Under this intense pressure, around ten in the morning, Wendy went live.
As the stream began, Wendy gave a simple introduction.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Wendy. Regarding the recent accusations from my parents that I have abandoned them and refused to provide for them, I will be making a clarifying statement here today."
The viewer count skyrocketed, and the chat flew by at an incredible speed, mostly filled with insults.
[WTF, you still have the nerve to go live? You heartless daughter, you scumbag! Trying to clean up your image? Not a chance!]
[Let's see how you spin this. It's a fact that your parents are homeless. It's a fact that they're sick. It's a fact that your brother had a seizure on camera. We saw it all with our own eyes. Are you going to deny it?]
[No matter what you say, it won't change who you are. This is just disgusting. How dare you show your face? If I were you, I'd find a rope and hang myself.]
[I think everyone should calm down. Maybe there's another side to the story. I trust Muse and Melody's judgment, and they've both been supporting Wendy. Maybe she was wrongly accused?]
Netizens in the livestream were divided. Wendy ignored the negative comments and continued to speak to the camera.
"I acknowledge the sacrifices my parents made for me when I was in school. However, from the moment I started college, I paid for all of my own tuition and living expenses. I never asked my family for a single penny, all the way through graduation.
"After I graduated and got a job, I gave my first paycheck to my mother. Every month after that, besides what I needed for rent and basic living expenses, I gave the rest of my salary to her. Yesterday, I went to the bank and printed out my transaction history. You can all see for yourselves. Here is the proof."
She didn't waste a single word. There was no melodrama, no excuses—just a statement of facts.
The livestream chat fell silent. No one had expected Wendy to be so direct, laying out so much of the truth in just a minute.
It turned out the real leeches were the ones playing the victims online.
A cold sneer touched Wendy's lips.
"The reason they reported me is to force me to give them money. I did the math last night. Over the years, I have given my family a total of two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. My total earnings in that time were only two hundred and ninety thousand. I used sixty thousand of that to buy my own apartment. I can say with a clear conscience that I have done nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to them."

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