Chapter 1016 The Bitter Consequences of Silence
When Qi Yingxuan brought up the matter online, the others were somewhat surprised, especially Jiang Lin.
He's been busy beating people up and teaching them lessons these past few days and hasn't been online at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed Xiao Jihui to clarify things; he could have taken care of the poster and those unscrupulous media outlets all by himself.
Now that they finally had some free time and saw Ye Wanxi online, they spontaneously came out to chime in.
After seeing Qi Yingxuan's words, the group quickly searched for recent events related to Ye Wanxi and learned what had happened.
In an instant, everyone's face darkened.
Ye Wanxi couldn't help but chuckle when she saw her fifth senior brother's message. She thought to herself, "Are you trying to vent my anger or your own? How come I, the person involved, am not angry, but you are even angrier than me?"
However, knowing how protective her senior brothers were of their own, Ye Wanxi quickly tried to dissuade them after laughing.
Xixi (Junior Sister): It's alright, it's alright, everything has been explained. There are all sorts of birds in a big forest, and with hundreds of people, there are bound to be a few particularly brainless ones. It wasn't a big deal to begin with, so senior brothers don't need to take it too seriously. Right now, we have important business to attend to.
Xiang Yueqi (Second Senior Brother): Since Junior Sister has said so, we won't hold it against her.
Jun Wuduan (Third Senior Brother): Junior Sister, don't worry, we know what's important.
Jiang Lin (Fourth Senior Brother): Hmm.
That's what they say, but since it concerns their junior sister, they're not so easy to deal with.
At this point, the online dissatisfaction with the poster had reached its peak. They didn't need to intervene much; a little push would be enough to make the poster experience what it meant to wish they were dead.
Out of sheer anger, many netizens, while cursing the poster, also extended their anger to other residents of the Fenjiayuan community.
Ye Wanxi was angry that day not only because of those people's arrogant words, but also because of the indifferent onlookers of the community at the time.
That residential complex is quite old, and most of the residents are middle-aged people in their forties, fifties, and sixties, as well as elderly people.
Those people were clamoring for He Ziyuan and the others to designate their neighborhood as a key protected area and take responsibility for the safety of everyone in the neighborhood. This must have hit a nerve with them, so they chose to stand by and watch, or even acquiesce.
They tacitly accepted the other party's words and their accusations against Ye Wanxi, He Ziyuan, and others. Even in the end, feeling guilty about Ye Wanxi's words, only a few young people came up to apologize and thank her.
Despite living longer and being older than most people, they are still less compassionate, righteous, and reasonable than these young people. It's truly pitiful and hateful.
Even when the poster's actions online were discovered and shared in the group, most people felt that the matter was wrong, but they only criticized him in the group and hardly anyone was willing to actually post it online to clarify everything or speak up for He Ziyuan and others.
And now, these people are finally reaping the bitter fruits of their silence.
After cursing the poster, the "righteous people" on the internet turned to attack all the residents of the Fanjia Garden community. The reason was that in the earliest video, several people showed the same selfishness as the poster, which made them think of the same thing.
[Poor and remote areas breed unruly people; birds of a feather flock together. This poster is no good, and the residents of their neighborhood are no better.]
[It was already clear from the earliest video. Being rescued and then blaming the rescuers for not arriving early enough, causing them distress—calling them ungrateful and treacherous wouldn't be too much to ask, right? And yet, quite a few people around them echoed such absurd remarks; it really made me laugh.]
[So many people agreed, which shows that quite a few people share this idea. I'm once again amazed by the staff's good temper. If it were me, I would have turned around and left long ago if I encountered such a group of people. Instead, I stayed to fix their house, repair windows, and run around doing all sorts of things, only to not receive a single kind word in return.]
[It's terrifying to even think about. They don't know gratitude and repay kindness with enmity; it's only a matter of time before they stab you in the back if you get too close to them. Imagine standing next to them; if a mutated animal or plant appears, you might very well be pushed out as a shield. My God, that's terrifying.]
The appearance of mutated plants and animals had already caused some anxiety among the people, and this incident has amplified everyone's vigilance countless times.
For a time, the words "Pink Garden Community" became like a label, a marker that made people avoid it.
The residents of Pink Garden Community did not notice this at first and continued to go out to buy groceries and go to work as usual, but gradually they noticed something was wrong.
Colleagues who used to have a fairly good relationship with each other at the same company started to distance themselves from elderly people they met while grocery shopping after they found out where the elderly people came from. Some even secretly pointed at them as if they had done something shameful.
Some people couldn't stand the isolation and couldn't help but go up and argue with the person, only to find out where the root of all the strangeness was.
It was at this time that many people realized with regret that the actions of certain individuals had had a huge impact on the image of their community and indirectly tarnished the reputation of everyone in the community. Their silence at the time had now brought them a profound lesson.
Some people were outraged and went to the property management to complain, demanding that those residents who were tarnishing the reputation of the community move out.
But how can the property management company make such a decision? People have bought houses and lived in the community for so many years. How can they just ask them to move out?
Seeing that the property management was at a loss, these people became even angrier and simply went to the door of these households to block them and demand that they move out as soon as possible.
Soon after, several more videos related to this neighborhood appeared online.
In the video, several elderly women and men, displaying impressive fighting spirit, blocked the door of a resident's house, standing with their hands on their hips and shouting insults.
“xxx, you guys come out here! If you don’t come out and explain this to us clearly today, we’re not leaving. Let’s see how long you can stay inside.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened, and an older woman came out, along with several young people.
"XXX, are you out of your mind? Why are you blocking my door? We haven't offended you!"
“You didn’t offend me, but your family is heartless, harming others and yourselves, and ruining my niece’s marriage. Tell me, aren’t you all immoral? Aren’t you all immoral?”
"Hey, hey, hey, you can't say things like that. What do you mean we ruined your niece's marriage? What does it have to do with us if your niece can't get married? You can't extort money like that."
(End of this chapter)
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