Lance and Xavier descended the stairs together.
The driver was already waiting for them downstairs.
Upon seeing Lance, the driver, Julia, nodded respectfully and said, "Young Master."
Lance grunted in acknowledgment, and they got into the car.
Xavier took the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt.
He asked Lance, "Young Master, shall we go back home first or directly to the office?"
Lance thought for a moment and replied, "Let's go back and change clothes first, then head to the office."
He was still wearing the suit from yesterday's wedding.
Such attire was not suitable for the office.
Xavier nodded and instructed the driver, "Let's go to Mercer Manor."
As the car started, Lance looked out the window, his eyes catching the swiftly passing scenery.
He couldn't help but remember the adorable twins.
He chuckled to himself, already missing them even though he had just left.
He wondered if he would ever see them again.
Just then, Xavier suddenly spoke, pulling him from his thoughts.
"Young Master, last night's incident has hit the news. Dr. Deanna's affairs have also been dug up, and she's being harshly criticized."
"Let me see."
At Xavier's words, Lance took the phone from his hand.
Logically, after his revelations yesterday, she shouldn't be criticized so harshly.
The page he opened was the Facebook headline.
He flicked through it to understand the whole situation.
The news had been out since last night, right after the wedding ended.
At first, many people envied Emily's wedding.
It was covered by all the major news outlets.
Fans commented below: "Goddess Emily, happy newlywed, must be happy!"
The news of their marriage dominated the trending searches.
Then suddenly, Emily's scandal broke out.
From last night until this morning, new trending topics filled the Facebook charts.
'#HighSocietySecrets: Emily, the popular ingenue's mother, was once a homewrecker#'
'#Pure actress's image collapses, Emily suspected of stealing her sister's fiancé#'
'#EmilyRaphael: Once seen as golden youths, now just scumbags and manipulators#'
These three trending topics crashed Facebook instantly.
Major media recounted the wedding event in detail from start to finish.
The Jones family's grievances and Dr. Deanna's story were also brought up.
Emily's fans suddenly became unsettled and started controlling the narrative: "Goddess Emily is so innocent, how could she do something like steal someone's love? Surely, it must be rumor-mongers fabricating stories!"
Below, comments flooded in, saying, "Support the truth being revealed, vindicate Emily!"
The comment section was filled with colorful support slogans for Emily.
Many fans firmly believed, "It must be the rival faction trying to smear Goddess Emily, intentionally buying negative searches!"
Then, many bystanders, upon hearing this, came to mock these fervent fans.
"You see their faces but not their hearts. Do you know what kind of person she is to defend her like this!"
A cyber-brawl was about to erupt.
Emily's major fans in QQ groups began to coordinate attacks on bystanders.
"I've been a fan of Goddess Emily for many years, the goddess is a pure blossom. We know her better than you!"
"Can't believe there are people who don't like Emily? If you don't like her, go watch her dramas!"
Fans copied and pasted massive amounts of Emily's information.
Bystanders, who normally ignore the entertainment industry, only started looking up who Emily was after the scandal broke.
Then the bystanders responded, "I see, this Emily doesn't look that great to me. I've never watched her dramas, and her looks seem rather harsh. Why do you all call her a goddess?"
With that comment, Emily's fans erupted.
"Goddess Emily, beauty unmatched, the best in the world!"
Those with worse tempers started insulting the bystanders directly: "Are you blind?"
Major Facebook fans began to "crown" the bystanders: "You must be a fan of the rival house, here to blacken our Goddess Emily!"
The bystanders began to retort as well.
As the heat rose, many rational voices also took the opportunity to express their opinions.
"The Jones family went too far at the wedding, Garrett plotting against his own daughter for money is chilling to think about!"
Many dug up old stories from the past, revealing many suspicious details.
Some foresaw trouble and started criticizing Emily: "She's just a manipulative woman posing as innocent, I knew she was no simple character! Snatching even her sister's man, what shamelessness!"
Anti-fans also took the opportunity to publish long articles stepping on her.
They provided all her scandals over the years.
Concluding with, "See, our criticism of her isn't unfounded."
Online, everyone's perception of Emily was completely overturned.
Her many years of negative publicity, even those unrelated to the incident, were spread everywhere.
Fans, frustrated and furious, came out to control the narrative.
But those criticizing her grew more numerous, and gradually, they could no longer suppress it.
Even some fans came to their senses, retracting their support and stepping back.
"It's better to switch to a celebrity with good character!"
Ultimately, the public opinion had fermented all night.
Emily and Raphael had become the embodiments of scoundrels and vile women.
As a result, this morning, the direction of public opinion suddenly changed.