Chapter 221 Look, Pennie, the Building Collapsed!
Pennie had two events tonight. After attending a fashion event, she had to give a speech at a rather famous live broadcast talk show.
Originally, the theme of her speech tonight was her inspirational story of marrying into a wealthy family. However, her agent noticed that her patriotic topics were trending online. They decided to ride this wave of popularity and let Pennie become even more famous.
Therefore, their team urgently changed the speech from an inspirational theme to a patriotic one.
Standing on the stage, Pennie expressed her love for her country with tears in her voice. Her skilled acting and emotional voice deeply moved herself.
It seemed as if she, Pennie, was truly a pure, radiant, and relentlessly strong patriotic little angel.
The audience below the stage was incredibly moved by Pennie.
We grew up under the national flag since childhood, and patriotism is an eternal theme. The patriotic sentiment of celebrities can easily win favor. Compared with the foreign-worshipping attitude of the internet celebrity with a shoe-horn face, Penelope, netizens instantly felt that little angel Pennie is simply the cutest little angel in the world.
"I loved my country, I cherished the land beneath my feet, I was willing to dedicate my life to my country, to love it generation after generation, unswervingly until death!"
After finishing her speech, Pennie, with tears in her eyes, deeply bowed to the audience.
The applause on the scene was thunderous.
Pennie was about to gracefully exit the stage amidst the applause of the audience when a male spectator, holding his mobile phone, excitedly rushed onto the stage.
No one at the scene had expected such a perfect performance to suddenly encounter such a mishap, and no one had managed to stop this audience member in time.
"Ms. Rogers, I had a question I wanted to ask you."
The security guard was about to come up and pull the man away, but remembering they were still live streaming, Pennie, afraid it would ruin her sweet image, quickly signaled the security guard to back down.
She flashed a sweet smile, looking at the man in front of her, "Hello, if you have any questions, feel free to ask."
"Ms. Rogers, you said you love our motherland, did you truly love our motherland?"
"Of course!" Pennie laughed so sweetly, her laughter seemed to sweeten the air around her.
"I loved my motherland, from childhood to adulthood, this love, like the spring rain, was etched in my heart, and had become a habit, a mission."
"Ms. Rogers, you claim to love our homeland so much, then, can you explain why you draped yourself in Linlyn's flag and embarrassed us abroad?!"
"What?" Pennie was taken aback, she never expected this man to suddenly ask such a question.
Some things, the time had been too long, for a moment, she really couldn't remember.
"Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. I've never been one to worship foreigners or foreign things, how could I possibly be draped in Linlyn's national flag!"
"Sir, you must be mistaken," I said. "My greatest dream is to wear our Goldwald national flag and bring honor to our country. Unfortunately, I am not an athlete and I don't have the opportunity to win a gold medal for our country. But I will do everything I can to love my homeland!"
"Ms. Rogers, patriotism is not just lip service! I simply cannot believe that a patriotic person would drape themselves in the flag of another country just to win the favor of a foreign man! How is this any different from being a traitor!"
The man became increasingly agitated as he spoke, "Ms. Rogers, patriotism? You're not even worthy!"
After hearing that man's words, Pennie finally remembered that long-forgotten past.
Back then, Pennie had not yet entered the entertainment industry, and the internet was not as developed as it is now, so naturally, no one would go to foreign websites to dig up things she had done in the past.
Upon seeing the photo of her draped in the Linlyn national flag on the man's phone screen, Pennie's face turned pale instantly.
She never imagined that the photo would one day see the light of day again!
This turn of events happened so suddenly, Pennie's brain short-circuited for a moment, and for a while, she didn't even know how to defend herself.
There was only one thought in her mind, this time, her patriotic persona had completely collapsed!
The collapse of her public image was a minor issue. The key point was the good deeds she had done in the past. If Kemp were to find out...
Pennie trembled all over, as if lifetimes had passed before she found her voice again, "It wasn't me, someone framed me, the person in the photo, it's not me!"
"The media in Linlyn have reported it. It's Pennie, the girl from Goldwald, draped in the Linlyn national flag, proposing to a Linlyn tycoon! Only a fool would believe that there could be such a coincidence in this world, that there happen to be two people with the same name and surname, and even the same face!" The man looked at Pennie with disappointment, speaking word by word.
"I..."
The camera happened to sweep over the man's phone screen, not only did the live audience see it, but the vast number of netizens watching the live broadcast also saw that photo.
Especially after a netizen who was proficient in Linlyn language translated that report from that year, the majority of netizens felt that their worldviews had been greatly impacted.
According to Linlyn media reports, that night, Pennie, draped in the Linlyn national flag, confessed her love to the tycoon. The two then spent a wonderful night together in a hotel, only emerging three days later.
No one had ever paid attention to Pennie's past before, no one had dug deep, but the omnipotent netizens, if they wanted to dig deep into someone, let alone just an old affair, they could even dig up your ancestors eighteen generations!
Soon, netizens had dug up another piece of news from a foreign website.
This time, it was Pennie who proposed to the wealthy man.
Pennie said, she was willing to give up her Goldwald citizenship for that tycoon, and spend her lifetime with him as a Linlyn!
The tycoon was deeply moved, this time, the two stayed in the hotel for a whole week.
And for a man and a woman to stay together in a hotel for so long, it's absolutely impossible that they were just holding hands!
In previous interviews, Pennie had repeatedly stated, both openly and subtly, that Kemp was her first love and the only man in her life.
Looking back, it was absolutely clear that she was pretending to be innocent when she said those things!
Kemp wasn't her only man, he was a vast green meadow!
"Ms. Rogers, what is your nationality now? You keep talking about patriotism, but you've even given up our country. What right do you have to talk about patriotism?!"
"Ms. Rogers, what exactly is your relationship with that tycoon Linlyn? Did Mr. Hunter know about your relationship?"
"Pennie, you committed such treasonous acts for personal gain, and you still have the face to talk about patriotism, don't you feel disgusted?!"
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"I..."
The intermittent questioning from the live audience almost made Pennie unable to stand.
Seeing that the audience on site was so excited that they seemed to want to rush on stage to tear Pennie apart, the staff on site, fearing for her life, quickly escorted her off the stage from backstage.
Away from these incessantly clamoring spectators, Pennie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, she had underestimated the extent of the netizens' deep hatred towards her.
She had just stepped out of the Sea City Radio Building when a man in a baseball cap, carrying a bucket of feces, rushed towards her. Without any courtesy, he dumped the entire bucket of feces all over her!