Actually, Debbie was never a troublemaker. If gan hadn't gone too far, Debbie wouldn't have cussed her out. No woman was willing to give up her husband without a fight, and Debbie was no exception.
Any news related to Carlos was a hot topic. Before long, Kasie's comnt on Weibo was in the top 3, with a ton of likes.
Many people agreed with Kasie. When Carlos had co out of the hotel with Debbie in his arms back then, paparazzi had asked him whether the girl was gan. But Carlos, the man of few words, had simply said, "gan is my niece."
gan's na had always been linked with Carlos, and many people actually thought she would be Mrs. Huo—or worse, already was Mrs. Huo. As the saying goes, "There's no smoke without fire." If gan really treated Carlos like her uncle, things would never have developed like this. The truth was, they had spent too much ti together, and the press was on that. And tabloids love to spread salacious rumors.
Kasie's comnt had been shared a countless number of tis. Weibo users left comnts under Carlos' and gan's Weibo posts asking about their relationship.
When Kasie opened her Weibo again, she was startled by the number of likes and comnts. She was thinking of deleting the comnt, as she didn't want to offend Carlos. But it was already too late. She herself beca a hot topic, as her comnt was shared via screenshot to all the online gossip rags. So staff at these websites even sent her private ssages about her relationship with Mrs. Huo.
What was more, her post had caught the attention of the ZL Group's PR departnt.
It was Emtt who was responsible for dealing with news related to his boss. After all, he was Carlos' right-hand man. When Emtt saw the comnt, he thought sothing wasn't right and asked the technology departnt to find the poster's profile. That was when he found himself staring at Kasie's information.
Many Weibo users left comnts under gan's posts and asked her, "Why are you bugging Carlos Huo? Are you trying to seduce him?"
The next morning, Carlos got dressed and went downstairs to have breakfast. Debbie had just fallen asleep. The Huo family was having breakfast in the dining room—everyone was there except Lewis and Debbie.
Valerie cast a glance at Carlos and then at the stairs. "Where's your wife?" she asked in a cold voice.
Carlos sat at the table and answered casually, "Sleeping off the jet lag."
Jas banged his chopsticks on the table and shouted, "Then why didn't gan have to sleep off the jet lag? I swear that woman is so delicate!"
gan was sitting opposite Carlos. Her face went pale. At the ntion of her na, she began, "I... I didn't... get any sleep last night."
"What happened? I thought you had gotten used to New York ti," said Valerie, concern in her voice.
gan looked at Carlos, who was placing a table mat in front of himself. He raised his eyes and saw her reddened orbs. "Why are you crying?" he asked indifferently.
His words caught everyone's attention. Tabitha's heart broke when she saw how sad gan was. She handed gan a tissue and asked, "Sweetheart, what happened? Are you okay? Just tell us if anything is wrong."
gan was always a cheerful girl, and the Huo family seldom saw her cry. They all looked at her, wanting to know who had bullied their beloved girl. Miranda, however, was an exception. She always thought gan was a troublemaker and disliked her. She thought this woman was two-faced and cozied up to Carlos too much. As if she heard nothing, she continued eating her breakfast.
"I... I got cyber-bullied last night..." Tears stread down gan's cheeks. She dropped her chopsticks, her voice choked with tears.
Valerie was anxious. "Tell us what happened."
gan wiped her tears with the tissue and said with a sad smile, "I'm sorry, Valerie, Jas, Tabitha. I'm okay now. Please—just keep eating."
Carlos furrowed his eyebrows, but he said nothing. He just ate his breakfast silently.
After the breakfast, Tabitha dragged Carlos to a corner out of earshot and told him, "gan cried last night. And now she's crying again. Put your people on this. Find out who this cyber-bully is and deal with it."
Tabitha treated gan like her own daughter and couldn't bear her beloved girl suffering from any kind of bullying.
The mont gan said she suffered from cyber-bullying, Carlos knew why she was crying. He had already knew that the dia had talked about him flying back to New York with his wife.
Emtt kept him inford as well, and let him know that Kasie was the one who had caused this stir.
"You got it," answered Carlos. He then cast a glance at his family; they were busy consoling gan. Then he walked up the stairs.
"Uncle Carlos!" gan called out in a choked voice.
Carlos stopped and turned to look at her.
gan stood up from the couch, her eyes and nose red. "Uncle Carlos, I know she's Aunt Debbie's friend. Just pretend that you don't know anything, okay? I don't want you and Aunt Debbie to end up in a fight."
"Keep Grandma company," Carlos nodded.
Then he turned around and left, saying nothing more.
When she heard this had sothing to do with Debbie, Valerie kept on prodding gan, "Tell what happened."
"Grandma, it was all my fault. I should've flown here alone. So paparazzo took pictures of Uncle Carlos, Aunt Debbie and waiting for the flight. Aunt Debbie's friend was so an. She said I... I wanted to seduce Uncle Carlos... But I never thought anything like that..." gan started crying again.
Valerie's heart broke at the sight of her tears. "It's okay. Don't cry. I trust you. Before that Debbie Nian popped up out of nowhere, you flew here with Carlos every ti. Don't worry, gan. I won't let that woman off the hook so easily."
Jas snorted, "I knew it. Debbie Nian is just a drama queen. Birds of a feather flock together. She and her friend are both troublemakers."
It was the first day of the Lunar New Year. No one in the Huo family had to work today. They were all gathered in the living room, listening to the conversation. Most of them chose to remain quiet until they could find out more.
gan pretended to be anxious and began to defend Debbie. "Jas, you don't get Aunt Debbie. She's nice. Can she control what her friend did? I don't think so."
Jas shook his hand. "You don't need to put in a good word for her. She's rude and doesn't respect her elders at all. She certainly wasn't raised right. She's not my daughter-in-law!"
Miranda had changed her clothes and walked down the stairs. When she heard Jas, she taunted, "It's too late for you to disagree. They're already married."
Jas was shocked speechless. His sister-in-law always had a way to shut him up.
Miranda put on her sunglasses and left the house with her head held high.
anwhile, Carlos pushed open the door to his bedroom, and Debbie was still sound asleep inside. He kissed her softly on the forehead and entered the adjacent study.
He closed the door behind him and called Emtt. "Delete everything that says sothing negative about gan—all the news posts, and all the comnts."
Emtt opened his laptop and began complaining to his boss. "Do you know where I am right now?"
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