Chapter 2
I staggered and almost fell to the ground.
But everyone around mocked me.
"You look like a decent person. I didn't expect you to be so evil. You should return the wedding gifts."
"You said this is your home. I think some rich man bought it for you. Otherwise, how could you afford the house in this area at your age?"
Their gossiping attracted the surrounding neighbors.
I didn't expect that those neighbors who were usually polite to me would actually support these maniacs.
I glanced at Mary and suppressed my anger. "You are Michael's mother, right? I am Michael's boss. I am not the gold-digger who refuses to return the wedding gifts as you say. Please leave my house immediately, or I will call the police."
I took out my phone.
I thought that Mary would stop immediately after knowing my identity.
However, she shouted even louder, "What a shitty boss. This is not the reason that you cheated on Michael. I'll still beat you up even if you are his boss. Give me my money back."
She was about to slap me again.
I was slapped before because I was not on guard. But now, I won't allow her to do that again.
I grabbed Mary's arm and threw her aside. "I was talking to you nicely because you're Michael's mother. I didn't expect you to want to use violence. I guess I can only ask my lawyer to contact you."
Mary was frightened by me and started crying while sitting on the ground. "This shameless bitch not only refused to pay back the money, but she even wanted to sue me. This is really unfair."
The group of people saw that Mary was in a weak position and immediately surrounded me. "You did something wrong. Just go find a lawyer. Do you think we are afraid of you?"
They kept talking nonsense.
The neighbors who were watching the fun also joined them in cursing me.
"We've been neighbors for so long. I didn't expect this woman to be this kind of person. How unlucky."
"That's right. No wonder she's wearing all these designer clothes, she's actually a gold digger. She even refused to return the wedding gifts. How disgusting."
Seeing the situation getting more intense, the people who were broadcasting live gathered around.
"This is the gold digger who cheated on her boyfriend for a rich man. If you see her in the future, feel free to curse her."
"This woman is so shameless. She refused to return the wedding gifts. She's so bad."
"She used that money to live in such a nice house. She squandered all the money.
Netizens were posting comments to curse me.
Mary ran over and smashed things in my living room to vent her anger.
She smashed and cursed at the same time. "Since you are unwilling to return my money, I will smash your things. I will not let you, a bitch, have an easy life."
Mary picked up the ancient vase on the coffee table and threw it heavily to the ground.
The ancient vase shattered into pieces. The number of people watching the live broadcast reached an unprecedented peak.
When several streamers saw the number of viewers reaching hundreds of thousands, their faces flushed with excitement. They shouted,
"Don't think that the law can't control gold diggers like you. You can't do whatever you want."
"Give me a thumbs up. I'll show you how to smash her house from my perspective."
For a moment, the whole living room was filled with the sound of vases falling to the ground.
Seeing these crazy people getting excited, I warned them the last time. "These things are not cheap. Before you smash them, you'd better consider whether you can afford them."
Mary picked up an agate tray and smashed it to the ground. She gave me a provocative look. "I smashed it. What can you do to me? You bought these things with Michael's money."
Chapter 3
The agate tray was so delicate. Even if it was dropped on the carpet, it broke into pieces. My heart was broken, too.
Someone seemed to recognize the agate tray and said in a trembling voice, "It seems like this agate tray is extracted from the most expensive raw materials in the world. I've seen it at an auction. It's probably worth several million dollars."
When Mary heard the price, she was stunned for a moment.
Mary probably didn't expect a tray to be so expensive.
At this time, the streamer on the side spoke up, "So what? She spent her boyfriend's money? Will the law protect a mistress?"
When I heard this, I almost laughed out of anger.
I wondered, "These people really have no common sense. Michael is a purchasing manager with an annual salary of at most 700 thousand or 800 thousand dollars. How can he afford such an expensive agate tray?"
But Mary believed it. "That's right. She used Michael's money. She can't do anything to me even if I smash them all."
I sneered, "Are you sure Michael can afford such an expensive agate tray?"
My question irritated Mary. She yelled, "Don't look down on Michael. He earns a million dollars a year. He also has the kickbacks from the purchasing department. He earns several million dollars a year. How could he not afford it? I'm going to smash your things no matter what!"
The people around also joined in the smashing operation.
Those internet screamers were smashing things while interacting with fans in the live broadcast room. They were as excited as if they saw elephants migrating.
There were so many people. There was no way for me to stop them. I took out my phone and prepared to call the police.
But as soon as I took out the phone, a streamer snatched it away and threw it to the ground. "Everyone, this gold-digger actually wanted to call the police. How ridiculous. How dare she call the police? When she cheated on her boyfriend, did she ever think that this would be the outcome?"
The neighbors who came to watch did not take any action. They just stood aside and watched the farce coldly.
I wondered, "When I first moved here, I gave gifts to every household to show my friendship. They are so ungrateful."
I looked at the streamer, who pointed the live camera at my face and said coldly, "I advise you to stop as soon as possible. Otherwise, you won't be able to bear the consequences of this farce."
