☆, 82, Apologies are useless

Contrary to the public's criticism, the truth was that the top student hadn't achieved anything remarkable. The photo was of him borrowing a classmate's suit for an interview. His original intention was simply to appear neatly dressed and show the interviewer his sincerity. But he never imagined that such a valuable piece of clothing and the presence of a Fortune 100 company's building would bring him such a devastating blow.

Countless netizens unleashed indiscriminate abuse, and even those benefactors he'd once been grateful to jumped in to criticize him, demanding repayment. But as a recent college graduate, how could he possibly afford to repay the enormous debts he'd owed? Even buying a meat bun on campus was criticized as an extravagant expense. He was deliberately playing up his poverty charade, and in reality, he was a complete ungrateful person.

Furthermore, so-called insiders revealed that this high-achieving student received a national scholarship of over 10,000 yuan annually. As for his mother and brother in the countryside, they continued to work as farmers and earn a living. His once seriously ill father had long since recovered, and his life was no longer as difficult as rumored.

But after four years, I've never seen him repay any of the money. He even shamelessly applied for student loans. After sucking the blood of kind-hearted people online, he now sucks the blood of the country. It's shameless to the extreme.

The verbal abuse grew louder and louder, and the initial doubts gradually turned into evidence that he was an ungrateful person. Later, even many students in the top school began to look down on this senior whom they once admired very much.

The gossip and online bullying gradually broke down this resilient young man, who had shouldered the family burden for his father since the age of sixteen. He fled home in disgrace, not even waiting for the interview results, hoping for some comfort.

However, when he returned home, he saw the cold bodies of his entire family.

It turns out that after the outburst of public opinion, not only the high-achieving student himself, but also his family, suffered setbacks. An unscrupulous local media outlet even visited their home to interview them, ripping their stories out of context and portraying the entire family as social parasites who feigned poverty and survived by begging. Fueled by online public opinion, the ignorant villagers truly cast the high-achieving student's family as shameless villains, effectively isolating them.

Often, it's the kindhearted who, when they get into trouble, are truly deadly. A single fire can consume the food that a high-achieving family has painstakingly cultivated for a whole spring and summer, leaving not a single grain of rice behind.

Unable to bear the huge blow, and feeling that his existence was holding his youngest son back, the father of the top student couldn't help but buy a bottle of pesticide and planned to commit suicide. However, he never expected that his wife would share the remaining half of the bowl with the rest of the family to avoid wasting it.

As the poison pierced his intestines, the father uttered a final apology to his youngest son. However, an hour after he closed his eyes, the rest of the family also began to succumb. Their poisoning wasn't as severe as his father's, but they couldn't afford to go to the hospital. The neighbors, who had shied away from them, were reluctant to be associated with his family under such circumstances, even if they sensed something was wrong.

Finally, the top student returned home and when he opened the door, he saw a room full of corpses. Among them was his youngest sister lying at the door, her eyes wide open.

The last straw broke the camel's back. After burying his parents and siblings with his own hands, the top student drank pesticide and died beside his family's grave.

The family is together when they are alive, and they should not be separated even in death. This world is too cold, and only when they hug each other can they keep each other warm.

But the irony was even greater. A week after Gaocai's death, the company he had applied for released an acceptance notice, announcing his acceptance into a key department, only to discover he had disappeared. When they finally located him, they found only six neatly arranged tombstones. The person who initially leaked the photos and swayed public opinion was also identified: a classmate from Gaocai's department who was a competitor.

However, delayed justice is useless in the face of life, and everything is too late.

The third case involved a builder who was subjected to widespread online abuse and ultimately went bankrupt. The truth was revealed: the homeowner had arbitrarily demolished a load-bearing wall during renovations, causing the house to collapse. However, the builder's daughter, unable to bear the school violence that erupted after the news broke, jumped into a river. His wife, overwhelmed by the situation, suffered severe depression, effectively destroying the family.

In the fourth case, there was no firefighter who saved the person. It wasn't that he didn't want to save the person, but the fire was so big that he couldn't see anything, so he saved the one closest to him.

The fifth case involved a judge who was stabbed by a released criminal after being mocked for a false conviction. In reality, the criminal had a decade-long drug addiction history, and his wife's death wasn't caused by the loss of her husband, the breadwinner of the family, but rather by the continued domestic violence endured by the criminal, ultimately leading to her physical weakness and death.

