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By midnight, I have cleared up most of the articles and videos . I have deleted the harsh commenters' profiles and my pictures . If anyone posts something about me again, I will be the first one to know . I will remove it before it makes noise .

The doorbell rings . It must be the reporters again . I wonder if they ever sleep . They are swarming at my door like bees . I can't even open my door to get my ramen . Since yesterday, I have been eating the expired instant noodles .

I lay myself down on the bed and logs into the chatroom .

***

Blessed_Noodles has logged in .

Lady_Virgin has changed her user name to Lady_NotVirgin

I_Hack_You: She got some .

PaperWig: @Lady_NotVirgin How was your first time? How many times did you do it?

White_Whiskers: How was the wedding?

Lady_NotVirgin: 5 times @PaperWig It was awesome . Doing it is better than writing it .

I_Hack_U: I guess, you will write better after getting the practical experience .

Lady_NotVirgin: Definitely . I am already working on one .

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White_Whiskers: Share the steamy details .

Blessed_Noodles: Steamy Details +1

Lady_NotVirgin: Hohoho . . . You have to wait for that . I am leaving now . My husband is back .

I_Hack_You: BACK FOR ACTIONS!!!

Blessed_Noodles: Have fun .

PaperWig: I want a girlfriend .

Lady_NotVirgin has logged out .

White_Whiskers: My girlfriend broke up around two weeks ago .

I_Hack_You: @White_Whiskers You had one?

White_Whiskers: Yes, I did . She met her online . She was from K City . I live in T City . I visited her a few times, but we broke up in the end .

Blessed_Noodles: I have a boyfriend too .

White_Whiskers: Who?

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Blessed_Noodles: He is 2D .

PaperWig: You are an otaku, aren't you? @Blessed_Noodles

Blessed_Noodles: No, I just love one manga character . Sakurano Kazu from Shoujo High (Love Is Drug) .

I_Hack_You: 2D wife is best . By the way, did you hear? Someone hacked the social media and the tabloid sites that posted about Kamiyama family's shameful acts .

White_Whiskers: Oh, I know that one . Kamiyama Hitomi's daughter is from my school .

Blessed_Noodles: What?

White_Whiskers: We went to the same elementary school . She was my junior .

PaperWig: She's quite hateful in the video .

I_Hack_You: Everyone called her a leech for living off her relatives .

White .

Blessed_Noodles: She isn't a leech .

I_Hack_You: Do you know her personally?

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Blessed_Noodles: No, we aren't even from the same city .

White_Whiskers: Actually, she was a bright girl before that happened . Because of her mother's actions, she was isolated by her cla.s.smates . When the news died, she changed permanently .

PaperWig: It must have left a psychological trauma as the news said .

I_Hack_You: I wonder who hacked those sites . Kamiyama family must have paid someone .

Blessed_Noodles has logged out .

***

They are gossiping . People cannot resist the lure of pointless speculation about someone else's life . I wonder what is it that they find interesting? Someone else's life is just a story for them . But for that someone, it is a reality . One can't know other's pain by guessing .

Suddenly, I hear a loud noise . I come out of my bedroom and find my door broken . A tall man is standing at the door .

"Who are you?" I pick up the nearest item that I could find . It is a broom . I point it at him . "Are you trying to break in?"

"Takayama Rie, you have some courage . " The voice is eerily cold . The floor creaks when he steps inside the house . I step back with a broom in my hand, slightly trembling . I should have gotten a stronger door and better locks .

"It's you . " I am shocked when I recognize him . He blocks the broom when I try to hit him . A Kamiyama is never welcomed in my house .

"Why are you here?" I pull the broom, but he doesn't let go .

He scowls at me . "Takayama Rie, what do you want?"

"What the h.e.l.l!" I let go of my broom and think of my chances if I fight him . I do a realistic evaluation of my strength . I reach up to his chest . He has to bend his neck slightly to look at me . I feel like a rabbit in front of the tiger .

Forget fighting . I should be fleeing .

"I don't know what you are talking about . " I step sideways . "Leave or I will call the cops . "

"You will call the cops on me?" He laughs arrogantly and grabs my wrist . "You went to the reporters to soil Kamiyama family's name . "

"I don't know what you are talking about . " I try to free my wrist . His hold is too tight . "I didn't go anywhere . They appeared right in front of my door .

"Takayama Rie, you shouldn't have told them anything . " He lets go of my wrist and steps closer to me .

"You are a vicious woman . "

"You are a horrible man . " I slap his face . Who he is to walk into my territory and insult me on my face?

I regret this instantly when I see his expression . He clenches his jaw hard and purses his lips in a straight line . He glares at me and takes a step . I take a backward step . We keep moving until I hit the wall .

I squeeze my eyes shut when I see the punch coming . I jump when it lands only a few inches away from my face .

"You will regret this . "

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