The cafeteria was still noisy during lunchtime. The school didn't have any strict requirements for mobile phones, relying entirely on self-discipline. It was perfectly normal to take out your phone to browse at this time.
Mingde No.1 High School has a small forum where all sorts of messy things, like school beauty and school hunk contests, are posted. The forum allows anonymity, so people often leak information, but it's mostly trivial stuff. Everyone enjoys reading gossip on the forum.
Sun Xin opened the forum as usual, intending to see what new fun things were happening today, and as soon as he entered, he saw a huge "Explosion" notification.
#Is this arrogant young lady two-timing? She actually does this in private... (Expose!)
Sun Xin stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth, staring intently at the page. He clicked into the post and scrolled to the bottom. Wow, so many words, quite long. The pickled vegetables for lunch today are ready.
Adhering to the principle of sharing good things with friends, Sun Xin patted Kong Jiao, who was engrossed in eating, on the shoulder and said, "Stop eating for now. Let me share an electronic pickled vegetable with you. It's bound to be a juicy story. Watch it while you eat."
Upon hearing this, Kong Jiao immediately pulled out his phone to see the link Sun Xin had shared with him. He couldn't hold back any longer when he saw the title. "Wow, this is a real buddy. This is definitely not a simple story. I'd like to see who this is."
Sun Xin nodded haphazardly, not wanting to spare a single glance, his entire focus on the post, carefully reading it. The author of the post was somewhat cultured, writing in a cryptic and captivating way, quite eye-catching. Sun Xin couldn't wait to know what happened next.
After all that preamble, let's finally get down to business.
[Pictures don't lie; the poster is definitely not making this up. Two pictures are attached.]
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[I'm sure you can tell from the picture that they are two different people. One of them looks like a delinquent, and the photos were taken less than ten minutes apart. You can probably guess what this rich girl is up to, right?]
Sun Xin clicked on the large image, but the face had been blurred, making it impossible to see who it was. Disappointed, Sun Xin scrolled down to read the comments, but no one dared to show the face directly. It might be made up; it was pointless.
As expected, the top comments were all negative.
[If you're so capable, post high-resolution images.]
I won't watch UC without you.
The beginning was well-written, but the ending was garbage.
That's enough, spreading rumors will bring death to your whole family.
Sun Xin continued reading and finally came across a different comment.
[This physique...it looks a bit like YJ's...]
The following group of people asked:
Who is YJ?
[Decoding needed!!!]
[Please decode this! I'm desperate, it's really important to me (I'm dying of anxiety)! I'll be terrified if I can't get this juicy gossip!]
Sun Xin looked strange. "YJ" He could only think of Ye Jiu from the next class. Although Ye Jiu didn't know him, there weren't many people in the whole grade who didn't know Ye Jiu. Just her face, which crushed Xia Banmeng, was enough to make her known to the whole grade. However, she didn't like to show off. As far as Sun Xin knew, Ye Jiu was just a little arrogant, had poor grades, and hadn't done anything bad.
Unconvinced, Sun Xin went back and zoomed in on the image. Looking at it from left to right, he wondered if it was just a preconceived notion, but the more he looked, the more Ye Jiu resembled her. The man next to her in the second image also looked a bit like Su Qingyue, the top student from the next class.
Is that... even possible?
Kong Jiao was an impatient person. After reading it, he immediately wanted to discuss it with Sun Xin. He asked curiously, "Do you think this is really Ye Jiu? The abbreviation matches, and the figure looks similar too."
Sun Xin frowned. "It might be made up. Forums are full of truth and falsehood, and this person posted it anonymously, so the credibility isn't high. Don't blindly follow the crowd."
Sun Xin knew that Kong Jiao was simple-minded and physically strong, easily swayed by others, and often made the mistake of insulting the wrong person online and then sheepishly apologizing.
Kong Jiao knew he always meant well but ended up doing more harm than good, so he didn't participate in the forum discussions.
"Let's eat first. We'll go over yesterday's English test this afternoon. Did you finish it?"
Kong Jiao shifted his attention from his phone and said, "I wrote it, I wrote it. You didn't write it? I'll lend it to you to copy when we get back."
Sun Xin nodded and said, "Please don't call on me to speak, English teacher. I don't know anything about English."
The forum became increasingly lively over the time it took to eat a meal.
Ye Jiu helped Tian Tian deliver homework to the teacher after school today. She didn't come to the cafeteria immediately. By the time she and Tian Tian finished delivering the homework and came down, the post had already gone viral.
As soon as she entered the cafeteria, she could feel many people pointing and whispering. Ye Jiu turned her head to look at them but pretended that she wasn't looking at her.
Ye Jiu ignored them and dragged Tian Tian to get food. After they bought the food and sat down, the discussion seemed to get louder and louder. Tian Tian finally realized something was wrong, took out her phone to ask someone, and accidentally clicked on the forum.
As soon as I entered the forum, I saw a post full of insults.
[That's just the kind of person Ye Jiu is; her family's rich, there's nothing she can't do. She might even have had affairs with other people.]
[Is that Su Qingyue next to her? I didn't expect the two of them to get involved together.]
Tian Tian followed the clues and found the post. She grabbed Ye Jiu anxiously, "Look, who is it? Spreading such rumors and saying you're two-timing and having sex with other people. It's disgusting."
Tian Tian was furious, but Ye Jiu wasn't as anxious as she expected. Instead, she continued eating at a leisurely pace.
"Oh dear, aren't you worried? You should go and clarify things."
Ye Jiu took a sip of water and slowly said, "No rush, let's eat first. What's true can't be faked, and what's fake can't be true. We'll see later. Nothing can disturb my meal."
Upon hearing this, Tian Tian clasped her hands in a fist and said, "You're ruthless. Eating is more important than anything else to you. I'm more worried than the emperor. I've been overthinking it."
"This must be orchestrated by someone. They might even have hired an online army. They're on a roll right now, and they won't believe anything I say. I'll deal with it once everyone has calmed down."
"You didn't even read the post, yet you know how to clarify?" Tian Tian asked curiously.
"I don't know, but I don't think I've done anything that would anger heaven and man. Everyone's pointing fingers at me, there must be something wrong. It definitely couldn't have been me."
"Okay, I underestimated you. Let's eat first."
Ye Jiu looked at the post as she walked back to the classroom after finishing her meal.
Hmm, this must be a paid ghostwriter. It has a strong marketing account vibe. But I must say, it's actually quite well-written. The whole thing is about how the poster went shopping for clothes last weekend and stumbled upon a girl cheating on him with two men. He's a powerless nobody who's afraid of getting into trouble but also wants to expose her, so he just rambles on and on.
After looking at the photos, Ye Jiu burst out laughing.
Tian Tian was frantic. Seeing Ye Jiu still laughing, she almost grabbed her by the neck and asked, "What are you laughing at? What's so funny? You've been slandered, why aren't you worried at all? And is that you in the photo?"
"It really was me, and it really happened last weekend." Ye Jiu kept everyone in suspense.
Tian Tianxin was on tenterhooks, and she thought of countless ways to solve the problem.
"But that's not the case. The first picture is of my uncle, my own brother. I don't have that kind of taste."
Tian Tianxin quickly calmed down again, "Don't talk so dramatically! I almost wanted to find someone to be your scapegoat."
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