Chapter 488 A Clear Conscience
Sure enough.
That afternoon, Ernest was blacklisted for inappropriate behavior as a public figure and would never appear in the public eye again!
All his related works were taken down, and any unreleased TV shows, movies, and variety shows would follow the contract for compensation.
As soon as this news broke, Everyone's anger was directed at Emma.
[Is this what dating a rich guy is like? As soon as interests are involved, they immediately blacklist you?]
[Why blacklist him! Relationships are mutual!]
[Oh, don't you get it? Someone already released a video of Emma and Ernest entering a hotel together yesterday. It's obvious they're using Ernest to protect Emma's reputation.]
[You won't believe it, but Emma is actually going live to explain this. Should we check it out?]
Emma did go live.
She sat upright in front of her phone, her hands nervously placed on her thighs, fidgeting a lot.
She would fiddle with her hair one moment and tug at her clothes the next.
She was very nervous.
The number of viewers in the live stream was steadily increasing.
Many people were cursing her.
[Disgusting.]
[Neither of them is any good. One likes to hook up with men, and the other has weird fetishes. If we're going to curse, let's curse both, not just one.]
[Birds of a feather!]
[She looks young, but who knew she was so cunning!]
Emma looked at those comments, biting her lip, her eyes filled with tears of grievance.
But she knew she couldn't cry.
[Is she going to start acting now?]
[Is she going to play the victim? I can't stand this, I'm out.]
Lionel sat behind the phone, nodding firmly at her, silently cheering her on.
Emma took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, they were clear.
"I started this live stream to show that I have a clear conscience."
"I want to explain what happened between Ernest and me, and our relationship."
"First of all, I want to tell everyone that Ernest and I have never been together, nor are we boyfriend and girlfriend."
"If a relationship can be declared unilaterally, wouldn't that be absurd?"
"As for Ernest coming to our school yesterday, I had no prior knowledge of it."
She took out her phone, pulled up the chat history, and showed it to everyone.
She specifically clicked into Ernest's social media to prove it was his account and that the chat content was real and valid.
"I don't understand why, just because Ernest talked to me at the school gate about something, it turned into rumors that we're dating?"
"Did I hold his hand? Did I hug or kiss him? We had no intimate actions, so why the malicious speculation?"
[Disgusting, still trying to clear her name.]
[Exactly, the hotel video is out, that must be real!]
Emma saw these two comments.
She smiled lightly.
"I admit, the hotel incident is real."
[See! Can't make it up anymore!]
[Keep acting, go on.]
[Playing hard to get, I get it.]
"But that was not my will." Emma paused here, her chest heaving violently, her expression filled with intense struggle.
Lionel couldn't bear it.
He said softly, "Forget it, Emma, don't say anymore."
"I have to say it!" Emma's voice suddenly rose, "Yesterday, I was tricked by Ernest because he drugged me!"
[Oh my God, I can't take it, this is too fake.]
[I also find it boring; the excuse is too forced.]
Emma shouted, "I have evidence! Lionel, play it."
Lionel hesitated, "Emma."
"Play it!"
Lionel sighed.
When Emma suggested restoring the deleted video from the recycle bin, he strongly opposed it.
But Emma insisted.
The phone was connected to the computer, and the complete, unedited, approximately ten-minute video was played without any fast-forwarding.
Emma's eyes widened as she stared intently at the scenes unfolding in the video.
She clearly didn't want to cry.
But for some reason, the tears kept falling uncontrollably, like a broken string of pearls; they couldn't be stopped.
The tears blurred her vision, making it hard for her to see.
Lionel couldn't bear to see her so upset; he really wanted to go over and wipe her tears, but was afraid of being seen on camera and causing gossip.
The live stream was deathly silent.
Emma's voice was trembling, and not only that, her whole body was shaking.
"I know, some people might say, 'Didn't nothing happen?'"
"But regardless of the outcome, the fact is Ernest drugged me and intended to harm me."
"You are right about one thing: relationships are mutual, and intimate actions are mutual."
"But taking such a video without the other party's consent is already against the law and morality!"
"I don't understand, I really don't."
"The person being filmed is clearly the victim, so why are you attacking the harmed with such malice?"
"Shouldn't they be the ones who need protection at this moment?"
Luann had just gotten off the plane.
Her phone rang.
"What did you say? Something happened to Emma?"
Luann's expression tightened, her face full of panic.
But the other party immediately said, "Don't worry, the situation is mostly resolved, and the online comments have returned to normal."
Luann hung up the phone and immediately looked up what had happened.
As for the video in Emma's live stream, she didn't even have the courage to click on it.
[I didn't expect the truth to be like this.]
[It hurts so much. If everyone speculated less, Emma wouldn't have had to release the video herself. What girl would want to show this to the public? It's like forcing her to tear open her own wounds.]
[Watching what she went through herself must be especially painful for her.]
[So pitiful. Watching Emma cry like that makes my heart ache.]
[We're the ones who pushed her to this point.]
[Why should scum like Ernest just be blacklisted? He should be properly dealt with!]
[Ernest is such scum!]
Luann breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't expect so much to happen in just two days.
She also didn't expect that the seemingly unremarkable Ernest would cause so much trouble.
However, it did mark the end of his career in the entertainment industry.
Luann pondered.
'It seems that Lionel and Emma's relationship will progress rapidly because of this incident.'
'I just wonder when that clueless Emma will realize his feelings.'
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