Chapter 89: Jinjiang First Release

"Who is it?"

Michelle's heart was in her throat.

"Xiao Lingling."

Bai Mian slowly said the name.

Mi Xiaolan frowned and was silent for a long time. Jiang Hua was surprised and repeatedly confirmed with Bai Mian: "Master, you are not mistaken, is it really her? Xiao Lingling is the least likely person to do this. Xiaolan has helped her so much, and she is always grateful to Xiaolan."

Bai Mian looked at Michelle Miu and said, "Everything will turn into its opposite when it reaches its extreme. Sometimes being too nice to someone is a mistake."

Mi Xiaolan stretched out her hand to stop Bai Mian from saying the next words: "None of you should say anything. Let me be quiet for a while."

Everyone in the store was silent. Mi Xiaolan calmed down by herself. After a while, Mi Xiaolan finally spoke: "Master, I often watch your live broadcasts. I know you are very accurate, but this matter is really... too hard for me to accept. I want to confront Xiao Lingling face to face."

As she spoke, she took out her cell phone and called Xiao Lingling.

Lame smacked his lips and said, "Why call now? You should have rushed to the dormitory to find her. If you call her now to make an appointment, I guess she will definitely not come. She did such a thing behind your back, how dare she come?"

"No," Michelle hung up the phone, "She said she was coming and asked me to wait for a moment."

Jiang Hua glanced at the time and said, "Our school is in the city. Even if she takes the nearest bus, it will take her half an hour to get here. Let's wait and see what we can say when she gets here."

Everyone waited with Michelle Lan. Fifty minutes later, Xiao Lingling appeared at the door of the store. She was thin, with dark skin and many scars on her legs, all from doing farm work as a child.

The lame man poked the bald man and said, "Look, this is your real online love partner!"

The bald man turned around expectantly. After seeing Xiao Lingling's appearance, he was petrified for a few seconds. Then he became furious. He jumped up, pointed at Xiao Lingling and cursed: "You? Who do you think you are? How dare you cheat me out of my money? If I had known you were like this, I wouldn't have transferred a single dollar to you! No, I want compensation. You have to compensate me for my mental damages. I'm going to find the best lawyer to sue you. Just wait for the lawsuit!"

After all, Xiao Lingling was still a student. She was frightened by the bald man's yelling. She begged him, "Uncle, please don't sue me. I already know I was wrong. Don't worry, I didn't spend a penny of the money you transferred to me. I will return it all to you!"

Seeing Xiao Lingling admit it, Mi Xiaolan and Jiang Hua were shocked again. They were only half-believing and half-doubting before, but now they truly believed that it was Xiao Lingling who did it.

Mi Xiaolan bit her lips tightly. Her upbringing did not allow her to say anything too unpleasant. Jiang Hua cursed for her, "Xiao Lingling, you still have the nerve to come here?"

Xiao Lingling stammered, "Anyway, you have already discovered what happened, so I have to explain it to you clearly. If I don't come, I'm afraid you will call the police to arrest me."

Jiang Hua wanted to curse, but Mi Xiaolan gently pushed her away, walked up to Xiao Lingling, and said word by word:

"Did you really use my photo to date that creepy guy online?"

Xiao Lingling lowered her head and said, "Yes."

"Did you secretly take the photo of me changing clothes?"

"yes."

"You used my name to be a mistress and even received a large amount of money from her?"

"yes."

When she said the last word "yes", Xiao Lingling's voice was filled with tears. It was obvious that she also realized how excessive what she had done was. Michelle asked in disbelief:

"Why? Xiao Lingling, during this time I was waiting for you, I recalled our past over and over again. I asked myself, I, Michelle, have never done anything to let you down. During these two years in college, your counselor looked down on you, Bai Lu bullied you, and other classmates laughed at you behind your back. I have always tried my best to protect you. Why did you treat me like this?"

"I'm sorry," Xiao Lingling whispered, "Xiao Lan, I know all of what you said, but I want money too much. I'm tired of being looked down upon because of money. I want to become rich overnight and let all those who look down on me see that I can't do this just by finding a part-time job. I tried to be a tutor and could make 200 yuan a day. How long will it take to make money if I keep doing this? So in desperation, I thought of a side job and cheated some old men out of their money through online dating."

Michelle was very angry: "You want to take a shortcut and use my photo instead of your own?"

Xiao Lingling lowered her head even more: "Xiao Lan, you know, I'm ordinary looking, and usually no boys would even look at me. How can I make money with my looks? If I want to fall in love online, I can only use other people's photos. I only have these roommates around me, and you're the most beautiful one among them, so of course I'll use your photo."

Jiang Hua stepped forward and said, "You secretly took photos of Xiaolan and deliberately stood by my bed to take the photos, so as to mislead others and make them think that I took these photos secretly. I can't tell, Xiao Lingling, you usually keep quiet, but I didn't expect you to be so scheming!"

