Seven Years a Fool One Day a Queen (Kristine and Colton) novel Chapter 195

Chapter 195

The live stream had high traffic, but the response from the other side was swift, quickly cutting off the footage, so the incident didn’t spread too widely.

With Calvin’s capabilities, suppressing it wasn’t a difficult task.

Besides, he cared so much for Medea, paving the way for her with real gold and silver.

whenever a problem arose, he was the first to rush over to handle it, always smoothing the way for her.

le truly treated her well.

hat was why Belle was so frustrated.

Typical Calvin, just like his name, always running around wiping others‘ mess! It’s a shame what you did for him!”

liza wholeheartedly agreed with her. “Exactly. He was nice to others, probably hoping they would return the favor. But now that I think about it, it’s better to 1st be good to yourself–no middleman to take a cut!”

elle could tell that Eliza had really moved on from that relationship, and she genuinely felt happy for her.

till she couldn’t help but ask, “Do you feel any regret?”

fter all, those seven years were given with sincerity.

liza thought for a moment and said, “There’s no such thing as regret in this world, just misplaced hopes.”

elle loved Eliza’s straightforwardness. “Anyway, this is definitely worth celebrating! When you’re free, come pick me up from the airport! If you’re not free, I’ll

to your house and be the snail girl!”

f you’re coming back, I’m free anytime.”

Good bestie, forever!”

liza had thought Calvin would be able to suppress this matter, but to her surprise, the incident spread far quicker than he could handle it.

y early the next morning, the fireworks incident had gone viral on the hot search.

loudream faced widespread boycotts and negative reviews, with countless netizens flooding the Cloudream website, condemning their irresponsible actions.

hey even managed to crash Cloudream’s website.

hat wasn’t all just under twenty four hours after its launch, Cloudream’s mobile game was also reported and taken down

is downfall was as fast as a shooting star, and it was quite pitiful.

he situation was eerily familiar

loudream did attempt some crisis management. After the incident escalated, they quickly issued an apology letter, promising to take full responsibility for the mpact of the event.

But the netizens weren’t buying it. They didn’t just stop there and they dug deeper into the forces behind Cloudreams, expusing many issues with the gune

And when they dug, they found quite a bit

The later storylines and settings of Cloudream were filled with huge problems–violence, blood, sexual implications.

There were even suspicions of defaming the country!

The more they dug the worse it became.

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Such highly sensitive issues, touching on fundamental limits, would not be tolerated by anyone.

That’s why Cloudream was taken down in the shortest time possible.

The possibility of recovery was almost zero.

And they would face huge compensation and public lawsuits.

of course, that was something for the future.

tight now, there was a much bigger crisis.

t must be said that netizens today were very capable. Not only did they expose the issues with Cloudream’s storyline, but they also revealed the investors

ehind it.

verup had the highest stake, followed by Kallis Medical.

oth companies suffered major blows from this incident, with their stock prices plummeting.

verup was hit the hardest, with a 4% drop in stock price, losing nearly 13 billion Hong Kong dollars in market value.

allis Medical, already facing business issues, was now on the brink of delisting.

fter this disaster, it was unlikely they would be able to recover.

t the airport, Eliza was waiting at the pickup area for Belle, but she hadn’t come out yet.

ist as she was about to call her, the VIP channel suddenly stirred.

mong the crowd, someone was shouting, “You unscrupulous merchants! You’ll do anything for profit, won’t you? Do you know the damage fireworks can do the local ecology? That’s our blessed area! You went there and blew up the area! What were you thinking?”

Inscrupulous merchants, get out of Washington!”

liza saw Calvin and Medea being surrounded by the media.

he two must have just landed and were hurrying to leave.

o her surprise, the media had already gotten the tip–off and had been waiting there for a while.

the media got the information, environmentalists could easily find out too.

he words she heard earlier were from the environmentalists.

hey were obviously prepared, protesting while not forgetting to throw rotten eggs at the culprits.

alvin was shielding Medea the whole time, making sure she wasn’t captured by the reporters.

When the rotten egg flew toward them, Calvin immediately stepped in front of Medea to block it with his own body.

his scene fell directly into Eliza’s eyes.

ler expression softened for a moment, and she couldn’t help but feel a fleeting sense of familiarity.

She had once protected him from rotten eggs just like this.

Belle’s call came in.

Eliza pulled her gaze away and answered the phone. The strange emotion she had felt just moments ago vanished, leaving behind nothing but a calm

ndifference.

‘Babe, have you come out?” Eliza asked with concern.

Belle cried over the phone, “I twisted my ankle!”

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After picking up Belle, Eliza immediately took her to the hospital to treat the sprained ankle.

When the doctor checked Belle, he furrowed his brows, glancing at her other high–heeled shoe repeatedly.

inally, unable to hold back, he scolded, “I understand that girls love beauty, but isn’t the heel of your shoe a bit too high? You’re so tall, why do you even need igh heels? If you didn’t twist your ankle, who would?”

elle sheepishly touched her nose. “I just got a role as a female agent, and there’s a lot of fighting in high heels, so I’m just getting used to the character.”

he doctor was speechless.

fter accompanying Belle to see the doctor, Eliza helped her downstairs and back home.

the outdoor parking lot of the hospital, Gideon was smoking one cigarette after another.

alf an hour earlier, Mr. Kallis had fainted due to a spike in blood pressure caused by emotional distress.

ortunately, the doctor had acted quickly and saved him from the brink of death.

it his condition was still not optimistic.

le doctor had told Gideon that Mr. Kallis couldn’t withstand any more stress.

deon, feeling heavy–hearted, sought out a quiet place to smoke to ease his emotions.

it after finishing a pack of cigarettes, his feelings hadn’t lightened.

ustrated, he threw the crushed empty pack aside and was about to buy more cigarettes when he bumped into Eliza.

is instinct was to turn and avoid her.

e felt a sense of shame in front of Eliza.

iza brushed past him without stopping.

seemed like she didn’t see him.

r perhaps, she was simply ignoring him.

fter Eliza left, Gideon returned to Mr. Kallis’s hospital room.

1. ir. Kallis had already woken up, and when he saw Gideon enter, he turned his face to the other side, clearly not wanting to see him.

ideon felt guilty, lowered his head, and apologized,

Jad, I’m sorry.”

fter a long silence, Mr. Kallis sighed deeply. “Forget it. I’ve asked too much of you. I knew you weren’t cut out for business, but I still pinned all my hopes on ou, thinking you could save Kallis Medical. What a foolish dream.”

he more he spoke, the lower Gideon’s head sank.

Inform everyone, the shareholder meeting will be on Monday. I will attend in person.”

Gideon’s heart tightened, and his eyes reddened. “Dad, what are you going to do?”

What else can I do? What can I even do like this?” Mr. Kallis gave a bitter smile, “Now, the only thing left to do is announce bankruptcy.”

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