Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 150: Xiao Xu Will Never Lose Sister Tu Again

Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Xiao Xu Will Never Lose Sister Tu Again

"So, are you sighing over your job?" Hao Ren asked with a smile.

"Not really!" Tu Hengsha thought for a moment before saying, "A journalist who can scoop a piece of news that goes viral online has talent; some people never encounter such a chance in their entire life, but this kind of virality can be frightening. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but our pen—no, now it’s the keyboard—is a double-edged sword; it can save people, but it can also harm them."

"No need to think so much." Hao Ren said, "Everyone has their own principles, knowing what to do and what not to do; being truthful and having a clear conscience is enough."

She shook her head and sighed again. The keyboard in her hands was controllable, but the fermentation of public opinion was not. No one knew what kind of life a person involved in a viral story would face after becoming "famous" overnight across the internet, whether the news was positive praise or negative exposure.

However, she thought maybe she was indeed overthinking it; weren’t they just making a living? As Hao Ren said, having a clear conscience was enough.

The woman in the news was called Peipei, and the self-media that forwarded the story dubbed it the Peipei Incident.

The Peipei Incident continued to ferment.

When many netizens demanded the disclosure of donation accounts, Su Rongxing released the second part about the Peipei Incident, that is, a follow-up investigation: Peipei’s hospitalization expenses since the start of the crowdfunding, and an investigation into Peipei’s family’s and in-laws’ financial situation.

In this part, it was already obvious that there was a large discrepancy between the donation amount and Peipei’s medical expenses; at least tens of thousands of yuan were not used for treatment before she was discharged.

During the investigation into her family’s situation, there were phone interview recordings with her mother-in-law and father.

Her mother-in-law stated the family was not wealthy; they had exhausted their savings on Peipei’s illness and didn’t plan to continue treatment anymore because spending more money would be futile, and as for the donation money, she claimed to know nothing about it.

Peipei’s father, however, only said one sentence: "I’ve done my best."

That was it.

In Su Rongxing’s investigation, it also reported on other family members of Peipei; her maternal family had a brother who worked for a private company, with a wife running a small business, and they had a son. Her in-laws also had a younger brother, unmarried and unemployed.

The biggest breaking point of the news came from a house purchase contract by the in-laws; they had bought a small apartment in a fourth-tier city a week ago and paid the down payment.

The news did not make any implication, but most netizens’ comments automatically linked this money to the donation funds, which then triggered an uproar, with accusations pouring over like a flood; some people said that this money might not be the donation funds, and there was no evidence to prove it was. But soon there were rebuttals: if they had money to buy a house, why did they need everyone to donate?

Thus, rebuttals overshadowed all other voices, and many people demanded that Peipei and her husband come forward and give an explanation.

However, Peipei and her family of three seemed to vanish; even Su Rongxing couldn’t find them.

Tu Hengsha, aside from browsing the news daily, did not expend much energy thinking about it, nor did she even discuss it with Su Ronggui. Once, she brought him the lychee- and mint-flavored candies she disliked, watching him take them all. This joy felt like when she used to stash treasures in a tree hollow to share with friends in her childhood.

She told him about this feeling, "Yueyue and I had a secret base. We even agreed to put all our secrets in there and write down things we wished to say but couldn’t; if one day we quarreled or separated or lost each other, we would go to the secret base to find our original selves again."

"Oh? Where is this base?" He asked with interest.

"Secret base! Don’t you get ’secret?’" She glared at him, "I just said it’s a secret, so how can I let you know?"

"Xiao Xu can’t know either?"

"No, no!" She waved her hand, "But, Xiao Xu, we can have our own secret base!"

He smiled, "No need."

"You don’t want to?" She felt a bit disappointed.

"No." He hesitated, eventually not saying anything.

She wouldn’t let it go, pestering him all the way until he reluctantly spoke, "Xiao Xu wouldn’t quarrel with you."

"Right, only scold people!" As if she’d never been scolded by him before.

"... It won’t happen again."

"Really?" He had said "next time" several times before, and she had noted each time down in a little book.

"Really. Definitely." He looked absolutely certain.

"But... what if one day Xiao Xu forgets about Sister Tu again?" Her heart still felt a bit sour, a little resentful.

He chuckled, "No, Xiao Xu... wouldn’t lose Sister Tu again." He said it so lightly that the last bit was almost inaudible.

She perked up her ears and didn’t miss it, feeling happy inside.

It was night when she had just visited Grandma in the hospital and was preparing to go home; Su Ronggui was accompanying her.

They walked through the hospital, a gentle breeze blowing, cool and comfortable. There was a quarter crescent glowing yellow in the deep blue sky; she seemed to smell the sweet osmanthus fragrance, "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon! I wonder if Grandma will be able to leave the hospital by then."

"She should be!" He looked at his hand, "I can also remove this cast by then."

As they were talking, a child suddenly rushed over in panic, looking back while running, not seeing what was ahead, and ended up bumping into Tu Hengsha.

She was pushed backward a few steps and was caught by Su Ronggui.

The child also fell to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Tu Hengsha quickly went over to help him up.

The child looked frightened and shook his head repeatedly.

"What’s wrong? Where are your mom and dad?" A child running around the hospital alone at this late hour, and in such a panicked state, couldn’t help but arouse suspicion.

The child just shook his head, looking terrified.

This made it even more necessary not to let the child run around alone. Tu Hengsha took his hand, "Come on, let’s find your mom and dad or go to the police officer to send you home."

"No... no... I won’t go..." The child struggled hard.

"Then tell me where you live; I’ll go with you to find your mom and dad!" Tu Hengsha was really afraid the child would run off and get into trouble, so she held him tightly.

Feeling he couldn’t break free, the child started crying, "No! Don’t find mom and dad! Mom and dad told me to run! So many people... so many people want to harm us!"

"..." This couldn’t be happening? No matter what, they had to call the police!

Tu Hengsha first comforted the child and even gave him some of her candy, "Don’t cry, don’t cry, have some candy, and tell Aunty what’s going on. Take your time, and Aunty will think of a way."

It took a long time before the child stopped crying, sobbing while pointing towards the hospital entrance, speaking unclearly, "Mom is sick... so many people want to find us... want to harm us... Mom told me to run..."

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