Stealing the moonlight into my arms

In the evening, Fu Runing returned to Xishan Bay Villa after get off work.

She received a WeChat message from Xiao Jingting.

"Overtime, no need to wait for me"

Just a few short words.

Fu Runing found it very rare. Xiao Jingting had sent her messages only a few times. What happened to him today?

Making up for last night's drunken rage?

When they first got married, she always waited for Xiao Jingting to come home at night, but he was very busy at that time and often came home late or not at all. She would not ask and he would not say.

Her daily routine was disrupted during that period.

Later, Xiao Jingting didn't know when it started, but he would tell her in advance when he would be late or not come back at all. At this time, she would feel that they seemed a bit like a normal couple again.

But it is not so after all.

The cell phone rang, Fu Runing picked it up and took a look. It was Zhou Yixing calling.

Fu Runing answered the phone, and as soon as the call was connected, she heard Zhou Yixing's anxious voice coming out of the phone——

"Ningning, have you watched TV?"

TV? Why did Zhou Yixing suddenly ask her if she watched TV?

"No, I just got home and I haven't had any water yet. What's wrong?"

"You turn on the TV to the local news channel, and your grandparents are on the show."

Hearing this, Fu Runing hurried to the living room and turned on the TV.

She hasn't turned on the TV for eight hundred years and she almost doesn't know how to use it anymore.

Tuning into Shengzhou's local news channel, a program about urban emotional family adjustment called "Shengzhou Night Talk" is being broadcast during this time period.

The show is broadcast every day at 6:30 in prime time, which happens to be the dinner time for people in Shengzhou. The family disputes in the show often go viral because they are too explosive, and then become popular on the Internet, causing widespread discussion. This is the most popular show on Shengzhou TV.

When Fu Runing saw it, only the ending was left. In the studio, the old couple of the Jian family were sitting there. The old woman was talking to the host with tears in her eyes.

"...My daughter died young, from a massive hemorrhage during childbirth. She's the only one we have, and now we can't even find a place to visit her grave. My conscienceless granddaughter! My old man and I are already so old, and we should be sending off our loved ones, but now we've been deprived of the right to visit our daughter's grave..."

Fu Runing frowned as she watched, and she was so angry that she put the cup of water in her hand heavily on the coffee table.

She said, why was he so quiet this afternoon? He must have been holding something bad in here.

The TV host just finished his closing remarks: "I hope the old man's granddaughter will contact him after watching our program and comfort the two elderly people who miss their late daughter..."

At the end of the program, a VCR was played, and the picture finally froze on a photo. Fu Runing looked closely and found that it was a photo taken when they went to their hometown eight years ago.

In the photo, the old man and the old woman are sitting in the front, while Fu Runing is standing behind her with her father, and next to her stands Fu Zheng, who was 20 years old at the time.

That was Fu Zheng’s last New Year at their home.

It has been a long time since then, and Fu Zheng in the photo is slightly different from now.

Fu Zheng, who was twenty years old, was elegant and noble, while Xiao Jingting, who is now twenty-eight years old, is deep and reserved.

The VCR ended and the photo disappeared from the screen after just a few seconds.

Fu Runing picked up her phone and searched for the live broadcast room of "Shengzhou Night Talk", where the dynamic barrage of comments were all discussing this matter.

What kind of people are this family? How could they not let the old lady see her deceased daughter? How heartbroken must she be?

[Giving birth has always been a hurdle for women. The husband's family only cares about the child, while the parents on the woman's side only care about their own daughter. Now that their daughter is gone, even wanting to visit her grave in her old age has to depend on her granddaughter's wishes. What a sinful family this is...]

[This is simply a distortion of human nature and a decline in morality! ]

"This granddaughter looks like a decent person, how could she be so heartless? To put it bluntly, she caused her grandparents to lose their daughter, and now she's not being filial to them?"

Aunt Wu was preparing dinner when she saw Fu Runing standing in front of the TV. She said, "I just saw this live show. These two elderly people said their granddaughter was unfilial. They came from afar to visit their daughter's grave, who had passed away many years ago. But their granddaughter secretly moved the grave and avoided them. They had no choice but to go on the show to seek help."

Fu Runing just wanted to curse in her heart and fart at her whole family.

She checked the time, picked up her coat, turned to Aunt Wu and said, "Aunt Wu, I have to go out for something."

