Public opinion spreads fast, and although crisis management had swiftly taken action, the power of fans must not be underestimated. Just when Yan Luoxi was relentlessly attacked, a Weibo post spread even faster.
The long-silent "Mr. Li" updated Weibo again, but the content was a live video that took everyone by surprise.
The video, less than a minute long, showed a woman in a purple dress entering the frame. She held a knife tip in her hand and, unnoticed by those around her, switched the knife with a prop knife on the prop table.
Although the woman's face was never captured throughout the video, based on the filming site at that time and the footage journalists captured of Ban Daicao being taken to an ambulance, the woman in the purple dress was indeed Ban Daicao herself.
After "Mr. Li" updated his Weibo, another less conspicuous post was pushed to the top, it was posted at 2:10 pm, right before the crime occurred.
