“Will you go back?” After a long silence, Emma Rosy finally couldn’t resist speaking: “Grandpa is still unconscious, Joe is already struggling to take care of him, he can’t take care of Keira and Hope, you go help me protect them, please!
Alex Brown knew very well that he and Emma Rosy splitting up was the best plan right now, but how could he feel comfortable?
“Emma, let’s go together.”
He held out his hand, but Emma Rosy shook her head and stepped back.
“Don’t you understand, we will only attract more intense public opinion together, besides, the investigation of the engineering accident is not yet finished, there is no way I can leave.”
“But you look like this …”
Alex Brown wanted to persuade again, just as soon as he opened his mouth, but saw Emma Rosy turn around and jerk her hand to pull open the curtains.
In an instant, the blinding sunlight poured in, illuminating the entire room.
Standing again in the sunlight, the timidity in her heart started to work again. Emma Rosy gritted her teeth and forced herself to be brave: “I will continue to face everything until the day the truth comes out. Don’t worry, what happened yesterday won’t happen again. I can die in the midst of online violence and live through their curses!”
Seeing that her gaze was no longer as dull and lifeless as yesterday’s, and was replaced by determination, Alex Brown then relented: “It’s okay to let me go back, but you have to come with me, no matter what, there’s no way I’m leaving you alone.”
“Is there any point in arguing like that?” Emma Rosy turned her head, her eyebrows knitted, but the corners of her lips gently curved: “You should know that I will not change my decision when I make it.”
Indeed, in a way, Alex Brown and Emma Rosy are two extremes, the former seems to be tough and determined, but always easy to be soft at the critical moment, and the latter is gentle on the outside, but harder on the inside than anyone else.
Alex Brown understood that his persuasion was ineffective, so he stared down at the ground and confronted with silence.
Seeing what he was thinking, Emma Rosy hit him in the heart: “Keira is still sick, can you feel comfortable leaving her in a dangerous situation? You said you’d try to be a good father.”
The result of this confrontation, sparked by mutual concern, had been announced. Emma Rosy pushed Alex Brown out of the room and leaned behind the door, hearing him first in a heartless attempt at persuasion and then in resignation, and she was relieved of a heavy heart.
Next, she could work without distractions.
Three days later, because of the intervention of the Internet police, the post on the Internet about this matter was immediately deleted as soon as it was issued, and the public relations team also issued a statement again, clearly pointing out that the photo incident was an inaccurate report taken out of context, and said that the initial publisher would be held accountable.
At the same time, the investigation by the prosecutor’s office has also made great progress.
After a field survey and visits all around, investigators obtained a copy of the aerial video of the day in a construction subdivision five hundred meters away from the incident. The video was originally intended to be given to foreign investors to check progress, and no one expected that a person’s death would be filmed in the middle of the process.
After the video was processed, the key images were enlarged and the clarity was adjusted to the best state. It was clear that the dead civilian worker was on the phone before the incident and was agitated, even venting his anger by slamming his helmet on the ground and kicking the fixed bracket.
Shortly after the call was disconnected, he stumbled in place with one hand on his head, and the other hand seemed to be trying to grab something to stabilize his body, but unfortunately, in his dazed state, he stepped on his feet and fell directly from a height of several dozen meters.
The video playback ended, the mediation room was dead silent until the mother of the deceased came back to her senses, the mournful wailing sounded over the prosecutor’s office.
Although it was proven that the death was purely accidental, the family members still pulled Emma Rosy back for the sake of their future lives.
“A good son of mine cannot die in vain, and your company has problems!” The father of the deceased stood up and angrily pointed at Emma Rosy: “Why is there no guardrail on such a high floor? Why is there not even a worker next to him, leaving my son to work alone? You must give an explanation!”
As long as the cause of death was conclusive and the family suspected that there were problems with the safety measures, Emma Rosy was not worried at all.
Because she confirmed with the person in charge countless times beforehand, the incident was on lunch break, according to the rules of the workers are not allowed to return to the workplace alone, and the deceased not only violated the rules to go back, but also on top of the venting fuss, making all kinds of dangerous actions, it is obvious to pay the main responsibility.
Wright Group’s only mistake in this case is probably the failure to identify his health card is a forgery, did not find out he was suffering from hypertension in time and stop. However, Wright Group has many projects under its management, and tens of thousands of workers, so it is impossible to guarantee the perfection of every small step, even if it is taken to court, this situation will only punish the contractor, not the general manager.
The Wright Group, represented by Emma Rosy, was not at fault, and after compensating the family of the deceased according to the employment contract, they were completely out of the matter.
