At my ex-boyfriend's engagement banquet, I appeared in full attire. He thought I was there to cause trouble, but I smiled very kindly and said, "We'll all be family from now on, no need...
Chapter 725 On the Imagination of Students
Looking at Anke's leaving figure, we looked at each other in confusion.
Qin Shi was a little worried, "Mengmeng, I think she will tell others."
The others nodded in unison, "Second the motion."
Huang Tianyi said nonchalantly: "Don't you know Enke yet?
She loves to be the center of attention. Whenever there are three people, she will stand in the center position. She even wants to lie in the middle when attending a memorial service.
Now that she knows such explosive news, it's obvious that she will tell others. I think it's necessary to warn her."
"Okay, when she comes out, we'll have a good talk with her. We have to let her know that this matter really can't be spread around."
I nodded, feeling a little regretful. I originally thought that I shouldn't send text messages in the group, as it might cause trouble if someone took a screenshot. But I didn't expect that if I said it outside, someone would eavesdrop.
After the lab closed, Huang Tianyi and I caught An Ke alone and called her on the street.
"What's the matter between you two?" An Ke looked at us with some disdain.
I tried my best to sound calm and sincere, "Encore, I won't beat around the bush. I don't know how much you heard of what Tianyi and I said, but I still hope you can understand that some things shouldn't be spread around.
You don’t know what kind of things will be involved behind this matter, so if you talk about it everywhere, it is likely to bring you unnecessary trouble.”
An Ke chuckled and raised her eyelids to look at us. "Huh, trouble? What trouble? Are you threatening me?"
Huang Tianyi said unhappily, "Who wants to threaten you? If you spread the news, you'll be the one getting in trouble. It won't affect us. Don't be so ungrateful."
"Since it has no impact on you, why do you care so much?" An Ke raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, looking indifferent.
I was a little annoyed, so I took a deep breath, tried to suppress my emotions, and said patiently, "An Ke, there is currently no solid evidence for what I said. If it is spread out casually, it will just be a rumor.
Moreover, if it is true, it may affect the police investigation. If it becomes a big deal, COLLIN will not sit idly by and you may be implicated.”
An Ke smiled contemptuously, not caring about my warning at all. "Then let them investigate. If they find out, I'll say it was you who said it."
"You~" Huang Tianyi was irritated by her and took a step forward, ready to fight. Oh, what a hot temper she had. I quickly held her back and advised, "Let her be. We've already said everything we need to say."
An Ke looked at Huang Tianyi proudly and walked away arrogantly.
As expected, all kinds of rumors about COLLIN began to spread around the school that night, even before the next day.
I don’t know how much of the encore I heard. My classmates have a very strong ability to apply what they have learned to other situations. During the time it takes to have lunch, I had already heard several versions.
"Have you heard that COLLIN is actually an online fraud company. Their main business is to trick employees into going to northern Myanmar." This is a version that keeps up with current affairs.
"No, where did you hear that? I heard that the top executives of this company are spies who use the designers' identities to conduct transnational espionage." This is the Mission Impossible version.
"You think too simply! The missing employees are all dead! I heard that they were sold to a secret biological agency to extract our Chinese genes and design biological weapons against us!" This is the Resident Evil version.
Oh my god! University A is indeed a top university in the country. This imagination is really amazing!
The rumors became more and more outrageous. In just a few days, it was reported that the president of COLLIN was relying on human blood extracts to prolong his life.
In less than a week, these distorted rumors had spread across the entire Internet and even became a hot topic.
Faced with this situation, COLLIN's public relations department had to hold an emergency press conference to clarify these rumors one by one.
At the press conference, a spokesperson for COLLIN said seriously: “We deeply regret the various false rumors circulating online recently.
COLLIN is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise with more than ten years of legal operating history, dedicated to providing a development platform for designers around the world.
Regarding the rumors of missing employees, we must clarify that these employees had already left COLLIN before their disappearance.
Strictly speaking, they were not COLLIN employees at the time of their disappearance.
We provide all employees with opportunities to study abroad, and we also give all employees equal opportunities to work in overseas branches.
But the temptations in this world are huge, and there will always be people who can't resist the temptation and choose companies with higher salaries. We understand this.
We urge everyone working or traveling abroad to stay safe."
The spokesperson also stated that COLLIN will take legal action to hold the rumormongers accountable and has begun investigating the source of the rumors.
Soon, COLLIN Company found An Ke. When An Ke was called in for questioning, she gave me away without hesitation, saying that she had heard it from me.
Soon, people from COLLIN and the police found me with Anke.
In the Dean's office, the police officer sternly asked me, "Xia Yimeng, according to your classmate's testimony, you were the one who told her the online rumor about President COLLIN relying on human blood to prolong his life."
I denied it outright.
"Absolutely not! I have never said anything so irresponsible.
Uncle policeman, I studied fashion design, not literary creation, so I don’t have such a wild imagination!
The more I spoke, the angrier I became. "This is outrageous! All I know about the composition of human blood comes from middle school. I always thought that human blood is similar to pig blood. How could I have imagined that someone would like to use human blood to make blood tofu?"
By the way, did this view come from the biology department of our school?
"Hey, police officer, can human blood really prolong life?" I looked at the two policemen with curiosity.
The policeman was silent for a moment and looked at An Ke, "Do you have any evidence to prove that she said that?"
An Ke was anxious. "What kind of evidence do I need? How would I know if she didn't tell me? I just heard it from her."
"Is there any witness?" the police asked again.
"Yes, there were five other people besides her."
The police called Huang Tianyi and several others to the office. Each of them looked at the police with their big, innocent eyes blinking.
Huang Tianyi changed her usual "I'm the best in the world" demeanor and said delicately, her long eyelashes fluttering, "Uncle police, are you here to investigate the blood tofu incident?"
"Yes, ahem... no, it's about the rumors about COLLIN Company." The policeman was almost distracted by her big eyes.