Seeing everyone's unhappy expressions, Yu Zhiyin stepped forward and said loudly, "They say rumors stop with the wise. I was too confused before and believed everything others said. I almost missed such an outstanding person. Fortunately, I woke up at the critical moment."
Her behavior of taking advantage of others and acting cute really made Tang Xiaomei feel even more uncomfortable, but what could she do?
Yu Zhiyin slept soundly that night, but Tang Xiaomei, who went to bed, tossed and turned because of her guilty conscience and Yu Zhiyin's abnormal behavior.
The reason why she used rumors to discredit Yu Zhiyin and Qin Shiyan was to prevent them from being together.
But they were still together. The rumors she spread not only had no effect, but also caused her trouble.
However, after just one night, Tang Xiaomei discovered that the rumor had changed direction.
The remarks that had attacked and slandered Yu Zhiyin under her guidance were now directed at her in an even more ferocious manner.
People she met on the street looked at her with undisguised contempt and disgust.
Some people even scolded her to her face, calling her shameless, ungrateful, and worse than an animal.
In a rage, she went up to the man and argued, "Why are you scolding me? How did I provoke you?"
"How dare you ask? Weren't you the one who started all these rumors about Yu Zhiyin and Comrade Qin? You're obsessed with Comrade Qin and you're afraid he'll be snatched away by some other comrade, so you're constantly getting involved. Yu Zhiyin is so sweet and caring towards you, but you're throwing mud at her just for a man. Is that what a human being would do?"
"That's right, I clearly remember you telling us you wouldn't go to the blind date festival, but you went anyway? Why are you pretending? You're so unlucky! You sent Yu Zhiyin away, then took off your shoes and seduced Comrade Qin. In the end, your shoes were thrown into a pit... I think Yu Zhiyin is really unlucky to have a friend like you."
Tang Xiaomei's face was as pale as paper. She tried to speak in defense several times but each time she spoke she seemed pale and powerless.
She thought that her tricks would not leave any evidence. After all, once a rumor spread, it was not easy to find the person who spread it.
Who knows who is the culprit?
But she forgot that truth will come out sooner or later, and with so many eyes in the crowd, not all of them can be blind. If everyone pieces together a little information, the truth will come out.
The crowd was filled with people cursing Tang Xiaomei and sympathizing with Yu Zhiyin. Tang Xiaomei could only bite the bullet and retort, "You...you're talking nonsense. I...I didn't do that."
Suddenly, a high-pitched voice rang out from the back of the crowd: "If you feel we've wronged you, then do you dare to go to the dormitory and take off your pants so we can see if you've really come here to cause trouble?"
"Yes! This is a good idea. Do you dare?" Many female comrades agreed.
Tang Xiaomei felt that these people were crazy and actually united to force her. She was so scared that she wanted to squeeze through the crowd and run away, but they refused to give in.
"Looking at her guilty look, we should know that she is lying. Bah! So disgusting." Someone spat at Tang Xiaomei.
"We must all stay away from this kind of traitor from now on, otherwise we will be sold out by her and have to pay her."
"In the past, this kind of person would have been a traitor."
"He's still a traitor even now! We must overthrow traitors, overthrow traitors..."
Tang Xiaomei looked at the group of people who were becoming more and more agitated. She finally became scared and wanted to apologize and beg for mercy, but her voice was drowned out by the contemptuous curses.
In the following days, she experienced for the first time how terrifying people's words were. Spreading rumors at no cost could cause consequences as serious as a tsunami.
The report that you have worked so hard to write will be covered with the word "traitor" all over it, and you will be labeled as a "bitch" from time to time.
Colleagues who used to get along well with her now avoid her like the plague, as if they would roll their eyes if they looked at her for even a second longer.
When eating in the cafeteria, there would be half-eaten vegetables, worms or mud and sand in the lunch box.
When going to the toilet, people either throw stones at me or splash water on me.
Yu Zhiyin naturally knew Tang Xiaomei's current situation, but she chose to play deaf and dumb and turn a blind eye.
When Tang Xiaomei tried to destroy Yu Zhiyin with rumors, Yu Zhiyin had already decided to let Tang Xiaomei bear the backlash of the rumors.
She did not rush out to expose Tang Xiaomei's rumor when she first heard it, but continued to let the rumor ferment while repeatedly emphasizing her trust in Tang Xiaomei.
This is because she knows that the more violently a rumor spreads, the more severe the backlash the rumormonger will suffer once it is overturned.
The injuries Tang Xiaomei is suffering now are much more serious than they were then.
Sure enough, after being isolated and targeted countless times, Tang Xiaomei finally collapsed.
She took the initiative to find the political department and admitted her rumor-mongering behavior and purpose. She was willing to apologize to Yu Zhiyin and would deeply reflect on herself.
But she hopes leaders can step in and stop those people from bullying and isolating her.
The hospital leaders looked at Tang Xiaomei with disappointment. Not only did they remove her previous title of "advanced", they also asked her to write a self-criticism and publicly apologize to Qin Shiyan and Yu Zhiyin.
Tang Xiaomei could only bite her lip and agree.
Yu Zhiyin has been busy in the experimental fields recently and only returns to the dormitory at night. When he entered the room today, he saw Tang Xiaomei, who looked dejected and had bruises on her eyes.
"Zhiyin, I'm sorry." Tang Xiaomei avoided Yu Zhiyin's gaze and spoke quickly and softly.
"What are you referring to? There must be more than one thing you have done to let me down, right?" Yu Zhiyin sneered coldly.
She was laughing at Tang Xiaomei, and also at herself.
Thinking back to every blind date she went on, any man with slightly better conditions would refuse to contact her within two days. At first, she thought it was because of her work and she couldn't focus on taking care of the family like other women, so it was normal to be rejected. But now she has come to her senses and inferred that there is no guarantee that Tang Xiaomei was not secretly obstructing her.
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