chapter 6

"What?" James' smile froze, thinking that he had heard incorrectly, and looked at the editor-in-chief in confusion.

The editor-in-chief repeated calmly, "I said, you don't need to come here anymore; you are fired."

James stood there stunned for several seconds before asking, "Why? You have to give me a reason, right? I didn't do anything wrong, right? Why do you want to fire me?"

As a journalist, James has previously been responsible for several cases in which employees were fired by the company without reason and helped the other parties recover compensation.

He was very knowledgeable about labor laws, so James didn't panic at all. He changed his previous attitude and said aggressively, "Foremost, you didn't inform me of my dismissal one month in advance.

In addition, I made no major work mistakes. You belong to illegal termination of the labor contract. The company must not only pay my full salary for this month but also compensate me double the compensation according to the prescribed standards!"

The editor-in-chief listened to his words quietly and smiled: "You said you didn't make any major work mistakes?"

James looked at the smile on the editor-in-chief's lips and suddenly felt a little flustered for some reason.

He pretended to be calm and asked: "Do I have it? If you don't act in accordance with the regulations, I will definitely take the information to the Labor Bureau..."

"That's good," the editor-in-chief interrupted him with a smile. He reached out and took out a stack of information from the drawer and slammed it on the desk. "When are you going to the Labor Bureau for arbitration? I just happened to catch this good day, go to court to sue you."

James was so frightened by his smiling face that he couldn't help but reach out and pick up a pile of information on the table.

As soon as he opened the first page, all the color drained from his face.

This turned out to be all the evidence of bribery he had paid since he joined the company!

James's face turned pale, and he suddenly panicked as he stood there.

He opened his lips and looked at the editor-in-chief helplessly: "Editor-in-Chief, there must be some misunderstanding here..."

"Misunderstanding?" The editor-in-chief looked at him coldly, opened the iPad, placed it in front of James, and played two videos, "What do you think of these two videos?"

James looked over with a pale face. Those two videos were the instructive videos he edited and released a few days ago!

"A journalist cannot seek truth from facts. Do you think any news agency would dare to use you after I announce this matter?" The editor-in-chief's voice was very calm.

But just such a calm tone made James shiver.

"Take your things and get out. You don't have to go to HR. For the sake of your reputation in our company for so many years, I can be a good person and stay on the sidelines," the editor-in-chief said.

Did James dare to say anything more?

He walked out of the editor-in-chief's office in despair, packed up his things in a panic, and left in a hurry.

As soon as he walked downstairs, before James could figure out why he lost his job, he was blocked by two burly men.

He was so angry that he couldn't suppress his temper when he saw these two people who were inexplicable: "Where are you so crazy that you don't walk on such a wide road in front of me?"

James was about to walk away, but unexpectedly a strong hand held his shoulder: "Your name is James, right?"

James vaguely realized that something was wrong and wanted to break free from the man's shackles but failed: "What's wrong?"

The tall man showed him a smile that made James shudder: "It's nothing, I just want to treat you to a cup of tea."

After saying that, one of them covered James's mouth, and the other held James and walked towards the alley next to him.

At the beginning of the night, passers-by on the street quickened their pace, trying to catch the last bus and go home quickly. They did not even notice the wailing sounds coming from the alley from time to time.

James lay on the ground, curling up unbearably with the severe pain in his abdomen.

But despite this, he still did not forget to threaten: "You... you are finished! Do you know who I am? I am a reporter! Don't even think about running away! I will definitely expose this matter! No matter who you are, I will make you look good!"

A man suddenly laughed when he heard this. He squatted down and looked at James like an ant: "What? You want to expose us?"

"I'm sorry then." Another man took out a few bottles of wine and drank them with his companion. The two took out their mobile phones, one dialed 120, and the other dialed 110.

James watched dumbfounded as the two finished the phone call. He struggled to sit up, but the man rudely kicked his broken foot again.

James let out another howl.

"Lie down," the man said calmly.

It was only at this moment that James felt that things were developing in an uncontrollable direction.

As soon as he left his job, he was dragged into an alley and beaten up. However, these two people didn't run away when they caused trouble. Instead, they drank in front of him and even called the police first!

After James suddenly woke up, he understood instantly.

He was being manipulated!!!

"Who sent you here?" James was finally a little scared now. Cold sweat slid down his forehead to his eyes, and his nose and tears flowed out.

The two burly men ignored him, but sat on the ground and looked at him with smiles: "We are all drunk, why can't we understand what you said?"

James shuddered again.

...

The reporters really had a lot of questions. It took almost an hour before Peter said goodbye to everyone, turned around, and went home.

As soon as he opened the door, he smelled the aroma of food.

Samantha had already prepared the dishes and was sitting on the sofa with Lisa, waiting for him to eat.

"Have all the reporters left?" Samantha asked.

Peter nodded, "Well, if we leave, they won't bother us again."

Hearing this, Samantha and Lisa breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"That's good," Lisa said, her tense expression visibly relaxing.

"Hurry up and wash your hands and get ready to eat!" Samantha said to Peter, then looked at Lisa, "Lisa, serve the rice."

Lisa smiled and responded happily.

Peter and Samantha looked at each other and saw a smile in each other's eyes.

