Skye pulled a laptop out from somewhere.
"Rumors alone aren't enough for the station to fire Susan."
She opened the computer, brought up a few things, and showed them to Lin Feng.
"Take a look at this..."
Lin Feng stared at the screen with a cold face.
The content he saw next made Lin Feng's pupils shrink.
The rumors about Susan had actually made it onto major forums and gossip news.
"BBC Radio's Susan Carter allegedly spends a passionate night with Tony Stark."
"Where do Susan Carter's Superman news stories come from?"
"Susan Carter, a reporter who climbed the ranks with her body."
"Superman comments on Susan Carter."
"Playing the field? Iron Man and Superman stage a battle for the woman?!"
Lin Feng looked at these headlines with eyes full of fury.
Each one was more outrageous than the last.
The most popular comment actually had close to ten million likes.
This top-voted comment had almost no text.
It consisted entirely of pictures related to Susan.
Susan getting into a luxury car bearing Stark Industries plates.
Susan walking with Superman on the street.
There were even photos of Susan kissing Superman.
Lin Feng saw at a glance that the kissing photo was photoshopped.
Yet this didn't stop onlookers from guessing and suspecting.
The internet was like that; once an event brewed, accompanied by the "ironclad proof" of photographs,
plus the endorsement of BBC Radio, almost no one went to verify whether the photos were doctored.
Skye clicked her mouse and opened the Superman forum.
Countless posts were constantly refreshing, being commented on, and published.
Many people were waiting for Superman to show up and explain.
There were also many people desperately arguing on Superman's behalf.
Lin Feng's expression was uglier than ever before.
Susan shrank her shoulders, as if she felt the surrounding air grow somewhat colder.
"Someone is pushing these rumors behind the scenes!" Lin Feng spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse.
Skye nodded. "You're right."
She clicked the mouse again, and two photos appeared on the screen.
"According to my investigation, these two people are the ones making trouble."
"Who are they?"
Lin Feng asked in a frigid tone, that inexplicable, sinister fire seeming to burn more and more fiercely, making Lin Feng's eyes look as if they were about to spew flames.
Susan had never seen Lin Feng fly into such a rage.
She pulled on Lin Feng's sleeve in some fright.
Lin Feng didn't feel Susan's small movement.
He stared fixedly at the screen, his icy gaze looking at the two photos just as if he were looking at dead people.
Skye swiped the mouse, presenting the information on the two individuals separately.
"This fat-headed, big-eared man is called John, and he's the nephew of the BBC Radio boss."
Skye enlarged John's photo, a trace of disgust flashing in her eyes.
"He's the mastermind behind this matter."
"Based on my investigation, he pursued Susan many times and was rejected."
"It wasn't until Susan established a relationship with you that John harassed Susan on the spot in the office."
"As a result, he ended up embarrassing himself in the end."
"I think this is his motivation."
Skye analyzed.
If he couldn't have her, he would destroy her; Skye had seen too many of these psychologically warped, extreme existences on the internet.
With that, Skye opened another photo.
"This old woman is called Flora."
"She is one of John's side pieces, and much of the information was provided to John by her."
"Strictly speaking, she also counts as one of the masterminds of this rumor."
"She once demanded that Susan cede the Superman news to her, but was refused by Susan."
"According to my investigation, the old woman has a very strong jealousy."
"Susan is pretty, kind, and enjoys extremely high popularity and status in the station thanks to the Superman information."
"Coupled with the fact that Susan rejected her request,"
"she bore a grudge against Susan."
As Skye spoke, she opened another picture—none other than that comment with up to ten million likes.
"According to my investigation, this comment was made by someone Flora paid."
"They simultaneously hired a large number of internet trolls."
"Many out-of-context, malicious photos also came from them..."
"The general situation is pretty much like this!"
Skye stopped talking, simply picking up her water cup and taking a sip of water.
She waited for Lin Feng to digest this information.
Lin Feng coldly looked at this information.
After a long while, he cast his gaze toward Skye again, gritting his teeth as he asked, "Skye, with such advanced hacking skills, why didn't you wipe out this information!"
His voice held hard-to-suppress anger, and his gaze was chillingly indifferent.
