Qiao Nianjun gritted his teeth angrily: "Sister, I can't swallow this insult!"

Qiao Nianjiao didn't consider what grievances Qiao Nianjun had suffered; she had lost far more face than Qiao Nianjun tonight!

That bitch Qiao Manman definitely has some kind of shady relationship with Jiang Tingyan!

However, she used their step-sibling relationship as a shield to cover it up!

Otherwise, Qiao Manman would never have spoken to her in that tone!

Qiao Nianjiao picked at her manicured nails: "Xiao Jun, I remember you have friends at Peking University, right?"

"Yes." Qiao Nianjun shook his leg twice. "You want my friend to keep an eye on Qiao Manman?"

"Staring?"

Qiao Nianjiao rolled her eyes at Qiao Nianjun, annoyed: "Do you think just staring at him will make Qiao Manman suffer? I remember your friend is a guy, right?"

Qiao Nianjun paused for a few seconds, then asked, "You want me to have my friends target Qiao Manman??"

"no!"

Interrupted several times, Qiao Nianjiao said impatiently, "Have them secretly follow Qiao Manman and find a suitable opportunity to secretly take her away."

Upon hearing what Qiao Nianjiao said, Qiao Nianjun instantly perked up.

"Where are you taking it? Sis, do you have something important to do?"

Qiao Nianjiao was too lazy to explain to her stupid younger brother.

She had to make Qiao Manman suffer so that she would admit her relationship with Jiang Tingyan!

Qiao Nianjiao started the car: "Contact your friend first. If your friend can take the money to do this, I'll let you know what to do next."

"Okay! I understand!"

As soon as Qiao Manman arrived home, Qiao Qinian called.

Upon learning that Qiao Manman had arrived home, he then told her that he was going out for a late-night snack with Jiang Shu.

Qiao Manman didn't care. After two big battles with Jiang Shu tonight, she was already sleepy.

Whether I eat or not is not important; what's important is going to sleep now.

Qiao Manman dragged her heavy steps to her room. Just as she lay down on the bed, her phone suddenly vibrated a few times.

She picked up her phone and looked at it. The moment she saw the nickname, Qiao Manman suddenly perked up.

Qiao Qiqi?

The original owner's younger sister?

Why would she suddenly message her?

In my memory, Qiao Qiqi and Qiao Manman's relationship was not deep; in fact, it was almost nonexistent.

Even if they meet once or twice a year, they don't exchange more than ten words with each other!

At most, it was the original owner's mother who talked about it the most.

The fact that they're suddenly contacting her now definitely means something bad is going to happen.

Qiao Manman unlocked her phone screen, and a message from Qiao Qiqi popped up.

Qiao Qiqi: [Sister, I'm Qiqi.]

Qiao Manman sat up straight and crossed her legs. Just as she was about to ask a question tentatively, Qiao Qiqi's message came in again.

If I remember correctly, today should be Grandpa's birthday. Is my sister still at the old house? Could you please give my regards to Grandpa?

Qiao Manman stared at the screen in disbelief.

Qiao Qiqi didn't offer any birthday wishes to her grandfather before, but this year she suddenly asked her to help her grandfather with his birthday wishes.

Qiao Qiqi would never have known it was her grandfather's birthday if her mother, Lin Wu, hadn't mentioned it.

So what was the reason that Lin Wu instructed Qiao Qiqi?

What was her purpose in having Qiao Qiqi do this?

Is it to let the Qiao family know that there is a person named Qiao Qiqi in the Qiao family?

Qiao Manman chose to put her phone down and not reply to Qiao Qiqi's message.

Regardless of what Qiao Qiqi and Lin Wu were thinking, and regardless of whether the water was murky or clear, she was unwilling to wade through it any further.

With her worries gone, Qiao Manman fell asleep quickly.

The next morning, Qiao Manman was woken up by her phone ringing.

Squinting, she reached for her phone and saw it was Zhu Liangqi calling. She pressed the call button to answer.

"Hey, Liang Qi..."

Zhu Liangqi said with a hint of urgency, "Manman, you're on the campus network! An anonymous blogger is talking about your relationship with Teacher Jiang!"

Qiao Manman's sleepiness immediately subsided by more than half.

She opened the campus network software, and the first thing that popped up was her class, her name, and Jiang Tingyan.

The post was published in the early hours of last night, and its popularity has already exceeded 20,000 in just seven hours.

Qiao Manman clicked into this post.

An anonymous source claimed that Jiang Tingyan and Qiao Manman were suspected of having a teacher-student relationship, and that Jiang Tingyan had abused his power for Qiao Manman's sake.

What's most despicable is that, relying on his relationship with the principal, he accused students of school violence and even used his power to threaten the principal into expelling students.

A few short sentences are enough to reveal the other person's identity.

Qiao Manman sneered disdainfully, "A rat in the gutter will only use underhanded methods to deal with others."

Didn't Tu Mengrui's mother also abuse her power?

She scrolled through the comments section.

—Teacher Jiang? Isn't that the new teacher from the next class? So you came here specifically for one person, no wonder you only teach one class.

Who is the student who was expelled? Does anyone have any information?

—It's our classmate, Tu Mengrui! Actually, what happened that day was Tu Mengrui's own doing, and it didn't have much to do with Qiao Manman.

—Was that Qiao Manman herself who said that upstairs?

—Teacher Jiang, everyone is criticizing you, but you only defend yourself.

