Later, people from the company came, along with police, firefighters, and ambulances. As the only witness, Hua Yan was taken to the police station for further questioning.

The next day, the headline featured a video like this.

[Actress born in the 2000s refuses to donate liver to biological father, driving him to jump off a building]

The video was clipped from the office footage, precisely capturing only Hua Guoqiang asking her if she was willing to donate her liver and her response was ’unwilling’.

The clueless onlookers, after seeing this, understood everything. A moment ago, someone asked you in the office, you refused, and an hour later, he jumped from the top of your office building. If it wasn’t because of you, then who?

Liang An didn’t expect that someone in the company would target Hua Yan, and immediately began an investigation. However, the ensuing online storm was so overwhelming that it caught everyone off guard.

Some marketing accounts dug out videos previously made by the Hua Family and Yan Family using internet celebrities, mixed them up, and forced the image of Hua Yan, an originally positive actress, into being labeled as vengeful, unfilial, heartless, a murderer, and other such tags. She took up all the top ten spots on the trending topics.

The criticism on the internet rose in waves. Even Ling Yao in M Country and Molly in F Country realized the seriousness of the situation and applied for leave to return home.

Ning Hao was waiting directly at the police station entrance since his sister had not left from the incident until dawn. The police station exterior was crowded with reporters and influencers, all wanting to seize this chance to gain followers and traffic.

And as for Hua Yan, inside the police station, she exhaustedly said everything that needed to be said. They only let her leave at nine in the morning, but she couldn’t leave Beijing anytime soon as she needed to be available for their investigation.

Under these circumstances, neither the front nor back door was an option. In the end, the police helped pave a way, allowing her to get into the nanny car. In the car, she didn’t say a word. Ning Hao looked at her with heartache: "Sis, if you want to cry, just cry. Your little brother’s shoulder is here for you."

Ning Hao had now transformed into a tall young man of six feet, slim and handsome, very popular at school, and seeing Hua Yan look so disheartened, he was almost worried sick. But who would have thought she still had the mood to joke around.

"Cry? Why should I cry? Wasn’t I supposed to hate him? Now that he’s dead, I should be happy. But, but why can’t I stop these tears from falling? Haohao, why did he have to be so decisive? Why did he die right in front of me? Dammit, he’s made sure I remember him for life. I hate him, I hate him, sob...," 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The emotionally broken Hua Yan finally couldn’t help but collapse into Ning Hao’s arms. One moment she was sarcastic, joking around, but as she spoke, she couldn’t control her emotions. She didn’t even know why she was crying, though she should have hated him. But when someone dies right in front of you and you’re powerless, you realize you’re done for.

At twenty-three, Hua Yan cried her heart out in front of her twenty-one-year-old brother. Despite not eating since last night until the morning, she didn’t feel hungry at all. After taking her home and seeing her wash up and enter her bedroom, Ning Hao wanted to make her something to eat, but Hua Yan told him.

"You should go back, I want to be alone. If I get hungry, I’ll find something to eat myself. He and Sister Yao, Brother Zhou, all of you go back. I’m fine. Please cancel all upcoming activities for me, I don’t want to participate in anything..."