Chapter 748: Chapter 728: Rumors Are Flying Everywhere
After buying some late-night snacks, Jimo Cheng gentlemanly escorted Luo Qianqian to the dormitory building. He only left after watching her go upstairs.
Since it was already evening, there weren’t many people in the corridor, but something felt wrong as she passed by the doors of other dorm rooms. The people who would usually greet her were now closing their doors with disdainful looks upon seeing her?
Disdain? Luo Qianqian frowned tightly. This was illogical, highly illogical. She shouldn’t have done anything to offend so many people, right? With a face full of confusion, she returned to her dorm room, only to see Qin Nuan staring at the computer with an equally perplexed expression.
The computer in the dorm room belonged to Cong Rong, but the four people huddled around it all had clearly wrong expressions on their faces.
"I’ve brought back some snacks, what are you guys looking at?" Luo Qianqian put the food on the table and approached the four people: "What’s up?" Seeing the strange looks in everyone’s eyes, including Qin Nuan’s, and thinking back to the treatment she had just received, Luo Qianqian furrowed her brows even more tightly.
"Did Jimo Cheng go with you to buy them? Or was it in the commercial district?" Qin Nuan looked at Luo Qianqian with full concern in her eyes.
Luo Qianqian nodded: "How did you know that? Are you psychic or did you catch a whiff of the scent?" But in her heart, she was doubtful; she didn’t know that this fried chicken was so famous.
"Your entire journey was live-streamed, from the afternoon until now." Qin Nuan passed the computer to Luo Qianqian.
Luo Qianqian was stunned for a moment. Live-streamed?
As she took the computer, the title came into view: "Let’s discuss the youngest vixen at our school."
The first picture was a back shot that anchored the post. The clothes were definitely the ones Luo Qianqian was wearing. It captured the scene of her walking towards the hotel parking lot with Jimo Cheng, with the surrounding vehicles and surroundings matching perfectly.
The second photo was a panoramic view of the entire hotel; the hotel’s name was very eye-catching.
She frowned slightly and continued scrolling.
Using her status as the youngest to enter our school, and then joining the computer science department with its skewed male-to-female ratio, why did this girl have to do such things? Let me start from the beginning...
Luo Qianqian didn’t even read the content, knowing it was a live stream meant there must be more photos. The next photo showed her and him laughing and talking after buying their snacks.
The photo after that was of the two of them getting out of the car at the school entrance.
The last one was of Jimo Cheng escorting Luo Qianqian downstairs; it had just been updated.
Although their faces were pixelated, the height and outfit were enough to identify them, especially in this dormitory building.
"Who did I offend this time?" Luo Qianqian couldn’t help but shake her head with a laugh: "What’s with those expressions? Are you worried I did something bad?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qin Nuan thumped Luo Qianqian on the head: "We’ve been eliminating possibilities for half a day now; first, we can exclude our dorm room."
Luo Qianqian nodded; that was a given, and she could also rule out those who had treated her coldly when she returned.
She casually started to check the poster’s IP, then was shocked: "Hey, this one’s quite something, isn’t it?"
Everyone crowded around, staring at the computer, but they couldn’t understand: "What’s this?"
"We’re dealing with an expert here; I can’t track down their address." Luo Qianqian closed the computer, with a slightly amused look on her face: "I’m really curious, why didn’t they post the part in between?"
"Um, Qianqian, did you not read the content?" Qin Nuan looked incredulous, "Basically, it says you hooked up with someone at a hotel, and the person you were with actually has a girlfriend..."
"What? Jimo Cheng has someone else??? Isn’t it just me?" Luo Qianqian pointed to the tip of her nose, "Am I putting a green hat on myself? Also, what’s this about hooking up at a hotel? Can’t you tell it was a parking lot that we went to?"
"All the replies defending you were deleted," Cong Rong didn’t forget to add, their four accounts as well as those of the girls from the neighboring dorm were all gone, and she didn’t know if there were others speaking up for Luo Qianqian, but the ones they posted got deleted within five seconds of posting.
"It’s okay, the darker the slander, the brighter my innocence will shine. Am I afraid of this?" Luo Qianqian curled her lip, consoling herself and her roommates. However, a smile crept across her face, not worried about getting sued, huh?
"Should we call the police? This counts as fabricating facts and infringing on your portrait and reputation rights!" Qin Nuan was still visibly upset, "We can’t let them get away with this, what kind of joke is this?"
"Evidence needs to be preserved," Luo Qianqian calmly stood up, "Come on, take a couple of photos of me now. Nuannuan, record a video for me—make sure to film the computer screen with the forum post, then the time, and then my clothes."
Qin Nuan immediately picked up her phone and began recording.
Cong Rong wasn’t idle either and started taking photos straight away.
After they finished, Luo Qianqian called Jimo Cheng directly, asking him to take a photo of his current outfit when he got home, without changing his clothes, shoes, or tidying his hair.
Having just received the news, Jimo Cheng chuckled at Luo Qianqian’s request, "Alright, I’ll take a photo as soon as I get back."
After Luo Qianqian finished the call with Jimo Cheng, she cheerfully started looking for surveillance footage screenshots, video clips, and even had Qin Nuan record a video showing her refuting comments getting instantly deleted.
Then she didn’t forget to capture the forum post in its original form, her face the picture of calm, not showing a trace of panic.
"Qianqian, what are you doing?" Watching Luo Qianqian save files to the desktop, transfer them to a USB drive, and even send off two copies by email, was somewhat puzzling.
Luo Qianqian hooked her lips into a smirk, "Didn’t I tell you? That person is a master, so of course, I need to be prepared."
Qin Nuan looked resigned as she pulled out a wet wipe, cleaned her hands and opened the late-night snacks and milk tea that Luo Qianqian had brought back, "You’re not worried about yourself, so why should I worry? Come on, let’s eat."
Luo Qianqian shrugged and didn’t join them in fighting over the food; she felt that this targeting was somewhat baffling.
If it were before, she would definitely suspect Chu Ting, but now, if she had just narrowly escaped death and then something happened again, it would be unavoidable to arouse suspicion in court, so Chu Ting was ruled out, despite being a suspect, albeit a minor one.
Other people? First of all, the hotel wasn’t far from their school, and it’s unlikely that someone she didn’t know could have perfectly timed snapshots of her and Jimo Cheng going to the parking lot.
So it must have been someone she knew, someone who deliberately took the photos of her.
Looking at the timestamp of the first photo in the post, it was not much later than when she had gotten into the car.
It couldn’t be someone constantly following her because even the Jimo Family’s driver, as bad as he may be, wouldn’t fail to notice a tail.
But considering the update frequency of the text post, it seemed to be written continuously; then how was there time to take photos? Just two minutes before uploading the photos of them getting late-night snacks, a long update was posted.
More than one person? Then what could be the reason for so many people to target her?
