Chapter 32
Lu Ye seemed to have really been hit hard.
In the past few days, Yu Miaomiao could often find a golden tail or a shadowy figure hiding in the corner, but she never saw that person rush up and chatter incessantly again.
To ensure the effectiveness of the attack, Yu Miaomiao spent as much of her free time as possible in the clubroom, as it was also the place where Jiang Chengyi spent most of his time besides the laboratory.
Anyway, as long as she has a computer, she can work anywhere.
"Miaomiao, your picture is on the confession wall!"
Li Zhi rushed in, carrying a schoolbag, seemingly having just finished class, and waving her phone in her hand.
Yu Miaomiao's hands were flying across the keyboard, not sparing her any attention.
"You said that a month ago."
"Oh dear, not the one from last time, but the one from yesterday, you got banned again!"
Li Zhi shoved the phone right in front of Yu Miaomiao's eyes. "Miaomiao, you have to give me an explanation."
Yu Miaomiao shifted her gaze to her phone, and her pupils dilated in shock as soon as she saw the text.
[I never imagined that the two main characters in the Cat Fun promotional video are both from University A, and that they're a real couple! Their little gestures are so adorable, I'm dying of sweetness! The photos are collected from fellow fans, every single one is incredibly sweet. Please delete if infringing.]
The photos, in particular, are outrageous.
Surprisingly, all of them were photos of her and Jiang Chengyi together.
The first picture is of the parking lot that day. The photo was probably taken from a car far away. It's not very clear, but the angle is tricky. Just looking at the photo, Yu Miaomiao is holding Jiang Chengyi's arm, her head resting on his arm, while Jiang Chengyi is looking down at Yu Miaomiao. Under the hazy filter of the car window, it has a rather beautiful feeling.
In the second overhead shot, Jiang Cheng is embracing Yu Miaomiao, his eyes warily fixed on a certain spot, while Yu Miaomiao is buried in his chest, her eyes lowered, revealing only half of her snow-white face.
There are also photos of people holding hands, photos of people gazing into each other's eyes...
Very well, it was clearly just a "business" act when facing Lu Ye, but in these photos, the two of them appear to be deeply affectionate and in love.
For example, in that photo of them hugging, Jiang Cheng casually put his arm around her after seeing Lu Ye's whereabouts, and she still remembers their conversation at the time.
Yu Miaomiao: "Have you left?"
Jiang Chengyi: "Turn around quickly, wait a little longer."
Goodness!
Yu Miaomiao found it hard to imagine how far away these photos were taken, since she hadn't noticed any other people nearby at the time.
"Miaomiao, tell me quickly, are these all photoshopped?" Li Zhi said expectantly.
“It’s true, but—” Yu Miaomiao hadn’t finished speaking when she heard a desperate wail.
"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Miaomiao, aren't you and him rivals? How can you be together!"
"Not together."
Although she made the decision very decisively, she felt inexplicably ashamed when explaining it to others: "We're pretending to be... a couple."
Why pretend?
No matter how Li Zhi threatened, begged, or used both soft and hard tactics, Yu Miaomiao remained tight-lipped and did not reveal the reason, so she had no choice but to give up.
Moving on to the next question, "So what happened here!"
Li Zhi pointed to one of the photos and asked, "Does faking being a couple have to go to this extent?"
In the photo, Yu Miaomiao and Jiang Chengyi are sitting on a bench. The former has a blank stare, while the latter gently picks a withered leaf from the other's hair. The photo captures this moment perfectly.
After careful thought, Yu Miaomiao finally recalled the scene in the photo. The day before yesterday, the two of them caught a super fat cat and took it to the Cat Paradise Hospital. Yu Miaomiao was exhausted. When they came back, the two of them sat down to rest for a while.
"And then?" Li Zhi pressed.
"And what?"
Yu Miaomiao was puzzled. "Is there a problem? We were just sitting on the same chair, and he was just helping me pick up leaves."
Although she was engrossed in thought at the time and did not notice Jiang Chengyi's actions, Jiang Chengyi did not tell her either.
But Yu Miaomiao felt that this was not an important matter.
“We didn’t even put them on.”
Yu Miaomiao pointed out the three-centimeter gap between the two.
Li Zhi stared intently into Yu Miaomiao's eyes, confirming that they held the same indifference and composure as usual.
She breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest. "That's great, Miaomiao, you're not dating Jiang Chengyi."
Although her adorable Miao Miao is exceptionally intelligent, she is incredibly naive when it comes to interpersonal relationships. If she were to be with Jiang Chengyi, who clearly has ulterior motives, she would be worried sick.
Li Zhi scrolled through the comments section and became unhappy again, "Why are there people criticizing you here?"
