Chapter 98: Retribution is Swift

Seeing that they couldn't get any news from Li Qiang, the reporters hurriedly ran toward Chang Hua.

"Reporter Chang, can you tell us how you found this crucial evidence?"

"Did you suspect from the very beginning that Li Qiang and his wife had committed perjury to frame Shang Yiran?"

Chang Hua shook his head upon hearing this: "I didn't think Li Qiang and the others were framing Shang Yiran at the beginning. I just felt that the existing evidence couldn't completely convict Shang Yiran, so I wanted to investigate more deeply so he wouldn't have any room to clear his name. I never expected that this investigation would uncover Li Qiang's psychopathic and filthy behavior."

Chang Hua's one sentence completely cleared up his relationship with Shang Yiran, making it clear to the reporters present that he didn't investigate Li Qiang at the beginning to clear Shang Yiran's name, which raised the credibility of the evidence he found to another level.

"But it's also fortunate that I did a large amount of investigation; otherwise, we would have wronged an innocent and kind person."

Chang Hua spoke eloquently in front of the lenses of other media.

"In this era of rapid social development, the truth will never be buried, and the malice hidden beneath the truth will eventually be detected by the vast media and the masses."

Chang Hua's words drew a round of warm applause.

And Sun Jianbiao, who was standing not far away, had a dark face, his expression as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

Originally, he should have been the protagonist of this press conference. He should have been high-spirited, denouncing Shang Yiran's crimes together with Li Qiang, and receiving praise from the vast media and enthusiastic netizens.

However, Chang Hua simply threw out a few photos and a few audio recordings, which completely turned him into a clown.

Now, the case of Shang Yiran molesting minors has been completely forgotten by people. The focus of everyone's current discussion is that Li Qiang, a father with a human face and a beast's heart, actually laid a hand on his own biological daughter.

After all, this news involving ethics satisfied the curiosity of the gossip-loving public, and coupled with the two reversals, it was even more eye-catching.

Those reporters who deal with news materials and hot topics all year round wouldn't be unclear about what the audience wants to see. Of course, they wouldn't put any more effort into Shang Yiran, but instead would try every possible way to dig out more gossip from Li Qiang and his wife, Qian Lili.

Now, if he were to go and shield or defend Li Qiang, he would only become the target of public criticism and invite countless accusations and curses.

Sun Jianbiao couldn't believe that the game of chess he had meticulously planned had ended in a total loss.

He could only watch helplessly as those reporters surrounded Chang Hua, consulting him about one question after another as if he were the moon surrounded by stars.

"Bastard!"

He hammered the car next to him in a fit of rage, triggering sirens to blare all around. However, even so, no one tried to give him a look of attention.

At the same time, Zhou Ping, who was watching the live broadcast in the apartment, was so happy that he slapped his thigh.

"This animal Li Qiang should have met with retribution long ago! Didn't he love using online public opinion to splash dirty water on you before? Now it's time for him to enjoy the treatment of being cursed and spurned!"

However, Zhou Ping was a professional agent after all, and he soon calmed down.

Afterward, he looked at Shang Yiran with some hesitation: "However, although it's now proven that Li Qiang is also a psychopathic bastard, it doesn't completely clear your suspicion. If Li Qiang decides to break the pot and smash it, intending to go down with you and refusing to change his story, what should we do?"

Although Shang Yiran will no longer face pressure from public opinion, and the court will eventually rule that Li Qiang loses the case due to insufficient evidence, continuing the lawsuit will still affect Shang Yiran's future.

The producers and brand owners nowadays are very shrewd; they won't use artists with potential hidden dangers.

Even if public opinion has clearly reversed to prove Shang Yiran's innocence, they won't rashly cooperate with Shang Yiran before the court reaches a final verdict.

In this way, Shang Yiran's future is effectively still in a precarious state.

And those resources that should have belonged to Shang Yiran will definitely be carved up clean by other competitors of the same period.

"Don't worry, I believe he can solve it."

This time, Shang Yiran's eyes were even more determined.

He felt that this press conference was just the beginning, and Xu Tian must have other moves afterward.

Just as Zhou Ping had anticipated, after this press conference, the online incident regarding Shang Yiran molesting an underage girl was completely reversed. Those who had been hurling abuse at Shang Yiran all turned their hostility toward Li Qiang and Qian Lili, forming a new wave of cyberbullying.

Those reporters, in order to dig up first-hand material, went to squat near Li Qiang's home and the couple's workplace after the press conference ended.

Li Qiang's job, which was originally obtained because of public sympathy, was also dismissed by his boss because of the exposure of the truth.

He was forced by those reporters with no other way and wanted to find a place to stay temporarily to avoid the limelight. However, his relatives and friends all avoided seeing him, and some even ran to the reporters to expose him and kick him while he was down.

Li Qiang's reputation was already bad to begin with, so the comments and testimonies provided by these people who exposed him to reporters were naturally increasingly unfavorable to him.

As for Qian Lili, she was also pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

As a mother, not only did she fail to protect her daughter, but she also colluded with Li Qiang to deliberately frame Shang Yiran. During this time, she, like Li Qiang, was cursed by righteous netizens.

The living room of Li Qiang's old house was a mess. Qian Lili was carrying a huge suitcase, and with her other hand, she was pulling her daughter's arm, intending to drag her out the door.

Li Qiang rushed to the door in one step to block the mother and daughter, and asked coldly: "Where are you going?"

"You still have the face to ask us where we are going?"

Qian Lili roared at Li Qiang in a breakdown: "It's none of your business where we go! I want to divorce you. From now on, don't you ever think about seeing me and our daughter again!"

Li Qiang had long been exhausted by the endless pestering of reporters, and at this moment, he had no strength left to argue with Qian Lili.

"Look at what time it is. Stop throwing a tantrum. There are reporters downstairs and at the entrance of the community. Going out now is just a disgrace."

"In a few days, those reporters will go chase other big news. Who will remember us? Once we get the money, we can change to another city and live again."

"Li Qiang, do you even have a brain?!"

Qian Lili roared at Li Qiang with red-rimmed eyes: "If it weren't for the money, we wouldn't have fallen into this state. Now that the internet is so developed, do you think no one will recognize us if we change to another city?"

"Look at what kind of days we've been living these past few days. We're scared all day long. I don't even dare to turn on my phone now, and I don't dare to go to work. As soon as I walk out, people point fingers at me, and some people curse me to be hit by a car when I go out, and want to splash gasoline on our house!"

"You were so high-profile before, and now everyone knows our real information. Our relatives and friends have also cut off contact with us. We don't even have a place to stay. What's the use of that money!" ===== CHAPTER 99 =====