Confronting the Poison Lotus Chapter 05

 "Fu Yilan, knowing that I'm Little Tai Mei, you still want to play this rotten trick of drugging me?" Li Xia sneered, "I didn't overestimate you, but you underestimated me."

The small garden was far from the party venue, with no one passing by, and the sounds of laughter inside the house drowned out any noise, ensuring no one would notice the darkness here.

Fu Yilan was held down by Li Xia, her hand throbbing with pain, fearing it would break if she moved. She wanted to call for help, but her throat was also squeezed, making it hard to breathe, let alone make a sound.

But what she feared most was something truly happening to Fu Silan.

Unlike her, Fu Silan was silent and low-key, not one to joke around. She was usually calm and graceful. If she were to be humiliated in front of all her classmates because of being drugged by her, it would be disastrous.

Fu Yilan dared not imagine the consequences, struggling desperately, but Li Xia still held onto her vitals.

The thought of every passing second worsening her sister's condition made Fu Yilan increasingly anxious. Suddenly, there was a commotion at the party not far away, and she couldn't help but imagine if something had already happened.

Seeing her glance towards the direction of the party, Li Xia's eyes almost welled up with real tears of resentment, before she slowly said, "Fu Yilan, feeling sorry for your sister?" 

Fu Yilan couldn't make a sound, but her gaze was sharp as a knife, full of venom and hatred.

"Do you know the phrase 'putting yourself in someone else's shoes'?" Li Xia finished slowly, then after a moment, her gaze suddenly changed, staring fiercely into Fu Yilan's eyes filled with resentment, her tone turning fierce, almost warning her word by word:

"Remember the hatred you're feeling towards me right now. If you dare to humiliate my sister again," she leaned in close to her ear, firm and resolute, "I will kill you!"

Fu Yilan trembled all over, and the next moment, Li Xia forcefully pushed her to the ground. She fell heavily, feeling pain in her throat, wrists, and all over her body, but the most painful thing was the deep-rooted humiliation in her heart.

She had underestimated her opponent, allowing Li Xia, this worthless person, to act recklessly over her.

She was just about to get up when she heard the sound of a touchscreen phone. Looking up, she saw Li Xia standing in the darkness, her short hair arrogant, her face calm, just like the endless night behind her.

Only the light from Li Xia's phone was particularly clear, showing a forum page with a video of her dance from the party just now. The title read, "Fu Family's Outstanding Lady Shows You How to Play with Yourself."

The forum in question was created during Fu Yilan's high school years, named "Lixia Xiaotai Mei" by her. At that time, she used various fictitious rumors, combined with keywords like "rich second generation," "private 'erotic' gatherings," "showing off wealth," "indulgence," "decadence," and "intimidation" to stimulate the attention of the public. The forum quickly gained popularity, with many high school and college students, and even middle school students, registering and posting on it.

In this society, everyone considers themselves righteous warriors, unable to tolerate any wrongdoing. People like Lixia, who represent moral decay and corruption, should be condemned by the entire populace. Many people may be kind in reality, but online, they become fanatics. Their one-sided understanding leads them to become extremists, rallying together under the banner of justice to verbally attack the perceived evil in their hearts, unaware that they are being used as tools by others.

Fu Yilan used the unrestrained nature of the internet to completely destroy Lixia's reputation. Despite being repeatedly attacked by hackers at the behest of Lixia, the forum's influence was too significant. Even though Fu Yilan lost control of it, it kept resurfacing elsewhere, eventually being controlled by an unknown mysterious figure.

By now, it's not just a forum for condemning Lixia but has become a scandal exposure platform similar to Gossip Girl. The forum has over 50,000 active members every day, almost all of them students and recent graduates.

Fu Yilan was stunned. Could the embarrassing scene just now... how could she have imagined that the forum she had created would ultimately backfire on her?

"I can't let it be posted!" She suddenly sprang up and rushed towards Lixia. But Lixia suddenly swept her leg with fierce force, and a strong wind hit Fu Yilan's face. Fu Yilan froze, kneeling on the ground, unable to move.

Lixia didn't kick her, although her starting posture was extremely brutal, her follow-through was even more powerful. Her high heel swept across Fu Yilan's nose, stopping just a finger's distance away from her.

Fu Yilan felt nothing but shame. She knew that if Lixia hadn't pulled back her foot slightly, her nose would have been broken.

She dared not move again, only gritting her teeth and kneeling on the ground, watching helplessly as Lixia's finger pressed the send button on the screen, 1%, 50%, 100%, sent.

Lixia still didn't retract her leg, pointing at Fu Yilan's nose with unwavering determination, looking down at her from a high vantage point. "Fu Yilan, I'm telling you clearly, this is what I did. To retaliate against you for creating this forum to defame me."

