The woman lived in the new apartment building, and Su Meihua led Yu Yao to the woman's home.
Seeing Yu Yao and Su Meihua's posture, the woman didn't even dare to open the door. She then revealed the person behind them, "It wasn't me who said it. I heard it from the wife of Company Commander Cao of the Second Regiment."
Yu Yao and Su Meihua exchanged a glance, then rushed to the home of Company Commander Cao of the Second Regiment.
Company Commander Cao's family also heard it from someone else, "It was Old Yu's family who told you, you should go find her."
They searched and searched for over half an hour before finally finding the source of the rumor.
Qin Lamei.
Yu Yao, her face cold, said, "Sister-in-law Meihua, do you know where Qin Lamei lives?"
"I know, I'll take you there."
Su Meihua took Yu Yao to the old family compound on the other side. When they found Qin Lamei, she, Wang Xiuzheng, and other military families were chatting and enjoying the cool shade under the ancient tree at the entrance.
Seeing Yu Yao and Su Meihua approaching aggressively, Wang Xiu's pupils dilated, and her expression became somewhat unnatural.
Qin Lamei frowned. "What are you doing here? You're not welcome here."
Su Meihua put her hands on her hips and spat, "Qin Lamei, what are you pretending for? Why did we come to find you? Of course, we came to settle accounts with you."
Qin Lamei, of course, was unwilling to admit it: "I don't know what you're talking about. I need to go back and cook. Xiuer, let's go."
"Stop!" Yu Yao stopped Qin Lamei. "Where are you going? Qin Lamei, you slandered me, saying that I had an improper relationship with Senior Brother Jin and that I was pregnant. You don't think I'll just let this go, do you?"
A woman next to her suddenly slapped her thigh. "What? It's just a rumor. Qin Lamei, we only believed you because you swore it was true."
"Comrade Yu, if we had known it was fake earlier, we definitely wouldn't have spread it around. It's all Qin Lamei's fault. We trusted her so much, and she actually lied to us."
"that is."
“We were all used as pawns by her. She said that Commander Lu was injured in a previous mission and couldn’t have a woman get pregnant. I said that Commander Lu looks so energetic, how could he not be able to? It turns out that Qin Lamei was behind it all.”
When Yu Yao heard the words "Lu Ze is no good," a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes.
Outsiders had no idea that Lu Ze was incapable; even she knew about it from the contents of a book. So how did Qin Lamei find out?
When everyone realized that Yu Yao might pursue the matter, they immediately betrayed Qin Lamei and even sided with Yu Yao to condemn Qin Lamei.
"Qin Lamei, I only knew you were a gossip before, I never knew you were so malicious. Comrade Jin and Comrade Yu are fellow students, what's wrong with them being a little close?"
"That's right. How could the child in Comrade Yu's belly be Comrade Jin's? The affection between her and Commander Lu is obvious to everyone in the family compound. She's either at home or in the sideline group most of the time. What a hardworking and outstanding female comrade she is."
Su Meihua glared at Qin Lamei, "Talking nonsense and spreading rumors will make everyone hate you and your mouth rot."
Qin Lamei's face turned red from their scolding, and after a long while she managed to squeeze out a sentence, "I didn't spread it, I just heard it from someone else."
Yu Yao looked up at her: "You said you heard it from someone, who told you that?"
Qin Lamei became anxious and assured them, "I really just heard it from someone, but I don't know the two people who were talking."
Su Meihua scoffed lightly, "Qin Lamei, ask everyone, do they believe you?"
The others shook their heads. "I don't believe it."
Seeing that they didn't believe her, Qin Lamei became flustered and turned to Wang Xiu, saying, "I have a witness, Xiu'er. The day you invited me to the state-run restaurant, we heard two people talking when we went to the restroom. You were in the restroom at the time, so you must have heard it too."
"Please help my cousin explain to them that I really didn't spread the rumors."
Wang Xiu bit her lip, looked at the aunties around her, then at Qin Lamei, her lips moved as if she didn't know what to say.
Qin Lamei was getting anxious and pinched her, "Xiuer, what are you standing there for? Speak up!"
"Cousin, I, I..." Wang Xiu stamped her foot and stammered with her head down, "When I needed to go to the toilet, I remembered that I had left something at the restaurant, so I went back to get it and didn't go to the toilet."
Yu Yao glanced at Wang Xiu, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.
"What?" Qin Lamei exclaimed in disbelief, grabbing her arm. "How could you not have gone to the bathroom? How could that be?"
Su Meihua Tea Bud: "Qin Lamei, what else do you have to say now? You're the one who spread the rumors about Yu Yao and Comrade Jin."
"Qin Lamei, you should just admit it. It was you who spread the rumor."
For a time, Qin Lamei became the target of public criticism.
Qin Lamei's face was pale, and she looked wronged. "I didn't, I didn't. I just heard it from someone."
This doesn't seem like an act.
Others thought Qin Lamei was lying, but Yu Yao didn't think so. She was more inclined to believe that Qin Lamei was being used as a pawn.
As for who was used as a pawn, is there even a need to say?
Yu Yao glanced at Wang Xiu, who remained aloof and kept her head down, trying to minimize her presence.
In other words, someone told Wang Xiu that Lu Ze was incapable, and then Wang Xiu cleverly used Qin Lamei to spread the rumor.
The only people who knew about this and believed the false news, besides Hu Lingyu and her, were Mu Hehe and Lu Yunqi, who had also been reborn.
It couldn't have been Hu Lingyu who said it, so it must be Mu Hehe and Lu Yunqi.
Given Lu Yunqi's arrogance and pride, he would disdain using this method, so there is only one candidate left.
Mu Hehe.
I thought Mu Hehe would behave herself after being released from prison, but now it seems that a barking dog is a silent one.
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