Chapter 28 #Coldy Academic Misconduct? (8K Nutrient Solution)^...
[I am Tang Chen (pseudonym), a senior psychology student at XX University. I am filing a formal complaint against my classmate Jiang Tinghan for plagiarizing my academic research. Jiang Tinghan repeatedly obtained places in various competitions and exchange activities by flattering professors and suppressing classmates, despite his falsified experimental data, fabricated data, copied others' research results, and produced numerous shoddy papers. He has committed multiple acts of academic misconduct!]
In 2021, this student received a scholarship in the Department of Psychology with the fifth highest grade in the entire department and a scholarship in the Department of Literature with the fourth highest grade in the entire department. Leaving aside the latter, the reason she was able to receive the scholarship in the Department of Psychology was because of her high GPA ranking. However, her high GPA was achieved by taking many non-required courses during a year-long exchange program at Seoul National University to raise her average score!
This is a comparison of Jiang's and my transcripts. I had almost all A's in my required courses, and one A+, while she also had A's and A+'s, but two of hers were B+'s! But overall, my GPA was lower than hers, so I missed the last scholarship spot. Is this really fair to me and the other students ranked after her?
During the exchange program, the top student in my department also signed up for the election, but ultimately lost like me. Was there any deal we don't know about?
Incidentally, this student has visited the Liangshan Mountains multiple times to cultivate an image of being enthusiastic about public welfare and kind-hearted in volunteer teaching, but each stay did not exceed three days, and after deducting the time spent traveling, only one day was spent actually in the area. Is it genuine compassion, or just a show? I have no idea.
Below is all the evidence I have collected, including the fact that the student entered the professor's office late at night, had dinner with the professor multiple times, and had intimate photos of hugging and kissing a middle-aged man (who is the actual controlling shareholder of a certain food chain enterprise, as evidenced by Tianyancha) outside the school.
Our previous chat history, before she published her revised paper, included a discussion about the "differences in education between Chinese and Korean students," which led her to write a paper based on this topic and win an award.
[Long chat screenshots from March 2021][Screenshot 1 of CNKI paper][Screenshot 2 of paper][Screenshot 3 of paper]
A short essay publicly accused Jiang Tinghan of numerous crimes, even implying that she was involved with sugar daddies and mentors. If these accusations were proven true, her career would be ruined.
The public opinion has now become quite heated, with some people gloating, some expressing disappointment, and others raising various questions.
[I never expected Coldy to be this kind of person... This middle-aged man, although he's not bad looking, is probably in his forties or fifties, how could he bring himself to do that?]
I really enjoy volunteering, and if it's true that he's using children to build his own persona, I can't accept it, and I'll never like Coldy again.
[An academic swindler? I knew highly educated people wouldn't want to be idols; it's all about deception.]
【Ugh, what nonsense are you spouting? This industry has idols with kindergarten diplomas as well as Stanford graduates; it's all-encompassing.】
"Oh...he looks like a complete bad seed. Damn, did I misjudge him? There really isn't such a perfect child in the world; it's all just packaging."
What kind of family could raise such a hypocritical and vicious child? Did they lack parental upbringing?
[However, the whistleblower's logic is flawed. Coldy's GPA is undeniably higher than his. What constitutes unfair competition? Does that mean non-required courses don't require effort? He excels in required courses, but his non-required grades are even better. I simply think Coldy is more capable.]
[Yeah...he could easily choose a few non-required courses to boost his GPA, why not? Is it that he doesn't want to or can't? Coldy's schedule is way too packed, there's no time to rest at all, even classes run until 9 or 10 pm.]
[It turns out that this isn't the first day I joined SW; I've been a "King of Rolling" for a long time.]
[I've got it! Having more non-required courses means a higher risk of a lower GPA, right? Maintaining high grades in non-required courses isn't easy either!]
[However, the whistleblower said that her opportunity to come to South Korea for exchange was obtained improperly. If there was a problem from the beginning, even if her GPA was reasonable, it is still a kind of harm to this poor boy.]
I don't think the opportunity to study in our country is that hard to come by... Coldy was able to get into a top-ranked school in such a competitive country, so it's not surprising that she succeeded in this competition.
