Qiao Nan got in the car and the car drove off.

  The three of them seemed to be the only people present when this happened. So the problem was who took the photo?!

  The more Yu Xiaoxiao thought about it, the more alarmed she was. She tried to stop herself from gazing at Lü Yan and Tang Jiayun, but she could not stop herself from doubting them. “Tang Jiayun, you seem to be the only person in our dormitory who owns a camera, no?”

  Tang Jiayun flicked her hair, giving her reply nonchalantly. “So what if I have a camera? You are not the only person to know that I have a camera. Someone has borrowed the camera from me. Lü Yan, isn’t that so?”

  Lü Yan nodded.

  Tang Jiayun continued after receiving Lü Yan’s answer. “Qiao Nan and Shi Qing made it sound as if it is very serious. But I am not sure whether they were telling the truth and I don’t intend to find out. No matter what, this has nothing to do with me. I will not be sent to prison either. It is such a hot day. One feels sleepy after lunch. I will take a nap.”

  Yu Xiaoxiao could not set her heart at ease. “Is Qiao Nan after the mastermind? It has been posted online and this happened yesterday. Is it possible to catch the person? This will affect the school. Even if Qiao Nan is innocent, at most, the school will clear up the misunderstanding. There is no way that it will be blown up. What did Qiao Nan mean when she said that someone will have to go to jail? I don’t seem to understand.”

  If Qiao Nan was really a kept woman, she most probably would not be able to stay in Peking University.

  If the thread was untrue, the school would block the thread, find out who the sender was, and make the person apologized to Qiao Nan, giving them a demerit. If the school was unable to find out who the mastermind was, Qiao Nan would be forced to keep her grievances to herself.

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  It was difficult to catch the culprit who uploaded the thread.

  Why did Qiao Nan sound so confident? What made her so certain that the school would take charge and get to the bottom of this matter?

  Yu Xiaoxiao and the rest of them were unfamiliar with the internet. They believed that it was difficult to catch the person who posted the photo online.

  Lü Yan looked at Tang Jiayun. “Tang Jiayun, you are the most knowledgeable person here. There are a lot of internet cafes nowadays. Is it easy to find out who posted the thread? Why do I feel that it seems to be finding a needle in a haystack? I am sure Qiao Nan was just bluffing.”

  Tang Jiayun flicked her hair. “I don’t care if Qiao Nan was bluffing or if it is finding a needle in a haystack. Qiao Nan is willing to go to all that trouble. It has nothing to do with us. Although one can hide one’s identity online, I heard that professionals are capable of getting through all barriers. It depends on whether Qiao Nan is able to find an expert to solve her problem. I heard that hackers are good at this. If Qiao Nan is simply bluffing, she will be busying herself to no purpose. If she is not bluffing, the person who sends the thread will have to be careful.”

  Yu Xiaoxiao sized up a relaxed Tang Jiayun. School had just started. Qiao Nan might have a complicated background, but she was very quiet in school and did not have any enemy in school.

  Come to think of it, Tang Jiayun was the only person in the entire school who was against Qiao Nan.

  The three of them used to ostracize Qiao Nan. Yu Xiaoxiao felt that Tang Jiayun seemed to be very suspicious.

  Tang Jiayun was drinking from a glass of water. She turned angry at Yu Xiaoxiao’s doubtful glances. “Stop looking at me. This has nothing to do with me. I am different from all of you. It is rare that Qiao Nan has such opportunities. I won’t do anything to offend her. One must be foolish to do that. Right now, not only will I not offend Qiao Nan, but I also want to befriend her.”

  Unfortunately, Yu Xiaoxiao was right about one thing. Qiao Nan did not have a good temper. She would not accept Tang Jiayun’s apology and forget about what Tang Jiayun did to her previously or to be friends with her.

  No matter what, now was the chance for her to be close to Qiao Nan.

  The kept woman scandal would not die down easily. Right now, everyone avoided Qiao Nan and cast weird glances at her. She believed that if she provided help in Qiao Nan’s hour of need, she would eventually warm up to her.

  Tang Jiayun hummed a song relaxedly. She got onto the bed, getting ready for her afternoon nap.

  Yu Xiaoxiao sucked in her breath. Tang Jiayun did not give a direct answer to Lü Yan’s question. But from what she said, if Qiao Nan was capable, she would be able to find out who posted the thread.

  Despite knowing about this, Tang Jiayun was very relaxed. Perhaps this really had nothing to do with Tang Jiayun.

  Yu Xiaoxiao was still puzzling over the matter when Lü Yan sat close to her. “Yu Xiaoxiao, I am puzzled. It is just a thread. Why does it seem to be a serious matter? If this is true, Qiao Nan will be too ashamed to stay in Peking University. She would not tarnish the school’s reputation. Even if the thread is untrue, it is simply a misunderstanding. Why is Qiao Nan so wicked to say that the person is courting death? We are classmates. We may be curious, but we do not have any malicious intentions. Her words were too harsh.”

  Yu Xiaoxiao shot Lü Yan a disdainful look. “Talk is cheap. If this is untrue and Qiao Nan is unable to clear up the misunderstanding, would she be able to study at Peking University? She has only been to Peking University for a month. If she is expelled, it will ruin her entire life. How can one simply say that it is a misunderstanding? Tell me, who is being wicked here?”

  Yu Xiaoxiao sighed. “As her roommates, we should stand on her side. But after what happened previously, I will not do anything lest Qiao Nan misunderstands that I am gloating. Qiao Nan is really unlucky. I hope that she can clear up the misunderstanding and the truth will come to light. Who is so wicked to upload the thread? Isn’t the person afraid of retribution?”

  No matter how she looked at it, Qiao Nan did not have any immoral or ambiguous relationship with the older man.

  On the contrary, Qiao Nan was full of respect when she saw the man. It was as if he was her elder. “Lü Yan, do you think that the man may be Qiao Nan’s relative or Shi Qing’s relative, and he was here to fetch Qiao Nan on behalf of Shi Qing?”

  “I-I don’t know.” Lü Yan’s eyes darted about. She was guilt-stricken.

  Both Yu Xiaoxiao and Tang Jiayun did not give her a definitive answer.

  What she did not understand was that it was just a thread. Why was there a need to mobilize everyone and kick up a fuss? One had freedom of speech in China. Everyone was simply making one’s comments. It was nothing much.

  That being said, Qiao Nan was too overbearing and bad-tempered.

  Yu Xiaoxiao widened the distance between Lü Yan and her. “Lü Yan, when did you start to stutter? You have been stuttering all day. You seemed to be very concerned about this, particularly about the person who posted the thread. You……”