The sixth case...

The seventh...

The eighth...

By the time they reached Jingfeng, it was already the 37th one. Rongqing had someone carefully list Jingfeng's past events one by one. He also forwarded a video compiled by Jingfeng's fan group.

It summarizes all the commercial performances and film shoots that Jing Fenglilai has participated in, including the nude photo scandal that was considered a shame at the time.

All of Jingfeng’s grievances were exposed directly to the public.

Then there was the eldest brother. He had finally gotten over the domestic violence in his childhood and the school violence in his adolescence, but he had to endure threats from sasaeng fans and had to watch his relatives and friends get into car accidents, and then he had to endure online violence again.

Finally, there is Yu Zilin.

Who could have imagined that this child, only nine years old, would be targeted by online trolls for an entire year simply because of his appearance? The nine-year-old was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Asian Film Festival, and his acting performances on talent shows also revealed his extraordinary talent and professional background. It's conceivable that if he had been properly nurtured, China might now have another international film star.

However, these are all ifs.

Those who died will not be resurrected, those broken families cannot be reunited, and these teenagers who have suffered countless injuries have not yet opened their eyes.

Public opinion is a double-edged sword. When it crosses the line, it becomes a sharp arrow capable of killing. And the ultimate outcome of these once sensational news stories is the bloody contemporary tragedy that follows the harvest of this sharp arrow.

That was all the content published on the Rong family's official WeChat account, without a single explanation or elaboration, as if leaving the matter to the public to judge. However, this time, even those netizens who love to talk the most were completely silent.

Is it because they no longer have keyboards in their hands? No, it’s because they don’t dare to speak easily anymore!

This can't be true! Almost everyone who participated had this thought in their hearts. Because at the beginning, they were just upholding justice, but why did the final result end up like this?

Justice is abused excessively and eventually becomes a cover for evil.

The mistress isn't really a mistress, the ungrateful are the most pitiful little white rabbit, the unscrupulous businessmen are merely scapegoats for greed, and the vicious judges are just another opportunity for criminals to exonerate themselves and reduce their sentences... Not to mention the suicide of the eldest brother, Jingfeng, and the severing of Yu Zilin's wings. How many five years can a child have?

Many people, sitting in front of their computers and phones, felt a chill in their hearts when they saw this Weibo post. They clicked on the comments section, unsure whether to leave a comment or not.

After all, they could still say frankly that they were righteous before, but when these living lives were placed before their eyes, their mouths could still deceive themselves, but their consciences could not!

Human life is originally worthless, but they make it even more worthless.

"I, I don't know what to say. I feel like my mind is completely messed up." It was not until a long time later that the first current affairs commentator reposted the comment, followed by the second one.

"I've been running a news commentary account for five or six years, and I've generally commented on the news mentioned here. But now I feel like a murderer, my hands stained with blood. I'm temporarily suspending my blog for rectification. The dead are gone, and apologies are useless, but I must also take responsibility for what I've done."

"Back in school, my teacher told me journalists had to be impartial. I didn't think much of it then, but now I've been slapped in the face and realize how biased I've been all these years. Keyboard warriors are despicable, and many of us journalists aren't doing our job well either. For first-hand information, so many people, without even a thorough investigation, release half-truths to attract public attention. Little do they realize that such a small lead could ultimately mean the loss of human lives!"

"It takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to refute them. Public opinion was originally meant to speak up for the people, so why has it now become a weapon in the hands of evildoers to harm others at will?"

As these influential Vs forwarded the article, the Rong Family official account's article quickly became a trending topic. Along with it, the news case involved in it also became a trending topic.

Old news from a year, three years, or even ten years ago has been dug up again. Compared to the human brain, the internet's more accurate and reliable memory has helped anyone exploring the past fully reconstruct the truth of the time.

For example, after a mistress jumped from a building, netizens dug up Weibo posts proving the man was secretly married. After a top student died, the school issued a notice criticizing fellow students for maliciously competing with them. There was also the tabloid news story about a builder's daughter jumping into a river. And after a female judge died, the plaintiffs who had been rescued by her broke down in tears at her memorial service...

