The President Made Me Trend

Mo Qinghuan and Huo-Jie were stunned upon hearing the news. In broad daylight, someone had audaciously swapped Mo Qinghuan’s medication with a toxic compound?

If Mo Qinghuan had been the one to fall ill today, she might have taken those drugs and met her end.

“Who could be so heartless? It’s one thing to spread rumors, but to actually try to poison you, Qinghuan?” Huo-Jie shuddered at the thought. Hospitals are meant to heal, yet it almost became a place of execution.

Mo Qinghuan shook her head, expressing her ignorance. “I’ve won numerous awards, and I can guess some people might resent me privately. But to go as far as wanting to kill me seems excessive. Huo-Jie, didn’t you say you caught one of them? Let’s go and ask.”

Perhaps they could find a flaw in this person’s story, which would be better than the four of them standing around making wild guesses.

Huo-Jie remembered and instructed Xiaoxue to continue pretending to be Mo Qinghuan. Accompanied by the driver, they escorted Mo Qinghuan, who wore a mask, to the security room.

The driver bribed the security guard with a red envelope, allowing Huo-Jie and Mo Qinghuan to enter. Upon seeing the man detained in the security room, both women shook their heads, indicating they hadn’t seen him before. But unfamiliarity didn’t mean he wasn’t hired to poison Mo Qinghuan. Without hesitation, Huo-Jie slapped him hard and demanded:

“Your accomplice has fled, so why are you still being stubborn? Who ordered you to poison Qinghuan? You better start talking!”

“Poison? I don’t know anything about poison. I was just tasked with swapping Mo Qinghuan’s medication,” the man shook his head, claiming ignorance. Even the so-called accomplice who escaped was someone he had hastily recruited; they were strangers with no means of contact.

Huo-Jie was still skeptical and pressed further, “Are you trying to fool a child? Qinghuan nearly lost her life, and you think saying ‘I don’t know’ will clear everything up? I’m warning you, if you don’t come clean, I won’t let you off easily!”

“Ma’am, I was just paid to do a job. As for the person behind it, I’ve never met them. We only communicated by phone, and the money was directly transferred to my account. I’d love to give you useful evidence, but I’m truly powerless here.”

The man looked genuinely aggrieved. He thought it was just a prank, but who would have guessed he was given poison? He almost unwittingly became a murderer. The difference between theft and murder is immense!

Huo-Jie was about to continue questioning when Mo Qinghuan interjected, “Huo-Jie, I think we should stop. Further questioning might lead nowhere.”

However, Mo Qinghuan remembered the mention of phone contact. She asked the driver to find the man’s phone and call the number he contacted most frequently. But it was already showing as a disconnected number.

This was something Mo Qinghuan had anticipated. After all, who would willingly leave themselves open to trouble? Whoever orchestrated the poisoning would have surely canceled the number immediately afterward.

Seeing that their investigation had yielded nothing, Huo-Jie gritted her teeth in frustration and scoffed, “I will find out who that person is, Qinghuan. If they mean to harm you, I’ll deal with them myself!”

“Don’t worry, Huo-Jie. I won’t just sit back and let this happen,” Mo Qinghuan replied, her eyes devoid of sympathy as she glanced at the man who looked pitiful. Regardless of whether he knew beforehand, he had committed a crime, and criminals must face justice. She instructed the driver to hand the man over to the police.

As the saying goes, there’s no wall in the world that can block the wind. News of the Best Actress being poisoned spread quickly, and soon, netizens were divided into two camps. One camp supported Mo Qinghuan, leaving comments such as:

“Wow, the Best Actress got poisoned? When did the world become this crazy? We must find the real culprit behind this!”

“In today’s society governed by law, how can someone resort to such despicable means to poison someone? It’s absurd! We must catch them and ensure they face severe legal consequences!”

The other camp, despite Huo-Jie’s attempts to shield Mo Qinghuan from their comments, couldn’t be ignored. Mo Qinghuan insisted on reading them, and upon seeing the first comment, she couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

One netizen commented, “Although poisoning is indeed illegal, Mo Qinghuan cheated first. For such a shameless woman, the fewer, the better.”

“It’s a pity the poisoning didn’t succeed, and Mo Qinghuan is still alive. I wish time could rewind so the poison wouldn’t be discovered, and Mo Qinghuan would be having a funeral by now. Haha.”

Seeing the increasingly outrageous comments, Huo-Jie couldn’t help but say, “Qinghuan, if you’re upset, I can have someone track down these commenters and get their accounts permanently banned. Would you like that?”

“There are so many people who want me gone, Huo-Jie. Even if you track them down, can you really catch them all?” Though she had long known the world was full of surprises, such remarks still shocked her.

She couldn’t understand what she had done wrong. It was clearly a baseless misunderstanding, yet it had escalated to the point where so many wished for her demise. The smile on her lips carried a hint of coldness, but Huo-Jie could see Mo Qinghuan’s disappointment.

“Qinghuan-Jie, the person who poisoned you won’t come back, right?” Xiaoxue, naturally timid, was terrified by the poisoning incident, fearing that danger would continue to follow. She asked in a small voice.

“You don’t need to pretend to be me at the hospital anymore,” Mo Qinghuan finally realized that she wasn’t the only one afraid. Xiaoxue had disguised herself as Mo Qinghuan and nearly consumed the poison. If anything had happened to her, Mo Qinghuan would have regretted it deeply.

She stepped forward, holding Xiaoxue’s hand and apologizing, “Thank you, Xiaoxue. I swear I didn’t expect this to happen, and it’s my fault for not considering your fear. I’ll have Huo-Jie give you a few days off so you can rest at home.”

“But Qinghuan-Jie, what if there’s more danger? Maybe I should stay. I’d rather face danger than let you face it,” Xiaoxue said, showing her loyalty despite her fear.

Mo Qinghuan couldn’t bear to see Xiaoxue constantly on edge because of her, so she smiled gently and continued, “I won’t be staying here either. Huo-Jie will announce my discharge tomorrow, citing concerns about safety and the need to recuperate at home.”

“That’s a good idea. I wouldn’t feel at ease with either of you staying here, even with guards around. There’s no guarantee those bad people won’t try something else,” Huo-Jie agreed, nodding. She patted Xiaoxue’s head and smiled appreciatively, “You’ve done a great job this time.”