215 215 The mastermind behind the scenes
The first person Tan Rou met when she came out of the princ.i.p.al’s office was Tan Jing. It was no longer a surprise that Tan Rou would meet her because she spent 24 hours a day monitoring Tan Rou, except for mealtimes. She may even have used a high-definition telescope to see if there was any dirt on Tan Rou’s room for her to dig.
“Xiao Rou, the princ.i.p.al didn’t scold you, right?” Tan Jing asked hypocritically.
“The princ.i.p.al scolded me and wanted to expel me. Are you happy now?” Tan Rou deliberately said this so that Tan Jing would be able to enjoy her victory for now since Tan Jing would not be able to laugh anymore soon.
Sure enough, Tan Jing couldn’t stop smiling after hearing it. So what if it was true? As long as Tan Rou got expelled, it would confirm Tan Rou’s crime. This was a stain on her reputation, and she would never be able to wash it clean no matter where she went.
“Rou, don’t worry too much. When you get expelled, I’ll ask dad to find you a new school. You should be able to adapt quickly, right? After all, this isn’t the first time you’ve been expelled.” Tan Jing could finally hold her head high for once.
“The princ.i.p.al was just saying it. I haven’t been expelled yet, why are you so happy? Besides, it’s not certain who will be expelled in the end.” Tan Rou looked at Tan Jing with a faint smile.
Tan Jing took two steps back, a little fl.u.s.tered, “Did she find out about what she has done? No, no, Tan Rou must be trying to scare her! Besides, she used Li Jia’s account. Why would they look for her?”
Thinking of this, Tan Jing was relieved.
Tan Rou shook the file in her hand. “Can you guess what this is? ”
Tan Jing felt that it was not a good thing, so she tried to s.n.a.t.c.h it.
Tan Rou couldn’t let Tan Jing get her hands on this. She took the file and ran out. She turned around and said, “Go back to cla.s.s.”
Tan Jing sat in cla.s.s uneasily, and she would occasionally glance at Tan Rou.
Tan Rou looked straight ahead and listened carefully to the teacher’s lessons.
Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted the teachers and students who were in cla.s.s. A group of well-dressed police officers showed his police ID to the teacher. “Who is Tan Rou?”
Tan Jing suddenly became happy. The police were here to arrest her. Let’s see how she could escape this time.
“I am.” Tan Rou stood up from her seat.
The teacher walked down from the podium. “Officer, what is going on?”
“We received a complaint from Tan Rou. Someone here is deliberately framing her and creating rumors. They have seriously violated Ms. Tan Rou’s reputation and have caused a great impact on the internet.”
Tan Rou walked to the police with the evidence. “Sir, this is all the evidence.”
“Is the other person involved, Li Jia, here?” The police officer asked as he accepted the file from Tan Rou.
Li Jia stood up subconsciously. “Huh?”
“We’ve received a report from Ms.Tan Rou that you maliciously made inappropriate remarks to infringe on her reputation and privacy. Please come with me.” The police officer said sternly.
“I didn’t!” Li Jia was fl.u.s.tered.
“What do you mean by infringement of reputation and privacy? I didn’t do it!”
Tan Rou pointed at the bag and said to the police, “Sir, this is the evidence. It holds records that my cla.s.smate, Li Jia, used her social account to contact multiple people and paid them to take photos of me. Some of the inappropriate posts were posted at Li Jia’s home.”
“What post?” Li Jia shivered. “I didn’t post anything inappropriate! Besides, I did not contact anyone nor did I pay them to take your photos.”
The students around them whispered, “No way! Li Jia posted all those?”
“Were Li Jia and Tan Rou’s relationship that bad?”
“Have you all forgotten? Two days ago, Li Jia almost broke Tan Rou’s arm.”
“Tan Rou is really amazing. She investigated so much without causing a scene.”
“All the evidence points to you.” The police officer didn’t want to handle the case in cla.s.s. “Just come with us.”
“I’m not going!” Li Jia wanted to run.
However, it was not up to her. The police officer in charge gave her a look and two police officers ran over to pull her out.
“Captain w.a.n.g, we’ve got her.” One of the female police officers said to the high-ranking police officer at the door while holding Li Jia.
Captain w.a.n.g nodded, then looked at the girl with clear eyes in front of him. “Tan Rou, right? You’re the victim of this case. So, we need you to come back to the police station for some questioning and investigate the situation. Please cooperate with us.”
“Of course.” Tan Rou answered obediently.