Chapter 193
Athena was speechless. Alaric was young and always adorable. There was really nothing she could do about him.
She patted Alaric's head gently, as if she was coaxing a golden retriever. "Yeah, it's been tough on you."
"No, it's not hard, Alaric continued to cry. "As long as | can continue in play sports and participate in
competitions, I'm willing to suffer no matter how tough it is. 1-1 simply didn't expert | would be able to turn
things around. It feels like Ive obtained a new lease of life." Alaric's buddies who cto celebrate his birthday
were speechless at this sight. Alaric was already an adult, yet he was still crying in his sister's arms. It was
embarrassing. However, they also envied him for having such a close relationship with an outstanding sister.
Fortunately, Alaric only cried for several minutes before he stopped. He let go of Athena and wiped his tears with
his sleeve. He acted as if nothing happened and turned to his buddies. "It's my birthday today. Mom has
prepared a lot of delicious food. You guys should ctoo." Alaric's buddies cheered, "H****y for Alarie's mom!"
Then, everyone split into two groups, One group sat in Athena's ear while the others took the taxi. They headed
to Donovan's Restaurant in a grandiose manner.
the
Donovan's Restaurant was also full today. However, there was a sign hanging at the entrance of the restaurant
that read. "It's the boss's son's birthday tonight. The restaurant will be closed from 7 p.m.
Apart from their grandparents who were still in the hospital, everyone who could make it came. Even Jaden came
from the countryside to make a few of his best dishes.
Everyone squeezed around the table in the largest private room, enjoying the delicacies while wishing Alaric a
happy birthday. Only then did Alaric proudly announce to everyone that he had signed with the tennis club and
would soon. beca professional tennis player. Everyone present knew tennis was Alaric's favorite sport. They
stood up and cheered for him, giving him hugs and kisses while sincerely congratulating him on getting what he
wanted. Claire said, "It's a double blessing. I'll make an exception this tand allow you to drink alcohol. You
can drink whatever you want, as long as you don't overdo it."
After t that, they celebrated in the private room, playing cards and joking around. They played plenty of games
and partied
hard. nard.
Because they didn't have tto surf the Internet, they didn't know that while they were having fun, the
Faraway Club, which had ruined Alaric's basketball dream, was in big trouble.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, many Intecelebrities, marketing accounts, and online media received
screenshots of the email exchange between the Faraway Club, the sponsor from Hataland, and the higher-ups of
Hataland's second National Basketball Team. The screenshots clearly showed that the sponsor from Hataland
had requested Faraway Club to compete with Hataland's second National Basketball Team in a warm-up and
friendly match but had to lose, or they would cancel all their sponsorship. Hataland's second National Basketball
Team also made it clear u Faraway Club that they definitely could not lose to them.
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The Faraway Club, on the other hand, said that as long as it was not an official natch, they would satisfy their
requirements.. After Hataland's second National Basketball Team lost to Faraway Club, they accused Faraway
Club of going back on their word and ruining their friendship in an email. They also decided to terminate their
cooperation immediately and send the trainees from Faraway Club in Hataland back. Faraway Club didn't even
dare to complain. They repeatedly apologized in the email and even explained that the club's rookie was
insensible and refused to obey, which resulted in such a bad outcome. They also said they had already refused
to sign the rookie on and asked for forgiveness, Hataland refused to
forgive the Faraway Club. The sponsor sent all the canceled sponsorship documents to Faraway Club.
The documents were stamped with the seal of Hataland's company and signed. It was almost impossible to fake
it. Therefore, after the accounts that received these screenshots posted them on the Internet, it caused a huge
uproar immediately Netizens criticized the Faraway Club and pushed the scandal to the top of the trending
searches.
One of them remarked: [We're not living under their thumb any more. How can there still be so many b***ds
kissing Hataland's a*** F** Since they are such bootlickers, why don't they have their lips glued to Hataland's
a***s?] Another commented: [Faraway Club is a scourge of the sports circle and a disgrace to the basketball
world. If they don't disappear, there will be no future for Osceiton basketball.]
A third added: [All these years of love and support have been in vain. | hope Faraway Club will be doomed.]
Someone said: [The other
other sponsors said they were unaware of Faraway Club's practice of losing deliberately and suspended their
sponsorship to the club. Once it is confirmed that the news is true, they will cancel all sponsorships.] It was
already late at night when the news spread online. There was s no one on duty at the Faraway Club, so they did
not notice the uproar in time.
When the higher-ups of Faraway Club received the news and wanted to do damage control, they realized they
could not log into all the official accounts of the club, including the official website and the accounts on various
social media platforms. Furthermore, the official website and these social media accounts all posted evidence of
the club throwing games at the top of the homepage. They could not be deleted, and it attracted countless
netizens to look at and mock them. At the stime, no one could access the Intethrough the club network
because of a computer virus that could not be killed by the antivirus.
The higher-ups of of Faraway Club were helpless. They could only order all the players and employees of the club
to clarify on their personal social media accounts that the club did not deliberately lose games and that the so-
called evidence was all fabricated. They had already entrusted a law firm to collect evidence. The Faraway Club's
clarification did not convince the public.
After one night, not only did the scandal not cool down, but it also blew up across all major online platforms.
Netizens, as well as fans, peers, sports circles, and the media, denounced the matter and asked the officials to
investigate thoroughly. The higher-ups of the Faraway Clubs did not sleep the entire night. They were so worried
that they wanted to cry. They could not understand why this happened because they had alreally deleted all the
emails that involved them losing games on purpose. No one could possibly dig them out. They thought that
perhaps someone was messing with them secretly and that there might be a mole. They tried to find the mole,
but this internal strife did nothing but interfere with their speed in dealing with the crisis. Chapter 193
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At ten o'clock in the morning, the officials announced that an investigation team had already gone to Kitmore
City to investigate this matter involving the Faraway Club and would let the public know how it went. This matter
also involved Alaric so he was called over for questioning. He gave the investigation team a detailed account of
the Faraway Club's request that he threw the game. After
the interview, the news that Alaric was forced to stop playing basketball because he refused to lose a game
deliberately somehow spread and even beca trending topic.
For a moment, videos of him playing basketball, tennis, swimming, running, working out, and receiving awards
appeared on various major online platforms, attracting countless netizens to watch and drool over him.
A woman remarked: (Oh my god. It's such a pity that a handsyoung hunk like him did not enter the
entertainment industry but went to play basketball. What are the talent scouts doing?]
Someone retorted: (Everyone knows
that the entertainment industry is a
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