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After finishing this article, Julissa felt like her soul had been drained from her body, and she slumped heavily back into her chair.
These words felt to her like tearing her heart open and laying it bare for everyone to see.
But at this point, there was no way around it–sometimes one had to break something to make it stronger.
And this would be the last time she had to feel this kind of pain.
Julissa took a deep breath, and her hand trembled as she clicked send.
Once it was sent, she turned off her computer, not daring to look.
Especially the last part she wrote to Reece–after knowing him for so many years, this was the first time she had ever told him her true feelings.
In less than half an hour, Julissa’s phone was going off like crazy, with messages pouring in.
First, it was Karlie.
“Julissa, I saw what you posted, and I just burst into tears.”
“Julissa, you’ve been through so much, falling for a jerk and then being used!”
Karlie was emotional, but Julissa had already calmed down.
“There, there,” she sent a voice message. “Get the pictures ready for the Bernard thing, and I’ll send you the caption later. Post it late at night.”
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“Got it!”
“Also, remember to blur the face of that female subordinate when you post.”
Then it was Zayne. He called her directly.
“Julie, you are awesome.”
Just from those four words, Julissa knew Zayne had understood the meaning behind her words.
Karlic, as a young woman, was naturally more emotional than rational. Seeing the reluctance and the pain of being tormented by love in Julissa’s words, Karlie empathized deeply.
But Zayne, a man who had been in the business world for many years, could see through the situation at a glance.
“Using empathy to pit the netizens against the capital–what a brilliant move.”
Julissa smiled, “Mr. Fowler, since you saw through my plan so easily, I’m not that awesome.
“I need your help.”
“At your command.”
“I need to borrow the surveillance footage from the back door of your hospital.”
Julissa posted a video of herself being surrounded at the hospital entrance. The camera clearly captured her being injured and cursed at.
Most importantly, it captured the police arriving, taking others away, and accepting Julissa’s accusation against Archdale Daily.
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And it recorded her words, “I’m going to sue Archdale Daily.”
Just a few hours earlier, Archdale Daily had been posting news as usual, without any trouble.
How ironic did that look to anyone?
The only way for Julissa to clear her name after being smeared was to gain sympathy and use her underdog status to stir up online public opinion and create a conflict with the capital.
Most people worked for the capitalists.
Online, everyone was a hero ready to take down the capitalists.
Sure enough, the situation was instantly reversed.
The first victim of the reversal was Archdale Daily.
“Archdale Daily, under the guise of ‘revealing the truth‘, colludes with the capitalists!”
“I trusted Archdale Daily for so many years, and look what they did!”
Seeing the netizens‘ outrage, the paid posters that Julissa had hired made their move.
“Last year, I reported the editor–in–chief of Archdale Daily for taking bribes and suppressing news. I had the evidence, but there was nowhere to complain!”
“One of my articles was plagiarized by Archdale Daily, and there was nowhere to complain.”
People from all walks of life came forward, sharing their own experiences of being bullied by Archdale Daily.
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Not just the editor–in–chief, but their editors and reporters all had a shameful past.
It was late at night, a time when people should be sleeping, but the number of active people online was increasing.
Karlie, at the height of everyone’s excitement, posted the news, “Bernard Medina, Archdale Daily’s editor–in–chief, has a hot affair with a female subordinate.”
This directly pushed the public’s anger against Archdale Daily to its peak.
Inside the Archdale Daily’s office, the lights were on, and everyone’s face was pale and bloodless.
Bernard sat in his large office, lifeless.
He couldn’t understand how an unknown woman could cause such a huge stir.
They were finished.
There was no way to reverse it unless time could be turned back.
Under such immense pressure, the police’s official account couldn’t hold on and edited content overnight, telling the public that the matter with Archdale Daily was being thoroughly investigated, and the involved internal employees had been suspended and were ready for questioning at any time.
From then on, Archdale Daily had no chance of making a comeback
Julissa looked at the news rankings on various apps with satisfaction. Everything was going as she had planned.
But it was far from over.
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She sent all the materials she had prepared in advance anonymously to various marketing accounts as submissions.
“Archdale Daily’s previous articles always sang praises for the Diaz Group.”
“Archdale Daily publishes ten articles a day, six of which are related to the Diaz Group.”
“Archdale Daily has the first reporting rights for the Diaz Group’s news.”
Julissa wanted to use Archdale Daily to get the Diaz Group in the mess, killing two birds with one stone.
These articles showed what Archdale Daily had published over the years, without any exaggeration or fabrication.
Netizens joked.
“We should just call it Diaz Daily instead of Archdale Daily.”
“Archdale Daily is just an outlet for the capitalists to brainwash us. They just need to give an order, and Archdale Daily knows how to manipulate public opinion.”
“For all these years, we’ve been used without even knowing it.”
“Ah, now we curse Archdale Daily for being despicable, but we used to curse Julissa the same way.”
“Julissa is just an innocent victim. How pitiful!”
“The Diaz Group has so much power in Archdale. Julissa is just an ordinary girl. How could she have the means to hook up with Reece?”
“A few years ago, I was a volunteer at a party hosted by the Diaz
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Group. Their security was so tight that not even a fly could get in! How could Julissa have the ability and means to force Recce to marry her?”
“Julissa was just being used! Poor girl!”
“Julissa has such a strong heart. If I were in her situation, I’d probably have depression by now.”
“I’d probably jump off a building if I were in her shoes!”
The comments about Julissa turned from curses into sympathy.
She even gained many “guilty fans“.
The discussions grew louder, and the lights in the Diaz Building lit up floor by floor.
All employees rushed back to work overtime.
Reece hadn’t even left his office.
Since the incident began, he had been reading the article Julissa posted.
“I once loved Reece deeply.”
“One of us should be happy.”
“When I was young, I misunderstood many things. I thought a fluttering heart was love. I thought unwavering commitment was love. I thought that all persistence would be rewarded. Thank you for showing me that all of these are wrong.”
“I wish you all the best in the future, and may we never meet again.
In the brightly lit office, there was a sense of desolation in the air. Reece felt a lump in his throat, staring blankly at the computer screen.
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A mix of emotions flooded him.
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