Du Hexuan's reckless, biting-anyone-in-sight demeanor terrified the influential bloggers who had been involved in the scheme.
Faced with Du Hexuan's direct @ on social media, they all kept quiet and played dead like quails.
Some media outlets tried to dig into the angle of prohibited drugs to fabricate some sensational dirt on Du Hexuan and divert public attention, but the police statement's explicit emphasis on "never went to the hotel" completely crushed their petty schemes.
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