<h4>Chapter 1179: Chapter 1157: So What If You Are Bai Xiaosheng!</h4>


    Lin Ke, after being falsely used, didn’t leave Qinggang but found a hotel near Qinggang Yunhe to stay in temporarily.


    When Bai Xiaosheng rushed from Nandu to Qinggang and finally to Lin Ke’s hotel, it was already 7 o’clock in the evening.


    Upon seeing her again, the once lively and mischievous little Lolita now seemed like a changed person, silent and grave, with eyes full of guilt and self-reproach interwoven.


    Although Lin Ke was no longer of a young girl’s age, that face, still youthful like a green almond girl’s, wore such an expression that one couldn’t help but feel pity.


    Especially since Lin Ke had always preferred to be alone, and now, with not even an assistant by her side, her lone figure seemed all the more deste.


    The moment she saw Bai Xiaosheng, Lin Ke’s mood plummeted even further, fraught with guilt and unease.


    Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying, seeing Lin Ke’s reaction, exchanged a nce and sighed silently in their hearts.


    On the way here, they had learned about the course of events, even from Feng Li and Chen Yucheng they had gotten wind of the headquarters’ current situation, and were continuously monitoring the dynamics on the inte via their smartphones.


    In just a few hours, it felt as though the sky had fallen.


    And no matter how things would eventually turn out, no matter what cmity Bai Xiaosheng would face, Lin Ke was headed for the most helpless of endings.


    Even if the truth was uncovered to clear her name, she would likely find it difficult to continue as an Affairs Officer.


    Some things can’t be neatly resolved just by uncovering the truth.


    At the very least, when ites to Lin Ke’s issue, even if the group rifies the details publicly, they would still be used of whitewashing for their own people.


    To mitigate the impact and silence the critics, the group sacrificing an Officer Lin wouldn’t really count for much.


    "Bai Xiaosheng, I’m sorry!"


    Inviting Bai Xiaosheng in, Lin Ke couldn’t hold back her tears any longer.


    She had also been following the situation, knowing her own predicament, and felt deeply distressed to have dragged Bai Xiaosheng into this.


    On the inte, a deluge of public opinions with phrases like "Bai surnamed executive", "youngest Senior Affairs Officer in history", "newly-promoted Senior Affairs Officer" had already undoubtedly targeted Bai Xiaosheng.


    They started to smear his reputation with malicious ims!


    The origin of this incident could be traced back to the Qinggang Yunhe real estate project.


    Real estate projects have strong societal attributes.


    In other words, they are prone to maniption and can easily incite emotions.


    Those writers andmentators deliberately mislead, confuse concepts, making a business real estate project seem rted to residential issues, while also mixing in various public concerns about the real estate market.


    Thus, the size of the audience and the fervor grew like a snowball rolling downhill!


    In reality, the buyers of business real estate arepanies and corporations; could they possibly suffer a loss? Hardly!


    But one can’t withstand the creative liberties these writers take.


    Among those making significant contributions wasn’t just the Wu Media Group alone; they didn’t have that much influence.


    It was Shen Peishen’s side that mobilized substantial resources to participate.


    Even multiple mainstream media outlets began publishing news, though mainstream media were still rtively objective and cautious.


    But this also showed that the situation was even moreplex and severe!


    "Silly girl, sorry for what!" Bai Xiaosheng couldn’t help but smile, rubbing Lin Ke’s head gently, saying, "You’re a victim too, no one owes anyone an apology! Rest assured, I’ll take care of everything!"


    After worrying for several hours, ming herself for several hours.


    Hearing the person she felt most guilty towardsforting her, Lin Ke couldn’t hold it in any longer.


    She burst into tears and threw herself into Bai Xiaosheng’s arms.


    As wronged as a little wife who had faced hardships outside, she had been holding on by gritting her teeth, but now that her man hade, the backbone of her resolve, she couldn’t hold on any longer.


    Bai Xiaosheng continued to console her.


    Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying also joined in persuading her.


    After a while, Lin Ke gradually regained herposure, and with reddened eyes and flushed cheeks, she looked up at the three of them, a bit embarrassed.


    "None of us have eaten yet, right? We’re also hungry after rushing over here." Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile, "Let’s go, let’s eat first. Man is iron, food is steel, no matter the issue weigh, it can wait after meal. If the sky were to fall..."


    Bai Xiaosheng pointed to himself and said with a smile, "You’ve got a tall guy to hold it up!"


    Lin Ke was amused by his joke and nodded vigorously.


    When they went out to have dinner, Bai Xiaosheng kept putting food on Lin Ke’s te, urging her to eat more, but she still seemed forced to eat.


    After all, with the current situation, she wasn’t in the mood for food.


    Seeing this, Lin Weiwei put down her chopsticks and told Lin Ke, "Sister Lin, you don’t need to me yourself too much. In this case, it was an unwitting mistake being manipted by our own people. It’s an understandable oversight."


    Lin Weiwei continued, "We’ve also dealt with public opinion crises, and we’re well aware of the ’timing, degree, and effect’ principles of crisis management. So on the way here, Xiaosheng already started making arrangements!"


    Lin Ke took it as Lin Weiweiforting her, but still looked towards Bai Xiaosheng.


    Bai Xiaosheng gave her a reassuring smile and began to get down to the nitty-gritty.


    "In theory, when a crisis urs, relevant information and reports will appear online within 2 to 3 hours, after 6 hours the news would be picked up by multiple media outlets, and after 24 hours, online public opinion will reach its peak. This is the ’golden 24 hours’ in crisis management."


    "But this event isn’t a ’normal’ crisis, and Shen Peishen’s side won’t allow the situation to ’slowly’ ferment, so they used the entirework’s force to drastically shorten this fermentation time!"


    "As of now, less than four hourster, it has already caused an uproar across the entirework, with many media participating, and even mainstream media have voiced out. And their push has advanced to a new phase, beginning to target me directly!"