"If not you, who else could it be? It’s really disgusting."
"Let’s just go, hurry up and leave!"
"I just can’t stand people like her. She’s so shameless, actually getting involved with men from outside the school. I heard that man even came to the school to ask for money. She really put not just her body but also her money on the line."
Hearing people discuss her , Xu Yinuo felt an urge to cry. This was exactly what a rumor was! An outright rumor!
"Don’t go! Listen to me, it’s purely a rumor! Someone’s trying to smear my name on purpose." Xu Yinuo panicked and chased after them, grabbing their arms, attempting to explain.
"Are you sick?" The person looked at her like she was a lunatic and quickly pushed her away, running towards the dormitory.
"I’m not sick!" Xu Yinuo shouted loudly, "It’s really someone trying to frame me!"
Groups of students filtered out from the classrooms, seeing Xu Yinuo explaining herself in a frenzy.
Finally, someone couldn’t hold back and said, "What’s done is done! Do you think you can clear things up with just a few words? Everyone saw what happened between you and that man at the school that night. Do you think you can simply deny it?"
In an instant, Xu Yinuo felt she was engulfed by a tidal wave of rumors, as if the whole world was pointing fingers at her.
All she saw were faces filled with disgust towards her, and all she heard was scornful abuse that she couldn’t bear to listen to.
"Stop talking! All of you just shut up! Shut up! Every single one of you, shut your mouths! I have been falsely accused!" Xu Yinuo covered her ears with both hands, screaming in the midst of the crowd.
Even if she screamed her throat raw, no one would believe her.
Xu Yinuo was both angry and anxious; she knew who was behind all this—it had to be An Hao and Gu Shuangshuang!
They actually joined hands to set her up!
No, she had to go and settle the score with An Hao! This account had to be thoroughly settled!
Xu Yinuo ran to the classroom like a madwoman, only to see An Hao and Gu Shuangshuang sitting together, talking and laughing as if nothing had happened.
She rushed forward and grabbed An Hao’s clothes, raising her hand to slap An Hao’s face.
"Xu Yinuo! Have you gone mad?" Gu Shuangshuang grabbed her wrist sharply, scolding her sternly.
"I have gone mad! I’ve been driven mad by you!" Xu Yinuo glared, her eyes full of hatred, "You two are trying to ruin me! Who spread the rumors? Who was it?"
An Hao sat in her seat, looking up at the frenzied Xu Yinuo, her lips touching lightly as she spoke dismissively, "Rumors? Many of us clearly saw you tugging and pulling with a man at the school that night. Everyone’s imagination is quite rich, so that’s how the current version came about. Are you not satisfied with it?"
"That man is my cousin! He came to ask me for money because he was going to work in another place, and when I refused, he tried to rob me!" Xu Yinuo roared at An Hao, "I am the real victim! You are rubbing salt into my wounds!"
"Just because you say he’s your cousin, does that make him your cousin? What evidence do you have to prove he’s your cousin? What evidence can prove that there’s nothing improper between you and him?" An Hao squinted slightly, her gaze resting on Xu Yinuo’s face, waiting for an answer.
"You... I..." How could Xu Yinuo prove it?
Her cousin had already left the city for a distant one to make a living, she couldn’t find her cousin! And proving their innocence was even more impossible!
How was she to prove she was still a virgin?