Yaya sounded so worried, but Lai Jiayi was as calm as always.
[Don't worry. She must have asked her AI's help to fake the history. I don't know why she did so though,]
Lai Jiayi immediately calmed Yaya, but then her mind wandered to why Xuan Lincheng used this way to slander her.
'It's just so dumb to slander me for the sake of the game. Xuan Lincheng won't benefit at all from this event, maybe only making her reputation bad!'
Lai Jiayi silently lamented, yet she still had a doubt.
'But what benefit does Xuan Lincheng get if my reputation is bad? I'm infamous as an arrogant student already.'
Lai Jiayi couldn't help but think.
'Really, there's no need to go this far...my reputation won't affect my study or my scholarship anyway…'
[Yaya, what's your thought about this– ]
[Wait, wait!] Lai Jiayi paused.
A thought crossed her mind thanks to the word 'scholarship'.
'!! It can't be…'
Lai Jiayi was stunned for a second, and her reaction was instantly seen in a bad light by the others.
The students thought that the girl was shocked, silly, and scared upon seeing the proof.
Some began to whisper, others blatantly mocked Lai Jiayi.
"See, she's so shameless! Beauty Xuan even got the evidence!"
"To think such a quiet student can be this scary…"
"She's a dangerous snake. Such a hypocrite!"
Hearing this, Xuan Lincheng smirked with a face full of confidence.
'The students are on my side!' She sneered.
Various mockery pierced Lai Jiayi's ears, but the girl turned a deaf ear to it.
She was focusing on her mind, on her thought of the reason behind Xuan Lincheng's action today.
'This...don't tell me her aim is...to knock me off from the scholarship I got?'
Lai Jiayi's face turned horrid.
Once her thought ended, her whole body felt a cold gust as if someone blew a cold wind to her body.
Lai Jiayi's eyes suddenly widened upon finding this possibility.
'If the university knew I am involved in such a nasty scandal...threatening their university's pride….'
Lai Jiayi's body shook hard.
'Won't they stop giving me the scholarship? If that happened…'
Lai Jiayi's face hastily turned dark.
'Oh, God. This matter isn't a joke. If I can't, this slander...my school life will be done for!'
"What's wrong? Are you too shocked to speak since I showed you the evidence?"
Xuan Lincheng suddenly spoke again, this time in a somewhat mocking tone. Her eyes swept the crowd wanting to get their support.
Of course, the students would gladly support her. They didn't think that the history chat would be a fake. After all, Xuan Lincheng was known to be an honest, hard-working student!
Hearing this, Lai Jiayi tightened her fist.
'If my scholarship is the one in danger, I can't just let this slide. There's no way I am willing to suffer!'
Lai Jiayi smiled calmly at Xuan Lincheng before she opened her mouth slowly, "Is the number there really my number? You might be mistaken."
The girl tilted her head as she blinked her two big eyes, somehow making some students flustered.
'This girl is already cornered like this, and she still could stay so calm? How admirable!'
Some students hated to admit that Lai Jiayi was truly remarkable. If they were in her position, they wouldn't be able to stand the pressure and might already cry.
But Lai Jiayi only smiled calmly as if she really didn't have any connection with this matter.
'Could it be...she isn't the culprit threatening Xuan Lincheng?'
The students couldn't help but think like this, seeing how calm Lai Jiayi was, and of course, Xuan Lincheng immediately noticed that something was amiss.
[M-milady, h-hurry ends this case. The students are g-getting swayed by that girl's calm attitude...] A sweet voice of a female AI sounded inside Xuan Lincheng's mind.
The AI in the shape of a small blue rabbit spoke with a hint of doubt. She's not used with her contractor being sly as she herself was timid.
'Let's just end this case!'
[End it? No! I can still corner her!] Xuan Lincheng stubbornly refused to back down.
[You are just a coward, ha!] she cursed the rabbit before she spoke again to Lai Jiayi this time, in a rather sharp tone of voice,
"If this number isn't yours, then shall we try calling it? Don't turn off your phone and see if it's connected!"
Xuan Lincheng lifted her chin, looking like a goddess of justice that won't let any evil escape.
Hearing her words, the students nodded simultaneously.
That was a really good method to see if Lai Jiayi was really the one threatening Xuan Lincheng.
'The sender of the message said that she's Lai Jiayi, but maybe someone slandered her?'
Some more rational students couldn't help but think like that.
The people around her immediately received Xuan Lincheng's suggestion, but Lai Jiayi didn't think so.
'I know Xuan Lincheng already somehow bought my personal information. She should already know my number too!'
Upon hearing what Xuan Lincheng said, Yaya asked through telepathy, [Oy oy isn't this bad, quack??]
He was so panicked that he almost got overheated again.
'If Xuan Lincheng called Lai Jiayi's phone now...she would be done for!'
Yaya squeezed his eyes tight.
'That number is indeed Lai Jiayi's phone number. Is there no other way to escape this?'
[Jia, no matter what you say later, quack, once your phone rang after being called by Xuan Lincheng...that's it, quack!] Yaya warned.
[I know. My school life will be over. My scholarship might be canceled due to unpleasant behavior toward a fellow scholarship student.] Lai Jiayi clutched her pants.
'This kind of 'evil' student, I won't be given any scholarship anymore!'
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