Xia Xi arrived late today because she had gone to the professor to copy some materials after class. She didn't get a seat near Xu Yanfeng and sat at the back. She looked at Xu Yanfeng, who was sitting at the top, with several people between them, and opened her mouth to defend herself.

"I……"

Xia Xi stopped just after uttering a word, feeling that it was unnecessary.

The night she went to Huaixi Pedestrian Street, it was raining heavily and she happened to run into Xu Yanfeng. She even took a ride with him back to school. How could he not know whether she had gone to solicit sponsorship?

After thinking this through, Xia Xi leaned back in her chair leisurely with her arms folded over her chest, watching Zhou Xiaoyu throw dirty water on her quietly.

After Zhou Xiaoyu finished her complaint, she looked at Xia Xi with dissatisfaction. She acted as if it were real.

Xia Xi licked her lip and couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, she finally understood why Zhou Xiaoyu had come to her in person to get the form that day. If Zhou Xiaoyu had asked her to send the form over on WeChat, the chat record would have been left, making it difficult to slander her.

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Xia Xi really wanted to applaud her. Minister Zhou was quite quick-witted. I'm afraid that when she said she had secured sponsorship from eight stores that rainy night, Minister Zhou would want to claim the credit for her, so he didn't let her take a photo and send it over.

Zhou Xiaoyu saw Xia Xi smiling. She was very beautiful, wearing a pure black off-shoulder sweater, revealing one of her round snow-white shoulders, with thin black shoulder straps. Her long hair was loose, covering part of her exposed skin, but it didn't look revealing. The collision of black and white only felt sexy and charming, but Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't appreciate it. She suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Why wasn't Xia Xi panicking at all and didn't explain herself?

This is not right.

Zhou Xiaoyu turned to look at Xu Yanfeng. He was also calm, showing no emotion. In the past, if someone procrastinated and didn't properly complete their assigned tasks, he would directly criticize them. If they did it three times, he would order them to leave the student union.

Xia Xi had seen enough of her acting, so she lowered her arms from her chest, held her chin, and asked, "Minister Zhou, you said I didn't do anything, but you brought in all the sponsorship for Huaixi Pedestrian Street?"

Even without Xu Yanfeng's testimony, she could prove her innocence.

The words had already been spoken, so Zhou Xiaoyu could only agree: "Yes."

Xia Xi's face was full of smiles, not revealing any anger or grievance. "How about we find the store managers of those stores and confront them and ask them whether they know you, Zhou Xiaoyu, or me, Xia Xi?"

The atmosphere in the conference room was tense. All the people present were smart people, and after hearing this, they figured out what was going on. Zhou Xiaoyu took the credit for Xia Xi's work, and in turn slandered her for doing nothing.

Who can tolerate this?

Several members who were on good terms with Zhou Xiaoyu did not dare to speak for her.

Zhou Xiaoyu's brain froze. Who could have imagined that Xia Xi would suggest confronting the store manager? At this point, things were out of her control. She forced herself to retort, "You, you said you'd go to the store manager? Have you ever thought about..."

"Zhou Xiaoyu." Xu Yanfeng spoke. He didn't look at Zhou Xiaoyu. He opened the folder in his hand. On the top was the sponsorship list of eight stores. It wasn't Xia Xi's handwriting. Zhou Xiaoyu must have copied it herself. "I give ordinary staff three chances to make mistakes. As a minister, you should lead by example. If you do it again, you won't be able to be a minister anymore."

Zhou Xiaoyu's face paled visibly, but he refused to admit defeat and become a laughing stock. "Senior, you can't just listen to Xia Xi's one-sided story and conclude that what she said is true. I brought in the sponsorship, and I can confront the store manager!"

Those store managers were incredibly busy, were they really that easy to hire? As long as she showed enough aura, she wouldn't lose.

Xia Xi sneered: "You're just being stubborn."

Zhou Xiaoyu's eyes were red with grievance, and her voice was tinged with tears. "Xia Xi, how have I ever offended you? You're always against me. I know you joined the student union to pursue Senior Xu, but at least you should do your job well, okay?"

The others originally stood on Xia Xi's side, thinking that she was innocent because her credit was stolen. However, seeing that Zhou Xiaoyu looked like she was about to cry and did not seem to be faking it, everyone was hesitant for a moment, not knowing who to believe.

Xia Xi was convinced by this man. If the hard approach didn't work, he would try the soft approach. Was he trying to bully her because she couldn't cry?

"Senior, how long are you going to keep this a secret? You've seen it, and if you don't help me prove it, I'll be a criminal." Xia Xi looked straight at Xu Yanfeng and threatened, "If you don't do anything, believe it or not, I'll make you cry louder, I guarantee it'll be louder than hers."

It was not difficult to find those store managers to testify for her. She left their contact information for the convenience of future communication, but she just wanted to involve Xu Yanfeng, the student union president who was firmly in power.

Xu Yanfeng: “…”

Zhou Xiaoyu was immersed in the script he had written and directed. When he heard this, he forgot to act for a moment. His expression froze and he looked dazed, not knowing who to look at.

Xu Yanfeng adhered to the principle of fairness and justice and clarified on Xia Xi's behalf: "Xia Xi was running for sponsorship on Huaixi Pedestrian Street that day and happened to run into me. She didn't lie and didn't return to school until after nine o'clock."

Xia Xi was extremely satisfied. She smiled broadly at Xu Yanfeng and added, "Thank you, senior, for sending me back to school."

Xu Yanfeng: “…”

Everyone was gossiping. What was going on? Wasn't Xu Yanfeng avoiding Xia Xi? Sending her back to school? When did they become so close?

Xia Xile asked Zhou Xiaoyu excitedly, "Minister Zhou, do you have anything else to say?"

Zhou Xiaoyu was speechless. She couldn't even lift her head. She felt embarrassed and helpless, and wished she could grow wings and escape from here.

The final outcome of this incident was that Xu Yanfeng removed Zhou Xiaoyu from her position as department head. Although Xia Xi had performed well in this event, she was new after all, and asking her to be the department head was not enough to convince the public. Xu Yanfeng therefore appointed a more experienced male student as the head of the External Relations Department.

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