"Let her die. She's just too weak - willed. What does it have to do with me?"
"Me causing her to commit suicide? That's hilarious. Do you have any evidence?"
"So what if I bullied her at school? It was her fortune to be 'taught a lesson' by me! If she couldn't take it and killed herself, it's just that she didn't have the luck to deserve such 'fortune'."
In the video, the young Huo Xiao, wearing heavy makeup, spoke arrogantly to the people around her.
That air of not caring about human lives made her look extremely repulsive.
When the manager saw this video, he almost fainted. He thought their young miss was being way too over - the - top.
Although it was outrageous, after all, she was from the Huo family. Despite feeling disgusted, the manager immediately started thinking fast about how to get Huo Xiao out of this mess.
Then, he saw the second, third, and the Nth video.
The second video showed the whole process of Huo Xiao bullying a victim at school. She dragged the victim into the restroom.
She burned the victim with a cigarette butt, slapped the victim again and again, and cut the victim's clothes...
She used all kinds of cruel methods on the victim.
The third video was a clip of the victim's self - statement before her death.
She recorded this video as a suicide note, clearly explaining her feud with Huo Xiao and all the undeserved disasters she had suffered.
All three videos were posted by the victim's mother's account, along with a long article explaining the whole story.
With the help of the algorithm, the account quickly gained popularity. At the same time, many marketing accounts that had been waiting for this moment immediately posted all kinds of related videos as soon as the incident became a big deal.
There were videos of the victim's mother trying to seek justice for her child but being bullied by Huo Xiao, being stepped on like a dog.
There were also countless people who knew what had happened back then, describing Huo Xiao's excessive behavior at school and then bringing up many of her other misdeeds.
The tax - evasion incident of Qing Nuan that had just been suppressed not long ago was also dug out again.
Bullying someone at school to death, embezzling public funds, tax - evasion, and all kinds of other bad deeds were all exposed on the Internet at that moment.
The speed was unbelievable.
Some netizens noticed something strange and asked, "The news spread so fast. It feels like someone is manipulating it."
"Just tell me if the things are true or not. I don't care if someone is manipulating it. I only care about the truth."
"And who is Huo Xiao? She's from the Huo family. If we don't expose all the details at once, do you think we'll still be able to see what happens next?"
Some netizens immediately retorted.
It was naturally arranged by Ling Nuan.
Just as these people had said, the topic that had already reached a high level of popularity suddenly disappeared from the hot - search list at an extremely fast speed.
The manager was stunned.
"We haven't taken any action yet. Could it be Miss Huo? But removing the hot - search now will only cause a negative reaction!" The manager was extremely anxious.
Huo Linsheng didn't say a word.
Huo Xiao probably wouldn't think that far, and she didn't have the ability to remove the hot - search all at once. This was probably another part of Ling Nuan's plan.
Social news doesn't always attract a lot of attention. Huo Xiao's news was just a fleeting popularity. But when the hot - search suddenly disappeared, as if the capital had stepped in, the netizens' rebellious spirit flared up.
After that, it wouldn't be just false popularity but real public condemnation.
"Mr. Huo, how... how should we handle this?" The manager was worried. "It will be very difficult for Miss Huo Xiao to get out of this. The other side has solid evidence, and they've already reported the case to the police."
Moreover, because of the high popularity on the Internet, the police had immediately responded online, saying that they had accepted the case.
Huo Xiao couldn't get out of this unless the other side's evidence was fake.
Huo Xiao couldn't be saved, but the company still had to be protected.
"Once this news comes out, the company's stock price will definitely be affected when the stock market opens tomorrow." The manager was extremely worried.
There were already online remarks affecting the Huo Group.
Why was Huo Xiao so arrogant?
It was because of the Huo Group.
Netizens hated Huo Xiao, and they also hated the Huo Group, which had been protecting her.
"Even if we try to draw a clear line from Miss Huo Xiao now, the netizens won't believe it. And..." The manager stopped there.
He was afraid that the Huo family didn't want to abandon Huo Xiao.
"Have the videos been verified?" Huo Linsheng asked.
The manager nodded. "I contacted the technical department as soon as I saw them. The technical department confirmed that there was no editing, so I dared to come to you, Mr. Huo."
Otherwise, such a thing wouldn't have been enough for him to rush here and disturb Huo Linsheng.
Huo Linsheng thought for a while and then said, "You should go to see the old master right now."
The manager was confused. "See the chairman?"
"Follow the chairman's instructions." Huo Linsheng said.
Hearing this, although the manager was a bit confused, he still nodded and didn't dare to delay. He quickly led his people to the old mansion.
After Fang Chao and the others left, he looked at Huo Linsheng and asked, "If the chairman wants to protect Huo Xiao, Mr. Huo, what should we do?"
"The old man isn't that muddle - headed." Huo Linsheng replied.
However, it wasn't the old man's style to just watch Huo Xiao get into trouble.
"You should keep an eye on it. If the old man really does something stupid, you know what to do."
Hearing this, Fang Chao smiled bitterly. "Mr. Huo, you're asking me to offend the chairman."
Huo Linsheng raised his eyebrows. "I'll take the blame if anything goes wrong. What are you afraid of?"
Fang Chao sighed.
When the powerful fight, it's always innocent people like them who suffer.
After giving the instructions, Huo Linsheng added, "By the way, go and check on Ling Nuan's grandmother to make sure she's safe."
Because of the delay, Grandma Xun had missed her original flight. Huo Linsheng had directly arranged a private jet for her.
"Okay, Mr. Huo. Is there anything else you need to tell me?"
Just as Huo Linsheng was about to wave his hand to let him leave, his phone rang.
"Huo Linsheng." Meng Shuluo's anxious voice came through.
"What's going on?" Huo Linsheng asked. Meng Shuluo's voice sounded wrong.
Hearing this, there was a hint of crying in Meng Shuluo's voice. "Huo Linsheng, can you come to me now? I'm so scared."
Huo Linsheng frowned. "What exactly happened?"
Meng Shuluo's crying became louder. "I... I don't know. Huo Linsheng, come quickly."
Then, without waiting for Huo Linsheng to ask, Meng Shuluo's call was interrupted.
After the call ended, a location was sent from Meng Shuluo's WeChat.
"Mr. Huo?" Fang Chao asked with concern. "What's going on?"
Huo Linsheng irritably tore open his tie. "I've never seen such a troublesome person."
Fang Chao didn't dare to say a word.
Huo Linsheng didn't want to care about Meng Shuluo, but at the annual meeting that day, after the old master received the gift from Mr. Meng, he specifically told him, "Linsheng, Shuluo rarely comes to our Jing City to play. You should entertain her well."
Moreover, the Meng Group was planning to cooperate with the Huo Group and was going to start the cooperation formally after the New Year.
He really couldn't ignore Meng Shuluo.
"Keep an eye on Ling Nuan for me. Notify me immediately if anything happens."
Saying that, Huo Linsheng got up, picked up the suit hanging on the side, and rushed out in a hurry.