Chapter 38 - The real culprit (1/2)

When Su Lanfen walked out, she found a crowd of people outside her studio. It was not unusual. She was a famous model. Hundreds of her fans would line up outside to just get a glimpse of her. She looked nervous. She thought after the recent blow to her reputation, she should act nice. Deciding, she went to the group fans to offer her signatures and selfies. But what awaited her wasn't the was not the praises but insults.

”She is here!”

”How dare you slander our Prince?!”

”Did you think we are here for you? We are here for our prince! We are his loyal fans! Whoever wants to taint his name will have to fight with us.”

Some of the fans even tried to come forward and attack her. But her bodyguards quickly surrounded and safely guided her to her car. Su Lanfen was horrified.

She couldn't accept it. Ever since she was young, she had received love from her admirers. This sudden influx of haters made her lost her rationality.

”Jing Lihua! It is one of your dirty tricks, isn't it?! You want me to feel alone! But I won't sit silently and just endure.” In anger, Su Lanfen picked up her phone and decided to type a response.

”I had just come back from my latest shot and was shocked to find all that. How could my fans turn their backs on me at the moment of need? Will you believe I can do something like that? I've no idea what Jing Lihua has against me to make her slander me like that but I say it now. I didn't even know about the rumors about Mo Liang and Jing Lihua till this morning. And though I've seen them together on various occasions, I never suspected their relationship. After all, Jing Lihua is married to my cousin and I won't dare to raise a finger against her. She is my sister-in-law. I would never tarnish her reputation. As of the audio, my true fans know it is entirely fake. I hope all my fans make a decision after finding the truth. Love Su Lanfen.”

There were subtle hints of her trying to say that the Mo Liang and Jing Lihua scandal was real. The post was instantly rushed with hundreds of responses.

”If you say so Su Lanfen we'll trust you.”

”Everyone deserves a second chance but we won't forgive if you are proven wrong.”

”I trust my goddess. Listen carefully to the audio. Did you hear the voice? The voice of the person was though identical to our goddess but one could tell it was not the same gentle tone of Su Lanfen. The audio is obviously fake.”

”Jing Lihua is trying to divert the people's attention towards Su Lanfen and trying to hide her own scandal.”

Su Lanfen felt relieved after she read a series of positive comments. Even though she lost half of her fans, the half that remained was true to her. Even the subscribers' number slowly began to recover after her post. ”My fans are loyal to me. My fame can't be demolished by the likes of her. I want to see her face once she realizes that her efforts went to waste.”

Unbeknownst to her Jing Lihua was dealing with trouble far greater than her and didn't even have time to pay Su Lanfen any mind. She walked with Heng Bingwen and Mei Xiu into the restaurant. The police were already involved, reporters were waiting outside. It was not a single murder that could be easily covered.

It was a massive massacre. Twenty men slaughtered brutally. There was no way to cover it.