That night, many people stayed up all night posting online to discuss the Zhou family's affairs. More people were criticizing the media companies for not being able to produce anything worthwhile, saying the same thing all over the place, without mentioning the identity of the heir.

From then on.

The revelations about Zhou fermented overnight, and the media company's articles spread rapidly to surrounding cities like a virus.

As onlookers eagerly awaited the end of the holiday, the time finally arrived.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

After entrusting the company's affairs to Aunt Zhou, Zhou Yi went to class as usual.

Xu Ping had already learned about what happened at the banquet from his brother. As soon as he saw Zhou Yi, he stood up excitedly: "Zhou Yi! You're here!"

"At the Zhou family's annual ceremony..." He wanted to express his gratitude to Zhou Yi.

On the night of the New Year's celebration, Xu Yan went home and talked to him for most of the night.

It wasn't until then that he learned his classmate's true identity and realized his brother's situation at the company. If Zhou Yi hadn't intervened at the year-end ceremony, his powerless brother would probably have been framed and killed by that despicable director.

If the smear campaign succeeds, my brother will never be able to recover.

Zhou Yi saved not only Xu Yan, but also the lives of his entire family!

Xu Ping was so grateful that he couldn't sleep for several nights. With dark circles under his eyes, he sat in the classroom early to wait for Zhou Yi. He knew that Zhou Yi had everything he needed, but he still wanted to thank Zhou Yi in person.

Before he could even speak, several classmates rushed towards Zhou Yi like arrows released from a bow: "Young Master Zhou, you've finally come to school!"

"Young Master Zhou, I've taken notes on everything the teacher said. I'll lend you those notes."

"Young Master Zhou, it's all our fault for listening to slander and misunderstanding that you were an imposter. We even said some unpleasant things, but we were all deceived by Su Qingjiao."

"I never imagined that Su Qingjiao was actually the nanny's daughter..."

The classmates surrounding Zhou Yi were all those who had failed to achieve anything at the banquet hall during the year-end ceremony.

They, too, had huge dark circles under their eyes, but unlike Xu Ping, they were filled with regret and spent the whole night practicing their words to curry favor with Zhou Yi.

Other students who didn't attend the ceremony were still completely confused.

Before they could even ask any questions, a bombshell message popped up on their phones.

The time displayed on the phone is 8:00.

Several media outlets finally broke the news about the person in question.

Although the media report only contained a photo and a name, the power of the internet meant that these two pieces of information were enough for people to quickly find Zhou Yi's identity.

While others were still posting online asking for detailed information about 'Zhou Yi'.

The students in the class held their phones, looking at the familiar faces in the photos, and then looked up in shock at Zhou Yi, who sat calmly in his seat.

He... he really is the heir of the Zhou family?

No, now I should say CEO!

"Zhou Yi, is that your name on the list?"

"Is that the photo in this pop-up link? You can't really be...!" Someone rushed up to Zhou Yi with their phone in hand and asked incredulously.

Although there is only one side profile photo of Zhou Yi above, his facial features and temperament are exactly the same as Zhou Yi's.

Even when the facts are laid bare, prejudice is a mountain, and there will always be people present who will not believe it and will have to confirm it for themselves.

They wanted to hear more than just two words from Zhou Yi.

If Zhou Yi weren't their classmate, they might only envy those lucky ones who could be Zhou Yi's classmates, and they would admire and be jealous!

But when they actually became Zhou Yi's classmates, that initial surprise was overshadowed by shock.

We were classmates for four years!

They missed such a good opportunity! In fact, many of them even slandered Zhou Yi in order to curry favor with Su Qingjiao.

Regret, disappointment, and despair washed over them in waves.

Zhou Yi did not answer the obvious question. He sat down in his seat nonchalantly and turned to look at Xu Ping next to him.

When Xu Ping saw Zhou Yi looking at him, his heart started racing.

So Zhou Yi really considered me a friend... He didn't look down on my background?

Even though his identity is now known, and with so many people supporting him, he can still see himself as such a tiny, insignificant person.

Xu Ping was deeply moved and choked up as he said, "Zhou Yi, I've heard everything from my brother about what happened at the ceremony. Thank you for helping my brother!"

"If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't dare to imagine my brother's situation."

Zhou Yi smiled slightly and patted Xu Ping on the shoulder: "You're welcome."

“He is an employee of my Zhou Group. I am just investigating the truth.”

"It's because your brother proved himself that he didn't embezzle any budget funds or do anything to betray the company, which allowed him to escape unscathed from last night's banquet."

Xu Ping nodded excitedly, quickly sat down, turned his back to Zhou Yi, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

How embarrassing, why is he crying?

He clearly just wanted to thank Zhou Yi, but now that he's crying, it seems like he's just putting on an act.

But when Zhou Yi saw him in the crowd and spoke to him in a friendly manner, he couldn't help but want to cry.

At this moment, it was as if there was no difference in wealth between him and Zhou Yi, and that they could touch each other with just an outstretched hand.

The classmates who had been neglected by Zhou Yi felt a surge of regret again when they saw how kind Zhou Yi was to Xu Ping. They were extremely envious!

At the same time, he grew to hate Su Qingjiao more and more.

It's all Su Qingjiao's fault for deceiving them, causing them to miss the opportunity to befriend Zhou Yi: "It's all her fault! If it weren't for her, how could I have misunderstood Young Master Zhou's identity?"

"Look, isn't this the outfit that Su Qingjiao posted on her WeChat Moments yesterday?"

"She's incredibly bold. A fake actually dared to go to the banquet hall of the Zhou family's annual celebration and deceived us for so long. She deserves to go to jail."

Seeing that Zhou Yi ignored everyone, the others, afraid of upsetting him, and since class was about to start, returned to their seats.

Some people noticed in the photos released by the media that the woman who was arrested was wearing a mask and her face was not shown.

But everyone had already seen her dress and cat mask on her social media, so they recognized Su Qingjiao at a glance.

The classmate turned to Hao Min and asked, "Hao Min, you and Su Qingjiao are best friends, didn't you realize at all that she's a fake rich girl?"

Hao Min turned her gaze away from Zhou Yi.

Faced with her deskmate's malicious questioning, Hao Min retorted without hesitation: "What do you mean by that? You've been her classmate for several years, have you discovered that she's a fake rich girl?"

"She's so bold as to lie to the person in question, claiming she's the Zhou family's daughter. Did we all realize it?"