My parents and two brothers were gathered around my bed.
Seeing them, I could no longer control my fear and threw myself into their arms.
Who could have imagined that just by working overtime, I would be targeted.
Thinking of Jack’s despicable face, my whole body trembled uncontrollably.
“Brothers, where is that man now? Is he locked up?”
Meeting my gaze, they all looked away in unison.
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“Olivia, according to the surveillance video, we can only see him persistently bothering you, giving you flowers, you leaning into his arms, leaving with him. He didn’t cause you any substantial harm, so he was just given a warning by the police. They can’t charge him with a crime.”
“What do you mean they can’t charge him!”
I shouted furiously:
“Brothers, he went against my will, insisting on escorting me home. When I refused, he drugged the flowers to knock me out and take me away. I…
“Right, what about that bouquet? If we send the flowers for testing, it will prove he drugged me.”
“It’s useless!”
“He destroyed that bouquet. We have no evidence.”
My oldest brother clenched his fist and punched the wall, breathing heavily:
“This beast deliberately gave you flowers to disguise himself as your suitor. Even if he gets caught later, it can only be considered a romantic dispute.”
“Who could have imagined he would drug the flowers? Without evidence, and him being an influencer with 500,000 followers, if he uses public opinion, he could turn the tables…”
“Yeah, we suspect this isn’t his first time doing this. How else could he be so skilled?”
My second brother also furrowed his brows tightly.
I looked around and saw my parents peeling oranges for me, my oldest and second brothers, but my third brother was nowhere to be seen.
“Where’s third brother? Mom, Dad, oldest brother, second brother, where did third brother go?”
My father’s eyes immediately turned red:
“It’s all because of that beast. What’s wrong with your third brother punching him a few times for trying to take you away! He insisted on getting a medical examination and said he didn’t fight back. He demanded the police give your third brother an administrative punishment. He’s been detained.”
“What! Third brother just got his civil service exam results. He finally ranked first. How can he become a civil servant if he’s detained? What are we going to do?”
I wiped my tears.
“Third brother spent a year preparing for that position. I saw how hard he worked all year. It’s all my fault. I’ve implicated third brother.”
“How is it your fault? We can only blame that beast. If only we could find some dirt on him, we could…”
My oldest brother’s words struck me like lightning, clearing the fog in my mind.
I grabbed their hands and said:
“Mom, Dad, oldest brother, second brother, we might actually be able to find dirt on him.”
Since Jack was able to recite my information so clearly and said he targeted me for a fan, it must be someone around
He did this kind of thing for tens of thousands of dollars. It couldn’t be his first time.
After my family and I sorted out our thoughts, we quickly divided up tasks.
My oldest brother was in charge of donating money to Jack to enter his core fan group.
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My second brother and mother were responsible for privately contacting the girls in his videos who were willing to be escorted home by him, to see if there were any new breakthroughs.
My father would follow Jack to find his next escorting target.
As for me, I composed myself and went back to work to observe my colleagues.
But we didn’t expect that after causing such a scene, Jack would still use me as material to post a video.
As soon as I arrived at the company, Rachel, who sat closest to me, came over winking and nudging me.
“Olivia, did you spend the night with that handsome influencer with 500,000 followers?”
“Tell me, is he as handsome in person as in the videos? Did your heart race when you hugged his waist while riding?”
Just mentioning Jack made me physically nauseous.
I frowned tightly:
“I didn’t agree to let him escort me home, much less go for a ride. Don’t spread rumors.”
“I’m not spreading rumors!”
Rachel opened Jack’s account and pointed at the latest video:
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“Look at this face, isn’t it you? You even threw yourself into his arms. Why are you still pretending with me?”
She grumbled:
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“You always rejected Lucas so righteously. I didn’t expect you to be so forward behind our backs. Throwing yourself at a man you just met. You’re such a good actress.”
I ignored her and opened the account on my own phone.
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In the video, I smiled at Jack and accepted his flowers. All my words of refusal became flirtatious banter.
I threw myself into his arms as if I’d never seen a man before, hugging him tightly.
This posture was exactly the same as the other girls in his videos.
With trembling hands, I opened the video comments.
[Oh my god, my Jack is just so charming. This girl’s face was all red. If there was a bed nearby, she would’ve pulled my Jack onto it already.]
