When the principal of Mingfeng saw this post on Weibo, he was both surprised and delighted.
His eyes lit up, and he had an idea.
He quickly called a meeting with the vice principal, finance officer, and others. While spending money to remove the trending topic, he secretly hired people to hire online trolls to spread the message that "the girl's injury was domestic violence, not school bullying," in an attempt to extricate Mingfeng from the media storm.
It seemed to have worked. Netizens' anger usually only targeted one topic, and Mingfeng disappeared silently from the trending topics list, much to the principal's relief.
However, he still found it somewhat strange.
"I just heard from an online troll that it's not just them; it seems like other groups are also pushing this from behind, trying to make this a huge scandal. Is someone else helping Tang Tongyang?"
At this moment, Tang Nuoyu was leaning against Huo Ershao's chest, also scrolling through Weibo.
She was searching for her own name.
"That Tang Nuoyu, so what if she's the top scorer in the city? Holy crap, she keeps repeating that she's a top student, what does that mean?"
"I hate Tang Nuoyu the most. Can't we just make her disappear from the next episode?"
Tang Nuoyu had expected to receive plenty of praise, but instead, she was met with nothing but criticism.
Enraged, she turned to Huo Ershao and begged him to hire online trolls to control the narrative and boost her reputation.
But, to her dismay, the second young master of Huo righteously and firmly rejected her.
“My brother told me to study hard and not cause trouble. I won’t help you with this.”
Tang Nuoyu was completely bewildered and had to consider taking out the pocket money that the Ye family had given her and secretly hiring online trolls.
But when she casually opened the trending topics, all she saw was a screen full of #TangTongyangDomesticViolence#.
Tang Nuoyu suddenly stood up, her fear and terror reaching their peak.
What happened?!
Why is Tang Tongyang the one who became famous? How was it discovered that Tang's father was abusive towards his children?
If netizens dig deeper, will they discover that they are in an adoption relationship? And if they investigate further, will they implicate themselves?
"Young Master An! Look at this!"
While Tang Nuoyu was filled with shock and fear, a young man was walking briskly down the corridor on the top floor of the Huo Group building in the capital.
The group employees passing by nodded to him and said, "Hello, Vice President Lin."
He nodded with a smile.
As he walked, his phone rang. He went to the window to answer it, paused for a moment, and then coldly ordered, "Is everything arranged? I've had the money transferred to you. This time, hire the best online trolls. That young lady has a special status; make sure they protect her..."
After saying something over the phone, he suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"...You still have the nerve to ask me? Didn't I tell you to keep a close eye on her? How come you didn't even notice she was being abused? How could you be so careless?!"
The subordinate on the other end of the phone admitted his mistake with trepidation. Vice President Lin snorted and said, "Make arrangements to have her terminate the adoption relationship with her parents and find her a good new adoptive family."
The subordinate quickly agreed, then asked a few more questions. Vice President Lin said impatiently, "Is there anything else you don't understand? That Tongyang is the second young master's ex-girlfriend. The boss personally ordered that she be compensated properly! Alright, I'm hanging up!"
He had just pressed the end-call button when a cold, gloomy voice, filled with intense anger and shock, suddenly came from behind him: "—Who said she's someone's girlfriend? The person I personally ordered to be compensated?!"
Vice President Lin hurriedly turned around.
Their CEO, Mr. Huo, had just stepped out of the elevator when Qiaoqiao overheard her last words!
The man's eyes were filled with a cold and gloomy darkness, his face was icy and stiff, and his tightly pursed thin lips spoke of the indescribable shock and rage in his heart.
"Explain it to me from beginning to end!"
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