Ruan Tang was ruthless. Even though Ruan Xi had fallen into such a situation, he never thought of backing down. He sent out a lawyer's letter at the first opportunity, suing Ruan Xi for defamation and slander against him, as well as for personal attacks and rumor-mongering by some of the internet trolls hired by Ruan Xi.
The Star Era Empire was very efficient. In less than two hours, Ruan Xi, the internet trolls he hired, and some cyber trolls who had insulted Ruan Tang passionately and had not deleted the messages received the court summons from their lawyer.
Ruan Tang was not just talking, she really sued them.
Even if passionate insults and public opinion attacks were not a big deal, Ruan Tang insisted that they pay a certain price for their words and deeds.
The trolls and internet trolls who received the subpoenas were all stunned. They didn't expect that after being so rampant and talkative on the Internet for so long, someone would actually sue them.
Most of the black fans and internet trolls came from ordinary families. Looking at the court summons in their hands and thinking about the fact that if they couldn't win the lawsuit, they would have to pay Ruan Tang a large amount of interstellar coins as compensation, all of them had sad faces and couldn't laugh anymore.
The news that Ruan Tang sued these people quickly spread on social networks. Immediately, many friends and relatives of the trolls and netizens secretly started to lead the trend, claiming that Ruan Tang's behavior was too inhumane. As a nobleman with so much money, he targeted them just because of a few insults. He took them to court in order to gain sympathy and public support.
Fortunately, most netizens are normal people with their own logical thinking abilities.
As soon as keywords such as #阮塘律师函##阮塘訴# became hot search tags, most people applauded and supported online rights protection.
"It's what he deserves! He's rich and aristocratic. He deserves to be sued for his online abuse when the truth is still unclear. You idiots who believe everything you hear deserve to be sued!"
"What's wrong with the people? What's wrong with the Internet? Just because you are weak, you are right. Why can't they sue you just because you are weak and you scold them? Ruan Tang sued well and beautifully!"
"I've long been annoyed by these random black people who spit foul language everywhere and vent their misfortunes in life on the Internet. Now someone is finally teaching them a lesson and letting them know their place!"
"This group of people are acting like tyrants and trolling people everywhere on the Internet, relying on the fact that they don't know each other. They are really tough guys."
"No one had the time or energy to argue with you before, but now you are the real deal. I support Ruan Tang in defending her rights. Ruan Tang has done a great job."
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No one sympathized with the trolls and Ruan Xi felt that Ruan Tang was aggressive. When the trolls' relatives and friends saw that public opinion was of no benefit to them at all, they all turned off their microphones and never spoke again.
I believe that after this incident, they will never dare to casually slander others on the Internet again.
It was the first time that Ruan Tang insisted on being himself so recklessly, defending his own rights with the attitude of "I only care about what I think, not what you think". He did not care what others said about him or whether anyone hated him.
He just felt that this trip and this action made him feel extremely comfortable, and his whole body was refreshed.
The First Research Institute immediately announced Ruan Xi's dismissal based on the results of the "Intellectual Property Arbitration Court" and Ruan Xi's slander and defamation of Wen Run and the First Research Institute. Ruan Xi was no longer a member of the First Research Institute, and Ruan Xi's widespread slander and rumor-mongering on the Internet had deeply affected the reputation of the institute...
The First Research Institute will also file a lawsuit against Ruan Xi, accusing him of slander and defamation, affecting the reputation of the institute and Chief Wen Run.
Ruan Xiren was still lying in the hospital, but he received countless court summonses.
After this incident, the First Research Institute, which is the spiritual pillar of the empire's scientific research units, has made such a statement. Even if Ruan Xi came out, I am afraid that she will not be able to survive in the industry...
Which research institute would dare to hire someone who was fired from the First Research Institute?
Ruan Xi was completely disgraced this time and her reputation was ruined.
There will no longer be any place for him in the entire scientific research industry.
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Just when Ruan Tang was enjoying himself, his personal terminal suddenly rang.
