Chapter 374: Praising to Destroy

"Have you considered the surrounding development of Yan Le Yuan?"

Su Xi worries that his own family has forgotten, that Yan Le Yuan is in the Qingshan District developed by their own family. All the designs for that place are handled by their family's designers, and Su Yu knows every section clearly.

"If someone maliciously buys the surrounding land and turns it into a cemetery or a polluting industry, Yan Le Yuan's reputation will be completely ruined."

The internet's making‑and‑destroying‑gods routine is something Su Xi knows well. When Su Yu became famous, he studied it seriously. Thus, Meng Xianle has a team specifically responsible for Su Yu's public opinion.

"This looks more like someone else's scheme. If you don't respond directly, your traffic will drop sharply. If you do respond directly, you won't have enough funds to build enough Yan Le Yuan to satisfy every netizen. Even if a small portion are satisfied, they may not storm the front lines for you online. The remaining unsatisfied demands may lead extremists to retaliate against you in the worst possible way."

First they elevate a person high, then set a dilemma trap, and then start releasing false news to drain that person's popularity.

"I guess the next thing will be false reports of Su Yu building Yan Le Yuan in different places."

Su Xi doesn't know when their family provoked such an enemy! Otherwise he can't understand why the opponent would use this method to ruin Su Yu, aren't they afraid of her retaliation? Negotiating profit sharing with an enemy, turning enemy into friend—when dealing with a foe, it's endless conflict! Su Yu quickly thought of the key: "They aren't worried that the authorities will help; perhaps the authorities would rather see my investment fail, sending me back to be a researcher, especially since I also created a Holographic Online Game. That thing, many people are interested in, right?"

Su Yu even suspects that some officials are also involved.

"Hmm!"

Su Xi isn't worried about the investment being a total loss; he's more concerned that the mastermind behind the scenes is weaving a web, gradually trapping Su Yu in a cage, constantly forcing her to concede, eventually turning her into someone else's puppet.

【Indeed, it's a big problem, Wulongcha, have you found out who did it?】

【Found it, it's a spy.】

【A spy?】

【Yes, it's your internal spy, the kind that knows about the constraints imposed on you from above.】

【Did he act?】

【No, he hinted that his subordinates should handle it. He's a double agent, secretly holding two identities. The first identity is that he was sent by a foreign security department, grew up in your country, rose to a high position through nepotism and assistance from other spies as an undercover. The second identity is that he's a direct subordinate of the director of a certain Immortal Base we once blackmailed, helping the director smuggle biological tissue out.】

【These kinds of dog things should be paired with a hundred Misfortune Cards?】

Wulongcha hesitated a bit, 【The person who arranged this is him, but the executor is not him; dealing with him won't improve your situation.】

Everyone has been arranged, so it will probably follow the usual pattern. If Su Yu only deals with him, the cost‑benefit ratio is low.

【Don't worry, the state will intervene; I'm going to cause a stir with Luyingying right now.】

"Mom, take your time choosing a city you like; I'll go talk with Luyingying."

Luyingying: I don't believe a word you say! Su Yu first said she wanted to go to the garden to chat with Luyingying, and Luyingying agreed.

All the way there, Su Yu remained quiet, which made Luyingying feel uneasy.

When they arrived at the garden, Luyingying faced a roaring‑emperor version of Su Yu.

"Why do you not allow me to infiltrate the normal system, yet ignore that I'm being plotted against?"

"Was the promise you made earlier to let me live a normal life a lie?"

"Or are you so dim‑witted that you want to force me out of the country?"

"Is this again your chaotic ghost test? Or a drill?! When will you finally abandon these harmful, self‑destructive trials that toy with me for fun?"

Luyingying feels deeply wronged! She knows nothing! She was inexplicably subjected to a roar! She decides that when she returns, she will unleash Su Yu's roar in front of the leaders! She'll do it as often as possible! After it goes online and she sees the Hot Search, Luyingying feels uneasy. Her account has permissions, and she's certain that some accounts fanning the flames are official troll accounts. Anyone who can use those accounts must be an insider!

Luyingying now only hopes that someone is just greedy for money, earning some side income! If it's truly a deliberate targeting of Su Yu, she can't even imagine how chaotic the inside would be!

"I'll report back immediately!"

Luyingying made a call, and all Hot Search items related to Su Yu disappeared!

