Feng Ling immediately found the situation rather subtle.
They were all unfamiliar faces, yet the relationships between them were tangled and complicated. After tracing the connections around a few times, they somehow all turned out to be linked.
For instance, Li Yu had taken part in the Tunnel rescue operation.
And Lin Pengpeng was actually Pei Xianjue's fan.
At that moment, Wang Xunmei said, "Pei Xianjue seems to have quite a lot of gossip surrounding her."
"Huh? What gossip?" Li Yu hurriedly asked.
Wang Xunmei glanced at Lin Pengpeng. "Uh... it's not really anything. When someone gets famous, there's bound to be controversy."
Li Yu refused to let it go. "What gossip, exactly? Don't leave us hanging."
Wang Xunmei shrugged. "The usual stuff. People online question whether she became an Inspector through connections. They mock her for needing bodyguards despite being an Inspector, say she brought a Miss's airs into the workplace, and that she likes to hype herself up and grab the spotlight... Those are probably the main controversies."
Lin Pengpeng's smile faded as she defended her. "Is becoming an Inspector really something worth competing for? It's a job where you could lose your life at any time. Even if she got it through connections, she must have been prepared to sacrifice herself. Those people online are smearing Pei Xianjue over that alone. It's utterly unreasonable."
Wang Xunmei had no particular feelings toward Pei Xianjue, but now that she and Lin Pengpeng were teammates, she did not want this topic to create a rift between them. She nodded and replied, "Probably because the Pei family is too rich. A lot of people resent the wealthy."
Zhang Lu nodded as well and joined in at the right moment. "The Pei family really is rich. I remember that Cards were extremely