Chapter 488 - 485: The Reporter’s Weibo

"The little girl was only fifteen at the time. She was very pale from long-term malnutrition, but when the reporter and the school administrators handed the acceptance letter to Chloe Sinclair, her smile was sweeter than anyone’s."

"Later, the reporter and school administrators took Chloe Sinclair home, but Silas Sinclair and Liana Marsh refused to let her continue her studies. They tore up her acceptance letter right in front of everyone and threw it into a fire."

"In the end, the school administrators and the local government had to promise a monthly living stipend and waive all tuition and fees if Chloe Sinclair went to school. Only then did Silas Sinclair and Liana Marsh agree—not for any other reason, but for that stipend."

"I was that reporter. Back then, I secretly slipped the little girl a thousand yuan, only to find out later that her adoptive parents’ younger brother stole it. I never believed that adoptive parents who would make their daughter drop out of school to work just so their own brother could attend vocational high school were good people. They aren’t as pitiful as the internet makes them out to be. All I can say is, what goes around comes around, and karma is a bitch."

"I’m sorry I’m only just now seeing the news on Weibo. If anyone thinks I’m just a marketing account, you can look at my Weibo posts from four years ago."

The person who posted this was a reporter, but she was retired now and didn’t check Weibo very often.

Her post generated a lot of buzz, so many people took a look at her older Weibo posts and the interview from that time.

The internet always leaves a trace. Even if things are slowly buried over time, the smallest crack is enough for people to find exactly what they’re looking for.

In that Weibo post, the reporter had just been recounting an infuriating incident from her career, but after reading the four-year-old article, everyone realized it matched Chloe Sinclair’s story perfectly.

Soon, the news report from four years ago also surfaced.

"I used to be Silas Sinclair and Liana Marsh’s neighbor. When they were still living in town, they frequently beat and cursed the child. That little girl, Chloe Sinclair, was very pretty, just delicate and frail. One time she was beaten so badly that we called the police. Later, we heard Chloe had scored first place in the whole city, but before we even had a chance to congratulate her, that family moved away."

"Holy shit, these adoptive parents actually beat their kid?"

"Favoring boys over girls? That explains it. The two of them were never very cultured to begin with. It’s honestly not surprising they’d do something like this or that they’d have such sexist views."

"What century are we in? Still favoring boys over girls? If I’m not mistaken, the next step would have been to wait for Chloe Sinclair to make some money, and once she was of age, marry her off for a bride price, right?"

"I’m speechless. Chloe Sinclair is clearly the victim here!"

"@ChloeSinclair’sAdoptiveParents, hurry up and apologize!"

"To the person above me, what good is an apology? In a situation like this, they should be reported to the police! Lock them up so they can’t harm anyone else for the rest of their lives!"

"Parents like that are truly terrifying."

"I can’t imagine what kind of life Chloe Sinclair must have lived. And to those who said Chloe left too abruptly, all I can say is, it’s a miracle I’m not calling the cops on them. She should definitely get that two million back; after all, she was the one supporting their entire family."

"Let me drop some tea for everyone. Liana Marsh loves to play mahjong, and Silas Sinclair loves to gamble. The two million the Sinclair Family gave them before Chloe Sinclair left is also a true story. The thing is, Silas Sinclair has a gambling problem. The couple had a run of bad luck and lost the entire two million. Then they got into debt with loan sharks. This whole online spectacle was just to get Chloe Sinclair to give them money to pay off those debts."