Addiction sets in at night; even the abstinent older man has fallen for it.

Mu Tiantian immediately recognized the woman as the reporter who had asked her father a question not long ago, and changed her elbowing motion to a gentle push.

The female reporter thought the young couple were just flirting.

She glanced at Ling Jieyu and Mu Tiantian ambiguously, then tactfully walked away without making a sound to disturb them.

Mu Tiantian listened intently to the footsteps, peeked out, and watched the female reporter go into the restroom. Taking advantage of Ling Jieyu's gaze, she forcefully pushed Ling Jieyu away.

Ling Jieyu was prepared and took a half step back without falling.

Mu Tiantian was too lazy to talk to Ling Jieyu any further and walked back to the lobby alone.

Ling Jieyu followed.

He was tall and had long legs, so he quickly walked up behind Mu Tiantian.

Mu Tiantian couldn't walk fast because she was wearing high heels.

Ling Jieyu leaned closer, lowered his head slightly, and whispered in Mu Tiantian's ear, "Mu Tiantian, explain yourself clearly."

He stopped halfway through his sentence, leaving the reader in suspense.

Mu Tiantian felt that if she didn't tell him, Ling Jieyu would keep asking her like a fly.

She stopped, stared at the photographers, and asked Ling Jieyu, "Do you know which media outlets reported the most extensively on the scandal involving my father's restaurant? Did any of the companies represented by the reporters invited here cover it?"

"I told you, I was young then, I didn't know anything," Ling Jieyu explained again.

But he still followed Mu Tiantian's gaze and looked over.

I don't know if they report on Uncle Qin, but there are quite a lot of news reports about me.

Ling Jieyu saw two familiar faces and joked to himself.

His negative news was reported by those two media outlets.

However, he didn't take it seriously and wasn't particularly angry.

He felt he needed to make Mu Tiantian understand one thing: "Isn't the job of a media person just about seizing a hot topic to report on? That's how they make a living. How else would they earn money?"

It's just the butterfly effect; once something becomes controversial, one media outlet reports it, and others follow suit.

The culprit is Fu Zhenlong. If Fu Zhenlong hadn't paid the media to cover the story more extensively, the matter wouldn't have blown up so much.

Although the internet was not as developed back then as it is now, many people still had the habit of reading newspapers. Making it onto the front page of a newspaper could still cause a great sensation, especially since it involved food-related problems that were a matter of life and death, which the public took very seriously.

"You have to understand, no matter how capable a person is, there's one thing they can't control: public opinion. If you're going to blame the media for reporting, you'll never be able to find out the truth. The media is just following the trend. Take myself for example, I was just having a normal relationship, but the media labeled me a playboy. Compared to those men who juggle multiple relationships or keep two or three mistresses, what kind of playboy am I..."

He thought Mu Tiantian was trying to exonerate Fu Zhenlong because she liked Fu Zhengting, so he couldn't help but remind her.

Mu Tiantian frowned. Even a young man like Ling Jieyu believed that the main reason was Fu Zhenlong's framing.

Not to mention that even a biological father would be so convinced.

Even knowing that the media had been bribed, they still believed that Fu Zhenlong was behind it.

No one would have thought that someone was interfering and that this incident escalated.

She wanted to argue, but felt powerless to do so.

Let's wait for solid evidence to emerge and let the evidence speak for itself.

Fu Zhenlong was not entirely innocent, but he wasn't completely evil either.

If someone is wronged, find evidence to clear their name.

Ling Jieyu turned his gaze back to Mu Tiantian, whose expression was becoming increasingly serious, and suddenly had a guess.

He looked around and carefully examined everyone present, but he didn't see Yang Guanghui.

There's a high probability that they've left.

But to avoid alerting the enemy, he cautiously leaned close to Mu Tiantian's ear and whispered, "Mu Tiantian, do you suspect that Yang Guanghui bribed the media back then, causing this matter to escalate?"

Mu Tiantian nodded. She hadn't expected Ling Jieyu to be so clever, guessing right away.

It's not hard to guess, actually.

Looking at things through the lens of human nature, we find that most of the time, cause and effect are roughly the same.

Ling Jieyu did not refute immediately, but instead thought about it carefully.

He pieced together the information he had gathered.

Especially when they were at the bathroom door, Yang Guanghui saw the murderous look on Mu Tiantian's face.

If Yang Guanghui and Qin Dongyang were on good terms, how could he have such a terrifying look in his eyes?

Her desire to kill Qin Dongyang's daughter, whom he had finally found, was clearly born out of jealousy towards Qin Dongyang.

The moment I thought about jealousy, everything seemed to make sense...

He was a man, and he knew that a man's jealousy could sometimes be terrifying.

Especially Qin Dongyang, who is so good at making money.

He stared intently at Mu Tiantian and asked, "Why do you suspect Yang Guanghui?"

"When I was at Nancheng Hospital, I overheard a conversation between Fu Zhenlong and Fu Zhengting. Fu Zhengting was also curious whether Fu Zhenlong had gone too far."

Fu Zhenlong kept refuting, and I felt that his refusal didn't seem fake. My intuition told me that there were likely hidden secrets about what happened back then, and besides, I had a very bad feeling when I first saw Yang Guanghui..."

After hearing Mu Tiantian's words, Ling Jieyu felt the same way.

He must find out the truth and not let Uncle Qin be framed without knowing why.

Even if Uncle Qin agrees to Mu Tiantian and Fu Zhengting being together after the investigation is completed, he will still investigate.

Seeing that Ling Jieyu was silent, Mu Tiantian stared at him intently.

He clearly took her words to heart.

Ling Jieyu is quite smart and can see things clearly.

She suggested, "Anyway, maybe you should ask your dad; he might know something."

After all, they're classmates.

When she sent a WeChat message to Fu Zhengting, she also reminded him to encourage Fu Zhenlong to recall the details of that year.

Standing here is too conspicuous; my feet hurt terribly from standing still in high heels.

Seeing how casually others dressed, she assumed it was easy to wear.

It's awful, my heel feels numb.

She lifted her skirt and walked towards the table.

Although the skirt was long enough to cover her high heels, Ling Jieyu could still tell that she wasn't used to wearing high heels.

Ling Jieyu walked over, waved his arm, and asked Mu Tiantian to take his arm so it would be easier for them to walk.

Seeing that many eyes were on her, Mu Tiantian awkwardly took Ling Jieyu's arm.

Mu Sining, who was at the dinner table, noticed the scene and was cutting her steak with a knife and fork, almost breaking them in the process.

He vented all his anger and resentment on the steak, gritting his teeth as he cut into it.

Mu Tiantian, just you wait, I'm going to woo Fu Zhengting.

The idea of ​​this crazy revenge flashed through my mind.

She knew all too well how much a man needed another woman's comfort when he was heartbroken.

Mu Tiantian sensed a gaze fixed on her, turned her head and finally saw Mu Sining.

She stopped, and suddenly a sly yet enigmatic smile appeared on her face.