She stiffened her neck and said matter-of-factly:
"If I had only seen you two getting into the elevator, I definitely wouldn't have immediately accused you of going to a hotel. But you two got so carried away that you started kissing passionately at the elevator entrance, and I just happened to witness it. We're all adults; who would believe we weren't going to a hotel?"
These words immediately caused a huge uproar within the company.
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with disbelief as they looked at Song Mai.
"That can't be right. She usually seems quiet and reserved. Is she really that daring in private?"
"So you can't judge a book by its cover. Maybe the way they act at the company is just an act, and they smoke and drink in private."
"What a pity, I missed such an exciting scene..."
Hearing the harsh words from the crowd, Zheng Yao felt extremely smug, and even her gaze towards Song Mai was full of provocation.
It was as if to say, "You're not going to mess with her."
At first, everyone just followed Zheng Yao's lead, but later, people started repeating what they heard and adding fuel to the fire, completely changing the story. Every word they said was an insult to Song Mai.
Lin Ran couldn't listen anymore and pushed the person standing in front of her away.
"What do you know! Did you all see it with your own eyes? Otherwise, what gives you the right to make wild guesses!"
A middle-aged, obese man in his thirties stood in the corner, grinning lewdly. "We didn't see it, but didn't someone else see it? Doesn't that prove anything? If you ask me, women are just not honest. They're married but still messing around outside, even with a foreigner. They're not that desperate!"
As he spoke, he looked at Song Mai with utter contempt.
Lin Ran was so angry that her liver hurt. She grabbed a folder from the table and threw it at the man, hitting him squarely on the arm.
"Are you crazy?! Am I wrong?!" the fat man shouted immediately.
Lin Ran put her hands on her hips, pointed at the fat man, and cursed:
"It's because men like you objectify and manipulate women all day long that you're affecting the social atmosphere. Why don't you take a piss and look at yourselves? You really are a reflection of your inner self. Your heart is filthy too. You're fat and bloated, and you still have the nerve to criticize others. Go back and wash your brains properly, so you don't come out here wandering around with a head full of dirty thoughts!"
She spoke fluently, and with a lot of anger simmering inside her, she blurted out the whole string of words almost without taking a breath, making the fat man's face turn red with rage.
"Lin Ran, I didn't offend you, why are you making such a fuss!"
Lin Ran glared at him fiercely, then took Song Mai's hand and said, "Song Mai is my sister. Anyone who dares to spread rumors about her is going against me!"
After saying that, she turned to look at the others around her, "Have you all forgotten that not long ago Zheng Yao was seducing Mai Zi's husband at the front desk and even touching his thigh? Didn't you all see the surveillance video? She did such a dirty thing herself and then tried to smear Song Mai's husband. You dare to believe what she says? She said she saw it, so she really saw it?"
Song Mai's gaze towards Zheng Yao remained cold and devoid of warmth.
"Last time I proactively presented evidence to prove my innocence, why don't you also prove what you saw?"
Seeing that the tone of the conversation had changed, Zheng Yao quickly said:
"I only saw it at the time, how could I have taken out my phone to record a video? Honestly, if nothing happened between you two, would I be making up a story out of thin air?"
Song Mai sneered: "This isn't the first time you've done this. Even if there's no video, the hotel has surveillance cameras. You just spout nonsense everywhere with your mouth. Why should the person being slandered have to go through the trouble of proving themselves? While the one spreading rumors can just spout off without any problem?"
Zheng Yao looked at Song Mai as if she were an idiot.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think that's some small restaurant where you can just access the security footage whenever you want? That's Yujing, you can't even get in there if you have money. You think you can access their security footage? You're dreaming!"
"Bang--"
The next second, Song Mai slammed her phone on the table in front of Zheng Yao.
A video was playing on the broken phone screen.
Zheng Yao pouted in disdain.
Are you sure your phone can play videos?
Lin Ran rolled her eyes: "Are you blind? Isn't it right up there?"
As he spoke, he leaned over to watch the video, and several young girls next to him followed suit.
The video is very short, only one and a half minutes long.
However, after reading it, the expressions of the group changed, and they looked at Zheng Yao with very strange eyes.
Others also curiously gathered around to take a look.
Zheng Yao stood aside, refusing to believe it, her back ramrod straight.
A young woman standing next to me, who had just finished watching the video, had a knowing smile in her eyes:
"Zheng Yao, why don't you take a look too?"
In no time, the twenty or so people surrounding the area had all watched the video.
Not long ago, the public was discussing Song Mai, but suddenly the tide turned.
The people around Zheng Yao were looking at her with strange eyes.
"Where did you buy that medicine? I've never heard of it being sold before. I thought it only existed in online novels."
"She's quite capable; she can get anything to harm people."
...
The more Zheng Yao listened, the more suspicious she became, and soon she began to have doubts.
Finally, reluctantly, he said to Song Mai, "Turn on your phone, let me see what video it is."
However, as soon as the video started playing, Zheng Yao looked as if all her blood had been drained, her face was deathly pale.
This video turned out to be the surveillance footage of her drugging the drug!
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
Everyone was pointing and whispering about her, but Lin Ran looked at her disdainfully:
"The surveillance video is right in front of us, what's impossible? You can't make this up anymore!"
Zheng Yao grabbed the phone on the table and threw it away.
The phone hit the corner of the wall and instantly turned into a pile of shards.
Lin Ran angrily shouted, "Zheng Yao, are you sick? Why did you throw someone's phone? You have to pay for it!"
Zheng Yao ignored her, her eyes wide open, as if she were about to explode with rage.
She pointed at Song Mai, her hand trembling uncontrollably:
"Tell me, why did you forge the surveillance video? You knew I couldn't get my hands on the footage, so you deliberately altered it before showing it to everyone, didn't you!"
"That video can be authenticated; it was never forged."
Song Mai's attitude was firm, but for Zheng Yao, it felt more like putting her on the hot seat.
Lin Ran chuckled: "Aren't you funny? You can't produce any evidence, but they have, and now you insist that what they produced is fake. Isn't that just sophistry?"
Zheng Yao never imagined that Song Mai could produce anything, even access to Yujing's surveillance footage.
This made her increasingly suspicious.
Could it be that the bearded man sold her?
Otherwise, given Song Mai's abilities, how could the people of Yujing possibly accept his offer?
Zheng Yao's face turned ashen, and she glared at Song Mai with a look of resentment.
Where did you get your surveillance footage from?
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