The 90th Confrontation

  The next day, Lin Hua's news article was published in the newspaper as a full-page special edition and he also posted it online.

  When Zhou Qing saw this report, she almost went mad!

  This misleading report was published in a newspaper and can easily be taken as true by people who don't know the truth!

  This is a bare-faced slander to the parties involved! And in the face of such harm, many times people can only swallow their anger and remain silent, because individual power is clearly no match for the media that holds the right to speak! This situation where grievances have nowhere to be redressed is also a kind of harm to the party being slandered!

  Then I went online and found that the internet was already flooded with arguments!

  The online debate has split into three factions, with one faction leaving messages expressing support. Among these people, some simply hoped that a young mother could defeat the disease, while others found loopholes in Lin Hua's article to refute it. After all, Liu Juan's previous blog post had clearly shown that the donation account had been closed!

  Actually, with this blog post, many people are convinced that Lin Hua deliberately distorted the report to attract attention.

  This is not the first time such a thing has happened. Just recently, due to a CCTV television program, a small eatery became famous overnight, and then there were reports by journalists about the shop's rent problem, intentionally concealing the fact that the house area and rent had already been settled a month prior, only reporting on the sudden surge in rent for the storefront downstairs!

  At that time, couldn't the reporter contact the landlord to confirm? Of course he could, but he just didn't do it, in order to attract the attention of readers and netizens!

  Lin Hua's behavior is exactly the same as that of the reporter above, which also makes netizens angry!

  Many netizens took that "slap in the face" post to Lin Hua's blog and questioned him:

  "Liu Juan has already closed the donation account on this blog post, didn't you see it?" - This is a relatively mild one.

  "Are you blind? Two blog posts are only three centimeters apart, and you didn't see them?" - This is a bit too rude.

  "Lin Daiyu, you're here to show off your ignorance, aren't you?" — This is meant to mock her.

  "Lin Hua, I curse your mother, you TMD still have no conscience, actually slandering a patient who is critically ill!"

  "Lin Dawai, I hope you get cancer too, then see who will help this son of a bitch!" — This expresses "indignation".

  ……

  The second faction supports Lin Hua.

  Some of them came to show their support as soon as they saw his article. This kind of person will quickly change their stance after seeing that "slap in the face" post.

  Another view is that Lin Hua's approach was not wrong, they think "the newspaper is a responsible media", and Lin Hua is also "a media person with conscience!" His approach is completely fair.

  Another group of people were those who were forced to become Lin Hua's supporters after being scolded by some netizens.

  The third type of netizens are relatively calm, they mostly say: Hope both sides can come up with more powerful evidence, whoever has the evidence to support them!

  Seeing that the timing was about right, Lin Hua made his move!

  He first "apologized for the inconvenience caused to Liu Juan and her family due to personal mistakes!"

  He then responded to the netizens' behavior, saying "I can understand the feelings of netizens, we all hope Liu Juan can recover her health, I wrote this article also hoping to know more about Liu Juan's recent situation... In short, we are all concerned about Liu Juan!"

  Finally, Lin Hua publicly issued an invitation: "I hope to communicate with Liu Juan face-to-face and eliminate everyone's misunderstanding!"

  Lin Hua's statement immediately triggered people who were not ashamed of their behavior to make comments such as: "Disgusting!", "Get out!", "Shameless!", "We dare not be with you, a 'fair' prostitute like this!"

  Some people even ridiculed: "I'll stab you with a knife when I see you, just to see if you're alive or not."

  But more people still hope to produce evidence that Liu Juan's condition has really stabilized, and this point is also agreed upon by the faction opposing Lin Hua.

  Zhou Qing had no choice but to call Zhu Shouyuan and tell him what had happened.

  As Liu Juan's condition not only didn't deteriorate but became increasingly stable after the "15-day deadline", they saw hope for her recovery, which calmed Zhu Shouyuan's mind. A calm-minded person usually doesn't bother with too many things: "If it really can't be helped, then help us accept that person's interview!"

  Zhou Qing was deeply disgusted with Lin Hua's behavior, and if she accepted his interview, wouldn't it be falling into his trap? She smiled wryly: "Old Zhu, I'm afraid that if I accept his interview, he'll still come up with some tricks!"

  Can't blame Zhou Qing for being cautious, some "journalists" really can't be trusted, they're best at distorting facts and making a big deal out of it!

  Zhu Shouyuan also had a headache, thought for a moment, and said: "Then I'll take a photo of Liu Juan and send it to you! With the photo, her situation can be explained!"

  "Ah, this is better! By the way, use a digital camera to take pictures, there's a date display on it!"

  Zhu Shouyuan came without bringing a digital camera, and just saw Zhao Yang coming to give Liu Juan an injection, so he said: "Wait a minute, I'll ask Zhao Yang if he has one!"

  Then Zhou Qing heard a conversation between Zhu Shouyuan and someone else. The voice was warm and gentle, probably Zhao Yang's. But judging from the voice, he really didn't sound very old!

