Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 84 - 79: Ulterior Motives

Before the other party spoke, Sun Yao’s family had even considered asking a reporter for help, but once the other person started speaking, the harsh tone was like a hard slap to their faces, waking all four of them up completely!

Sun Yao squinted his eyes, holding back his temper as he asked, "So what do you think we should do now?"

The reporter was silent for a moment before saying, "From now on, make sure not to cause any more trouble. Stay at home, and we’ll find a way to resolve this matter!"

Sun Yao pretended to find it difficult and asked, "But now with this video, will people still believe what we said in the interview before? And besides, the person named Tang hired a lawyer and sent us a legal notice demanding we apologize publicly, otherwise they’ll pursue legal responsibility. What should we do about this?"

When he mentioned this, the reporter’s attitude turned even worse. The report on Sun Yao’s family was done by him, and if this wasn’t handled well, he figured he’d be made the scapegoat! He was struggling to protect himself, so how could he have the energy to care about Sun Yao?

He replied irritably, "Didn’t I say? We’ll handle this matter. You four just stay home and stop running around talking nonsense!"

He deliberately emphasized the words "talking nonsense" to warn Sun Yao, but forgot that even a dog will jump over a wall when driven to desperation, and a rabbit will bite when cornered! At this critical moment, Sun Yao only wanted to protect his family, how could he obediently let himself be manipulated by him?

The schemes in the reporter’s heart, Sun Yao might not fully understand, but his strong sense of crisis made him vigilant against the reporter!

Sun Yao feigned compliance for a while. The reporter, too proud to notice, directly hung up the call impatiently, pondering how to wash his hands of this matter.

Meanwhile, Sun Yao looked at the darkened screen, his expression changed, and he spat vigorously! Wang Fang, beside him, noticed something was wrong and asked worriedly, "What’s wrong? Why do you look so bad? Didn’t he say he’d help us solve this problem?"

Sun Yao was already angry, and hearing Wang Fang’s words, he exploded: "You still believe his crap at this point? Are you a pig? Pigs are smarter than you! This guy clearly has bad intentions! If we listen to him, we’re really doomed!"

Wang Fang had initially raised her brows, ready to argue with Sun Yao, but after hearing more, her face turned pale, and she said incredulously, "What? How could this be? My dear, quickly tell me! What’s going on!"

Sun Yao didn’t say anything. He cautiously looked around, noticing people nearby, and lowered his voice: "Stop talking! Be careful not to be overheard! We’ll talk when we get back!"

When he said this, Wang Fang became even more anxious. Although usually domineering and sharp-tongued, her mind didn’t work well, and she became cowardly when faced with big issues, only daring to bully someone like Sun Jian, who had no temper. At this moment, she almost clung to Sun Yao like he was her lifeline, gripping him tightly, afraid he’d vanish if she let go.

Sun Wu and Sun Wen also didn’t speak. Both of them smartly realized that this time the issue was big, and one wrong move could bring disaster to their family. Despite appearing clever at times, when it came to critical moments like this, their minds turned to mush, leaving them no choice but to listen to Sun Yao.

The family of four returned home in defeat, shut the door, and began discussing what to do about this issue. Despite their fear, they opened the webpage to check the news. With one look, they discovered that the internet had indeed erupted. The video stream Tang Yiyi released had been widely shared, and some people even maliciously reposted the interview video of their family. Comparing the two videos, the result was utterly disheartening!

The image of "Qinghe’s Good Relatives" that Sun Yao’s family had painstakingly cultivated through vigorous performances completely collapsed, turning them into deceitful and shameless villains and swindlers. The comments below were overwhelmingly scolding them as shameless and fraudulent; the family of four only looked at it for a moment before closing the webpage in fright, unable to look further.

Wang Fang felt utterly helpless, her face bleak, shaking Sun Yao’s arm frantically, asking anxiously, "My dear! My dear! Tell me, what should we do now! How did things turn out like this in less than a day! If we don’t solve this issue, our family is in for trouble! We might be okay, but Xiao Wu and Xiao Wen are still so young, we can’t ruin their lives!"

Sobbing as she spoke, she was eventually frightened to the point of wailing and even choked out, "Shouldn’t we...shouldn’t we ask Reporter Li again? Maybe he has a solution?"

Brimming with anger, Sun Yao saw her still refusing to see reason, couldn’t hold back his frustration, smashed a cup, and pointed at her nose to curse, "Are you brainless? Didn’t I tell you? That Li guy’s no good! Didn’t you hear what he said? Telling us to stay home and not speak out, what does that mean? He’s trying to pin all the blame on us! Are you stupid?"

Sun Wu sat gloomy-faced beside them, and upon hearing this, he abruptly raised his head, looking sinisterly at Sun Yao: "Dad? Are you serious? Is Li really trying to do this, to harm us?"

This time, Sun Yao was uncharacteristically clever, retorting, "What do you think? Why wouldn’t that Li guy let us out? Warned us not to speak out? Is he really that kind-hearted? Don’t forget, he was the one who initially interviewed us! Now that we’re framed as frauds, that interview became a farce, you think he can escape blame? He needs to protect himself, doesn’t he need to dump all the dirt on us?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wen also became anxious, "So what do we do now? We can’t just let him smear us with dirt, right? What if...we strike first? Didn’t Qinghe News report on that car accident too? We could push the blame onto them! Just say they approached us, deliberately coerced and enticed us into doing this!"

Hearing this, Sun Wu nodded eagerly, looking at Sun Yao with anticipation, "Yeah, Dad! Little sis is right, let’s do that!"

Wang Fang, next to them, also nodded vigorously, thinking it was a good idea.

However, Sun Yao frowned deeply, then slowly shook his head, "No, the backing for Qinghe News is too strong; we small people can’t provoke them. We can’t drag Qinghe News into this."

Sun Wu immediately panicked, "Then what do we do? This won’t work, that won’t work, are we just going to sit and wait to die?"

Sun Yao glared at him with frustration, his heart filled with disappointment toward this son. He just couldn’t fathom how this son, who appeared tall and sturdy, couldn’t use his brain! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian.com, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)