But these truths came too late. Once the news buzz died down, no one cared about these so-called twists anymore. And after venting their righteous anger, the keyboard heroes didn't care about the so-called ending.

Because for them, once they've vented, it's over. No matter how indignant they are about things online, what they ultimately care about is their own small lives. Away from the internet, everyone in real life is a good person!

"I'm sorry. I know apologies are useless, but I still want to say it."

"I never knew my words would lead to such serious consequences. I simply thought that since so many influencers were reposting it, it must be true!"

"I cried like an idiot while holding my phone on the bus, but even then I wanted to slap myself. I felt like I had no right to cry! Because those people and families who were forced by public opinion are already dead!"

"I don't know what else I can do. I can only desperately tell myself that from this moment on, I need to use my brain when eating melons and be able to distinguish between good and evil. I must not make rash comments or insults about anything and wait for the final official review before making a specific evaluation."

"This is the first time I've felt so hopeless, because I suddenly realized that I had become a gossiper without knowing when."

Like a new opening, more and more people are beginning to reflect on what they've said, done, and commented on online over the years. And more and more people, after reflecting on this, are feeling guilty and repenting for the innocent lives lost.

"If confession can erase everything, then aren't people's feelings a little cheap?" In the hospital, Yu Jiuyin and Rong Qing were waiting outside the boss's ward. The doctor inside was checking him again, and the two took the opportunity to take a look at the messages on Weibo.

At first, Yu Jiuyin was amazed at Rongqing's efficiency, but when he saw the confessions of netizens, this admiration gradually turned into ridicule.

Rong Qing stared at Yu Jiuyin for a while, "You seem unable to forgive these people."

"It's not that I don't forgive them." Yu Jiuyin said, "It's just that the people who can forgive them are already dead."

"And haven't you noticed?" Yu Jiuyin flipped through the documents for a moment before casually handing the phone to Rong Qing. "Those who apologized don't include the media outlets, marketing companies, internet trolls, and keyboard warriors who initially started the rumor-mongering."

"So?" Rongqing frowned.

Yu Jiuyin smiled slightly. "Baby, you're too naive. The simple truth can't awaken someone who pretends to be blind. A true keyboard warrior will never realize what a despicable person he is. And this is the ugliest and worst part of human nature."

"What do you want to do?" Rong Qing instinctively realized that Yu Jiuyin seemed to want to do something dangerous.

But Yu Jiuyin lowered her head and placed a tender kiss on his lips. "Don't worry, I'm just giving them a little punishment."

He placed a soul-soothing talisman in front of Rongqing. At the moment he summoned the evil spirit inside, Yu Jiuyin's voice became erratic. "Only by experiencing it firsthand will they understand what kind of Shura hell they have created with their mouths!"

Rong Qing opened his mouth to stop him, but the next second, he decided to give up. He believed that Yu Jiuyin was a man of measure. And Yu Jiuyin was right; those people did need to be taught a lesson.

He looked around, took out a small package from his pocket and put it in Yu Jiuyin's hand, then pushed the wheelchair with his back to Yu Jiuyin.

Yu Jiuyin looked down and couldn't help laughing. Rongqing gave him the Dream Fox powder that had been confiscated from the owner of the Love Bar when he was arrested.

"Jiuer, you've found a good boyfriend, and the child is interesting. I like him very much." The beautiful woman who appeared out of nowhere looked at Rongqing's back with admiration in her tone.

"How can the person I like be bad?" Yu Jiuyin was extremely proud, and then the Dream Fox Powder in his hand and the beautiful woman disappeared together.

At the same time, all the media, marketing companies, internet trolls, and keyboard warriors who had maliciously guided public opinion but were now acting like turtles had a very similar dream at this moment.

In the dream, they became the person whom they had deliberately blackened in order to attract attention or get money, or the person whom they had deliberately scolded simply to vent their dissatisfaction in the three-dimensional world.

The author has something to say: Yu Jiuyin: Rongrong, you are using your power for personal gain.

Rongqing: I didn’t, I’m not, don’t talk nonsense [Subtext: Jiuyin, go for it! Kill these heartless people]

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Updated, forty little red envelopes dropped in the comment area. The company is busy as hell at the end of the year, and I only have one good wish now, I hope I don’t have to work overtime this Saturday and Sunday qaq I beg the leader to hear my obsession