Their Punching Bag Became The Storm novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123 The MastChapter 122 Vee’s Sidekick, Whitney’s Sidekick

Whitney’s slender fingers brushed the phone screen, her touch graceful, almost like a greeting.

In no time, streams of complex code flooded the display.

The phone shifted to a secret app, shrouded in mystery.

As the code merged, a chat–like window suddenly popped up.

Whitney started typing.

Vee: [Find a way to buy up as many Anderson family shares as possible from individual investors at rock–bottom prices while their stock is crashing.]

Vee: [Wait until the Anderson family’s stock drops further, then jump in and buy more.]

The moment Vee sent her message, an instant reply popped up on the screen.

Vee’s Fan: [Vee, you’re actually here! Where did you suddenly come from? You vanished for two whole years. Do you know how hard it’s been for me?]

Vee’s Fan: [Vee, did the Anderson family do something to offend you? Why are you looking to buy their shares now? Vee’s Fan: [Trust me on this one. Let’s not get involved with the Anderson family’s stock yet.]

In a few seconds, Vee’s Fan blew up the chat with a storm of messages and a flood of crazy memes and reaction images, all to show how excited they were.

Whitney shot back with a single question mark.

Ssues with the Anderson family lately, too. I was actually planning to mess

Vee’s Fan: [Honestly, I’ve been having some issu with them and teach them a lesson.]

Vee’s Fan: [But then I got some intel. The Anderson family messed with someone recently; someone they shouldn’t have and couldn’t afford to offend. Their stock’s probably gonna keep tanking for the next month.]

With the Anderson famil

‘The Anderson family messed with someone they really shouldn’t have?‘ Whitney wondered, her eyes narrowing.

clout in Roynfort, if a rival wanted to go after them, they’d have to think twice.

If things actually got ugly, it’d end up hurting both sides.

So unless things got re

serious, all the big players would pretend everything was fine on the surface.

‘Who could the Anderson family have possibly offended, to make Vee’s Fan think they won’t survive another month?‘ Whitney wondered.

Vee’s Fan: [Vee,

anything ourselves.]

else is already targeting the Anderson family from the shadows, we don’t really need to do

Vee’s Fan: [Did the Son family keep you locked up these past two years or something? Now that you have finally

gotten out, are you

Whitney was speechle

to start your revenge plan?]

Whitney glanced at the man still out cold on the couch.

A faint suspicion

ein

Whitney kept typing.

Vee: [It’s fine. Just

Vee’s Fan: [Since

her heart.

1. me. Go buy their stock.]

Said

Vee, you can count on me. I’ll get it done, no matter what!]

Whitney sent back a quick reply and logged off.

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Meanwhile, in the neighboring city, Charlie was super excited, typing away like crazy. But before he could hit send, the chat window with Vee suddenly disappeared from his screen.

Charlie’s hands froze.

Then he grabbed his head and howled like a drama queen.

Charlie thought, “Seriously, Vee vanished for two years, finally comes back, and she doesn’t bother to catch up with me?

‘She gave me an order and then logged off like I’m some errand boy!

‘She’s such a player. I can’t deal with it!

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As soon as she gets what she wants, she ditches me. What a heartless woman!‘

He hugged his little yellow duck plushie, let out a dramatic howl, and chomped down on its beak.

‘I need to go online and binge watch some Wild Beauty videos, my new goddess, to soothe this heart that Vee broke, Charlie thought, feeling totally betrayed.

Still biting down on his duck plushie’s beak, Charlie scooted his butt back over to his computer.

His screen was filled with a bunch of videos, some already edited, some still in the middle of editing.

And right there, front and center, was Whitney’s face.

If anyone had been glued to the internet lately, or was obsessed with the latest stream drama, they’d instantly recognize that username on the screen.

That was the same creator who went through every camera angle, frame by frame, to catch Emily sneaking out of sight and pushing Whitney down the slope in Real Survival.

He was the one who edited the clip of Emily shoving Whitney, blew it up online, and set the record straight for Whitney. He was also the one who highlighted the scene where Emily, after scheming to make Whitney break her leg, deliberately hurt her own foot and gave herself a tiny scratch.

He showed Emily, after that little scratch, playing the victim and manipulating her brother and the crew into thinking Whitney was the one who hurt her.

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He highlighted how Whitney’s leg was covered in blood, and then later, after a casual wrap of gauze, she was back on her feet as if nothing had happened, never once using her injury as an excuse to slack off.

He also showed Emily, who had a tiny scratch that would’ve healed on its own if she’d waited a bit, wrapping it up in layer after layer of bandages, then collapsing into her brother’s arms, putting on a dramatic show.

