Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Cry When You Need to, Without Any Hesitation [Please Bookmark, Please Recommend]

Delicious Life was concocting a new Weibo post, preparing to counteract the negative impact of deleting comments and smear Lu Xiaobu a bit more...

Suddenly...

His Weibo was flooded with countless comments and posts cursing him in just an instant.

”@DeliciousLife, do you have no shame? How dare you delete comments? Are you feeling guilty?”

”Definitely guilty. Why else would you delete comments?”

—These were the reproaches from teams one to five, criticizing Delicious Life for deleting comments.

”@EasternDaily, @NewsFlash, the unscrupulous blogger Delicious Life is framing others and deleting comments, covering up the sky with one hand!”

”@DailyNews, @ShimenCourt, a toxic influencer has emerged, we call for justice to arrive!”

— These were from teams six to ten, spreading the news of the incident.

”I was still deciding whether to watch from the sidelines, but it looks like there’s indeed something wrong with you!”

”Foolish Delicious Life, and here I trusted you before, now I see I was wrong!”

— These were the opportunistic hecklers from teams eleven to fifteen.

”Delicious Life, I hope your son is born without an asshole!”

”WTF!”

— These were the straightforward insults from teams sixteen to twenty.

In an instant, not just Delicious Life’s Weibo, but the entire internet was boiling!

The previously righteous crusader Delicious Life had become a thoroughly detestable person in just a moment.

”Holy shit! What the hell is happening?”

Delicious Life looked at his timeline full of curses, completely dumbfounded.

What did he do?

Was it just because he deleted a Weibo post?

How come it feels like the whole world knows about it?

He hastily posted a Weibo: ”Fans, I’m not feeling guilty, I just thought that post was an eyesore. You all need to help me clarify this! This is definitely Lu Xiaobu’s people doing this!”

His Weibo post went up, but it was occupied by the Lu Family Army in one second.

Those mindlessly supportive comments for Delicious Life were all sunk to the Mariana Trench, not to be seen even if you scrolled through dozens of pages.

Occasionally, there were a few comments deliberately picked out by Liang Lan, then released by the Lu Family Army.

Delicious Life’s hardcore fan: ”Erm... It’s not that we don’t want to help you clarify, it’s just that the comment deletion is hard to justify!”

”Global Gourmet”: ”Why don’t you tell us in detail why you deleted the comment?”

”Winner in Life”: ”And also...”

You have to realize that these were genuine hardcore fans of Delicious Life!

With these fans unintentionally driving the rhythm, even more people joined the observing camp, and even began to lean towards Lu Xiaobu.

And at that moment.

When the walls fall, everyone pushes; good and evil will ultimately be repaid.

The restaurant that had been scammed by Delicious Life earlier, especially the one that just sent him money today, revealed Delicious Life’s deeds, becoming the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

Heaven Source Kitchenette: ”This Delicious Life is no good person. Relying on his multitude of fans, he scams and deceives daily. Once, I accidentally spilled some water, and he demanded ten thousand right away. When I refused, he cursed me out on Weibo for three days. Do you all remember that? I took a photo when I was giving him money just now, a picture speaks a thousand words!”

This Weibo was instantly reshared and topped by countless people, and that picture vividly exposed Delicious Life’s hideous true face!

Crispy Duck Neck: ”That’s right, I’ve been conned too. He choked on a duck neck bone and demanded eight thousand from me as compensation, threatening to shut us down if we didn’t pay!”

Carp City Living: ”And also...”

Thus...

Delicious Life’s entire persona—

Completely collapsed!

He, should be crying now!

Delicious Life watched his computer crash in front of him.

Everywhere he looked were voices cursing him.

”Delicious Life, fans turn haters, you bastard!”

”Making a killing off of us, you’re the one who’s rich but heartless!”

”Pah! Fans turning haters, time to offer incense!”

”Offer what incense! People like him don’t deserve incense; just step on him twice and move on!”

”...”

His Weibo followers were plummeting at a visible speed, from seven digits to six, five, four, three...

In the end, only a few hundred die-hard fans were left to support him.

As he watched the number, Delicious Life’s tears swirled in his eyes.

