Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2054

Kai had planned to stay and see how things played out, but thanks to the fried chicken restaurant background that had accidentally shown up when Shannon appeared on the screen, resourceful Internet users had somehow tracked down their exact location.

Before they could finish their meal, Shannon's fans, who happened to be nearby, swarmed the restaurant.

Shannon took out a camouflage talisman and cast a subtle spell for herself and Kai with practiced ease. After unhurriedly finishing her last fry, the group casually strolled past several waves of approaching fans.

As they left, Kai was unusually quiet. It wasn't just that he'd interfered with Juliet's karma, but he'd also allowed himself to be led around by the nose by Hubert. This was humiliating to a dragon.

Shannon simply said, "That's how the Internet works. Those who know how to manipulate public opinion always have the upper hand."

Kai hadn't done poorly; he simply didn't understand how the internet worked as well as Hubert did.

He seemed deep in thought when Shannon added, "But people who manipulate public opinion like he does are the ones who fall victim to online backlash most easily. You don't have to learn to be like them and just stay true to yourself. When the time is right, show your strength."

That was Shannon's key takeaway after all the shows she'd joined, and Kai could tell that the final sentence was the main point. No matter how cunning the schemes, absolute strength made them all meaningless.

Kai nodded slowly. Yes, that suited him just fine.

Though the joint stream had been impromptu, he followed up on the situation afterward. The result was that Juliet opened her livestream and announced she was getting a divorce.

During the livestream, she said, "I'm a chef, and I cook for a living. I won't tolerate a single grain of sand in my dishes.

"Though Hubert apologized afterward and promised not to hurt me again, that trust is broken. I just can't go back to the way things were."

It was after she made that decision that her destiny, which Shannon had said was unpredictable, began to shift.

Juliet continued livestreaming her cooking, but now, she started featuring Gunner. Their human-and-cat dynamic brought a new wave of fans.

Over the next two years, she saved up enough to open her studio and remarried at 31. At 32, she had a child of her own and lived a happy life.

As for Hubert, he publicly pleaded several times and tried to guilt-trip her into keeping the baby.

When he found out that she'd had an abortion, he turned hostile. Then, he'd swiftly divorced her and married another woman in less than two months.

But that was a story for another time.