But my warning was of no use. They smashed things even harder.
Someone even found the authentic paintings of famous artists from my storage cabinet and tore them into pieces.
They destroyed everything in the room while excitedly interacting with fans. "Join my fan group. Let's go to the gold digger's bedroom to see if there's anything we can smash. She is indeed a gold digger. Her clothes are high-end. I have only seen these brands online."
Someone saw my closet full of beautiful clothes. They immediately picked up the scissors on the table and started cutting the clothes.
Some people thought that using scissors was troublesome. They just threw the clothes on the ground and spit on them.
"Today I will teach this gold-digger a lesson and tell her what the consequences of worshipping money are."
"This is the fate of being a mistress."
Someone saw that I had no expression. He felt that it was not satisfying. He directly snatched the wooden box from my bedside.
There was a lock on it. He slammed the box violently against the wall. The lock immediately fell off.
The moment he opened the box, he showed excitement. "Everyone, come and look. There is a bracelet here. It looks like it is very valuable. I wonder if it is real."
He put the bracelet in the box in front of the camera to show it. "Should I smash this bracelet? She doesn't deserve to wear such a nice thing. I should smash it and leave her nothing."
He raised the bracelet and was about to throw it to the ground.
I quickly stopped him. "This bracelet is very expensive. I advise you not to smash it."
But it was too late.
I had spent 20 million dollars to buy the bracelet from abroad. But now it was shattered in front of my eyes.
I turned around and saw that the living room was in a mess. The collections that I was so proud of were no longer in their original state.
I looked above the door. I installed a surveillance camera for the collections in this room. I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.
I wondered, "Do they think that I can't do anything to them? No, I have plenty of evidence. The surveillance video is high-definition, which can capture everyone's face clearly."
I couldn't help but smile.
The streamers thought I was stunned and started to mock me, "Weren't you quite arrogant just now? You even threatened us to find a lawyer. Did you think we would be scared of you? That's hilarious. We are not afraid of anyone because we always stand on the side of justice."
Mary also looked very proud. "I've exposed you, you little whore. Let's see how you can seduce men in the future."
I looked at this mob and sneered, "I hope you can compensate the money as quickly and easily as you did when you smashed them. Don't come crying and begging me to forgive you."
Just then, someone raised an axe and smashed the safe in my house. He took a red velvet box out of the safe.
My face turned pale. I quickly shouted, "Don't touch it!"
The thing in the box is not valuable. But it had been passed down in the Carter family for generations. It could be regarded as an heirloom.
Chapter 4
But my nervousness made the person holding the box excited.
He opened the box with a wicked smile and took out the pendant. "You're so nervous. It seems this thing is very valuable."
I quickly waved my hand to stop him. "No, it's not valuable. But it is very important to me. Please don't smash it."
I was about to step forward to snatch the pendant.
Unexpectedly, Mary snatched it away first and threw it to the ground. "What a piece of junk. I'll smash it."
I watched the pendant break into pieces and instantly collapsed to the ground.
I wondered, "Before my father passed away, he told me to pass down the pendant from generation to generation. But I didn't expect that this pendant would be destroyed because of me."
I stared at the fragments in a daze and picked them up one by one.
But it seemed like a piece was missing. The pendant couldn't be put back to its original state.
The fragments cut my fingers. Blood immediately gushed out.
I thought, "Is dad punishing me?"
Those internet streamers saw my despair.
They put the camera in front of me again.
"This gold-digger is actually pretending to be pitiful. Does she think that we will forgive her? How ridiculous. This trick works for her financial sponsor, but not for us."
"Don't think that you can do whatever you want. We will punish you."
Just then, a delivery man came in.
Looking at so many people in the room, he looked confused. "Who ordered takeout?"
As if I saw the last glimmer of hope, I suppressed my anger and said softly, "Could you please call the police for me? These people smashed my house."
I thought he would agree. But he stared at me for a while and raised his phone in front of me with disdain. "Are you the gold digger in the live broadcast room? What bad luck. Even if you give me a bad review, I won't help you. I'm afraid I'll get retribution if I help someone like you."
After saying that, the delivery man left, leaving me standing there in a daze.
At this time, the streamer came up again. "This is the fate of a gold digger. Even the righteous delivery man is unwilling to pay attention to her. Today we are just teaching her a lesson. If she does this again in the future, we will skin her alive and see how she can still be so arrogant. We are the embodiment of justice. When the law cannot reach, we have to uphold justice."
I glanced at her phone. Netizens were donating money to her.
After they finished smashing things, they prepared to leave.
At this moment, several policemen suddenly came in.
I was a little confused. I wondered, "I clearly didn't call the police. Why them come?"
The police officer looked at the mess in the room and frowned. "Who called the police?"
I quickly raised my hand. "I called the police. I want to sue these people for smashing my house. They also destroyed my collection and clothes. They are worth tens of millions of dollars. Please help me."
As soon as I finished speaking, the person who smashed my things suddenly panicked.