A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

A cautious female voice said through the phone, "Mr. Xu, we have found a suitable person, and his terms are reasonable. Do you want him to act now?"

Darren smiled gloomily. "Okay."

Public opinion had changed drastically ever since Emily's clarification of the issue during her press conference. They had thought that this issue would negatively impact Darren or at least make him the subject of online hate speech, but they were wrong.

Emily was quite concerned about the public opinion of her, but at that crucial moment, a man who claimed to be Darren publicly took the blame and claimed that he had only done what he had because of the grudge he held against Emily.

He posted online about how miserably he had lived. However, he never clarified his relationship with Emily. The only thing he said was that she deserved it. He wanted to earn sympathy by telling his own tragic story.

Not long after he took responsibility for the issue, the police immediately intervened.

After the incident, footage of another interview made its way online, hitting the headlines in just half an hour.

In the video, one reporter said into his mic, "Do you know that what you've done has negatively affected Mrs. Gu?

Her charity project is likely to end because of your story, which has misled the public. The beneficiaries of her project will no longer receive the help that they need. Do you know how many people have been thrust into hopelessness because of your actions?"

They were talking to the man who claimed to be Darren. He was wearing a black peaked cap, and his face was pale. Upon hearing this, he said disdainfully, "Unscrupulous reporters like you will only report what harm I've supposedly caused her. You will never think about how much harm she has caused me!

Can you imagine a person like her heading a charity project? Only fools will believe that she will actually donate anything!"

"Can you tell me what actually happened between you and Mrs. Gu?" The reporter paused as if thinking carefully about his next words. "Can you reveal to us what the public does not know about her? Who is the real Mrs. Gu?"

composure in the blink of an eye. "Leave me alone! Whatever happened between me and her

the scene that followed, the man was taken to a police car.

all interest in what the public thought of her. She was more concerned about this man. She didn't even know who he was! How could he have held a

look at all sides, they would realize that this young man was just a scapegoat,

but very few were willing

Darren had been arrested, the majority of these people were overjoyed, as if they had

one of the people involved, however,

had sent hate messages her way. Now, many of the very same people were sending her messages of encouragement. Some of them even apologized for the

this did nothing to make Emily feel better.

to respond to and ignored the rest. After all, there was a ridiculous number of messages. She couldn't possibly reply to all

next time she went online, she noticed a change. More and more people were

she was about

work, he noticed that something was

with rage. In the trash can by her feet was a crumpled piece of

question, she almost burst into tears. Considering the situation, she had felt rather calm on her own. However, now that someone to whom she could vent had come, she finally felt the weight of everything. "Have you been following the news?

mixture of anger and amusement. "These things

could you call

Jacob was being unreasonable, so she brushed his hand

know the truth," he explained helplessly as she moved away from him. He continued, "Darren has spent a

I'm not going to let him bully me with his slander!" Emily

didn't want to give up going online altogether just to avoid seeing what Darren had done to her reputation. More importantly, she did not want to let all the hard work that she had put on her charity foundation go to