59 Get Lost Now! (1/2)

Having arrived safely at the destination, Jin Qingyan quickly alighted from his car and hollered while slightly quivering, ”Where is she!?!”

Noticing his arrival, the patrol policeman quickly said, ”Mr. Jin, could you verify if this is your wife's car?”

Jin Qingyan recognized her car right away. It was hanging from the crane the police had used to retrieve it from the river.

He could even clearly recognize the back and the license plate of her car.

With bloodshot eyes, he roared, ”It is her car, but where is she!?!” His veins were bulging from his forehead; his heart raced exceptionally vigorously, almost ricocheting out of his chest.

The policeman was startled by his sudden outrage and said, ”We haven't found her yet, but from the footage of the surveillance cameras, we've found out that her car had been parked at a blind spot and began moving towards the bridge before breaking through the barriers of the bridge. We're still trying to deduce if she had been drunk-driving…”

Before the policeman could finish his words, Jin Qingyan interrupted coldly, ”She never drinks and drives.”

”Okay… there's a possibility that she did, but we can only come to a conclusion after we find her. To finish off what I was saying earlier, we've also found a suspicious car which had loitered around here…”

Once again, before the policeman could finish what he had to say, Jin Qingyan took a big stride and rushed towards the broken segment of the bridge.

”Mr. Jin, your umbrella…”

He was drenched in the rain. Under the minimal light, the river appeared to be rather peaceful and calm, as if nothing had happened. Before the policeman could shield him from the rain with the umbrella, Jin Qingyan jumped off the bridge and into the river, startling the surrounding policemen and news reporters.

The river was freezing in the cold November weather. Jin Qingyan's heart dropped and palpitated as he began to imagine An Xiaoning, who had just learned how to swim recently, struggling to stay afloat in the deep waters.

Within minutes, news of An Xiaoning plunging into the river while driving in the middle of the night had spread quickly and made the headlines of media reports all across the country.

The members of the Gu family and the Jin family hurried to the accident site, one after another. Mrs. Jin, who had initially planned to stay home for the entire month of November, had no choice but to head down to the site since her daughter-in-law had met with an accident. At that point in time, when there was an emergency, she could not care less either.

Mei Yangyang had also put on her raincoat and rode a motorbike there, being unable to hail a cab in the wee hours of the night.

The pouring rain was akin to a million daggers piercing through the hearts of the members of both the Jin and the Gu families. Shivering from the cold, Mei Yangyang stood along the riverside and stared at the river, which was so deep that the riverbed could not be seen. Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably, and she stared in disbelief that An Xiaoning had met with a mishap just hours after she had called her to get her to go home earlier.

As soon as Jin Qingyan emerged from the surface of the river, his mother quickly removed her coat and draped it over him as she said, ”Son.”

However, he again removed the coat and put it on his mother instead while remaining silent.

There were two distinct schools of thought across all online discussions.

The first being those who fervently prayed and wished that An Xiaoning was still alive. After all, many netizens thought she was rather fortunate to be genetically blessed with good looks and a great figure, as well as to have gotten remarried to such a great catch like Jin Qingyan. Moreover, she also had the support of the wealthy and powerful Gu family, which was her maiden family. Not to forget, she even managed her own fashion apparel store. Thus, she had become the object of envy to many females, who dreamed of being in the highly-coveted position An Xiaoning was in.

For example, a netizen whose username was 'Shaofu40yiduohua'1 had commented: ”An Xiaoning is a winner in life, I hope she pulls through this ordeal. Heaven, please don't be that cruel to her!” This had garnered a massive number of 'likes.'

The other one, however, consisted of netizens full of grudge, who were extremely sarcastic and were gloating at her plight. They all seemed to have experienced failed relationships and were extremely bitter and malicious with their words as they aired their disdain and grievances online. For example, another netizen whose username was 'Rileyigedongwuyuan'2 criticized: ”An Xiaoning is a piece of trash who only got lucky to have gotten remarried to Jin Qingyan. Yanluowang3 must be enraged at that fact and found it unacceptable. Thus, he must've ordered for Heibai and Wuchang4 to take her away to hell, lest she continue to harm and taint Jin Qingyan. She deserves to die and free up her position as a young madam for potential female hopefuls! The sooner she dies, the less trouble there will be.”

As soon as her comment was published, she was faced with heavy criticism and severe lashings from the majority of netizens. They thought she was far too outrageous and felt a need to call her out for her malicious words. Indeed, the power of the masses on the internet was not to be underestimated. Within just half an hour, all information about this female cyberbully had been exposed online, including photos of her, which had spread across all discussion platforms. The news and media even published an article about her entitled ”Female Netizen Curses An Xiaoning on a Forum: What an Evil Lady.”

Seeing that things had been blown out of proportion, the female netizen was shocked out of her wits and hurriedly published a comment of apology, claiming her previous comment to be nothing but a frivolous, passing remark. She even pleaded for the other netizens to let her off the hook.

However, trying to get the matter resolved was far more difficult than blowing it up.