The netizens discussing it looked completely baffled! Meanwhile, the onlookers were delighted! At last, Su Yu wasn't hogging the screen! The Hot Search issue was resolved, but the matter remained unsolved. The Su Family kept debating where to build Yan Le Yuan and whether the surrounding land could be taken for development.

Each family member has their own ideas, and they haven't been able to reach a consensus.

Su Yu, the one providing the money, is actually the most laid‑back one.

She has to wait for Wulongcha's news, to hear how that person got unlucky, otherwise she can't vent! Wulongcha went and threw the hundred Misfortune Cards that Su Yu had specifically drawn with Lucky Cards at the culprit, then started recording with the system's built‑in camera, while the main system was sleeping in the space.

On the other side, Su Yu kept listening to the family's arguments until bedtime, and said "Good night!" to them.

Ji Yan smiled gently, "Go take a shower and go to sleep; you're still young and can still grow taller!"

"Okay!"

Su Yu is now 1.67 m tall, and she is quite satisfied with her height. But Ji Yan is not so pleased with that height, always muttering secretly that she was ruined by the Jiang Family back then, otherwise she could have grown taller! "Mom, good night!"

Su Yu gave Ji Yan a hug, left the study, returned to her room to wash up, then lay on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

Su Yu woke up the next day, was daydreaming in the garden, when Luyingying informed her that she had a new batch of bodyguards.

"What good are bodyguards?"

Su Yu was simply puzzled. Her own combat ability wasn't low, and she already had a large group of bodyguards provided by Su Xi, so she didn't need extra ones! Luyingying mistakenly thought Su Yu was still angry. She also understood! If she had Su Yu's talent but was treated like this, she would definitely go to heaven!

"Foreign spies are already targeting you; for your safety, the higher-ups have assigned you a team that can bear weapons, just in case."

"Oh, but I'll still get scolded at home!"

Su Yu is truly unhappy! The older she gets, the more painful it becomes! Life now is worse than when she was a child! Luyingying, seeing Su Yu's mood off, immediately tried to counsel her. After listening to Luyingying's nagging, Su Yu remained silent.

Su Yu's attitude unintentionally put considerable pressure on Luyingying.

When Luyingying reported upward, she also emphasized Su Yu's attitude.

The higher-ups accelerated verification and cross‑checking of the participants.

If you don't investigate, you don't know; once investigated, you're shocked.

This time, too many people are involved! So many that the superiors began hesitating whether to act. If they were to pull all these people for interrogation, it would cause a small‑scale panic! Su Yu doesn't know the superiors' affairs; she's at home eating the southern specialty fried sugar dumplings, swinging her leg while Wulongcha describes that spy's unlucky daily life. A few days ago, Chang Shouguang was working, when Wulongcha appeared and slammed a bunch of Misfortune Cards onto him.

The Misfortune Cards took effect quickly.

His computer broke!

It wasn't his work computer, but the one he used privately to transmit secret messages via video.

He hesitated repeatedly, then decided to go out and find someone to help repair it. To ensure a smooth journey, he specifically took a unit vehicle.

He had just driven the car out when the newly emerging "Ask‑Politics Live Broadcast" arrived at the unit, interviewing everyone there.

Everyone in the unit was present, but Chang Shouguang was absent, having left early without a leave slip!

The live‑broadcast staff, seeing the empty spot, began asking the questions netizens wanted to ask.

Everyone present from the unit was trembling, daring not to stand out, fearing that being too diligent would get them in trouble with the leaders! After half an hour of streaming in the political inquiry live broadcast room, Chang Shouguang still hadn't arrived, and the staff, urged by netizens, proactively asked the secretary here to call Chang Shouguang.

The secretary, upon hearing the request, immediately fainted!

Even though she fainted, it didn't stop the staff from acting. They picked up the secretary's shared landline and called Chang Shouguang.

"What is it?"

Chang Shouguang's tone was very unpleasant!

He was worried about his computer. He had just asked someone, and they outright refused to take on the repair job. He now didn't need to worry about leaks, because perhaps no one cared! "Hello, we are staff from the political inquiry live broadcast…"

During the staff's live broadcast, the viewers in the room heard a Boom— and an Ah— scream! "There's been a car accident, call 120 quickly!"

Because Chang Shouguang violated traffic rules, he was taken to the hospital for examination. And due to this accident, plus his tardiness and early leaving during work hours, he was dismissed by the superiors!

