Way back to Our Past

36. Being Slandered

Translator: hanhan

Jiang Xinyue felt excited, thinking that Qu Wan would no longer be a threat to her if this could pull off.

No one would believe a despicable woman who had been censured by so many people!

Qin Surong didn’t know much about the online world, but seeing her daughter being so confident, she was no longer worried and decided to give her daughter full support.

Jiang Xinyue pulled some strings that night and hired online ghostwriters at a high price, who started to post negative comments and remarks about Qu Wan on all kinds of forums, platforms and websites, saying that her view of marriage was morally degenerated and unbridled!

Her view of marriage was good enough to show that she was a person without filial piety, love, and respect of family values. Qu Wan was even compared to a famous gold digger a few years ago, with a reputation of being selfish without the moral bottom line of the Chinese people that had believed for thousands of years.

Her pretty face couldn’t cover up her vicious heart. The more innocent her face looked, the uglier her heart was!

Netizens were easily misled by public opinions, so when seeing those bad words about Qu Wan from all the major press, they turned to attack Qu Wan as well.

The ghostwriters ambushed Qu Wan so aggressively and hyped the issue so wildly that it immediately overturned the situation.

Those who liked and supported Qu Wan began to loathe her and attack her. The power of public opinion was indeed terrifying. It could make millions like you overnight and then drag you into hell the next day.

Within one day, Qu Wan fell from heaven to hell and became the target that everyone reviled. Jiang Xinyue laughed in content, with a computer in front of her. “Mommy, look. I told you that this could work.”

Qin Surong gave her a thumbs up and said, “Way to go! Only my daughter could come up with such a good idea!”

Qu Wan had been a headache for them for so long, and she was taken down so easily in the end. There was no way that she could redeem her name, which would only rot slowly in hell!

Qu Wan was still in the dark since she seldom got on the internet, so she was unaware of what was going on at the time.

Wang Zicheng learned soon that Qu Wan was being attacked and slandered online. He immediately mobilized public relations to remove adverse remarks on Qu Wan, but it was already too late.

The power of ghostwriter army was too strong. This matter had already been widly exaggerated and turned to be an issue of national pride and moral disgrace.

All of these netizens became furious and requested Qu Wan to stand out to explain herself and answer their questions.

Staring at the screen, Ning Fei suggested, “Mr. Wang, how about… asking Miss Qu to issue a statement?”

“No!” Wang Zicheng shook his head. Even a man might not be able to survive such a vicious attack, and Qu Wan would definitely be attacked even more fiercely the minute she showed up.

It was best to discuss this matter with Qu Wan first and try to find a solution in private.

On the other side, Lin Yiyi also held an urgent meeting in the TV station to discuss how to deal with the wall-to-wall coverage on Qu Wan.

Not to mention that Qu Wan was the victim, she was smeared now for no reason, which enraged Lin Yiyi to the extreme.

At this moment, Wang Zicheng called her.

In extreme fury, Lin Yiyi revealed to Wang Zicheng everything about Qu Wan, how she was bullied and abused by her mother-in-law, how her husband cheated on her, and finally how she was forced to leave the house without a penny to her name.

Hearing that, Wang Zicheng was shocked. He held the phone in his hand for a long time and couldn’t say a word. When he came to his senses, he smashed his cellphone to the ground.

Wang Zicheng didn’t expect that Qu Wan had been so poorly treated. He was so angry and a fire blazed in his eyes.

Thinking that he forgot to ask the name of that bastard, Wang Zicheng took over Ning Fei’s cellphone and called Lin Yiyi again. However, Lin Yiyi refused to name the man and asked him to ask Qu Wan personally.

Wang Zicheng threw Ning Fei’s cellphone too in a rage. With a sad look on his face, Ning Fei opened his mouth but he didn’t dare to say anything in the end.

Wang Zicheng rushed out of the door and wanted to confront Qu Wan face-to-face, but on the way, he suddently asked the driver to stop and return to the company in haste.

Qu Wan must be deeply troubled and anxious now. He couldn’t give her any extra pressure.

He would ask someone to investigate that husband later, but the top priority now was to clear Qu Wan’s name. On the same day, posts to defend Qu Wan appeared on various platforms.

The posts depicted a vivid story about how Qu Wan was abused by a vicious mother-in-law before, how her husband cheated on her and got another woman pregnant, how they badly hurt her until she was expelled from the house without any money on her.

These miserable experiences would inevitably leave her psychological trauma.

The posts also claimed that any persons who had defamed Qu Wan would be indicted and held legally responsible.

All the media outlets who had attacked Qu Wan received the court’s subpoena that day and everyone responsible for corresponding forums and platforms also received lawyer’s letters.

Wang Zicheng stood out in person to defend Qu Wan. The press knew perfectly well how powerful the Wang Family was and they dared not go against Wang Zicheng. So, they quickly deleted the posts and issued an apology at the same time, asking Qu Wan for forgiveness.

The situation overturned again at an astonishing speed.

Those online ghostwriters disappeared instantly without a trace. Jiang Xinyue couldn’t laugh anymore only half a day later.

The topic then changed to Qu Wan’s miserable life. Everyone started to rebuke the vicious mother-in-law, the unfaithful husband, and the shameless mistress.

No matter how strong Jiang Xinyue’s mentality was, she couldn’t take it anymore. She locked herself in a room and didn’t eat anything for a whole day.

Qin Surong was worried about her daughter getting too depressed and said, “Xinyue, let’s figure out something else later. After all, they don’t know that it’s you and Mubai, so it won’t affect us.”

After secluding herself up for a whole day, Jiang Xinyue regained her spirits because she had come up with another idea to fight back.

Those netizens had been accusing the mother-in-law and the mistress without knowing who they were. She was so irritated that she couldn’t eat anything at all. What would Sun Lan and Ling Mubai do if they heard of this? They would definitely be more furious.

It was Sun Lan and Jiang Xinyue who had made that plan back then, and Ling Mubai knew nothing about it. He still believed that it was Qu Wan who had cheated on him and betrayed him.

When Ling Mubai found out that he was being accused as the cheater on the internet, how infuriated would he be?

And there was also Sun Lan. As long as she knew about this, she would never be able to swallow her anger with her temper. She would hate Qu Wan to the bone and tried to retaliate.

With Sun Lan standing in the front, what she needed to do was to fan the fire. Qu Wan expected to be together with Ling Mubai again? In her dreams!

Jiang Xinyue gave Sun Lan a call and told her everything while weeping sadly. When hearing this, Sun Lan was so pissed off that her blood pressuewent up immediately and she almost passed out in anger.

Sun Lan, as a lady of a wealthy family, usually wouldn’t pay attention to any remarks on the internet, but the quality of the people online was different. Some only criticized briefly while some called names and even insulted her ancestors.

No matter how good-tempered a person was, no one could remain calm at this moment!