Jiang Jinran took out her phone. Jiang Yuehan's number flashed on the screen.
She thought Jiang Yuehan had most likely already seen the trending searches.
She answered the call-
Sure enough.
Jiang Yuehan had called to check whether she was safe.
She hadn't expected this bargain-bin big brother to care so much about her. Jiang Jinran sweetly assured him that she was fine.
Still, she was a little curious-
Would Jiang Yuehan worry about Jiang Chuji's safety?
Jiang Chuji, who had been at the Central Theater with her, was his family too...
In truth, the Jiang Family's relationships weren't particularly good.
That was the conclusion Jiang Jinran had reached after several days of observation.
The entire Jiang Family looked powerful, but they were like a heap of loose sand.
Though each of them was quite capable, they weren't united. They were like strangers, distant from one another, and some even seemed to bear grudges.
When a wealthy family basking in boundless glory met its downfall, it was often not struck down from outside, but undone from within.
With its relationships hanging by a thread like this, it was no surprise that the Jiang Family ultimately came crashing down.
In the end, Jiang Jinran didn't mention Jiang Chuji to Jiang Yuehan. After hanging up, she returned to her room.
Just then-
Weibo's trending searches updated!
In other words, there was a new development in Professor Li's disappearance!
She tapped into the trending topic. A young woman named Jin Mai had posted on Weibo.
This young woman was a student at the Imperial Capital Film Academy, and Professor Li, who had gone missing in this incident, was her advisor.
She had assumed it would be a student's Weibo post speaking up for her advisor and praying for him, but when Jiang Jinran opened Jin Mai's post-
It was the exact opposite.
In her Weibo post, Jin Mai accused Professor Li as though "screaming herself hoarse," every word seemingly written in blood-
Professor Li had withheld her project earnings, leaving her without a single cent.
Professor Li had ordered her around like a slave, making her handle all sorts of miscellaneous tasks.
Worst of all, Professor Li had subjected her to inappropriate harassment!
It was a lot to take in, and all the melon-eating spectators were stunned.
[Uh, so the victim was actually a monster?]
[How does this professor count as a victim? Maybe heaven couldn't stand watching anymore and took him away?]
[Holy shit, what a scumbag! I was just praying for him. Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! What rotten luck.]
[This made me sick. I seriously want to puke.]
[He's not just going to disappear like this, is he? Wouldn't that be letting him off easy? People like him need to be punished.]
[This is so dark! So disgusting!]
[My heart aches for this girl. I hope it doesn't leave her traumatized.]
Jiang Jinran quickly scrolled through her phone. Events had already developed beyond her expectations.
Jin Mai didn't stop exposing him.
She continued posting on Weibo-
As it turned out, Jin Mai wasn't the only one who had suffered at Professor Li's hands. There were many other female students at the film academy.
These students were all young and beautiful, but Professor Li had powerful influence, and he threatened them with their prospects of graduating...
So even after suffering injustice and hardship, they hadn't dared speak out.
But now, Jin Mai had spilled everything.
The trending topic about this post had exploded, throwing public opinion into an uproar.
[How did this scumbag get away with it for so long?]
[Oh, those poor girls. I hope justice won't come too late.]
[This breaks my heart. What did these girls ever do to deserve this?]
[Everyone, keep boosting this topic.]
Jiang Jinran felt something was off.
Why had Jin Mai chosen this moment to publicly expose Professor Li's crimes?
If Professor Li's mysterious disappearance at the Central Theater had drawn so much attention that Jin Mai wanted to seize the opportunity to expose his crimes...
That made perfect sense.
But Professor Li's whereabouts were unknown, and no one knew when he might return.
Wasn't Jin Mai afraid that, after returning, Professor Li would confront her, or even threaten her and retaliate?
Unless-
Jin Mai was certain Professor Li wouldn't return!
Just then-
Jin Mai published another new Weibo post.
She said that, with nowhere left to turn, she had once wanted to end her life.
But she simply couldn't accept it.
Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, she had come into contact with an organization. After thinking it over again and again, she decided to commission this organization to help her deal with Professor Li.
There were many organizations in this world. Mysterious and powerful, they were difficult for ordinary people to reach, yet they were everywhere.
To make a deal with an organization, one had to offer either a price that satisfied them or a bargaining chip that satisfied them.
Jin Mai wasn't wealthy. She couldn't afford the money the organization wanted, but she offered the bargaining chip she could give-
She was willing to offer her entire self.
In the end, the organization accepted the job.
Jin Mai wanted Professor Li to experience the suffering of being abducted and threatened, to fully recognize his mistakes, and to apologize to students like them before the whole world.
In other words, everything that had happened at the Central Theater today had actually been orchestrated by Jin Mai together with the organization behind her!
This Weibo post from Jin Mai overturned everyone's expectations!
[What organization? I'm really curious.]
[Holy shit, so you were the "mastermind" all along.]
[crazy]
[Professor Li is vile, but you can't mess with these organizations. Aren't you afraid they'll lead you into a ditch?]
[I had to read for ages before I understood. So the organization made the theater lights suddenly go out, and they took Professor Li away too? What organization is this? How are they so badass?]
[There's no need to trade your whole self to an organization. Aren't you afraid of getting screwed over?]
[This is satisfying, but I'm also a little worried.]
[Then what else was she supposed to do? Some people talk so easily when they're not the ones suffering. In that situation, only an organization that fears neither heaven nor earth could help her. You keyboard warriors weren't going to rescue them.]
[I actually understand her. Forget going to an organization-I even want to stab him myself.]
Before one wave subsided, another rose. With one reversal and explosive revelation after another, Jin Mai and Professor Li firmly occupied the top two spots on Weibo's trending searches.
Later, some netizens discovered that female students at the film academy who had suffered the same fate as Jin Mai at Professor Li's hands had also posted on Weibo in staunch support of her.
They considered Jin Mai their hero.
To stand against Professor Li and escape that hopeless mire, she had been willing to make a deal with an organization.
Some might not understand Jin Mai's actions, but they would have made the same choice in her place.
Simply because they knew how dark those days had been.
After reading the young women's statements, netizens felt both heartbroken and moved.
[This is a fight for justice. It's so tragic and heroic.]
[Sigh, they'd already been pushed to the point of having no way out.]
[Is there anything we can do to help them? Those poor girls.]
[Old man Li doesn't need to come back. Enjoy your suffering, hahaha.]
[But does what Jin Mai did count as a crime?]
[Jin Mai didn't even want to live anymore. She probably doesn't care.]
[Jin Mai is actively fighting back. She's very brave, and I support her.]
Jiang Jinran stared at her phone screen, sitting on the edge of her bed with her head lowered in thought.
Although Jin Mai hadn't revealed the organization's name, Jiang Jinran could be absolutely certain-
That organization was Divine Sound.