Chapter 207: Chapter 207

Paige Sterling looked at Julian Hawthorne with a perplexed expression, "What’s wrong with you?"

Julian Hawthorne’s face was grim as he tossed all the medicine to Simon Hawthorne, grinding his teeth, "You take it! Every single one, don’t leave any for me!"

Simon Hawthorne felt miserable, "I don’t need this medicine, even if I take it, it won’t help!"

His words coupled with his utterly despondent look successfully made Paige Sterling sympathize with him strongly.

Apparently Simon Hawthorne’s situation had worsened to the point where even medication was useless, and he had given up on himself.

Thinking about this, she started to worry about her husband’s kidneys and took the medication, saying, "Don’t worry, I’ll make sure he takes it."

Julian Hawthorne, "...!?"

Aura was flourishing, the products were selling phenomenally, once again elevating Paige Sterling to new heights.

"Omg, these are literally heavenly products! They saved me, someone with severe laziness!"

"I’m hooked and from now on, Aura’s products will be the only ones in my skincare arsenal!"

"After using Aura, I don’t ever want to try anything else! Love Aura!!"

Online, there were certainly persistent haters launching attacks, and popular bloggers were raising various doubts. Marketing accounts got in on the act, claiming that Paige Sterling runs both a tech company and a skincare company successfully, juggling tech and skincare industries. How does she have so much energy? Frankly speaking, can a normal person do all this?

Some people even seriously dug up all Paige Sterling’s exam papers from her childhood, exposing that she was consistently underachieving in school from primary through high school and just scraped by in college.

For her acting career, she hardly attended school; could she really have such great abilities??

The major blogger, who found these exam papers, voiced a conscientious inquiry, "After eating all this gossip for so long, I’m now very skeptical—are Paige Sterling’s supposed talents really her own? Isn’t there some exaggeration involved?"

Questioning Paige Sterling’s abilities was one thing, but they even dug up that false incident with Angus Langdon from some time ago, adding fuel to the fire, saying Paige Sterling was playing with people’s emotions. Such a person’s character is inherently questionable.

Many people stepped forward to take sides.

"Honestly, I’ve always felt something off too. How does someone like Paige Sterling, an underachiever, suddenly become so exceptional? Is she really a genius?"

Paige Sterling’s fans immediately retaliated, "Our God Sterling has never been a normal person, okay? Please stop using what a normal person can’t do as a basis to question our God Sterling. Does it really count as competence only if you’re old and balding when achieving something?"

"Underachievers can’t get into high tech, underachievers can’t make a comeback? Is this discrimination against underachievers?"

Despite all these doubts, Paige Sterling never stepped forward to voice herself.

She only occasionally had a robot report online conditions to her and would sometimes mention the haters.

Paige Sterling thought, what about haters? Everyone has some haters, but those who curse people up to their ancestors in the most unbearable language, they’re insufferable.

Paige Sterling developed a small program herself, gathering detailed information on these haters and then passing the information to Aura and Penson, so whenever these haters tried to buy products from either company, they were refused.

That’s just how headstrong she was.

Because of this small program, Paige Sterling got into the trending searches once more.

At the time, Penson was having an event where people could receive a free gift with a coupon.

As it happened, a man who had previously slandered Paige Sterling online with extremely unpleasant language went to claim the free gift with his coupon, only to be rejected by customer service.

The man was instantly furious, "Didn’t you say I could have it for free with a coupon? They all can get it, why can’t I? Are you discriminating?"

He was arrogant, feeling belittled.

But Penson’s customer service directly pulled up his slanderous comments against Paige Sterling online, "Sorry, at Penson we do not practice customer discrimination, yet we are justified in refusing service to those with low moral integrity. If you have the guts, go ahead and insult our President Sterling’s face directly instead of sneaking around behind a screen to harm her while holding a coupon for free gifts. Where’s your dignity?"

The customer service team were diehard fans of Paige Sterling, and couldn’t stand those who insulted her online.

Insulting is one thing, but having the cheek to hold a Penson coupon to claim gifts despite abhorring Paige Sterling, what nerve.

The man became immediately red-faced and walked away embarrassed.

When this incident was uploaded online, people remembered that Paige Sterling is a tech innovator and her talents in computers dwarfs even those of the world’s top hackers; you think hiding behind a screen to slander means no one notices, while in fact, she’s fully aware.

After this, keyboard warriors who insulted Paige Sterling online vanished overnight.

Meanwhile, a segment on the central channel reached out to Paige Sterling—it’s an official program, with acquaintances involved, making it hard for her to decline. She eventually agreed to appear on the segment for an interview.

On the day Paige Sterling went to tape the interview, Burt Chambers happened to be free on Saturday, so he went along.

Throughout the trip, he tried to act like someone accustomed to grand events, fearing Paige Sterling would say he hadn’t seen the world and was embarrassing.

Once Paige Sterling went to get her makeup done, he idly rummaged through Paige Sterling’s bag.

He didn’t find much initially, but was surprised to see, in Paige Sterling’s small bag, a... metal shovel?

Burt Chambers took it, asking Paige Sterling, "Can you explain why there’s a metal shovel in your bag?" Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

Paige Sterling glanced at it, saying, "The TV building doesn’t allow entry with weapons."

Paige Sterling, "In critical moments, this can save your life."

You already have weapons all over your body, do you really need to carry a shovel for safety?

"Do you know how to use it? Let me teach you, you can do it ."

Paige Sterling waved the shovel at Burt Chambers’ head, "You can use it to shovel off someone’s head immediately, the cut would be smooth, minimizing the pain."

Burt Chambers shivered involuntarily.

This monster! What do those big gangsters compare to Paige Sterling?

"Aren’t you overthinking this? Who manages to find time to hurt you? Moreover, here’s a TV station, how would people react knowing you brought this in?"

Paige Sterling, "Low-IQ people like you surely get ignored by everyone, but there are many cunning folks bent on harming me. Who knows what extreme actions could result from envy and jealousy?"

Burt Chambers, looked down on him with disdain, "..."

Am I someone who walks down the street begging to be chopped but no one would bother, just a fool?

Burt Chambers’ numb expression amused Paige Sterling.

Paige Sterling patted his head, "Burt Chambers, do you want me to hit you?"

Burt Chambers shivered, "I didn’t do anything wrong! We’re outside, don’t mess around!"

Paige Sterling, "You’re blocking my view of the mirror."

Quickly stepped aside.