However, they actually took action against the girlfriend of the deceased …
Access to the deceased’s phone records revealed that the last call he made before he died was to his girlfriend.
The family members are aware that the girl named Anna Reed is having a breakup with the deceased, so that the pain of losing their son and the anger of not getting a high compensation are vented on her, and even excessive will be her and the deceased’s emotional experience to add oil and vinegar posted on the Internet, leading to the Internet users shelling.
Emma Rosy solved the trouble here and was ready to give herself a long vacation and go home. Unexpectedly on her way to the airport, she met an unexpected person.
On the roadside, four or five people surrounded a young woman, mouthing insults, and two of the girls even reached out and pulled the woman’s hair, trying to push her to the ground.
Emma Rosy asked the driver to stop the car, lower the window, the familiar sound of abuse once again flooded into the ears.
“… hate gold-digging girls like you, you don’t want anything for money, you’re killing people you know?!”
“That’s right, your boyfriend is a worker, working on such a high floor, earning money to buy you luxury goods, how can you bear to force him to die? Are you a human being or not?”
Anna Reed couldn’t help herself and choked up, “I didn’t hurt anyone, and I didn’t spend any of his money! Is it wrong to want to break up, I didn’t know he was upstairs … and I didn’t know he was going to die …”
But one day, personal information all exposed on the Internet, friends and neighbors are like seeing garbage to avoid her, even her parents received anonymous phone calls, was scolded for being anxious, lying in bed and can not get up, Anna Reed really do not understand what they did wrong.
She just wanted to break up with a man she had known for less than half a day and had been in love with for only two months.
However, the “righteous” people will not listen to her explanation.
Seeing that the crowd’s behavior is getting more and more out of line, Emma Rosy rushed to help. Although she doesn’t like Anna Reed, she even has some resentment towards her, but she knows how horrible online violence is, and she doesn’t want to put another one through it.
Some time ago, Emma Rosy’s photo went viral on the Internet. As soon as she got out of the car, someone recognized her with a sharp eye and hurriedly gestured to her companions, and then a group of people backed up as if they had done something wrong.
“Is it okay?” She walked up to Anna Reed without looking away and handed her a tissue.
Emma Rosy was trying to be nice, but Anna Reed knocked the tissue out of her hand and warned, “Don’t be nice, I’m like this because of you!”
In Anna Reed’s view, if Emma Rosy had been the object of condemnation forever, she would not have to be held in contempt by her boyfriend’s family or suffer the wrath of netizens, so instead of hating her own bully, she hates Emma Rosy, a person who once shared her illness but now escaped.
She felt that she was Emma Rosy’s scapegoat!
After seeing her leave in a rage, Emma Rosy shook her head helplessly, turned around and warned those who had bullied her a few times, then sat back in the car.
“Come on, let’s go to the airport.”
She remembered the humiliated look on Anna Reed’s face, and she couldn’t help but feel soft again. Finally, she sighed and instructed her secretary, “You stay behind to handle the follow-up, remember to keep an eye on that woman, and step in to help her if necessary.”
When they arrived at the airport and finished checking their luggage, they were suddenly told that due to the airflow, some of the flights to the imperial capital this afternoon were postponed until tomorrow, and the flight Emma Rosy was taking happened to be among them.
On the way back to the hotel, Emma Rosy was staring at her ticket and her mood was deteriorating.
The journey was supposed to be silent and smooth, but when she reached the junction outside the hotel, there was a sudden change.
A loud braking sound exploded in the ears, and everyone in the car plunged forward due to inertia. The driver hit his head on the steering wheel and a big bag appeared immediately, but he couldn’t care less about the pain, and opened the door and rushed out of the car, chanting in panic: “I hit someone … I hit someone …”.
Emma Rosy has been resting with her eyes closed, the secretary has been following her, so the physical strength is about to be exhausted, so take advantage of this time to catch up on sleep, simply did not notice the situation in front.
The three of them got out of the car one after another and saw the face of the woman lying on the road, and then their hearts thumped again.
The woman who was saved by the driver’s experience and timely braking, and who suffered only a few bruises, was Anna Reed!
Outside the hospital emergency room, the secretary and the driver went to pay the bill and check the car respectively, while Emma Rosy and Anna Reed, who had finished dressing her wounds, sat on a bench separated by two empty seats.
“Why did you do that?” Emma Rosy is puzzled, if Anna Reed can’t stand the Internet violence, there are all kinds of ways to kill herself, and the one just now is obviously the most stupid and ineffective, even the insurance compensation can’t be left to her family.
Anna Reed’s answer, however, once again made her feel a gust of bad chills.
