"Now, what about now?" Jiang Shuqin asked again, "Directly report her?"
Xia Chuyi shook her head and said, "I don’t have concrete evidence; I can’t report her successfully."
"Even if you call Ling County, it would take time to get the materials."
Hearing this, Jiang Shuqin nodded and said, "That’s right, for now, let’s have her apologize and remove those rumors first."
"Mhm." Xia Chuyi nodded in agreement and said, "As for the reporting, I think it’s best to first make contact with the real Meng Zhaodi."
Otherwise, without the real Meng Zhaodi, her report might be ineffective.
The next day, "Meng Zhaodi" indeed came to the classroom as promised.
Seeing Meng Zhaodi enter the classroom, Chi Yue was first stunned, then flashed Xia Chuyi a smug smile, deliberately raising her voice, "Xia Chuyi, your fellow townsman is here."
"If you don’t want to admit to your past misconduct, we can have her confront you face to face."
Jiang Shuqin looked at Chi Yue with a pitying gaze, as if she were mentally challenged.
Xia Chuyi remained calm.
"Meng Zhaodi" clenched her teeth, rushed over, and shouted loudly, "Xia Chuyi, I’m sorry!"
That shout silenced the entire classroom.
"I only found out today that someone has been spreading rumors that you were framed and extorted money... and they said it was me, but that wasn’t my intention."
"Chi Yue!" "Meng Zhaodi" suddenly shouted, "When you asked me what kind of person Xia Chuyi was, did I talk about her like that?"
"Absolutely not; everything was fabricated by you."
"Meng Zhaodi," with a wronged expression, said, "How can you be so malicious, using me this way?"
Then, "Meng Zhaodi" came closer and said to Xia Chuyi, "I’m sorry!"
Then she whispered in a low voice, "Are you satisfied now?"
Having said that, she ran out of the classroom.
Inside the classroom, it suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Well, although "Meng Zhaodi’s" words were not very convincing, but... with Chi Yue’s loud earlier statement, all suspicions suddenly pointed back at Chi Yue.
"Why are you all looking at me? Meng Zhaodi really said that!" Chi Yue retorted loudly.
However, no one responded to her. Instead, Zhan Yi from dorm 202 tugged at her sleeve and said, "Chi Yue, it’s okay, sometimes it’s possible to mishear things."
Chi Yue promptly shook her off and said, "What nonsense! I did nothing wrong!"
After speaking, she left the classroom, visibly angry and embarrassed.
The remaining people looked at each other.
"Heroes, daring to skip classes right at the start of the semester." Suddenly, Xia Chuyi said something particularly calmly.
Laughter broke out sporadically throughout the classroom.
Jiang Shuqin gave her a thumbs-up.
Xia Chuyi responded with a slight smile.
Things went smoother than she had expected.
They say rumors stop with the wise, but good deeds go unnoticed while bad news travels fast. Suppressing rumors and gossip is extremely difficult.
Because as people talk, the rumors can seem to become reality after enough repetition.
Thus, the best approach is to create a new rumor.
Once everyone’s attention had shifted to Chi Yue, any further mention of the incident automatically turned into "Chi Yue framed someone."
In short, this time Xia Chuyi had a great success.
Because of this event, Chi Yue directly took two days off and did not come.
Even when she did return, she avoided taking the same classes as Xia Chuyi.
The day Chi Yue came back to class, during noon after school, Jiang Shuqin caught up with Xia Chuyi in their dorm room and said, "Chuyi, you didn’t attend class with us this morning, and it really annoyed me!"