Free Web NovelChapter 48: Chapter 48: Justice Is in the Hearts of the People
The intern didn’t dare to argue. They just muttered something under their breath and left, completely crestfallen.
About half an hour later, the intern suddenly returned.
His boss was a little confused, assuming there was more breaking news. Instead, he was handed a letter of resignation.
"What’s this about?"
"I’m sorry. Being a journalist is my dream, but my core principle is to report the truth. I saw that post. Many students from Class 7 have come forward to set the record straight, so there’s obviously a misunderstanding."
"What I’m being asked to do now violates my principles as a journalist. I won’t do something unethical just for the sake of clicks."
The intern said nothing more. After handing in the resignation letter, they walked away from their desk.
Even so, the few veteran journalists present, who had been in the business for decades, were only stunned for a moment. Then, their eyes filled with scorn.
Just then, they received a message on their platform’s backend.
When the boss saw the contents of the private message, his eyes lit up. He clapped his hands in delight and burst out laughing.
Meanwhile, after the post on the school forum was taken down, an ordinary person suddenly went viral on short-video platforms and Weibo.
And this person was none other than Laura Rhodes, the former homeroom teacher of Senior Class 1.
She had been living quite comfortably over the past month—after all, Nina Sinclair had lent her a substantial amount of money.
So, after Nina Sinclair told her what was happening online, she hatched a plan.
She contacted the most popular official account on a short-video platform, wrote out her "tragic story," and, at their suggestion, recorded a video.
Given the high engagement, she unsurprisingly started trending.
The story of Chloe Sinclair using her power to bully her homeroom teacher into resigning was now considered to be confirmed.
Just as the internet exploded with condemnation, the Sinclair Group suddenly issued a warning letter from their lawyers.
The defendant was the very same official account from the short-video platform.
Netizens were stunned.
After all, this was a local official media account. Could they really be reporting fake news?
[Hang in there, Official Account! Don’t let these capitalists shut you down!]
[The Sinclair Group is throwing its weight around too much! Starting today, I’m boycotting all of their products!]
[Hope you go bankrupt tomorrow!]
However, a few people spoke up in opposition.
[Just because it’s an official account doesn’t mean everything it reports is true. And whether the story is true or not, don’t other people have the right to defend themselves?]
[Exactly. Even if all the accusations are aimed at Chloe Sinclair, isn’t her family allowed to step up and say something?]
Half an hour later, the Sinclair Group suddenly posted on Weibo again, with the caption:
[I can expose a great man with a single maxim, like a pin through a butterfly.
In the age of microblogging, a single post can expose a great man.]
Beneath the text was a solid black image.
For a moment, many people went silent.
However, many self-righteous netizens continued to spew insults in the comments.
Seeing this, the person managing the Sinclair Group’s Weibo account simply blocked them all.
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No. 1 High School was very cooperative, immediately posting on their official blog to clear up all the misunderstandings.
But people just assumed the school had been pressured into it by the power of "capital."
And so, another round of vitriolic attacks began. freewēbnoveℓ.com
Chloe Sinclair had already anticipated this outcome, so she wasn’t surprised.
Back in the classroom, under everyone’s concerned gazes, she remained calm and focused on her practice problems.
The moment the final bell rang, she quickly packed her textbooks and rushed out.
However, she didn’t expect to find a crowd of people waiting outside the school, surrounding her.
