Chapter 83: Huang Tao’s Counterattack!
Chapter 83: Huang Tao’s Counterattack!
The three foreigners glanced at each other. They avoided Guo Huai’s sharp, knife-like gaze and nodded meekly, saying, “Yes, boss.”
Guo Huai grunted in response, then clenched his fists tightly and snorted coldly, “Don’t go anywhere these two days. Tomorrow, come with me to get some tools. Once I locate where that guy is, we’ll make our move.”
The three foreigners replied in unison, their eyes gleaming, as if they were excited by the thought of the upcoming fight.
But these three idiots would never have guessed that the person their boss was looking for was the same guy who had beaten them black and blue the night before. What a twist of fate!
The next day, Yang Mi woke up early. It was Monday, and she didn’t want to be late for school. As for Tang Chen, he had originally planned to skip school, but he couldn’t resist Yang Mi’s insistence, so he obediently followed her to school.
Sitting in the Extravagant Battle Car, Yang Mi felt a bit bored and took out her mobile phone to check the news. She casually logged into Weibo to scroll through it. Suddenly, she exclaimed, “Huh?” as if she had discovered something unbelievable.
“What’s wrong, honey? What happened?” Tang Chen looked at Yang Mi curiously, wondering what had startled her so early in the morning.
Yang Mi’s expression was odd as she handed him the phone, saying, “Take a look at this video. It was uploaded by that Huang Tao yesterday, and it’s already been shared over ten million times.”
Tang Chen temporarily stopped the car, took the phone, and clicked on the video Yang Mi wanted him to watch. Immediately, a man whose face was swollen like a pig’s head appeared on the screen—who else could it be but Huang Tao?
“What is this jerk up to now? He even recorded a video—isn’t he embarrassed?” Tang Chen muttered to himself. He pressed play, and Huang Tao’s voice came through: “Hello, all my peaches and netizens! I am Huang Tao, your male idol Huang Tao. I know you must be shocked to see me like this. Why has my handsome face turned into this? Well, here’s what happened…”
The video lasted three minutes. During those three minutes, Huang Tao vividly recounted the events of the previous day, though most of it was heavily exaggerated.
In the video, Huang Tao portrayed himself as a pitiful victim, shamelessly accusing the Junyue Hotel of assaulting him. He cried while speaking, acting as if he had suffered some great injustice.
“How dare he! This jerk is practically asking for death!” Tang Chen was so angry he almost threw Yang Mi’s mobile phone. He had thought that beating Huang Tao up would shut him up, but instead, the guy had turned around and falsely accused him, even taking it to the internet.
It was true that Tang Chen had hit him, but that guy had it coming. Not only had Huang Tao verbally attacked him, but now he was also inciting his fans and netizens online, calling for people to expose the Junyue Grand Hotel and boycott it!
“This idiot is pushing me to finish him off!” Tang Chen frowned darkly. In this internet age, many bored trolls loved to stir up drama. With this kind of commotion, it would surely attract a lot of uninformed onlookers, and the Junyue’s reputation would definitely suffer!
“Tang Chen, there’s more. Look at the comments below,” Yang Mi said, also furious. She scrolled down to the comments section and showed it to Tang Chen.
Tang Chen hadn’t thought much of it at first, but once he saw the comments, he exploded with rage!
“First row, sending tissues! Tao Tao, don’t cry!”
“Second floor, just watching. What kind of crap is this Tang Young Master? How could he treat our Tao Tao like this? Boycott Junyue Hotel!”
“Second floor is right. I live in Z City. Junyue acts all high and mighty because they’re rich, and every dish is ridiculously expensive. I wouldn’t even bother eating there.”
“The person above is an idiot loser. You just can’t afford it, can you? Disgusting.”
“We are peaches, we are Tao Tao’s fans! We will expose them and take down that Tang Young Master and Junyue!”
Tang Chen gritted his teeth in anger. These idiots were clearly Huang Tao’s die-hard fans. Scrolling further down, he noticed there were still some rational netizens.
“Claiming a spot here. I think we shouldn’t just believe Huang Tao’s side of the story. After all, Junyue hasn’t said anything yet!”