It was his father, Ruan Ming.
Ruan Tang had no idea what Ruan Ming would say to him if he called him at this time, but he stared at the call and hesitated for a while before choosing to answer the call.
"Ruan Tang, you've really gone too far. You've made such a big fuss about the matter between you and Xiao Xi. What do you mean by letting everyone know about it? Where do you want to embarrass yourself?" Sure enough, the moment the call was connected, Ruan Ming's accusatory voice came from the other end of the line.
He started with a barrage of accusations and complaints against Ruan Tang.
It was as if Ruan Tang owed him something.
Ruan Tang was tired of hearing such accusations since she was a child.
In the past, he lived under someone else's roof and had to be controlled by others, but now he is no longer afraid of Ruan Xi.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Tang sneered and retorted, "Father, you'd better make it clear. It's not me who made the matter known to everyone. It's Ruan Xi. He was the first to tease me. I'm just fighting back normally... Even if you want to accuse someone, you'd better make it clear who you are. Go to Ruan Xi's ward and accuse him."
"Even if Xiao Xi provoked you first, he was wrong. Why did you make such a big fuss and make him lose his reputation and be expelled from the institute..." Ruan Ming didn't expect Ruan Tang to dare to speak to him in such a tone. He immediately frowned and flew into a rage: "He is your brother. Family disgrace should not be made public. What good will it do you to ruin his reputation?"
Ruan Ming, the father, is different from the others who defended Ruan Xi and went against him. He is the head of a large family who had fallen from poverty and climbed up from the bottom with his entire family.
Ruan Ming helps Ruan Xi and never says things like "It's your fault, because Ruan Xi is kind and weak" or "Why do you bully him?" He would never make unreasonable demands like Zhou Yao, Shen Mozhi and Wen Run before, who were paranoid and believed that Ruan Tang was wrong and that Ruan Tang was cruel.
He never cared about what happened between Ruan Tang and Ruan Xi, or what the truth was... He was biased, and his bias was very obvious and unreasonable.
Even though he knew in his heart that Ruan Xi was wrong, he forced Ruan Tang to endure it again and again because of his favoritism. When Ruan Tang couldn't bear it anymore and fought back, he never accuses Ruan Tang of being vicious like others did. Instead, he accused Ruan Tang of ignoring the overall situation, making a big deal out of it and affecting the interests of the family. His words were very high-sounding.
Facing the years of disputes between Ruan Tang and Ruan Xi, he favored Ruan Xi and made a big deal out of a small matter. This was his most common tactic...
"I'll say it again, father, the one who made the matter so ugly was not me, but Ruan Xi." Ruan Tang sneered, "As for what good will it do to me to ruin his reputation? It's a huge benefit. I'm so happy now!"
Things are different now. He is no longer his elder sister. It is impossible for him to always submit to this overbearing and tyrannical father who seems wise and intelligent but is actually selfish...
Ruan Ming didn't expect that he would dare to talk to him like this, and he was immediately furious: "Even if it was Xiao Xi who made things worse first, you shouldn't have made things worse with him and made it impossible to end... Are you crazy? You didn't care about the family's reputation at all after you made things like this?"
As the head of a large family, Ruan Ming loves face the most, followed by the so-called family honor.
He is an alpha with a strong sense of clannishness, and he believes that the whole family should be united and share the same fate.
Anything that doesn't go along with his wishes is a big mistake...
Ruan Tang had endured countless times since he was a child for the so-called family honor, but now he didn't want to endure it at all.
He asked Ruan Ming coldly: "I care about the reputation of my family, but who will care about my reputation?"
He was not successfully brainwashed by Ruan Ming, and he was far from having the spirit of his elder sister Ruan Yue who was willing to sacrifice herself for the family honor. He loved his family, but he loved himself more.
"You take the overall situation into consideration and safeguard the family's honor. The family will rise and fall with you... As the family grows, they will naturally protect you and increase your own bargaining chips." Ruan Ming said confidently, with a hint of teaching his son: "Don't think that you are married now and have Austin's support. If it weren't for the family's support, do you think you can become a duchess?"
