Inheriting Billions After Being Retrenched

Chapter 16: Suicide

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

[As if you own Weibo. I’ll stay as I please, I’ll stay as I please. Zhang Lingling is full of drama and now she’s at it again. Not posting on Weibo today just to boot-lick Luo Qiao?]

The number of comments grew and Zhang Lingling only responded to that one negative comment, “Since when did I boot-lick? Just because I praised her? Besides, I’m already regretful! Shut up!”

Mu Lan’s brow suddenly twitched. Instantly, she had an ominous feeling. Why did she have a bad feeling that the two-faced bitch Zhang Lingling was being sarcastic towards Luo Qiao?

True enough, the comments started taking on a different tone.

[What do you mean regretful? Luo Qiao insulted you?]

[Being a passerby I do feel that the amount of information is too much…]

[Fear not, Lingling. Speak up, and we, your fans, will support you!]

[One look at Luo Qiao and you can tell she’s a b*tch, Lingling wouldn’t be a match for her. She must have been upset by that woman. Heartache.]

…

The number of comments continued to grow. Seeing that things were getting out of control, Zhang Lingling posted a message to comfort her fans:

Zhang Lingling V: Don’t make wild guesses, everyone, it’s not what you think. Goodnight.

At the same time, Mu Lan could not tolerate this any longer. “Ugh, how could such a person exist.”

Even after insulting others she still acted pitiful. So despicable!

Luo Qiao turned around and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Mu Lan held her cell phone out to her and said as she fumed, “Read this yourself.”

Skimming over the screen, Luo Qiao saw what had gone on. Following this, she lazily shut her eyes again, mumbling, “Let her do what she wants.”

In contrast, Mu Lan was nowhere as calm as Luo Qiao. Seeing that the latter was under fire from Zhang Lingling’s fans following Zhang Lingling’s post, she immediately logged in with her auxiliary account and joined the battle. At lightning speed, she typed away furiously on her keyboard like a warrior out to slay.

By now, Luo Qiao had finished her massage. When she turned around and saw Mu Lan still sparring on the keyboard, she reached out and took the phone away from the girl in half-amusement, saying, “Alright, it’s time to wash up and sleep. We’ll stay here for the night.”

Still somewhat reluctant, Mu Lan turned off lights, still harboring much anger.

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True enough, the next morning, #Zhang Lingling vs Keyboard Warrior was a trending topic.

Upon reading the comments, there was clearly much support for the star and berating for the keyboard warriors.

‘Insulted’, ‘feel like dying’, ‘regretted praising Luo Qiao’ – these provoking terms that invited gossip proved to draw increasing traffic on the internet. Luo Qiao glanced through it and found that the number of comments was growing and there were all sorts of guesses.

She logged out of Weibo and focused on her work.

Suddenly in the evening, a piece of news was released.

Entertainment gossip V: Insider news, the reason Zhang Lingling made such a Weibo post was because she had been bullied! There are whispers in the shadows that the bully is a rich and powerful person – someone that a small star like Zhang Lingling can hardly afford to offend…

At the same time, a netizen found out that Luo Qiao and Zhang Lingling had gone to the same banquet event two days ago. Zhang Lingling had left the event after staying only a short time and it was obvious that from her expression as she left, that something had gone wrong. It looked like she was crying!

The timing and details matched. Without a doubt, the bully was Luo Qiao!

Before the netizens could react, a piece of even more sensational news was released. Zhang Lingling had slashed her own wrist in a suicide attempt!

Within a few minutes, this search term had shot to the top of the trending topics. At the same time, some residents at a small district spilled that they saw the scene of Zhang Lingling being taken away by the ambulance – there was blood on the ground.