「Meanwhile.」
Sheraton Hotel.
While Lin Feng was speaking with the lawyer, Su Ruoxi, who had been asleep for a full ten hours, was finally, slowly waking up.
She saw that she was in a hotel suite.
Su Ruoxi was completely bewildered. She instinctively threw back the covers and checked her clothes.
Seeing they were all still on, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"How did I get here?"
Su Ruoxi whispered to herself.
Just then, hearing the noise from the room, Yang Qingqing rushed in from the living room.
"Ruoxi, you’re finally awake!"
"Hurry and get up. We have to get back to school. Something big has happened!"
Yang Qingqing quickly went over, wanting to help Su Ruoxi up.
Just now, she had spent two straight hours at the hotel scrolling through the forums.
All she could do was watch helplessly as people relentlessly slandered Lin Feng in the comments of a post.
Although that post was eventually deleted,
the school’s action had undoubtedly angered even more students.
They started making their own posts one after another, denouncing Lin Feng on the school forum.
She wanted to post something to defend Lin Feng,
but it was quickly drowned in the vast sea of posts.
"Qingqing, what happened?"
"You look so anxious."
Su Ruoxi asked, a little confused.
"No time to explain."
"Hurry and put your shoes on. We can talk on the way."
As she spoke, Yang Qingqing grabbed Su Ruoxi’s shoes from the bedside and helped her put them on.
Then, the two of them left the hotel.
In the taxi on the way to the university, Yang Qingqing roughly explained what had happened the previous night to Su Ruoxi.
"What?"
"Are you saying I drank too much last night, and Lin Feng was the one who took me to the hotel?"
"And someone recorded it and posted it online?"
Su Ruoxi’s shocked voice came from the back seat of the taxi.
Seeing Su Ruoxi’s strong reaction, Yang Qingqing said a bit sheepishly, "Yeah, I was drunk then, too."
"My brother had to take me home, so we had to ask Brother Feng to take you to the hotel first."
After hearing this, Su Ruoxi had no intention of blaming her. Instead, she pressed, "So what’s the situation now? Was the post deleted?"
"It hasn’t blown up, has it?"
"Will Lin Feng get dragged into this because of me?"
Su Ruoxi fired off a series of questions at Yang Qingqing.
"The original post has been deleted."
"But the problem is, after simmering overnight, practically everyone at school knows about it."
"Even though the original post was deleted, people are still constantly making new ones, questioning the school’s actions and slandering Lin Feng at the same time."
"I’m worried the school will give in to the pressure and punish Brother Feng."
As Yang Qingqing explained to Su Ruoxi, she pulled out her phone, wanting to call Lin Feng and ask about the situation.
But when she called, the line just kept ringing with no answer.
It was the same when she called Yang Qiniang.
"What the heck are those two doing? They’re not even answering their phones!"
Now Yang Qingqing was truly panicking.
To avoid being disturbed, Lin Feng and Yang Qiniang had both put their phones on silent mode.
So they didn’t hear Yang Qingqing’s calls at all.
"So, in other words..."
"Lin Feng is being attacked entirely because of me, right?"
Su Ruoxi asked guiltily, her head lowered.
"You could say that."
"But don’t blame yourself too much."
"After all, who would’ve thought two idiots would film Lin Feng taking you to a hotel and post it on the campus network!"
As Su Ruoxi’s roommate, Yang Qingqing felt it was her duty to console her. Although Lin Feng was indeed suffering this injustice because of her, it wasn’t as if Su Ruoxi had wanted any of this to happen.
After hearing Yang Qingqing out, Su Ruoxi took a deep breath, then looked up and said, "Qingqing, if I step forward and explain, will this all be resolved?"
Yang Qingqing gave a wry smile and replied,
"Maybe..."
"But this has already spread throughout the entire school. Even if you step up to explain, they won’t listen."
"They might even think the university put you up to it."
"But at the very least, Lin Feng wouldn’t be punished by the school."
"That’s already the best possible outcome!"
Yang Qingqing didn’t know that Lin Feng and the others planned to use legal means to protect his interests.
So for now, this was the only answer she could give Su Ruoxi.
"Okay, so you’re saying..."
"Just stepping forward to explain that Lin Feng only took me to the hotel and didn’t do anything to me won’t solve the problem, is that right?"
Su Ruoxi mumbled to herself.
Yang Qingqing was preoccupied with how to contact Lin Feng and didn’t clearly hear what Su Ruoxi was saying.
"What did you say?"
Yang Qingqing turned her head and asked.
"Nothing."
Su Ruoxi shook her head.
But at that moment, it seemed she had made some sort of decision in her heart.
Her gaze became much more resolute.
She silently took out her phone, opened the school forum, and typed out a new post.
「At the same time.」
In a coffee shop near Yang City University.
Lin Feng and Yang Qiniang had finally reached an agreement with Lawyer Sun.
"Mr. Lin, rest assured!"
"Although this incident’s impact has been limited to the school, the original post fabricated facts and caused immense damage to your reputation. On top of that, a continuous stream of new posts is attacking you, causing significant ongoing harm."
"There is definitely someone orchestrating this from behind the scenes."
"Therefore, this is already enough to constitute a criminal case!"
"In a moment, I will act as your private attorney to file a police report, issue a lawyer’s letter to the poster, and request public prosecution."
"If the other party still refuses to back down and continues to infringe upon your rights,"
"I’m fifty percent confident I can make them do jail time!"
Lawyer Sun methodically described his plan to Lin Feng.
After listening to Lawyer Sun, Yang Qiniang nodded in approval.
He reached out and patted Lawyer Sun’s shoulder. "Lawyer Sun, this is a serious matter. We’re counting on you for everything!"
"Don’t worry, Young Master!"
"This case isn’t too difficult. I can guarantee that, at the very least, they’ll spend a few days behind bars!"
Such was his confidence as a professional lawyer.
Lin Feng didn’t say anything, but he shook Lawyer Sun’s hand again before leaving.
"Young Master Yang, Mr. Lin, I’ll take my leave now."
"Okay, take care!"
Lin Feng and Yang Qiniang watched Lawyer Sun leave the coffee shop.
Then they picked up their phones, also preparing to leave and head back to school to await his news.
However, after turning on his phone screen,
Lin Feng discovered that Yang Qingqing had called him over a dozen times.
"Brother Nian, why did your sister call me so many times?"
"Me too. I have several missed calls..."
Yang Qiniang said, holding up his own phone.
"Call her back and see what’s up."
As he said this, Yang Qiniang dialed Yang Qingqing’s number.
Soon, Yang Qingqing’s voice came through the phone.
"Hello, Bro!"
"You finally answered."
"Don’t worry, Ruoxi has already solved the problem."
"Tell Brother Feng not to worry. The school probably won’t give him any trouble now."

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