Jing Pengfei's tone was very sincere as he admitted his fault, a stark contrast to the arrogant speech he had made in the livestream that afternoon.
As soon as he finished speaking, as if fearing that Jiang Ning would disagree, he quickly added, "My comments this afternoon were purely to see if you really had the ability to find me. Actually, I didn't hire anyone to smear your reputation, nor have I ever done anything to harm you."
Jing Pengfei was almost ready to swear with his hand raised, "I'm telling the truth, I'm not lying to you."
Some of the audience in the livestream started believing him:
[If that's really the case, then there really is no need to call the police...]
[If he didn't hire anyone to smear Jiang Ning, then those few comments he made in the livestream were just senseless blabbering, even the police couldn't do anything about him.]
However, some astute individuals quickly realized: