Yancy, seeing the situation, suddenly felt a sense of triumph.
“Deserved it. Playing tricks should lead to this kind of outcome.”
Evelyn slowly raised her head. “Did you do this?”
Yancy, feeling a bit guilty, said, “Boss, don’t be so serious. I was just upset and wanted to give you some relief.”
Evelyn stood up, patted Yancy on the shoulder, and whispered, “Well done.”
…
The next day, when the news spread, Mia completely lost her mind. Whether it was newspapers, news broadcasts, or the display screens in shopping malls, they all played the footage of her being proposed to by that unpleasant man.
The media’s coverage was overwhelmingly negative, portraying her as a fickle and unfaithful woman.
“Damn it, it must be that bitch Evelyn.” Mia angrily threw the cup in her office.
She pointed at her assistant. “Call that person for me. Use Evelyn’s scandal to suppress this incident.”
The assistant, not daring to delay, immediately took out her phone.
As soon as she dialed, the call was answered. But before Mia could speak, a familiar female voice came through the receiver.
“Mia, resorting to dirty tricks when you can’t compete?”
Mia’s face twisted in anger.
“Evelyn, are you haunting me?” She took the phone from her assistant, activated the recording function, and interrogated, “Did you arrange the proposal from that old man?”
As her words fell, there was no response from the other end.
“Evelyn, speak up! Feeling guilty, huh? Why do you want to harm me at every turn?”
Evelyn still remained silent.
Mia clenched her teeth. Just when she thought the call had been unilaterally terminated, a disdainful and cold sigh came through the receiver.
“Mia, the recording function isn’t meant to be used like this,” Evelyn’s voice carried a chill. “But your hysterical reaction just now is excellent material for broadcasting.”
“Evelyn, dare you…”
Mia’s threatening words were cut off, and the receiver only played a series of busy tones.
…
At this moment, in a run-down apartment in Memphis.
Evelyn put away her phone and stared at the bearded man who was lying on the floor pressed by a chair.
This man was a well-known leader of online water armies in the entertainment industry, specialized in covering up news for celebrities.
In her previous life, she once helped Mia send some materials and inadvertently learned about the shady activities he usually did for Mia.
Evelyn tapped the bearded man’s head with her phone, “Hey, I’m really sorry for delaying your business.”
The bearded man shrank in fear, pleading softly, “Miss, where did I offend you? I apologize, I admit my mistake.”
“Please, spare me this time.”
“Sure… Help me post a video, and I’ll let you go.”
The bearded man’s eyes lit up, “Okay, okay, okay. Even if it’s ten videos, it’s fine.”
Only then did Evelyn release the chair, letting the bearded man climb up from the ground. Then she tossed a USB drive and walked away.
“If you dare fool me, I’ll come to visit you again next time.” Her voice came from outside the door, almost making the bearded man slide off the chair. He glanced at the broken table that Evelyn had smashed with a punch, shivered with lingering fear, and quickly responded loudly.
He plugged the USB drive into the computer. Worried that the video Evelyn provided might be too fake and damage his reputation. The next moment, his eyes were glued to the screen, he was relieved when he saw the content.
“Damn! A master!”
The bearded man was excited, his hands trembling. He didn’t dare to miss a second.
Although he knew the video was definitely fake, he widened his eyes but couldn’t find any flaws. He retested it with software, and the result showed no loopholes.
“Incredible!” The bearded man burst into laughter. Saying that, he immediately uploaded the video.
Mia, who was contacting other news manipulators, received the video from her assistant.
“Miss Taylor, this video has gone viral on the internet.”
The content was a scene of Mia having secret rendezvous with the ugly man everywhere. Although ‘Mia’ wore a mask, netizens could easily recognize her.
“No way, this is definitely not me. She framed me, that bitch framed me.” Mia roared angrily, clenching her hands tightly.
The assistant silently watched but dared not speak. When Mia calmed down a bit, the assistant weakly said, “Now… should I contact the company’s PR team?”
“No need,” Mia stood up, “I’m going out for a while.”
At this point, the problem was beyond what the PR team could handle.
Mia drove to Jasper’s villa.
The villa door was wide open, and there was no one inside.
Mia searched around before hearing some noise upstairs.
Jasper seemed to be on a video call.
As she approached, she could finally hear his mother’s almost angry voice in the video.