[I know this girl. We work in the same office building. She usually acts all cold and aloof, not talking to anyone, I didn’t expect her to be so thirsty behind the scenes, haha.]
[I heard there’s a guy with connections pursuing her at the company. He’s just a bit ugly. He sends her flowers and gifts, but she not only rejects them, she throws the flowers away to humiliate him. I thought this girl was different, but I didn’t expect her to change completely for a streamer with a handsome face. Turns out she’s just shallow.]
[This got me so excited. Imagining I’m the streamer, it feels so good. All women falling at his feet. I’m just sick of these women always acting high and mighty. Last time on the subway I couldn’t help brushing against that girl a little, and she looked at me like she wanted to kill me. Thinking of her disgusted look, I just want to see her pathetic appearance falling for the streamer’s charms.]
As soon as this comment was posted, a gray avatar replied:
[That’s easy. Just join the streamer’s core group and he’ll show you how to conquer her.]
Although it was quickly deleted, I still managed to screenshot it.
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So someone had calculated to target me like this.
He couldn’t stand me and pushed me as a conquest target to Jack.
Who could it be?
A face immediately appeared in my mind.
Lucas.
Ever since he joined the company, after I helped him once, he’s been clinging to me.
Inexplicably sending me flowers, coffee, and food.
Deliberately getting close to me when I was alone.
Every time there were a lot of people around, he would signal his friends to tease us.
I had rejected him multiple times, saying I didn’t want to date and didn’t like his appearance.
But he acted like he hadn’t heard and kept pestering me.
Originally I thought we were just colleagues and wanted to leave each other some face.
But Lucas just wouldn’t take a hint.
I had no choice but to throw his things in the trash in front of everyone and warn him not to harass me anymore.
I absolutely wouldn’t give up this hard–earned job and leave voluntarily because of him.
He was ridiculed for a while because of this incident, hurting his ego. He stopped approaching me.
But after that, negative comments about me increased in the company.
In the past, I just wanted to focus on work, thinking the truth would speak for itself.
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But now, I had reason to suspect someone was maliciously spreading rumors about me.
In the break room, Lucas was surrounded by a group of people.
They were discussing me:
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“Lucas, you’re so lucky, man. If you had actually become Olivia’s boyfriend, where would you put your face now that she’s so thirsty?”
“Yeah, she always seemed so focused on work, impartial and cold. Who knew she was so desperate, tsk tsk.”
“What do you guys think, now that she’s like this, if our Lucas pursued her again, would she reject him or keep playing hard to get?”
Lucas swirled the coffee in his hand, looking extremely disgusted:
interested in her, haha.”
“Someone like her, who throws herself at any man she sees? Who knows how many men she’s done it with behind our backs. How could I be
“You guys don’t know. Back when she rejected me, she actually had her eye on the big boss. Wasn’t she always running to the boss’s office back then? Staying in there for so long each time, who knows what they were doing behind our backs.”
The others all gasped.
“No wonder! I was wondering how a woman could get promoted so fast. So she sold ho
body? This woman is so scheming.”
“How could she not be scheming? Working overtime every day, competing so hard. Making us think she got everything through her own abilities. I didn’t expect it we
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“How could she not be scheming? Working overtime every day, competing so hard. Making us think she got everything through her own abilities. I didn’t expect it was all just for show. I always said how could a woman be more capable than a man, right…”
This time, everyone’s expressions were varied. No one answered him.
The male colleague who said this followed their gazes and saw me standing in the doorway.
I walked towards Lucas:
“You said I had an affair with the boss. Do you have any evidence?”
Lucas’s eyes flashed with guilt, but he still stubbornly said:
“What evidence do I need? Isn’t this obvious?”
“Alright, then I’ll assume you have no evidence.”
I held up my phone.
“I’ve already recorded this conversation. Now
out.
going to ask the boss if I really had an affair with him.”
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I turned to leave. The group anxiously pushed Lu
“This has nothing to do with us. It was all Lucas saying these things. Olivia, we apologize to you. Please don’t mention us.”
“Yeah, yeah, all the bad things said about you were from Lucas. If you want to make trouble, just find him. It’s not our business.”
The crowd dispersed, leaving just me and Lucas.
I glanced at him and walked towards the boss’s office.
He panicked and blocked my way.