The more he spoke, the more he felt that he was right, and that Ruan Tang was too stupid: "You are not caring about the whole family now, just wait and see who will make the decision for you when you and Auston have a dispute!"
In his eyes, even if Ruan Tang was married off, the married son would still be the branch from which the family's prosperity spread.
I have never seen a branch like Ruan Tang that doesn't care about the prosperity of its main branch at all...
When Ruan Tang heard what he said, she laughed: "Father, you are joking. You said this as if I really had a dispute with the Duke and you and the family would be able to make the decision for me."
The family has never given him any warmth or support, so why should they ask him to be loyal and work for the family?
Ruan Ming choked for a moment: "You——"
He was used to scolding Ruan Yue and other married omega sons, but he forgot that Ruan Tang's situation was different from theirs. When she got married, she was almost like a pawn of the family.
"Father, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll hang up first." Ruan Tang felt Ruan Ming's anger, but didn't mind making him even angrier.
The reason why he answered Ruan Ming's call was to confront him. Confronting Ruan Ming and making him lose face was his source of happiness...
Ruan Ming frowned and his breath was choked. He didn't expect his son to be so arrogant. He wanted to curse him, but thinking of Ruan Tang's current status and Auston's love for him, he endured it and said, "...I'm here to inform you that my birthday party will be in a few days. Remember to attend it. Don't cause trouble with me at the party."
What he loved most was his face. Even though the relationship between him and Ruan Tang had already deteriorated to such an extent, he did not want to completely break off the relationship, make a mess, or sever the relationship. He hoped that no one would be missing from his birthday party.
Especially, Ruan Tang is still so favored by Austin.
This was also the reason why he agreed to let Ruan Tang take his ex-wife and eldest son and daughter away without making things difficult for him, and also gave Ruan Tang so much money to maintain the relationship.
Although Ruan Tang was unfilial and disliked by him, he was his child after all... Ruan Ming felt that he was a loving father, and he gave Ruan Tang everything he deserved.
"...Okay, I get it. I won't offend others unless they offend me. I will be there on time." Ruan Tang made a prior announcement, thought about it, and readily agreed to Ruan Ming's request.
Although Ruan Ming was not nice to him, he was not so bad that Ruan Tang had to break up with him.
Ruan Ming saw that his tone had softened a bit, and suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "And that Wen Run, is he really your eldest sister's son?"
When things got to this point, he also learned from others that Wen Run might be his grandson.
The last thing he lacks now is money. He has the impression that his eldest daughter seemed to have really avoided him and had a child with that poor boy. He turned a blind eye and didn't care. Now that his eldest daughter has become like this, he feels quite guilty towards her. He has always been planning that if there really is that child, and that child is still alive and comes to him, even if he cannot acknowledge this grandson for the sake of the family's reputation, he can give him a large sum of money to send him away, so that the child will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life...
Unexpectedly, the rivalry between Ruan Tang and Ruan Xi involves the mystery of Wen Run's life experience.
If Wen Run, the young chief of the most watched First Research Institute in the empire, is really the child of Ruan Yue, then Ruan Ming will naturally have to make other plans to recognize this promising grandson.
However, Ruan Xi was lying unconscious in the hospital, and he didn't know whether Wen Run was his grandson...
As soon as Ruan Tang heard Ruan Ming's tone, she knew what her father was thinking and calculating. She sneered and said, "Father doesn't even know whether Wen Run is my eldest sister's son. How could I know when I wasn't even born? If father wants to know the answer, he might as well ask Wen Run directly."
Ruan Ming's face turned pale. He was just about to say that he was the one who broke up Ruan Yue and his father. If he could ask himself, he would have asked earlier. Why would he still need him?
But before he could say anything, Ruan Tang hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Ruan Tang rubbed his brows tiredly. In fact, Wen Run’s life experience was also a question that Ruan Tang had been thinking about these days.
