Married at First Sight Serenity And Zachary York english, Indonesian
Chapter 104
Instead of retreating to her room, Serenity went to the balcony and sat on the swing, gazing at the flowers and the stars in the night sky. After taking a moment to collect her thoughts, Serenity rose and headed 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 firestorm. The media circus they had dragged Liberty and Serenity into had little impact on the sisters. However, Serenity’s response to their tweet not only included Liberty’s account of the events but also the recording of the townspeople’s narration. Even the town council supported Serenity’s claims.
Resourceful netizens uncovered the Hunts’ jobs, incomes, and residences. They lived in villas and had respectable jobs with annual incomes ranging from hundreds of thousands to over a million. Old Mr. and Mrs. Hunt also had savings amounting to hundreds of thousands.
The Hunt family had more than enough to cover the grandmother’s medical bills, yet they sought damages from their two granddaughters instead. The netizens did not take kindly to the evidence, especially the phone conversation between Old Mr. Hunt and Serenity.
[The grandfather would rather guilt-trip his granddaughters into paying the bills than spend his own money. It’s not like the family doesn’t have other children. All their children are successful, so why can’t they pay up?]
[Why bring the granddaughters into this when they have children? Besides, the grandparents signed a contract stating that neither party would owe anything after receiving the insurance money. It’s audacious to change the story to their advantage.]
[That voice recording is shocking. The grandfather must be joking. I can’t believe he’s demanding the granddaughters pay for gas and accommodation. The children should be taking care of their sick parents, not the granddaughters!]
[It’s reasonable to expect the children and grandchildren to contribute to the medical bills, but why are only the granddaughters being targeted? The grandsons aren’t contributing, yet the grandfather wants the granddaughters to cover their gas and accommodation. This reeks of discrimination against girls.]
[John, who is a senior executive at one of Stone Group’s subsidiaries, should be reconsidered for his position.]
Once the netizens discovered the Hunts’ jobs and incomes, Serenity’s cousin John received the most backlash. John wasn’t entirely innocent, as he had his secretary draft the narrative for him. Users tagged Stone Group’s official handle, demanding John’s dismissal.
“The damned brats are trying to get my children and grandchildren into trouble. Those girls will hear from me. Bastards! Ingrates! What’s wrong with asking them to pay for their grandmother’s medical bills? I don’t see why I can’t tell them off since they won’t even visit or pay,” Old Mr. Hunt ranted in the ward.
Old Mrs. Hunt echoed her husband’s sentiments, fixated on getting out of the hospital to berate her granddaughters.
The entire family convened at the hospital, cramming into the ward to discuss their next steps. Mike was frazzled, and his friends were upset that Mike had twisted the story and put them in a difficult position. A few friends even considered severing ties with Mike, criticizing him as a terrible person.
“What do we do now, Mike?” his father asked. “I’ve read the comments. It’s not looking good for us. How did the public manage to dig up information about our jobs and incomes?”
“Everything else is secondary; John must keep his job. These angry netizens are tweeting to Stone Group’s official handle, demanding they fire John.”
John hadn’t made it to the hospital due to his busy schedule and would contact Mike directly for updates. Faced with the public’s outrage, John hired professional trolls to improve the family’s image and spent money to make Serenity’s tweet disappear. However, despite his efforts, he couldn’t reduce the traffic on the tweet.
Each attempt to whitewash the truth in the Hunts’ favor faced backlash from enraged netizens, and ultimately, their spite and fury overwhelmed the trolls.