"Mhm." Ye Wanwan murmured a response, before burying her head back into the blankets to continue sleeping.
Shen Yi, on the other hand, picked up his phone and got out of bed. It was already past eight in the morning, but because the blackout curtains were drawn, no light seeped in, giving the illusion that it was still dark outside.
Shen Yi thought that Assistant Chen was calling him about work. As he walked out, he answered the call, "Hello."
"Manager Shen, there’s been trouble!"
Assistant Chen’s anxious voice came through the phone, and Shen Yi’s brows furrowed slightly, though his tone remained calm, "What happened?"
"Madam has been cursed out and reached the top of the trending search this morning!" Assistant Chen said.
Shen Yi, who had been about to open the bedroom door, paused, turning slightly to glance back at the still-sleeping figure on the bed and asked in a deep voice, "What’s going on?"
"At around three in the morning, an unknown account posted a video of Madam bullying a classmate in junior high school. By this morning at seven, it had topped the trending search." Assistant Chen recounted everything he knew.
Shen Yi had already stepped out of the bedroom and was walking toward the study. Hearing Assistant Chen’s words, he couldn’t help frowning, "Bullying?"
"Yes." Assistant Chen was not clear on the details either, only having seen the video before making the call. In the video, Madam indeed had done those things.
Then Assistant Chen continued, "Manager Shen, we caught wind of this too late, and now it’s completely blown up online."
"Under every related video or article, there’s nothing but cursing at Madam, and now even if we push down the trending search, I’m afraid it won’t make much difference."
"Wanwan wouldn’t do such a thing," Shen Yi said without any hesitation.
Shen Yi was no fool; he knew what that was and what it implied.
But he firmly believed that Ye Wanwan was not that kind of person.
Shen Yi thought for a moment, "Regardless of whether it works or not, first pull down the trending search. Then, have someone investigate who posted the video and verify its authenticity."
"Understood," Assistant Chen replied promptly.
Shen Yi thought for a moment and then asked, "What’s the situation with He Qingyun?"
Now whenever there was something unfavorable about Ye Wanwan, He Qingyun was Shen Yi’s first suspect.
"There’s nothing unusual with Miss He," Assistant Chen said.
"Keep a close eye on her, see if this incident is related to her," Shen Yi commanded.
"Got it," Assistant Chen confirmed before hanging up the phone to carry out Shen Yi’s orders.
After Shen Yi hung up the phone, he wanted to check out the video Assistant Chen had mentioned.
But since Shen Yi didn’t even have a Weibo account, he had to download the app to watch the video.
When Shen Yi saw the video at the top of Weibo’s headlines, and the dense barrage of comments within, his brows knitted together.
Assistant Chen had said that Madam was cursed out and trending, and Shen Yi hadn’t been overly worried then, but seeing the barrage and how unspeakably vile it was made him realize what being "cursed out and trending" really entailed!
Shen Yi’s expression darkened as he exited the app and went on to look at other videos and articles related to Ye Wanwan.
However, whether in videos or articles, netizens were using the most venomous tones to curse Ye Wanwan.
The more Shen Yi read, the harder it became to contain the anger rising within him!
He couldn’t imagine how furious and frightened Wanwan would be if she saw these comments!