But looking at Ruan Xi's words, and Wen Run's attitude of not denying it when being attacked by public opinion, as well as Ruan Ming's question just now, Ruan Tang felt that it should be correct.
Ruan Tang had very complicated feelings towards his former friend Wen Run. Ruan Tang had already made up his mind not to have any contact with him anymore, even if he repented, apologized to him, or even helped him in this incident.
In his eyes, betrayal is betrayal, and the relationship is like a broken mirror that can never be repaired.
But now that Wen Run's background has suddenly been revealed and it has been discovered that he might be his eldest sister's son, Ruan Tang is a little undecided... Ruan Tang herself doesn't want to reconcile with Wen Run and re-establish their friendship.
But he thought that if Wen Run was really his eldest sister's son, his eldest sister was currently undergoing treatment, and seeing her long-lost flesh and blood might help her recover.
Ruan Tang wanted to find an opportunity to sit down and have a good talk with Wen Run, but not now. Their relationship had become so strained because of Wen Run's background.
If Wen Run didn't come to him first, Ruan Tang thought, he would not take the initiative to ask Wen Run.
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Ruan Tang hung up the phone on him directly, and Ruan Ming was so angry that he almost fainted.
Upon seeing this, Xia Ruzhi immediately stepped forward to support him, and asked in a concerned and gentle voice: "Master, what's wrong with you? Did Ruan Tang make you angry again? This child is really..."
Although she was of noble birth, she was an illegitimate daughter of a noble family.
She grew up under the oppression of her mistress, and when she grew up she was given to the married Ruan Ming as a lover by her father and stepmother. She was said to be of noble birth, but in fact she had little pride and was very tamed.
Before Tang Yun fell ill, she was not even qualified to be allowed by Ruan Ming to sit at the table for dinner.
Ruan Ming immediately shook off her hand and vented all his anger on her, angrily scolding: "Look at the good son you raised, he went to provoke Ruan Tang for no reason, doesn't he know that Ruan Tang is now favored by Auston? He has made things so big now, I want to see how he ends... If I hadn't seen that he was already in the hospital, I would have wanted to beat him to death!"
"Xiao Xi didn't do it on purpose. He just felt so wronged after being slandered that he did such a thing in a moment of confusion..." Xia Ruzhi immediately defended her son softly.
Ruan Ming ignored her and directly scolded her: "Tell him that he'd better stabilize the marriage between Shen Mozhi and the Shen family. If the Shen family doesn't want him because of this, and he is now ruined like this, you tell him to get out of the Ruan family and treat him as if I never gave birth to him. I don't want such a shameful son."
What he values most is the family's reputation and interests.
Now the entire Ruan family has become a laughing stock because of this incident. Ruan Tang is not the only one who is angry.
Ruan Tang is married now, so he can't control her anymore, but he can still control Ruan Xi.
"Master, I understand. I will definitely talk to Xiaoxi nicely. Mo Zhi likes him so much, he will definitely not abandon him just for such a small thing..." Xia Ruzhi knew best how ruthless Ruan Ming was. He doted on Ruan Yue and Ruan Yang so much back then, but after they got into trouble, Ruan Ming didn't even bother to visit them. It shows how cruel he was.
She immediately took Ruan Xi to accompany Ruan Ming, fearing that Ruan Ming really didn't want Ruan Xi and would expel Ruan Xi from the family.
Ruan Ming looked at her humble and submissive, but he didn't care. Instead, he warned her in a bossy manner: "It's better to be like this, otherwise you don't have to be the mistress anymore. Get out of the Ruan family with him. There are many people who want to be Mrs. Ruan. When the wife got into trouble, I chose you because I saw that you have a good temper and can teach children!"
"Who knew that you would teach Ruan Xi to be like this." He is a complete straight a cancer.
Upon hearing that, Xia Ruzhi lowered her brows and responded in a humble manner. However, the moment she lowered her eyes, her light darkened.
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