If it weren’t for Lan Yu’s outcry, Lu Sheng and the others really wouldn’t have known that so much had happened on Weibo during the time none of them were paying attention.
Therefore, in the next ten minutes or so, Lan Yu’s exclamations came one after another.
"Damn, that sugared chestnut is Chen Li, right? She looks so introverted and quiet in class, but turns out she’s a beauty blogger with over two million followers behind our backs?"
"Damn, those people commenting below are our classmates, right? Never thought they hardly talked to Shengsheng before, and now they are all supporting Shengsheng unanimously, I’m so touched."
"Damn, Old Mr. Ji posted on Weibo! My god, Old Mr. Ji is so bold and daring, he outright said he doesn’t believe the words in that anonymous post."
"Damn, Professor Wu Anmin also posted on Weibo, saying that Shengsheng is a genius who overturns everyone’s cognition!"
"Damn!! FSI!! FSI actually officially stepped in to support Shengsheng, even saying that they will pursue legal action against those who slander Shengsheng under FSI’s name!"
Lan Yu’s speed of surfing the internet for gossip is admirable.
Except for her, Lu Sheng, Lu Youming, Lu Youye, and Huo Yu had hardly used Weibo before. Through Lan Yu’s series of exclamations of live commentary, they got the gist of what happened without opening each one by one.
Lu Sheng didn’t browse Weibo, and only now sees that Li Muchen had sent her a message on WeChat that afternoon.
[Baby, I’ve contacted FSI Mei Country officials. After discussing their PR strategies, they will post a statement on Weibo to verify your identity.]
[You don’t need to worry about Professor Peng, I’ve contacted the police, and they said that there is currently no substantial evidence found, Professor Peng will be released tonight.]
No wonder FSI also stepped in.
FSI isn’t active in promoting in China, but the Li Group appears to sponsor FSI, hence Li Muchen’s words naturally carry weight with the officials.
Now, Lu Sheng opens her own Weibo post from last night, the overall public sentiment has taken a drastic turn.
The malicious sarcasm and insults previously dominating have significantly decreased, and the latest comments are all praises about how awesome she is and expressing their liking for her.
This is probably the current state of netizens today.
How many of those who insult her genuinely dislike her, and how many of those who praise her truly like her; most are just following the trend to boost their presence.
Maybe amongst those who now say they like her, there are keyboard warriors who previously spewed vitriol on her.
This is also the reason why Lu Sheng previously didn’t care much about those comments.
Easy declarations of like and dislike are very superficial. The deeper feelings are, the harder they are to casually express.
After going through all the trending searches related to Lu Sheng, Lan Yu couldn’t help but say, "This is great!"
"Now we can finally hold our heads high. The faces of those trolls must be swollen now, feels so good."
"However... although the tide has turned in Shengsheng’s favor, and the issue about Professor Peng luring underage girls with opportunities has been clarified, other matters are still not cleared up."
Thus, Lu Sheng looked up and said, "Next, it’s up to us."
Since this afternoon’s series of events where her identity was verified, Lu Sheng’s search popularity on Weibo skyrocketed.
Her followers also surged to over 300,000. Many people set her as a special follow, eager to see what her first Weibo post after the storm would say.
At 9:30 pm, Lu Sheng truly posted another Weibo, which many excitedly clicked into.
However, contrary to what the netizens expected, Lu Sheng did not thank the several prominent figures and FSI for their praise, nor did she thank the netizens for their affection.
Her post was a well-logical long text.
Combining a series of neatly arranged screenshots attached to the post, she methodically explained and clarified the accusations against Peng Hongyuan point by point ①②③.
Netizens really didn’t expect this situation to have yet another twist!
Turns out the real villain was not Peng Hongyuan, but the vice dean of Beijing University Medical School, who always maintained a good public image, Professor Jiang Yusheng?!
Lu Sheng made it very clear using the screenshots, the photos were secretly taken by Jiang Yusheng, and it was he who sent them to Journalist Wang of Jiang City Daily.
This Journalist Wang received three hundred thousand from Jiang Yusheng, took the secretly taken photos and the photoshopped screenshots sent by Jiang, and published reports to instigate public opinion, hiring a troll army to lead the online mob.
What shocked the netizens more was the last two photos in the images, pieced together one above the other.
Both photos were of smartphones, the first photo showed a user interface of an original account ID in Beijing University’s internal forum.
While the second photo showed the posting record of that account, the only post in it was shockingly the anonymous post accusing Peng Hongyuan of sexual harassment and attempted rape!
Whose phone is this? Jiang Yusheng’s?
Does that mean the anonymous post was actually not made by a student who was sexually harassed and almost raped, but by Jiang Yusheng himself??
Just when all the netizens were incredibly shocked, further excited by this major plot twist, they suddenly noticed that Lu Sheng’s Weibo live broadcast room unexpectedly opened without any prior notice.
At this critical moment, Lu Sheng started a live broadcast?!
All the netizens perked up and immediately clicked into the live broadcast room.
Oddly enough, Lu Sheng wasn’t on camera; the screen was totally black.
But the next second, they heard an exasperated voice of abuse coming from the live broadcast room.
It sounded exactly like it came from Professor Jiang Yusheng, who always touted himself on Weibo with his refined, knowledgeable, and high-quality character.
"Lu Sheng, I xxxx! You this xx little xxx, actually dared to come over and let Youming electrocute me, and now dare to help tie me to a chair??"
"You xx better not untie me, otherwise I’ll xxx you, this xxx! You just wait!"