"What!?"
How many people?
The editor-in-chief, who had been calm just moments before, was utterly astonished when he heard what the security guard said. He jumped up from his chair.
"Are they coming for us?"
"Throw Su Lin out as a shield!!!"
"Why are you asking me for instructions?"
"What exactly happened? How serious is it? Will it prevent me from leaving get off work?!"
As he spoke, the editor-in-chief hurriedly ran to the office window, pulled back the curtains, and cautiously peered down.
Upon seeing this, I was immediately startled again.
"So many people!?"
"What are they doing blocking the door?!"
"We're not a construction company, we don't owe them any money..."
At this moment, downstairs at the Peng Bai News Company building, there was a large crowd of what appeared to be over a hundred people, all holding up their phones and shouting something.
The shouting was so loud that it was impossible to hear anything clearly.
But you could also tell from their tone that they were angry.
Most importantly, it's not just these hundreds of people blocking the entrance; there are also netizens coming from other places, and their numbers are constantly increasing.
The commotion was so loud that it disturbed the entire office building; the top leaders upstairs probably heard it too.
The security guard looked helpless and anxious, stamping his feet repeatedly.
"We don't know either."
"Just now, following the leader's instructions, we kicked Su Lin out of the studio, and we were preparing to kick her out of the office building completely."
"But as soon as we arrived at the door, the security guards outside were ushered in first and quickly closed the office building door."
"I heard they all watched the live stream online and accused us of spreading rumors and trying to ride the wave of popularity, which caused their husbands to suspect them as well, leading to potential divorces..."
"They're all here for revenge."
"They insist on coming in to demand an explanation."
"The situation was barely under control at first, but as soon as we appeared at the door with Su Lin, the people outside went even crazier and blocked the door, refusing to leave."
"If we don't come up with a solution soon, they might even smash up the company gate!"
Upon hearing this, the people in the office also panicked.
They work in the news media and have done plenty of unethical things over the years, but they've never had anyone come knocking on their door to confront them.
As a writer, at most I just publish articles and video headlines online; my words lack morals.
To my utter surprise, some radicals actually came to confront them offline!
The editor-in-chief was also somewhat flustered and lost his composure at this moment.
"Quickly, call the police and get them to maintain order and arrest all those people!"
"All of you, get downstairs and tell the property management to stop the elevators, lock all the safety doors in the hallways, and close the office doors too. Absolutely, absolutely do not let those lunatics break in!"
“If even one person manages to get in, you're all fired! Get out of here!”
The editor-in-chief was so anxious that he stomped his feet repeatedly when he saw that the employees and security guards in front of him were still standing there blankly and unmoved. He had finished speaking.
"What the hell are you all standing there for? Go lock the door!"
"Let's wait for the police to arrive before we talk about anything!"
"If we really can't control it, then we'll push Su Lin out first and use her to buy some time!"
“We’re in the city center, the police have to be there in less than five minutes.”
"If they don't come, send me a video exposing them!!!"
"Get to work!!"
Hearing their leader's startled and out-of-control speech, the employees exchanged bewildered glances. Suddenly realizing what had happened, they hurriedly nodded and turned to leave the leader's office to deal with the trouble.
Bang!
Click!
However, no sooner had they left the office than they heard the sound of their boss locking the door behind them.
Several employees immediately felt a little uncomfortable and frowned slightly.
So when it comes to making money, the leaders take the lion's share, but when danger comes, they're the ones who have to push us out to take the fall?
Closing the door is understandable, but locking it is just too much!
But they were just lowly editors, copying and pasting for a living, so naturally they dared not speak out and immediately ran to carry out their leader's orders without hesitation.
Meanwhile, at the main entrance downstairs.
Su Lin was pushed in front of several security guards, looking in horror at the group of crazy people outside the office building who were taking pictures with their phones and shouting angrily.
Bang bang bang!
The frenzied crowd packed in front of the gate, shouting and pounding on the glass door, making the door bang loudly and startling the people inside.
"Open the door!! If you have the guts to spread rumors, then open the door! Su Lin, we all saw you!!"
"You bastard, you're taking advantage of our sympathy! Open the door!"
"Because of you, my husband has started investigating our marital assets. He wants a divorce! Open the door!! You've ruined us all!!"
"Get out here!! And all you bastards from The Paper, get out here!!"
Su Lin looked at the frenzied crowd in front of her, her face drained of color, and she trembled with fear.
He waved his hands frantically, but when he opened his mouth, he could only stammer and couldn't utter a single word.
"No, no...it's not my fault..."
"It's all, it's all them... Ah!! What are you doing!! Don't push me!!"
"I'm not going out!! I'm not going out!!"
"Don't push me!!"
She felt the force of the security guards pushing her away from behind, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears. Her body instinctively tried to fall backward, but her heels pressed firmly against the ground.
Just when things were getting really heated.
Sudden!
Outside the gate, some crazy mob shouted something.
"Get out of the way!"
Immediately afterward, the crowd parted to make way, and before anyone could even see the person, a large rock was thrown from the crowd!
Bang! Crack!
Splash!
The automatic glass doors were smashed to pieces, and the curses from the crowd suddenly rose eight octaves as the massive, crazed mob stormed in!
The security guard from The Paper was so frightened that he immediately turned around and ran upstairs, completely ignoring Su Lin's weak legs.
"Charge!! Let's go in and smash this lousy place!"
"Su Lin! Don't run!!"
"Those who spread rumors deserve to die!!"
When Su Lin saw that these people were actually crazy enough to smash the door and rush in, she was so frightened that she screamed and ran away as fast as she could.
"Ah!!! Don't come any closer!!"
"Spare me!!"
"They all lied to me and said that!!!"
"ah!!"
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