After Divorce I Married a Tycoon-Chapter 89: Then They Are Very Likely Going to Jail.
Judith Caldwell’s video was a trending topic for most of the day.
Under the influence of paid trolls, most of the netizens who had previously sided with Claire Mercer had switched their allegiance.
Seeing so many people now questioning Claire Mercer, with some even joining the trolls in furiously cursing her out...
Judith Caldwell was very satisfied, even smug.
She finally felt the gratifying thrill of having her revenge.
She even ate two bowls of rice at dinner; the food had never tasted so delicious.
Ever since she was taken to the police station, she hadn’t had an appetite for days.
A knot of frustration had been stuck in her chest, suffocating her.
But now, seeing Claire Mercer taking the netizens’ abuse in silence...
Her mood had greatly improved, and naturally, her appetite returned.
Shoving a piece of braised pork into her mouth, she smirked triumphantly.
"See? Claire Mercer is getting lambasted and can’t even fight back."
"I told you exposing her online would be the perfect way to take her down a peg."
"Look at her. She doesn’t dare make a peep. All she can do is shut her eyes and play dead."
"Hmph!"
"Just by holding the twenty years we spent raising her over her head, we can crush her completely with a single blow."
"No matter how much she struggles, she’ll never get back up."
"I’d say she won’t be able to cause any more trouble from now on."
"Her reputation is in tatters now. She can forget about marrying into a good family in the future."
The more Judith Caldwell spoke, the more animated and excited she became.
However, her days of satisfaction didn’t even last for two full days.
Claire Mercer published a blog post online.
In it, she described her desire to terminate her adoption by the Mercer Family, only to be met with their opposition.
She also revealed that the Mercer family, citing the debt of having raised her, had made an exorbitant demand for a staggering twenty million.
The post also included a detailed record of every paycheck she had earned from her summer jobs since high school.
The dates, locations, and types of jobs she worked... everything was meticulously documented.
In the accompanying images, she also released the transaction history of her one and only bank account.
Aside from her scholarships and summer job wages, there were no transfer records from any member of the Mercer family.
But that wasn’t all.
She also published a complete record of every blood transfusion she had given to Oscar Mercer over the years.
It was specific down to the date, location, hospital, doctor, and the exact volume of blood transfused in milliliters...
Afterward, her former high school teachers, principal, and several classmates all reposted her blog post.
They came forward to verify her claims and clear her name.
Her high school homeroom teacher reposted and commented: "Claire Mercer has always been an exemplary student, outstanding in both character and academics. She was a role model for the class."
The high school principal also reposted and commented: "This young woman is a great student—kind, helpful, and an outstanding yet unassuming student. She was always on the list whenever scholarships were awarded."
Student A: "I never knew she was a daughter of the wealthy Mercer Family. She always dressed so plainly, in clothes that looked like they cost a few bucks on Taobao."
Student B: "She would work several jobs during the summer holidays. Back then, I just assumed her family was not well-off."
"I was so shocked to find out recently that she’s actually the adopted daughter of the Mercers."
Student C: "In my memory, she was always very thin and had a pale complexion."
"I used to think she was just malnourished from deliberately dieting to maintain her figure."
"Now I realize it was probably because she’d given too much blood."
Student D reposted and commented:
"I have a very vivid memory of Claire Mercer." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
"In high school, she was always at the top of her class, consistently ranking in the top three of our grade."
"But in the first semester of senior year, she only placed fiftieth. After asking around, I learned she had missed one of her exams."
"The reason she missed it was because her family called her to the hospital halfway through. After the afternoon exam was over, she fainted right there in the examination hall."
"Thinking back, she must have gone to the hospital to give blood to that vampire, Oscar Mercer."
"..."
There were many more comments just like these.
Their comments completely shattered the lies Judith Caldwell had told.
When netizens saw this, they were utterly shocked.
They had originally thought Claire Mercer was truly a heartless, ungrateful wretch who had forgotten the kindness of her adoptive parents and even had them taken to the police station.
But in reality, she had been working part-time jobs to pay her own tuition since high school.
Her bank statements also clearly showed that, aside from scholarships and summer job wages,
not a single cent had come from the Mercer Family.
In an instant, public opinion swung completely in Claire Mercer’s favor.
Netizens furiously condemned Judith Caldwell for spouting baseless lies.
They accused her of shamelessly deceiving and manipulating their emotions.
"When it comes to shamelessness, the Mercer Family is right up there with the Sinclair Family."
"She earned her own tuition and living expenses from part-time jobs. How dare that Ms. Caldwell claim they gave Claire Mercer the best of everything to eat and wear?"
"The best Taobao goods, you mean? o(╥﹏╥)o"
"The commenter above gets sarcasm."
"’Treating her like their own daughter’ means making her work several grueling jobs?"
"’Treating her like their own daughter’ means making her go to the hospital to give blood to their son during her exams?"
"They clearly never treated her well, yet they have the nerve to demand twenty million to terminate the adoption? Where do they get the audacity?"
"My god, the Mercer family is so malicious."
"I did the math. This poor girl gave that Mercer family vampire a total of 56 blood transfusions, adding up to 3,600 milliliters."
"An adult’s total blood volume is typically 4,000-5,600 milliliters. She gave more than half of a person’s worth of blood to that vampire."
"There’s no doubt Oscar Mercer is a literal vampire."
"Forgive my ignorance, but why did it have to be her giving the blood? Couldn’t someone else do it?"
"To the person above, did you not see that her blood type is the same as the vampire’s? It’s Rh-negative."
"What a coincidence that the adopted daughter has the same Rh-negative blood as their biological son."
"Oh man, I have a conspiracy theory, but I don’t know if I should say it..."
"If you won’t, I will. I suspect Claire Mercer’s adoption by the Mercer Family was no coincidence."
"The son has hemophilia and Rh-negative blood, and the adopted daughter has the same Rh-negative blood. You connect the dots."
"I’m certain there’s no such thing as a coincidence that perfect in this world."
"I suspect the Mercer Family adopted Claire Mercer specifically for her Rh-negative blood."
"Is it possible... that the Mercer Family paid money to buy Claire Mercer as a living blood bank for their son?"
"That’s entirely possible."
"If that’s true, then the Mercer Family could be involved in human trafficking. That’s a crime."
"We need a master investigator to dig into this."
"Will we ever get the truth?"
"..."
And so, the netizens’ conversation shifted from denouncing the Mercer Family to speculating about Claire Mercer’s origins.
After all, her blood type was incredibly rare, and as it happened, Oscar Mercer’s was the exact same.
A coincidence like that was even rarer than their blood type.
When Judith Caldwell and Julian Mercer saw these comments, the color drained from their faces, leaving them deathly pale.
The situation had spiraled completely out of their control and was developing in a very bad direction.
A nervous Judith Caldwell paced back and forth in the living room.
"What do we do? What if they dig up what happened back then?"
Her lips trembled as she spoke.
If those nosy netizens really did uncover the truth of Claire Mercer’s origins...
...then it was very likely they would go to prison.
Those three days and three nights at the police station had already left her deeply traumatized.
’What if we really do go to prison...’
She couldn’t even bear to imagine what that life would be like.