Indeed, Fu Yilan had never known about this before. She was just a resident band member at the bar. Why did everyone call her Xiaotai Mei, and this unfounded forum was even more inexplicable, with rumors about her every day.

It wasn't until she obtained memories from her sister and learned that her sister had repeatedly hired hackers that Lixia knew it was Fu Yilan's doing.

Fu Yilan stared bitterly at Lixia's high heels in front of her, a surge of hatred filling her heart. How dare she challenge her so openly, underestimating her. Her teeth almost broke, but what she said was:

"It wasn't me."

Lixia disdainfully raised her eyebrows, and with a slight movement of her toes, the sole of her shoe landed on Fu Yilan's nose.

Fu Yilan was shocked, falling backward, staring at Lixia in disbelief. Her nose was now stuck with the soil from Lixia's shoe, the smell particularly pungent. Fu Yilan wished she could tear her apart.

"Not you? But I believe it was you," Lixia said with familiarity, no longer bothering with any niceties. She retracted her foot, silently harboring some resentment that couldn't be dispelled, deciding to exact revenge one step at a time.

"Aren't you going to save your sister?" Lixia sneered.

Fu Yilan finally realized, too late to groom herself or confront Lixia, she rushed off in a panic. But when she arrived, her sister Fu Silan still appeared gentle and composed, chatting with a few friends as if nothing was wrong.

She was dumbfounded, only to realize that she had been tricked by Lixia.

But before she could leave, several people saw her embarrassed appearance. "Yilan, what's wrong?" Fu Silan also walked over curiously.

Fu Yilan was about to tearfully accuse Lixia of bullying her. But her classmates pushed the cake over, and the birthday song began.

Fu Silan smiled and made a wish, just about to blow out the candles when Lixia's voice came over cheerfully, "Happy birthday to my sister, Lixia."

Su Qiao felt surprised, "Is it also Lixia's birthday today? What a coincidence."

Fu Yilan felt a stab in her heart. Ironically, she softly smiled and said, "Yes, it's quite a coincidence. My sister was born in the early morning, while Lixia's second sister was born at midnight." She emphasized the "second sister."

Lixia smiled faintly, "But I think Silan is the second sister, after all, she was born seven months premature."

Fu Yilan was shocked, and those around them were also surprised. The relationship between the Fu family and the Lixia family, which no one had mentioned in the past ten years because the eldest daughters were born on the same day, was now brought to light. But this piece of news...

Fu Yilan felt almost insane inside, but she maintained a smile on the surface, just about to refute gently when Lixia looked at Fu Silan with a smile, "Second sister, what do you say?"

Fu Silan didn't seem surprised at all, raising her glass with a smile, "Yes, Lixia should be my eldest sister. Happy birthday, sister."

Fu Yilan couldn't believe it, but Su Qiao also raised her glass, "Wishing both Lixia and Silan a happy birthday." Others followed suit, joining in the cheer.

After the cake was distributed, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Fu Yilan pulled Fu Silan aside, "Sister, are you crazy? Just admit it!"

Fu Silan remained silent, handing over her phone, "She sent the video to my phone."

Fu Yilan was stunned, only now realizing that she had been following this forum, but her phone hadn't made a sound. So, Lixia's claim that she had posted it on the forum just now was also a lie.

"Sister, you really... this video is edited. Even if she posts it, I'll post a complete version next time, and everything will be fine." Although Fu Yilan was naturally afraid, the cold wind blew, and she quickly calmed down.

Fu Silan shook her head, "She has the hospital records from when I was born prematurely. If I don't admit it, she will make them public. Although," she sighed, "she will eventually make them public anyway."

Fu Yilan was stunned. How long had Lixia been awake, and how did she know so much about the past?

Fu Silan looked at the short-haired girl chatting with Ni Luo in the distance, sighing lightly, "Besides, I was born prematurely. Mom," she paused, her eyes filled with indescribable emotions, "was originally the third party."

She walked away after speaking.

Fu Yilan watched her figure disappear, feeling frustrated. She took her sister's phone, thought for a moment, and without hesitation, switched to her backup phone and uploaded the video to the forum.

Meanwhile, Lixia's phone rang. She was also a registered member of the "Xiao Tai Mei" forum, with a special notification tone.

Opening it, as she expected, the video had indeed been posted.

In just a few minutes, there were already hundreds of comments, full of keywords like "slut," "bitch," "shameless," "dirty," and "chaotic."

It seemed that someone was quite skilled at self-deprecation, even willing to attribute those shameful and obscene comments to herself.

Lixia smiled slightly, tapped her finger on the screen a few times, and then took out the backup storage card from her phone.

After completing this quietly, she turned around and smiled at Ni Luo, "Can I have your number? Perhaps, someday I'll need a bassist for my band."

She wouldn't form a band, nor did she need a bassist, but she knew that this 21-year-old man was a stock market expert.

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