Studying abroad also requires considering other abilities, such as interpersonal skills, independent living skills, and suitability for the theme of the study tour. All aspects need to be considered comprehensively. Perhaps the person who ranked first and the whistleblower lacked certain abilities.
Yes, their academic performance is quite similar, so they might choose the child who excels in other areas.
However, she is suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with a man, which is a major taboo for idols!
【I'm rich, and I'm young! Why won't Coldy choose me?!】
[kkk may have the wrong nationality]
[It was just an arm around the shoulder, how can that be considered intimate?]
[But it's strange that Coldy didn't resist when someone put their arm around his shoulder, and they even got into a luxury car together. I've heard before that Coldy doesn't come from a particularly wealthy family.]
Yes, I praised her back then for being a very frugal girl who used very inexpensive things. I even bought a lot of cheap and pretty little things from her. Now it seems like she was just trying to create a down-to-earth image.
[I'm spitting blood... Gold prices are at rock bottom!]
[My first serious crush has left me utterly defeated; I'm going to turn to the dark side!]
[Maybe they're family? Let's not rush to spread rumors about idols.]
[Who are these people with such different surnames? Didn't someone previously reveal that Coldy's family background was quite ordinary? How come they have shareholders as relatives?]
[Why is everyone focusing on this? I'm more concerned about academic misconduct. From the chat logs, it seems the boy brought up this topic with Coldy first, but Coldy's name wasn't on the final paper. He's so pitiful.]
[While Coldy may have indeed written the paper himself, why didn't he ask before researching a topic proposed by someone else? That's blatant plagiarism.]
This is also a stretch. Didn't Coldy say in the chat history, "I also thought of this topic, it has a lot of potential for exploration"? How can such a few words help Coldy's paper? Moreover, he only mentioned "the differences in education between Chinese and Korean students". The title of Coldy's paper is "Exploring the relationship between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and belonging) of Chinese and Korean students and their learning engagement and happiness".
Am I blind or are you all blind? These are completely different things!
[How can this person describe a topic that anyone could think of in such a unique way, as if only he could have thought of it? If Coldy also researches it, then he's just copying him? This is getting more and more weak and feeble; all he can do is throw out some serious accusations to try and crush Coldy.]
[Wow, I read this paper carefully, and it's really well-written! My own life is exactly as described above, and I even discovered some little habits that I hadn't noticed before. It's so meticulous!]
[I suspect this person has a mental illness; much of it is just speculation and conjecture.]
Please don't demand perfection from victims, okay?
[Isn't it strange? The whistleblower not only posted in Chinese, but also in Korean and English. It's obvious they came prepared.]
This is normal, because he wants the whole world to see Coldy's true colors and stop being deceived by this girl with an angelic face and a devilish heart!
Actually, I don't think this is a big deal. We have cases of women cheating and even getting involved in organized crime around here.
But she's an idol! Idols should project a positive image!
[After reading this, I found it ridiculous. Going in and out of the supervisor's office in the middle of the night—doesn't that mean she was working overtime just like the supervisor? All I saw were two poor souls doing academic research late at night; it sounded like she was going in and out of the supervisor's home.]
[Just because someone went to their mentor's house doesn't mean they're a good judge of a person. You can't imagine how a mentor might treat their beloved student like a beast of burden. All I can see in the whole story is that Coldy is very studious.]
[Exactly! What kind of evidence is a dinner party? It's perfectly normal for a professor to have dinner with a student they like. This so-called evidence is laughable.]
[He actively participates in various competitions, publishes additional papers beyond course requirements, and maintains a high GPA while studying abroad. I can only tell that Coldy is truly passionate about learning and is exceptionally talented.]
Tsukichi Anri, of course, believed Jiang Tinghan and said anxiously, "Little Han-chan, hurry up and see how to clarify this!"
She was somewhat relieved: "Luckily, it broke after the voting was over, otherwise the impact would have been too great!"
Jiang Tinghan frowned: "Let me take a look first."
Is this Tang Chen, or Tang Shichen?
She remembered this man; he was genuinely ill and his mental state was very unstable. He had wanted to collaborate with her on a research project, but she felt it would be better to work with a classmate who was more stable, even if it was more strenuous. This mentally unstable man then resorted to crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide, sending her thousands of messages in one day from different numbers, forcing her to change her phone number, which she had used for several years.
