fourth day since I started following Master Shen. I'm happy to meet everyone here. Perhaps we should form an anti-fraud alliance to prevent tragedies like Teacher Yuan's from happening again."

"Indeed. Everyone can post the addresses of fortune tellers, diviners, and Feng Shui Masters near their homes, and we can expose them one by one."

"I agree, I'm signing up!"

"Speaking of which, I feel uncomfortable if I don't curse Master Shen today. I'm secretly sneaking to the restroom to shout a few times. Master Shen, you scoundrel!"

"I specifically told my mom about this today, hoping she can recognize these scammers. Thank you, Master Shen. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have known how harmful feudal superstitions could be."

"I wonder how Teacher Yuan is doing. I hope he recovers soon."

Just as these people were worrying pointlessly, Yuan Jiancheng, lying in the hospital bed, moved. His body suddenly twitched.

The woman guarding him immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Nurse, nurse, come quickly and see, is he about to wake up?"

Meanwhile, Ren Tianxue had already been waiting outside the ward. She blinked, watching the nurses bustle about, and murmured, "This Shen Qiong guy is truly miraculous. He said he'd recover in a couple of days, and now there are signs of recovery."

The nurse said joyfully, "He should wake up soon. He had a mental breakdown due to excessive stimulation and cerebral congestion, and couldn't recover immediately. Once he recovers, he should be fine, but he still needs to stay in the hospital for observation for a period."

"Thank you so much!" the woman said, holding the nurse's hand in gratitude.

The nurse smiled, "It's nothing, it's what we should do. By the way, you can pay the hospital fees for these past few days. If he wakes up, we can consider discharging him or moving him to another room for observation."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right now." The woman walked out of the room with the nurse.

An opportunity has arrived!!!

Ren Tianxue seized the chance to slip into the room and whispered into Yuan Jiancheng's ear, "Wake up!"

Yuan Jiancheng's eyebrows twitched slightly. She exclaimed in surprise, "He definitely heard me."

About thirty seconds later, Yuan Jiancheng woke up!!!

He opened his eyes and saw Ren Tianxue looking at him nervously. He was surprised and asked, "It's you?"

"What happened to me? Why am I in the hospital?" His head was still a bit fuzzy.

"You remember me?" Ren Tianxue asked excitedly. If he remembered her, it meant his mental state had recovered and he was no longer in a state of delusion.

Yuan Jiancheng gave a sad and desolate smile and said, "Of course I remember! I probably won't forget it in this lifetime. And Master Shen too."

Mentioning Shen Qiong, she immediately took out her phone and handed him the Weibo page she had already opened.

"This is?" Yuan Jiancheng glanced at the avatar of Master Shen's account and murmured, "Is this Master Shen's Weibo?"

"Wait... why are so many people cursing Master Shen?" He looked up at Ren Tianxue in surprise.

"You'll know if you keep reading," Ren Tianxue said, pointing at the phone.

She deliberately flipped to some pages with characteristic comments, believing Yuan Jiancheng would quickly see the problem.

"Bullshit Master Shen, causing so much harm."

"Finally saw a person's true face, it's truly ugly and disgusting."

"Teacher Yuan dedicated his life to education, only to fall into the hands of a charlatan in the end. This Master Shen deserves to be punished by everyone!!!"

"He's a devil, using people's desires to kill. He must be brought to justice."

"I suggest we do a doxxing on this Shen Qiong, also known as Shen Master. Teacher Yuan's incident is just the beginning. I believe there are many other victims."

"That's right, many people are cheated but dare not speak out for fear of losing face!"

Yuan Jiancheng asked in shock, "They are cursing Master Shen because of me?"

"That's right. Before you fainted, you were briefly in a state of mental confusion. People online all say Master Shen drove you insane," Ren Tianxue explained.

"Preposterous, utter nonsense!" Yuan Jiancheng said angrily. He hadn't expected that because of him, Master Shen would be pushed to the forefront and be slandered by countless people.

He continued to read the comments on Weibo. He even saw that someone had gone to his place and beaten Master Shen. Seeing this, Yuan Jiancheng stood up in anger, "No, someone must be deliberately framing Master Shen under the guise of speaking up for me. I must come forward to clarify this matter."

"How is Master Shen now? Is he injured?" he asked anxiously.

