The young man clutched his head, his face haggard; he looked like a rotting tree in a damp jungle because of the cyberbullying.
He lifted his head, his eyes filled with regret and, with a sob in his voice, he hoarsely said to Sun Ling, "Ling, you believe , I’m really not two-faced. I love this land beneath my feet so much, I truly do. If it weren’t for my parents’ divorce and following my mother, I would have changed my nationality long ago."
"I believe you, but right now you must tell everything from beginning to end, you should know how serious the situation is," Sun Ling’s tone beca grave as she tried to soothe Xu Weiji, "What exactly is the deal with this alt account?"
"You know, I’ve always longed for this place, for Yancheng, so I made so friends online early on to keep up with dostic changes. Years ago, I couldn’t register for a social dia account on dostic platforms because of my phone number, so I asked a friend to apply for . But he found applying too troubleso and had several alt accounts, so he just gave one," Xu Weiji explained slowly.
"You didn’t clean out this alt account?"
"By the ti he gave it to , it already had several thousand ssages. I cleaned it for several days, it was just too much, so I didn’t continue, and I seldom spoke out anyway. I hadn’t logged in for a long ti; it never crossed my mind that soone would have the patience to sift through several thousand ssages. I checked the tis; those few ssages originated from that friend," Xu Weiji said.
Upon hearing this, Sun Ling’s furrowed brows deepened. After a few seconds, she suddenly asked, "You’re saying, soone dug up to the very beginning?"
"Mhm," Xu Weiji nodded.
At that, Sun Ling laughed, then asked, "Do you have the contact information of that friend?"
"I do, but I haven’t called in a long ti; not sure if it’s still possible to get in touch."
"Give it to ," Sun Ling said as she took out her cellphone, "You’re not famous yet, you don’t have crazy fans. If you did, they would definitely share so of your daily life from your alt account online, especially the recent few posts. But I looked, there’s hardly any sharing like that online. They went straight for your last few ssages, what does that tell you? Soone knows of this thing’s existence."
By then, Xu Weiji had taken out his phone and grasped Sun Ling’s implication: "Ling, are you suspecting that soone is deliberately setting up?"
"Be confident, remove the doubts, soone is definitely setting you up." Having said that, Sun Ling took Xu Weiji’s phone from his hand and looked at the number on the screen. She then returned the phone to Xu Weiji, reminding him, "Turn on the recording function."
Xu Weiji nodded, quickly found the recording function and turned it on.
After these preparations, Sun Ling finally dialed the number. After several rings, the phone was picked up by a young man’s voice: "Hello."
"I’m Xu Weiji’s broker, my na is Sun Ling," Doctor Sun introduced herself directly.
"Ah... What can I do for you?" The other party didn’t seem at all surprised that Sun Ling had called this number.
"It’s like this, I heard from Xu Weiji that the account that was exposed used to be your alt account... So, I wanted to ask if that’s true," Sun Ling asked politely.
"Big broker, you can eat ssy, but you can’t talk nonsense. How could I, a patriotic youth, ever say such filthy language? You and Xu Weiji better not slander to calm things down." The other party denied outright, "You are... looking for a scapegoat, aren’t you?"
"Let’s cut to the chase, what’s your endga?" Sun Ling got straight to the point.
"Miss Sun, you’re kind of belittling here, I have nothing to do with that account, you can’t just pin this kind of thing on , can you? Are you bandits?"
After listening, Sun Ling chuckled and said, "Alright then, if that’s how it is, I’ll have no choice but to give up on Xu Weiji. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
"That’s more like it, what’s his trouble to ?"
After saying that, Sun Ling hung up the phone and then confird sothing, "This person doesn’t have any other motives, except to... see you dead."
Upon hearing this, Xu Weiji felt helpless and scoffed, "It’s my fault for not seeing his true colors."
"Do you have his basic information?"
"I do, Ling, what’s this about?" Xu Weiji asked.
"Why would a nobody suddenly want to take you down? I need to understand the reason of course. And then, get ready to publicly apologize and announce your withdrawal from the industry," Sun Ling said.
"Ling... I..." As soon as he heard the words "withdraw from the industry," Xu Weiji’s eyes brimd with aggrieved tears, "I don’t want to quit..."
Seeing his miserable state, Sun Ling smiled and said, "I’m not really asking you to quit. It’s just a play for the other party to see. To be brought back from the brink, ever heard of it? When I signed you, I did my research. Although you are an H-citizen, your father is a well-known patriotic entrepreneur back ho and has made imasurable contributions to the city’s construction. I’m asking you to take a stand now, also to ensure that your father won’t get digged by netizens and bothered. I have plans for the rest, you trust ."
After hearing Sun Ling’s words, Xu Weiji dried his tears, as if hope had been rekindled, "Is there still a way out for ?"
"What? You look down on ?"
"Of course not..."
"Then just give so ti, kid. Every situation has two sides, the bad and the good. This is a trial for both you and ," Sun Ling said, moving to sit beside Xu Weiji and patted his shoulder, consoling him, "When you apologize, make sure it’s sincere. I understand your frustration, and I’m going to make sure you’re cleared of these accusations."
Sun Ling’s words acted like a sedative, Xu Weiji nodded, his mood finally nowhere near as somber and helpless as before.
"I understand, Ling."
...
When Sun Ling left the apartnt, she took a deep breath, as she hadn’t wanted to stress the newcor in front of him.
She... was already starting to learn to think and deal with things like the big shots, hoping that the answer sheet she submitted this ti would satisfy the big shot.
On the way back, she sent the information of Xu Weiji’s friend to Tang Ze, asking him to help with the investigation. Also, she passed the alt account to her team, asking them to work overnight on peeling and comparing, not believing that a surfing youth would only rant on one platform.
Besides, she also planned to contact Xu’s father and, after Xu Weiji’s public withdrawal, take him to apologize to his own father.
The grievance, let Xu Weiji bear it for now. That way, when the truth cos out, bystanders will care enough for this kid.
Sun Ling had figured it all out and returned to Peak with her luggage. However, just when she got out of the car, she saw soone familiar at the entrance...
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