Ye Linchen looked down at the crumpled flyer in his hand, then slowly unfolded it.
She looked up at the bustling playground in front of her.
The playground was brightly lit, and several clubs were having activities.
There were people dancing, singing, and others holding banners to recruit new members.
Students sat in twos and threes in the surrounding stands.
Some people chatted while eating sunflower seeds, some played and sang with a guitar, and others jogged or briskly walked on the track.
The entire playground was filled with youthful energy and excitement.
Yet, amidst this lively and bright atmosphere, Ye Linchen suddenly felt a chill.
These leaflets were deliberately distributed by someone.
Those eyes hidden in the crowd, those mouths that love to watch the drama unfold, are likely mixed in with the laughter and chatter right now.
She doesn't know who did it.
But she knew that this person might be right next to her, watching her reaction and secretly feeling smug.
She remained silent for a moment, then made up her mind.
She turned to look at Lin Xuemei and pointed to several densely packed groups of people.
"I'll walk around the playground again to see how many different versions of the flyers there are, and try to collect them all."
"Could you please find out where this news came from and how it spread? I'm a party involved, and it would be too abrupt for me to ask them directly; they might not be willing to say more."
After listening, Lin Xuemei's expression turned serious, and she nodded: "Okay, I'll go right away."
After saying that, he quickly walked towards the crowd.
Ye Linchen walked slowly along the track by himself, keeping an eye on the ground. He would bend down and pick up any flyers he found, then carefully compare the contents and separate the duplicates from the different ones.
Her movements were slow but methodical, as if she were slowly picking up the reputation that had been maliciously trampled upon.
I hadn't walked even half a lap when someone suddenly called out from behind, "Xiao Chen!"
Ye Linchen turned around and saw Lin Xiaojuan, dressed in sportswear, running over from the other side, panting, and stopping in front of her.
"What brings you here? Are you here to exercise too? I've been telling you to come for a run more often in the evenings, but you always say you're busy. How come you suddenly have time today?"
Ye Linchen didn't say much, and directly handed her the flyer in his hand: "I came for this."
Lin Xiaojuan smiled and took the flyer, glancing at it. "Which club's flyer is this again?"
Before she could finish speaking, her smile froze on her face.
She picked up the flyer and looked at it closely. After reading it, she looked up and waved the flyer hesitantly.
"Xiao Chen, what... what is this?"
"I don't know either."
Ye Linchen suppressed his anger, but his tone remained relatively calm as he briefly recounted the conflict he had just had with Zhou Xiaoyan in the dormitory to Lin Xiaojuan.
She concluded, "If Zhou Xiaoyan hadn't lost her temper and shouted it out on the spot today, I wouldn't have known about this."
Lin Xiaojuan glanced at the flyer again, frowning as she said, "What does this even say? How could you and Wang Lina possibly fight over a man? Even a fool would know it's fake! And you still dare to print it out and distribute it everywhere!"
After saying that, she seemed to remember something and asked in a low voice.
"Xiao Chen... do you think this might be related to what you and Lina were talking about at dinner that day? The time when Wang Lina met Liu Mingxuan at the school gate and hit him?"
Ye Linchen nodded: "This says that Lina and I got into a fight at the school gate, which means it must have happened that day. But this picture looks like it's been edited. There were a lot of onlookers that day, and Wang Lina was with three fellow villagers, but there are only three figures in this picture... Something's not right."
She thought for a moment and then asked, "Have you been running here every night lately? Have you noticed when these flyers started appearing?"
Lin Xiaojuan enjoys running here in the evenings after starting university.
Although I don't run every day, I do it four or five times a week.
If the flyers really did start being distributed from here, she should remember it.
Unfortunately, Lin Xiaojuan shook her head regretfully.
"This... I really didn't notice. When I used to run, I often encountered people handing out club promotional materials, but I never really looked at them and just threw them on the ground. I had no idea that anyone would be handing out these kinds of flyers here."
She waved the flyer angrily and said, "Xiao Chen, this is too malicious! It's clearly an attempt to ruin your reputation. You can't let this go unpunished; you must find out!"
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Ye Linchen didn't stand on ceremony with her and nodded, saying, "Could you help me find out exactly who started this rumor and when it first spread? The more details the better."
Lin Xiaojuan immediately nodded: "Leave it to me! I'll go find Feng Linlin right now. She's a know-it-all; she might have already heard the news."
"Thank you," Ye Linchen said softly.
Lin Xiaojuan waved her hand at her: "What kind of relationship do we have? There's no need to be so polite! Don't worry, we'll definitely find this poisonous snake!"
After saying that, Lin Xiaojuan quickly ran towards the dormitory building.
Ye Linchen continued picking up the flyers from the ground along the running track beside the playground.
Along the way, several students who recognized her stopped in their tracks when they saw her, glanced at her discreetly, and then whispered to the people next to them.
Several other girls looked at her with complicated expressions, as if they wanted to say something, but opened their mouths and said nothing, and finally ran away in a hurry.
But Ye Linchen didn't take any of this to heart.
She has faced too much gossip in this life, but it can no longer hurt her.
Now, all she has to do is find out who is behind this.
Who is spreading rumors?
And who is it that made her a laughing stock, throwing her into the gossip of the crowd?
She was determined to find that person and make him regret it!
The playground wasn't very big, and in no time she had completed a lap, having already collected more than thirty flyers.
Besides the two photos that she and Lin Xuemei initially saw:
Shocking! Two female roommates fight in public outside school gates over a boyfriend!
Wang Lina and Ye Linchen's indecent behavior exposed!
[Campus beauties turn against each other over love! A chaotic scene unfolds in the dormitories of Jiangcheng University!]
Ye Linchen and Wang Lina got into a street fight, the cause of which was a fight over a man!
There are two more new versions:
Scandal Exposed: A Love Triangle Erupts in a Girls' Dormitory
Ye Linchen and Wang Lina got into a fight, and the truth behind it is astonishing!
[A battle of wits, tormented by love? Ye Linchen and Wang Lina cause a scene at the school gate!]
The crowd of students who came to watch has already alerted the student counselor!
Ye Linchen kept one of each of the four different versions of the flyers, carefully putting them into his bag, while tearing the rest into pieces and throwing them into the trash can by the playground.
She had just finished tearing off the last sheet when she saw Lin Xuemei rushing over, pulling one of their classmates along.
Lin Xuemei, panting, shouted as she ran, "Xiao Chen, I've found out! I know where the rumors came from!"
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