The associate dean had been appointed at a critical moment. He had learned his lesson from his predecessor and would not delay or hesitate on this issue. He immediately made his stand clear.
The process of the investigation and evidence collection went very smoothly. Ji Ying accompanied them all the way. When everything was done, it was already night.
When she returned to her dormitory, her roommates saw her and immediately went up to her. They asked with concern, "Lil Ying, how did it go? Has the matter been resolved?"
"I'm still investigating!"
"You still haven't found who did it?" Shu Lanqing asked anxiously. "Lil Ying, some news was on the forum just now. It said that the mayor came to our school for an inspection today. I don't know why, but he found out that there was something up with our university's dean. He's been suspended. There's also gossip that even the Procuratorate has been mobilized. I'm afraid that Dean Qiao won't be able to get away this time!"
"Yes, it's true. I was there at the time. Mayor Zhao asked the principal to fire Dean Qiao on the spot. Now, the associate dean is temporarily taking over his position and exercising his power!"
Thinking back to before, Zhao Weili seemed to her like a divine soldier who had descended from the heavens. When she was at her most desperate and helpless, he had given her great help and support. A strange feeling rapidly bloomed in her heart.
She was both familiar and unfamiliar with this feeling. She figured it was some kind of psychological reaction, but she could not resist it. Zhao Weili had helped her so much. Her heart was starting to feel more and more, and she felt a little worried.
Just as she was racking her brain on how to face Zhao Weili in the future, she noticed that her roommates were all looking at her with strange gazes as if looking at an endangered animal.
"What are you guys doing? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"There was another piece of news on the forum just now, and it's related to you!"
"What news?" Ji Ying's expression changed slightly. It could not be that another wave had risen before the previous one had settled down, and someone had come up with some kind of trick again, right?
Zhou Hui quickly said, "It said that you were able to escape this time because you're close to Mayor Zhao Weili. Otherwise, he wouldn't have stepped forward to help you. At most, he would have asked his secretary to make a call and give you some instructions. "
Ji Ying's heart trembled slightly. She did not know how to respond to her roommates' puzzled and curious gazes.
The night she spent with Zhao Weili had been a misunderstanding. However, regardless of whether it was a misunderstanding or not, it was reality. Their lives had already formed an irreversible intersection. It would be very difficult to completely clear things up now.
Right now, she wanted to keep her distance from him and try to forget about everything. After all, their difference in status was just too great. One was a Mayor, while the other was a student who had yet to truly enter society. They were not of the same social status!
"Lil Ying, do you really know Mayor Zhao?" Her roommates looked at her curiously.
"No, I don't! I really don't!"
"But the post said that Mayor Zhao was almost engaged to Jiang Ningxin! ...In other words, he almost became your brother-in-law!"
Ji Ying heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. She thought that someone had found out about her secret regarding Zhao Weili.
"That's true. It just didn't work out. Something happened at the engagement party, which ruined the engagement!"
"What?" Shu Lanqing and the others were like curious babies, staring up at Ji Ying with wide eyes, waiting for her answer.
Ji Ying was a little speechless. She and her friends were usually interested in gossip, but now they were looking for gossip about her! Fortunately, her phone rang at this moment. When she saw that it was Qin Yong calling, she immediately picked up.
"Officer Qin?"
"Ji Ying, we've found where the video was posted from!"
"Where?" Ji Ying hurriedly asked.
"Come over! I'll bring you there!"
Ji Ying was a little puzzled, but she quickly changed her clothes and left the dormitory.
She got into the police car at the school gate. She was driven straight to her home.
Ji Ying turned to look at Qin Yong in astonishment and asked, "This... why are we at my house?"
"Because the video was posted from here. There's no mistake about it!"
"How is that possible..." Ji Ying's face was filled with disbelief.
"Why is it impossible? It was posted from your house. There's no way our technology would've gotten something so simple wrong!"
Ji Ying's expression changed slightly. She had a bad premonition and said, "I think I know who did it!"
Ever since Jiang Ningxin's engagement party ended on bad terms, and Ji Ying hung up on her father, it had been a week since her family last called her.