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This reply instantly ignited the thread, with almost everyone demanding more information. Some even speculated that the person who started the thread must be an insider.

Below, the comments were filled with requests for him to quickly reveal more.

However, ten minutes passed, and the anonymous poster didn’t reply again.

“It’s said that Yi Zechen’s background is not simple. What’s Mingsheng Group? His truly powerful background comes from his father’s connections. Mingsheng Group is at most wealthy, but he’s from an influential family, a ‘third-generation red’ [descendant of a high-ranking revolutionary].”

“It’s over. The poster surely hasn’t been investigated, have they?”

Just as the poster disappeared for half an hour, he surprisingly returned and replied.

“Two years ago, when Yi Zechen was participating in a Doctors Without Borders mission in a small African country, he disregarded the opposition of the ruling government and insisted on performing surgery to save the leader of an anti-government armed group. Moreover, that leader had, just over a month prior, commanded his subordinates to construct a car bomb that killed over fifty local civilians. As a result, local residents surrounded the Doctors Without Borders outpost, almost preventing the doctors from leaving.”

This revelation was truly explosive. Although some felt that the leaker had no evidence and might just be talking nonsense.

“Yi Zechen’s hand was injured in that chaos, and he had to withdraw from MSF because of the injury. This incident is no secret among MSF’s high-level executives. If it weren’t for his family’s powerful influence, the local people wouldn’t have let him return alive. He’s an accomplice to a mass murderer.”

Afterward, someone posted a report, extracted from an overseas website, about the Doctors Without Borders outpost being attacked. The discussion quickly turned to support this whistleblower.

This revelation, with both pictures and the truth, was quickly moved to Weibo, even made into a long Weibo post, accusing Yi Zechen. The comments were overwhelmingly critical, calling him an accomplice to a butcher. The malicious voices grew louder and louder. It seemed that in an instant, Yi Zechen became a person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

At this moment, at Mingsheng Group headquarters, Yi Zechen was presiding over a meeting, discussing the acquisition of a pharmaceutical company in Hong Kong. It was a company with a century-old brand, originally mainly dealing in traditional Chinese medicine preparations, but in recent years, it had expanded its business to Western medicine.

Most importantly, the controlling family of this pharmaceutical company was surnamed Lu.

The Hong Kong Lu family was considered an old money family, but unfortunately, since the death of its founder, Lu Jianhua, Baichuntang, the old pharmaceutical company, had been in decline. Its current market value had even dropped by half from its peak of over 50 billion.

The acquisition of Baichuntang had begun half a year ago.

Yi Zechen was a strong-willed person. After he took control of Mingsheng, he also changed Mingsheng’s modus operandi. Especially this year, he acquired medical research results from an American institute and two listed companies. Mingsheng was now the leading stock in medical shares, driving the entire medical sector.

Just on the eve of their acquisition of Baichuntang, a sudden exposé about Yi Zechen emerged.

Everyone understood that on the surface, it was targeting Yi Zechen, but in reality, it was aimed at Mingsheng Group.

“Regardless of the reason, do not stop the acquisition of Baichuntang,” Yi Zechen glanced down at the work report in his hand. Mingsheng had already made a verbal acquisition offer to Baichuntang last week, but Baichuntang had not responded.

Currently, it seemed highly likely they would refuse.

After the meeting, Yang Ming immediately reported the online post to him. He said, “I’ve already contacted the forum moderators to request deletion of the post, but they’ve been dragging their feet.”

The traffic such a sensational post could bring was imaginable. How could the forum easily delete it?

“And I also found a specialized technician who found that the other party’s IP is proxied and from abroad, so it’s impossible to trace,” for such malicious leaks, Yang Ming originally wanted to directly find out the other party’s address and then report it to the cyber police.

Unexpectedly, the other party was just as clever, even using a proxy IP.

Yang Ming saw his expressionless face and then whispered, “And we’ve found clear signs of online troll activity this time; it’s very targeted.”

He carefully glanced at Yi Zechen and softly said, “It’s aimed at you.”

What Yi Zechen did as a Doctors Without Borders member was probably known to very few people. The other party’s revelation was so detailed, even specifying the exact event. The leaker might even be someone close to him.

Although it wasn’t his place to ask, Yang Ming couldn’t help but remind him: “Mr. Yi, although the words of these online trolls are not to be trusted. However, ‘three people make a tiger’; it’s safer to clarify as soon as possible.”

Moreover, the online revelations also involved Mingsheng Group. The funds for Doctors Without Borders’ daily operations are obtained through fundraising. If there was truly self-serving behavior in procurement, it would undoubtedly be a scandal. At that time, let alone acquiring Baichuntang, whether Mingsheng itself could escape unscathed would be unknown.

Huo Ci only learned about this incident in the evening.

She hadn’t scrolled through Weibo all day, and if Mo Xingchen hadn’t called her, she wouldn’t have known.

She answered the phone and used her iPad to search for the post, only to find that in just one day, the replies alone were nearly 20,000, a truly viral speed.

“Why are people so quick to believe rumors these days?” Mo Xingchen truly hadn’t expected that Huo Ci and her husband would never have a moment’s peace.

First, Huo Ci was exposed as a homewrecker, which was later proven to be a deliberate frame-up.

