Upon hearing Ye Linchen's words, three pairs of eyes immediately focused on him, and Feng Linlin, Lin Xiaojuan, and Lin Xuemei asked questions almost simultaneously.
"Who did this?"
The three of them were eager to know the answer immediately.
Ye Linchen didn't keep them in suspense. She pulled her coat tighter and lowered her voice.
"I suspect it's Meng Zihan."
When the name was mentioned, the other three were stunned, their faces filled with confusion.
"Meng Zihan? What does she have to do with you?" Lin Xiaojuan asked, looking completely bewildered.
Feng Linlin and Lin Xuemei looked at Ye Linchen with confusion, waiting for her explanation.
Ye Linchen then told everyone about Meng Zihan coming to see her.
“A couple of days ago, Meng Zihan suddenly came to see me and said some things that sounded incoherent and nonsensical. Before leaving, she even threatened me, saying she was going to give me a ‘big gift’.”
"To be honest, she looked like she was possessed, with her hair disheveled and her face pale."
"At the time, I just felt that she was not mentally well, so I didn't take her words to heart at all."
"It wasn't until I saw those flyers today that I connected the two things."
"Those flyers, though embellished with details, all have one thing in common."
"That is to mention Liu Mingxuan's identity and background very specifically and clearly."
Lin Xuemei immediately grasped the key point and agreed with her opinion.
"That's right! When we first learned that Lina might be dating, we asked her who the guy was, but Lina wouldn't go into details. She only said that she and the guy were seeing each other, but their relationship wasn't stable yet. She couldn't tell us his identity, and we didn't know either. The people in the drama club certainly wouldn't know! This flyer obviously couldn't have been made by the drama club!"
"Could it be... that we guessed wrong, and they actually know, but are just pretending not to know, wanting to see us make a fool of ourselves?"
Lin Xiaojuan didn't have a good impression of Shen Jiayu and remained skeptical.
"Probably not." Lin Xuemei shook her head. She was closest to Wang Lina and had the most authority to speak on the matter. "You don't know Lina. She seems carefree, but she's actually very secretive. Even though we're so close to her, she won't talk about Liu Mingxuan in detail, let alone what she said about the drama club."
"If Li Hongying hadn't happened to bump into them last time, we wouldn't have known she knew this person. So, it makes perfect sense that she didn't tell the drama club."
Ye Linchen nodded in agreement, then changed the subject: "But that Shen Jiayu is indeed a bit strange."
"Strange? What's strange about it?"
The three of them turned to look at her again.
"Didn't she say she didn't know Liu Mingxuan worked at the steel mill? But why did she immediately name 'Liu Mingxuan' when we asked Wang Lina if she knew anyone at the steel mill?"
"What does this mean? Unless Wang Lina only knew Liu Mingxuan when she was dancing at the dance hall that time."
"Shen Jiayu knew about Liu Mingxuan's existence; she was just deliberately hiding it from us!"
“Generally speaking, when people are guilty and lie, they will say a long speech and find many reasons to prove that they are not lying. Shen Jiayu just did it very clearly.”
Lin Xuemei clapped her hands in support of her statement.
“That’s right. At first, she seemed quiet and reserved, but later she started chattering nonstop. I knew something was off, and now that you mention it, I understand.”
Lin Xiaojuan and Feng Linlin exchanged a glance and suddenly realized what was going on.
"That's really true!"
Ye Linchen added, "And one more thing, don't forget, Liu Mingxuan and Meng Zihan are both from outside the school! Even if they printed these flyers, without the help of people from our school, they couldn't have posted them all over the school in such a short time."
"There must be an inside manipulator stirring things up!"
The atmosphere instantly became tense after those words were spoken.
"There's a mole inside! That's terrifying!"
"I wonder what the purpose of doing this is?"
Ye Linchen glanced at the group of people.
“We’re just guessing here, and we won’t get anywhere. It’s getting late, so let’s go back and rest.” She rubbed her cold hands and suggested, “Tomorrow I’ll go to the reading club and the roller skating club to ask around and see where they first heard these ridiculous rumors.”
"As long as we can find the source of the rumors, we can follow the clues and find the person behind it! Then, whether we complain to the counselor or call the police, they will make him pay for his words and deeds!"
Feng Linlin nodded vigorously: "Okay! I'll go with you tomorrow! We must find this troublemaker and teach him a lesson!"
Lin Xuemei and Lin Xiaojuan immediately said they wanted to go too.
The four of them walked towards the dormitory building, discussing their plans for tomorrow.
Ye Linchen and Lin Xuemei were walking at the front when she suddenly remembered something and stopped.
She said to the three of them, "By the way, I don't intend to keep this from Wang Lina."
Feng Linlin was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding: "You mean..."
"I mean, I plan to tell her everything about those flyers and the results of our analysis."
"She is a party involved. After such a big incident, she has the right to know the whole truth."
"If it were me, I wouldn't like to be kept in the dark like a fool either. I would like to know as soon as possible and face it together with you."
Lin Xuemei nodded in understanding.
“That’s what I think too. With Lina’s temper, if we keep it from her, she’ll definitely feel that we don’t trust her when she finds out, and she’ll be even angrier.”
"Yes." Ye Linchen said with even more certainty, "Based on my understanding of Lina, this kind of thing won't break her down. At most, she'll be angry, but she won't lose control of her emotions, desert her post, or quit."
"Telling her now will actually prevent her from hearing all this nonsense from other people before she goes on stage. If that disrupts her mood and affects her performance, then it would be a real loss."
Lin Xuemei quickly chimed in, "Yes, you're right. We should tell her now so she's mentally prepared. Even if she's unhappy, she can adjust her mindset before the actual performance and perform better then."
Feng Linlin nodded in agreement, saying, "Then let's wait until she finishes rehearsing and come back, then you can all talk to her together."
"Okay, it's settled then." Ye Linchen nodded and made the decision.
The group reached a consensus and felt a little more at ease.
Tonight, I'm waiting for Wang Lina to come back so I can tell her about it.
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