She then called the police, and the man quieted down for a while. After some time, he inexplicably came back to confess his love, saying that he had noticed her at some point, was deeply attracted to her, and that he couldn't live without her, and other such nonsense.
She went directly to her counselor and told him that she was afraid of being harassed and even more afraid that the other party would do something extreme. In addition, given Tang Shichen's previous actions, the school forced him to take a leave of absence. However, he resumed his studies not long afterward and did not cause any more trouble.
It seems that the illness has recurred.
Jiang Tinghan has always had a laissez-faire attitude towards love; she's open to dating people she likes, but she just hasn't met the right person yet.
But after that incident, she completely lost interest in romance. Tang Shichen acted quite normally before sending those thousands of messages. Who knows if the other men who approached her were two-faced like her?
Jiang Tinghan didn't even know what experimental data her paper contained after reading it. After carefully reading the paper, she realized that the accusations of plagiarism and data fabrication were from two different papers, the latter of which was written during her sophomore year.
She recalled for a moment before realizing that she must have gone out with several sociology classmates to distribute questionnaires and collect the data.
They worked together, with sociology requiring students to use statistical tools, and Jiang Tinghan's high school math knowledge coming at her, which was far removed from science. So the sociology students did the statistical data work, while she was responsible for analyzing and summarizing the data and then writing the paper.
One of the sociology students even got an A+ in advanced mathematics. He was usually responsible and conscientious, so Jiang Tinghan didn't think they would falsify data.
Upon closer inspection, the data in the paper seemed somewhat unfamiliar. After pondering for a while, Jiang Tinghan was certain that this was not the original data. Although he couldn't tell, it was likely that some technical means had been used to modify the original data.
The original paper was not published on any public platform; the dense numbers were dizzying to read, and few people would bother to read it carefully.
Putuo Qian glanced at it a few times and immediately pointed out the most serious problem: "Coldy, who is this man?"
It shouldn't be that teacher, right? The photo looks like it was taken when Coldy was still in university in China; her teacher should be in South Korea.
Jiang Tinghan was so speechless he almost laughed: "It's my dad."
"Huh?!" Putuo Qian looked surprised. "But you two don't look alike at all!"
Jiang Tinghan was speechless with emotion.
Putuo Qian clapped her hands, realizing, "Oh right, honey, your family structure is quite complicated. I almost forgot."
Anri Tsukichi's eyes lit up: "That makes things much easier! The PD should be coming to see Han-chan soon, so you should talk to him right away!"
"Is this person really sick?! They even spread rumors about you and your old man! It's outrageous!"
Jiang Tinghan deeply agreed, and the more she read the short essay, the angrier she became: "Indeed."
She has a strong mentality and can withstand such a situation. I don't know how scared a girl with average coping abilities would be.
It was a beautiful, sunny day, a day off for the contestants and a day off for the producer, but then a storm of controversy erupted online.
Yoon Shin-hye's first reaction was, "She didn't do anything to attract negative attention, did she?"
After learning the general outline of what happened, Yoon Shin-hye was forced to work overtime and quickly found Jiang Tinghan to know the whole story. She also hired a professional public relations firm, only asking Jiang Tinghan to provide evidence.
Writing press releases also takes time, and PR professionals, tempted by money, worked overtime like crazy. Jiang Tinghan then turned around and contacted the school.
The mere claim that she rose to her position through her mentor was enough to alarm the school, as every professor at their school is a highly paid academic expert.
Jiang Tinghan also used the tactic of hinting, expressing her desire for the school to expel this person, both openly and subtly.
She's a senior and doesn't need to stay at school anymore, but what if this crazy person goes around harassing other people in the future?
A teacher from the school's education department spoke in official jargon: "The school will handle this according to regulations, but we need to give the public an explanation. We will conduct an investigation into you and the tutor who was named."
The teacher comforted him, saying, "Jiang, don't take it to heart. You've been receiving too much attention lately. A clearer investigation will help you relax and dispel more people's doubts about you. We know you're a good student."
Jiang Tinghan: "Thank you, teacher."
She had just hung up the phone when she saw a bunch of red missed calls, which startled her.
