Outside the Imperial Hotel, Alfred Garland hurriedly walked in, heading straight for the private room to find someone.

He had just reached the elevator when he bumped into the person he was looking for.

"Amadeus?!" He froze, staring at the man stepping out of the elevator, instinctively stepping aside to make way. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Once the man walked out, Alfred snapped back to reality, remembering the reason he came, and slapped his palm against his face before chasing after him.

"Amadeus, Ms. Quinlan is in trouble..."

The man walking ahead, just about to send a message from his pinned WhatsApp chat, paused and turned around, his deep black eyes locking onto Alfred.

Alfred was visibly agitated as he explained the situation in detail.

At the end, he lifted his gaze and said, "... Mr. Zachmann has already clarified on Twitter that Caryn Zachmann was only trying to ride Ms. Quinlan’s wave of popularity. But some fans still don’t believe this; they think Mr. Zachmann is deliberately saying this to protect Ms. Quinlan and Tsinghua University’s reputation. Plus, some people are now bombarding the university’s official website, demanding the school provide an explanation."

People on the internet want an explanation?

Explanation my foot!

What kind of explanation do they want from Tsinghua? Ms. Quinlan was the real Lighten Chaser all along, and it’s already gracious enough not to demand an explanation from Caryn Zachmann!

"I talked to Ms. Quinlan’s classmates. They said she went out to dinner with her father. As of now, she hasn’t responded to this incident yet. I’m not sure if she’s seen the messages online either."

When you boil it down, this whole mess is really a Zachmann Family matter.

Moreover, Caryn Zachmann has been part of Amadeus’s inner Circle for so long. Both Mr. Vinson and Amadeus have always treated Caryn Zachmann as a younger sister.

This situation is incredibly tricky to handle!

"Amadeus, should we step in on this?" Alfred’s face revealed hesitation as he looked at him.

Amadeus fiddled with the Buddhist beads on his wrist, his eyelashes lowered, his expression calm and unreadable. He didn’t respond immediately, taking a long moment before finally speaking: "I remember Stephanie Tanzil has some video evidence?"

"Huh? What video evidence?" Alfred was confused at first, but quickly realized what Amadeus meant. "Amadeus, are you referring to the VCR Ms. Quinlan filmed for promoting intangible cultural heritage? The one that aired on TV?"

"Yes."

"I do recall that. At the time, Ms. Quinlan’s appearance caused quite a stir online, and there were multiple hot searches trending on Twitter..."

Back then, most people assumed Lighten Chaser was a man, believed to be in his thirties—a mature, seasoned figure.

When Nathalie Quinlan’s VCR for cultural heritage promotion was released, even though her face was obscured with Mosaic, it was unmistakably a girl.

The voice she spoke with also made it clear she wasn’t very old.

The online hot searches completely exploded at the time.

A slew of tech enthusiasts tried to digitally process the VCR frame by frame, fervently attempting to crack the Mosaic applied by the TV station.

But the TV station had implemented the Mosaic relentlessly; even the most skilled tech experts online ultimately failed and gave up.

It was said that the decision to hide Ms. Quinlan’s physical appearance came from Mr. Norton himself.

Stephanie Tanzil personally held Mr. Shawn Norton in high regard, and that footage was considered top-level classified within the TV station’s archives. Other than Stephanie Tanzil, no one had ever seen Lighten Chaser’s true face.

Alfred’s mind raced quickly, instantly understanding why Amadeus brought up that VCR. Without hesitation, he asked, "Amadeus, should I contact Ms. Tanzil and have her release the footage publicly?"

If he hadn’t misunderstood, that’s surely what Amadeus was implying, right?

"Go ahead." Amadeus’s tone was calm yet commanding, melodic in a way, reassuring even amidst chaos.

However...

Once that VCR footage is made public, Caryn Zachmann will essentially be exposed and humiliated in front of everyone—a complete face slap!