Chang Shouguang's dismissal was exactly learned by his arch‑rival. When Chang Shouguang was released on bail, he found that everyone around him knew his disgrace, even his in‑laws were ruined! "What's going on? How could so many people know?"

Chang Shouguang's hands trembled as he began to worry about his own life and his family's lives!

His family's resentment toward him was sky‑high! "What's wrong? It's still you! If you were in the live room during the broadcast, no one would have dug up your whole family's information. I filed a warning notice, but the news spread even faster! They think it's genuine news!"

From top to bottom, Chang Shouguang's household was fretting over information security!

And Chang Shouguang's life had no bottom to its misfortune, only more misfortune!

Just as he was on the brink of leaving the political arena, Misfortune Card kicked him straight into the prison circle!

His computer passed through several technicians and finally booted up. But when it started, it revealed Chang Shouguang's leaked internal department chat logs! Misfortune Card kept pressing, and Chang Shouguang's chats, down to his personal contacts, were thoroughly investigated by the superiors!

The deeper the investigation, the more people Chang Shouguang implicated, and eventually he wanted to kill himself!

But as a key witness, he was rescued!

While on his sickbed, Chang Shouguang thought for a long time but couldn't figure out who he had offended to warrant such overwhelming force. In just a few days, he went from a lofty leader to a bedridden prisoner needing medical sustenance! ……

Su Yu felt wonderful after hearing Chang Shouguang's ordeal!

【Spending this one million was quite worth it! Anyone connected to Chang Shouguang is on the list above!】

Wulongcha checked it and was somewhat dissatisfied, 【There are too many people, they are still hesitating! If we handle it lightly, the money might be wasted! As for your compensation, it'll probably be just a small amount, as long as we don't lose money, that's fine!】

Wulongcha is used to getting a return after each card use, even a boost, and is very dissatisfied with this card's result! 【Isn't it still undecided? Maybe there's a turn of events!】

【Maybe!】

Su Yu's discussion with Wulongcha didn't affect her good mood; she hummed a tune, intending to go to work, when Liang Yan stopped her.

"Huo Huo, what's wrong?"

"Don't go out; outside the door there are a bunch of reporters, the kind of gossip‑entertainment reporters with no bottom line!"

"???"

Su Yu asked in confusion, "Why not let the bodyguards send them away?"

We have many bodyguards at home! Some even carry weapons! Liang Yan lowered her head, "It's useless; they're like indestructible little cockroaches—once sent away, they find a way to squeeze back in! They keep following me, tangled like a nightmare."

"Oh, is it coming at you?"

Liang Yan nodded in acknowledgment, "Yes, it's aimed at me."

Bored, Liang Yan, following her father's advice, began selecting people to use as love‑experience cards!

She has money and resources, so the disposable love‑experience cards she finds are mostly good‑looking and experienced! Liang Yan enjoys herself, analyzing scumbag tactics from a girlfriend's perspective, cracking them one by one.

It was originally consensual, and Liang Yan isn't the type to force anyone.

"He's just an eighteenth‑line obscurity in the entertainment circle, still trying to manipulate me to climb up! I really hate people like that!"

Liang Yan had an accident and ran into an eighteenth‑line male star. At first he pretended to be fine, and Liang Yan wanted to bring him home to share the joy of finding a partner with her parents. He then quietly demanded resources and tried to meddle in managing her assets! Even unmarried, his ambition was huge; if they married, Liang Yan feared he would swallow her up!

So Liang Yan dumped him! But that dump caused its own problems! Recently, Su Yu's popularity surged, and consequently Liang Yan and Tang Can also attracted netizen attention. The two‑or‑three things the eighteenth‑line star and the future female CEO had to discuss made gossip‑entertainment reporters swarm Liang Yan like crazy.

The eighteenth‑line male star kept hyping his beloved wife, but reporters were more eager to dig up material on Liang Yan, showing no interest in those performances.

After seeing the man's looks, Su Yu wondered whether Liang Yan's parents were too strict. Could an appearance beyond the thirty‑eighth line and the scheming of an eighteenth‑line star both trouble Liang Yan?

"There are so many similar faces, why waste so much money?"

That man's entry into the eighteenth line was all thanks to Liang Yan's money! Update #13~

It's already fixed, good night~