The video was released by an online account.
The title was written in a very eye-catching way - ["Capital University Female Student Driving Top Sports Car Repeatedly Crashes into Chery Car Owner"].
The video quickly attracted media attention and was widely reported.
The titles became more and more eye-catching.
The media in Capital City paid close attention to Capital University and Qin Hanyue, and recognized Qiao Ying and Qin Hanyue as well as Cheng Jinyan in the video. They all had deep relationships and did not dare to randomly report on it.
They were afraid of causing trouble.
"This video is incomplete without knowing the context, let's not make arbitrary judgements. Anyway I believe in school belle Qiao."
"I also believe, something must have happened that pushed school belle Qiao to impulsively lose control."
"School belle Qiao is usually so rational, it doesn't make sense for her to go so crazy. Let's wait until she comes back and ask her."
"So was it true that someone spotted this sports car previously, with its front smashed in, at a noodle shop?"
"Does Xiao He know? Let's ask him when he gets back."
After Qiao Ying watched the video Zhang Chengyong gave her, she nodded slightly, completely composed: "Yes I did it."
Zhang Chengyong anxiously paced back and forth in his office, a rare occurrence. He didn't ask Qiao Ying what happened, nor did he blame her for acting impulsively. He knew there must have been a reason.
Besides, Qiao Ying always acts with reason.
Zhang Chengyong: "What happened to the car owner in the video?"
Qiao Ying: "Nothing happened."
At most he peed and pooped in fear.
Hearing this, Zhang Chengyong felt much more at ease.
Then he worriedly said: "Do you understand how big of an public opinion storm this will cause, and how much it will impact you?"
"The police just contacted me saying they've sent someone over already now that it's become so big."
While Capital University students believed in Qiao Ying's character and stayed rational, those online and from neighboring universities who didn't know the context and blindly followed trends had already started attacking her.
Under every reposted video were vicious curses and verbal assaults in the comments. Some had even doxxed Qiao Ying already.
Just as Qiao Ying was about to reply, the door to the principal's office was shoved open from outside. Xiao He rushed in panting heavily.
He held a laptop in his arms.
Xiao He: "It didn't happen that way."
The video trimmed the beginning and end, only showing Qiao Ying crashing the car. Even Xiao He next to her was edited out.
After hearing the full story, the police arrived right on time.
"We have to go through the procedures. Qiao, cooperate alright? Don't worry, I already spoke with the police chief," Zhang Chengyong said.
Soon, the police arrived. Since it happened at school, the officers wore plainclothes.
Seeing the incoming police, Qiao Ying raised an eyebrow slightly, not surprised at all, and asked: "Just you?"
Instructor Hou: "Just me."
Zhang Chengyong looked between them: "You know each other?"
After greeting Zhang Chengyong, Instructor Hou explained: "I was previously in charge of Qiao's military training class. Now Qiao and I are friends."
Zhang Chengyong was impressed: "There's no one in the entire Capital City that you don't have connections with. And here I was worrying over nothing after speaking with your chief."
Instructor Hou: "Shall we go then?"
Qiao Ying: "No rush."
She gestured for Xiao He to come over.
Xiao He walked over and handed her the laptop.
Qiao Ying hacked into the security cameras of the auto repair shop, wanting to retrieve the full footage, but couldn't find it.
She continued by hacking into the media company's equipment, and did find security footage there, but it was trimmed just like the online video.
They didn't have the complete footage in their possession.
Looks like they would need to personally go take a look.
Qiao Ying stood up from the sofa.
Xiao He: "I'll go with you."
Instructor Hou looked towards Xiao He.
Xiao He: "I'm involved too."
Afterwards, Qiao Ying and Xiao He left school following Instructor Hou. Many people witnessed this scene but didn't know Instructor Hou's identity. Then for the rest of the day, neither Qiao Ying nor Xiao He were seen again.
While driving, Instructor Hou listened to Qiao Ying recount everything that transpired, then asked: "Which auto repair shop?"
Xiao He: "Donglin Auto Repair, near Changchang Road."
Instructor Hou turned on navigation, then made a U-turn.
Qiao Ying: "Aren't you following procedures?"
Instructor Hou: "We can do that anytime. First let's get the security footage and fully reveal what actually happened."
Once again everyone witnessed the power of the internet. Trending topics one after another exposed Qiao Ying's identity as a Capital University student.
Capital University suffered as a result.
Netizens furiously raised their keyboards.
[As expected a person's character has nothing to do with academics. What kind of trash can get admitted to such a prestigious school like Capital University. With students like this Capital University is screwed.]
[That saying about a women's venom is indeed true. Really don't know what kind of parents can raise a child like this.]
[So young yet such a vicious heart. These kinds of people need to be eliminated early on otherwise they will be huge poison out in society.]
[This is attempted murder!]
[A girl actually being so vicious, really an eye opener.]
[Netizens just uncovered she's from an impoverished family in Yun City's Jiangxia District. Dirt poor family yet driving such a nice car, where did she get that from, no need for me to say more right?]
[Her dad used to work at construction sites and now seems to hold some position in the government. Very sus, should look into the connections here.]
[How's the car owner now? Any insiders able to share if he's still alive? Those screams sounded terrifying.]
[Looks a bit familiar, didn't she trend before with some hotshot lawyer? There were pics of them hugging. Indeed she's no simple girl it seems, that lawyer should be investigated too.]
The first thought upon seeing the video for Huo Chengdong was: the car!!!
Seeing the front of the car cave in repeatedly, Huo Chengdong felt like his heart was bleeding. His dream car!
Even though it wasn't his!
"Sis Qiao wrecked it too badly!"
Even more extravagantly than him!
As public opinion erupted, Huo Chengdong started to realize the gravity of the situation and became serious too.
"Those trash media writing bullshit all day, don't even know anything yet still spew crap!"
Huo Chengdong went to find Qiao Ying at the computer science department but heard she left school with Xiao He, destination unknown.
Huo Chengdong called the few most vicious media companies one by one to yell at their chairmen...
But Qiao Ying had provoked public fury. Countless media outlets across the country were condemning her. Huo Chengdong's solo effort was just a drop in the bucket.
Even after getting several major platforms to take down related videos, the vast ocean of public opinion still could not be contained.
Instead, it drove netizens into more of a frenzy. They yelled about the power of capital and criticized Qiao Ying even more fiercely.
Even Yun City mayor Feng Teng was impacted.
Huo Chengdong couldn't help but wonder: "Where the hell did Qin Hanyue run off to?"
Far away overseas, Cheng Jinyan received a message from Huo Jingyue.
A video plus screenshots of myriad online flamers.
After watching the video and screenshots, Cheng Jinyan responded: That's it? Much ado about nothing.
He had slightly bigger issues at hand it seemed. Like people trying to kill him.
While on the run, Cheng Jinyan's clothes were wrinkled with spots of blood on them. Calmly replying to Huo Jingyue he wrote: [Thank you Ms. Huo for notifying me. No need to worry, little Qiao can handle it.]
Putting his phone away, Cheng Jinyan somewhat irritably rolled his sore neck: "These annoying people."
