Chapter 478 - 475: Invitation to a Live Broadcast

Jasper Shaw was mid-sentence when he saw the look on the young woman’s face and instantly understood everything.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "This is my fault, too."

Chloe Sinclair looked up, confused, and let out a soft sound of inquiry.

Jasper Shaw sighed. "Sunward Entertainment was the only profitable business Joseph Shaw had. I used the incident with your brother to bring it down, so he’s probably directing his anger over it at you."

Joseph Shaw had nothing left now.

The old master refused to even acknowledge him as his son. Recently, he’d even been looking into how to legally disown him.

Now that he was in trouble, not only was his own father not helping, he was trying to cut ties. On top of that, he was drowning in debt. Joseph Shaw’s life had been an absolute nightmare these past two days.

He tried to take advantage of Silas Sinclair and Liana Marsh’s arrival to get some money out of Chloe Sinclair.

But not only did he fail to get any money, he ended up in the news.

Knowing Joseph Shaw’s character, he definitely wouldn’t let it go so easily.

Chloe Sinclair was a little surprised after hearing the explanation.

"You’re the one who brought down Sunward Entertainment?"

"Mhm. I was also the one who reported Joseph Shaw for soliciting prostitutes."

Chloe Sinclair: "..."

’What an expert at screwing over his own dad!’

’But I love it!’

Chloe Sinclair laughed out loud, then said, "Nina Sinclair was the one who called Silas Sinclair and Liana Marsh here. I didn’t expect Nina to bring about her own doom so soon. Without their cash cow, the two of them would obviously set their sights on me. As for that so-called father of yours, he might want revenge, but right now he’s more interested in getting some money from you and me."

"What’s the plan now?"

Chloe Sinclair: "We wait. The real show is just getting started."

She paused. "As for the account that led the charge in reposting the video, I don’t plan on letting them get away with it."

It was an account with a decent following, yet it spoke out to chase clout and stir up public opinion without understanding the full story. Chloe Sinclair detested this kind of behavior and would never tolerate it.

She remembered in her past life, a video account had once stolen a photo from the internet without knowing the context, leading to the person in the picture getting doxxed.

Worse, some media outlets and marketing accounts never bothered to learn the truth. They blindly followed the trend and reposted the video, creating a massive public outcry that led a doctor to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills after being doxxed.

This was a complete loss of basic human decency.

And now, if it weren’t for this account reposting the video, it wouldn’t have created such a huge vortex of public opinion.

Hearing this, Jasper Shaw nodded. "Okay, I’ll take care of it when I get back. And don’t overthink the comments online. This will all pass."

After all, Chloe Sinclair was still a young woman, and the things people were saying online were incredibly vicious. Jasper Shaw was afraid she’d take it to heart.

In reality, however, Chloe Sinclair had been verbally torn to shreds in her past life. These venomous curses and screens full of doubt no longer affected her at all.

Jasper Shaw wanted to stay and keep Chloe Sinclair company, but he had urgent matters to attend to and had no choice but to leave.

「At three in the afternoon」

Chloe Sinclair herself still hadn’t responded.

Although her fans were anxious and wanted to clap back at the doubters online, they held back, afraid of causing more trouble for their idol since she hadn’t said anything.

They simply closed Weibo and waited for Chloe Sinclair to make her move.

By five that afternoon, an article with the hashtag #ChloeSinclairsAdoptiveParentsSpeakOut shot to the top of the trending charts within an hour.

The article claimed that Chloe Sinclair had never contacted them again after returning to the Sinclair family in Kennet. It went on to say that because of financial hardship, their son had to drop out of school to work. When he heard his sister was at Emberfall University, he went to ask for a little help, only to be cruelly rejected and have his finger broken. By the time they found out, their son’s hand was already crippled. To make matters worse, he had been diagnosed with leukemia just a few days ago and was in urgent need of a bone marrow match.

The whole article was written in an incredibly moving way, painting the adoptive parents as the epitome of model parents.

"SOB, that’s so tough."

"Sir, Ma’am, there are medical crowdfunding sites online! As long as you have the proper documentation, you can raise money quickly. We’ll definitely donate."

"@ChloeSinclair, they’re your adoptive parents, for God’s sake. Even if your brother is a bit of a scumbag, you can’t treat them like this. A few hundred thousand can save a life, but you just turn a blind eye. Unbelievable."

"Forget it, I’m just gonna report her."

"Me too."

"@ChloeSinclair, your brother is about to die. Are you happy now?"

"Happy? Does someone like Chloe Sinclair even have a heart?"

"Boycott Chloe Sinclair! Chloe Sinclair, get out here and apologize!"

"Umm, there’s something I want to say, but I’m not sure if I should."

"This is killing me. All you haters do all day is jump around screaming ’Chloe Sinclair get out of the entertainment industry,’ ’Chloe Sinclair go die.’ I really want to pry open your skulls to see if your brains are just mush. Did you see how agitated Chloe Sinclair’s parents were in the video? I just want to ask, if Chloe Sinclair really has no feelings for her adoptive parents, why would she even contact them? Everyone saw their attitude—they looked like they were ready to start hitting her at any moment. I bet Chloe’s life at their home wasn’t that great."

"Finally, someone said it! The sister’s adoptive parents act like she’s obligated to sacrifice everything for her brother. Says who?"

"Anyone with eyes can see this is blatant favoritism toward the son. If I were Chloe Sinclair, I’d run too, and I’d make an even cleaner break than she did."

"I don’t know what’s wrong with the internet these days. Everyone just hides behind a keyboard, TAP TAP TAP. Go fuck yourself!"

"Sigh, they’re all saints holding their Bibles behind a screen."

"The internet doesn’t forget. When her brother asked for money last time, he demanded five hundred thousand right off the bat. It’s not like we don’t remember."

"Exactly! You can find tons of videos online with a quick search. Even if her brother really has leukemia, they should just start a crowdfund. Our girl is a student too, and the money she has is from her own parents. Why should she have to give money to outsiders?"

"Outsiders? It’s a fact that Chloe Sinclair’s adoptive parents raised her for seventeen years, right? It’s a fact that she cut off contact after returning to her rich family, right? It’s a fact that she crippled her own brother, right? And now it’s a fact that she’s letting him die, right? How are you going to spin that?"

In an instant, the online debate grew even more intense.

Fans and haters started slinging insults directly at each other.

At five in the afternoon, less than an hour after the article was published.

Suddenly, a television news outlet invited Silas Sinclair and Liana Marsh for a live interview.

It was their first time in front of a camera, and beneath their timidness was a hint of provincial pettiness.

As soon as the live broadcast began, hundreds of thousands of viewers immediately tuned in.

The host sat beside the pair, holding a microphone. "Our station invited you both here today mainly to clarify a few things."

Liana Marsh glanced at the camera, then remembered the promise Joseph Shaw had made to them before they came. She nodded quickly. "Go ahead, ask away."

Seeing this, the host immediately asked, "When Chloe Sinclair found out she was the daughter of a wealthy family, is it true that she left without a second thought?"

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Sigh, thank you all for your understanding.