"I've talked this over with Miss Mai. Someone obviously schemed this up. Instead of blindly retaliating, let's see what our mastermind has in store. This has already become such a big scandal that I don't believe it will grow any bigger."
A lot of times, an immediate reaction did not necessarily douse the flames, but it might fuel the flames instead.
Right now, everyone hated Yan Qingsi. They only believed what they saw, and they thought that Yan Qingsi was an absolute villain. How could she bully others, how could she treat others like dirt? Was it even possible for someone to be this cruel to have this twisted of a personality?
Regular people were easily swayed by public opinion.
When the people's rage reached its peak, it was best to lie low.
Although Jiang Lai did his best to produce rebuttals, he did not escape being thoroughly lectured by Yue Tingfeng.