He put all those clips side by side for a direct comparison.

After those frame–by–frame edited videos blew up online, he took the chance to start Whitney’s official fan club.

He was basically Whitney’s biggest fan, her number one stan.

Most viewers watched variety

for every tiny detail.

So it was super easy

especially livestreams, without a magnifying glass in hand, not nitpicking or hunting

a ton of li

little things to slip right past them.

What Charlie did was painstakingly comb through every guest’s stream, frame by frame, digging up all those overlooked moments and any footage of Emily and Whitney, then editing them all together.

Charlie was determined to make sure everyone saw Emily for the manipulative faker she really was.

Charlie fired up his editing software and eagerly got to work on another video.

Suddenly, his other phone started ringing.

this

It had a

Charlie

it

up

without glancing at the screen and snapped impatiently, “Who is this? Don’t you know the rules? If you

k business,

dll my guy, not me.”

Taylor?” The voice on the other end was deep and cold.

of authority.

ed his

duck plushie’s paw. “Yeah, that’s me.”

The voice on the other end asked, “You’re Whitney’s Sidekick.”

It wasn’t a question. It was a straight–up statement.

Charlie raised an eyebrow, instantly catching on. “So, you’re from the Anderson family? Here to negotiate with me?” With that, he basically owned up to it that he was the one who edited all those clips about Emily and Whitney online, the infamous Whitney’s Sidekick.

After a couple of seconds of silence, the deep voice finally spoke up. “I’m the current head of the Anderson Group, and Emily’s older brother, Brandon Anderson.”

Charlie thought, That scheming Emily’s brother?

‘So this is the mastermind behind all those online attacks on Whitney?‘

He’d been itching to track Brandon down himself.

And now, Brandon was handing himself over on a silver platter.

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Charlie snorted. “Mr. Anderson, calling me yourself? What is this, some soap opera cliché? Gonna hand me a blank check and expect me to hand over my account?”

He totally exposed Brandon’s real intentions with that one.

Brandon went quiet for a few seconds before finally speaking, his voice icy. “You should know what happens when you cross the Anderson family.”

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Chapter 123 The Mastermind

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Charlie couldn’t help but laugh. That cute, young face of his suddenly had a wicked, sarcastic grin on it.

“Brandon, do you know what happens if you cross me?” Charlie sneered.

Brandon’s brows furrowed at Charlie’s cocky, arrogant words.

Brandon’s face was clouded with frustration and exhaustion. Lately, dealing with company issues had left himry at his wits‘ end.

No matter what solutions the Anderson family tried to implement, nothing could stop the Anderson Group’s stock from plummeting.

And then there was that blogger, Vee’s Fan, who kept posting videos every day, all of them targeting Emily and painting ber in a bad light.

Emily was the Anderson family’s heiress.

Every move she made, every scandal she got involved in, would impact the Anderson Group.

Brandon never paid much attention to those internet troublemakers; he handed them off to the PR team, thinking they’d sort it out without breaking a sweat.

But the PR team tried everything, throw

out online threats, offering a high price, and promising all kinds of benefits.

stand up for his goddess Whitney and

Still, Vee’s Fan wouldn’t budge, acting like a stubborn, rebellious teen, determined

reveal Emily’s two–faced nature to everyone.

He couldn’t be swayed by threats or bribes.

After the Anderson Group reached out to him, he went ahead and dropped the entire chat history with their PR team online for everyone to see.

Luckily, the PR team had chosen their words carefully, so the threats and intimidation could be spun to sound less incriminating.

Even the threats got twisted into something that didn’t make them look too shady.

It didn’t cause a massive uproar, but thanks to that move, the Anderson Group became a total laughingstock online.

Since they couldn’t shut down the blogger online, the Anderson Group decided it was time to handle things offline.

So, they were going to take care of him face–to–face.

These young keyboard warriors, all obsessed with their idols, acted like angry stans online.

Online, they threw punches and talked big, but offline, every single one of them turned meek and timid, too scared to utter a word.

Brandon waved his hand, telling his people to track down the real person behind the Vee’s Fan account.

But Brandon soon realized his team came up empty–handed.

It was as if someone had deliberately put up a wall around that account. No matter how they tried to trace the posts, track the video IPs, or contact the platform admins directly, they still couldn’t get a single clue about who was behind it.

Still, they came up with nothing.

Brandon realized he might have run into a real hard nut, someone who wasn’t going to be pushed around.

He started acting like the Anderson Group’s stock nosedive these past couple of days was all the blogger’s fault.

