Although Catherine had already held a press conference with Che Lie to prove Wei Yumeng's innocence, the matter was far from over.
There were still many cyberbullying incidents that continued to plague Wei Yumeng.
If it were in the past, Zhan Mohan might not have paid attention to such gossip. However, perhaps because of Che Lie, Zhan Mohan was even less willing to see such news appear online.
In fact, through his interactions with Wei Yumeng, Zhan Mohan had already learned that Che Lie and Catherine's relationship was fake, and they were only doing this for Wei Yumeng.
Che Lie's willingness to go to such lengths for Wei Yumeng made Zhan Mohan feel a sense of frustration.
"Fang Xun, how is the investigation going?"
Fang Xun had already brought over his laptop. "Mr. Zhan, although things are not completely clear yet, we have discovered some rather peculiar aspects."
"Peculiar?" Zhan Mohan frowned slightly. Could it be that someone was actually controlling everything behind the scenes?
"According to the current available information, on the day Madam met Mr. Che, it seems someone intentionally informed the reporters about the situation there, which is why the reporters were able to capture all the scenes from that day."
This was indeed a point of doubt for Zhan Mohan. Although Wei Yumeng was considered a lady of a prominent family, it wasn't to the extent that reporters would follow her daily, hoping to capture something. So, how could it have been such a coincidence that the reporters caught that scene?
If someone was controlling everything behind this, then the situation would make sense.
"Have you found that person?"
Fang Xun shook his head. "The only clue we have so far is this. Even the reporter doesn't know who the other party was, only that it was a woman."
"A woman?" Zhan Mohan frowned slightly. The only woman he could think of who might have had a grudge against Wei Yumeng was Catherine.
Could this have also been Catherine's doing? If she intentionally wanted Wei Yumeng to be affected by the situation with Che Lie, then why would she have joined Che Lie in clearing Wei Yumeng's name?
This seemed too contradictory. Or perhaps Catherine wasn't involved at all, and someone else was manipulating everything.
Zhan Mohan frowned, feeling that this matter was more troublesome than he had imagined, and figuring it out would likely be a significant challenge.
However, he had never had the chance to settle scores with Catherine. Although he couldn't be sure how much Catherine was involved now, there was one thing Zhan Mohan was certain of.
If Catherine hadn't meddled in this matter, Che Lie wouldn't have done those things that touched Wei Yumeng, and their relationship wouldn't have grown closer.
Although this line of thinking was unreasonable, for Zhan Mohan, when it came to matters concerning Wei Yumeng, reason was unnecessary.
Moreover, if he didn't take action, he truly worried that Wei Yumeng would be snatched away by Che Lie.
No matter how Wei Yumeng tried to explain to him, Zhan Mohan knew very well in his heart that Wei Yumeng's good impression of Che Lie had always been there, and perhaps he himself couldn't intervene.
Even so, he wanted to be the most special person in Wei Yumeng's heart.
"Fang Xun, release the news of Catherine's pregnancy online. Let's test her."
Fang Xun nodded, not questioning why Zhan Mohan was doing this. Anyway, even without thinking, he knew the reason.
In an instant, the public opinion on the entire network began to shift due to this news.
"Did you hear? Catherine is actually pregnant."
"What's so strange about being pregnant? Didn't she say before that she had a boyfriend? So the child must be her boyfriend's, right?"
"If that's the case, then it's not news. I heard that child is with another man, and that man is currently in prison."
"Are you serious? Then wouldn't that current boyfriend be raising a child for another man?"
"That's not certain. Perhaps the current boyfriend doesn't even know Catherine is pregnant yet."
Wei Yumeng found these comments headache-inducing. She hadn't expected netizens to be so fickle. Just a few days ago, they were fiercely scolding her, and now they had completely shifted their target.
Wu Yi looked at the news and breathed a sigh of relief. "Ms. Wei, I don't think this is a bad thing. The news report is true, and it's not slandering Catherine, is it?"
Wei Yumeng sighed. "I'm not worried about Catherine. Her current situation has nothing to do with me anymore. It's just that Che Lie Gege has been inexplicably dragged into so many issues. I really don't know what to say."
Now, Wei Yumeng's mind was filled with the expression Che Lie might have when he saw this news.
"If it were someone like Che Lie Gege, he'd probably be in a panic right now."
Thinking this, she picked up her phone and called Che Lie.
"Che Lie Gege, did you see the news?"
There was a long silence from Che Lie's end, which startled Wei Yumeng even more.
"Che Lie Gege?"
"Yumeng, you saw it after all."
Wei Yumeng could only comfort him, "Che Lie Gege, since you and Catherine are not really boyfriend and girlfriend, you just need to tell the truth now, and the media will naturally have nothing to say."
"You fool, have you forgotten the original intention of why I did this? If I tell the truth, won't I draw all the public opinion towards you? I can't do that."
"But Che Lie Gege, you're just going to watch them wrongly accuse you like this? You shouldn't have to bear such things."
The more she heard Che Lie's words that seemed to be in her favor, the more uncomfortable Wei Yumeng felt. All of this shouldn't have happened.
"Yumeng, calm down and listen to me. I don't care about these scandals at all. Besides, I'm not a celebrity. Those onlookers will forget about it after a while. As for you, you said you've experienced such things many times before. I am here now and must find a way to protect you and make up for the time we missed."
Wei Yumeng bit her lower lip. She felt that she didn't deserve Che Lie to sacrifice so much for her. After all, many things had changed. So many years had passed, and they had both changed.
"Che Lie Gege..." Wei Yumeng wanted to say something more, but she couldn't bring herself to.
At this point, simply saying thank you seemed completely insufficient. But what else could she do? Che Lie's kindness to her was perhaps something she could never repay.
It wasn't that she didn't know Che Lie's kindness towards her, but she couldn't reciprocate to that extent now.