"Not eating dinner? Then should I save dinner for Mr.?"

Fu Runing said casually, "He's working overtime, and I don't know if he'll be back yet."

……

After coming out of Xishan Bay Villa, Fu Runing called the nurse who was taking care of her father and asked the nurse not to let her father watch TV.

After the call ended, strange text messages started coming into her phone.

She simply changed her phone and called Zhou Yixing.

Fu family.

In the living room, Fu Jinbei put his phone on the table.

"Bullshit! How could this old woman be so capable of such mischief? She even went on a TV show to distort the truth and posted on Weibo! If no one tells her to stop this, I'll write the Chinese character for 'Fu' backwards!"

"This damn old woman repeats the same moral blackmail every year, saying her poor daughter was killed by our family, so it's our responsibility to support her. Isn't what we give enough? And now she's getting even more greedy!"

"What does she need so much money for? To buy a big coffin for the whole family?"

Fu Jinbei was so angry that he wanted to curse the other person's ancestors for eighteen generations.

Fu Runing watched as the popularity of the hot searches in the same city climbed in real time. A blogger with the account name 'Daughter in Heaven' posted a blog post, accusing his granddaughter in the tone of an elderly couple who had lost their daughter. He posted the entire interview in text form, and every word was heartbreaking. At the end of the article, he directly mentioned his granddaughter's workplace - Yusong Media.

Although no one was named, some netizens have taken screenshots of the photos that were shown during the TV show.

They took the photos and questioned the official account of Yusong Media.

Do you think such a person is worthy of working in a big company? Shouldn't he be fired and kept for the New Year or something?

In the Internet age, information spreads very quickly. Once a keyword is triggered, it will attract a series of attention.

This is the issue of whether the younger generation should support the elderly, the issue of the husband's family and the issue of the risks of childbirth for women. With these elements combined, it is hard for this topic not to be popular.

Fu Runing saw some heartbreaking comments:

When this granddaughter felt sorry for her grandparents, did she ever think about her mother who died because of her? Giving birth to a daughter like this would be better than not giving birth at all; it would have cost her her life in vain.

Fu Runing was just angry when she saw other things, but when she saw this, her hands started shaking with anger.

Fu Jinbei saw her grim expression and frowned, saying to her in a soothing tone, "I'll go and try to get in touch with the people at the TV station."

Fu Runing asked in return, "What if we get through this time? We've settled the matter this time, but what about next time? Are we just going to let them harass us endlessly?"

Fu Jinbei is certainly not the type of person who would settle things peacefully, but he also knows the power of public opinion.

There is no legal responsibility for spreading false rumors and fabricated stories, and even a single word from you and a single spit from each of you can drown someone.

Fu Jinbei patiently asked, "Then what do you want?"

"I'm suing them for defamation. The money I've given them over the years has a written cash gift agreement."

Fu Runing's eyes darkened, she had her own ideas in mind.

Old man and old lady Jian have made such a big fuss now, and they are probably still waiting there smugly for her to beg them to come out and clarify and reconcile for them.

For the sake of profit, people are now completely shameless.

Still missing your deceased daughter too much?

How dare they say that!

Fu Runing remembered that a relative in the village had said that the old lady had never liked her mother and did not allow her mother to study. She supported her two sons. It was her mother who was outstanding. She worked and studied at the same time and finally made her own way out.

If you really love your daughter, would you exploit her in all kinds of ways while she is alive, and continue to suck her blood even after she has been dead for so many years?

The more Fu Runing thought about it, the more upset she felt. She made up her mind and said, "Second Uncle, I'm going to go back to my hometown. They said they missed their daughter so much, didn't they? There should still be some elderly people in my hometown who remember the past. I'll go interview the elderly in the village and compile some materials to post later."

"There's no need to interfere with online public opinion right now. Things will ferment over several stages. Right now, they're just attacking me all at once. The more aggressive they are now, the more effective the situation will be when things turn around."

Forcibly suppressing it when public opinion is at its most intense will only make people think that it is the fact, which will arouse netizens' resentment and make public opinion even more one-sided.

But after things ferment for a while and continue to turn around, and after the netizens realize that they have been fooled, they will transfer their anger to the source of the fooling, and that will be a backlash of anger multiplied. So old man and old lady Jian can only wait and see.

