Looking at Xia Lan's appearance, everyone sensed something was wrong. Xia Lan was still the same as usual. Could it be that she really didn't know anything?

"You really don't know? The news about you has been spreading like wildfire..."

Seeing this, the female classmate stepped forward and spoke to Xia Lan.

"I really don't know, what could be about me that I wouldn't know?"

Xia Lan faced them calmly and gestured for them to speak.

"It's...it's what's been coming from your dorm, saying you broke up someone else's family and became an old man's mistress..."

The two female classmates kept looking at Xia Lan, but after listening to their explanation, Xia Lan smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Everyone asked, puzzled, seeing that Xia Lan was still in the mood to laugh.

"Although my parents are both dead, I have hands and feet. I would never stoop to breaking up someone else's family or becoming someone's concubine."

Xia Lan smiled and addressed the crowd.

"Besides, who would really believe something like this that has no evidence?"

Xia Lan's words made everyone lower their heads in shame. They hadn't believed it at first either, but the person who relayed the message made it sound so convincing that they were gradually led astray.

"Didn't I tell you all this during my self-introduction on the first day of school? I'm already married," Xia Lan asked with a smile.

Many students then realized that Xia Lan had already been married and there was no possibility that she could be someone's concubine.

"Oh dear, we all forgot, you're already married!"

The student who remembered suddenly realized what was happening and patted his forehead.

Xia Lan chuckled softly.

“If you don’t believe me, I can show you our marriage certificate. My husband’s name is Qin Yu. He is a veteran and currently works in a transportation team.”

Xia Lan's voice echoed in the classroom, resounding and striking the hearts of everyone present, stirring up a sense of resonance.

"Wow, Xia Lan, your husband is a veteran!" two female classmates exclaimed excitedly.

In this era, soldiers were heroes who protected their country, and Xia Lan had married such a hero. How could she possibly degenerate into becoming someone else's concubine?

"I never expected that Xia Lan's husband would be a retired soldier. How could she possibly be someone's mistress? Someone must be deliberately slandering her."

"Exactly, such a spirit is absolutely impossible."

"Besides, Xia Lan doesn't even like a guy as good as Xu Yu, so how could she possibly like an old man?"

"you do not say……"

After hearing Xia Lan's words, the students immediately changed their tune, and the rumor was directly debunked.

"However, thank you for telling me about this. I will report this to the Academic Affairs Office to clear my name and seek justice. The student who talked nonsense must be severely punished."

Xia Lan nodded and smiled at her classmates, but the sharpness in her words sent chills down their spines.

"What's going on? Why are you all standing? Students, sit down, class is about to start!" The teacher walked into the classroom, saw the students standing, and went up to the podium to call out.

Everyone quickly sat down, but it was destined that many people wouldn't be able to concentrate on this lesson.

Sure enough, as soon as get out of class ended, Xia Lan packed her things and headed to the academic affairs office.

As the students watched Xia Lan pack her things, they all followed her.

Xia Lan walked into the Academic Affairs Office, where Zhang Qiu was reviewing documents. Upon seeing Xia Lan, he smiled and asked.

"What wind blew Xia Lan to our academic affairs office?"

Zhang Qiu looked at Xia Lan and had a pretty good impression of her.

"Teacher, I have something to report." Xia Lan looked at Zhang Qiu and said with a serious expression.

Seeing Xia Lan's serious expression, Zhang Qiu also sensed the seriousness of the matter, and sat up straight to look at Xia Lan.

"It's like this, as soon as I entered the classroom today, the students started talking about me behind my back..."

Xia Lan recounted the events of the day from beginning to end, and Zhang Qiu's face darkened after listening.

People nowadays value their reputation highly, especially since the Cultural Revolution is still fresh in their minds. Such things are even more unacceptable, especially for intellectuals.

"They said it came from your dorm room. Do you have any suspects?"

Zhang Qiu looked at Xia Lan and asked, if she remembered correctly, Xia Lan had a pretty good relationship with them.

"Currently, there are five people in our dormitory: me, Su Dan, Zhao Pandi, Wu Shishi, and Liu Xiaohong."

Xia Lan said slowly, "Apart from Liu Xiaohong, the other four of us get along well."

Xia Lan did not say that she suspected Liu Xiaohong; she simply stated the facts.

Zhang Qiu nodded, having made his judgment.

“Go back to class first. Leave this to me,” Zhang Qiu said seriously. “I will definitely punish this kind of behavior severely.”

"Thank you, Teacher Zhang Qiu. I'll go back to class now." Xia Lan smiled at Zhang Qiu.

"Go ahead." Looking at Xia Lan, Zhang Qiu rarely showed a smile.

As soon as Xia Lan came out of the Academic Affairs Office, her classmates immediately surrounded her.

"Xia Lan, how are you?"

"The teacher said that once the facts are verified, that student will be severely punished."

Xia Lan smiled at them.

The students nodded.

On the way to the cafeteria after finishing classes in the morning, the rumors about Xia Lan in the school were debunked.

The fact that Xia Lan was married and that her husband was a retired soldier was also made public.

When everyone heard that Xia Lan's husband was a veteran, almost everyone unanimously judged Xia Lan's story to be false.

After spreading the rumors, Liu Xiaohong watched as everyone looked shocked and disgusted, waiting to see Xia Lan's pathetic state of being despised.

The rumors stopped within just one morning.

Liu Xiaohong gritted her teeth. She never expected that Xia Lan's husband would be a retired soldier, and she never expected that she would be invited to the office of the teaching department so quickly.

“Liu Xiaohong, these classmates all say that you were the one who first spread the rumors about Xia Lan. How do you explain that?” Zhang Qiu looked at Liu Xiaohong and interrogated her directly.

Several classmates who had been interrogated by Zhang Qiu looked deflated, shrugging their shoulders and standing to the side facing the wall.

Liu Xiaohong sensed something was wrong and immediately shook her head. "It wasn't me, I heard it from someone else..."

"Then please tell me that other person's name and ask her to come over for a confrontation." Zhang Qiu glanced at Liu Xiaohong indifferently. She was still trying to pull these little tricks in front of her.

madness.

"I...I don't know who that person is, I just heard it from someone else..."

Liu Xiaohong would certainly not say that she said it herself, but she made up a character from somewhere on the spot.

Caught off guard by Zhang Qiu's question, Liu Xiaohong blushed.

"Then tell me, where did you hear it, and what were the exact words? Tell me everything."

Zhang Qiu looked at Liu Xiaohong, wanting to see what other tricks she had up her sleeve.

The other classmates had already confirmed it, just as Liu Xiaohong had said. She wanted to see where this third party came from.