The signal in the mountains must be bad, her parents haven't called yet, her dad did call once, and the rest were all called by Kwon Ji-yong.
He was quite restrained and only sent one text message: 【Are you alright?】
Jiang Tinghan called his father first: "I can handle things here. Just make sure your blood pressure doesn't spike again."
"Oh dear! I'm all better now. I was so angry! What kind of nonsense is this? I can't even put my arm around my daughter's shoulder? I saw something online saying we have different surnames. No way, I'm going to change my surname to yours tomorrow."
Jiang Tinghan paused for a second: "Dad, Grandpa and Grandma will break your legs, won't they?"
"I'm fifty years old, why would I be afraid of them!" the old man said, feigning intimidation, before adding sullenly, "I forgot I own a company. Do you want shares? I'll give you dividends."
Jiang Tinghan: "Keep it for yourself. It'll be good for your retirement if you stay single forever."
Dad: "What do you mean? Is this a compliment or an insult? If I run out of money in the future, won't you support me?"
Jiang Tinghan said somewhat helplessly, "Raise—"
"Anyway, it's nothing serious. Don't argue with people online. Go to sleep early. But is the internet speed in the Maldives this fast?"
"Which city doesn't have fast internet these days? I'm already back, and I even visited your parents. Luckily, they don't use the internet much, otherwise I don't know how heartbroken they would be to see all those comments criticizing you."
Jiang Tinghan: "Yeah."
"I'll come back to see you after this show ends. There's only one month left, it'll be over soon. Bye-bye."
Dad: "You hung up so quickly? Couldn't you have chatted with me for at least ten or eight minutes?"
Jiang Tinghan's tone softened: "What do you want to talk about?"
"Fine, I know idols need to get beauty sleep, right? Go ahead and go ahead."
Another call ended, and Kwon Ji-yong had one more missed call, a sharp drop compared to the previous four or five missed calls.
Only a dozen seconds after I hung up the phone, another call came in.
Jiang Tinghan answered the phone, and a deep male voice sounded: "I regret it. Even if it hadn't snowed, I should have taken you home."
Jiang Tinghan cracked his knuckles: "What can you do by bringing me back?"
"Can... I curse with you?" Kwon Ji-yong didn't mention how many phone calls he had made. "I think you must be very angry right now."
“A little,” Jiang Tinghan said softly, leaning on the balcony railing, “but it seems like there aren’t many swear words in Korean.”
Kwon Ji-yong: "Is it better than nothing?"
Jiang Tinghan launched a zero-frame attack: "Zha Jinna, this guy is a real bastard, doulai, qinjia oh yo kam ne, zu gao la!"
(This guy is so annoying, he's a real bastard, a lunatic, he's unbelievable, he should just die.)
Kwon Ji-yong, unaware that he might have been secretly insulted, thought: "Wow..."
"I haven't heard anyone swear at me so much in a long time."
Jiang Tinghan felt a little better: "Only by swearing can you cleanse your soul."
"As long as you're happy." Kwon Ji-yong seemed to smile slightly, then added, "This guy... likes you, right?"
Jiang Tinghan was slightly surprised: "Senior, you noticed?"
“He kept trying to find topics to talk about with you in the chat history, it was obvious,” G-Dragon explained. “But he used this chat history as a means to attack you, which I found very annoying.”
He was also quite angry when he read this short essay. He had rushed back from Paris and received a rejection text message, but he hadn't said a single word about Jiang Tinghan in the lyrics. Yet this guy was spreading all sorts of rumors. He really had to be tough.
It's because he couldn't have her that he was angry and embarrassed, and he didn't want to see Jiang Tinghan become better, or he wanted to protect her from the wind and rain after she fell from the high platform. As for where the wind and rain came from, he didn't care.
"You are excellent, don't doubt yourself because of him."
Jiang Tinghan: "No, all I want to do right now is call him an idiot."
Kwon Ji-yong: "SB? What does that mean?"
Jiang Tinghan had a strange feeling that he was leading someone astray. After thinking for a while, he said, "It means to insult someone by calling them 'pabo'."
Its attack power is many times stronger than Pabo's.
"Tinghan, you're still too kind," Kwon Jiyong remarked, seemingly forgetting that the person on the other end of the phone had just blurted out "bastard" not long ago.
