novelraw Chapter 133: Can Fabricated Lies Really Frame Someone?
Chapter 133: Can Fabricated Lies Really Frame Someone?
The hand, without a doubt, belonged to Chu He.
She stared blankly as Chu He, expressionless, set the pair of chopsticks down on the table.
Only then did the heavyset woman in the gold necklace seem to snap out of a dream.
Chu Donglai was not the same man he used to be.
He now had an incredibly successful son,
a son who held a pivotal position not just in the Great Xia Empire, but across the entire Blue Star.
At this thought, the heavyset woman broke out in a cold sweat. ’I was far too impulsive just now.’
She hurriedly said, "Chu He, I’m so sorry. My hand just slipped. I really didn’t mean it."
"That’s right, that’s right. Your aunt was just raising her hand,"
This foolish woman’s always like that. When she talks, she has to wave her arms around, spitting all over the place.
I’ve told her a dozen times, but she just won’t listen, won’t change."
The middle-aged man quickly stood up, an obsequious smile plastered on his face.
"Let’s go."
Chu Donglai patted Chu He’s back gently. "I shouldn’t have brought you here today. I never should have wavered on this. I should have known better from the start."
"Brother, you can’t be this heartless, can you?
This spread cost us nearly two hundred thousand, you know!
Do you have any idea what that kind of money means?
Our families are all just scraping by."
The middle-aged man was also starting to lose his composure.
The other relatives stood up as well, all chiming in one after another.
Some, getting emotional, even started to blame Chu Donglai directly.
"Chu He, no matter how you look at it, we’re your elders.
I know people of your stature care a great deal about your reputations.
If word gets out that your family of five scorns the poor to curry favor with the rich, you’re the one who will be affected in the end."
The heavyset woman turned her sights on Chu He.
Since Chu Donglai was completely unyielding, she could only try to get to Chu He.
No matter how high Chu He’s status or how great his power,
the key was his youth; he was bound to lack experience in certain matters.
"The internet is all about filial piety these days. We’re your elders, so no matter how you slice it, you owe us that respect,"
the middle-aged man said, a cigarette dangling from his lips.
"Have you no shame? My child was out there, alone and helpless for so many years! What did any of you do?
Did you buy him so much as a single bun or a bottle of water?
Why on earth should my son show you any respect?"
Yang Xiaochun exploded with anger.
"That’s not what filial piety is about,"
the heavyset woman said. "I know a lot of social media influencers. They run a ton of those clickbait accounts.
The second they post something, you can just wait to be crucified online.
So before I contact those accounts, Chu He, just do us this one favor. Get our kids set up, and you’ll still be our dear nephew.
I’ll even have those accounts praise you online, build you up, and help you craft a perfect public image and reputation."
"Alright. I’ll take care of everything you’ve done."
To everyone’s surprise, Chu He actually agreed.
"Son, don’t be afraid of her threats. This is a civilized world. Can lies someone just makes up really be passed off as the truth?"
Yang Xiaochun said.
"Well, thank you, nephew. I might have been a little harsh just now, but don’t you take it to heart."
The heavyset woman paid no mind to what Yang Xiaochun was saying. In any case, her real target today was Chu He.
Since Chu He had nodded, the matter was as good as settled.
’Looks like my threats worked,’ the heavyset woman thought, shooting a smug look in her husband’s direction.
Her husband quietly gave her a thumbs-up in return, looking delighted.
"Okay, Mom, Dad, let’s not say any more. We’re leaving."
Chu He had already stood up. He strode to the door of the private room, opened it, and waited there quietly.
Chu Donglai and Yang Xiaochun, along with his sisters, had no choice but to follow him out.
After they closed the door behind them, Chu He’s powerful Primordial Spirit Power remained inside the private room.
"See? The boy’s aunt is the one who knows how to talk. Smart and clever."
Once Chu He’s family had left, the private room erupted in celebration.
Everyone’s face was flushed with excitement and a sense of accomplishment, as if they could already see their children’s bright and glorious futures.
They would reach the pinnacle of life and lead their parents to a life of splendor and riches,
living the high life, residing in lavish villas, and driving the finest luxury cars.
"Of course," the heavyset woman said. "And I wasn’t just making an empty threat.
Cyberbullying is a powerful thing these days. It can kill someone without even laying a hand on them.
Chu Donglai and Yang Xiaochun are only acting so high and mighty because they have a successful son, right?
If I really got those clickbait accounts to go after Chu He,
in a mild case, he might just give up on himself. In a severe case, he might even be driven to suicide."
the heavyset woman said with a triumphant smirk.
Just then, a relative suddenly cried out, "What’s that on the table? Why is there a small flicker of golden flame?"
Everyone looked over and saw it: right in the center of the large, round table,
a small, beautiful wisp of golden flame danced, utterly silent and giving off no heat whatsoever.
"Hey! Who’s the fool who lit a fire on the table? This is a five-star hotel, for crying out loud!
If we damage anything, all of our families put together couldn’t afford to pay for it."
The heavyset woman quickly grabbed the cup in front of her and tossed its juice at the table.
The juice flew from the cup in an arc,
but to everyone’s shock, the golden flame instantly shot along the stream of juice,
leaping directly onto the heavyset woman.
It was silent, yet it radiated an incredibly terrifying, destructive aura.
The golden flame instantly engulfed her. Terrified, the other relatives in the room scrambled to flee, screaming, "This is horrifying!"
However, before they could even touch the door,
the golden flame surged like a tidal wave, instantly swallowing them all.
The merciless fire burned their bodies, and every one of them endured excruciating agony.
But when they opened their mouths to scream for help, the flame flowed down their throats like liquid gold.
This golden flame could have incinerated them in an instant, leaving not even ash behind,
yet it deliberately made them suffer immense agony, keeping them from the release of death.
「...」
After leaving the five-star hotel, Chu Donglai said reproachfully, "Son, I really shouldn’t have brought you here today. This is all my fault. You’re so busy, and I just made more trouble for you."
He was completely clear-headed now.
"It’s fine, Dad. Let’s go home."
Chu He offered a comforting smile, thinking to himself.
’He had forgotten to tell those relatives that he would, in fact, make arrangements for them. He was arranging their next lives.’
Just as Chu He was about to get into the car,
he casually flicked his hand toward one of the windows of the five-star hotel.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
His younger sister noticed the small movement.
"A mosquito."
Chu He said as he ducked into the car and closed the door.
But no one noticed
that an exquisitely controlled gust of wind
had instantly appeared inside that private room, wiping away every last trace.
「...」
「Great Jing Empire」
"Her Majesty the Queen, urgent news!
Just moments ago, the White Elephant Empire received a report.
One of their Divine Children led a team into the Black Continent Grassland, the site of that bizarre chaotic tide.
They discovered a building of immense value at a strange site there.
And inside that very building, Chu He killed the White Elephant Empire’s Divine Child!"
Zong Yajuan jogged in from outside the office, reporting at a rapid pace, "Upon learning the news, the White Elephant Empire immediately launched a surprise attack on a large Border City in the Great Xia Empire!
The Great Xia Empire has already suffered over a hundred thousand casualties!"