Chapter 2 — They Smeared Me Online, So They Paid the Price

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I suddenly had a bad premonition in my heart. I didn't argue with that man anymore, so I pulled Loc Tri Nam and quickly returned to the hotel. Remembering what he said, I opened Douyin and just typed the words "Fresh Ice Cream" and the search box immediately appeared with the keyword "Fresh Nai Nai Ice Cream". Glancing at the tightly closed door of Loc Tri Nam's room, I turned down the volume and clicked on the personal page of "Nai Nai Fresh Ice Cream". Just looking at the series of close-up profile photos, I immediately recognized it - it was the girl who yesterday enticed Loc Tri Nam to take a couple photo. I pursed my lips, frowned and clicked on the latest video - also the video with the highest likes of her. In the video, the girl with a lovely appearance is crying profusely in front of the camera. 【I just wanted to record a video, why am I being talked about as if I intentionally seduced someone else's boyfriend?】 As soon as the sentence ended, the screen immediately switched to a scene of two people with their faces covered by two animated icons. It's me and Loc Tri Nam. My eyes immediately turned cold, my hand tightened on the phone. 【Hello, can you take a couple photo with me?】 In the video, Nai Nai Fresh Cream smiled kindly, raised his head to look at the guy wearing a simple white shirt - it was Loc Tri Nam, whose face was covered with an icon. But before Loc Tri Nam could answer, my resolute refusal rang out. She posted the entire conversation yesterday on video without missing a word, except for the exact sentence I requested to cut the recording. At the end of the video, I raised my hand to push the camera. Because the shaking was too strong, the face covering icon that was attached to our image disappeared immediately. My eyes were swollen from allergies and my forehead was full of acne, along with half of Loc Tri Nam's overly handsome face, briefly appearing in the frame. As soon as I heard Nai Nai Fresh Cream's cry, I clicked open the comment section. Sure enough, below are full of images cut from the video, clearly capturing the faces of me and Loc Tri Nam. 【Bad people are also bad! Don't cry Nai Nai, she's just jealous because you're pretty.】 【Hug Nai Nai, don't compare yourself with those ugly girls.】 【Aaaaa, just half of her face makes a handsome guy faint.】 【+1, her beauty is perfect for Nai Nai's match, unfortunately I can't see her anymore.】 【I also want to learn from that girl to see how she can get a boyfriend as handsome as her. there.】 【Boyfriend? Looking at her being ten years older than the other boy, who knows what kind of relationship that is. Otherwise, why are you afraid of showing your face?】 I stared intently at a comment with a thousand responses below, and my eyes suddenly sank. 【Staying at that hotel for one night cost two hundred thousand, she even rented the Presidential suite, so she qualifies as a "rich woman" and nothing else.】 Below that comment was a photo of me pulling Loc Tri Nam to wait for the elevator in the hotel. This statement is what made everyone believe that the girl's words were true. I sighed and opened the private chat box of the account "Fresh Ice Cream Nai Nai": 【Hello, I'm the person appearing in the video. This video of yours has seriously violated my honor and image rights. We request you to immediately remove the video and publicly apologize. I will let the lawyer work with you on the compensation issue.】 Less than a few minutes later, I received a response text message: 【Nervous? Haven't I covered both of your faces? Netizens speculate for themselves, what does it have to do with me?】 I took a deep breath, trying to explain: 【First of all, we are siblings.】 As a result, a red exclamation mark appeared. I stared at the notification: 【Sending failed, the other person has blocked you】, laughing because I was so angry. Without saying much more, I went out to call the lawyer. Luckily, the other person is a famous person, so it's easy to send a warning letter.

"Understood, Ms. Loc. So do I need to send it to other media accounts too?"

“Other accounts?”

I lowered my eyes, as if I just remembered something, gritted my teeth and said:

"Send! Everyone who spreads false information online must receive a warning letter!"

After hanging up, I opened Douyin again. This time, no need to search, the video at the top of the home page is: 【A rich woman took her lover on a trip on May 1st, was caught by a blogger, got angry and smashed the camera.】

“Send the letter as soon as possible.”

After taking Loc Tri Nam home to rest, I immediately used my main account to post a correction. I clearly emphasize the sisterly relationship between me and Loc Tri Nam. Then post a photo of the lawyer's letter, directly tagging the bloggers who are "dancing" the most fiercely online. Finally, I make a clear statement – Nai Nai Fresh Ice Cream, prepare to receive a subpoena. Because of my decisive style and tough attitude, online public opinion quickly reversed.

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A portion of netizens immediately left comments under my correction video, asking if I was missing a sister-in-law, and eagerly demanding to meet my younger brother. As for the other part, it goes straight to Nai Nai Fresh Cream's video, cursing her as "green tea masquerading as white lotus". They said she intentionally created drama to attract views and lead public opinion in the direction of personal attacks. Soon, the keyword "Fresh Nai Nai Ice Cream" once again climbed to the top of searches, and the video of her crying profusely was also dug up and widely shared by the online community. The only difference is that this time, the flow of opinions is completely reversed. Some media accounts saw that the wind had changed direction and immediately deleted the video and publicly apologized. As for Nai Nai Fresh Ice Cream, after a few days of silence, it finally went livestream following the constant requests of netizens. In the video, she looked haggard, bowed her head in front of the camera and said:

"Regarding the video filmed during the May 1 holiday and what happened afterward, I would like to apologize to everyone, as well as Ms. Loc Tri Nam."

"Actually, I had the idea for that video for a long time. Before that, I also regularly asked everyone's opinions. Both the topic and filming location were carefully thought out by me and the crew before deciding."

"Because I wanted to bring the best product to everyone, the photographer and I walked for several days, until the last day we met the guy appearing in the video."

“His face and aura were very suitable for that day's theme, so I was really looking forward to it.”

"I even told the photographer that this episode would definitely be loved by everyone. Just... I didn't expect it to be rejected..."

Speaking of this, Nai Nai Fresh Ice Cream stopped for a moment, her expression unintentionally revealing a bit of resentment:

"That day I didn't even realize I was crying. I simply felt sorry for the unfinished product, plus that day was really too tiring..."

"So, I'm sorry everyone. I couldn't control my emotions, causing the fans to misunderstand, and also causing Ms. Loc Tri Nam to get into trouble."

As if predicting the reaction of netizens, she changed her tone and continued:

"I posted that video because I couldn't find anyone more suitable, and I was afraid that people would wait too long, so I wanted to post it to explain."

"I just didn't expect things to be so serious. Regarding the portrait rights issue that Ms. Loc mentioned, I would like to apologize on behalf of the video editor for the technical error in post-production."

“I will delete the related video immediately.”

Having finished speaking, she bowed her head again, deeply.