"What's wrong? You look so serious. What happened?" As soon as Xiao's mother came out of Xiao Ran's room, she saw Jiang Ruan frowning and staring at her phone with a heavy expression.
Jiang Ruan raised her head, a helpless smile appearing on her lips, and said, "Some people said I was dead, and they spread the word. My friends in Dongzhou all thought I was dead and were extremely worried. They called me, leaving me completely confused."
Xiao's mother was shocked: "What? Such a thing is true. It's really ridiculous. People who spread such rumors are despicable."
Xiao's mother seemed to hate this kind of person to the extreme, and Jiang Ruan understood. No one likes a rumor-monger, whether they are the one who is passively spread rumors or the one who is hurt by them. Everyone hates the word "rumor-monger".
"It's despicable as it may be, we still need to find out what really happened," Jiang Ruan said, frowning.
Mrs. Xiao sighed, "Oh dear, this is really worrying!"
Jiang Ruan comforted her, "Mom, don't worry about that. I and my friends are here. Just take good care of Xiao Ran, and we'll handle everything else."
Mrs. Xiao nodded: "Alright, then thank you for your hard work."
Jiang Ruan felt a pang of sadness seeing the worried look on Xiao's mother's face. She knew Xiao's mother had always been a strong person, but this incident had clearly put her under immense pressure.
Back in her room, Jiang Ruan pondered the matter carefully. She felt that things might not be so simple, and that some unknown secrets seemed to be hidden behind it. She decided to investigate further with her friends to uncover the truth.
The next morning, Jiang Ruan first went to check on Duan Yu. After confirming that Jiang Yan was alright, she told the two of them what Du Chong had said. After all, although their relationship with him was contradictory, their ultimate goal was the same: to protect the world.
"Du Chongzhen said that? He never keeps his mouth shut. He's gotten himself into a lot of trouble before because of this. Is he going to use the same trick again?" Duan Yu suspected that Du Chongzhen's words were not without reason.
He used to exaggerate, saying that there were ten or twenty zombies attacking him, and he always loved to exaggerate, which resulted in him being punished quite a bit.
Such incidents were not uncommon, so Duan Yu believed that Du Chong had fabricated these outrageous stories to get them to go back and spread rumors.
“Duan Yu, don’t say that. Captain Du… isn’t a bad person, so it’s not good for you to talk about him like that. It’s not gentlemanly to talk about others behind their backs,” Jiang Yan said seriously.
Hearing this, Duan Yu frowned slightly, feeling a pang of discomfort. Looking at Jiang Yan's serious expression, she couldn't help but turn her head to the side and click her tongue in displeasure.
Duan Yu thought to himself: How can this guy be so naive! Can't he see through Captain Du's character? It's infuriating!
Even though he thought that way, he never disliked Jiang Yan. After all, she was his childhood sweetheart and the only light in his world at that time. So even after so many things happened later, he only regarded her as an ordinary friend.
"And you, do you have any opinions?" Jiang Ruan asked Jiang Yan calmly. She knew this question was important. Although she wasn't entirely clear about the relationship between Jiang Yan and Du Chong, she still wanted to hear his thoughts.
“I don’t think what he said is necessarily false. At this point, how else could he deceive us? To put it bluntly, we’re all in the same boat, we’re all of one mind.”
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