Meanwhile, Cheng Lang finished his exam paper without a hitch. When the exam ended and he picked up his phone again, he was not surprised to see the matter trending. What surprised him was that online public opinion was actually fairly favorable toward him. The marketing accounts that had been steering the narrative beneath the video were still there, but their identical copy not only failed to win sympathy for Cheng Lang's birth mother—it also provoked a rebellious backlash from quite a few netizens. And those marketing accounts backed by either Star Entertainment Media or X City TV Station did not continue pushing the topic or revise their posts.
Cheng Lang's heart stirred as he secretly wondered whether their snow leopard had stepped in. Before he noticed, several classmates from the same exam room had slowly gathered around him.
"Cheng Lang..." The students crowded around him and said hesitantly, "Don't be sad."
"We're all on your side."
"That's right. Don't listen to the nonsense those online media outlets and marketing accounts are spouting. They're talking without knowing your pain. We understand you."
These classmates had hurried over the moment they finished their exams. Clearly, they did not yet know that the tide of online opinion had already shifted.
Cheng Lang smiled and gladly accepted his classmates' concern and comfort. When he picked up his phone again, he was somewhat surprised to find that a blogger with several million followers had spoken up for that woman. The blogger earnestly said, "Even if that woman abandoned you back then, shouldn't you at least ask why? No matter what, she's your biological mother. She gave birth to you. She gave you life, yet you want to send her to prison. Isn't that too vicious and immoral?"
Cheng Lang immediately laughed. He had been