Jiang Tinghan also felt that it was already kind enough not to tear this crazy harasser into pieces, so she simply replied, "Yes."
"Senior, I think I have some inspiration for the third song I composed."
Jiang Tinghan had already forgotten the keywords written in her notebook, and now creative inspiration was flowing freely.
Kwon Ji-yong understands this feeling best: "Want to write a pure diss track?"
Jiang Tinghan: "Yes, I'm going to give all those who are cursing me a good dressing down."
“Diss tracks sound straightforward, but they’re not easy to write.” Just as Kwon Ji-yong was about to say that he happened to understand how they were written, Jiang Tinghan said, “I know, I’m going to ask CL for advice.”
Kwon Ji-yong sighed almost imperceptibly: "Then I'll prepare to be a listener."
"If there's anything you need me to help with, feel free to ask. Although I don't think you want my help, but—" His voice carried a gentle yet undeniable strength, "The wind never needs the sail's request, but it will still be there when you're sailing. Just consider me that gust of wind."
The boat doesn't need to stop for the wind, nor does it need to thank it; the wind will keep chasing after it... Is that what it means?
"I'll send it to you as soon as I finish writing it, senior." Jiang Tinghan's hair stood on end slightly. He couldn't tell whether he was touched or embarrassed by the other person's sentimentality. "It's like when you let me listen to a song."
"Yes!" Kwon Ji-yong's reply was clearly cheerful, then his tone changed: "Our relationship should be better now than before, right? May I ask again to remove the honorifics?"
Jiang Tinghan hesitated for a moment, then did not refuse: "Shall I give it a try?"
“GD... Oppa”
Finally, he heard "Oppa" again. Kwon Ji-yong was so excited that he wanted to tattoo the word "Oppa" on his body, but after thinking about it, he decided to refuse.
"Hmm, that sounds good. Let's call it that from now on."
Jiang Tinghan deliberately said, "Okay, GD Oppa senior."
Kwon Ji-yong's tone suddenly carried a hint of protest: "Hey, hey..."
*
The first to launch a counterattack was an account claiming to be a student at Seoul National University. She collected classroom materials and course evaluations based on Jiang Tinghan's class schedule at Seoul National University, intending to show that "non-compulsory courses ≠ easy courses". Some of the non-compulsory courses that Jiang Tinghan chose were even highly difficult courses that were outside her major, yet she was still able to get an A under such terrible conditions.
I don’t know if this whistleblower has a prejudice against Seoul National University. Every course, whether it’s a required or optional course, is not something you can just pass casually. They all contain the hard work of the professors.
Below is a video of Coldy giving an academic presentation in a non-required course. His logic is clear, his speech is fluent and substantial, and he can answer the professor's questions fluently in a language other than his native tongue. Only a truly outstanding student could achieve this level.
Furthermore, as fellow students, the whistleblower should know that if they disagree with the school's scholarship assessment, they should first report it to the school, rather than posting it online and letting netizens act as judges.
I was classmates with Coldy for a year. All I know is that when we were in the same class, I was carried by the top students; her grades were undeniably higher than yours. Your school also acknowledges that Coldy's grades from Seoul National University can be transferred to your school. So where is the unfairness? Or are you trying to discredit Coldy because you can't compete with her?
Subsequently, Jiang Tinghan's university also issued a statement, indicating that the communication between Jiang Tinghan and her mentors was within the normal boundaries between teachers and students. The statement included surveillance footage of her entering the office that day, showing her talking to her mentors in front of the computer screen for several hours with a serious and focused expression. In the end, she took a bunch of materials from her mentors and left, looking like a miserable office worker.
Jiang Tinghan's acquisition of the study tour qualification is entirely in accordance with the regulations. The selection process consists of two rounds: a written test and an interview.
[Written Test Score][Interview Score][Interview Video]
Jiang Tinghan ranked first in both rounds of comprehensive scores, and also won several competition awards. She possesses strong social skills, an independent personality, and was able to give a fluent self-introduction and answer questions in Korean during the interview, thus earning her the study tour qualification.
