Jane furrowed her brow, analyzing the situation.
Although Finley wasn’t involved in the entertainment industry, she knew the rules and understood the severity of Haven’s malicious tweets. However, Haven had threatened her not too long ago, so if she spoke up now, she would surely face consequences.
Finley was at a loss for what to do as Jane left with the documents. “Just take some time to think about it,” Jane advised before departing.
Finley felt exhausted as she looked at the cats and dogs playfully frolicking in front of her. Her interest faded instantly.
When she returned home, she immediately noticed Gregory and Linda loitering outside her door.
Finley took a deep breath; it seemed they were aware of the Twitter incident, or else they wouldn’t have come so quickly.
Her steps felt heavy, and soon Gregory and Linda spotted her.
“You wicked girl! Your sister is involved in such a big matter, and you didn’t bother to inform us. Do you want her to face it alone?”
Linda criticized Finley as soon as she approached, leaving Finley feeling helpless.
Finley was accustomed to Linda’s favoritism, given that Gregory and Linda were the ones who brought her and Haven out of the mountainous village. Haven had childhood amnesia and believed herself to be their biological daughter, while Finley was adopted. Consequently, Gregory and Linda had always been more partial towards Haven.
Faced with the doubts from Gregory and Linda, Finley closed her eyes.
“Well, you’re ignoring me now. Do you not consider us at all?”
Gregory also joined in, accusing Finley early in the morning right in front of her house.
“I don’t know.”
She uttered those words calmly, further infuriating Gregory and Linda.
“How can you be a sister? You don’t care about your sister’s matters. Are you trying to anger us?”
Linda couldn’t control her anger and started hitting and scolding Finley right in her own home.
“You should go and ask her. Don’t come to me.”
Finley frowned; she had already done everything she could for her parents. Whenever something went wrong with her sister, she was always blamed and constantly drained of her resources.
“Now you’re impatient with your parents. How did I raise such an ungrateful child like you?”
Gregory couldn’t contain his anger and attempted to slap Finley, but the security guard behind her intercepted his hand.
“You dare to lay a hand on her? I think you don’t want this family anymore!”
Gregory and Linda echoed each other, and within a few short sentences, they labeled Finley as an unfilial daughter.
“Since I started working until now, haven’t I contributed enough to this family? No one has the right to say I’m unfilial.”
Finley spoke coldly and then gave a signal to the security guard beside her.
Understanding Finley’s meaning, the security guard promptly escorted Gregory and Linda out.
“You wicked girl! You’ve climbed the social ladder and turned against your parents, huh?”
As Linda left, she continued to berate Finley while attracting a crowd of onlookers.
“Everyone, look! This unfilial daughter of mine, now that she’s successful, she has abandoned her parents and kicked us out!”
Gregory and Linda spoke ill of Finley in the middle of the street, emphasizing their rural background and lack of understanding, claiming Finley had grown disdainful of them because she had achieved success.
“She even has a sister. Now that her sister is in trouble, she doesn’t care. Isn’t she trying to kill us with worry?”
Linda spoke while wiping her tears, and Gregory comforted her beside her.
“Dear, don’t be sad. We can live our own lives if necessary.”
Soon, their words were captured and spread on the internet.
“I can’t believe someone would treat their own parents like this. It’s unbearable to witness!”
People started criticizing Finley, and many began digging up dirt on her.
Haven was the first to see it online and directly retweeted on Twitter, accusing Finley, “How could someone do such a thing, abandoning their own parents!”
As a result, the incident gained more and more attention, and many people clicked in to criticize Finley.
Soon, Jane also received the news.
“What’s going on?”
As she was contemplating, she felt a large hand supporting her waist.
Jane turned her gaze and met Patrick’s gentle eyes.
“It’s about the company. That artist of mine really knows how to give me trouble.”
Jane was extremely overwhelmed at the moment, and Patrick felt sorry for her.
He patted Jane’s shoulder. “You still need more experience. Making mistakes is normal.”
Patrick gently touched the furrowed brow between Jane’s eyes. “You’ve just recovered from your illness. Don’t exhaust yourself again.”
“I don’t want to.”
Jane helplessly shook her head and then typed a line on Twitter.
“After all, you are sisters. Let’s not fight to the death. Harmony and happiness are the keys to a family.”
She attempted to mediate, and Patrick directly retweeted Jane’s tweet.
“Just like me and my wife.”
This move successfully allowed many netizens to taste the love between the two.
People in the comments started saying they were satisfied after seeing this, and when Jane saw what Patrick said, her face turned slightly red.
“What’s that? It’s my work.”
“Yeah, work.”
Patrick said lightly.
Faced with Patrick’s serious expression, Jane couldn’t say anything for a moment.
“So naughty.”
Those were the only two words she could say, and then Patrick’s lips curved slightly upwards.
Soon, with Jane and Patrick’s mediation, more netizens began to pay attention to the incident.
Many media outlets started delving into the relationship between the two, and there were more and more online revelations, reaching an irreparable point.
“Why didn’t Finley go to college? No wonder she would do such a thing as abandoning her parents. It seems her education was inadequate.”
Someone posted Finley’s educational background, attracting the attention of many people.
“No wonder Haven came out to accuse her so early. I heard that Haven is the biological daughter of the Hodge family, while Finley was adopted!”
Various behind-the-scenes details were dug up by more and more people. At that moment, the Hodge family stood before the public eye as if transparent.
Finley watched as the online abuse towards her grew, and she fell into contemplation.
Jane’s words echoed in her ears, and she even began to ponder if what Jane said was true.
Just then, Finley’s phone rang.
She looked down and saw it was Haven calling…