Linda's heart skipped a beat. She blurted out instinctively, "There's nothing to investigate. Mu Feng just didn't notice the car when he went out and got hit. That's all there is to it."
Her nonchalant attitude enraged Mu Feng's fans. They all cast fierce looks at her.
Linda felt a chill run down her back.
Meng Nianchu smiled slightly, but her words were as cold as a biting wind. "Fans may not know that the car that hit Mu Feng was initially parked by the roadside. But as soon as Mu Feng crossed the lane, the driver suddenly drove straight at him. It's obvious that the driver did it on purpose."
Instantly, the audience seats were filled with chatter. The voices were too noisy and too far away for Meng Nianchu to hear clearly. But she could clearly hear the discussions in the first row, which was closer to the stage. Most people were saying that they wondered who had such a grudge against Mu Feng to plot against him.
Linda also heard these discussions from the audience around her. Her face flushed red with anger. She shouted, "There are so many people here. Don't scare people! Who would attack Mu Feng on a street full of people? Your words will create panic and make people think this place is unsafe!"
"I remember Mu Feng had an argument with you, Linda," Meng Nianchu said innocently.
Linda swallowed hard. She suddenly stood up from her seat. "What do you mean? Are you suspecting that I'm involved in this? That I hired someone to hit Mu Feng so he couldn't participate in the competition?"
"I didn't say that," Meng Nianchu deliberately dragged out the last syllable. Then she turned to look at the backstage hall. The cold - blooded Mu Junze dragged a man with his hands tied with hemp rope onto the stage.
Linda's face changed slightly when she saw the man. But when she noticed the camera turning towards her and filming her facial expression, she quickly regained her composure.
"Do you know this man?" Meng Nianchu asked.
Hearing this, Linda shook her head repeatedly. "I don't know who this man is."
The man, who had been dragged onto the stage by Mu Junze and was timid in front of the camera, suddenly changed his expression after hearing Linda's flat denial.
He shouted angrily at Linda, "You heartless woman! You were the one who told me to do this. You promised to pay me if I succeeded. You were the one who instigated this. I wouldn't have dared to attack him even if I had a hundred guts!"
"Who told you to say that?" Linda was nervous. She shouted with all her might, "I've been here with the trainees all this time. When did I ever contact you? I don't know anything about it. Don't slander me! Did someone deliberately arrange for you to frame me?"
"You're such an untrustworthy woman!"
"Shut up!"
The two of them quarreled loudly on the stage, putting on quite a show.
Mu Junze saw that the man was so excited that his face was red and he was glaring at Linda. He lowered his eyes and quietly let go of the man's collar.
Linda tried her best to clear her name. "I don't know this man at all. I have nothing to do with him! Someone must have wanted him to frame me, so he's saying these things! How could I hire someone to hit Mu Feng and hurt him like this? It's all a lie!"
"How could I be associated with such a daring person who would harm someone in broad daylight... Ah!"
The emotionally - out - of - control man rushed at Linda like a madman and grabbed her hair. "You slut! You dared to betray me! I should have known you were such a person. I would never have agreed to do this for you. I'll beat you to death!"
Linda let out a loud scream.
The man's curses and Linda's screams mixed together, and the scene got out of control.
Meng Nianchu glanced back at Mu Junze.
Mu Junze met her gaze, still looking cold and expressionless.
Meng Nianchu never expected that Mu Junze, who seemed bold in everything he did, could be so scheming.
Mu Junze was extremely responsible in everything he did. If he hadn't deliberately let go of the man, the man would never have rushed over.
Although it was immoral, Meng Nianchu still thought Mu Junze was right!
This kind of woman deserved a lesson!
The security guards responsible for the venue's order didn't arrive until Linda's hair was almost pulled out by the man. They looked relaxed and didn't seem to care.
They restrained the man but didn't even comfort Linda.
Linda's carefully - styled bun was in a mess. It looked like a bird's nest on her head. Her makeup was dirty, and her right eyelash was hanging to one side. She looked extremely disheveled.
Mu Feng, sitting in a wheelchair, watched her coldly. "Despicable!"
Realizing he was talking to her, Linda stared at him intently, full of anger. In a fit of anger, she blurted out without thinking, "What does it matter to me that you got hit by a car? If you weren't blind and had looked at the road when crossing, you wouldn't have ended up like this. You brought it on yourself. Who else can you blame?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a plastic bottle was thrown straight at Linda. It hit her back firmly.
"If you weren't involved, would that man have been so sure that you did it, you bitch!"
The person who threw the plastic bottle was one of Mu Feng's fans. Hearing Linda talking to her idol so rudely, she couldn't hold back her anger. After the plastic bottle hit Linda, she stood up and stared at Linda angrily with her small face.
Other fans of Mu Feng couldn't hold back their anger either. They stood up one after another and scolded Linda for her rudeness.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of hand, Zhang Fan, who had rushed backstage, quickly stepped in. He walked up to Meng Nianchu and said seriously, "Everyone has their own judgment. The police will investigate this matter thoroughly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the venue was pushed open. The harsh light shone into the dim venue, and the policemen quickly walked up to Linda.
"You're suspected of attempted murder in a car accident. Please come with us."
"On what grounds are you arresting me? Let go of me. What does this have to do with me?"
Even after being caught by the police, Linda still wouldn't behave. As she passed by the fans, many fans who were angry about what she said about Mu Feng threw their plastic bottles at her.
The news that the well - known female star had insulted Mu Feng at the competition site and was taken away by the police quickly spread on Weibo. The programmer tried his best to fix the website problems, while netizens were crazy about the gossip, and Mu Feng's fans were cursing Linda like crazy.
The latest episode of the star - making program was broadcast at this time. Netizens were sharp - eyed and captured many screenshots of Linda's subtle expressions when Meng Nianchu mentioned Mu Feng's car accident.
Some netizens even listed the subconscious actions of people when they lie, and all of them matched Linda's behavior. In addition, Xia had posted on the Internet that Linda had left the venue five hours before the car accident and that the car that hit Mu Feng appeared by the roadside about an hour after she returned.
The timing was exactly right.