Yet the man standing before him now looked as though that composure had been stripped away piece by piece, leaving behind someone who seemed unable to hear the relentless buzzing of the phone still trapped inside his own hand.
Following Guiying's unfocused gaze, Fu Pei slowly lowered his eyes until they settled upon the sentence that had halted the scrolling.
There wasn't a single photograph attached to support the accusation, nor any evidence capable of convincing a rational person that such a thing had ever happened.
Yet, those few words sat quietly among thousands of comments with a cruelty that made every other rumor seem almost insignificant.
They didn't need proof because they appealed to something far easier to spread than truth.
They appealed to disgust. Another notification appeared.
@Anonymous884: Incest. Pregnancy. Abortion. He should've disappeared years ago.
Another.
@NewsToday: Sources claim more victims may come forward.
Another.
