Chapter 104
Married at First Sight
Instead of retreating to her room, Serenity went to the balcony and sat on the swing as she stared at
the flowers and stars in the night. Having pulled herself together, Serenity got up and went to her room.
It was a quiet and peaceful night for the young couple.
Meanwhile, at the hospital , the Hunts were caught in a media hell storm.
The media circus which they had dragged Liberty and Serenity into did not impact greatly on the
sisters. However, Serenityâs response to their tweet not only contained Libertyâs account of the truth
back then, but also the recording of the townspeopleâs narration. Even the town council backed up
Serenityâs claims.
The Huntsâ jobs, income, and residences were uncovered by resourceful netizens.
They lived in villas and had decent employment with annual incomes ranging from hundreds of
thousands to over a million. Now, enough about the younger family members. Old Mr. and Mrs. Hunt
had savings up to hundreds of thousands as well.
The Hunts family had more than enough to foot the grandmotherâs medical bills but they sought
damages from the two granddaughters instead. The netizens did
not take too kindly to the proofs, especially the phone conversation between Old Mr. Hunt and Serenity.
[The grandfather would rather guiltâtrip his granddaughters into paying the bills than spend his own
money. Itâs not like the family doesnât have other
children. All their children are successful on their own, so why canât they pay up?)
(Why bring the granddaughters into the picture when they have children? Besides, the grandparents
signed a contract that both parties wonât owe each other anything after getting the insurance money.
They sure have the nerve to change the story to their advantage.]
(Get a load of that voice recording. The grandfather must be joking. I canât believe heâs demanding the
granddaughters to pay for gas and accommodation. The children should be caring for the sick parents
in the hospital, not the granddaughters!) [Itâs reasonable to expect the children and grandchildren to
come together and chip in for the medical bill, but why were only their granddaughters targeted? Never
mind that the grandsons are not contributing with the funds, the grandfather wants the granddaughters
to reimburse the grandsonsâ gas and accommodation. Talk about discrimination against girls.]
(The guy named John is a senior executive at one of Stone Groupâs subsidiaries. The Stones should
reconsider their hiring policies.)
Once the netizens got information on the Huntsâ jobs and incomes, Serenityâs cousin, John received
the most hate. John was not all that innocent since he got his secretary to pen the storyline to his
narrative.
There were users who tagged Stone Groupâs official handle.
The public was calling for Johnâs dismissal. âThe d*mn brats. Theyâre trying to get my children and
grandchildren in trouble. Those girls will hear from me about this. Bastards! Ingrates! Whatâs wrong
with asking them to pay for their own grandmotherâs medical bills? I donât see why I canât tell them off
since they wonât even visit or pay.â
Old Mr. Hunt was running his mouth in the ward.
Old Mrs. Hunt echoed her husbandâs opinion. All she could think of was to get out of the hospital and
give the granddaughters an earful or two.
The whole family came together at the hospital, cramming in the ward as they discussed their next
plans. Mike was all over the place. His friends were bitter that Mike twisted the story and put them in a
difficult position. A few of his friends wanted to cut ties with Mike, claiming he was a terrible human
being.
âWhat do we do now, Mike?â Mikeâs father asked. âI read the comments. Itâs not looking good for us.
How did the
public manage to dig out information on our jobs and incomes?â
âEverything else is not important , but John must keep his job. These nasty netizens are tweeting to
Stone Groupâs official handle , demanding that they fire John.â
John did not make it to the hospital because of his busy schedule. He would contact Mike directly for
anything.
Since the reverse of public outrage, John went straight to hiring professional trolls to paint the family in
a good light. He also spent money to make Serenityâs tweet disappear. It was strange that he could not
reduce traffic on the tweet.
With every attempt of whitewashing the truth in the Huntsâ favor, the professional trolls faced backlash
from angry netizens and in the end, the netizensâ spite and fury overwhelmed them.