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?"

Perhaps because of guilt or something else, he lost all composure in the blink of an eye. "Leave me alone! Whatever happened between me and her does not have anything to do with

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

thought of her. She was more concerned about this man. She didn't even know

man was just a scapegoat,

her and this man, but very few were willing to look

were overjoyed, as if they had gotten a notorious criminal off

one of the people involved, however, Emily

happened, it had been filled with people who had sent hate messages her way. Now, many of the very same people were sending her messages of

nothing to make Emily feel better.

a few messages to respond to and ignored the rest. After all, there was a ridiculous number of

next time she went online, she noticed a change. More and more people were criticizing her again, saying that she was now too proud to respond to

if she was about to go

Jacob got home from work, he noticed that something was off. He took off his jacket

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

the weight of everything. "Have you been following the news? Darren hired someone to act like him and take the blame for everything. He even hired trolls to defend him online! People are

you not to spend so much time online?" Jacob felt a mixture of anger and amusement. "These things aren't uncommon. Why spoil

could you call this a

being unreasonable, so she brushed his hand away

a lot

and I'm not going to let him bully me with his

to her reputation. More importantly, she did not want to let all the hard work that she