Chapter 852: Trust

“Ah!” A sharp voice came from a room in the hotel.

Jiang Shuyu, who had just woken up from a deep sleep, looked at the man lying beside her in disbelief. Then, she pulled the blanket aside. When she saw her naked body under the blanket, she immediately became panic-stricken.

She was filled with anger and kicked the man beside her off the bed.

The man who was kicked off the bed woke up in a daze. When he opened his eyes and saw the woman sitting on the bed, he immediately woke up. The smile on his face was like a flower. He immediately jumped onto the bed as if he wanted to hug Jiang Shuyu. He said happily, “Shuyu, you’re awake!”

Jiang Shuyu immediately avoided his hug. The man didn’t mind. He looked at Jiang Shuyu’s expression and said in a flattering manner, “Shuyu, are you feeling unwell?” He ignored Jiang Shuyu’s pale face. Instead, he said, “You were so passionate last night…”

Jiang Shuyu’s memory of yesterday was a little blurry, but when she heard the man’s words, her anger soared again. She pointed angrily at the man and shouted, “Zhong Yu, how could it be you? It should be…” It should be Xiao Lingye in bed with her, so how did it become Zhong Yu?

After hearing Jiang Shuyu’s question, Zhong Yu’s expression froze. Then, he said, “Shuyu, what are you asking? You were the one who approached me yesterday, saying that you wanted to have sex with me.”

Jiang Shuyu’s face turned pale. She denied in disbelief, “Impossible. This is impossible.”

In her vague impression, she did say those things, but she said them to Xiao Lingye. ‘No, no! What the hell is going on?’ Jiang Shuyu hit her own head.

Last night, she gave Xiao Lingye a glass of drugged wine. Once Xiao Lingye drank it, he would be drunk. Then, she would take him to a hotel. So what went wrong?

…

Based on what she remembered, it seemed that she was the one who had been drugged. Jiang Shuyu suddenly shivered. ‘Did I drink the glass of drugged wine myself? But why would I do that? When did Xiao Lingye swap them? I have been watching him all night.’

Jiang Shuyu couldn’t figure it out. When she saw the man beside her, she was incensed. She couldn’t believe she had lost her virginity to this fat loser. She felt a wave of hatred towards Xiao Lingye. ‘Xiao Lingye, since you have refused me, then you will have to pay!’

“Shuyu, what are you thinking about?” Zhong Yu looked at Jiang Shuyu, who was deep in his thoughts. Zhong Yu couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

From the moment Jiang Shuyu first questioned him, he knew that the person Jiang Shuyu wanted to lose her virginity to wasn’t him.

It was purely an accident that he got to sleep with Jiang Shuyu.

If Jiang Shuyu was just an ordinary woman, he could use this chance to control her. No woman would like to have this news leak. However, Jiang Shuyu was not an ordinary person. She had a family background in the capital and was not a woman that was easy to control. Moreover, her family was powerful enough to make a person disappear. Su Yang’s accident was the perfect example. Su Yang was from a powerful family too, but he disappeared just like that. In contrast, Zhong Yu’s family was much weaker compared to Su Yang’s family.

Therefore, it would be easy for Jiang Shuyu to crush him.

Therefore, he could not make Jiang Shuyu angry. On the contrary, he had to curry favor with her.

He was very self-aware. He did not believe that Jiang Shuyu would be loyal to him simply because she had lost her virginity to him.

Jiang Shuyu was jolted awake by Zhong Yu. When she saw how he was trying to curry favor with her, a wave of disgust welled up in her heart.

Then, she shouted angrily, “Get out!”

If he didn’t leave, how could she put on her clothes?

Yesterday, she lost her virginity to him, but it didn’t mean that he could look at her body freely now.

Zhong Yu’s expression froze. He looked at her body wrapped in a towel, then looked at the clothes that were randomly thrown on the ground. He said with a troubled expression, “Shuyu…”

“Enough, don’t call me that. It sounds disgusting to me!” Jiang Shuyu said loudly.

Zhong Yu’s expression froze again, and then he said with some difficulty, “Miss… Miss Jiang, can you let me put on my clothes before I go out?” If he went out naked like this, it would be too embarrassing if he was discovered.

“Get out!” Jiang Shuyu completely ignored him and shouted very rudely, “Get out now! Before I call you in, you absolutely can’t come in!”

Zhong Yue felt ashamed and humiliated, but he had to endure it. He replied, “Don’t be angry. I’ll go out now!” Then, he walked out.

When Zhong Yue walked out of the room, Jiang Shuyu pulled the quilt aside and saw the bruises on her body. Her expression was angry, resentful, and humiliated. Her face was red and white, green and purple. She tightly gripped the corner of the blanket and said with hatred, “Xiao Lingye, I will definitely return the humiliation you have given me a thousand times over in the future!”