Skye was taken aback; she hadn't expected Lin Feng to ask this.
The instant she raised her head to meet Lin Feng's gaze, Skye felt as though she had plunged into an ice cave.
What kind of cold, angry, yet sharp look was that?
Unable to help herself from shuddering, Skye parted her small mouth.
"I..."
The words stuck in her throat, and she had a feeling.
If her answer wasn't good, she would die in the next second.
She didn't know why she produced this feeling, but cold sweat had already broken out on her forehead.
"Lin, what are you talking about! Do you know Kay?"
Susan sat to the side, looking at Lin Feng in disbelief.
He was actually blaming an innocent person?
She understood Lin Feng's character.
Susan felt that Lin Feng was a bit overly hot-tempered today.
Abnormally so!
"Her name is Kay, not Skye, Lin!" Susan pulled on Lin Feng's arm, explaining.
"Kay has already worked very hard to help me!"
"She's my best friend!"
"What's wrong with you tonight, Lin?"
"I feel like you're a little not yourself..."
Susan looked at Lin Feng with a pair of reddened, large eyes, her gaze full of worry.
Hearing Susan's words, Lin Feng realized once again that he indeed wasn't quite himself.
That inexplicable, sinister fire seemed to be devouring his reason.
What was even more abnormal was that he actually found it somewhat difficult to curb this sinister fire.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Sorry, Sk—Kay."
"I didn't mean to, I was just too worried about Susan..."
As soon as these words were released, the pressure weighing down on Skye abruptly eased.
The feeling of being under a Death Gaze every moment slowly dissipated.
Skye let out a long breath and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
A bitter smile hung at the corners of her mouth as she explained.
"It's not that I didn't help."
"It's just that by the time I noticed, things had already gotten very tricky."
"By then, the rumors had already been brewing on a massive scale."
"They organized and released a huge number of articles all at once."
"The internet, forums, personal shows, and news outlets—a huge volume of rumors appeared without distinction."
"Even if we managed to curb them, it wouldn't have done any good..."
Skye sighed; her hacking skills were second to none.
Yet facing something that had already brewed to this extent, Skye's actions would only arouse more suspicion.
Instead, they would produce the opposite effect.
Skye continued, "If we want to put an end to this rumor,"
"We must have much more powerful evidence."
"At the very least, we need Tony Stark and Superman to step forward and clarify things."
"However, that is undoubtedly difficult for us."
At this, Skye shook her head and said,
"Never mind whether Tony Stark would clarify this matter,"
"We can't even get in touch with Superman!"
Reaching this point, Skye sighed once more; right now, she only had her hacking skills to offer.
Helping Susan find the culprit was already her current limit.
After Skye finished speaking, Susan secretly glanced at Lin Feng.
Although Kay was her best friend, she hadn't told Kay that Lin Feng was Superman.
She felt this belonged to Lin Feng's privacy; if he didn't want to talk about it, Susan wouldn't either.
Respect was mutual!
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Skye tapped away with both hands on her computer.
She spoke while typing, "You guys don't have to worry too much; no matter what, Susan is still my best friend."
"I have another clarification plan, only the method is a bit complicated."
"The effect will also be somewhat worse, but there's no help for it..."
Skye also knew Stark and Superman weren't that easy to invite.
Therefore, she had come up with another solution, though it wasn't as good as the first.
Irritated, Lin Feng tapped his fingers straight against the table, interrupting Skye.
"We don't need a second plan; use the better one!"
"I'll contact Stark and have him come out and explain!"
"As for Superman, he will also show up."
"Whether it's filming a video or holding a dedicated press conference for this matter,"
"Neither of them will refuse!"
Hearing Lin Feng say this, Skye was startled.
She looked at Susan, then looked at Lin Feng.
Good grief, was her best friend's boyfriend this formidable? Was he just bragging?
Regardless of what Skye thought, Lin Feng already had some plans in mind.
"Susan, stay home properly; I'm going out for a bit!"
Having spoken, Lin Feng turned on his heel and strode outward.
"Lin! Where are you going?"
Susan shouted from behind.
Lin Feng turned his head back, his expression somewhat ferocious.
"I'm going to snap those two bitches' necks!"