Li Miaomiao had completely lost her patience after all the awkward moments she'd experienced during her New Year's holiday. She stopped explaining and took the card, ripped it into four pieces, and shoved it into the trash can.

"Miaomiao, you..."

The mother didn't know what was wrong with her daughter. Li Miaomiao ignored her mother, went back to the house, packed up her things, and left home.

There were only four days left of the Spring Festival holiday. During these four days, Li Miaomiao found a temporary job with accommodation, earning over 200 yuan a day, which was quite good. Although it was tiring, Li Miaomiao felt that these four days were the most comfortable four days of the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival holiday was over soon. On the last day of the holiday, Li Miaomiao packed her things in the temporary dormitory and lay down on the bed to rest.

At that moment, her phone rang. Someone called her on WeChat. Li Miaomiao thought she was about to face those annoying colleagues again, so she thought it was another call from her workplace and ignored it.

After a while, she opened her phone to check her Moments, only to find that the person who had called her was Yu Cheng, and it was a video call.

Li Miaomiao was quite surprised when Yu Cheng called her via video. Since Jiang Yin introduced Yu Cheng and Li Miaomiao to each other, although Li Miaomiao often chatted with Yu Cheng on WeChat and shared their daily lives, they had never made a voice call, let alone a video call.

Li Miaomiao thought that something had happened to Yu Cheng, so she called him back.

After a while, Yu Cheng answered the phone.

When Li Miaomiao saw Yu Cheng in the video, he was still smiling as brightly as when they first met.

"Miaomiao, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Yucheng. How have you been lately?"

"Well, I didn't get into graduate school last year, so I just went there. My parents funded me and I opened a coffee shop in Beijing. It's been running for half a year and business is pretty good."

Yu Cheng turned the camera around and showed Li Miaomiao the decoration. Li Miaomiao looked at it with great interest. The cafe was not big, but it was very clean and the decoration was very exquisite. Although small, it had everything.

"I heard you have a boyfriend. Congratulations. If you have a chance, come to my cafe and sit down. I'll make coffee for you two!"

As soon as Yu Cheng finished speaking, Li Miaomiao felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Even her legs went weak and her voice trembled a little:

"Who told you..."

"That's what Jiang Yin said. She even showed me a photo of your boyfriend. He's pretty good, over 16,000 times better than that jerk Wu Zhang. You two should get along well."

Li Miaomiao's face turned even paler, and cold sweat streamed down her back. She had never imagined that the rumor would spread so quickly, and even Jiang Yin knew about it.

She and Gao Yijun had only met once, and they didn't take any photos together on the day of the temple fair. How did Gao Yijun's photos end up in Yu Cheng's hands? Yu Cheng saw that Li Miaomiao looked a little uneasy, so he asked:

"Miaomiao, what's wrong with you?"

If it were someone else, Li Miaomiao would definitely not bother to explain and would just hang up the phone and let it go, but she still trusted Yu Cheng.

"Yu Cheng, actually, I don't have a boyfriend at all. They're just making up rumors..."

Then he told Yu Cheng the whole story.

"Miaomiao, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect the truth to be like this..."

Yu Cheng never expected that the truth would be so different from what he knew. Like a child who had done something wrong, he kept apologizing to Li Miaomiao with a red face.

"It's okay, Yu Cheng. This is not your fault. If you want to blame someone, blame those gossipy women. Why do they like to stare at me so much every day? They are so idle. Don't they have anything to do every day? I really can't stay in this place anymore..."

Li Miaomiao felt a sense of oppression and helplessness surge in her heart, and she couldn't help crying on the phone.

"Miaomiao, don't cry,"

Yu Cheng comforted:

"You know, I actually feel like this rumor of yours didn't spread like one person telling ten, then ten to a hundred. It seems more like someone is following you and doing it deliberately. Miaomiao, is there someone in your unit who's having a problem with you?"

Yu Cheng's words reminded Li Miaomiao. The unit... Li Miaomiao thought of those monsters and demons, and her mind was in turmoil:

"Ji Yixiang? Brother Zhang? Zhou Yuqing? Or Afang...are they following me?"

In fact, Li Miaomiao didn't even notice that they were being secretly filmed while watching the lion dance and opera. The person who filmed them was really wicked. From the perspective of others, it looked like he was filming the lion dance and the stage, but in fact he was filming Li Miaomiao and Gao Yijun.

This person took several photos in a row, including one that captured the moment when Gao Yijun held Li Miaomiao's hand. Unbeknownst to her, Li Miaomiao and Gao Yijun were holding hands, and the rumors about them had already gone viral...

Li Miaomiao's mind is in a mess now and she really doesn't know what to do.

"Miaomiao, we are not afraid. The innocent will be innocent. Go to work tomorrow and do what you should do. If they say something behind your back, just treat it as a dog's fart.

I'll talk to Jiang Yin here and help you find out which idiot started the rumor. Anyway, it's not too far for me to go to your place, and if it doesn't work out, I'm here for you."

"Um... Yu Cheng, thank you."

"Don't be so distant with me."

Yu Cheng and Li Miaomiao chatted for more than half an hour, and Li Miaomiao was ready to leave the temporary dormitory.

The next day, it was time to go to work. This time, Li Miaomiao joined the others and got out of bed at five o'clock. No one else had arrived yet, but she was there first. Li Miaomiao looked at her watch. It was only a little after six o'clock, and no one was in the office. Forget it, I'll just turn on the computer and do something.

A little while later, around 6:30, someone else came into the office. Who was it? Zhang Xiaodong. The old man looked radiant and in a good mood.

"Hey, Miaomiao, you came early today. You've made progress and are motivated."

Li Miaomiao smiled and nodded in response, then continued to do her own thing. Soon it was time to go to work, and colleagues came in one after another. At this moment, Li Miaomiao suddenly received a WeChat message from Director Li:

"Miaomiao, come to me quickly, I have something to tell you."

Li Miaomiao replied:

"What's the matter? Are you in a hurry?"

"Come if you can. It's not just about work, but it's very important. I need to explain something to you."

Li Miaomiao didn't think too much about it. Although she had to see Ji Yixiang and his gang again, she was busy with her work for a while and rode her bike over.

Upon arriving, Li Miaomiao's first sight was Ji Yixiang. His eyes were red, and he reeked of alcohol. He glared at her, his conflicted feelings evident as he wanted to pounce on her but was too timid to approach. Li Miaomiao rolled her eyes at him and entered Director Li's office.