The authorities would soon delete indecent photos involving personal privacy. Since it was Christmas, most staff were on holiday, and only a few on duty were responsible for all the company affairs, so they didn't act quickly.
It was not until the evening that the staff deleted the photos and closed the microblog account. However, the picture had had a big impact. It became a hot search on the microblog. A lot of people forwarded the photo. It was impossible to delete each of them.
At once, Charles tweeted that the photo was processed, and the man in the photo wasn't him. But netizens weren't fools. A few netizens who were good at image processing analyzed the picture from various ways and confirmed that it wasn't processed.
What a reverse! Netizens were completely shocked.
"I didn't expect such a drama. What a play! It's even more exciting than movies."
"Who's the girl? Her figure is fine. But she seems slut."
"Who posted the picture? The girl? Oh, what a woman!"
"Ha, ha. Bad guys won't end well. Charles, you said Sophia was a material girl and betrayed you because of the rich Pearson. Well, why didn't you say you had slept with other women? You want her to still love you after you did that? Shameless scumbag!"
"You got the nerve to explain? Oh, god! You're better than an actor. Good acting! Porn might be more suitable for you. I'm looking forward to seeing you then."
***
Charles became a target and was scolded by netizens. He explained a lot, but there was no turning back. The next day, he couldn't stand it and deleted all his posts.
Looking at the name of Nina, who had been blacklisted on his phone, Charles was upset. He had planned to take advantage of Sophia and Pearson to become popular overnight and then hook up with a top-notch rich woman with his looks and eloquence, and then he would not have to work for the rest of his life.
But everything was ruined by the picture. God knows when she took it. He didn't notice it when he was in bed.
If it wasn't for the money, he didn't want to sleep with a woman like Nina at all. He didn't know she had this hobby.
He trembled with anger and pressed Nina's phone number.
Nina answered it as soon as the phone rang. Her voice was full of arrogance, "Well? You figured everything out?"
Charles swore, "You bitch! You dare to tweet your bed photo on the Internet. Are you crazy? You don't care about your name, but I do!"
Nina wasn't angry at all. She said slowly, "My face is covered. No one knows it's me. They can only see your face. So, who do you think will be humiliated?"
"You…" Charles pissed off, "Why did you do that? What good is it for you to ruin me?"
Nina was silent for a while before slowly saying, "Of course, it's good for me. If you become famous, you will certainly hook up with a richer woman and abandon me. Now you're a scumbag scolded by people. You can only come back to me. I'm Nina, not a dog you can abandon casually."
Her tone slowed down and became very gentle. "Come to me, baby. I won't hate you. I'll be as nice to you as I used to be. In this world, I am the only one who really loves you."
Charles felt goosebumps all over his body as he realized how sick the girl he had been living with for over a year was.
But soon, he thought of another problem, "No. It's not like an idea you can come up with. With your personality, you might just scold me on the Internet. Besides, no account would take the risk of being blocked for you. So… who guided you?"
Everyone knew that the account would be closed after spreading indecent photos. As an influential microblog account, its owner could make millions of dollars just by advertising. To spread the photo, the owner would sacrifice the account. Even if Nina's family was rich, she couldn't make such an influential account do that.
Nina's voice was gentle, "I'd love to tell you, but I don't know who he is. I just provided the picture. These are not important. You think about it. I'll wait for your news. Love you!"
Then, she hung up.
Charles slammed the phone to the ground in anger.
***
What Charles could think of, Sophia thought of it, too.
First, an influential microblog account spread the indecent photo of Charles. Then, the Internet water army commented to hype it. All these were premeditated, and Nina didn't seem to be the one behind them.
She seemed to be the only one who could benefit from it. But who would do that for her?
The first person she thought of was Albert.
But as far as she knew about Albert, it was not like his style of doing things. After all, it was not a glorious thing to spread indecent photos.
Could it be Ryan? He might do that to please Albert.
Sophia called Ryan. She didn't ask him but mentioned it, "Who do you think might have done it?"
Ryan said, "How could I know? But it seems that someone did help you. When Ada attacked you on the Internet last time, someone took an action before I could do anything. Do you have any other secret admirers?"
What?
Ryan laughed, "But what this guy did was amazing. I was upset. As soon as I saw it, I was so happy that I ate two bowls of dumplings. Speaking of which, Charles' figure was terrible. He must never work out."
Sophia didn't know that it was Albert who helped her when Ada slandered her online. She wondered why these messages were somehow deleted, and the bloggers came out to apologize.
It turned out it was him protecting her. But he never told her about it.
She thought about it and realized that Albert had been helping her and did a lot for her. But he did everything in silence and never tell.
What a fool!
***
A few days later, the Super Quiz announced that the final of the tenth season would be recorded on Jan. 10th, and the grand final would be on Jan. 11th. After later editing and processing, the program would be broadcast around Jan. 15th.
Because of the dispute among Albert, Charles, and the mysterious photo girl, the Super Quiz had attracted a lot of attention.. This recording, of course, also attracted wide attention.