<h4>Chapter 2371: The Talk of the Town</h4>


    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 Shishi opened pages after pages as she skimmed through the articles.


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    [@MorningNews: <i>Lu Jingtian, a Huanyu artist, suffers serious burns in a bar mishap.</i> ording to eye-witnesses at the hospital, the famous starlet met an ident at a barst 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 prettyrge and severe. She remains in a critical condition as of the time of posting.]


    [@ChengguangEntertainment: <i>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.</i> The renowned actress remains in the ER even now. ording to the bar manager, Lu Jingtian arrived there alone and headed straight to the second floor. Twenty minutester, 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: <i>Bar denies all responsibility on Lu Jingtian’s mishap, citing the actress being on the surveince camera’s blind angle as reason for theirte rescue</i>. ording 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 spected that the artist might have been ying with a lighter, and then she identally 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 ambnce 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 manyizens to leavements on thepany’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 mmable 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 evene forward to rify 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 me if there’s gasoline or some other mmable 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 tomit 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 ck—gender unknown—calmlying 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?]


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