Tam.

Before Erica could track down Tessie, she was already a hot item on the news. It had gone viral already.

She hadn't had time to check the headlines, but Rhea called her to tell her all about it! “Erica, something happened. You're on the news!"

‘I'm on the news? What for? Is it about me trashing computers at

Champion Group?’ Erica wondered.

“Is this about Champion Group?" she asked.

“What are you talking about? Someone published an article about you getting violent on campus. Check it for yourself. It's spreading like crazy online!" Rhea sounded really anxious. She called Erica as soon as she found out, but by then she was already a trending topic. She thought her friend might want to know so she could do damage control.

"I used violence on campus?’ Erica was surprised.

She immediately hung up the phone and Logged into her Weibo account.

She clicked on the trending news and sure enough saw her own name, followed by a word all in red-hot!

With trembling hands, she tapped on her name. The first headline of the news read, "Mrs. Hilton (Erica Leonard) Hit a Female Classmate on

Campus. Her Behavior Was Outrageous!"

In the picture over the link, she held Lenora's head under the faucet inside No. Eighteen Primary School. Due to the angle of the shot, only her profile was shown in the picture, but it looked enough like Erica that someone might think it was her.

In the third picture, Lenora's clothes were being torn from her by a group of people, and her classmates were taking photos of her.

Next to the sixth picture was a video where Erica slapped Lenora in the face several times in just one or two minutes. It was most likely a

Looped GIF, but the article didn't say that.

When these maliciously edited photos and videos were posted, everyone was convinced that Erica was an out-of-control psycho!

And that was where the netizens came in, doing what they did best— posting malicious comments and mockery. The comment area of her Weibo was filled with all the vitriol of an outraged fanbase. Everyone demanded an explanation.

Before she could finish reading the news, Matthew gave her a ring.

“Come to my office!" he said. He didn't sound happy.

Hands trembling, Erica answered after a while, "No time. I need to find

Tessie and Julianna." She believed she was innocent and she didn't need to be afraid of what the public thought about her. She knew the malicious rumors going viral online were fake.

But she had underestimated the power of a mob mentality!

Matthew insisted, “If you show your face in Alorith University now, you could be in danger!" Many media outlets had bought this story and reposted it. It went viral on the Internet. So, most people would know about it by now.

If Erica showed up on the steps of Alorith University, she'd be mobbed by angry people who might try to take matters in their own hands