Chapter 305 The Dust Settles
For the first time, Elijah discovered that when fear reaches a certain level, there will be an absurd feeling of being separated from the world.
When she looked at her laptop, she saw tens of thousands of private messages mocking, scolding, and questioning her.
"Eliga, you make me sick."
"So the person who is actually being kept is you."
"I've been a fan of you for years... I never expected my wholehearted love to go to waste. Are fans really just a tool for you to make money?"
"You're so extravagant, and your sponsor doesn't care?"
"You've ruined a good hand. You have so many resources at your disposal, why not just work honestly? You chose to stir up trouble, and now you've been screwed, haven't you?"
“…”
As she flipped through the private messages almost in a self-torturing manner, Ariga felt as if the world was turning upside down and every second seemed to stretch many times longer.
Sudden.
“Beep—beep—beep!”
The prompt sound of the optical computer became more and more urgent. Eliga suppressed the urge to tremble, her pupils suddenly shrank, and every muscle in her body was tensed.
She saw that two calls came in at the same time.
That person... knew about it.
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Elijah fell into suffocating regret and fear.
Everything went dark before my eyes, and I felt like a bird waiting to have its wings broken, at the mercy of others, unable to escape.
Be it fans of Elijah or the other party's expensively hired internet trolls, they were all silent at this moment, completely different from their extremely arrogant appearance half a day ago.
Every piece of negative information exposed about Ariga could bring her to the bottom, let alone continue to stay in the entertainment industry.
Not only Ariga, but the entertainment company she worked for was also severely affected - after all, the person who was completely "hammered to death" also included another person: Ariga's financial backer, patron and the company's executive president.
That afternoon, StarNet issued a direct ban on Elijah. At the same time, a certain financial backer, who had never been seen, was quietly dismissed by the board of directors...
From that day on, no one knew the whereabouts of Ariga, her financial backer, and another shady agent, Wang Pang.
It was as if they had disappeared from the face of the earth, and the three of them never appeared in front of the media again.
*
In the pet shop.
Tong Wanwan lowered her eyes, staring blankly for a long time, before she relaxed her brows slightly and sighed softly.
[Wanwan, are you okay?] 1551 noticed her unhappy mood and asked cautiously.
"...I'm fine." Tong Wanwan murmured.
She just felt a little emotional for some reason.
Due to her personality, she couldn't always strike back with the same decisiveness as the Marshal, and she was used to leaving a way out. Everyone had different temperaments, approaches, and bottom lines, and Tong Wanwan hadn't considered changing herself.
Like this time.
When 1551 asked her whether she wanted to expose all the evidence, Tong Wanwan disagreed.
At that time, she wanted to give the other party a chance to think carefully and stop.
Ariga had thrown false accusations against her for no reason, and she had only clarified the facts without actually retaliating.
Because she couldn't figure out which day, time, action or words she had used to anger Elijah.
Could it be that the two pet cats ignored and disdained her during the show? Was it because of this that such a brutal online attack was launched against her?
Tong Wanwan originally thought that if Ariga had stopped at that time, she would hide the real black material of the other party, and then take a little revenge, and the matter would be over.
However……
When the second wave of public opinion hit without any explanation, Tong Wanwan was left with only emotion.
I feel emotional about everything that is about to happen.
When the dust settled and the so-called losers collapsed under the surging violence of public opinion, Tong Wanwan did not feel any happiness or relief, she only felt sadness.
If she has no ability to fight back, and no energy to resist the thousands of words of "justice", then... in the end, who will be the real executioner?
It’s Elijah, it’s Wang Pang, it’s every internet mob that claims to be a righteous person.
After experiencing two rounds of public outcry, Tong Wanwan increasingly understood...
In the Internet age where speech is becoming increasingly free and the spirit is becoming increasingly tolerant, "rationality" is gradually disappearing.
Netizens are not lacking in humanity, nor in their sensitivity to the world's needs. They are moved by pet rescuers, weep at the separation of life and death, feel pity for the elderly and the lonely, and become furious at the heinous criminals. Their emotions are complex and ever-changing, and each person's side may be the most authentic.
If there is any regret...
Perhaps, it is because we lack the spirit of seeking truth and true justice.
*
In recent days, Elvis's work has become busy again.
It wasn't until the weekend night that he had time to come back. Like a lion quietly patrolling his territory, he opened the bedroom door and stood by the girl's bed, staring at her with his eyes downcast.
When he opened the door just now, Elvis only vaguely saw Tong Wanwan holding something the size of a doll. When he got closer, he found that it was not a doll, but a familiar-looking panda cub.
Elvis's eyes slowly turned cold.
Anyone who has watched the new season of "Living Together" will have an impression of this panda cub.
Elvis had checked its origins and found it was just a small panda cub that had escaped from the pet black market. As for how this panda cub was abducted from Bamboo Planet to Federation Planet... Elvis didn't care.
He just needed to know that this little thing was harmless to Tong Wanwan.
But now, he found that he had underestimated the enemy.
In just one week, this new favorite had already gotten into his girlfriend's bed.
Is this reasonable?
Elvis lowered his eyes and found that the panda cub was curled up in a small ball, like a black and white glutinous rice cake, curled up in the girl's arms, snoring very softly, "whoosh-whoosh", which sounded very comfortable.
Elvis: “…”
He curled his fingers, stretched out his hand, and with skillful force, pinched the panda cub's neck and lifted it up completely.
Because the movement was so slight, the cub was not shaken awake. But without anything to lean on, it couldn't help but curl up its limbs and tremble slightly, even though it was still asleep.
Ivison paused, then casually pulled out a doll from the large and small dolls beside Tong Wanwan's bed and stuffed it into the panda cub's paws. The next second, the little cub unconsciously opened its black furry paws and slowly hugged the doll, and the comfortable snoring sounded again.
Without any hesitation, the Marshal sent the cub and the doll back to the panda's den next door. After settling them down, he returned to Tong Wanwan's bedroom and lay down beside her.
The room was dark with the lights off.
But the man still captured the rosy color very accurately, stood up slightly, and gave a very light kiss.
"Good night." He whispered to himself.
Then he slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
(End of this chapter)
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