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

followed, the man was taken to

lost all interest in what the public thought of her. She was more concerned about this man.

this young man was just a scapegoat, a pawn! The real mastermind

had their eyes on her and this man, but very few were willing to look at the matter

were overjoyed, as if they had

involved, however,

messages her way. Now, many of the very

did nothing to make Emily feel better.

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

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

she was

he noticed that something was off. He

was puffy, and her big eyes shone with rage. In the trash can by her feet was a crumpled piece of white paper, a

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? Darren

mixture of anger and amusement. "These things aren't uncommon. Why spoil

raised her voice. "How could you call this a trivial

as though Jacob was being unreasonable, so she brushed his hand

He continued, "Darren has spent a lot of money on a PR team. Naturally, it would look like people online may

not going to

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