"I'm not stupid, and I don't want to be used as a gun. I just want to make money. Someone instructed me to do this. I don't need to tell you who it is, but you should understand."
Yang Meimei wasn't stupid. Zuo Yunyun hadn't left any evidence that day. She'd wiped away all traces of her fingerprints from the recording pen.
But Yang Meimei's fingerprints were still there. Now that the recording had been released, she would be held criminally responsible.
If Zuo Aiai used the recording pen as evidence, there's no way in a thousand years she'd be able to explain why her fingerprints were on it.
This is why she'd been looking for Zuo Aiai.
There was a saying: "The enemy of the enemy is a friend."
"Zuo Aiai, let's work together," she said abruptly.
"How much did you take from Zuo Yunyun?" Zuo Aiai replied.
"Ah?"
"A student like you wouldn't do this kind of thing for no reason, right?" She said very calmly.
She sounded so certain that Yang Meimei couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt.
But Zuo Aiai's attitude could work in Yang Meimei's favor.
"It was enough payment for me, being from such a poor, rural area, to get a special enrollment and a year's tuition. It may not be worth mentioning in your eyes, but it's very important to me," Yang Meimei said.
Yang Meimei had met many hypocritical people like Zuo Aiai.
But she didn't say anything. Instead, she smiled and admitted that she was indeed in it for the money.
"The thing is, I don't have any money," Zuo Aiai said apologetically, "Although you may think that I'm very glamorous, I'm actually completely broke. My family cut me off."
She was very honest.
Yang Meimei was stunned. She hadn't expect edthat the number one socialite in Binhai City would be like this, and her words were unexpectedly sincere.
"Don't worry. I didn't really want to ask you for money. I just wanted to distance myself from you. The money Zuo Yunyun gave me wasn't worth it. If I end up taking the blame for her crime, the gains won't make up for the losses. When I put the recording pen in your bag, I also put my own recording pen in it. It should be out of battery by now. But here—this is a charger. You should be able to find the backup recording of the meal when we're discussing our arrangement. Zuo Yunyun cut so much of the audio. I think there must be some content in there that can clear you," she said.
Such a smart person. As one would expect from a scholarship student.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. But, I still have one more question to ask you...are you really going to drop out of school?"
Zuo Aiai was stunned for a moment. Because of Yang Meimei's interruption, her emotions had actually calmed down. Her mind was clear.
Zuo Aiai smiled. "But now I don't want to drop out of school."
How could she let Zuo Yunyun do as she pleased here?
Even if Zuo Aiai ended up leaving, she was going to drag Zuo Yunyun down with her first.
Yang Meimei also smiled. "I don't know much about the grudges between you two, but... that woman, Zuo Yunyun, I really can't stand her. Okay then, goodbye!"
Goodbye.
Although Yang Meimei asked her to use the recording to clear her name, she was secretly glad that Zuo Yunyun only intercepted that short segment.
There were a few subtle points in that recording that could be used to deduce Jin Di's identity.
Although Jin Di had made an appearance in the restaurant last night, she was confident that he wouldn't have been happy about being exposed in the media. She hadn't even recognized him the first time she met him!
It was absolutely impossible for her to tell who he was...
If Jin Di found out that she had caused such a disaster...she was afraid that he would be furious.
She still had to clean up her own mess. She thought that as long as she did not cause trouble for Jin Di, they could part on good terms in the future.