Jiang Tinghan then posted the clarification on all her platforms, using the original papers provided by her sociology classmates in China to show that the fabricated data was completely unfounded, the claim of squeezing out scholarship spots was absurd, and the allegation of suppressing classmates was also without any evidence.
[@Shining world-Coldy: Does my better grades mean I'm putting you down? I've put down countless people throughout my life, and they can all come online and petition, "No one is allowed to study better than me!"]
I've traveled to the Liangshan Mountains many times because my parents are teaching there, and I've never claimed to be enthusiastic about public service. [Photos of me with my parents as a child][Photos of me at the school where I teach as an adult]
The middle-aged man you mentioned is also a family member of mine, a longtime friend of my parents, and my godfather. [Photo of Xiao Tinghan being lifted high][Photo of Mom, Dad and Dad together]
If you lack parental companionship, go find your own family members; don't keep spreading rumors about other people's parents.
Thank you to everyone who spoke up for me, and thank you to everyone who read this far. I will become a more cautious and better Coldy in the future, and I will not let you down.
These last few sentences were a genuine outpouring of her emotions. She almost typed, "Do you think everyone in the world is like you, without parents, just because your household registration book only has one page?" But she restrained herself in the end. As a public figure, she could only be sarcastic at most. Being too aggressive would make even a reasonable argument seem unreasonable.
Some bystanders only remembered Coldy as an academic madwoman before leaving and never returning, while others followed the whole story, and fans were undoubtedly the group most concerned about the truth of the matter.
[It's great to have an idol with a mouth! A bunch of bastards, open your eyes and see! Coldy's evidence is far more compelling than theirs. Those who resort to photoshopping to falsely accuse Coldy of data manipulation—their intentions are obvious, aren't they?]
Coldy, you're already good enough. If you get any better, how are others supposed to live?!
I can feel Coldy's helplessness from these words. She probably wants to laugh too. Her godfather, whom she's known since childhood, is probably almost like her biological father. Who understands the powerlessness she feels when she and her father are the target of false rumors?
Is Coldy considered a rich family's daughter?
Does Coldy's diet and lifestyle seem typical? She's definitely supported by her parents. Both her parents are volunteer teachers, wow, they're so amazing! Two wonderful people have raised such an outstanding girl that the whole world can see.
[The parents look very scholarly, and the godfather... he's very much a godfather too. All three of them have very kind faces (starry eyes) (starry eyes)]
[Shocking! Coldy went in and out of the office late at night just to discuss academic topics with her supervisor! The expression on her face as she left with the materials was both heartbreaking and hilarious; even a prolific writer gets tired!]
[This Coldy never expected that working overtime for his advisor would lead to rumors about him. It's adding insult to injury! I'm really angry if they keep bullying this little bitter gourd!]
Little Coldy is so cute! I remember Coldy mentioned that she used to have a dog with her? What a happy family!
So Coldy also has a very strong sensitivity to love and emotions.
[I've discovered that my sister is quite the Versailles connoisseur too. Sorry, but our Coldy has always had top grades since childhood, so there's nothing we can do about it, no matter how jealous we are.]
Don't bully our Coco family!
[Haha, what an adorable nickname! Has everyone taken Sister Kou's last name?]
[Waaaaah, I'm so angry! Another rumor spread! Why is the world so cruel to Coldy?!]
[That scoundrel apologizes! @TangChen]
[Apology! Did you hear me?! @TangChen]
Those who spread rumors should die a horrible death; these rumor-mongers are truly disgusting!
[You're pathetic for spreading rumors just because you can't beat Coldy. Bro, are you out of your mind? Come out and show your face.]
Thankfully, Coldy's excellence is undeniable, and so many people are willing to come forward to clarify things for her. Sister, while many hate you, many also love you. Don't let those negative comments affect you!
[Whoever said Coldy was ill-mannered, I'll give you ten seconds to kneel down and kowtow. My sister not only has parents, but she also raises her very well, thank you.]
But my sister really doesn't look like my parents at all.
Holy crap, Coldy's parents were my high school teachers!
[Is this for real? Or is it just a publicity stunt?]
