Anissa''s words left Quentin speechless for a moment.


    After a few seconds of stunned silence, he finally spoke, his voice heavy with emotion, "Look, Anissa, some things are better left in the past. I really hope you won''t stir up trouble.


    You know why I married you back then, and you know how you gave birth to our three kids.


    I''ve given you respect, so please don''t make things difficult for me. If we can live peacefully, everything will be fine. Otherwise..."


    Quentin didn''t finish his words. Without waiting for Anissa to respond, he hung up the phone.


    Staring at the abruptly disconnected phone, Anissa burned with fury. Yet years of practiced restraint allowed her to forcibly swallow the scalding anger rising in her throat. She blinked hard, the tears threatening to spill from her eyes now trapped behind an iron-willed dam.


    To wield power, she reminded herself through gritted teeth, one must endure the invisible crown''s weight-its responsibilities like barbed wire, its pressures like molten lead. Within moments, her features rposed into their signature cial mask, colder than midwinter frost crystallizing on ss.


    Standing beside her, Isidora watched theplex changes in Anissa''s expression carefully. At that moment, she suddenly understood why Anissa could hold her position as Mrs. Martin.


    Because she could endure the grievances that ordinary people couldn''t.


    To impress Anissa, Isidora posted a message on a mysterious Facebook ount. Overnight, a video of Aurelia pping an ordinary people appeared on major media tforms across the country.


    The TV, the inte, and video channels were flooded with discussions about the incident.


    Some media outlets, to attract traffic, even edited high-definition footage of Adide pping Isidora. In the video, Adide''s pnded clearly on Isidora''s face. Isidora covered her face, looking aggrieved and afraid to retaliate.


    Uninformedizens were led to believe that Aurelia was abusing her power, using her status in the industry to assault an ordinary people.


    Chloe woke up early and saw the news first thing in the morning.


    She grabbed her phone and went to Adide''s bedroom, intending to wake her up and discuss how to handle the situation.


    Unexpectedly, Adide was indifferent.


    Through the door, she told Chloe, "Chloe, don''t worry. Let me finish my beauty sleep first."


    When Adide stood up for Chloe, her hands trembled with panic at the thought of anyone so much as ruffling Chloe''s hair. But now, as she found herself drowning in the whirlpool of public outrage, Adide yawned and applied eye cream with the serenity of a sloth on Valium - her "beauty sleep" took priority over copsing reputations. Chloe was at a loss. She wanted to find Adide''s assistant to handle the situation, but Adide''s assistant, Juliet Scott, was just as unhurried as Adide.


    Chloe was speechless.


    Online, the discussions amongizens grew increasingly intense.


    In just an hour, the news of Adide pping a stranger became a trending topic.


    Thements below numbered in the millions. Whenever someone mentioned Aurelia, a flood ofizens would immediately join the conversation.


    Passionateizens spected about the incident, and Chloe roughly divided them into two camps.


    The first camp firmly supported Isidora, saying that Adide, as a public figure, was wrong to hit someone.


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    The second camp supported Adide, arguing that she had always had a good reputation and never had any scandals. If she was driven to the point of hitting someone, it must have really pushed her to the edge.


    Of course, there was a third camp, who remained neutral, waiting for the truth toe out.


    Zara and Rena also saw the news online.


    Zara, with her fiery temper, kept messaging Chloe in the group chat.


    [Chloe, the inte is blowing up. When is Adide getting up? Shouldn''t we be doing some damage control? If this keeps up, it''s only gonna get worse.]


    Rena was also anxious: [Chloe, don''t stress. I have evidence. Should I release all the videos? Isidora is so sneaky. I saw the edited video online; it''s really well done.]


    But no matter how worried the onlookers were, it was useless if the main character wasn''t concerned.


    Zara and Rena, seeing the situation spiraling out of control, took a car straight to the Davis Family''s vi.


    To lower the heat of the situation, the three of them each grabbed aputer, registered various ounts, and replied toments.


    Unfortunately, thebined efforts of the three of them wereughably outgunned. Every post they managed to publish vanished within minutes - like digital snowkes melting under a methrower.


    At this point, it didn''t take a genius to realize there was a puppet master pulling the strings. Those suspiciously enthusiasticmenters? Probably bots fueled by espresso and stock photos, hired to drown out reality with keyboard warfare. Isidora? It didn''t seem possible.


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    With her financial resources, hiring so many people would be difficult.


    The three of them had no choice. When their posts were deleted, they reposted them again and again, almost wearing out their keyboards.


    While the three were struggling, Nichs from the Davis Family in the Northwest also learned about the situation from Felix.


    Felix sent the video he saw online to Nichs''s phone. "Mr. Davis, Ms. Davis has caused trouble. Look, it''s a trending topic."


    Felix pointed at the video, showing Nichs. Nichs watched the entire video and shared his thoughts. "I saw it. Adide''s p is as precise and firm as ever, leaving no chance for the other party to retaliate."


    Nichs was always confident in his daughter''s ability to handle herself.


    Felix was anxcious, "Mr. Davis, the inte is in chaos, and you''re still admiring Ms. Davis''s pping technique? It''s a trending topic. Shouldn''t we help Ms. Davis lower the heat?"


    As soon as Felix finished speaking, Nichs shook his head. "No need, no need. Adide is in the entertainment industry. What''s the fear of a trending topic? It''s just a matter of hitting someone. Adide can handle it."


    Nichs was confident in her.


    Felix was anxious. The situation had been fermenting for over ten hours, and Adide still hadn''t taken any action. It seemed she hadn''t been a trending topic for years and wanted to relive her glory days.


    Nichs was unconcerned, leaving Felix speechless.


    In Sovereign City, Chloe, Zara, and Rena were still fighting fiercely with theizens...


    Meanwhile, Adide, the person involved, finally woke up naturally. She shuffled into the living room with her assistant Juliet, wearing her slippers.


    Seeing Rena, Zara, and Chloe busy, she asked in a yful tone, "Hey, girls, what are you all busy with?"