Shen Linyue only found out that He Xiao had posted on the school forum after the second evening class.
His domineering and protective post was almost as popular as the post about him being exposed for plagiarizing answers. Shen Linyue remained silent for a long time after reading it.
One thing I forgot to mention is that using trending topics to cover up trending topics is indeed effective. It can divert a lot of people's attention and make it easier for them to find evidence.
Below the post by the user "ID is so handsome", there were several other posts proving that Shen Linyue and He Xiao were aunt and nephew, making the entire school aware of their kinship.
Even Qiao Hanshuang, who rarely contacted them, came forward to testify, which surprised her somewhat. The fact that she didn't kick them while they were down was probably because of her feelings for He Xiao.
"Now you don't want to hide it anymore?" Shen Linyue asked the boy beside her.
He Xiao was holding his phone, his handsome face serious, his fingers rapidly tapping the screen. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was having a fierce battle with his haters.
Hearing Shen Linyue's voice, he turned his head to look at her. "Hmm, I can't stand these bastards slandering you."
Shen Linyue was slightly taken aback, her heart warmed, and she reached out to move his fluffy head: "Thank you, my dear nephew."
He Xiao held his phone without moving, keeping his head tilted to look at her, but his brows slowly furrowed. "Don't say thank you next time."
Shen Linyue paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, love you, sending you a heart."
Seeing his aunt tilting her head and making a heart shape with her hands, He Xiao couldn't help but smirk slightly, but he still said, "Hmph, so stupid."
In reality, he was overjoyed.
In crucial moments, we still have to rely on his nephew; even Lao He has to step aside. Ha!
Shen Linyue wasn't angry. She looked up and saw Gu Yi'an walk in, holding his phone as if he had something urgent to say.
"Boss, I have another lead."
He pursed his lips, nervously looked around, and only after confirming that the people in the front rows had left and hadn't returned did he lower his voice and say with relief, "Boss, we have the results for those IPs you asked me to check."
Shen Linyue naturally moved closer and heard these words. She didn't understand for a moment and looked at He Xiao.
He Xiao raised an eyebrow: "And then? Did you find the exact location?"
Gu Yi'an shook his head: "This is the second most serious thing I want to talk about."
"They hired online trolls to stir up trouble on our campus forum. Those IPs all show they're from other cities, not from the school." He took a breath and cursed under his breath, "Damn it, those bastards!"
He Xiao glanced at him and warned, "Watch your words, there's a girl here."
Gu Yi'an immediately snapped out of his daze, patted his mouth, and apologized to Shen Linyue: "I'm sorry, sis, I treated you like a brother."
Shen Linyue: "..." This should be a compliment, right?
"What do we do now? Things seem to be getting more complicated. Can we find out where these online trolls came from? Can we bribe them to work for us?" Shen Linyue asked sincerely.
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt two pairs of eyes fall on her face. Shen Linyue could clearly see the speechlessness in their eyes.
Shen Linyue: ?
"Your idea is good, but don't think about it again next time." He Xiao looked away.
Shen Linyue: "..."
“Screenshotting the IP addresses of the online trolls, how can that not be considered evidence?” He Xiao curled his lips, his eyes full of sarcasm.
Gu Yi'an was shocked and gave his boss a thumbs up: "It has to be you."
After he finished speaking, he remembered something and left a phone number.
He Xiao glanced at it and casually entered it into the phone book. When he looked up, he met Shen Linyue's eyes, which were full of curiosity.
He Xiao: "..."
"What are you planning to do now?" he asked, squinting his eyes.
"Whose phone number is this?" she asked, pointing to a wad of paper he was holding in his palm.
He Xiao paused slightly, then smiled mysteriously: "You'll find out tonight."
...
Around 10:40 PM.
Xu Hao, who was being pampered at home and enjoying watching a movie, received a call from an unknown number.
Seeing that the caller ID showed a local IP address, Xu Hao's heart skipped a beat. He thought it was a new number that his boss had specially used to make it easier for him to contact him.
However, when he carefully answered the phone and heard the voice on the other end, he was almost scared to death.
"Xu Hao, I heard you're not feeling well and are resting at home?" He Xiao's voice was devoid of emotion, but instead revealed concern.
Xu Hao listened intently, feeling as if he were being summoned by the King of Hell. His legs trembled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He wanted to hang up and pretend it wasn't him, but the person on the other end seemed to have anticipated his thoughts and spoke again.
"If you dare hang up on me, I don't mind coming to your house tomorrow."
Xu Hao: "..." He was so scared he almost knelt down before him.
"Ha, haha... This... He, classmate He, may I ask what brings you to me in the middle of the night?" He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He quickly reviewed all the things he had done recently in his mind, and it seemed that each one was enough to warrant a death sentence from He Xiao.
"Nothing, I just wanted to check on you."
He Xiao's voice was low and deep, which sounded to Xu Hao like, "I'm waiting for you to break down on your own."
Xu Hao was indeed somewhat on guard, but he was still considering what to say when He Xiao spoke up again.
"Have you been looking at the school forum? Something happened today. Although it has nothing to do with you, the teachers at school are taking this matter very seriously, and everyone is investigating it. I just want to ask you, what's your opinion on this?"
Xu Hao: "..."
"Uh, what happened at school? I'm sorry, He, I haven't been feeling well lately and haven't been paying attention to school matters." He tried to brush it off with a laugh.
He Xiao said regretfully, "Oh, I see. Actually, I wanted to ask if you had any clues, since the school offers a reward for providing clues."
"Wow, this incident must be quite serious, there's even a bonus?" he exclaimed, feigning surprise, though he was inwardly apprehensive.
No, why didn't he hear a word about this?
"Yeah, the teacher also said that the mastermind behind this will be severely punished. Not only will they get a major demerit and be on their file, but they'll also be expelled. Tsk, that's pretty serious." He replied casually, then suddenly brought up the previous incidents.
“I checked the security footage at the mall last time and found that Xu was there that day too. What a coincidence! I was just about to say hello to you, and you disappeared in the blink of an eye, haha.”
After hearing this, Xu Hao was so frightened that his legs went completely weak. His mental defenses were already weak, and he almost blurted out the truth. Fortunately, he still had a sliver of rationality left.
There was silence on the other end for a long time, but He Xiao didn't mind. He said calmly, "I'm not saying this to scare you, but to warn you not to become someone's scapegoat."
He didn't give Xu Hao a chance to speak, hung up the phone directly, and lowered his eyes to meet Shen Linyue's bright eyes.
He Xiao: "..."
"So the call was to Xu Hao? Did you find out something?" Shen Linyue asked.
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