Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1669: Chapter 1653: Not an Accident

”Something big happened inside. Halfway through the recording, the chandelier suddenly fell from the ceiling, almost hitting the host. Luckily, the host reacted quickly and dodged it skillfully. Otherwise, if that chandelier had hit, even if it didn’t kill, it would have taken half his life!”

”The person is fine, but the thing is pretty miserable. I heard that the props for this show are all real ancient artifacts rented from the museum. The chandelier didn’t hit anyone but smashed into that Long Liang Primitive Porcelain Pot. The pot couldn’t withstand the impact and shattered all over the place. The producer and director were both scared out of their wits.”

”How could they not be scared? That’s a real antique, a relic from the Warring States Period. Do you think it’s valuable? I bet selling them off wouldn’t even cover the costs. This is a big deal now; who knows how they’ll clean this mess up!”

”The crew is really something, can’t they use some fakes as props? They just had to show off like this, and now look what’s happened!”

”You guys are behind on the news. I heard the artifacts rented from Yu Province never arrived. It’s said that side backed out last minute. This batch of artifacts was brought in by the guest host herself!”

”Who is this guest host? She looks so young, yet she’s able to bring in such a huge batch of antiques. This young lady is really something!”

”But now the stuff’s been smashed. Even if the girl is amazing, she can’t handle this screw-up. I just asked someone, that Long Liang Primitive Porcelain Pot, even the Forbidden City doesn’t have a complete one. If it were to go to auction, it would fetch at least ten million!”

”Goodness, that expensive? Isn’t that just burning money?”

While the audience and others in the studio were discussing this in the lobby, a person walked out from a distant corner, silently passing through the crowd. At the moment of exiting the lobby, they couldn’t resist a glance back at the chaotic scene, a sarcastic smile twitching at their lips, eyes filled with schadenfreude.

This news fell into He Guolin’s ears within just a few minutes, scaring him so much his legs went soft. He stumbled down from the upper floor and ran straight into Han Wen, who was also rushing over upon hearing the news. Both were in a state of panic, running together towards Studio 7.

After arriving at the lobby, they couldn’t care less about the uproar outside. They flung open the studio door and rushed straight onto the stage.

Upstairs, neither of them believed the news when they first heard it, but at this moment, seeing the ground strewn with shattered porcelain, they were stunned.

He Guolin felt a buzz in his head, his blood pressure rising rapidly. His vision went black, and he nearly collapsed on stage. If it weren’t for Han Wen’s quick reflexes, he would have fallen onto the floor below.

”How could this happen? What exactly is going on?”

After a few rapid breaths, He Guolin finally asked in a trembling voice.

Huo Sining’s lips curled into a cold smile. She bent down and grabbed a piece of the aerial wire rope from the beam with her gloved hand, speaking bluntly:

”What happened, huh. Just look at the cut; it’s obvious. This wasn’t an accident, it was sabotage. The beam for the ceiling lights was fixed with wire stunt equipment, but someone tampered with it!”

Huo Sining used to prefer peace in situations like this, but now someone was clearly out to get her, conspiring to take her life with such a vicious method—she couldn’t possibly tolerate it.

She originally thought it might just be an accident, but the four security personnel she brought along, all with a reconnaissance background, immediately spotted that it was man-made.

This left Huo Sining utterly furious. She came to the TV station to record the show, even sponsoring the episode herself and providing the props for free, always doing right by people. Yet, someone had such a grudge against her to use these malicious tactics. If she hadn’t reacted quickly, she might have ended up in a pool of blood by now.

To tolerate the intolerable—if she kept quiet under such circumstances, she’d really be turning into the Divine Turtle!

Upon hearing Huo Sining’s claim that it was intentional, the entire hall exploded like a bomb dropped in a lake.

The employees in the studio were all stunned, staring at each other in panic and unease.

The scene dissolved into chaos.

”Are you sure?!”

He Guolin’s expression darkened as he asked seriously.

Being the Director of Channel Ten, He Guolin naturally wanted to protect his employees. Despite the severity of today’s incident, he didn’t wish to wrongly accuse anyone, especially his staff. It would be intolerable to have any of them wrongly bear the blame.

However, he also understood that if today’s affair wasn’t handled properly, the program team wouldn’t be able to explain itself to Huo Sining.

Because Huo Sining’s expression now was clearly one of utter fury, revealing her deep loathing and hatred toward whoever was behind this act.

Knowing He Guolin’s disbelief, Huo Sining signaled to a security staff member, who promptly caught on and took the broken wire from her hand to explain:

”Director He, this indeed is intentional. Under normal circumstances, a snapped wire would have an uneven break due to unequal force during the breakage, resulting in a ragged edge.”

”However, the break in this wire is a very clean cut, indicating it was severed directly with a blade. I have a dagger here. I’ll demonstrate, and you’ll see the issue.”

With that, the security personnel pulled out a spring-loaded pocket knife and swiftly sliced through another wire. Sure enough, the resulting cut was clean, matching the previous break exactly!

”How could this happen?”

Han Wen was the first to cry out, unable to believe someone dared to pull such a vicious move in the studio, in broad daylight. Even with a grudge, they usually opted for more covert methods.

But now, everyone understood one thing: whoever did this clearly wanted to finish Huo Sining off, leaving her no chance to survive!