"This kind of vicious woman shouldn’t be allowed inside any respectable household."

"She’s terrifying."

"No wonder nobody wants her."

The insults flooded the internet endlessly like poisonous waves.

Meanwhile, the moment Brenda saw the videos, her expression darkened instantly.

She knew immediately the footage had been edited.

After all, Brenda had a friend who specialized in video editing and digital analysis.

The moment she saw the viral clip targeting Lana, an uncomfortable feeling immediately rose inside her chest.

Only a few minutes later, her phone vibrated.

Her friend had already finished analyzing the footage.

"This video was definitely edited," her friend confirmed seriously. "Several audio layers were cut and rearranged. The original context must’ve been completely different."

Brenda’s face darkened instantly.

Anger surged through her chest like boiling water.

Without wasting another second, she immediately uploaded her friend’s analysis online.

She genuinely wanted to help Lana.

Unfortunately, the internet no longer cared about truth.

The moment Brenda defended Lana, countless people immediately labeled her as a paid bot.

"Another fake account defending that woman."

"Obviously bought by Lana."

"These rich people really think money can control public opinion."

Soon, people started mass-reporting Brenda’s account.

When she suddenly received multiple warning notifications, Brenda became so furious that her fingers trembled while gripping her phone tightly.

"What is wrong with these idiots?" she muttered angrily.

Just as she was trying to think of another way to support Lana, her phone suddenly buzzed again.

A message from Thessy appeared.

"What are you doing?"

Brenda frowned immediately before opening the chat.

Thessy quickly sent another message.

"Why are you helping your own enemy?"

Brenda’s expression instantly turned ugly.

She typed furiously.

"Lana is innocent this time. Of course I should help her."

A few seconds later, Thessy replied with a mocking laugh emoji.

"You’re too naive."

Brenda’s brows furrowed deeper.

Then another message appeared.

"You still don’t understand how dark this world really is."

Thessy continued typing slowly, almost as if deliberately poisoning Brenda’s thoughts.

"The Lana you think is innocent might simply be an illusion."

"What if the video was true all along?"

"Maybe they only edited out the noisy and irrelevant parts."

The moment Brenda read those words, disbelief flashed across her face.

Then anger followed immediately afterward.

For the first time, she suddenly realized something terrifying.

’I never thought my own mentor carried such twisted hostility toward someone else...’

Her fingers slowly tightened around her phone.

Even someone as respected and admired as Thessy could hold such deep prejudice and hatred.

At that moment, disappointment completely filled Brenda’s heart.

Without another word, she directly blocked Thessy.

Meanwhile, when Lana saw the edited videos spreading online, she merely chuckled softly.

Her eyes, however, remained cold.

"These fools really keep forgetting something important," she muttered lazily.

"There is such a thing as law."

Unlike others who wasted time arguing online endlessly, Lana directly filed lawsuits against the accounts responsible for editing and spreading the fake footage.

Soon, lawyer notices exploded across the internet.

The moment the legal documents surfaced publicly, the entire internet entered another uproar.

Instead of calming down, countless people became even angrier.

"So what if she’s the representative of the talisman shop?"

"That doesn’t change the fact she’s heartless."

"Rich people always silence others using lawsuits."

Some people even started calling for a boycott against Lana’s talisman business.

"Boycott her shop!"

"Don’t buy anything from her!"

"This woman is disgusting!"

The online hatred reached its peak rapidly.

However, just as public anger was reaching its climax, another video suddenly surfaced online.

This time, it was the complete, unedited footage.

The moment netizens watched the full video, the internet instantly exploded again.

But this time, in the opposite direction.

One by one, comments started changing.

"We misunderstood her."

"So the original video was manipulated?"

"I can’t believe people edited it this badly."

"I just followed the crowd without knowing the truth."

Soon, apology comments flooded Lana’s page.

The person who uploaded the real footage was none other than the waiter from before.

After all, Lana had privately promised him two million dollars and guaranteed she would not sue him for illegally recording the situation if he released the complete video publicly.

Naturally, the waiter agreed immediately.

And once he uploaded the truth, Lana fulfilled her promise exactly as agreed.

Meanwhile, Sophie and Willow nearly collapsed after seeing the full footage destroy their carefully planned narrative.

Panic consumed them completely.

Before they could even react properly, police officers directly summoned them for investigation.

Inside the station, both women were harshly reprimanded and thoroughly warned for spreading manipulated content and falsely accusing innocent people publicly.

They were even detained temporarily.

At that moment, both of them finally started regretting their actions desperately.

In panic, they even tried exposing Thessy’s involvement.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

Thessy had already deleted all traces of communication with them and removed them from every contact list possible.

She even used her influence quietly to ensure the officers ignored their frantic accusations completely.

Meanwhile, after the internet finally calmed down, most people thought the entire matter had ended.

But soon, another problem surfaced.

A female livestreamer named My Sunshine suddenly uploaded a new video.

Inside the video, she spoke dramatically about encountering an extremely rude woman on a train.

According to her story, the woman had brought a crow onto public transport and behaved arrogantly throughout the journey.

Then she intentionally described very specific details about the woman’s appearance and the crow beside her.

Anyone listening carefully could immediately guess she was talking about Lana.

Clearly, she was trying to drag Lana back into controversy again.

After all, one scandal could be dismissed as a misunderstanding.

But when multiple scandals surrounded the same person, people naturally started questioning that person’s character.

Sure enough, the comments immediately shifted once more.

"I knew something felt fake about her."

"So this is her real personality?"

"Nowadays everyone online pretends to be kind."

As the comments increased rapidly, My Sunshine, whose real name was Sandra, quietly began promoting her own clothing brand beneath the viral discussion.