[Seriously, I took a class photo, you can see it on my homepage. Coldy's mom is my homeroom teacher! I just found out! Although I graduated high school ten years ago, they were always incredibly kind. Aren't there many students who skip breakfast to sleep in? Our homeroom teacher would sometimes pay for everyone to eat steamed buns out of her own pocket! Coldy's dad, who was my English teacher, would even fix students' bicycles. He was also an excellent teacher; in the end, my two best subjects in the college entrance exam were Chinese and English. Seeing them now dedicating themselves to teaching in rural areas is not surprising at all.]
[My eyes are sore from watching this. The whole family is so kind. No wonder Coldy not only stands out on the show but also makes the whole team shine. It's because of the spirit of dedication he's been exposed to since childhood. No wonder his English is so good. He must have an English teacher at home.]
[Coldy has never used her parents to create a persona. It wasn't that her parents, who went to teach in a remote area, came back to visit her; rather, she took the initiative to visit them time and time again. She is truly a very kind and filial girl (poor thing) (poor thing)]
[After watching Coldy's speech and interview videos, her personal charm is just too strong; it's hard not to fall in love with her!]
Yes, the clarification was very thorough. This is still a trainee who hasn't even debuted yet, and he's already managed to handle the situation so well.
[A new classmate proves just how outstanding Coldy is. Anyone who's ever been around her knows what kind of person Coldy really is!]
[Ugh, how awful! This guy responded online! He actually said he has depression and schizophrenia, and that he'll commit suicide if you insult him again!]
[So my sister really is suffering from mental illness, that's terrible.]
[He's giving himself a buff? No way, if he dies he won't say it was my sister's fault, will he? He's so innocent...]
[If mentally ill patients can get away with murder, what can be done?]
[I'm absolutely furious! This new classmate revealed that the person spreading the rumors had harassed Coldy, sending him thousands of messages a day. It's outrageous!]
[A few dozen messages are already quite a lot, but I can't imagine how scared Coldy must have been with thousands. Why wasn't this mentally ill person taken to the hospital back then? Were the school just sitting around doing nothing? Why keep this menace around to hurt Coldy again?]
Doesn't the psychology department care about the mental health of its students? That's incredibly ironic.
[Oh right, he's a student at your school, right? Doesn't he get any punishment for spreading rumors? You can't protect students like this!]
If he's suicidal, call the police immediately and send him to a mental hospital to lock him up and prevent him from biting people. He's very dangerous.
[The only truth in all those fabricated stories is these thousands of harassing messages. No wonder she implied their relationship was unusual just because she saw Coldy standing with another man. Judging others by your own standards, trying to destroy what you can't have will only destroy you.]
[Coldy is such a saint! She didn't mention this at all in her clarification, and this guy is pushing his luck! It's outrageous!]
【This Coldy is so kind and keeps getting bullied, I've been crying the whole time, I love you even more now, sister!】
[Try sending an email, kids. Here's a template: Dear teachers, your student Tang Chen has been harassing others for a long time without success, and has then resorted to malicious defamation, which has caused a huge negative public opinion. We are concerned about the student's mental state and suggest that the school intervene promptly to provide necessary psychological counseling and behavioral discipline to prevent the situation from escalating or leading to extreme incidents.]
Following Jiang Tinghan's response and the other party's subsequent response, online public opinion intensified. If the boy were to commit suicide because of this, Jiang Tinghan would ultimately bear the brunt of the public criticism, and fans do not want this to happen.
A day later, the school issued another announcement, expelling Tang Chen from the school and informing the public that, after investigation, Tang Chen did indeed suffer from schizophrenia, but it was erotomania, and they had reported the matter to the police.
The police issued a blue notice stating that Tang Chen has been placed under administrative detention and that they are considering contacting his family to take him to the hospital for targeted treatment.
[Great! Let's celebrate!]
While expelling Coldy might feel satisfying, how will the damage to Coldy be calculated? How many passersby simply remarked, "So this is what Coldy is like," and walked away?
[Thankfully, he was caught early on. I feel that if he had been left unchecked, he might have become Coldy's illegitimate child.]
【Oh my god, that's terrifying!】
[Since depression wasn't mentioned, does that mean the depression claim is fake?]
[Does a man who's a complete liar really think that having depression will make Coldy and netizens pity him?]
His actions are really cunning; it's hard to tell the truth from the lies in his rumors. Now he's fabricating a story about depression. I don't think he'd actually commit suicide; it's definitely just a threat.
