Rumors regarding Susan came and went in a flash.
If they hadn't dragged Iron Man and Superman into the mix.
Onlookers wouldn't even have known who Susan was.
In barely a single morning, the main rumor-mongers were apprehended.
Two of the masterminds, John and Flora, were locked up and denied bail no matter how much money was offered.
The rest of the rumor-mongers were currently under investigation, awaiting final sentencing.
The sheer speed of the arrests left the watching public dumbfounded.
Major rumor-spreading forums and news headlines were likewise being purged.
Until a video hit the homepage of every major forum and was quickly pinned and verified.
That finally settled the matter once and for all and put the incident to rest.
Over at Lin Feng's villa, Susan was sitting blankly on the sofa.
Skye was nearby with headphones on, fiddling with a laptop and occasionally reporting her battle achievements to Susan.
Until Skye saw a pinned video and froze.
Skye pulled off her headphones and switched to external audio.
"Susan! Look, Stark actually made a video to clear your name!"
"Oh my god, is your little man this powerful?"
Skye looked at the video title and comments, clicking her tongue in amazement.
Able to make Tony Stark shoot a clarification video, Skye developed a massive interest in Lin Feng's identity.
She pushed the laptop toward Susan and clicked the play button.
The two of them watched it together.
The picture was extremely clear, with Tony Stark sitting right in the middle of the screen.
He wore casual indoor clothes, and his expression was somewhat solemn.
He leaned forward.
"JARVIS! Has it started?"
"It has, sir."
"Very good!" Tony clapped his hands, announcing the start of the video.
"Ahem, I suppose I don't need to do an introduction."
Tony spoke directly into the camera.
"I assume there's no one who doesn't know me!"
"I originally didn't want to record this video."
"But to help a friend of mine, I've decided to record it anyway."
"Everyone has been paying attention lately to the rumors surrounding Susan Carter."
"I think some people have lost their minds. Susan is my friend's woman! And you're actually saying she's latching onto me for clout?"
"Are you trying to drive a wedge between us? Huh?" Tony asked with a frown.
"Let alone how utterly ridiculous this matter is, because I believe that by the time this video goes out—"
"—is when those rumor-mongers get arrested!"
"Anyone who knows me knows I generally don't reply directly to scandals about myself."
"Because I don't care whether they're true or false."
Tony Stark exuded an aura of total confidence, his tone laced with a teasing, humorous color.
"However, this incident is different."
"You want the truth, right?"
"Now I'm going to give you the truth!"
"The vehicle that went to pick up Ms. Susan Carter that day was indeed a Stark Industries car."
"And the driver was Happy. I'll admit to that much."
"What I want to say is that a young shareholder of ours was experiencing his first romance."
"He had no experience, so I arranged an evening itinerary for him."
"Is there a problem with that?"
"I don't get it, do you people have nothing better to do with your time?"
"Can a thing like this be rumored to such an extent?"
"Susan's boyfriend is a shareholder of Stark Industries. He can use the company cars whenever he wants, whether to pick up his girlfriend or for anything else."
"That is the truth of the matter!"
"I'm warning those who don't know their place: Susan Carter is the family of a Stark Industries shareholder."
"You need evidence before you speak!"
"As for those shoddy composite pictures of yours, along with so-called textual truths—"
"I just want to laugh when I look at them. They're too low-class!"
Tony rambled on in the video, explaining the ins and outs of the situation.
The simultaneous viewer count of the video was climbing straight up.
"As for the final question—"
"Ms. Susan Carter, and this rumor about Superman—"
At this point, Tony Stark suddenly burst out laughing.
"Regarding this... rumor, it might be a bit different from what you imagine."
"I bet you definitely didn't see this truth coming!"
As he spoke, Tony stood up from his chair, picked up the camera, and panned it toward the side.
"Ms. Susan Carter's boyfriend is not only a shareholder of Stark Industries."
"He is also someone you are very, very familiar with."
"Hm? How should I put this—let him explain it himself!"
