No reconciliation, no forgiveness! Mr. Pei leaves with nothing.

She heard Shen Bao'er's shrill, madwoman-like scream, "...You dare talk back to me! Who do you think you are! Song Qingran, right? Fine, I'll remember you!"

The last sentence made Jiang Hua's back stiffen.

"...Dare to lie to me? Believe me, I'll make sure you walk in and crawl out!"

"They're all putting on this show of sisterly affection, who are they trying to impress! It's disgusting, it makes me want to vomit up the New Year's Eve dinner I had during the holiday."

Jiang Hua: "Shen Bao'er! What are you doing!"

Shen Bao'er's hand, which was about to deliver another slap, stopped in mid-air.

Everyone, including her, looked in the direction of the sound. Shen Bao'er lowered her hand when she saw Jiang Hua walking out of the crowd.

Jiang Hua walked into the middle of the group and saw the clear handprint on Shen Bao'er's face. She was stunned for a moment. The handprint showed that Shen Bao'er had used a lot of force.

Song Qingran and her friends all glared at her angrily.

"What happened? What happened?"

Song Qingran's clear eyes were filled with tears, making her look incredibly pitiful.

Shen Bao'er said nonchalantly, "It was just a favor, helping a few ignorant kids like you. Of course, you don't need to thank me too much."

"The whole school knows, except you. Look at how badly people are attacking you in the posts."

Shen Bao'er was holding the latest limited edition customized phone, but when she opened the forum post, all the content was gone, and the page was blank, showing a 404 error.

"That's strange, why did the post disappear?"

Jiang Hua: "What post is it that has anything to do with me?"

Shen Bao'er pointed with her chin at Song Qingran and her group, saying, "It was these people who led the charge in saying that you bullied Song Qingran and extorted money from her. They even took photos and posted them on the school forum. There are thousands of comments under the post, all of them cursing you. Otherwise, if I had come earlier, you would have been doxxed and cursed to death by now."

"It's really strange, though. I just checked and this post was still there. How come it's gone now?"

Song Qingran slapped Xue Ruyao to protect her; she didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

She stepped forward and said, "This whole thing started because of [the other party], it has nothing to do with them. If you want to blame someone, blame me. It's my fault for not explaining to them in time, which led to everyone misunderstanding. Whatever compensation you want, as long as it's within my power, I will definitely satisfy you."

"Compensation? Laughable, you?"

"How much money could you possibly have on you? Don't think I don't know you have a sugar daddy behind you. Otherwise, how could you afford to go to such a good school?"

"Pshaw! What is this?!"

Song Qingran couldn't say it.

Shen Bao'er rolled her eyes at Song Qingran's pretentious attitude. "Alright, alright, wipe your tears. Let me tell you, others might fall for your act, but I won't. This young lady has seen plenty of slutty and cheap women. You should save your act for men."

Jiang Hua immediately stopped Shen Bao'er from speaking out of turn, "Shen Bao'er, that's enough, calm down. If your uncle finds out, you'll get scolded when you get home."

Jiang Hua could only see the title. When she clicked on it, the content inside had indeed been deleted. Now, when she refreshed the post, even the title had been completely deleted. It seemed that someone was manipulating things behind the scenes.

Jiang Hua didn't expect this scene to be filmed. "Since this matter is related to me, I will naturally resolve it."

Who is behind this...?

Jiang Hua understood without saying a word, and she already had the answer in her heart.

The post was actually deleted just fifteen minutes ago.

Song Qingran took out her phone and sent a message to a contact in her address book whose contact was named Mr. Z.

Song Qingran: Mr. Pei, can you do me a favor? My roommate accidentally misunderstood something and took a picture, which was then posted on the school forum. Could you please delete the post? I will definitely thank you afterwards.

Jiang's Jewelry Group.

Pei Zhan received a message on his private mobile phone.

He opened the Imperial University's school forum.

The comments below were filled with insulting language.

Of course, all of this was directed at Jiang Hua, not Song Qingran.

Comments: Seriously? Is the atmosphere in schools this bad these days? Who is this Jiang Hua? Is she really a junior? I've never heard of her in all these years, even as a senior. She's so pretty, how could she do something like this? What a waste of such a beautiful face.

I agree with the comment above. Look at the bag she's carrying. I checked, it's a limited edition bag this year, priced at over 800,000 yuan. Are all pretty female college students this rich these days? 800,000 yuan is enough to buy a house for my family. Who knows if she's being kept by some rich guy? Even if he's short of money, he shouldn't be extorting a junior college student like this.

That's right! I suggest this kind of person be expelled from our school!

Does anyone know her price? This face is worth at most 5,000 yuan a night! Spending 5,000 yuan to sleep with her for one night is definitely not a bad deal.

Don't guess! Go ask the price. If it's right, I'll buy it too.

...

The group made such a big fuss that even the department head ended up showing up.

All the people involved were invited to the conference room.

In addition, even the principal came, followed by the department head and the class teacher.

The conference room was quite full of people.

Even though Shen Bao'er was used to being domineering, she didn't come along. Since no one could do anything to her, she left!

The principal sternly criticized, "...You posted the photos on the forum without even understanding the situation. Do you know how much damage this has done to the school? You four are on probation. If you make the same mistake again, you will be disciplined and expelled. This kind of thing must never happen in our school."

Xu Qing retorted, "The photos have nothing to do with me. Besides, the principal disciplined us, but did those two get away with it? Yao Yao saw Jiang Hua hit Qing Ran, and... that Senior Shen too, that slap just now. Why are they both unharmed!"

Lü Huaiwei: "That's right! Principal, we shouldn't be the only ones punished for this."

The principal tapped the table. "But this whole thing started because of you guys. What else do you have to say?"

"Jiang Hua and Song Qingran, you two explain yourselves about the photos! What exactly happened?"

Song Qingran immediately became nervous and uneasy. She looked at Jiang Hua fearfully, afraid that she would reveal the truth about her relationship with Pei Zhan.

When all eyes were on the two of them.

Jiang Hua remained unmoved, but noticed Song Qingran's pleading gaze. She quietly met Song Qingran's eyes.

At last…

Jiang Hua spoke up, "There's nothing to explain. Let's leave it at that!" She glanced at the time and stood up. "The principal doesn't need to punish anyone. I also trust the school's public relations skills. All the teachers will be able to give the outside world a satisfactory answer. There was absolutely no bullying or extortion involved between Song Qingran and me."