Meanwhile, in the girls’ dormitory.
Seeing the online post slandering her, Su Ruoxi was lying alone on her bed, feeling miserable.
Especially when she saw all the malicious speculation in the comments, with so many people calling her a gold digger.
It gave Su Ruoxi a sense of unspeakable bitterness.
Although her family had fallen on hard times and she could no longer be considered a rich young lady,
’But no matter what, I haven’t sunk so low as to become a gold digger, have I?’
Just as she was feeling utterly hopeless, a message came from Lin Feng. Seeing his comforting words,
Su Ruoxi suddenly felt the urge to cry.
All those boys who usually called her their "goddess" and doted on her every day.
The moment they learned she was in a relationship, they immediately turned on her.
And yet Lin Feng, who normally seemed indifferent to her, chose to believe in her at a time like this.
That fact alone warmed her heart immensely.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
Just then, someone started pounding on the door of Zhao Kai’s dorm room.
"Who is it?"
"Who the hell is knocking so damn hard!"
Zhao Kai put down his phone and walked over, cursing under his breath.
When he opened the door, he found it wasn’t his roommate standing there.
Instead, it was several uniformed police officers and a man in a suit wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
"You’re Zhao Kai?"
the man in the suit asked him.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
Seeing the police at his door, Zhao Kai’s heart tightened, and he asked nervously.
"Because you fabricated rumors and launched personal attacks online against Mr. Lin Feng and Miss Su Ruoxi."
"And because you have caused the parties involved extreme emotional distress."
"Therefore, on behalf of Mr. Lin Feng and Miss Su Ruoxi, I am here to press charges against you!"
The man’s words struck Zhao Kai like a bolt from the blue.
"Lin Feng... Su Ruoxi..."
"I didn’t... What I said was the truth! I didn’t slander them!"
"On what grounds are you pressing charges?"
Zhao Kai tried to argue, but the police had no time for his shameless pestering.
They pulled out a pair of handcuffs and slapped them on him.
Seeing the gleaming metal cuffs, Zhao Kai’s legs went weak, and he nearly pissed himself in fear.
"Zhao Kai, whether or not you fabricated rumors is something for the professionals to determine."
"However, I can tell you this."
"A case like yours, which has had a huge impact on the victims, will very likely result in criminal detention!"
"You’d better watch yourself!"
With that, the police led Zhao Kai away.
Of course, Wang Tao, who was at an internet cafe playing games, was also taken away.
Hoping for lenient treatment, Zhao Kai had ratted out Wang Tao as he was leaving the dorm.
But it was obvious...
There would be no leniency in this matter.
Because both of them were the masterminds behind the whole affair.
In the end, both Zhao Kai and Wang Tao were sentenced to two weeks in jail.
And that was the minimum sentence, which the university had helped them secure.
If the incident blew up, it would have a negative impact on the university’s reputation.
Lin Feng was quite satisfied with this outcome.
’Two weeks in jail should be enough to teach them a lesson, right?’
However, their punishment didn’t end there.
Yang Qiniang had used his father’s connections to ask the vice-principal about the school’s follow-up disciplinary action.
Due to the extremely negative impact of the incident,
once Zhao Kai and Wang Tao were released from the detention center, the university was going to expel them.
Now that was the real kicker!
They had worked so hard to get into university, only to end up with nothing and a criminal record to boot.
This was a classic case of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
News of Zhao Kai and Wang Tao being taken away by the police spread quickly across campus.
One second, Zhao Kai was frantically slandering Su Ruoxi in the post.
The next, he was being led away by the police.
Although no one knew exactly why Zhao Kai had been arrested, the students at Yang City University weren’t idiots.
They knew in their hearts that Lin Feng must have been pulling the strings.
And because of that...
Zhao Kai’s claim in the post that Lin Feng was a "rich second-generation heir" seemed all the more credible.
Everyone was secretly speculating about Lin Feng’s true identity.
’Who is he, to be able to wield so much power?’
’And all just to help Su Ruoxi out of a jam?’
As for whether the two of them were actually together, it now went without saying.
At least, in their minds, they had already accepted it as fact.
"Hahaha..."
"Old Lin, you’ve got to see this post."
"’An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Identity of Yang City University’s Top Rich Heir, Lin Feng!’"
Lying on his bed, Yang Qiniang couldn’t help but laugh as he read the post about Lin Feng.
’These people really have wild imaginations!’
「A week passed quickly.」
The incident caused by Zhao Kai and Wang Tao slowly began to fade from memory.
But as the old hot topic faded, a new one surged to take its place: Lin Feng’s identity.
Everyone was very interested in this newly-crowned "rich second-generation heir."
All sorts of posts popped up one after another, all speculating on just how loaded Lin Feng was.
But these people were all just guessing wildly.
Because not even Yang Qiniang knew how much money Lin Feng actually had.
"Old Lin."
Just then, after scrolling through the various posts about Lin Feng online,
Yang Qiniang hopped off his bed, sidled up to Lin Feng, and stared at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
"What?"
Lin Feng didn’t even look up from his textbook as he asked.
"Be honest with me."
"Are you secretly a rich second-generation heir or not?"
Yang Qiniang looked at him with a dead-serious expression as he finally popped the question.
Hearing this, Lin Feng felt an urge to laugh.
’If I were some secret rich heir, I wouldn’t have been so broke during military training that I had to go back to the dorm just to get a drink of water.’
However, while Lin Feng wasn’t a rich heir,
his family wasn’t exactly poor, either. They were just stricter with him, their son.
As the saying goes, "Raise boys poor, raise girls rich."
Lin Feng’s family ran a Hunan restaurant and could make over a hundred thousand a year.
They had been in business for decades and had built up a decent reputation.
But because they had to support Lin Feng and his sister, Lin Xiaoman, through university, on top of the ever-increasing rent,
there wasn’t much money left at the end of the year.
Lin Feng’s father had always wanted to expand the restaurant so they could make more money.
But due to the high cost of real estate, he had never been able to.
So, you could say Lin Feng’s family was poor, but they weren’t exactly poor, either.
But he was not even remotely connected to the world of rich heirs.
"Brother Nian, are you kidding me?"
"My family’s not rich."
Lin Feng said with a laugh and a wave of his hand.
Hearing this, Yang Qiniang looked at him suspiciously, pursed his lips, and said, "Old Lin, stop pretending."
"Don’t play these games with me!"
Lin Feng heard this and said helplessly, "Believe it or not, my family is just a very ordinary one!"
"Alright, then."
Yang Qiniang paused, then continued, "Let me ask a different question. How much money do you actually have?"

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