He was ruined, completely ruined, for all of his income depended on Weibo!

Now that he’d lost his followers, his income source was completely cut off.

No more life of luxury, no more food and fun.

”No, no, Liu Shao, right, Liu Shao!”

In a rush, Delicious Life picked up the phone to call Liu Changlong. This was all arranged by him; he couldn’t just leave it be!

”The number you have dialed is not in service, please check the number and dial again!”

”Damn it, Liu Changlong! You son of a bitch, crossing the river and tearing down the bridge? I’ll drag you down with me!” Delicious Life went crazy instantly, bellowing, ”Even though I’ve lost my fans, I’m still trending. I’m going to expose you!”

Just as he finished speaking, a message popped up on his computer: ”Due to spreading rumors and slandering others, you have been permanently banned from speaking.”

”Click!”

Suddenly, the electricity in the room went off. All the lights disappeared, the computer screen turned black, reflecting Delicious Life’s face of despair.

He knew he was done for, completely done for!

His life had also lost its light; the once commanding Delicious Life, who could summon storms online, was now gone. All that awaited him were court subpoenas, maybe even a life of despair in prison!

He clutched his thinning hair tightly, tears of despair flowing from his eyes as he roared, ”Liu Changlong, you’re so ruthless, so very ruthless! I regret, truly regret messing with Lu Xiaobu!!”

Shimen, the Liu Family.

”Delicious Life must be thinking of going down with me now,” sneered Liu Changlong. ”Sorry, the fish may die, but the net... won’t break!”

He stood up, walked to the glass, and said coldly, ”Lu Xiaobu, you’ve got some skills, be it luck or real strength, I admit it, this time, you’ve won! But, our affair isn’t over!”

This online skirmish that swept across the web finally ended with Lu Xiaobu, the prodigal son of Shimen’s richest family, emerging victorious!

And yet, the internet was still boiling over, naturally shifting the topic to the hot water cabbage!

”Wow, what a stunning reversal! Delicious Life’s account has been permanently banned, which is so satisfying. But doesn’t that mean the hot water cabbage is truly a delicacy?”

”Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too, it’s just a bit pricey.”

”Pricey? We’ve been cursing Lu Xiaobu all day, and he hasn’t fought back. Isn’t it right to eat this dish and show some support?”

”Look, a lot of big Vs are recommending hot water cabbage now!”

”Yes, yes, it’s said that many people have already bought tickets overnight to go to Shimen!”

”...”

Just like that, what started as a slanderous flame war became a nationwide hot water cabbage marketing strategy thanks to Lu Xiaobu’s tactics.

The Lu Family was now secretly delighted.

Father Lu asked with a smile, ”Second son, how much did we spend this time?”

Lu Wenhao flapped his sore hand from tossing money around: ”A total of 1.72 million. I won’t bother reporting the change.”

Father Lu: ”Eldest son, how much did we make?”

Lu Hongbin looked around with a sly expression, greedily saying, ”Based on the estimates, just the annual profit from the hot water cabbage is about 30 million, which is five to six times the previous estimate of five to six million.”

”And that’s not even counting the value of the 300,000-strong internet army; you’ve seen the Power of Water for yourself. Not to mention too much, the value of this team that can summon winds and rain online is worth over five million.”

”Plus, we’ve made valuable connections with Yumian Chilong, the food blogger, which means a lot to our Lu Family.”

”Finally...” Lu Hongbin’s gaze shifted behind to Liang Lan, who was getting ready to go find Lu Xiaobu.

”Oh!” The Lu father and sons nodded, understanding.

”Priceless!” Lu Hongbin rubbed his hands excitedly.

Father Lu got excited too: ”So, we the Lu Family, just to avenge Xiaobu, ended up making a profit over twenty times over?!”

”Exactly!” Lu Hongbin also said excitedly, ”Xiaobu once again wasted money in such a way that it turned into earnings! Just with these, no matter how much Xiaobu squanders, after a year we can try taking a shot at the top spot among Shimen’s rich!”

”This prodigal son...” Lu Wenhao was left speechless: ”Too awesome!”