"I'm sorry." Xiao Lingling lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers. No one could see her expression.

Mi Xiaolan looked at Xiao Lingling with hatred: "You are so stupid. You look down on the two hundred yuan you earned from a part-time job, but that two hundred yuan is truly yours. It makes money quickly from a side job, so what? In the end, don't you still have to pay it back? You spent so much effort, but did you earn a penny for yourself?"

Xiao Lingling said timidly: "I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong. After receiving the money, I was also very nervous. I have never seen such a large transfer in my life. I dare not spend it recklessly, because I am afraid that one day the truth will be revealed and I will be held legally responsible..."

Jiang Hua thought of another thing: "Wait, you wanted to do something shady, so you used Xiaolan's photo, which makes sense, but what did you mean by letting the obscene man follow Xiaolan? Xiaolan had no idea, and a man followed her for no reason and even wanted to hug her. She would definitely be scared. What exactly is your intention?!"

Xiao Lingling pointed at the bald man and said, "It's all his fault. He insisted on meeting me, but I definitely couldn't agree because he would be exposed as soon as we met. So I came up with this idea and asked him to follow Xiaolan. I hoped that Xiaolan would call the police and scare off this wretched man so that he wouldn't dare to contact me again. That way, the matter would be over. I didn't expect him to be so slow and didn't realize it even after being fooled again and again. He even thought I was playing a flirting game with him."

The bald man cursed: "You XX, I am willing to give you face, that's because I thought you looked like the photo, if I knew you looked like this, I wouldn't want you even if you came to me!"

Mi Xiaolan sighed: "Needless to say, you also leaked my personal information and my whereabouts to him? Because you are my roommate, so you know when I go out. Xiao Lingling, Xiao Lingling, you used all my trust in you to do this, do you know? When the master just told the truth, I suspected everyone except you!"

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."

Xiao Lingling was like a clockwork machine, only knowing how to repeat this sentence.

Jiang Hua advised, "Don't waste your words on her. She has already admitted it, and there is evidence in the man's phone. Let's just call the police and let them handle the case. They will give her the sentence she deserves. Even if she is expelled from school, she deserves it!"

Michelle bit her lip hesitantly and said nothing.

Hearing Jiang Hua say this, Xiao Lingling panicked immediately. In front of everyone in the store, she knelt down with a thump. Mi Xiaolan was frightened and stepped back. She hugged Mi Xiaolan's thighs and begged, "Xiaolan, I was just confused for a moment. Please don't call the police. Can this matter be settled privately? I will return the money and we will pretend that nothing happened. If you call the police, the school might really expel me. You know, I come from a small mountain village and have gone through countless hardships to get to college. I can't be expelled!"

Lame Brother said sternly: "If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. You have tarnished Michelle's reputation. How can you let her pretend nothing happened? I tell you, we have to report this to the police today!"

Xiao Lingling was so scared that she started to cry loudly: "No, please don't call the police! Xiaolan, you may think I'm evil, but I'm really poor. After I went to college, I didn't fit in with you. I cut pig grass when I was young and my skin was often sunburned. It wasn't until I met you that I knew there was such a thing as sunscreen. I feel that you and I are from two different worlds. I want to enter your world. Maybe I used the wrong method, but my nature is definitely not bad!"

Jiang Hua shouted, "That's enough. If you do something wrong, is it useful to just keep complaining? There are so many students from rural areas, why don't you see them going out to cheat people? Are you the only one who is poor? You are already an adult, you should be responsible for what you have done!"

Everyone was excited to speak for Michelle, but Michelle was silently thinking and seemed to be a little soft-hearted.

Seeing Michelle like this, Xiao Lingling quickly took advantage of the situation and shed a few more tears: "Xiaolan, I did something wrong, but everyone makes mistakes from time to time. How about this, if you let me go this time, I promise you that I will never do it again. I will definitely make money steadily and be a useful person to the society! If you call the police this time, I will have a criminal record, and I won't be able to find a decent job in the future. How I will live the rest of my life depends entirely on your decision!"

Seeing that Michelle still didn't say anything, Xiao Lingling kowtowed to the ground and said, "How about this? If you still feel unsatisfied, I can kowtow to you until you are satisfied!"

Everyone was shocked. Michelle couldn't stand it anymore and held her back. "Come on, stop it. I promise you, return the money, delete all my photos, and this matter ends here."

"Xiaolan?" Jiang Hua called her in surprise.

"Girl, you have to think about it carefully!" Lame Brother also reminded.

Mi Xiaolan shook her head and said nothing. It seemed that she had made up her mind not to call the police. Xiao Lingling lay on the ground with a hint of secret joy on her lips.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really a modern version of the farmer and the snake. The farmer is going to take the snake home." Bai Mian sighed softly.

"What?" Michelle asked, turning back.

Bai Mian tilted his head towards Xiao Lingling and said, "If you let her go like this, you will be disgraced."