  After hearing Zhu Shouyuan's reason for borrowing a digital camera, Zhou Qing heard Zhao Yang say: "No need to bother with that. Didn't the reporter mention donations? Just release the details of the donation account! And Liu Juan should focus on recovering from her illness now, it's best not to disturb her with these trivial matters in the future!"

  By then, Zhao Yang's voice had become somewhat stern!

  Although the voice was not loud, Zhou Qing felt a flush on her face. It was only then that she realized why she disliked people like Lin Hua so much. They were only thinking of their own interests and treated Liu Juan's illness as material for hype! And she wasn't any better off either, still not realizing that what was most important to Liu Juan was to rest and recover from her illness in peace.

  So when Zhu Shouyuan picked up the phone and hadn't spoken yet, she preempted him by saying: "Old Zhu, I know what to do! You stay with Liu's sister and take good care of her illness!"

  "Alright then! I'll give you the account number and password, you can take a screenshot of the query and send it over... Luckily we haven't touched the money in there yet, or else it would be hard to explain!"

  After a while, Zhu Shouyuan sent over the account and password, and added a sentence at the end: "Haha, Zhao Yang was so funny just now, he put Lin Hua on the blacklist!"

  Zhou Qing was browsing the internet and querying online while sending a text message asking: "What's the use of his blacklist?"

  "He said he's put him on his blacklist and from now on, he won't be able to get his help!"

  Zhou Qing smiled and posted the screenshot on her blog. From this screenshot, it can be easily seen that since the donation was stopped on October 19th, a total of 287,745.9 yuan has been received, with an expenditure of 0.

  "Please rest assured, kind donors, that every penny will be used for Liu Juan's medical treatment. As a good friend of Liu Juan, I will keep you updated on her recovery progress. For now, Liu Juan needs to focus on recovering, so please be patient and wait!"

  As soon as this screenshot was posted, those shameless people who were supporting Lin Hua immediately took the picture and ran to his blog to slap him in the face with it. Those who were supporting Lin Hua also fell silent.

  But Lin Hua posted another blog post as if nothing had happened, without mentioning the donation at all, but instead mentioned that Liu Juan's condition was already very serious and her life was in danger at any time, and the experts in the hospital no longer had effective treatment methods. He also asked, do the experts found by Liu Juan have a good method?

  His article actually hides a linguistic trap. Firstly, Zhou Qing cannot comment on Zhao Yang's medical skills, if she does, wouldn't that mean the hospital's experts are not as good as Zhao Yang? Secondly, if Zhou Qing says so, Lin Hua will immediately shift the topic to finding this expert, and he will have an excuse for another interview!

  Zhou Qing naturally understood the ins and outs of this, she simply said: "Liu Juan can now eat and sleep, her pain has been greatly alleviated, thank you everyone for your concern!"

  Actually, as long as the donation is clearly explained, there's no need to bother with Lin Hua anymore. Moreover, in a city, it's not just their family newspaper, and among same-city newspapers, most are competitive, so I suppose the next day some newspaper will report this matter thoroughly, and who's right or wrong will be clear at a glance!

  Lin Hua posted several more blog posts after that, but Zhou Qing didn't respond to any of them. This made him feel frustrated and stifled!

  However, he thought of a breakthrough. When someone dies, there will always be a death certificate. He inquired through various relationships, and the result was naturally unfindable. He wondered if Liu Juan's family might have concealed it? This is also easy to investigate, just ask around and you'll know, but the result is still no evidence he wants!

  However, after such an investigation, he also believed that there was indeed an expert who was treating Liu Juan's illness and had stabilized her condition.

  What does this mean? This means someone can cure late-stage cancer!

  Thinking of this, Lin Hua became excited! If he could interview him, it would be a great honor!

  Lin Hua first confirmed one thing, that Liu Juan's blog was temporarily being managed by a friend of hers. Then he inquired about Zhou Qing through various connections and immediately went to visit him.

  Zhou Qing listened as the person in front of her introduced himself, saying he was Lin Hua. Then she heard that he wanted to interview Zhao Yang. With a scowl, she said: "You want to interview that expert? Don't even think about it! That expert has already put you on his blacklist!"

  Lin Hua said in a low voice: "What blacklist? What does it mean?"

  "Meaning you'll never get that expert's help! You'd better pray you don't get some incurable disease!" He opened the door again, saying disgustedly: "Get out! You're not welcome here!"

  Lin Hua stormed back into his office, opened a bottle of Coke and gulped it down.

  Coca-Cola, this carbonated drink, if you drink it too quickly, you can't help but choke.

  With a sudden "pu", the Coke in his mouth was spat out onto the ground, then he felt a sharp pain in his throat, followed by something foreign being coughed up, and after dry retching for a while, he finally got to his feet.

  Just as I stood up, everything went black and I almost fell over! Holding onto the wall for a while, I finally came to my senses, exhaled a breath, and found that the taste in my mouth was a bit strange.

  At this time, a colleague pointed at Lin Hua in surprise and said: "Lin, Lin Hua, you, you seem to have vomited blood!"

  Lin Hua wiped his hand and found a patch of blood on his palm. In the Coke he spat out, there was a blackish blood clot!

  PS: Thanks for the rewards from book friends He Yongcheng and Xuan Yue Zi You.

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