Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 354: Chapter 350: A Cornered Dog Will Jump Over a Wall

They say the human heart is unfathomable, and the strangest part is, when a lot of people curse someone, everyone instinctively believes that the person being cursed is the one in the wrong. Similarly, when a group collectively adores someone, it also attracts more people to give their approval.

Many people who are new to the Internet think that if netizens support you on something, they will stand by your side forever. However, in reality, it’s all too easy for fans to turn into haters, for haters to become fans, or for bystanders to either join either camp.

At first, they are deceived, but when the truth is revealed, things tend to spiral out of control.

Zhang Jun didn’t understand the Internet. He thought he had the upper hand, and below his Weibo post, all the voices were supportive of him.

But seeing that several influential users were voicing their support for Huo Sining, he started to lose his composure. Stabilizing his mind, he lit a cigarette, his hands trembling slightly as he typed on the keyboard.

He opened Weibo and typed out a sentence:

”You think having a bit of money makes you amazing? Even if you’re rich, what of it? With all that money, why didn’t I see you helping out your uncle’s family? Does being rich allow you to present yourself as an attractive wealthy woman and wipe away your unkind and unfilial spots? The one with a dark conscience knows who they are!”

Zhang Jun was driven into a corner. At this time, he hadn’t noticed that Huo Sining’s lengthy confession had already mentioned Wu Jingyi’s name, nor was he aware that Huo Sining had laid out her past eighteen years in detail.

After posting that message, Zhang Jun took a drag on his cigarette and refreshed his Weibo only to find that the direction of the comments had completely changed.

Those netizens who had supported him all along were now turning against him, questioning and cursing him, with some saying he had delusions and needed hospital treatment.

Miss Magic, after all, wasn’t a celebrity, and Zhang Jun’s relentless blackening of her, despite her clear explanations, gave people the impression that he was using her to create a buzz. This instantly triggered the dislike of the netizens.

Seeing the comments from these netizens, Zhang Jun was infuriated. These past two days, the acknowledgment and shares he received for exposing Huo Sining’s private scandals had delighted him so much that he was even indulging in the virtual satisfaction it brought him.

But now, being questioned and denounced by so many people all at once, with a crowd following and chanting for fans to turn against him, Zhang Jun couldn’t take it anymore. The angrier he became, the more uncontrollably agitated he got.

In his agitation, his face contorted with fury as he stormed into the editor-in-chief’s office, insisting that the explosive news he believed he had should be published that very day.

Jiang Tao, as the editor-in-chief of the magazine, was naturally also following this incident. He initially saw it as an opportunity, but when he saw that three highly influential users started supporting Huo Sining, he began to hesitate.

However, a single sentence from Zhang Jun firmed up his resolve, ”Editor-in-Chief Jiang, I see you are a man of courage, how can you back down just because of a few influencers? Isn’t what we in the magazine business want exposure? With big names involved, it will cause even greater sensation. Isn’t that an opportunity we would long for?”

Jiang Tao felt that Zhang Jun’s words made sense, so he stopped hesitating, nodded in agreement, and gave the go-ahead: ”Alright, go ahead and post it!”

Having Jiang Tao’s approval, Zhang Jun had no more qualms. He glanced at the curses on his Weibo account, sneered maliciously, and took out the two recordings and uploaded them to Media Shang Magazine’s official Weibo account. He followed up with a caption.

[Haha, you still dare ask me for an apology? I don’t know who’s spoiled you so rotten, so bold! Well then, let’s see who’s really bolder!]

The two recordings were phone calls between Wu Jingyi and Xu Lian.

Zhang Jun had been cautious. When he was on the phone with Wu Jingyi, he secretly hit the record button, capturing everything Wu Jingyi said about blackening Huo Sining; then he got the Huo family’s landline number from her and repeated the trick.

Being a reporter, he naturally knew how to conduct interviews in a way that made the interviewee fall into his trap and say exactly what he wanted.

Wu Jingyi and Xu Lian both hate Huo Sining, so of course, they would only say bad things about her. Zhang Jun treated these two recordings as conclusive evidence, but he forgot that both of these people were at odds with Huo Sining.

So, when she heard these two recordings, Huo Sining burst into laughter. She thought Zhang Jun had some big news in his hands, but it turned out to be just this.

Although Huo Sining felt that the two recordings defaming her were meaningless to her, she couldn’t underestimate how easily netizens could be deceived. So, to avoid the plot being reversed by Zhang Jun again, she simply admitted the identities of the speakers in the recordings on Weibo.

[The first recording, that girl is named Wu Jingyi, my high school classmate and so-called ”bestie.”]

[The reason ”bestie” is in quotes is that I feel my pure friendship was misplaced.]

[Wu Jingyi is also an orphan and graduated from Baiyun High School with me, getting into Di Du Medical University.]

[However, what I found ironic is that, before the university entrance exams, I inadvertently discovered that Wu Jingyi was secretly planning something.]

[She wanted to stop me from going to college and even sneakily inquired about the universities I was applying to, intending to steal my university admission letter when it arrived.]

[This is so-called bestie, truly a master of manipulation, respectable to the point of making one want to kowtow in admiration!]

[To prevent my admission letter from going astray, I had no choice but to lie to her, telling her that I wasn’t going to college, and then secretly filled out my university application without her knowledge.]

[The second recording is even more ridiculous, the person is my aunt.]

[A woman who has ill-treated her niece for over a decade, do you think her words could be true?]

[She says she treated me well—Mr. Handsome, only someone as naive as you would believe that, right?]

[As for Xu Lian, I only have one thing to say: what goes around comes around, Aunt. My mom is watching from heaven. The hundred thousand yuan savings passbook she left me—you keep it as your coffin fund!]

[As for Mr. Handsome, I definitely can’t outsmart you; it’s said that the barefoot are not afraid of those with shoes, so I will send you a poem instead.]

[Good and evil will always be repaid, and Heavenly Dao makes a fair cycle.]

[If you don’t believe it, just look up, who has Heaven ever spared!]

People’s likes and dislikes are always simple, especially egregious on the internet, with right and wrong being merely a matter of a few simple words.

Huo Sining’s speech was sharp yet candid and upright. Along with the clarifications from several influential verified accounts, it was obviously not fake. She instantly won the favor of countless netizens, and soon her Weibo was flooded with supportive comments.

”My goddess is so pitiful, orphaned by her parents, abused by her aunt, and backstabbed by her best friend.”

”Goddess, don’t cry. Even if those people betrayed you, we still love you.”

”Support Miss Magic all the way!”