Chapter 2371: The Talk of the Town

She was temporarily rendered speechless.

Her brother curled his lips into a smile. “The way you’re always keeping things to yourself makes me feel left out.”

Looking pensive, the man then turned his head away and sipped his coffee.

She hung her head low dumbly, feeling somewhat lost.

Come morning, Lu Jingtian remained in a critical condition.

By now, the media had published many articles about her online.

Yun s.h.i.+s.h.i.+ opened pages after pages as she skimmed through the articles.

[@MorningNews:

Lu Jingtian, a Huanyu artist, suffers serious burns in a bar mishap.

According to eye-witnesses at the hospital, the famous starlet met an accident at a bar last night. She’s suffered burns all over and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. From what we know so far, the extent of her burns is pretty large and severe. She remains in a critical condition as of the time of posting.]

[@ChengguangEntertainment:

Lu Jingtian, whose body got burned by eighty-five percent and who’s at risk of being disfigured for life, isn’t out of the woods yet.

The renowned actress remains in the ER even now. According to the bar manager, Lu Jingtian arrived there alone and headed straight to the second floor. Twenty minutes later, she was seen engulfed in fire as she rolled down the stairs, writhing in agony and screaming for help. It was reported that, at the time of the incident, she’s wearing nylon stockings, which further fed the fire. The bar failed to respond to her calls for help in time, and when they finally extinguished the fire, she’s already lost consciousness.]

[@StarlightNews:

Bar denies all responsibility on Lu Jingtian’s mishap, citing the actress being on the surveillance camera’s blind angle as reason for their late rescue

. According to reports, no one at the scene then noticed what was happening to the starlet because no other customers were on the second floor. The bar manager speculated that the artist might have been playing with a lighter, and then she accidentally set herself on fire, which quickly spread to engulf her in a matter of seconds. The staff also defended their establishment by saying that they had actually reacted astutely to the situation, putting out the fire, evacuating the crowd, and calling the police and ambulance in an orderly manner.]

Huanyu’s official Weibo page had been keeping silent all this while, with not even a public announcement regarding the matter.

It, thus, prompted many netizens to leave comments on the company’s Weibo page, expressing their disappointment on it.

[Can a lighter really set a person on fire right away? Even though her clothes were made of flammable material, the fire shouldn’t spread that fast, should it? Usually, when a person’s clothes catch fire, their immediate reaction is to put out the fire or call for help, right? From the footage, the fire spread so fast that she didn’t even have the chance to save herself. I don’t believe that it’s only the work of a lighter. There must be something else that caused the fire to grow so fast and strong. It’s been a few hours since the incident happened, yet Huanyu hasn’t even come forward to clarify the matter. There isn’t even any announcement about it. Just what exactly are they doing?]

[The clothes will only ignite right away upon contact with flame if there’s gasoline or some other flammable liquid on them.]

[That’s terrible! I heard that Lu Jingtian had received extensive burns. Apparently, it’s so bad that even her vocal cords were damaged. I wonder if she can still speak in the future.]

[I thought she was trying to commit suicide at first, but then again, would anyone kill themselves using such a painful method? It’s not like she’s a cult follower. Besides, is there a need for her to go to a bar to kill herself?]

[I’ve been studying the footage carefully. The footage shows someone in black—gender unknown—calmly coming down from the second floor when Lu Jingtian was on fire. That person was so freakishly calm it’s not hard to link them to this incident. Was it… premeditated?]

The netizens were discussing this incident so much so that it quickly became the talk of the town. Rumors and gossip were rife for a moment.