Chapter 575: Making a Decision
"These people are going way too far, what kind of crap are they even talking!"
"They don’t know anything and just shoot their mouths off! Saying you stole a scholarship? It was clearly Youbao using her own money to set up a scholarship for the college, okay!"
"Exactly! Youbao, don’t take it to heart, people can tell what’s fair! The innocent stay innocent!"
Shen Xiaomi, Zhao Qingran, and Lin Xing were sitting by her bed. Seeing her not saying a word, they thought the post had made her depressed, and kept comforting her.
"I’m fine. Like you said, the innocent stay innocent. If I didn’t do it, then I didn’t do it. I was just thinking about who’s behind this."
Chi Youyou snapped out of it and smiled at the three of them.
She really was fine; she wasn’t pretending just to reassure them.
How could someone like Chi Youyou be shaken by this kind of public opinion? Besides, the moment she stepped onto this path, she was already prepared to get blackened in all sorts of ways.
"It’s not like this is our first time getting dragged, just relax, relax."
As she spoke, she even pulled a funny face at the three of them.
"Youbao, what do we do now? My phone is full of messages from classmates asking about this."
Shen Xiaomi held her phone, brows tightly knitted.
"Let me think."
Chi Youyou puffed up her cheeks. Or should she just ignore it?
Actually, at this very moment, her own phone was getting bombarded with all kinds of messages too. She’d added a bunch of people on WeChat earlier to sell fruit, and now it was flooded with messages.
It didn’t seem like she could just leave it alone. She herself could handle it, but if her friends got dragged in, that’d be troublesome.
On top of that, she was still building her personal brand. Even though the operation was going well, the brand was still very new, and it was easy to get shaken by this kind of baseless rumor.
"Bzzzt——"
Right at that moment, Chi Youyou’s phone started ringing.
"Amber, yeah, I saw it."
"Do you have a suspect for who leaked it?"
Amber opened with asking whether she’d seen the news online, completely unfazed by the stuff on the internet.
Youbao was someone she’d brought up herself; her character was absolutely solid. She didn’t believe a word of what was being said online!
"I’ve pretty much got it figured out. If that person didn’t have any info from M Country, I wouldn’t be a hundred percent sure. But once I saw the materials about M Country, I was sure—it should be a classmate from my school, Li Mei."
"Got it, I’ll look into her info. Have you thought about how you want to handle this?"
"Amber, what do you think about us using this chance to make an official appearance?"
Hearing Chi Youyou’s answer, Amber was clearly stunned for a second on the other end of the line, then let out a small laugh. "As long as you’re ready, I’m good to go anytime."
Chi Youyou was bound to show her face one day; they’d just been waiting for the right moment.
Maybe that moment was now!
"Right, about the scholarship, the school’s official website will release an announcement later. You don’t need to worry about that on your end."
"Okay, we’ll keep in touch if anything comes up."
"Okay!"
After Chi Youyou hung up, she saw the three of them staring at her, completely still. "What?"
"Youbao, you’ve decided to go official?"
The three of them asked excitedly.
"Since they’re so desperate to know who I am, then let’s just generously let them know. As far as I know, this face of mine has a pretty big advantage in live streams~"
As she said that, she narcissistically touched her own chin.
"So what do we do now? Post an official statement? Contact the school to clarify things?"
Chi Youyou shook her head. "No, what we need to do now is let the bullets fly for a while~"
Hmph, might as well use this chance to settle all these annoying things in one go~