Fu Runing herself works in a media company and is very familiar with this kind of public opinion manipulation.

What she wanted to know was who was behind the old man and the old woman directing them and what their purpose was.

Fu Jinbei nodded. "Shall I go with you?"

Fu Runing refused. "No, please stay at home and accompany my dad when you have nothing to do. Don't let him be disturbed by these messy things and affect his treatment."

Fu Jinbei glanced at the time and asked, "Where is Jing Tingren?"

When asked this question, Fu Runing's eyes darkened.

Rely on Xiao Jingting?

That's not something you can count on.

Fu Runing explained, "Zhou Yixing and I will go together. He knows a lot of people in the media industry and can help."

Fu Jinbei warned: "Then tell Jingting to be careful and contact me if anything happens."

"I know, I know."

Fu Runing answered casually.

……

When Zhou Yixing came out of the Fu family villa, his car was already waiting outside.

As soon as Zhou Yixing got in the car, he threw a bag of hamburgers to her.

Fu Runing pulled the seat belt and fastened it, without saying a word of thanks, she opened the package and started eating.

starving.

Zhou Yixing said angrily, "I knew you were so angry that you didn't eat dinner."

While eating the hamburger, Fu Runing thought with emotion that this person was indeed a childhood friend whom she had known for over 20 years.

"It takes three hours to drive there now. I'll contact a local media friend tomorrow morning and we'll go there."

Fu Runing listened to Zhou Yixing's voice, and a sour taste unconsciously rose in her nose.

"Thank you."

Zhou Yixing smiled and said, "Don't thank me, where is your husband?"

Fu Runing became furious when Xiao Jingting was mentioned.

"I will soon be without a husband, so I don't count on him."

The night view of Shengzhou City is prosperous, the street lights on both sides of the road are lit, and the shadows of trees and lights pass by the car window quickly.

When Fu Runing returned home, she actually called Xiao Jingting, but as expected, he didn't answer.

Xiao Jingting always has a lot of things to do, and she is just the most insignificant one.

It was very thoughtful of him to tell her for the first time that he would be working overtime tonight.

Zhou Yixing heard her tone of loss and jokingly asked, "When are you getting a divorce?"

Fu Runing said casually: "Why, you're not going to marry me, why do you care about this?"

"I'll set off firecrackers for you."

Fu Runing thought about it and nodded, "That's right, it's just that fireworks are banned in the city now, otherwise we would have to set off fireworks all night to celebrate."

But then she thought again, between her and Xiao Jingting, she was the one who was wrong.

She forced me to get married.

So even if she wanted a divorce now, she couldn't act like a shrew and make a scene without leaving any dignity.

Zhou Yixing didn't say anything more. Marriage is something that outsiders should not interfere with.

The car drove onto the highway and drove into the dark night.

……

It was already very late when Xiao Jingting finished his meeting tonight.

The Xiao family's annual ancestor worship ceremony is approaching, and the Xiao Group meeting will follow. On the eve of the redistribution of the internal power structure, it is inevitable that some people will rush to take sides.

Everyone in the conference room dispersed, leaving one by one yawning.

Xiao Jingting finally had time to take out his cell phone. He glanced at it and saw a missed call.

Four hours ago.

He pinched his eyebrows, his finger lingered on the missed call for a few seconds, and then he called back.

The call didn't go through.

Xiao Jingting frowned slightly as he listened to the busy tone on his phone.

He made the second call, but it still didn't go through.

The call was abnormal.

Chu Yi walked up to Xiao Jingting with a serious expression, "Mr. Xiao, the wife is in trouble."

Xiao Jingting's face turned stern, "What's going on?"

Chu Yi clicked on the hot search page to show him. Now the public opinion on the Internet was in an uproar. The video of the old couple participating in the "Shengzhou Night Talk" program was also madly intercepted and criticized.

Xiao Jingting scrolled through the disgusting comments below, his eyes becoming increasingly gloomy.

Chu Yi asked: "Boss Xiao, do you want to deal with it?"

This kind of online public opinion is easy to suppress at this stage, just spend some money.

Xiao Jingting didn't speak immediately. He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Go and see which media outlets are behind this."

According to Fu Runing's personality, she would not let this matter go.

He understands her.

Afterwards, Xiao Jingting called Fu Jinbei.