"Young Master Zhan, we truly don't know who sent us this news. We only received an anonymous email."
Zhan Mohan raised an eyebrow slightly, but his eyes were filled with coldness. "Just an email?"
The person broke out in a cold sweat. "There was also a sum of money. The email said it was payment for our headline news, and that we could also share the news with other media. The more it spread, the higher the reward."
As the person spoke, they glanced at Zhan Mohan, whose gaze was even colder than before.
"Since you accepted it, you must have also considered the consequences of doing so?" Zhan Mohan's eyes flashed with a chilling light.
The person immediately fell off their chair in fright.
"Young Master Zhan, I know I was wrong. I wouldn't dare to cause trouble on Hospital Island for such a headline... I..."
Zhan Mohan simply stood up, looking down at the person. "As an adult, you should also pay the price for your actions, shouldn't you?"
"Young Master Zhan, I truly know I was wrong!"
But Zhan Mohan had already called for security. "Drag him out."
After the person was taken away, Zhan Mohan looked at the documents on the desk.
Hongdou Media Co., Ltd. was the company of the person who had just spoken. It was one of the small businesses Zhan Mohan had invested in.
Zhan Mohan picked up the intercom phone on the desk. "Fang Xun, completely halt all investment in Hongdou Entertainment Co., Ltd., and initiate a market offensive against them within the industry."
Fang Xun didn't ask for details, only replying, "Understood."
Zhan Mohan hung up the phone and rested his forehead on his hand, leaning on his desk with a headache.
He had initially thought he would get some useful clues through interrogation, but it was clear that the other party didn't know much. They were merely a pawn.
However, he had confirmed at least one thing: there was indeed a mastermind behind this incident, and it was this person who had deliberately leaked Wei Yumeng's information to the media.
If the information had spread directly from that person, he would have found them easily. But now that Hongdou Media had become their pawn, that person naturally wouldn't reveal their true identity or situation to Hongdou.
Therefore, for now, the matter had to be temporarily concluded.
However, if any other clues surfaced, Zhan Mohan would definitely seize the opportunity to find the mastermind again.
With the appearance of a mastermind, Zhan Mohan couldn't help but recall their previous hesitations. It was likely that Wei Yumeng's current situation was not as simple as it seemed.
Although he had suppressed the media's reports through public relations, they still hadn't found Wei Yumeng after a whole night.
He had no idea how dangerous Wei Yumeng's current situation was, or what the mastermind intended to do. All Zhan Mohan knew was that if they couldn't find Wei Yumeng soon, he might truly go mad.
Wei Yumeng had run out without any money, forcing her to spend the night on a park bench.
However, she hadn't slept much all night. It wasn't because she couldn't adapt to the environment, but because that hateful voice kept echoing in her ears.
"Did you see? It's been a whole night, and they still haven't found you. With your current status, you no longer belong in this world."
"No, Lin Jing looked for me yesterday. I ran away."
"Her concern was just for show. You're not far from where you were, and they haven't come to find you. It means they've stopped searching."
Wei Yumeng's mind was in a constant battle. She didn't believe Zhan Mohan and the others would abandon her, but they also hadn't found her.
She had run away herself, so what was she still hoping for?
"No one in this world needs you anymore. Look at you, from yesterday until now, has anyone seen you and not called you crazy? Has anyone offered you a helping hand?"
"Mohan is definitely still looking for me."
"You're a burden to him now. Don't you feel any unease?"
This remark undoubtedly stirred up Wei Yumeng's pain. If there was one person she cared about most, it was Zhan Mohan. She didn't want Zhan Mohan to be troubled because of her.
"Mommy, there's an auntie over there," a child's voice called out.
"Don't mind her. Her clothes are from a mental hospital. She's crazy and might hurt you."
The child, a little scared, hid behind his mother. "Mommy, let's go quickly."
This mother and child seemed to know exactly when to add to her pain, deliberately exacerbating her suffering at this moment.
After a while, several more children appeared, holding small stones in their hands.
"I heard it just now, this woman is crazy. We should drive the crazy person out of our park!"
Under the leadership of the elder boy, the other boys began to throw stones at Wei Yumeng.
Wei Yumeng dodged frantically but was still hit a few times.
She could only run, but the children, as if they had found a fun toy, chased after her, throwing stones.
With one careless step, she twisted her ankle and couldn't stand up.
Her forehead was bleeding from a stone impact, and her arms and legs also bore several visible wounds.
Wei Yumeng suddenly started to laugh. At this moment, perhaps she finally understood what the voice had been saying. Yet, even so, she didn't want to end her painful life so easily.
"See? What are you waiting for? You've been completely rejected by this world. Isn't it exhausting to keep living like this?"
Wei Yumeng endured the pain in her foot and tried to stand up, but in the end, she couldn't. She could only sit there foolishly.
Her current appearance was no different from that of a disheveled, crazy homeless person.
Wei Yumeng started crying again, this time because of the cruelty of this world and her reluctance to leave it.
She bit her lower lip. She only needed to wait another half a day. If, after half a day, no one found her, no one cared about her, and no one helped her, then she truly wouldn't have the courage to continue living.
Wei Yumeng sat there in her disheveled state, right in the middle of the road.
She watched as the sun gradually rose to its zenith, then began to set in the west.
But so many people passed by, only glancing at her briefly before hurrying away, doing their best to avoid her.
She smiled, then cried again. All she needed was one person to offer her a little help at a time like this, and she wouldn't feel so desperate.
Yet, there was no one. Perhaps this was fate.
"Come on. You only need to take a few steps forward, and you can end this despairing life in the lake."