Brandon started to suspect that this blogger might actually be connected to the mastermind plotting against the Anderson family.

So, he went straight to Joel and told him to hack into the blogger’s account.

Joel was a legendary hacker, one of the absolute best in all of Centlandia.

Brandon trusted Joel completely and was always proud to show him off.

But Joel, who’d started out all casual and laid–back, suddenly straightened up, his expression shifting from relaxed to intense. His eyes went wide as he was dead serious.

He was more serious than when he was competing in those big hacking tournaments.

Joel said, “That blogger’s probably a badass hacker, too. All their info is buried under a mountain of fake data.”

Joel pulled an all–nighter, hacking non–stop.

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It was only after that all–night battle that he finally cracked the guy’s name and phone number.

Joel hadn’t felt the rush of a real hacking showdown like this in ages.

When Joel heard Brandon was planning to meet the guy face–to–face and negotiate, he jumped at the chance to tag along. He couldn’t wait to see who this tech genius really was.

Then, Brandon’s phone played a voice, young, definitely a teenager, maybe eighteen or nineteen tops.

Brandon and Joel exchanged glances, both feeling something was seriously off.

‘No way, the guy behind all this is some kid?’ Brandon and Joel both thought, stunned.

But honestly, the younger they were, the easier they were to fool.

Brandon had planned to flex his CEO aura and put the kid in his place.

But to his surprise, the kid was cockier than he

‘What kind of nerve does this kid have to actually challenge the Anderson Group head–on?‘ Brandon thought, his eyes narrowing.

Brandon’s eyes darkened. “Mr. Taylor, if I can get your phone number, finding you in person is as easy.”

“Oh, you’re threatening me?” Charlie scoffed, totally unfazed. “Go ahead, come find me. If I ever get scared of you, I’ll eat my words.”

With that, Charlie ended the call with a snap.

Then, he carelessly tossed his phone aside and went back to his computer.

Charlie thought, ‘What kind of idiot thinks he can mouth off to me? The Anderson family?

‘They’ve already pissed off someone way out of their league. The Anderson Group is barely holding on. What kind of consequences can they threaten me with now?

‘And besides, they had also messed with Vee.

‘Once Vee steps in, the Anderson family is doomed.

‘Give it a month, tops.

‘The Anderson family

would be forced to declare bankruptcy. No way they’d survive.

‘And after all that, they still think they can swagger in front of me?”

Charlie sneered, eyes locked on the editing software. Without hesitation, he dove right in. They dared to threaten him. Then they tasted the consequences of threatening him.

Today, he was dropping a huge scandal to make the Anderson family suffer more.

Meanwhile, over at the Anderson Group, Brandon’s face turned stormy after Charlie hung up on him.

After so many years sitting at the top, he was used to everyone giving him face. It had been a long time since anyone dared

to treat him like this.

The key was that the kid was incredibly arrogant.

“That Charlie guy definitely has someone backing him. This is a deliberate plot against the Anderson family,” Joel said, his

tone serious. Joel couldn’t shake the feeling that Charlie’s last words were a taunt aimed right at him.

It was as if he was saying that the fact that someone could find his number didn’t mean they could find him.

Brandon clenched his phone, his face icy with rage. “Find him. Bring that kid to me, now!”

The kid was bold enough to swagger right up to him.

Without taking action, he couldn’t consider himself a real CEO.

Joel let out a resigned sigh and pulled out his laptop.

Honestly, he was itching to meet that kid face–to–face.

He was a legend in the hacking world, and yet some brat actually dared to provoke him.

He was determined to teach that kid a lesson he wouldn’t forget.

“Who knows, maybe the mastermind behind all this is actually Whitney,” Joel sneered, his fingers tapping away at the keyboard.

Whitney was the one pulling all the strings behind the mess the Anderson family had found themselves in.

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They pushed Whitney onto that live show to make her play second fiddle to Emily and keep an eye on her.

But Whitney, she deliberately kept causing drama with Chase and Emily during the livestream, picking fights every chance

she got.

That’s what set off this whole mess.

Joel figured the Anderson family’s crisis was probably Whitney’s doing. She was out for payback, stirring up trouble behind

the scenes.

Brandon raised an eyebrow, his eyes turning icy as he stared at Joel.

His gaze grew colder, the darkness in his eyes deepening.

‘It probably has something to do with the Pierce fa

amily

He thought, ‘If Whitney really is behind all this. Then the one

who

been relentlessly targeting the Anderson family latel

‘If the Pierce family really got involved.

‘Then we’re in serious trouble.‘

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