“Olivia, can’t you be less petty? I was just joking. Can’t you take a joke?”
I laughed lightly.
Again with this.
In the past when he pursued me, he didn’t consider my feelings.
Now slandering me, he wants to brush it off as a joke.
Who gave him the right?
“Fine, if you think it was a joke, then I’ll go tell this joke to the boss.”
“What do you mean? I already said it was a joke. Why are you still bothering the boss with this? Do you think he’s as free as you?”
“Is it that you think I’m free, or that you’re afraid I’ll tell him and he’ll give you trouble? You know very well. If it was really just a joke, why are you afraid to let me tell him! Lucas, you’re just a bully who only picks on the weak. Do you think I should just passively accept everything, that I should be wrongly accused by you!”
“You casually spread rumors about me just because I rejected you. You want to ruin me. Now that I’ve caught you, you want to brush it off lightly as a joke. How can you think it’s so easy!”
I pointed at his nose and said firmly:
“Let me tell you, I didn’t care before because I had more important things to do, not because I was afraid of you. Now myself!”
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I didn’t look at him again and continued walking.
He blocked me again.
This time his voice was clearly softer:
“Alright, what do you want? What do I need to do for you to let this go and not tell the boss?”
I stepped forward, narrowing my eyes at him:
“You think this is the only thing you’ve done to me?”
Lucas was confused:
“What do you mean?”
“Wasn’t that incident yesterday all thanks to you? Stop pretending.”
He was shocked and guiltily averted my gaze:
“What incident!”
“Still pretending! He was arrested yesterday and already confessed at the police station that you forced him to do all this. Why are you still acting!”
“Impossible! You’re lying.”
Meeting his doubtful gaze, I smiled:
“Yes, I’m lying. He didn’t say anything! But think about it, if he didn’t tell me, how would I know it was you!”
Lucas was clearly unsettled and panicked.
“I just sent him your photo and promised him money. I wasn’t involved in anything else. How can he push all the responsibility onto me?”
He thought about confronting Jack. I snatched away his phone.
“I advise you to give me your chat history with him. That can still prove your innocence. If you don’t give it to me voluntarily, and he pushes everything onto you and tells his fans, you can forget about continuing to work here. Your reputation will be ruined.”
After some intimidation) Lucas backed up the chat history for
Before leaving, he begged me not to pursue the matter further.
I agreed.
But in the afternoon, I went into the boss’s office.
I played the recording of his slanderous rumors about me for the boss to hear.
Along with that, I also told him about the incident that happened last night.
He was already my mentor, appreciating my work,
was around the same age as his daughter. He was a daughter–doting type and found it hard to tolerate this kind of thing.
Afraid of affecting my future actions, he told me he wouldn’t move against Lucas until my plan succeeded, to prevent backlash.
After thanking him profusely, I left the office and synced the evidence I had with my family.
My mom and second brother’s investigation also had a new breakthrough.
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Those girls initially had the same reaction as me, telling Jack to go away and not escort them.
Some were even jogging nicely when Jack suddenly appeared, chasing after them.
After seeing them adamantly refuse, he would say he wanted to give them something to apologize.
The girls softened and accepted. Then their bodies went weak.
After that, they lost their memories.
When they woke up, they were in unfamiliar places, not at home at all.
They had no idea what happened in between.
Even if something really did happen, it would just be classified as a romantic dispute between a man and woman.
My mother and second brother told them about what happened to me yesterday.
Only then did they realize the things he gave them were drugged. Just smelling them would make them obedient.
They were scared and also asked to join our team to investigate together.
At this time, my oldest brother also had a new breakthrough.
He infiltrated Jack’s core fan group and unexpectedly learned about his next target.
Emily.
Her information was shared in the group, with the disgusting my
She was ultimately given a 7 out of 10.
in the group rating her appearance.
There were even fans requesting the streamer to “succeed” and remember to share private photos.
I asked my oldest brother:
“Bro, have you gotten into the group where Jack shares private photos?”
“Not yet, I’m working on it.”
Dad was tailing Jack.
He discovered that before escorting girls home, Jack would always scout the location in advance.
Then he would wait for fans in the group to provide a suitable time before taking action.
These past few days, my brother had been desperately spending money to infiltrate the private photo sharing group.
Meanwhile, my social media was flooded with harassment from strange men.