[Both of them are so good-looking! I thought the photos in the promotional video were photoshopped, but they look amazing even in these candid shots. My goodness, they look like stills from an idol drama.]
[Especially the picture of Yu Miaomiao where only half her face is visible; she looks as fragile as porcelain, but considering her personality, the contrast is amazing.]
[Has the person upstairs gone mad from shipping this couple? There are plenty of good-looking people out there, why idolize someone as heartless as this?]
[That's right. As the saying goes, snakes and rats are from the same nest. Jiang Chengyi being with Yu Miaomiao probably means he's not a good person either.]
[By the way, did Yu Miaomiao only copy from the CAE competition? I suggest checking the others as well; you might find some surprises.]
I'm starting to have some doubts about Jiang Chengyi's large number of awards...
There were also those who spoke up for Yu Miaomiao:
I'm a computer science major, and I've seen everything Miao Shen has done. My whole dorm believes she would never cheat.
But soon, those few comments were drowned out by countless sarcastic remarks.
Enraged, Li Zhi rolled up her sleeves and took the stage herself, engaging in a verbal battle with the assembled scholars.
Yu Miaomiao took Li Zhi's phone and confiscated it, saying, "Don't speak."
Although Yu Miaomiao repeatedly warned Li Zhi not to use her main account to express her opinions, the latter still couldn't help but argue with netizens in the comments section, and now her Weibo account and D-site account have been flooded with negative comments.
"I have to endure this for three more days! I can't take it anymore!"
After a moment of frustration, Li Zhi comforted herself, imagining Yu Miaomiao dominating the CAE finals live stream. Finally, she calmed down and lay on the table watching Yu Miaomiao operate the computer.
She scratched her head. "Miaomiao, aren't you writing code?"
Yu Miaomiao's computer screen switched between different social media platforms: Weibo, Douyin, Manjiao, and X, occasionally taking locations and screenshots, as if she was collecting some information.
When Li Zhi received no response, she knew that Miao Miao was still engrossed in her work, so she stopped bothering her. The afternoon sun was shining brightly, and the sound of the keyboard was soothing. She lay down on the table and fell asleep without realizing it.
She was awakened by the sunlight shining on her face. The soothing sound of the keyboard was still ringing in her ears. She opened her eyes groggily and saw that Yu Miaomiao's face seemed to be glowing in the backlight.
Her pale skin was gilded by the sunlight, her eyelashes fluttered like golden butterflies, and her light brown hair gradually turned light gold at the ends, as if it were melting into the sunlight.
Li Zhi was stunned until she caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of her eye, and then she was startled again when she realized that the figure was Jiang Chengyi.
Jiang Chengyi had been there for an unknown amount of time. He brought over a backless chair and sat down to the side and behind Yu Miaomiao. His back was as straight as a bamboo shoot, but his head was slightly lowered. Because of the angle, Li Zhi couldn't tell whether his gaze was directed at the computer or at Yu Miaomiao.
Her heart skipped a beat. She stood up, about to speak, when she saw Jiang Cheng raise his head, point at Yu Miaomiao, put his index finger to his lips, and shake his head.
Don't bother her.
Li Zhi wanted to say that when Miao Miao was working, even an explosion next to her wouldn't wake her up, but she still nodded and sat back down.
A dozen minutes later, the keyboard noise finally stopped, and Yu Miaomiao leaned back in her chair and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miaomiao, what is this?"
Li Zhi leaned closer to the computer and read the words on the screen: "Boy-making drug, gender-changing drug, special for having a boy... What does that mean?"
"These are Yu Suhua's purchase records."
Yu Miaomiao pressed the keyboard and swiped to the next image.
"5000 each!" Li Zhi exclaimed. "Would anyone be a fool to buy that?"
Then she exclaimed again, "She actually bought ten!"
"Miaomiao, why are you investigating these things?"
Jiang Chengyi also stood up, looked at the screen, and pondered, "For this family, the punishment for defamation is too lenient."
The implication is that we should start from other aspects.
Yu Miaomiao snorted, as if agreeing.
Although she always adhered to the bottom line of a law-abiding citizen in order to pass the exam for the Demon Supervisory Committee, it does not mean that she would be foolish enough to do nothing but sue this family for defamation.
In Yu Miaomiao's view, these punishments were far from sufficient.
"There's more information about their family than I imagined; you could find tons of it with just a few searches."
Li Zhi had already scrolled down, "Another day of being pampered by my section chief. Who is this woman? She's so pretentious."
The photo is a screenshot of Xiaodigua's interface. It seems to be a low-key post of milk tea, but it "inadvertently" reveals a Hermes bag in the corner, a Patek Philippe on the wrist, and an Audi car key next to it.
"Yu Suhua's eldest daughter-in-law, Liu Fangning."
Li Zhi exclaimed in surprise, "I remember in that video, her eldest son said he was a poor civil servant. How is he poor?"
