Zhao Datong, who was in the room, jumped when the door was thrust open. He leaped up from the chair, but as soon as he realized it was Qin Yalu barging in, he calmed down considerably. After settling back into his seat nonchalantly, Zhao Datong asked, "What's up?"

Hearing Zhao Datong's indifferent inquiry only made Qin Yalu more furious. She glanced at him and quickly said, "What was that you posted on the forum? Collecting car fees by force, strong-arming sales—were those things even true?"

Facing such a direct and fierce scolding, Zhao Datong was instantly annoyed!

The next moment, Zhao Datong coldly retorted, "What does it have to do with you whether it's true or not? I'll post whatever I want! If you have nothing else, get out of here!"

In his view, Qin Yalu's sharp criticism was just her way of defending Hu Xiaobei...

Since she was defending Hu Xiaobei, it meant she wasn't on his side, so naturally, there was no need to beat around the bush with her!

When he told her to get lost, Qin Yalu became so angry that she started hopping, "You... you better delete it now! Take down that report!"

"Feeling sorry, are we? Are you worried it'll hurt your lover?" Zhao Datong taunted.

"You... what nonsense are you spouting! I'm telling you to delete it for your own good. If people find out you fabricated the reports, you're finished! Got it?"

The first rule of journalism is to be factual!

Zhao Datong had completely forgotten this, and Qin Yalu was genuinely worried for him!

"For me? What a joke! It's for your lover! Get out! I don't want to see you!"

"You... you're being unreasonable!"

Having said that, Qin Yalu stormed out!

Watching Qin Yalu turn on her heel and leave, Zhao Datong growled, "Slut! Soon, you'll realize I'm ten thousand times stronger than that piece-of-shit Hu Xiaobei!"

After uttering these words, he threw the cup beside him to the ground with venomous anger!

In his mind, he was innumerable times better than Hu Xiaobei. As long as he proved it, Qin Yalu would see his worth and come crawling back to him!

With that thought, he laughed maniacally. The next moment, he opened the forum and continued to post all sorts of 'real' articles...

And just like that, a dozen or so articles completely tarnished the reputation of Xiaohe Village and Hu Xiaobei...

After leaving Zhao Datong, Qin Yalu headed straight for Lin Nan's office, knowing that Zhao Datong had gone mad and wanting Team Leader Lin to speak to him!

But upon arriving at Lin Nan's office, she realized he wasn't there!

"What's going on now!" she wondered, urgently dialing Lin Nan's number, "Team Leader Lin, why aren't you at the office now?"

"It's Yalu! There's major news right now; I can't go into too much detail with you because it's not yet confirmed to be true! Anyway, I won't be able to return for the next few days, so the 'Harvest' section will be your and Zhao Datong's responsibility! All the materials and photos, I've already sent them to Zhao Datong!"

Hearing that he was off handling another piece of news at such a critical time, Qin Yalu was stunned, "But..."

Before Qin Yalu could finish, Lin Nan interrupted her, "No time to explain, I've got to jump in the car now! This news has to stay confidential for now, so if anyone asks, say I'm sick! That's that, then!"

"Team Leader, Team..."

Qin Yalu wanted to say more, but all she heard was the busy tone – the call was cut off!

Knowing that he had obviously hung up, she sighed. Calling back, the only response she got was that his phone had been turned off.

Realizing there was no way to reach him now, Qin Yalu frowned, quickly composed herself, and walked back to Zhao Datong's office.

Hearing footsteps, Zhao Datong, who was busily fabricating stories, looked up and saw Qin Yalu. He sneered, "Back again? Ready to apologize, are you?"

At Zhao Datong's words, Qin Yalu, with visible repulsion, glanced at him and said, "Stop joking! I just want to know if Team Leader Lin sent you all of our previously shot photos on the harvest?"

Hearing her question, Zhao Datong flatly admitted, "Yes! I've already submitted all the photos just now!"

Relieved to hear that Zhao Datong had submitted the photos, Qin Yalu let out a sigh of relief, "That's good! The photos of Xiaohe Village turned out really well this time, so we're bound to win an award!"

Seeing Qin Yalu's joyous expression, Zhao Datong lightly tapped the desk, then mocked, "You know, Qin Yalu, I think you may have misunderstood! I said I submitted them, but did I ever specify that I submitted Xiaohe Village's photos?"

"Huh? What... what do you mean?"

Seeing Qin Yalu's expression turn sour, Zhao Datong laughed and said, "Photos dispatched from a dump like Xiaohe Village are trash. I deleted all of them earlier. The photos I just submitted are the ones I took at our Zhaojialou Village! I'm sure they'll win an award! Then our village will get its spotlight too! As for Xiaohe Village? It'll also become famous, but for its infamy!"

Qin Yalu panicked!

"You... you know very well that those photos from your village won't make it!"

"I know our village's photos are a bit lacking! But now, with Team Leader Lin gone, what I say goes! So you might as well leave! The photos have been submitted already!"

"I'll cancel them right away!"

Hearing this, Zhao Datong sneered disdainfully and said coldly, "Cancel? You think you can just revoke a submission?"

Realizing cancellation was impossible, Qin Yalu began to tremble, "You... your blind retaliation will come back to bite you!"

"Retaliation leading to consequences? Just because I've crossed a worthless farmer? Let me tell you, I just want to crush him because he's a pushover, and I want that trash to know that he's nothing compared to me! If there's nothing else, leave! I still have a few 'factual' reports to write!"

"You... you've really lost your mind!"

"This isn't insanity; I'm just teaching that idiot a lesson! I will keep flooding the internet with various reports these next few days, making Xiaohe Village's name even more foul!"

"You're beyond help!"

After a silent sigh, Qin Yalu left the place, truly unable to waste any more words on this trash...

"Beyond help? I don't need you idiots to save me; I'm going to make my village's reputation skyrocket soon. Then, I want to see what you idiots can do!"

As he spoke, he laughed wildly and quickly sat down to continue crafting various false and unsubstantiated rumors…

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