Ever since she was young, Jiang Shuyu had had everything she wanted. She had never suffered such a huge loss.

However, after meeting Xiao Lingye, she was repeatedly humiliated, ridiculed, and trampled…

‘Xiao Lingye, just you wait.

‘Since you don’t like me, then fine. From now on, I, Jiang Shuyu, will not like you anymore.

‘However, if I can’t have you, then I will destroy you.’

A monstrous hatred appeared in her eyes!

After Jiang Shuyu took a deep breath, she calmly jumped off the bed, picked up the clothes on the ground, and calmly put them on.

She walked to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. When she saw that she was still young and beautiful, a smile appeared on her face.

However, this smile was mixed with hatred.

After adjusting her condition, she sat on the sofa and revealed her long legs. Then, she looked outside and shouted coldly, “Come in!”

Zhong Yu was standing outside with a towel wrapped around him. A customer and a waiter happened to pass by. When they saw him like this, they covered their mouths and smiled. He turned around and faced the door, his face blushing as he lowered his head.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally heard the woman inside call him.

…

Xiao Lingye had just returned to the classroom when he noticed the strange looks of his classmates. He felt that it was a little strange, but he did not think too much about it. He returned to his seat and buried his head in his book.

Hu Dongjun poked his arm and asked with a mysterious smile, “Ye, I didn’t expect you’d be such an interesting person.”

Xiao Lingye frowned slightly and asked in puzzlement, “What are you talking about?”

Hu Dongjun, “…”

A classmate beside him could not stand it anymore and said loudly, “Xiao Lingye, how can you do this? You slept with her, and you still refuse to admit it. Do you have to humiliate a girl to be satisfied?”

Xiao Lingye’s face darkened, and he asked sternly, “What do you mean by this? What do you mean by I slept with a girl? Who did I sleep with?”

“Xiao Lingye!” Many of his classmates were really angry, “You really are a bastard. You rejected her and humiliated her, but when she was drunk, you took her to a hotel and slept with her. You basically raped her. But now, you’re going to deny everything?”

Xiao Lingye’s face turned dark, and he shouted sternly, “You can’t just say anything you want. Otherwise, don’t blame me for countering!”

Xiao Lingye was really angry this time.

For no reason, there was actually a rumor that he had slept with that woman, Jiang Shuyu. He couldn’t even stand her, so how could he have slept with her?

Plus, what kind of person did his classmates think he was?

However, some of his classmates weren’t convinced. “Who said there’s no evidence? There are pictures of you on the newsboard of the campus. Could those be fake as well?”

“That’s impossible!” Xiao Lingye denied it without thinking.

“If you don’t believe me, go and see for yourself!” The students said loudly.

Xiao Lingye then ran to the newsboard, followed by a group of students who were watching the show.

The place was already surrounded by people. They were all talking about the pictures on the board.

“You really don’t know a person by their looks. I didn’t expect Xiao Lingye to be such a person!”

“That’s right. He rejected Jiang Shuyu, but he took advantage of her and raped her. How can a person be so evil?”

“That’s right. He’s still a man. Even though he doesn’t like Jiang Shuyu, he covets her body. What a scumbag!”

“But I’m curious. Where did these photos come from?”

“Yeah, when were they posted? I came early in the morning, and they were already there.”

“I heard that after Jiang Shuyu’s incident, she suffered a huge blow and has now returned home!”

“If it were me, I would feel the same way. She originally thought that she had taken a liking to an upright person, but in the end, he turned out to be a despicable person. This man rejected her but then raped her. Just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted!”

The person who said this was a girl. She looked angry and was obviously defending Jiang Shuyu.

However, another girl looked at these photos and said suspiciously, “I feel that senior Xiao isn’t such a person. Moreover, just based on these photos, it’s impossible to say that senior Xiao slept with Jiang Shuyu, right?”

As soon as she said that, someone immediately retorted, “If these photos of him feeding her wine and helping her to the hotel don’t prove anything, what does? Do you need a picture of them in bed together? Plus, Jiang Shuyu is devastated because of this. Is that not proof enough?”

“That’s right. In the past, Xiao Lingye has been rejecting Jiang Shuyu. But look at these photos. He fed her alcohol and touched her inappropriately. He’s clearly an evil person!” A classmate said disdainfully, “I look down on people like him.”

“Alright, stop talking. Xiao Lingye is coming. Don’t let him hear you!” A classmate beside him pulled on his sleeve to remind him.

“Hmph, so what if he’s here? Do you think I’m afraid of him?” He had a disdainful expression on his face, but when he saw Xiao Lingye walking over, he still shut his mouth.