Anyone who spoke up for Qiao Manman in the comments section was attacked.

Qiao Manman was both moved and heartbroken.

In this day and age, no one believes you when you tell the truth.

No matter how much you explain, people will still think you're deliberately hiding the truth.

Tu Mengrui has already been expelled from school, so the storm will only rage for a short while, at most a couple of times.

Moreover, this wasn't just her problem; Jiang Tingyan was also suffering the same fate.

She was curious to see how Jiang Tingyan would handle this matter, and she could just sit back and watch from the sidelines.

Qiao Manman yawned and was about to turn off her phone and go back to sleep when she suddenly realized that the call hadn't ended and Zhu Liangqi was still waiting for her reply.

"I saw it."

Zhu Liangqi's voice was full of concern: "Manman, what should we do now? Most of your classmates are criticizing you and Teacher Jiang."

"Why don't you and Teacher Jiang stay home on Monday and avoid trouble?"

Qiao Manman grabbed a pillow and sandwiched it between her legs, pressing her phone under her ear.

"No matter how serious the situation gets, people will only gossip and point fingers behind my back. I still have to go to school; otherwise, wouldn't that just confirm my guilty conscience?"

"But……"

While Liang Qi was still worried, Qiao Manman closed her eyes and advised, "Liang Qi, don't think so much. If you worry about so many things, you'll exhaust yourself sooner or later..."

Zhu Liangqi was stunned for a long time on the other end of the phone.

"...Manman, do you think I'm meddling in other people's business?"

Qiao Manman fell asleep not long after saying the above sentence.

So much so that she didn't hear what Zhu Liangqi said next.

Zhu Liangqi, standing downstairs in the cold wind, waited for a long time but Qiao Manman didn't speak, so she assumed that Qiao Manman had tacitly agreed with her words.

She absentmindedly put down her phone, hung up, and stared blankly at her feet.

She thought Qiao Manman could become her close friend, but now it seems that it was all wishful thinking on her part.

With Qiao Manman's family's capabilities, resolving this kind of matter would be a piece of cake.

Even a single sentence can make this post disappear.

There's absolutely no need for her to worry about so much for her...

A bitter taste filled Zhu Liangqi's mouth. The difference between their families was so great that it was probably impossible for them to be true friends.

At noon, Qiao Manman finally got out of bed and went downstairs for lunch.

Not seeing the other three, Qiao Manman asked the maid who was serving her rice, "Aren't my dad and the others home?"

"Madam is going to get a facial today, and Master went with her. Young Master Jiang didn't come back last night, so we don't know what he's doing."

Qiao Manman recalled the scene of arguing with Jiang Tingyan at the old house last night.

It's strange that Jiang Tingyan would even come back after arguing like this.

Qiao Manman finished her meal by herself, tidied up briefly, and then called Zhu Liangqi.

I called several times, but Zhu Liangqi didn't answer.

Qiao Manman put down her phone, puzzled, and forwarded the message: [Liang Qi, are you free this afternoon? Shall we go out for a walk and soak up some sun?]

Zhu Liangqi, who was doing her homework, did see Qiao Manman's call.

She simply muted the phone and didn't answer.

It wasn't until Qiao Manman's message came in that she hesitated for a few seconds before picking up her phone to look at it.

After reading the message, Zhu Liangqi replied: 【Okay, around when?】

Qiao Manman: [I'll come pick you up now. Just come downstairs in twenty minutes.]

Qiao Manman grabbed her car keys and went downstairs.

Upon reaching the ground floor and walking to the entrance, the door suddenly opened, and Jiang Tingyan appeared before her.

Qiao Manman suddenly stopped in her tracks. Why did he suddenly come back?

The body reacts faster than the brain; Qiao Manman withdrew her foot and moved to the wall to make room for Jiang Tingyan.

The events of yesterday were still fresh in her mind, and Qiao Manman couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable facing Jiang Tingyan now.

Jiang Tingyan changed into slippers and stepped onto the stairs, glancing at Qiao Manman who was standing against the wall.

"How do you plan to handle the school matter?"

Qiao Manman pressed her heels against the wall, her body taut as if standing at attention.

"School?" She feigned ignorance, asking with feigned confusion, "What about school?"

Jiang Tingyan stared at her silently for two seconds. Seeing that she was going to continue pretending to be stupid, he lifted his leg and left in front of Qiao Manman.

Qiao Manman was completely confused. This person only asked one question and left without explaining the cause and effect.

Or did he realize she knew about it, but just didn't bother to tell her because she wasn't doing anything about it?

Qiao Manman walked out of the villa with doubts.

As soon as she got into the car, Qiao Manman put the matter out of her mind.

Strong winds and heavy rain are not as important as filling your stomach!

We absolutely have to find Liang Qi to pick out a hot pot restaurant and have a proper meal tonight!

Qiao Manman drove away, kicking up dust, while Jiang Tingyan, who was standing by the window upstairs, watched her leave.

Once the car had disappeared, he lowered the curtain and continued talking on his phone.

"Okay, find the poster's ID and ban all the IDs that instigated the trouble."

Assistant Chen: "It's already underway, but this matter has already escalated, and it may have some impact on you and Ms. Qiao tomorrow."

Jiang Tingyan sat down on the single sofa, looking languid: "I've already spoken to the principal on the phone, and he should be sending over the video surveillance footage soon."

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