Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 49 Duanmu Cong's Crisis

Tina immediately posted many of Wen Shiyu and Xia Lan's ambiguous chat logs, which seemed to indicate a romantic relationship, online.

The onlookers were thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Xiaomi's social media accounts online have been flooded with comments:

A netizen who loves small potatoes commented, "Are you all proven wrong for criticizing Xiaomi before? They didn't spread any rumors!"

A netizen commented, "I told you not to rush to comment; things are bound to take a turn for the better."

A netizen commented, "I apologize to Xiaomi. Xia Lan is truly shameless. I bet she paid for all the marketing this morning."

Netizen "Big Head Afraid of Rain" commented, "I'm speechless. I need to check out Xia Lan's social media account."

A netizen commented, "I'm taking a wait-and-see approach."

A netizen named "Little Sun" commented, "That doesn't mean Xiaomi was wrong. Is it true that she hired thugs to cause trouble?"

A netizen, @SkyOuter @ALittleSun, commented, "Are you a paid troll hired by Xia Lan? She was being bullied and couldn't even fight back?"

A little sun @ Beyond the Sky: "Being laid off gives you the right to commit murder and arson? And it's okay for her to hire thugs to beat people up?"

Beyond the Sky @A Little Sun: "Oh, so saintly! If you're so capable, what if your boss bullies you and fires you and you don't complain!"

A little sun @ Beyond the Sky: "Then you can go to arbitration. You mean she's weak and therefore right? Well, I hope you get killed by this kind of employee, you're welcome!"

"@A Little Sun Beyond the Sky: LOL, I would never do such a despicable thing. I already said, Xia Lan is disgusting and trash, she climbed up the social ladder by sleeping with people, and when she was found out, she was fired. I hope she gets hit by a car and dies! And you, who defend her, are the same kind of people!"

A small sun reports from beyond the sky.

Xia Lan's social media account comment section was completely flooded with vile insults, mostly accusing her of climbing the social ladder by sleeping with someone, settling personal scores, and cursing her and her family to die a horrible death.

Fortunately, Lu He had already taken precautions, and Xia Lan did not check her social media accounts at all.

She waited patiently for the one-hour fermentation period that Lu He had mentioned. After one hour, Lu He would reverse public opinion.

Moreover, Xia Lan didn't care about those who cursed her family. Her only family was her mother, who had long since passed away.

As for her father, who had long since stopped caring about her, and his mistress, she would feel a little pleased if they were harassed because of this.

"Is it really okay that the online insults are so excessive?" Wen Yiming asked Lu He with some concern. The two of them were at the Wen family villa.

Firstly, it was to appease Wen's father, and secondly, it wasn't the right time for them to step in.

"Yes, it's alright, everything's arranged. The main event is just around the corner."

Lu He remained calm and composed, showing no sign of panic.

This also calmed Wen Yiming down. He had just wanted to ask why he wasn't allowed to spend time with Xia Lan, or why he wasn't allowed to confront public opinion.

But then he thought, since his sister had specifically called him back to keep an eye on him and prevent him from making any rash moves, she must have her reasons.

Wen Yiming didn't know when it started, but he no longer disliked Wen Shiyu. On the contrary, he felt that she was the backbone of the family, and he could feel at ease whenever she was there.

As Wen Yiming thought this, he couldn't help but chuckle softly. Perhaps this is what growing up is all about.

His younger sister has grown up and can stand on her own, but he, as the older brother, hasn't grown up yet and can't protect anyone from the wind and rain. It seems he needs to work harder.

Before the ripples caused by this chat log could even reach a climax in public opinion, another bombshell suddenly appeared online.

There are three videos in total.

One segment is a video of Tina and Xiaomi's transaction.

One scene shows Assistant Lin, Wen Can, and Tina having coffee together.

There's also a scene where Assistant Lin and Tina enter the same elevator at the hotel and then go to their hotel room, as shown in the surveillance footage.

There are also many photos of Assistant Lin and Tina walking hand in hand, displaying various ambiguous relationships, as well as photos of Tina giving Assistant Lin a USB drive.

Many marketing accounts immediately began to cooperate by introducing this Assistant Lin as a confidant of Duanmu Cong, the president of Duanmu Group.

He emphasized his direct line of command, stating that he would only obey Duanmu Cong's orders throughout the company. He criticized this as an act of corporate espionage.

The netizens who had just been insulting Xia Lan were suddenly stunned. They didn't know who to curse at now.

Lu He then handed Wen Yiming a laptop: "The time has come, it's your turn to step in."

Immediately afterward, while netizens were still speculating and unsure of how things would develop, a video of Wen Yiming's monologue was released online.

In the video, Wen Yiming accused Tina and Xiaomi of spreading rumors about Xia Lan and claimed that Tina and Xiaomi had actually been bribed by the Duanmu Group.

This is a conspiracy to smear the Wen Group and attempt to use public opinion to attack the Wen Group and force its stock price to fall.

He was holding a phone and looking through chat logs in front of the camera. The chat logs were almost identical to those that had been leaked before, but the content was a conversation between Xia Lan and Wen Yiming.

At the same time, Wen Yiming also revealed records on Xia Lan's phone showing Duanmu Cong threatening her and getting angry at her after she refused to get back together with him, which confirmed that Duanmu Cong was Xia Lan's ex-boyfriend.

"This is utterly insane!" Duanmu Cong, watching the video in his office, shattered the table with his fist. "What a brilliant move to shift the blame! Wen Yiming, Xia Lan, you guys are really something! Very good! Very good!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cong..." Assistant Lin stood in front of Duanmu Cong with his head down, feeling extremely embarrassed. He hadn't been watching for a moment, and Wen Can and Tina had started acting recklessly.

Lin's assistant's phone kept ringing. It was Tina calling. Lin glanced at it with disgust and didn't answer it at all.

"Go ahead and answer it, your woman has called you several times already!" Duanmu Cong's sarcastic tone frightened Assistant Lin.

"No, no, Mr. Cong, I have nothing to do with her, I was just using her..."

"You're quite something, aren't you? I asked you to do something, and what did you do? You went off to date? Ha, you're really something, Lao Lin."

Duanmu Cong was too lazy to listen to his explanations. For him, only the result mattered. Now that everything had been messed up, what was there to explain?

Public opinion quickly bombarded the official website of Duanmu Group. People were deeply disgusted by this disgusting behavior of trying to destroy a girl if they couldn't have her, and condemned it with words and actions.

A large number of people also went to Xia Lan's account to apologize and express their sympathy for her sister.

Duanmu Cong had to disable comments on his personal and official website accounts, otherwise the comments would be full of offensive and damaging to the company's image.

Netizens became even angrier because they couldn't find an outlet for their anger.

Just then, as if someone was starving and someone was feeding them, a lot of marketing accounts emerged and began to incite people to boycott Duanmu Group's products.

If Duanmu Cong is not dealt with, then we will boycott the Duanmu Group to the end.

Unsurprisingly, all products under the Duanmu Group began to receive a large number of returned and refunded orders.

In an instant, Duanmu Group suffered its biggest blow in history.