The situation escalated, and it was unclear whether it was someone fueling the flames or simply that the netizens had nothing better to do, as they dredged up Tan Rou's family and her past incidents.
An exposé claimed that Tan Rou had been a delinquent in the past, spending hundreds of thousands in a single night at casinos, where smoking, drinking, and fighting were commonplace.
Tan Rou didn't care about these rumors, but what really concerned her was that her family had been exposed.
Unblurred photos were directly uploaded online, featuring her father, mother, brother, and herself. The clearest picture showed them entering and exiting a police station, with the police station's entrance conspicuously captured to leave no doubts about the location. The captions accompanying the photos were unbearable, stating all sorts of things.
