More than half a month,

Zhou Ling discovered that Zhao Kun had not returned and had not been in contact with her since that phone call. No matter how many times she called, his phone was always switched off.

This made Zhou Ling feel a sense of worry.

Could something have happened to Zhao Kun?

Once a thought arises, it grows wildly, causing Zhou Ling to be absent-minded during her work hours.

"Hey, give me my change."

"Um... how much money did you just give me?"

"One hundred dollars, give me ninety back."

"Okay, wait a minute."

Just as Zhou Ling took out the money to give to the customer, the boss suddenly stopped her, saying, "Did you just give me a hundred? Trying to cheat me out of money, do you want to go to jail?"

Upon hearing this, the customer's expression changed, and he quickly forced a stiff smile, saying that he had misremembered and had just given twenty.

"My internet cafe doesn't welcome people like you. Don't come back again. If I see you here again, don't blame me for calling the police. Get out of here now."

The boss waved his hand dismissively, kicking the lying customer out.

“Zhou Ling, what’s wrong with you? Someone gives you twenty, but you’re asking for ninety. Do you think this place is a charity? If you keep giving the wrong change to several people a day, my internet cafe will be out of business. We’re not making any money, we’re just losing money.”

The boss turned to look at Zhou Ling, his face full of anger.

Zhou Ling knew she was in the wrong, so she quickly apologized and made various promises, which finally calmed the boss down.

However, as a result, three days' wages were deducted from her pay.

This scene was captured by a student who came to the internet cafe, and uploaded to a high school's online forum, where it quickly spread throughout the school.

Many people are mocking Zhou Ling, saying she deserves it because she can't even do such a simple job as a network administrator.

Some people used Zhou Ling's pregnancy and her work to belittle Zhao Kun, saying that Zhou Ling was blind.

Some people believe that Zhou Ling brought this upon herself and deserved to suffer. If she hadn't been so ungrateful and broken up with Zhou Chen, she wouldn't have had to endure this torment. They believe it's all deserved, a punishment from God for Zhou Ling.

The opinions were overwhelmingly negative, filled with mockery and ridicule.

Of course, some people on the forum defended Zhou Ling, saying that her working while pregnant was a sign of female self-reliance and that working while pregnant was beneficial to the health of the fetus, etc.

The most outrageous statement was that this person mocked Zhou Chen, saying that as the older brother, even though Zhou Chen and Zhou Ling were not related by blood, Zhou Ling had done wrong, but he was indifferent to Zhou Ling's current life. He thought Zhou Chen was too cold-blooded and heartless, and that if Zhou Chen had just helped a little, Zhou Ling's life would have been much better.

These remarks immediately drew rebuttals from many people.

"Brother Chen, this girl called Little Fairy is shameless. She can turn black into white. It's Zhou Ling who is ungrateful and has done so many bad things. But when she's not doing well, she blames it on you. It's outrageous."

"Many people are trying to find out who this fairy is. If it gets out, she'll definitely have a hard time at school."

Li Kaile told Zhou Chen about the debate on the forum, and Zhou Chen was quite angry.

"People can say whatever they want. I'm not money, I can't please everyone. Her defending Zhou Ling only shows that they are the same kind of people, or even the same person."

Zhou Chen said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Li Kaile's eyes lit up. He thought it made a lot of sense. Yes, if a normal person knew what Zhou Ling had done, who would speak up for her? The fact that someone was defending her like this was very likely because Zhou Ling herself was defending herself.

"Brother Chen, you're amazing! You even thought of this. I'm going to tell everyone on the forum."

Li Kaile couldn't wait to run to the computer and post this.

In an internet cafe,

Zhou Ling looked at the posts on the high school's online forum and refuted each and every sarcastic remark.

So many people are speaking up for Zhou Chen, saying bad things about her.

This made Zhou Ling very upset. She had done things that wronged Zhou Chen, but why should she be ridiculed and mocked by people like you? What does it have to do with you?

Zhou Ling responded to everything she saw.

This led to a war of words between her and many others, with some posts reaching hundreds of replies and still growing.

In Zhou Ling's view, anyway, she has plenty of time as a network administrator. Everyone in the forum is in school and can't argue with her. She has plenty of time.

"No one can slander my Brother Kun."

“My brother Kun is better than Zhou Chen. He hasn’t made it big yet, it’s just bad luck. Sooner or later, my brother Kun will crush Zhou Chen in his career.”

"You'll regret it later and apologize for what you did today."

Zhou Ling muttered to herself, even if ten thousand people said bad things about Zhao Kun, she didn't think they were right, because they didn't understand Zhao Kun and couldn't see his talent.

But she knew Zhao Kun would rise to prominence.

It's just that it happened relatively late. Many people in ancient times achieved great things later in life, such as Jiang Ziya and Cao Cao. Her little Kunge was also like that.

Zhou Chen only achieved his current success early on because of sheer luck. But as the old saying goes, being fat early doesn't mean you're fat, but being fat later can be overwhelming.

Her brother Xiao Kun belonged to the latter category. In the future, Zhou Chen wouldn't even be worthy of carrying Zhao Kun's shoes.

In the large, dilapidated room,

Zhao Kun was covered in sweat, but the number of socks and underwear in the basin had not decreased.

His hands were practically steaming from washing.

As for why there were so many dirty clothes, it was because another group of people arrived. Upon learning that Zhao Kun was a human washing machine specifically responsible for washing underwear, they all took off their clothes and threw them to him. Since most of them only had one pair of underwear, which they had worn for who knows how long, their socks were practically standing up. You can imagine how strong and pungent the smell was when the two were mixed together.

That's a taste that penetrates deep into your soul; you'll never forget it.

Zhao Kun was suffering from both psychological and physical torment. Although he was neither beaten nor verbally abused, washing these messy things for others was more painful than being beaten or verbally abused.

Damn men in suits!

Damn regional leaders!

Damn those guys who throw his stinky socks and underwear at him.

Damn Zhou Chen!

Well, why include Zhou Chen in this? Zhao Kun believes that if Zhou Chen had fallen for the trick and obediently come over, he probably wouldn't have forced him to do these things.

Zhou Chen is guilty, and his crime is even more serious.

In Fanjia County, at the company.

Zhou Chen sneezed, then looked at Lu Ye and Liu Lei. "What's going on with you two? I have a feeling something's wrong with you two?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye and Li Liulei reacted as if they had been electrocuted, immediately creating distance between them and then awkwardly looking away.

These two are definitely up to something.

Zhou Chen could easily understand that the two had an unusual relationship.

"Office romances are prohibited in our company."

Zhou Chen coughed and said in a deep voice.

...