Ren Tianxue remembered how that guy had protected her and taken the beating. Her heart ached, "He's covered in wounds, but luckily they're all superficial. He should be fine after a few weeks of rest."

A few weeks to recover? That must mean he was seriously injured.

"Let's go, take me to see Master Shen. I need to apologize to him," Yuan Jiancheng said resolutely.

Ren Tianxue looked at Yuan Jiancheng's serious and anxious expression and smiled, "No need to rush. Actually, Master Shen had already predicted that you would regain consciousness today, which is why he specifically asked me to come and wait for you."

"Oh? He could predict that too?" He suddenly remembered how Master Shen had strongly opposed him investing in stocks back then. He sighed deeply again, his face full of regret.

"There are too many people cursing Master Shen online now, we can't possibly explain everything. The shop has also had almost no customers for about a week," Ren Tianxue informed him of the current situation.

"It's all my fault... I've even implicated Master," he said, lowering his head in deep guilt.

Ren Tianxue's eyes darted around, and she said expectantly, "How about you help film a short video? We can post it on Weibo to clarify things for Master Shen. This way, we can stop these uninformed netizens, and those who are causing trouble using your name will be exposed."

Yuan Jiancheng gritted his teeth, "Okay!"

Ren Tianxue immediately adjusted her phone to record, facing Yuan Jiancheng who was sitting on the hospital bed, and then gave him an OK gesture.

"Hello everyone, I am Yuan Jiancheng, also known as Teacher Yuan."

"Many incredible things have happened while I was unconscious. I only just found out myself. Let me solemnly explain to everyone again, Master Shen did not deceive me. It was I who was blinded by greed, wanting to change my luck, which is why I sought out Master Shen."

"As a result, Master Shen did not change my luck. He said I wasn't suited for the stock market and even tried to persuade me to clear my positions and exit. I had lost money at the time and couldn't make rational decisions, so I even argued with Master Shen."

Hearing this, Ren Tianxue deliberately mouthed the word "recording," wanting him to explain the matter of the recording.

"Because Master Shen strongly opposed me trading stocks, he even said that if I could make money in the stock market, no matter how much, he would give me double the amount. If I made ten thousand, he'd give me twenty thousand. I was blinded by greed and even recorded it!"

Yuan Jiancheng said with self-deprecation, "I was truly foolish. At the time, I had already guessed Master Shen's intentions. He wanted to use actions to tell me that he was convinced I wasn't suited for the stock market, and he was even willing to take such a risk and bet with me, all to persuade me to quit the market."

"If anyone criticizes Master Shen because of me, because of this incident, then you are wrong! You shouldn't use me as an example, because from the bottom of my heart, I respect Master Shen."

Ren Tianxue secretly rejoiced. With these words from him, countless netizens would likely have their faces slapped.

"I even heard that some people went to Master Shen's place and beat him up. I am deeply sorry for this and also very angry. Perhaps your intentions were good, but you shouldn't act recklessly without understanding the facts. This is a criminal offense."

Just then, the woman who had gone out to pay Yuan Jiancheng's hospital fees returned. She was very excited to see him awake, then looked at Ren Tianxue and her raised phone with a wary eye, and asked in shock, "What are you filming?"

Yuan Jiancheng didn't know that his wife had written an article of over ten thousand characters to slander Shen Qiong, and that the entire incident had even erupted because of his wife.

"I'm clarifying things for Master Shen..." he began.

Instantly, his wife froze. She took a step back in shock, staring at her husband in disbelief. "Clarifying? You're clarifying for him?"

Yuan Jiancheng found his wife's expression very strange and asked in surprise, "Yes! What's wrong?"

The woman thought of the article she had written and looked at her husband's bewildered expression. Her vision went black, and she fainted onto the ground.

With a thud, Yuan Jiancheng lunged forward and caught her body, shouting anxiously, "What's wrong? Wake up, wake up... Nurse! Nurse, quick!!!"

Ren Tianxue looked at the couple with complex emotions. Regarding the woman who had fainted, she thought, She brought this upon herself.

"Perhaps things are more complicated than you think. She did some foolish things, so don't blame her. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes."

Ren Tianxue said this and then left the ward, leaving Yuan Jiancheng alone to ponder.