“Because I want to get back at you.” Anna Reed tilted her head to look at her, the corners of her mouth thirsty for a vicious and cunning smile: “You put me in this situation, I will pull you back even if I die, so that you will be in a lifetime of guilt!”
“Guilt?” Emma Rosy looked like she had heard a joke: “What makes you think I’ll feel guilty?”
The initiator of the cyber violence was the worker’s family, the enforcer was thousands of netizens, and there were cameras at the location where Anna Reed crashed her car, so even if she died, Emma Rosy’s car would not be held responsible for anything.
“Your life or death has nothing to do with me, instead of feeling guilty, I will continue to live my life seriously and enjoy everything that belongs to me.” Emma Rosy said in a light-hearted manner.
At that, Anna Reed’s eyes widened instantly and she stood up and accused her sternly: “How can you be so cruel? No, you are simply evil, an innocent person died because of you, and you can not even do anything about it!”
Emma Rosy tilted her head to look at her, and her eyes gradually reddened, originally suppressed in the heart of the aggression and anger, at this moment was finally stimulated to explode.
“The one who is really evil is not me, but your boyfriend’s parents, and the one who is cruel is not me, but you!”
“Nonsense!” Anna Reed hissed in denial: “It was his parents who did you in, what does it have to do with me?
Emma Rosy nodded, trying to control her emotions, her chest aching: “You know who started it, and you know that I’m as much a victim as you are, so what are you doing? When you knew the truth but refused to come out and explain, I was seriously hurt by public opinion, my two daughters were harassed at school, and if Wright Group had problems, more countless workers would have lost their livelihoods, aren’t you just heartless?!”
“I …”
“Of course, in that situation I can understand that you are afraid, you dare not make an enemy of the world, but now what? Why do you dare to take revenge on me, why do you take out your hatred for others on me? Ask yourself, what have I, Emma Rosy, done to you!”
They were originally victims of the same disease, should support each other, warm each other, but Anna Reed’s selfish nature, completely ruined all this.
Until now, she is still making excuses for herself: “You’re right, I was too scared to come forward, and … and my parents are not well, I was afraid of them …”
“You’re afraid your loved ones won’t be able to handle the pressure, so who are my loved ones to take this on?”
She took out Keira’s photo and held it up in front of Anna Reed’s eyes, holding back a choked sob and questioning word for word: “My daughter has leukemia and has to have monthly checkups, but because of cyber violence, she can’t even go to the hospital … I ask you, a child less than six years old, why should she bear this for your loved ones?
Anna Reed used to think she was the most pathetic person in the world, no money, no power, the boyfriend she was introduced to was also a hard worker, she desperately wanted to change all this, so she broke up with her grumpy boyfriend, so when she encountered online violence, she chose to run away from the real source of evil, because Emma Rosy had money and power, so her hatred and anger found a starting point, but only at this moment did she understand that money does not mean everything, there are too many things in this world that are more precious than money.
“I’m sorry …” she finally buried her head deeply, her shoulders trembling as she cried out in pain: “I know it’s wrong, I beg you … please can you help me again, I’m really scared …”
Emma Rosy turned around, his expression and tone equally cold: “I will let the secretary help you think of a way that can send you out of the country.”
“Out of the country? Really? Thank you, Miss Richard I … I will change in the future, I’m sorry …”
The remorse and the surprise of survival hit Anna Reed’s mind one after another, she kept apologizing and thanking, but Emma Rosy just walked away indifferently.
The chaos in the city of S has come to an end, but on the other hand, the thrill of the empire has just begun.
Alex Brown returns home, and before he can visit Keira and Hope at school, he notices something strange at home.
Ivy Smith had disappeared, and the maid said she had left in a hurry early in the morning, leaving only a note.
–The other party agreed to meet, and I went to the appointment.
Alex Brown couldn’t be angry with her for not informing him beforehand, and immediately ordered Eric Chan to send someone to investigate the meeting place.
The city was so big that it was a needle in a haystack to find someone, but when he investigated the IP address where the email was sent, he found something unexpected.
“This guy has been hiding the IP address before, but this time he probably got carried away and gave me a breakthrough!”
Eric Chan took a closer look, he suddenly “Huh”: “This place looks familiar, it seems to be Candy Hall’s apartment! Yes, you see, even the fake name registered is the same!”
The day before Alex Brown left for S City, Eric Chan found out Candy Hall’s hiding place, but at that time, his whole heart was on Emma Rosy, and he was afraid that Joe Wright would act impulsively when he found out, so he asked Eric Chan to keep it a secret for the time being.
He never expected that the matter that had been left behind would come back to him in this way.
“Get to the apartment immediately, check!”