At the Xia's family's house, Xia Lin lay in bed, resting, when a sudden loud bang on her bedroom door jolted her awake. She groggily sat up, rubbing her eyes.
"Brother," she mumbled, her voice still heavy with sleep, "what is it that you want from me?"
Xia Lu, her older brother, didn't waste a second. He pushed the door open and strode in, holding his phone in front of her. His face was unusually grim.
"There's new chaos," he said, his voice clipped. "Your friend is in even deeper trouble than before."
Xia Lin frowned, fully awake now. She took the phone from him and looked at the screen. Her eyes moved rapidly over the words, and with each sentence, her expression darkened.
The news was everywhere. Lin Yuyan's television appearance, her teary confession, the claim that she had been pregnant when she learned of Liang Guo's alleged affair with Chen Mumu. The public had already turned against Chen Mumu before, but now? Now, they were out for blood.