Chapter 296 However, it did not take long for the vandals to snap out of their shock. The live-streaming man scowled a t the guards.
âWhy are you all looking like dogs? Why help the traitor? Go away, get out of the way!â
âCharmine protected the third-wheeler, yet youâre all still protecting her? Is RisingHawkâs dignity gone entirely?â
âSeems like a case of a bad leader with bad workers! Charmine, youâre bullying us and used your manpower to harass us even more! Youâre just crushing us with your resources!â
âLetâs fight them! Fight them!â
Someone called out and launched against them like a madman. The live-streaming man followed along.
A woman inside the net picked up a stone on the ground, ready to throw it at them.
Though the vandals were trapped inside the net, the force they exerted as they went toward Charmine caused the net to drag along with them, and the caterpillars were dragged with them as well.
The situation got out of hand.
Charmine frowned. If her bodyguards fought back, the situation would worsen and they would surely get pelted with harsh criticisms. It did not help that there were women among them...
The bodyguards readied themselves as the vandals approached them. They took out their electric batons, ready to attack like monsters going berserk.
The distance was getting closer, the women had already aimed their stones at Charmine, while the bodyguards were ready to âStop!â yelled Charmine.
She was no saint, but any rational being would not want to make the situation worse than it already was. There was no need for conflict; it was a resolvable matter!
Just as she Charmine raced to find a solution, however...
âStop, stop! You have it all wrong!â
A clear and loud voice resonated in the air, and everyone turned to see a pregnant lady who waddled toward them hurriedly. âIâm Charmineâs special assistant,â the woman began, âand youâve got it all wrong. The reason why Charmine saved Scarlet isnât because sheâs protecting a third-wheeler... Itâs because Scarlet isnât even a third-wheeler.â
Everyone was shocked. Scarlet was no third-wheeler? How was that possible?
Nonetheless, the vandals dared not go further due to her pregnant self. Still, they did not relent.
âHow is she not a third-wheeler? There are evidence and proof! Why are you forcing a lie?â
âYouâll be a mother soon. Canât you save some dignity for the child in your womb?â
âEven Johnson said Scarlet was a third-wheeler, and Scarlet is too afraid to make any statement. What else is there to lie about?
If she isnât a third-wheeler, who is?â
âIs RisingHawk using a pregnant woman to twist the truth? What an appalling act! I hope you go bankrupt soon!â
The pregnant woman did not back down as she continued, âItâs true that Scarlet had been with Johnson before, but sheâs not a third-wheeler! She was lied to! Before you blindly point your fingers, please listen to this recording!â
With that, she raised a speaker and played a recording out loud, (Johnson, letâs get married, alright? Weâve been together for six years. I can put my career on hold and marry you.
[No, youâre at the peak of your career. How could you get married at this time?)
(Johnson, this is the thirty-ninth time that I proposed to you, and this is also the thirty-ninth time that you rejected me. Tell me honestly: Do you like someone else? Or are you married?)
[How can that be? Impossible! Am I that kind of man whoâd lie to you? Listen, Scarlet, this is for your own good...)
The voice recording that came through the speaker was loud enough that everyone could hear the conversation clearly. Scarletâs voice was significantly gentle, and one could tell her voice apart from others easily. There was no mistaking it: It was indeed Scarlet and Johnson. Yet... Why was the conversationâs content completely different from what they knew?