No matter how much he pleaded, the editor-in-chief remained adamant, as keeping him would mean reckoning with retaliation from Huo An Group eventually. It was feared that such revenge would extend to Idle Entertainment as well. But if all the blame could be pinned on this journalist, it might just quench Huo Zhanting's wrath.
Having worked at Idle Entertainment for many years, this job was very important to the journalist. After all, he had a family to feed, and now, because of a single piece of news, he was terminated, filled with nothing but panic and hatred—hatred towards Liu's mother for deceiving him and getting him into trouble with someone he shouldn't have crossed.
If Liu's mother spoke the truth, they were the good guys exposing wicked forces; if she lied, they became the villains spreading baseless rumors. Liu's mother gave him false information and even had the audacity to take five hundred yuan from him.
In the end, the journalist was still forced to resign.