Xiao Lingye walked over. When he saw the photos, his entire face darkened.

Ning Junpeng saw the photos too. Many of them were taken at the gathering three days ago. However, many of them were untrue.

For example, the picture of Xiao Lingye and Jiang Shuyu drinking. That was Jiang Shuyu trying to force Xiao Lingye to drink, but Xiao Lingye rejected her. Somehow, it became evidence to implicate him.

Then, there was the picture of Jiang Shuyu sitting on Xiao Lingye’s lap. Jiang Shuyu was drunk and somehow collapsed in his arm. Xiao Lingye was a gentleman and didn’t want her to fall. He quickly righted her and pushed her to someone else, but that one moment became a piece of evidence against him.

The picture of Jiang Shuyu and Xiao Lingye going to the hotel wasn’t even true. He remembered that it was the monitor of the other class who sent Jiang Shuyu home. It wasn’t Xiao Lingyu. Therefore, Ning Junpeng was very sure that there was something fishy about these photos.

Thinking of this, Ning Junpeng’s face became darker, and a hint of anger appeared on his face.

Hearing the surrounding people’s insults about his good friend, he shouted loudly, “Shut up! These photos are framed suspiciously. If you’re not there, you won’t understand the truth!”

A classmate immediately laughed mockingly, “Ning Junpeng, the evidence is irrefutable. Don’t treat everyone as fools. Also, in the entire school, who doesn’t know that you have a good relationship with Xiao Lingye? Of course, you’re speaking up for Xiao Lingye.”

Ning Junpeng said loudly, “Why can’t I speak up for Xiao Lingye? These photos were taken when we were socializing with our classmates from the next class. All of us can prove that the things in the photos are not what you assume!”

Someone said disdainfully, “It’s the truth that Jiang Shuyu was sitting in Xiao Lingye’s arms. Moreover, looking at her appearance, it’s obvious that she was a little drunk. But Xiao Lingye was groping her. There’s something wrong with him!”

Ning Junpeng said loudly, “You don’t understand the situation at that time. At that time, it was Jiang Shuyu who took the initiative to drink with Xiao Lingye, and then for some unknown reason, she fell into Xiao Lingye’s arms. At that time, there were people on both sides of Xiao Lingye, and he couldn’t avoid her. Naturally, she fell directly into Xiao Lingye’s arms. At that time, the people sitting on both sides of Xiao Lingye were Hu Fei from our class and Qiu Ming from the class next door. If you don’t believe me, you can ask them.”

Ning Junpeng was really angry, even angrier than Xiao Lingye.

“Are Hu Fei and Qiu Ming here? We should ask them.” Everyone looked around, but they didn’t see Hu Fei and Qiu Ming at all.

After a while, someone said, “Hu Fei and Qiu Ming seem to have taken sick leave!”

“Both of them took leave? What a coincidence.” Someone said doubtfully.

“Indeed, what a coincidence!” Ning Junpeng echoed. Ning Junpeng looked around and said, “It doesn’t matter. There were more than a dozen people in that room that night. They can’t all take leave.”

“Ning Junpeng, unless you can get everyone in the room that day to testify for Xiao Lingye, we won’t believe you!” Someone said loudly, obviously in disbelief.

Ning Junpeng looked at Xiao Lingye, who had been silent all this time. Then, he gritted his teeth and said, “Okay, just you wait. I’ll go and invite them over now!”

After saying that, he turned around and was about to go look for them, but he was immediately stopped by Xiao Lingye.

Ning Junpeng looked at him in confusion.

Xiao Lingye said very calmly, “Ah Jun, it’s useless.”

These photos were exposed half a month after the gathering. Clearly, someone had used that time to tamper with the pictures and evidence. In that case, even if they found the people from that night, they wouldn’t help. It would just be like Hu Fei and Qiu Ming.

Ning Junpeng looked at Xiao Lingye and asked in confusion, “Why? There were so many people that night. It’s impossible for all of them to take leave.”

“That’s right, Xiao Lingye. Just let Ning Junpeng gather everything. Then, we’ll get the truth, right? Or the truth is that you’re a rapist?” a classmate said immediately.

“That’s right. Hu Fei and Qiu Ming asked for leave from school, but Ning Junpeng said there were more than a dozen people in the room. They can’t all ask for leave, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. Xiao Lingye, if you don’t have a guilty conscience, you will let Ning Junpeng find witnesses for you.”

“I’ll find them!” Ning Junpeng shouted angrily. “Ye, don’t worry. I’m sure they will stand up for you.”

Xiao Lingye smiled bitterly and let go of Ning Junpeng.