Yu Miaomiao: "Don't worry, there's more to come."
Next, Yu Miaomiao showed Jiang Chengyi and Li Zhi the various nasty details she had gathered about Yu Suhua's family over the past five days.
Besides Yu Suhua buying "gender-changing drugs" for her granddaughter-in-law—these drugs are not just vitamins disguised as hormones, but real male hormones. According to her granddaughter-in-law's Douyin videos, she did give birth to a big, fat son last year. In the video, Yu Suhua is holding her chubby great-grandson, her face full of wrinkles from smiling.
There's also Yu Zhihong, the eldest son of the tax bureau official, who embezzled funds and flaunted his wealth in various ways;
The so-called small restaurant of the second son is actually a branded chain restaurant that not only evades taxes but also seems to have some connection with the eldest son.
In comparison, the eldest grandson's affair with a mistress or a second mistress doesn't seem like a big deal; the second grandson's story is much more sensational.
This handsome man, who has already posted an engagement video on Douyin, is a blogger on X with tens of thousands of followers. His bio reads:
Location: City A / 25 / 173 / 60 / 0 / M / Dog lover / Local meet-up available / Minimum fee: 188.
Yu Miaomiao opened the video, and a discordant sound rang out.
"Aaaaaah, my eyes are going to go blind!"
Li Zhi covered her eyes in anguish, lamenting her lost purity.
After these few days of cleansing, Yu Miaomiao's mind was as calm as still water. When she looked back at Jiang Chengyi's reaction, she was also completely composed.
Jiang Chengyi: "In my opinion, these people are no different from the animals on the dissection table."
She packed everything up and asked Jiang Chengyi, "Do you have any lawyer recommendations?"
This information was enough to send their entire family to jail, but they couldn't rely on the public relations department of Maomao Le for this part. Yu Miaomiao couldn't find a suitable lawyer in a short time, so she had no choice but to ask Jiang Chengyi for help.
This wasn't a sign of weakness, Yu Miaomiao thought; it was a division of labor and cooperation.
“I have some suitable channels.” Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment. “Are you planning to sue them all?”
"Otherwise what?" Yu Miaomiao thought Jiang Chengyi thought she was too cruel, so her tone turned slightly cold. "They brought this on themselves. I just dug these things out."
"We can't do that." Jiang Chengyi looked very disapproving.
Before Yu Miaomiao's gaze could pierce him, he added, "Simply hiring a lawyer is far from enough."
Yu Miaomiao frowned slightly. "What do you mean?"
"Their actions may seem serious, but in practice, in order to reduce the social impact, and given Yu Zhihong's position and status, the most likely scenario is that they will downplay the incident and try to settle things peacefully."
"Then what should we do?"
Jiang Cheng asked pointedly, "How did they treat you?"
Yu Miaomiao instantly understood the other party's intention: "You want to use their methods to fight back."
Once this matter blows up online and is under the scrutiny of netizens, it will inevitably face normal consequences, if not a severe sentence.
Furthermore, even if Yu Miaomiao didn't care about the insults from netizens, she had to admit their aggressiveness.
These days, countless netizens are clamoring to send her chrysanthemums and splash dog blood at her doorstep. If it weren't for the fact that the monster's identity information is protected, these threats would probably have been carried out.
However, Yu Suhua's family did not have her special privileges.
Yu Miaomiao opened Weibo, intending to search for marketing accounts, but was stopped by Jiang Chengyi.
"With such a large amount of traffic from CAE live streaming, you can definitely make use of it."
“Yu Suhua’s two sons, one a civil servant and the other a businessman, can be considered ‘respectable people’ in the conventional sense. They value their own face the most, which is why they would use sob stories and sympathy instead of other methods to coerce you.”
Jiang Chengyi analyzed slowly and methodically, "The thing this kind of person fears most is not suffering or losing money, but making a fool of themselves."
"What we need to do is expose their ugly deeds in the live broadcast of CAE, in front of millions of people. This is tantamount to tearing off their most valued face, throwing it on the ground, and letting millions of people trample on it."
"Isn't it better to let their pride in their dignity be reduced to dust, to be hated by everyone, and to live like rats in the street for the rest of their lives than to just spend a few months in prison?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhi felt relieved, but also thought the plan was cruel. The price this family would have to pay was far more than just a few years or months in jail; it would be the rest of their lives.
She looked at Jiang Chengyi, the one who proposed the plan, but his expression remained calm, which made her feel a chill.
Then look at Yu Miaomiao, who is looking at Jiang Chengyi with shining eyes. Not only does she not feel uncomfortable, but she agrees with him. Obviously, what he said is exactly what she thought.
They're a perfect match.
The idea popped into Li Zhi's head at an inopportune moment.
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