Chapter 1052 Determined
What’s going on? Toby squinted and dialed directly to the public relations department. “Hello, President Fuller.” The voice of the public relations director came from the other side.
Toby questioned, “Didn’t Tom authorize you to clear the negative comments on the Internet? Did you go through with that?”
The head of the public relations department was taken aback by Toby’s inquiry, but he quickly reacted and responded, “Tom did send someone to instruct us, President Fuller. We completed the order as soon as we received it. After all, you and Miss Reed are involved. So how could we have slipped by unnoticed?”
“Then, tell me what’s going on with the comments!” Toby was not pleased with his response.
“Comments?” asked the public relations director, his face flushed with skepticism.
He was clearly not aware of what was going on online at the moment.
“Sorry, President Fuller, I’ll take a look; please wait a moment,” the public relations director said, placing the phone on his shoulders and tapping the keyboard with both hands.
Two minutes later, when the PR director saw the situation on the Internet, he exclaimed, “How is this possible?”
“What’s the matter?” Toby asked.
“President Fuller, I can assure you that our department has cleared the malicious comments on the Internet, but I’m not sure why the situation on the Internet has returned to its original state. We cleared everything, so this is simply not possible. After that, I even double-checked it and ensured all negative comments were deleted. President Fuller, please believe me. I did not lie,” the PR director explained.
On the other end of the line, the man was solemn.
Toby could also tell that the PR director had not lied.
However, the situation online was getting out of hand…
“President Fuller!” the PR director exclaimed solemnly after a moment and added, “I suddenly thought of a possibility.”
“What is it?” Toby asked with his lips pursed together.
“We did clear up the comments on the Internet, but someone was able to make it return to the old state. There are network companies that specialize in this area. Other than that, hackers can easily accomplish this,” the PR director explained.
Network companies…
An image of Harry flashed across Toby’s mind.
The Lore Family was a networking expert.
It appears, when combined with Harry’s recent dislike and dismissal of Sonia…
No!
Toby shook his head.
This is impossible!
It’s true that Harry dislikes Sonia, but he will never attack her in such a manner.
After all, I know Harry enough that he will not commit such heinous crimes even though he hates someone.
Therefore, this is not done by him.
Moreover, Harry is an old man, so why should he do this?
“Can you figure out which network provider or hacker did it?” Toby asked as he pressed his thin lips.
“It might be a little difficult to investigate who the hackers are because they used compromised devices to hide themselves. On the other hand, it should be possible to find out the network provider company. Unlike hackers, network provider companies are operated as a whole, so it’s rather difficult for them to hide. It would be better to delegate this task to the network technology division, which has professional talents that our department lacks,” the PR director said after some contemplation.
Still though, Toby was aware of these from the beginning.
“Please notify the network technology division,” he said flatly.
“All right, President Fuller,” said the PR director.
Toby then hung up the phone, pinched his nose, and prepared to dial Sonia’s number to calm her down.
He promised himself that he would take care of this issue.
However, he received a call before he could dial Sonia’s phone number.
Toby frowned as he saw the caller ID, clearly displeased.
It was a call from Harry.
Harry just departed from Toby’s office and he decided to call at this precise moment. Clearly, Toby was aware of his intentions.
However, he respected Harry as his teacher and he could not simply hang up the phone. Therefore, he deliberately allowed the phone to ring longer as usual before answering it, “Hello, Harry.”
“Toby, you must know about the issue circulating on the Internet by now, right?” On the other end of the phone, the old man sat in the back seat while holding his phone and smiled.
“Oh, my bad! You should know because your assistant had come to you earlier that something happened to the girl. I guess he has told you about it,” Harry added just as Toby was about to speak.
Toby remained evasive.
“Toby, look. I told you she is a woman with bad behavior and you still didn’t believe it. It’s fine that she caused troubles before, but now, she even cheated on you. Who knows what extreme things she might do in the future? So Toby, you should break up with her soon, she…”
“All right, Harry,” Toby interrupted him flatly. “Let’s not jump to conclusions. This issue is between me and her, and we’ll solve it, so you don’t need to intervene. You’re an old man, so you should take care of your health. I will return to see you when I have time. Goodbye.”
He intended to end the call after he said that.
Enraged, Harry abruptly stopped him by saying, “Wait!”
“Do you have anything else to say, Harry? You should stop if you insist on criticizing her,” Toby warned with an icy tone.
Henry clenched the phone in his hand and he only calmed down after a few moments. “Of course. I’m not going to say things you don’t want to hear.”
Ugh! The news is spreading like wildfire on the Internet. It’s so obvious that Sonia has cheated on Toby, but he doesn’t believe it!
This pisses me off!
I’m not sure what that woman did to my gullible disciple to make him give her his entire heart. Toby just doesn’t want to accept the fact that Sonia has cheated on him.
Harry gained a headache from this the more he thought about it. He wanted to crack open Toby’s skull to check if his brain was functioning well.
“That’s right, Harry. We can still have a good and peaceful conversation so as long you don’t speak words that irritate me,” Toby responded indifferently. He had no idea what Harry was thinking and it did not matter to him.
However, Toby’s words made Harry sneered.
A good and peaceful conversation?
The moment I mention Sonia, he goes feral.
How can I even have a normal conversation with him?
Forget it! Toby is now obsessed with her. I’ll look for opportunities to persuade him in the future.
“Okay. Let’s stop talking about this. Lynette will be back in a few days and she hasn’t seen you in years, Toby. How about a dinner with us when she returns?” Harry invited Toby for dinner.
“Sure,” Toby agreed, nodding.
Despite his disagreement with Harry’s displeasure with Sonia, he maintained the respect for his mentor.
Of course, Toby could not possibly reject Harry’s invitation.
When Harry learned that Toby had agreed, he exclaimed, “That’s great! Come early and bring Sonia over.”
If I cannot persuade Toby, I’ll persuade Sonia.
I will personally make her leave Toby.
Toby squinted his eyes and his expression sank again as if he understood Harry’s plan. “No need, Harry. You don’t like her anyway, so I won’t bring her to see you. At the very least, you won’t be irritated and she doesn’t have to feel wronged. Alright now, I still have work to do, so I’ll stop here.”
After finishing his words, Toby hung up the phone without waiting for Harry’s response. His face was gloomy and ugly after that phone call.
He was well aware that Harry was determined to keep him apart from Sonia.
Still, it was completely out of Toby’s expectation that his mentor would attack his Little Leaf.
