This was an outcome Luo Ziling had never anticipated.
And this outcome was very intriguing.
You could say that if this kind of voice became the mainstream, it would make the Chen Family’s situation even more awkward.
After all, the fallout from that Weibo post Luo Ziling had made still hadn’t died down; discussions online were still in full swing.
A Weibo post like that was probably something only Luo Ziling could get out.
If any other blogger posted something like that, it would probably be deleted in seconds.
Once that kind of post went up, it drew everyone’s eyes.
Luo Ziling already had a huge fanbase; any random post he made could be pushed by his fans onto the Weibo trending list.
Not to mention a post like this that ordinary people had no way of posting, involving things normal people would never encounter.
Many people, after seeing this Weibo, immediately forwarded and commented on it, and some sites quickly followed up with reports.
Even though some adapted posts or reports were deleted, what Luo Ziling described still spread.
Two of the Chen Family’s key subordinates had died bizarrely the previous night. After this news was reported in a "special" way by some "ill-intentioned" people, it was immediately linked to Luo Ziling’s Weibo post.
So things got very lively online, and all kinds of speculation popped up.
The most common speculation was exactly what Wuyue had just said—everyone suspected the Chen Family was silencing people by killing them.
"Hahaha, this is great!" After he figured all this out, Luo Ziling couldn’t help bursting into laughter.
He never would have imagined, even in his dreams, that Wuyue’s risky move last night could end up being interpreted this way.
An unintentional move of planting willows ended up with an unbelievably good effect; it was just too exciting.
"I bet the Chen Family people are tearing their hair out over there, wishing they could chop me into pieces." Luo Ziling’s good mood was impossible to hide.
Wuyue looked pretty happy too.
In stark contrast to Wuyue and Luo Ziling’s happiness, some people in the Chen Family really were, as they’d guessed, at their wits’ end.
With Chen Yining recanting and Luo Ziling posting a highly aggressive Weibo, both Chen Ruchang and Chen Yijing already had splitting headaches.
Even though they had taken some countermeasures, there was no way to eliminate the impact.
They couldn’t even interfere with these matters.
When Chen Yijing, representing Chen Ruchang, tried to step in and interfere, some departments actually refused to give them any special treatment.
The departments that were willing to give them face started kicking the can down the road afterward, just refusing to resolve anything. Or they would drag their feet, making progress painfully slow. Those departments and individuals who genuinely wanted to help them get rid of these troubles simply couldn’t control the overall situation.
As a result, with some "ill-intentioned" people steering the narrative, the whole thing got more and more heated.
What neither Chen Yijing nor Chen Ruchang expected was that, just when their headaches were already splitting, something even more infuriating happened.
Two heavyweights under Chen Yijing, one the person in charge of planning his covert operations and the other in charge of an important line of work, actually died in an "accident."
After it happened, although Chen Yijing didn’t personally go to the scene, once he listened to his subordinates’ report, he still concluded in the end that this was an accidental incident.
Crane booms losing control and dropping loads wasn’t exactly unheard of.
The on-site investigation materials provided by the police indicated that the crane boom’s steel cable had snapped, causing the load to fall, and it just happened to land on the car carrying his two key men, resulting in the tragedy.
In Chen Yijing’s view, if this had been man-made, then the coincidence was just too much.
This wasn’t one coincidence; it was three or four stacked together.
Basically, there was no way things could line up so neatly.
So although he was furious, he still believed this was an accidental incident.
This "accident" cost him dearly.
You could say he’d lost a major arm.
Truly, when it rains, it pours.
What he hadn’t expected was that something that should never have been exposed online ended up being reported in great detail on the internet.
And along with the report came wild speculation, saying this was the Chen Family killing people to shut them up.
When he heard someone report this to him, Chen Yijing was so angry he almost coughed up blood.
How could he possibly be killing people to silence them? These two were his capable lieutenants; he was in dire need of manpower right now, with tons of things that needed them to handle—how could he possibly kill them?
Of course, Chen Yijing suspected that this might have been done by Chen Yining, it was just that the way the two died didn’t look like murder.
If anyone was to be suspected of killing those two, the first person in his mind wasn’t Luo Ziling, but Chen Yining.
He felt that after recanting, Chen Yining might very well take action against him.
Taking out the key people around him was exactly the kind of thing Chen Yining would do.
Chen Yining knew who some of his key people were and could track their movements.
Once he learned about these things, he figured that the noise online was probably being orchestrated by people on Chen Yining’s side.
The first suspect in his mind wasn’t Luo Ziling, but his own elder brother, Chen Yining—and that, for Chen Yijing, was in itself a rather sad thing.
Chen Yijing also understood that the Chen Family had reached a critical life-or-death moment; if they mishandled this, the trouble would be enormous.
As for the "accidental" death of his two trusted aides, Chen Yijing didn’t tell his father, Chen Ruchang.
A couple of days ago, although Chen Ruchang’s condition had temporarily stabilized, the recent wave of bad news had aggravated things again.
A few days ago, after taking the medicine provided by Luo Ziling, Chen Ruchang’s mental state had improved a lot, and his sleep quality had gotten much better.
Over these two days, because of the shock from everything that happened, his sleep had once again become poor.
If you don’t sleep well, your mental state inevitably suffers, and your physical condition goes downhill too.
The feeling that when the roof leaks it has to rain all night left Chen Yijing on the verge of collapse.
But he also knew he had to grit his teeth and hold on, and put proper countermeasures in place, or it would be very hard to claw their way back from this disadvantage.
If Chen Ruchang’s condition weren’t this bad, the Chen Family’s situation wouldn’t be this miserable.
Chen Yijing believed that if Luo Ziling or Luo Liansheng came to help with treatment, there would still be hope for improvement in Chen Ruchang’s illness.
But he also understood that at a time like this, there was no way to get Luo Ziling or Luo Liansheng to come.
"Heh, I’m going to put you two in a spot and see how you respond!" After discussing the situation and talking a bit about the treatment with Chen Ruchang, Chen Yijing still decided to pay a visit and invite either Luo Ziling or Luo Liansheng to help with the treatment.
Whether Luo Ziling or Luo Liansheng agreed or not, he could make a story out of it.
Luo Ziling had no idea that Chen Yijing was once again plotting around him; he just sneezed a couple of times.
While sneezing, he thought it had to be that woman Ouyang Feifei cursing him.
He didn’t know what urgent matter Ouyang Feifei wanted to talk to him about today.
From what Ouyang Feifei had said last night, the matter seemed quite serious.
But Luo Ziling hadn’t noticed anything out of the ordinary; it didn’t look like anyone was about to move against the Ouyang Family.
Just as Luo Ziling arrived at Northern Group headquarters, Ouyang Feifei showed up as well.