That night, after coming out of the police station, Peng Hongyuan learned about the causes and consequences of the incident online.
Initially, he only had suspicions about Jiang Yusheng, but he didn’t expect that everything was indeed orchestrated by Jiang Yusheng.
Seeing the evidence and screen recordings of the live broadcast released on Lu Sheng’s Weibo, Peng Hongyuan finally realized what kind of person Jiang Yusheng was.
Deliberately slandering and tarnishing his reputation, all to retaliate for his opposition to Jiang Yusheng’s promotion to dean.
The pettiness and malice behind it are simply appalling.
Especially with Jiang Mengmeng’s case involved, it’s utterly inhumane.
Therefore, upon knowing that Lu Sheng had been released from the police station, Peng Hongyuan firstly expressed his sincere gratitude for Lu Sheng stepping forward to clarify on his behalf when he was being viciously attacked online, and for later following Jiang Yusheng and finding concrete evidence to clear his name.
Secondly, the day after the incident, he filed a personal lawsuit in court against Jiang Yusheng for defamation.
The slander of Peng Hongyuan by Jiang Yusheng, along with the previous rape and threatening of Jiang Mengmeng with nude photos, caused widespread public attention and strong outrage.
The eyes of the entire society were watching how this case was being handled.
Thus, even if Jiang Yusheng wanted to pull strings to manipulate things secretly, no one in the public security departments dared to cut him any slack.
The cooperation among the public security, procuratorate, and judiciary was extremely efficient, and the arrest warrant issued by the prosecutors came swiftly, leading to Jiang Yusheng being quickly detained in the detention center.
What’s even more gratifying is that, since the case made the TV news, Jiang Yusheng’s beastly behavior has become known almost universally.
Before even being convicted and imprisoned, Jiang Yusheng had already been severely beaten several times by others in the detention center.
One can only imagine what life will be like for him in prison as a convicted rapist for the next couple of decades.
Thus, the event which had been a hot topic on social media for three to four days finally came to an end.
As for Lu Sheng.
Although she never posted any new Weibo updates again, Lu Sheng’s number of Weibo followers continued to grow, reaching over two million.
For a high school student who has only posted two Weibo updates and is neither a celebrity nor an internet sensation, this number of followers is quite phenomenal.
Half a month ago, Lu Sheng and Chen Shu fell unconscious in a rooftop restaurant, and afterward, she ran a fever for an entire day.
When she first regained consciousness, Lu Sheng had tried to use Soul Power to reduce her fever but it had no effect whatsoever.
Her fever was solely managed through IV fluids.
At that moment, Lu Sheng felt that it was because her Soul Power had weakened.
After all, a Demon has only two ways to replenish Soul Power: either harm people and draw Soul Power from their bodies and pain, or draw it from their admiration and love.
But at that time, due to a broken leg and having stayed at home in a cast for over two months, Lu Sheng had barely gone out or appeared online, so it was natural for her Soul Power to diminish.
Now, because her identity as a hidden powerful figure had been exposed, along with her actions against Jiang Yusheng, many people genuinely admired her on the internet.
This turned Lu Sheng’s once barren Soul Power increasingly abundant.
This ample Soul Power made her more and more beautiful.
If previously, the original host was frail and only considered delicate in looks, now every strand of Lu Sheng’s hair shimmered with vitality.
Her skin was as white as snow, smooth and delicate, her waist slim but not frail. Her features became even more exquisitely beautiful, her demeanor still cool but dazzling.
On the way back from the police station that day, Jiang Ting mentioned planning a party at home and inviting the classmates from class A to attend along with Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng initially thought Jiang Ting was just saying it casually, but she really took it to heart.
And over the week after returning home, she began preparing fervently.
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