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The girl in front continued in a low voice, "Oh my, it's her! If you don't believe me, go to the third student canteen at noon today. They eat there every day. Professor Cai not only serves Ye Wenyu food, but also reaches out to wipe the rice grains off her face. He chats and laughs with her, taking special care of her. And that Ye student is also chatting and laughing with the professor. When the two of them look at each other, their eyes are sparkling."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhiming suddenly stood up, his heart filled with a bitter, pent-up resentment. Like an enraged lion, he strode up to the gossiping girl, his face ashen, and angrily said to her, "Don't spout nonsense and ruin someone's reputation!"

A tall, dark-skinned boy suddenly appeared beside her, startling the girl. Her face turned as pale as paper, and she trembled like a rabbit. Instinctively, she shrank into her boyfriend's arms, making her originally thin boyfriend suddenly feel tall and strong.

The young girl, nestled in her boyfriend's arms, said to Jiang Zhiming in an annoyed tone, "Who are you? I'm not the only one talking about her. She's dating Professor Cai! All the students saw it. I'm not making things up."

Such irrefutable evidence made Jiang Zhiming even angrier. He felt all the blood rushing to his face. Due to extreme anger, his hands, hanging by his sides, trembled like leaves in a storm. He could only clench his fists. His handsome face, which was originally gloomy like thunder in a dark cloud, was now completely black, like the bottom of a pot.

"She can't possibly be dating a teacher! She's a good student, you can't bully her! People who talk badly about others behind their backs are shameful!" Jiang Zhiming slammed his large hand on the table in anger, smoke rising from his hair and fire spitting from his big eyes, looking quite frightening.

For Jiang Zhiming, Ye Wenyu was his goddess, and no one could violate or harm her.

The girl was so scared she was about to cry. She instinctively grabbed her boyfriend's hand, her face drained of all color, and her shoulders trembled with fear.

The boyfriend, full of heroic spirit, immediately stood up and shouted at Jiang Zhiming, "Who are you yelling at? This is not a place for you to run wild. Who are you calling shameless?" As he spoke, he cracked his knuckles.

Normally, Jiang Zhiming would avoid students with this kind of thuggish behavior; if he couldn't afford to mess with them, he could at least run away. But this time, for some reason, he felt a rush of blood to his chest, which made him fearless and caused him to lose his reason.

He remained defiant, his face ashen, and shouted, "You talk behind people's backs, stir up trouble, and spread rumors—that's shameless of you!"

It was as if Ye Wenyu's innocence could be preserved simply by correcting the whispering between the two students in front of her.

The girl's boyfriend felt a surge of anger, raised his fist, and punched Jiang Zhiming hard in the face.

There was a loud "bang," the world froze for a moment, and then—

Jiang Zhiming hadn't expected the boy to hit him, and he was already furious. He wiped his face, his palms were covered in blood, and his nose was burning. He knew his nose was bleeding and he was injured. He sneered, raised his fist, which was as big as a bowl, and swung it at the boy who hit him.

The other party was determined to impress his girlfriend and not let her look down on him, so he showed no weakness whatsoever.

Soon, the two were locked in a fierce fight, exchanging blows, punches, kicks, hair-pulling, and arm-biting. The fight drew a large crowd of students, and for the library, which is known for its quiet atmosphere, the appearance of a student fight was like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, eventually alarming the library and school security guards.

Several tall and burly security guards pulled the two of them apart. Both of them were taken back by the leaders of their respective college's student affairs office, given a lecture, and recorded a major demerit before being released.

Jiang Zhiming's face burned with pain, his nose was still bleeding, one eye was swollen into a black eye, a large clump of hair had been ripped from his scalp, and his arm ached terribly. He was limping because of his injured foot, but he still couldn't believe what he had heard. Ye Wenyu was actually dating Professor Cai?! She rejected him simply because she had feelings for Professor Cai?! The last time they walked together so intimately, laughing and talking, was it all true?

No, no, no, he didn't believe it.

Jiang Zhiming felt that compared to the emotional damage, the physical pain was nothing. He was pale and his heart ached so much that he could hardly breathe.

Ye Wenyu is such a good girl, she would never date a teacher. He must find her and ask her face to face!

He remembered what the gossipy girl had said: Ye Wenyu and Professor Cai would have dinner together in the student cafeteria. Jiang Zhiming thought for a moment and walked towards the student cafeteria. His steps felt like they were filled with lead, and his heart trembled as if he were waiting for the verdict of fate to come soon.

Half an hour later, Jiang Zhiming looked for Ye Wenyu in the student cafeteria.

He didn't know she was in the third student cafeteria, so he had to use a process of elimination, searching one cafeteria after another. Q University has many cafeterias, so after searching the fifth cafeteria, he finally found Ye Wenyu in the sixth cafeteria, which was the third student cafeteria.

At this moment, because he hadn't eaten in time, his stomach was growling with hunger, he had no strength, his legs felt weak as if they were made of cotton, his knuckles were burning with pain, his arms were bruised and swollen, and one of his eyes was temporarily blurred because he had been hit so hard by the other party. In addition, blood was dripping from the road he had walked along because his fist had been injured during the fight and was bleeding, and the bleeding had not completely stopped yet.

In short, Jiang Zhiming's appearance was quite frightening. He didn't resemble a good student at Q University who was honest, hardworking, simple, and motivated. Instead, he looked like a lazy, unambitious hoodlum from society.

He slowly walked into the cafeteria, his face gloomy, his somber gaze searching the student cafeteria before quickly finding Ye Wenyu.

At this very moment, Ye Wenyu was having dinner with Cai Wenchuan. The two of them were eating face to face, with other girls sitting around them. At first glance, it looked like a large group of people having a meal together, but upon closer inspection, it would be clear that it was actually a date for the two of them. For the two people eating in the middle, the girls around them were irrelevant.

Jiang Zhiming's gaze fell on Ye Wenyu, and he felt a pang of heartache. But when he saw that Professor Cai was sitting opposite her, a small flame of emotion rose within him.

Cai Wenchuan was a complete hypocrite; his gaze, filled with affection like a gentle rain, fell entirely on Ye Wenyu.