[Eroskuribito is fantasizing about someone else falling in love with you. Is this guy also fantasizing that Coldy likes him?]
[You're really audacious. If you hadn't done these dirty things, you might have had a chance if you had pursued her properly. Now you've ruined your own path.]
There was no chance to thank him; Coldy didn't think much of him.
[Agreed. Coldy definitely admires strength and would prefer someone more outstanding than himself, not someone inferior in every way.]
This result cannot be said to have completely satisfied the fans, but at least they breathed a sigh of relief.
But Jiang Tinghan was still holding her breath; she felt it was unsettling to just let this lunatic go like that.
"Senior, do you suggest I sue him for defamation?" Jiang Tinghan had taken Quan Zhilong's words to heart, and when she was unsure, she called this senior for advice.
“Going to court is time-consuming, laborious, and expensive. If you file a lawsuit before you've even debuted, the public might think you're using this as an opportunity for self-promotion, and your name will be associated with the rumor-mongers for a long time. I don't recommend you do this,” Kwon Ji-yong analyzed quite rationally. “You should think about how to turn the public's sympathy into goodwill towards you, so that the disadvantages can be turned into advantages.”
Jiang Tinghan pondered for a moment and then said, "I understand."
Kwon Ji-yong's calm tone suddenly became hesitant: "That person..."
Jiang Tinghan belatedly realized that she had already agreed to Kwon Ji-yong's request to change how she addressed him, and tried to say, "Don't worry... Oppa, I didn't take his harassment to heart."
Kwon Ji-yong was still worried, and even when he heard "Oppa," he still frowned: "The phone call I made to you that day was just to test whether your call had ended. If I send you a message and you feel uncomfortable in any way, you have to tell me."
"You control this relationship. If you say stop, then it's over."
It seems incredible that these words came from Kwon Ji-yong, who has always been persistent.
Jiang Tinghan seemed to sense a hint of heartache in her voice, a heartache so profound that he would gladly give up if she were unhappy.
This senior seems to understand what "respect" means.
“Oppa,” she interrupted Kwon Ji-yong, who was still rambling on, and the tone of her address became more natural as she called him that, “I’m not the kind of person who would compromise myself. If I really didn’t want to be with you, we would have said goodbye long ago.”
"Good night, get some rest!" The next second, she hung up the phone, not giving Kwon Ji-yong a chance to respond.
Kwon Ji-yong stared at the screen for a while, feeling that the "flirt and run" tactic looked familiar, as if he did it often.
Jiang Tinghan also learned some real skills.
Kwon Ji-yong gripped his phone tightly, a slight smile playing on his lips, his heart pounding loudly.
He likes it even more now, what should I do?
When I finally give up, I'll be able to write ten songs a day.
Late at night, Coldy uploaded two pictures to his Instagram account.
One photo is a selfie of her in the practice room, her face covered in a light sheen of sweat from exercising. Her simple yet extraordinary all-black tight-fitting top made her fans scream with excitement, turning into fully automatic beauty-obsessed machines.
Even without a caption, her meaning is clear: no matter how turbulent things may be, the most important thing for her right now is the third public performance, and she doesn't care about anything else for the time being.
What a resilient careerist!
[Actually, it's about those poor working people who can't take time off or postpone their weddings even when the deadline is approaching.]
Stop cursing! Stop cursing!
Another photo is a group photo of her and her teammates having a private meal together. Everyone has a sweet smile on their face, and fans feel their hearts are healed as soon as they see it.
[Sister, is your suitcase a magic bag? How come it's full of so much delicious food!]
[Coldy is a true foodie too!]
What are we eating? It looks delicious!
Coldy seems quite active today, even replying to fans.
[@Shining world-Coldy: Instant snail rice noodles!]
Five minutes later, she replied again.
[@Shining world-Coldy: My diet was confiscated by the PD, and Sky even called me Satan, causing her to fail at dieting again TT]
The fans' anger and sadness instantly turned into "hahahahaha—"
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Author's note: I'll finish writing as soon as possible so I can release it sooner~ I wanted the cover with the dragon wearing glasses upside down, that one looks the best, but why isn't it being released!
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