It had been a long time since Lisa had eaten food cooked by Samantha. When she took the first bite of the food\, the familiar taste instantly enveloped her taste buds\, and the tip of Lisa's nose began to **sour** uncontrollably.

In a hurry, she just lowered her head, so that Peter and Samantha didn't notice anything unusual.

After eating, Lisa took the initiative to wash the dishes.

Samantha saw that Lisa was uneasy, so she didn't stop her.

Perhaps it was too long since Peter had been with Samantha. Lisa did not go back to the room immediately after dinner. Instead, she prevented Samantha from sitting down on the sofa and watched the palace drama with Samantha all night.

Seeing that it was getting late, Samantha turned off the TV and urged Lisa to go back to the room.

"You have classes tomorrow, so you should go to bed early!" Samantha said.

Peter said, "Speaking of which, I have to go to school with Lisa tomorrow."

Lisa paused and looked at Peter in confusion, "Huh?"

Both Peter and Samantha could tell that something was wrong with Lisa's state today, so Peter deliberately said in a relaxed and humorous tone, "After all, I just went to school two days ago to do this for you, you little rascal. Take a break from school. If I don't go there tomorrow and cancel it for you, where will you go to school? Are you going to high school at home?"

Lisa raised her head and met Peter's teasing gaze. She curved the corner of her mouth and smiled again.

She is really back, and it feels so happy to be back in this home again.

Lying on a familiar bed after a long absence, Lisa tossed and turned for a long time without being able to fall asleep. She fumbled in the dark and took out her mobile phone.

This afternoon's live interview clips have long been edited into videos by media reporters and uploaded online. Lisa just entered her name, and the related entries popped up, and she clicked on the first video.

The video is very long, about five minutes long, and her face and voice are blurred.

Before watching the video, Lisa couldn't wait to read the comment section.

After reading Lisa's response, many netizens expressed their understanding and support.

Among them, the one with the most likes was a netizen whose ID was "backpain" who replied:

[backpain: Legal adoption, it is reasonable for Lisa to stay at the adoptive parents' home. On the contrary, it would be incomprehensible if she really went back with her biological parents who suddenly appeared.]

Many people expressed their agreement:

[Yes, let me put my adoptive parents on my behalf. If the daughter I have worked hard to raise for more than ten years goes back with my biological parents who suddenly come to visit me, I will definitely be vomiting blood! ]

[Side with the adoptive parents. ]

[I don’t understand a little bit. Didn’t they say two days ago that Lisa was going to go back with her biological parents? Why isn't she going back today? ]

[When I looked at the video above, I didn’t finish it. Later in the interview with Lisa's father, it was explained that Lisa did not say that she would go home with her biological parents a few days ago. She only said that she would go back with her biological parents to have a look. However, her biological parents have been claiming in front of the media that Lisa wants to return to the Lu family. After the communication failed, Lisa decided not to go back, which led to the live broadcast this afternoon. ]

【It turns out to be like this!】

[The biological parents did this a bit too much.]

But netizens are more concerned about another issue. Lisa said in the live broadcast that she was abandoned. Is this true or false?

Peter did not speak out bluntly in the interview, but only suggested that reporters consult the police.

The reporters were extremely efficient. When this video was released, the police's answer was also the last.

Nanshi police said that they had indeed received this report in 16 years, which directly confirmed the authenticity of Lisa's words.

Netizens were immediately angry.

What a shameless couple. They were the ones who abandoned their children first, and now they have the nerve to come to their door!

It was indeed the right decision for the child not to go back with them.

Public opinion on the Internet had already begun to tilt towards the adoptive parents. Now that they got this news, netizens unanimously supported Lisa.

Lisa was about to continue reading when someone suddenly knocked on the door from outside.

"Are you awake?" Samantha's voice sounded at the door.

For some reason, Lisa suddenly felt guilty, as nervous as she was when she was caught secretly playing with her mobile phone under the covers many years ago. She was about to hide her phone and pretend that she had fallen asleep when Samantha opened the door and turned on the light.

The light was a bit dazzling, and there was nowhere to hide the mobile phone in Lisa's hand.

Samantha raised her eyebrows, laughed, turned around, and closed the door, threw the pillow next to Lisa, and said with a smile: "Your father thought I was annoying and drove me to sleep with you. I knew you hadn't slept yet."

Peter and Samantha have been married for many years, and they have a very good relationship. Even if they quarrel from time to time, Peter would just sleep on the sofa in the bedroom at most, and there is no way that Peter would kick her out of the room.

So she came here today specifically to accompany her.

Lisa's heart moved slightly, but she did not expose Samantha's words: "Then you won't comfort dad?"

Samantha patted Lisa and pushed her inside. She lay down outside and then said, "Coax him, we'll coax him tomorrow. Let's go to bed today."

After saying that, Samantha reached out and turned off the light, then pretended to be mean and said, "Don't secretly play with your phone anymore. Even if you are the first in grade, you must study hard!"

Lisa's chest was almost filled with moved emotions. She responded with a smile and put down the phone, but her eyes were red.

"Mom," Lisa tried her best to sound normal, "I have a question."

Samantha: "Say."

The bedroom was very dark, with only a night light emitting dim light. Lisa turned her head and could only see Samantha's tall nose.

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