Tony aimed the camera at Lin Feng.
"Come on! Lin, say hello!"
Lin Feng's figure appeared in the frame, dressed in a black suit with a pair of thin-rimmed glasses.
His entire person looked slender and refined.
He looked precisely like a young CEO straight out of a television drama.
Some people had already recognized him as the man from the rumors who had been mistaken for a driver.
Though it had already been clarified that the driver was Happy, while he himself was a shareholder of Stark Industries.
And at the same time, Susan Carter's boyfriend!
Lin Feng smiled at the camera and gave a greeting.
"Hello everyone, I didn't expect to appear before you in this kind of way!"
"Without further ado, I'll jump straight to the question you care about."
"Regarding the issue of how Susan always manages to snap news about Superman—"
"I think I have a lot of say in that..."
Lin Feng cut straight to the chase in the video, revealing the inside story of the second rumor.
Back in his villa, Skye glanced at Susan and said with some envy, "Your boyfriend is a Stark Industries shareholder?"
"Good grief, no wonder he can afford a villa..."
Skye admitted that she was a little envious.
Susan smiled awkwardly. She hadn't told Skye some of the information regarding Lin Feng.
Even though the two of them were very close friends, it still went back to what she said before: Susan respected Lin Feng's personal privacy.
"Keep going, keep watching the video..." Susan changed the subject.
On the screen, Lin Feng continued speaking.
"Susan and Superman actually knew each other long before Superman became famous."
"Their acquaintance stemmed from an accident."
"As for what kind of accident, it's not convenient for me to go into detail here."
"I can only say that 99% of the recent remarks regarding Susan are completely false."
"I hope citizens won't blindly follow the trend, and certainly stop forwarding those rumors."
"Otherwise, you'll have the authorities coming after you!"
Lin Feng wore a smile, his words filled with banter.
The implication went without saying.
Yet some people watching the video scoffed at it.
The reason was simple.
Although Lin Feng was a shareholder of Stark Industries.
He actually didn't possess much public credibility or fame on a personal level.
This was what they called being humble in position and weak in voice.
People wouldn't know who you were, so they wouldn't be very willing to believe what you said.
Lin Feng of course knew this.
He had already discussed it with Tony in advance.
It was time to drop a major bomb.
The video continued to play.
Lin Feng in the footage pondered for a moment.
"I believe many people don't know me, so they're also unwilling to believe what I say."
"They might ask, how do you know Superman and Susan have known each other for a long time?"
"Some people also feel I'm pathetic, having my girlfriend running around everywhere with Superman every day."
"Well, to this situation I can only say—I am not jealous."
"Because my identity as a Stark Industries shareholder is somewhat unfamiliar to everyone."
"But most people watching the video have seen my other identity."
As his voice trailed off, the citizens watching the video were all scratching their heads in confusion.
Could it be that Susan's boyfriend had other identities besides being a Stark Industries shareholder?
Susan, sitting in the villa, faintly had some guesses in her heart.
She stared unblinkingly at the screen, yet some worry grew in her heart.
The next second, Lin Feng in the footage took off his glasses and removed his ring.
In an instant, a sense of familiarity rushed into everyone's hearts.
Countless citizens only felt that this face was very familiar, as if they had seen it somewhere before.
Yet for a moment they couldn't remember.
The answer was quickly revealed.
Lin Feng, having removed his glasses and ring, actually slowly floated up into midair!
The next second, a pitch-black combat suit slowly covered Lin Feng's entire body.
The huge S-shaped emblem marked his identity!
The very moment the Superman suit donned.
Countless citizens stared dumbfounded at the screen.
Screams, disbelief, so that was how it was.
On this day, cries of oh my god resounded throughout New York.
No one had thought.
This handsome young man was actually the superhero who frequently appeared in the news.
Superman!
Even less did they expect that Superman would actually voluntarily expose his identity to give an account of this matter.
The Stark Industries shareholder, and the boyfriend of rumor victim Susan.
Was actually Superman!