Chapter 188
Three years ago, Victoria found Gage through an ad and gave him twenty thousand dollars to attack Jason from behind while he was inspecting a construction site, causing him to pass out.
Victoria then called for an ambulance and took Jason to the hospital. When Jason woke up, she claimed she had happened to save him.
To thank Victoria, Jason agreed to her request - he paid for her to study abroad and covered all her expenses during that time.
After Victoria returned to the country, she couldn't find a job and asked Jason for help. That's when Jason arranged for her to work at Glacier Corp, which is why I saw Victoria at Glacier Corp back then.
I didn't read the rest of the description, which explained why Victoria was sent to the psychiatric hospital.
I'll never forget that reason for the rest of my life.
After all, if I had reacted a bit slower, I would have died at Victoria's hands.
Glacier Corp's official social media account reposted this police announcement.
Jason's supposed "ingratitude" had been getting a lot of attention online, and once this announcement came out, tons of internet users flooded in to see it.
The announcement was crystal clear, and netizens immediately understood the truth.
They turned their anger toward Cade and Kaida instead.
Those two had gained hundreds of thousands of followers in recent days and were currently live streaming to sell products.
I curiously clicked in to watch.
The live stream was flooded with people who now knew the truth, coming to curse at them.
Kaida noticed the comments first.
She asked Cade, somewhat confused, "Why are they cursing at us?"
Cade didn't hesitate, "Jason must have paid them to come. Online, people call this... paid trolls! Yes! Paid trolls!"
Kaida felt something was off. She stared at the comments for a while, then suddenly screamed.
She nervously grabbed Cade's arm.
"Wait, that's not right! Some of these people defended us before and gave us advice! Look, this person is calling us liars and saying we're evil and will get what we deserve?"
Cade had a hot temper and immediately started cursing back at the viewers in the live stream.
His language was extremely vulgar and unbearable to hear.
Now everyone online could see their true hypocritical faces.
[I feel like I've eaten shit right now!]
[I must have been brain-damaged to believe what they said.]
[I knew that handsome guy couldn't be a bad person. How could he do something so ungrateful? Turns out we were all deceived.]
[With parents like Victoria's, what kind of good person could they raise? Plus she's mentally ill - if you ask me, she should stay locked up in there for life!]
[I'm a current employee at Glacier Corp. I can testify that Victoria's mind really isn't normal. Once I saw her go crazy and literally tear apart a tree outside the company!]
[Really? That's too exaggerated!]
That netizen directly posted a photo showing someone destroying a tree - who else could it be but Victoria?
Thanks to Cade and Kaida posting Victoria's photos every day while playing the victim, netizens recognized Victoria immediately.
[Back then she was our boss's savior, acting all high and mighty at the company, creating this persona of being the boss's secret crush. I was afraid of losing my job, so I didn't dare post the photos.]
[I'm also a Glacier Corp employee. I once saw Victoria torture and kill a kitten!]
[What? There's animal abuse in this story too?]
[This woman is sick in the head! Kittens are so cute, and she abused one!]
[People who abuse small animals should be thrown into hell and cut into pieces!]
[So evil. They absolutely cannot let her out. Keep her locked in that psychiatric hospital for life!]
I was engrossed in reading the live stream comments.
Jessica suddenly ran in and asked in surprise, "Mom, what's burning?"
"My meat!"
I snapped back to reality, quickly tossed my phone aside, and turned off the stove.
When I opened the lid, a strong burnt smell wafted out.
The meat inside had turned into a black charred mess - clearly inedible.
Jessica looked at me worriedly, "Mom, what are we going to do?"
I sighed, "This can't be eaten anymore, but it's okay. There are other ingredients in the fridge. How about Mom makes your favorite chicken wings?"
Jessica's eyes lit up, "That's great! Thank you, Mom! Mom is the best! I love Mom the most!"
Her words were as sweet as honey.
I smiled and ruffled her hair, "Alright, go play now."
Jessica skipped out happily.
I looked at the ruined pot of meat, feeling terrible about the waste.
It was all my fault for being too focused earlier and forgetting about the food cooking on the stove.
After throwing away the burnt meat, I took out chicken wings to soak in water.
Because Cade cursed so much in the live stream, someone reported him and his stream was forcibly shut down.
Furious, he tried to start streaming again to curse at the netizens, but was notified that his account had been permanently banned.
But this wasn't Jason's doing - the platform had identified his content as high-risk and banned the account.
Unwilling to give up, Cade tried to log into Kaida's account, only to find that hers had been banned too.
Kaida was stunned and extremely unwilling to accept it.
"What do we do now? We had so many followers. I heard that lots of followers means you can make lots of money. Can we get these accounts back?"
Cade gritted his teeth in anger and said viciously, "Jason must be behind this! Who else has this kind of power? Not giving us money is one thing, but now he's cutting off our income stream. Damn him!"
Kaida hesitated, "I saw netizens saying Victoria never actually saved Jason. She must have discovered Jason's identity early on and wanted to latch onto him, so she staged this whole thing."
Cade glanced at her and snorted, "Just because he says she didn't save him means she didn't? He's only saying this to clear his name! Idiot!"
"The netizens said the police caught the guy who attacked Jason. That man's no good either - he gave up Victoria, saying she paid him twenty thousand dollars to do it."
Kaida grew more uncertain as she spoke, "Maybe we should just let it go?"
But Cade couldn't let go of the money.
"No way. Jason's loaded - he must have bribed the police."
Kaida was reluctant too, "So what can we do now? We have nothing left. What can we use to fight Jason?"
Cade took a couple of drags from his cigarette and narrowed his eyes.
"Come on, let's go find Victoria. She's clever - she'll definitely have a solution."
The two rushed to the psychiatric hospital.
When they arrived, Victoria had just undergone electroshock therapy. As soon as she woke up, she immediately burst into tears and shouted, "Let me out! Let me out of here! I don't want to stay here! Let me go!"
Her cries were shrill and hoarse, like a wronged ghost.
Kaida started to go find Victoria's doctor.
Cade grabbed her arm, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find the doctor to have them release Victoria."