Chapter 1004: Beautiful Girl (49)

They didn't even bother to hide it. In public places, they loudly proclaimed just how filthy that girl was.

The people watching were filled with anger. In their eyes, these people were the truly filthy ones. Their hearts were dirty, their minds were dirty, their mouths were dirty—there wasn't a single thing about them that didn't seem tainted.

Then they saw a group of reporters crouching quietly in a corner, whispering among themselves about how to exaggerate the story and spread news about the girl as sensationally as possible. At that sight, countless viewers felt their stomachs churn, as if they were about to vomit.

How many terrifying pieces of news had been fabricated by these dishonest reporters, all in pursuit of attention?

Never once did they consider what kind of damage each rumor would inflict upon the person involved.

The only things they cared about were how many people read their stories, how much attention they attracted, how many times they were shared, how many comments they received, and how many people were discussing the news they had written.

Perhaps, at that very moment, they would be leisurely sipping coffee while casually scrolling with a mouse, watching those fools they had deceived arguing endlessly over the lies they had concocted, feeling immensely pleased with themselves.

Inwardly, they sneered.

Idiots.

Morons.

The footage shifted again, returning to the day Tang Guo stood on the rooftop. Most of the defendants had been among the crowd below.

Watching the girl sitting there with her legs suspended in midair, so high above the ground, viewers around the world felt their hearts tighten.

Even knowing that she was currently standing safely at the plaintiffs' table, they couldn't help worrying that she might fall.

Then they heard the voices in the recording, and many nearly smashed their phones and computers in fury.

The two boys admitted their mistakes and publicly revealed the truth, declaring that they had never kept such a girl and that their relationship with her had been completely innocent.

But immediately afterward, the crowd below began discussing among themselves.

The face of every person speaking was enlarged, each one receiving a close-up.

Among the comments were:

"Those two boys have already done everything they can for their classmate. They're even taking all the blame onto themselves."

"Yeah, that's understandable. When someone's life is at stake, nothing else matters."

"...That girl is making such a fuss over nothing. Just because of a few rumors, she's acting like she wants to die."

"She's been sitting up there for so long. Why doesn't she just jump already?"

"Yeah, weren't you going to jump? So why aren't you jumping?"

"...Kids these days really can't handle even a little pressure..."

In sharp contrast, the rescue personnel on one side remained serious and busy, making preparations to save her.

Meanwhile, these people—whose hearts, minds, and mouths were filled with nothing but malice—continued discussing when the girl would jump, how she would jump, and whether she would jump at all.

The sight made countless parents with children stomp their feet in anger.

Those ugly faces had truly broadened their horizons.

Then came an almost laughable scene.

When Tang Guo announced that she intended to sue them, quite a few people slipped away with their tails between their legs. Viewers even saw footage of several reporters taking photos of each other.

Finally, the screen showed the parents gathered outside the school, righteously demanding that Tang Guo be expelled.

Without any hesitation, they hurled whatever they had in their hands—steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and anything else they could throw—at Tang Guo.

Had it not been for a tall boy who remained steadfastly shielding her, the girl would likely have been battered into a miserable state.

By the time they heard a particularly elegant-looking parent repeatedly calling her "little bitch" with every other sentence, everyone had become numb.