Ch 370: Exposed

The Jia Jianjun family, constantly surrounded by onlookers, were simultaneously scrolling through short videos and news about netizens’ reactions.

They were simultaneously recounting Chaoyang’s wickedness to those around them.

At some point, many people in the queue, who a second before had shown sympathy, suddenly turned their gazes to disgust and disdain.

Some even began to point and whisper.

“Oh my… you wouldn’t believe it, little girl, my husband’s niece is so vicious! She used a fake contract to cheat us out of nine hundred thousand. Now we don’t have enough money to buy our old house back!”

“Look at my daughter-in-law’s belly!” Tang Jie cried, pulling over her daughter-in-law whose stomach was flat. “She’s pregnant, with twins! Where are six of us going to live?!”

“Oh, Bodhisattva… now that she has money, she bullies honest people like us!”

“Mom… Mom! Stop crying!” Jia Jingyi, seemingly noticing the change in the surrounding people’s demeanor, hurriedly tried to stop Tang Jie’s performance.

Tang Jie glared at him unintentionally, signaling him not to interfere. As long as they ruin Chaoyang’s reputation and drag the Rong Family down with them—wealthy people care most about reputation.

Then, they can extort another sum, and they won’t have to worry about their lives for the rest of their days.

“Mom!” Jia Jingyi checked his phone again, finding no other news, but still sensing the wrong atmosphere, he tried to stop her again.

“Get lost!” Tang Jie buried her face in the shadows and cursed in a low voice. When she looked up again, her face was full of sorrow, looking exactly like a poor, long-suffering person.

However, when her cries arose again, a middle-aged woman nearby could no longer bear it, spat on her face, and shouted.

“Shut your mouth! Be careful your grandson is born without an anus!”

“Who are you calling that?!” Tang Jie’s reaction was swift; before the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she had retorted.

However, sometimes reacting too quickly is not a good thing.

Just a moment ago, she looked pale, sickly, and on the verge of death; now, after this provocation, her condition instantly improved. She felt like she could run ten marathons.

Her voice, full of energy, acted like a built-in amplifier, allowing those around to hear clearly.

“Heh! I was questioning whether the surveillance footage was fake, after all, the Rong Family is rich and powerful. They could write any script to cover up their dirty deeds, but now it seems…”

A young man in his twenties, wearing a food delivery uniform, stood up, looking Tang Jie up and down as he spoke.

“It was all an act! I even spoke up for you online! I spit! You are shameless!”

“Acting? I wasn’t acting! Cough… cough… I…” Tang Jie realized it was too late; no matter how she tried to cover it up, no one believed her anymore.

“What are you looking at! Chaoyang committed fraud! I have the contract!” Tang Jie held up the contract, showing it to everyone.

But in response, she received only disgusted looks and curses.

“Curse me! Curse me! You’re just jealous! Jealous that I have nine hundred thousand and you don’t!” Tang Jie’s face flushed with excitement, her temples throbbing.

“Jealous of you? Do people who borrow money and don’t repay it all look like you?”

“Like a pig, so disgusting!”

“Just shut up! Your words could suffocate someone.”

This finally incited public anger. People who had been watching the spectacle joined the verbal fight. Tang Jie was outnumbered but undeterred.

“What the hell are you doing? Didn’t I tell you to monitor online trends?!” Tang Jie, enraged by the glares and curses from those around her, slapped Jia Jingyi hard.

Jia Jingyi covered his face, full of grievance. On his phone screen, he kept refreshing the homepage of an account with three million fans.

This was his favorite blogger, known for quick updates and reliable information. He had already confirmed that this blogger was at the scene.

“No, really, there isn’t!” Jia Jingyi refreshed again and again. The latest video was still the one with the used phone advertisement.

His eyes welled up as he looked at his wife: “Wife, should I get a new phone?”

Maybe, just as the blogger said, phone lag really affects information access.

As he refreshed the homepage again, a new message popped up. His furrowed brow suddenly relaxed, and he quickly clicked on it.

The next second, the excitement turned to icy dread. His hands holding the phone trembled violently; he dared not look up at Tang Jie, who was still arguing with the crowd.

“What are you shaking for?!” Jia Jianjun, unwilling to conflict with others, could only help his wife monitor his son.

Seeing his son shaking like a leaf, he snatched the phone and looked at it.

After watching a long introductory video and listening to two infomercials, he finally got to the main point. When he heard the familiar voice, his vision blurred, and he felt dizzy.

His blood pressure surged from his feet to his head. He swayed in place, nearly fainting.

After a long while, he finally heard his son and daughter-in-law’s anxious calls. He came to his senses and muttered.

“It’s over… it’s all over… I’ve been betrayed…”

Tang Jie, who had been arguing for a long time, was still going strong, but she gradually picked up on something in the other people’s tone. Just as she was about to turn around and ask her son what was going on, she saw Jia Jianjun looking pale and about to collapse.

She froze, supporting Jia Jianjun. “You useless good-for-nothing! You can’t fight or argue, why didn’t you show this earlier?!”

If Jia Jianjun had shown this earlier, they could have stirred up even more public opinion, but now that everyone knows the truth, nobody believes them.

Tang Jie was furious. She remembered something and pulled out the phone from Jia Jianjun’s pocket.

Just as she was about to make a call, she saw an incoming call from someone named Manager Hu.

Without thinking, she answered: “Hello!”

“Hello, Jia Jianjun, you’re fired. Don’t come to work anymore. You seemed so honest and hardworking, and I even felt sorry for your situation and gave you extra day shifts. Ugh, I was blind.”

Manager Hu hung up without listening to Tang Jie’s heart-wrenching curses.

At that moment, Jia Jianjun’s phone rang. Jia Jingyi answered.

“Mr. Wu.”

“What? No! I have a family to support, Mr. Wu!”

“Hello? Hello?!”

Jia Jingyi hurriedly called back, but all calls went unanswered.

“What happened?!” Tang Jie asked.

Jia Jingyi shrank, trembling as he spoke. “Mom… I… I’m fired…”

Tang Jie’s chest heaved violently, her blood pressure rising. Her senses dulled from extreme anger.

After a long time, a smile appeared on her lips, her bulging eyes flashing with a cruel glint, she muttered: “Chaoyang, you’re going to pay…”

She pulled out the latest model of a phone from her leather crossbody bag and dialed a number labeled with the character “Ma” in her contacts.

“You agree to my proposal?”

“I want her dead!”

“Very good…”