At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Gu Yu hadn't taken the smear to heart and even comforted everyone not to take it too seriously.

But by the afternoon, things had taken a turn that he hadn't expected.

Boss Pu and a few others, along with his girlfriend and Hu Xiaoya, were all gathered together.

They began to discuss the matter.

"Damn it! These wild media reporters really have no shame, using such underhanded methods to smear you after they're the ones who did wrong!" Boss Pu exclaimed angrily.

"It's outrageous. The video editing is so subtle that you can't even tell there are cuts unless you look closely."

"Yeah! These people must've put a lot of thought into this!"

Boss Pu and the others were furious — these unofficial media outlets had a much greater influence when spreading rumors than ordinary people.

And they noticed that it wasn't just one wild media outlet that had released the video, but several had published it simultaneously!

It wasn't just on the short video platforms, but also on various headline apps and news accounts. As soon as you searched for keywords like "Haidong Hospital doctor verbal abuse," you could immediately find these newly released videos.

This was a highly targeted and purposeful act of malice.

Even some small local official media, unaware of the full story, followed suit and shared the posts.

Online denunciation was unceasing, with many people even tagging the official account of Haidong University Affiliated Hospital demanding an explanation.

Some more extreme individuals frantically posted comments like "Hand over the abusive doctor, kneel down and apologize" under the hospital's official account.

Led by the wild media, netizens who felt they had found a vent for their emotions began attacking everything they associated with the "abusive doctor."

"Old Dai from the hospital contacted me to say that a group of people are surrounding the hospital gates demanding that I be expelled," said Gu Yu, his expression darkening.

Did these netizens not have the ability to discern at all?

How could so many people lose their minds over such a selectively edited video?

It wasn't just about being cursed online; it didn't matter so much to Gu Yu, but now those people had taken their complaints to the hospital!

Just from the tone of Dai Zhengguo's voice over the phone, Gu Yu could sense the chaos at the hospital.

Especially since the hospital had admitted many new patients that day, and now a group of ignorant netizens were causing trouble, the hospital leaders were undoubtedly in a tight spot.

Even some of the doctors who were unaware of the situation sided with the netizens, demanding that Dean Tan Shizhen hand over the "abusive doctor" to quell the public's anger.

But the thing was, Gu Yu wasn't a doctor at Haidong Hospital at all, so there was no question of being expelled to appease the anger.

"Old Dai, hold the fort for me for a bit. I'll discuss with my friends how to resolve this and get back to you soon!" Gu Yu sent a voice message to Dai Zhengguo, then turned his attention to the group.

"What do you all think should be done about this?" Gu Yu asked.

He was actually prepared to face the issue head-on, but he still wanted to hear if his friends had any good ideas.

After all, many hands make light work—what if someone had a better solution that didn't require him to step forward?

"In my view, these wild media accounts aren't many and don't have a lot of followers. We might as well find Cai Hui and have him use his Internet army to obliterate all those accounts!" Boss Pu suggested promptly.

"They started this, so we can't just let it go! Getting their accounts banned is what they deserve!" he added.

Boss Pu immediately thought of Cai Hui, the new employee in the company's operation department.

Since Cai Hui was experienced with Internet armies and public opinion, he was certainly adept in this field.

"Yes, yes, yes! Fight fire with fire, treat them with their own medicine!" Qin Shan nodded vehemently.

Since these people were playing dirty, they could respond even more brutally.

Although they didn't know the specific operation, having an account on Dou Ying banned seemed feasible if they could deploy 50,000 Internet trolls.

Just flooding with negative comments could drive those wild media reporters and editors to despair.

"I'm calling Cai Hui over now!"

Although Yu Shutong didn't speak, taking out his phone to dial already represented his stance.

As Gu Yu watched the three of them looking indignant, he stretched out his hand and snatched the phone from Laoer's hand.

Cai Hui's call had just been connected.

"Hello, Manager Yu, is there something you need?"

Cai Hui's voice came through the phone, his tone somewhat puzzled.

After all, Yu Shutong was the Development Department's manager, and he was the Deputy Manager of the Operations Department—they shouldn't have much to do with each other.

"It's nothing, Manager Yu accidentally pressed it."

Gu Yu said into the phone.

"Eh? Chairman? Why is it you? If there's anything you need, just say it directly..."

"You've got the day off tomorrow!"

"Beep beep beep—"

Before he could finish his sentence, Gu Yu had already hung up the phone.

Cai Hui lying in his rental, idly sleeping and playing games, looked at his phone, completely stupefied.

Hadn't he just started work today?

And it wasn't even an hour after work, now he was going to have the next day off?

After pondering for a long while and getting nowhere, he still felt quite happy.

A day off for no apparent reason...

You should know that Ideal Paradise had a base salary even for holidays, so it meant he would get a day's salary for doing nothing tomorrow!

After brushing off Cai Hui, Gu Yu gave the phone back to Laoer.

Seeing the puzzled looks from everyone, Gu Yu sighed, then shared his own thoughts.

"I know everyone is angry, but using violence to control violence is really not acceptable. Leaving aside that attacking others' accounts may be illegal, such actions themselves aren't much different from the reporters who slandered me."

"The solution I have in mind is to come forward myself and explain the situation to everyone using my real identity. Only if I personally handle this matter will it be persuasive."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Gu Yu took out his own phone, which had the video of himself "cursing" on it, downloaded from the first media account that posted the video.

Next, he would use that as evidence.

"But if you can't explain it clearly, you'll definitely be cyberbullied! And your positive image will also be damaged,"

Hu Xiaoya also expressed her opinion.

In her view, since Gu Yu had neither fully shown his face nor disclosed his identity at the time, there was no need to take such a risk.

Wait a while, and once the storm passes, probably no one will be paying attention to this matter anymore.

Netizens are forgetful.

"I also think Ya has a point. As long as you keep out of sight, in a few days at most, these radical netizens will forget about the incident."

"These unaffiliated media won't keep harping on this if they can't get a response from you."

This time, Lin Xinyue chose to side with her best friend.

In fact, the matter was neither big nor small. Just wait a few days patiently, and it would quickly be overshadowed by other matters.

This is something many media outlets like to do. If I don't report it at first and then trickle out small bits of information after some time, fewer people will pay attention later on.

The patience of netizens is very short!