Now, Yi Zechen was exposed with such a story. Huo Ci’s face fell as she roughly scanned the post, especially the words of the leaker.

“Huo Ci, why aren’t you saying anything?” Mo Xingchen had been talking for a long time without hearing a word from her.

She hesitantly asked, “Could what the leaker said be true?”

Huo Ci retorted, “If it’s true, do you think he did something wrong?”

Mo Xingchen was stumped by her question. Huo Ci sneered, continuing to ask her, “Do you remember what our homeroom teacher said in our first year of medical school?”

She didn’t even need to remind her; Mo Xingchen, of course, remembered. She said, “We are doctors, not judges.”

Huo Ci didn’t know if Yi Zechen had truly encountered such an incident, but even if he did save that anti-government armed leader, she didn’t feel he had done anything wrong. A doctor’s responsibility is to treat illnesses and save lives, while judging a person is for a judge to do.

It was a pity that these people online didn’t understand. They thought this person deserved to die, and no one should save him.

Just then, the sound of a door opening came from the entrance.

She looked up and saw Yi Zechen open the door and walk in. Huo Ci spoke into the phone, “Alright, I’ll hang up now.”

“How was your day?” Yi Zechen reached out to hug her, asking softly.

Huo Ci chuckled, then frowned and said, “Sister Qian’s cooking is too good. I think I’m definitely going to gain weight.”

“It doesn’t matter, you’re so beautiful that even if you’re a bit fuller, you’ll still look good,” surprisingly, Mr. Yi, who was usually cold and spoke little, had apparently focused all his language skills on complimenting Huo Ci.

He leaned down and rubbed her forehead. Huo Ci smiled softly. She didn’t bring up the malicious post.

But she could tell his spirits weren’t high.

Huo Ci didn’t know what to say to comfort him. From the moment he chose to become a doctor, he only focused on treating illnesses and saving lives. Perhaps he wasn’t a great person, but he certainly was a responsible doctor. From the beginning of their acquaintance, Huo Ci understood him.

He put all his heart and effort into his work at MSF. He gave up the excellent conditions at the Hong Kong hospital and his life in China. All just to go to a completely unfamiliar country to help those in poverty and conflict.

But now, the experience he should be proud of had become a reason for others to attack him.

Huo Ci found it disgusting that those who only needed to tap on a keyboard would bind him to a moral judgment.

She slightly raised her heels and lightly kissed his chin, unable to help but smile: “Mr. Yi, you’re very good at coaxing people now.”

“I just learned to tell the truth.”

Huo Ci truly laughed this time. She hugged his waist and rubbed against him happily.

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Nan Wan walked by, head still bowed under her hat and sunglasses.

Now, she was like a rat scurrying across the street. Yongshi Jewelry’s single Weibo post had completely crushed her. Not only were all her contracts terminated, but her agent, Xu Wei, had also announced the termination of her contract yesterday.

Nan Wan had stayed home for a few days, but she couldn’t wait any longer.

She had to find this person. If it weren’t for this person, she wouldn’t have fallen to this point today.

She had been waiting in the underground parking lot for over an hour. Then she saw someone walk up to the red Audi. In the quiet parking lot, with the sound of a car door opening, Nan Wan rushed over.

“Miss Lu,” Nan Wan rushed to Lu Yongxin’s car, blocking her attempt to close the door.

Lu Yongxin was suddenly stopped by her, initially showing a hint of panic. But when she looked up and saw who it was, she suddenly sneered. She said flatly, “It’s you.”

“Miss Lu, I’ve called you many times,” Nan Wan said, somewhat embarrassed.

Lu Yongxin looked at her disdainfully and asked blandly, “Is there something you need?”

“Miss Lu, as you can see, Yongshi Jewelry is treating me like this. Back then, you all agreed to steal the idea. Now you can’t just let me take all the blame, can you?” Nan Wan hadn’t expected her attitude to be so cold.

Lu Yongxin chuckled, scrutinizing her, then shook her head with disdain and said, “Look at you now. Don’t you look like a stray dog?”

“You...” Nan Wan was stunned.

Lu Yongxin simply got out of the car again, pushed her directly out of the car door, telling her not to block it anymore.

“You say I agreed. Do you have proof?”

Although Nan Wan had already guessed she would be treated this way, she came with a sliver of hope. Her eyes suddenly turned fierce, and she said angrily, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell Huo Ci all these things? You were the one who hired paparazzi to take pictures of her being framed as a homewrecker.”

“If you have evidence, go ahead,” Lu Yongxin made a ‘please’ gesture. As she got into the car, she glanced at her disdainfully again: “If not, don’t bother me again. You lost, which only means you’re useless.”

“Don’t think you can keep harming Huo Ci like this. Don’t forget, she has Yi Zechen behind her,” Nan Wan had long heard that Yi Zechen was behind the Yongshi Jewelry incident.

Otherwise, Xu Wei wouldn’t have terminated her contract immediately. Xu Wei was afraid of being blacklisted along with her.

Nan Wan’s ship was sinking, and everyone could see that.

Lu Yongxin sneered, immediately reversing the car. The rear-view mirror clipped Nan Wan, knocking her backward.

Soon, the red Audi disappeared.

Nan Wan desperately clenched her fists, glaring fiercely in the direction the car had vanished.

Even if she had to die, she would drag someone down with her.