Chapter 144: Official Media Speaks Up

Chapter 144: Official Media Speaks Up
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The situation online was still fermenting.
Mei Mu lay on the hospital bed, unwilling to close her eyes. Every minute, she refreshed the comments on the internet that insulted Mei Shu, finding pleasure in it.
When Wang Yue entered the room, there was a man with a hat following her.
Mei Mu immediately hid her phone under the pillow and looked at him warily, “Who are you?”
Wang Yue sat beside the bed and smiled reassuringly, “Mumu, don’t be afraid. This gentleman is a journalist. He heard about your situation and sympathizes with you. He wants to conduct an exclusive interview with you.”
“Interview about what?” Mei Mu’s caution didn’t lessen.
The man sat on a chair and took out a recording pen, “Miss Mei Mu, hello, I’m a journalist from a cutting-edge media outlet. My name is Zhang Han. Don’t be afraid. 1 already know about the bullying you’ve endured at the Mei family for a long time, and how Mei Shu pushed you down the stairs and stole your spot in the piano competition. I’m here today just to ask you to tell me everything that happened to you. We will definitely seek justice for you.”
Mei Mu looked surprised as she glanced at her mother.
Wang Yue gave her a reassuring look and whispered in her ear, “It’s a media outlet your aunt contacted. Don’t worry!”
Upon hearing this, Mei Mu brightened up immediately. She quickly asked Wang Yue to help her sit up and lean against the head of the bed, saying, “Thank you very much for being interested in hearing my story. I will tell you everything that happened to me.”
Zhang Han smiled and opened the recording pen, “Then let’s begin. Miss Mei Mu, why did Mei Shu push you down the stairs…”
The interview in the hospital room continued.
On the other side, in the school cafeteria, Mei Shu was busy eating rice to fill her stomach while secretly hacking into the hospital’s surveillance system.
When she was in line for lunch, she had already read all the news online. Most of the slanderous comments about her came from Mei Mu.
Mei Shu wasn’t surprised by this, but she still couldn’t understand one thing.
Why did Feng Wei and Chen Jian, who were exposed for cheating in her weekend competition, manage to hide so perfectly during this incident?
After all, there were already many people on the internet criticizing her for defiling the piano competition, and there were so many people present at the scene. It was inconceivable that no one mentioned these two individuals.
The only logical explanation was that these two had bribed the authorities to remove all negative comments about themselves.
Chen Jian didn’t have much to do with her, and after yesterday’s incident, he probably wouldn’t hate her the most.
But why didn’t Feng Wei take the opportunity to step on her?
Mei Shu couldn’t believe it.
She guessed that Feng Wei might want to thoroughly crush her in other ways, turning her into a pariah, and then use that as an excuse to justify her cheating behavior, which might temporarily protect her position.
Thinking this way, she wanted to check on Mei Mu’s situation.
As expected, the surveillance camera in the corridor clearly captured the scene of Wang Yue and a strange man entering Mei Mu’s hospital room.
Mei Shu extracted the man’s facial information and searched for it in the database, quickly confirming his identity.
She had to admit that her most useful skill right now was hacking. With this skill, she could do a lot of things; otherwise, she would have needed someone’s help to investigate this matter.
But now she was more than capable of handling it herself.
Today was originally a peaceful noon, but for those online, it was undoubtedly like a sudden thunderclap exploding above their heads.
The official media unexpectedly intervened in the Mei Shu incident personally, attracting even more onlookers.
They had thought that the authorities would announce a complete ban on Mei Shu this time, and the internet would become a pure land. However, they never expected that the official message would actually clear Mei Shu’s name.
Did Mei Shu really have a powerful background, or was she really innocent?
For a while, the attacks against Mei Shu online stopped, and people put down their keyboards that were furiously typing and began reading every word of the official message.
The message had over 800 words and included links to all the evidence.
“Mei Shu did not bully her classmates at school. On the contrary, she had just transferred to N0.1 High School, and there were already at least ten popular posts on the school forum that were not in her favor.”
Under this statement, the official media displayed screenshots of parts of the posts.
The accusations that Mei Mu had placed on Mei Shu were all refuted in the official message. All the comments constituted defamation of Mei Shu’s reputation, and the police were already paying attention to the matter, taking it seriously and launching an investigation.
With the involvement of the official media, others finally realized that they had been used as pawns in the past day and night!
They immediately looked for the post that summarized A’Lei Mu’s statements, but unexpectedly, the media outlet responded quickly and had already deleted the post.
However, many attentive netizens had already captured the image and confronted Mei Mu, asking her to explain..