Of course, such comments were immediately drowned out by Huang Tao’s brainless fans.
“Person above is an idiot, definitely a paid troll hired by that Tang Young Master from Junyue!”
“Yeah, yeah! This brainless moron should go eat crap! How dare he hit our Tao Tao? He’s dead!”
“Second floor is wrong. To be brainless, you’d need a brain first. This troll obviously grew up eating crap.”
“Damn it, they’re really asking for it!” Tang Chen returned the phone to Yang Mi, took a few deep breaths, and struggled to resist the urge to smash it.
These kinds of malicious trolls or brainless fans were truly infuriating. They spewed nonsense all over the internet, and the most irritating part was that you couldn’t even hit them!
“Oh, Yang Mi, check if those stupid Huang Tao fans are also causing trouble on our Junyue’s official Weibo page,” Tang Chen remembered something and said to Yang Mi.
Yang Mi’s face was cold as she replied, “I’m looking now. Sure enough, they’re there too. Almost all the comments are bashing Junyue.” After checking, she was also fuming. Anyone would be annoyed by these people with nothing better to do.
“Tang Chen, what are you going to do?” Yang Mi knew her man’s temper—he would never sit back and do nothing in a situation like this!
“What else can I do? Give me the phone. I’ll reply using your account.” With that, Tang Chen took the phone, went to Huang Tao’s Weibo page, and typed a reply: “Huang Tao, you idiot, listen up! And all you stupid fans of Huang Tao! I am the Tang Young Master you’re trying to expose. Junyue belongs to me, you bunch of meddling trolls who forgot to take your meds! I live at Swan Lake Throne. If you have the guts, come find me and confront me face-to-face. What’s the point of spouting crap online? Let me tell you, I hate you people who’d gladly kneel and lick Huang Tao’s boots! Screw your grandmothers! That bastard Huang Tao caused trouble at my hotel. Not only did he not show up on time as required, but he also spewed filth with his mouth. You trash who don’t know the truth, if you have a problem, come at me! You think I’m afraid of you?” After typing, he clicked send and then logged out of Weibo.
Yang Mi stared in shock, then softly asked, “Tang Chen, won’t this just make things worse? Wouldn’t it be better to just ignore this kind of internet drama?”
“No,” Tang Chen said grumpily, his face sullen. “Letting it slide isn’t my style. I can’t stand these idiots. If they want to play, I’ll play with them! Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. But using your account to reply might bring you a lot of unwanted attention. Sorry, honey.”
Yang Mi giggled and shook her head, saying, “It’s nothing. What’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is mine. If you’re not afraid, then I, Yang Mi, am not afraid either.”
Tang Chen leaned over and kissed her on the lips. This girl’s words were getting sweeter lately, and what she said truly warmed his heart.
As soon as Tang Chen’s reply was posted, it was immediately flooded by Huang Tao’s fans and other bored netizens. The comments section was filled with replies.
“Oh ho, so you’re Tang Young Master, huh? I’m so scared of you! You hit our Tao Tao, and now you’re acting all tough? Believe me, I’ll crush your head with my mountains!”
“666, the person above is a big-boobed girl, but not very smart!”
“This guy is way too arrogant, coming to Weibo to pick a fight. Peaches, let’s go attack Junyue’s official Weibo!”
“Don’t bother. I just came from there. Junyue’s official Weibo has been shut down.”
“Shut down? They must be guilty! What cowards!”
“Hey, upstairs, why don’t you go to Swan Lake Throne and find him? He even gave out his address. Just storm his house!”
“You just wait! I’m going to drive a tank over and flatten his place!”
Meanwhile, in Boss Pang’s office, Boss Pang was anxiously pacing, at a loss. Although he had expected Huang Tao to retaliate, he never thought it would be like this. Ever since this started, their official Weibo had been flooded with people calling themselves “peaches,” causing such a racket that he had no choice but to shut it down.
He had called Tang Young Master, but Tang Young Master told him not to worry and that he would handle it.
Though he didn’t know how Tang Young Master planned to resolve it, Boss Pang had a vague feeling that a storm was coming