82 Pushing The Blame
Hearing him mention the trending topic, Yu Han’s heart skipped a beat. She pretended to be stupid and said, [Are you talking about the administrator’s alternate account being exposed?]
Ji Jun pondered for a moment and replied, [It’s the other trending topic.]
Yu Han: [Oh, is it the trending topic of ‘I stole money from the opponent’s fans to support my idol’?]
She felt that the other party’s words meant something. Without waiting for Ji Jun’s reply, Yu Han decided to take the initiative and asked, [Teacher Ji, as the protagonist of the stolen money, what do you think?]
Ji Jun pouted and deleted the words he had typed halfway. He wrote again: [Looks like I have to remind them again.]
Remind them of what? Yu Han was at a loss. Then, she heard a notification on her cell phone. The person she was especially concerned about had updated his status.
Yu Han clicked on it and saw that Ji Jun had just posted a post. [Please download the anti-fraud app. Beware of fraud.]
Yu Han burst out laughing. Ji Jun was really sarcastic. It looked like he was reminding his fans not to be deceived, but he was actually saying that the Liu Family and the administrator were fraudsters.
At this moment, Liu Bei’s father suddenly released news that everything that had happened in the past two days was caused by Liu Bei and her daughter. He was also deceived and thought that his daughter had really been wronged, so he went to the Ji Family to seek justice. Now that he finally understood the truth from Ji Jun’s video, he was filled with regret. Hence, he specially came out to apologize to Ji Jun and the Ji Family.
The reason why Mr. Liu compromised so quickly was because after Ji Jun released the video, all his fans rushed to the Liu Corporation’s official Weibo account and shouted for them to apologize. There were even fans who used their connections to make things difficult for their company.
The Liu Family’s company was already barely holding on as it encountered difficulties. It could not withstand other storms at all. However, in just a few hours, he had already received a lot of bad news. For example, suppliers and distributors had requested to terminate their cooperation and ask for a refund. They said that they had no choice but to take the products off the shelves because they had been boycotted. Even the tax bureau had called to ask, saying that they had received a report about the Liu Family’s tax issues.
Helpless, Father Liu could only come out and apologize. However, apart from apologizing, he even pushed all the blame to Liu Bei and her mother. He lied that he had a loving father’s heart and trusted his daughter too much, which was why he was deceived.
However, Mr. Liu’s “flying away in the face of disaster” did not gain the trust and sympathy of the fans and passersby at all. Instead, they scolded him for being irresponsible.
At the Liu Family’s house, Liu Bei locked herself in her room and hid in the closet. She held her phone tightly in her hand, but she did not dare to open it. The scolding online was like needles that stabbed into her heart. Screams and angry roars came from the living room a wall away from her. Her father was beating her mother.
“It’s all your stupid idea. You said that if we get close to the Ji Family, our company will be saved. In the end, not only did we offend the Ji Family, but the company also had to face so much trouble. We don’t even know if it can last. It’s all because of you two unlucky mother and daughter. You’re the black sheep. Why don’t you die?”
Mr. Liu’s distorted face was completely different from the kind father who loved his daughter online.
Mrs. Liu, who had always been obedient, suddenly exploded. She touched the chair leg beside the dining table and grabbed it firmly with both hands. Then, she swung it at Father Liu.
Mr. Liu howled in pain and dodged backwards. Mrs. Liu panted as she picked up the stool and glared at him.
Mr. Liu was so angry that his hands trembled. “How dare you hit me, you shrew? If I don’t beat you to death today, my surname won’t be Liu!”
Mrs. Liu was not to be outdone. “Liu, you’d better beat me to death today. Otherwise, I won’t let you off.” Her daughter’s reputation and career were ruined. Seeing that the company was about to be destroyed, Mrs. Liu had no hope. She had nothing to worry about and fought with him crazily.
Coincidentally, Old Master Ji also called Ji Jun and mentioned the Liu Family’s Mr. Liu at this time. “He’s just an incompetent and greedy person. He’ll court death without us needing to do anything.”
Everyone said that he was a stick-in-the-mud and did not like his grandson to enter the entertainment industry. Old Master Ji scoffed at this saying. Although he was old, he was not stubborn at all. Ji Jun was building his own career openly. What was wrong with that?