Chapter 218
“I’m just talking nonsense? Those mosaics are for people like you who don’t understand anything.” With that, Li Hao turned his gaze back to Long Aotian.
Perhaps it was Long Aotian's previous actions that made Li Hao feel he wasn’t as pathetic as he had imagined.
So he advised, “I suggest you stay away from someone like her. Thirty-eight isn’t her limit. Give her a little more time, and forget thirty-eight—she could have fifty-eight, sixty-eight, or even one hundred and eight. You can’t outplay a woman like that…”
For some reason, when Li Hao said this about Long Aotian, Shen Mengjie immediately wanted to retort.
Before she could speak, Long Aotian stopped her.
Watching Li Hao’s retreating figure, Shen Mengjie asked, frustrated, “What should we do? He doesn’t want to help me at all.”
“It’s fine.” Long Aotian lowered his voice slightly, “I think I might have a clue.”
Hearing Long Aotian’s words, Shen Mengjie was momentarily stunned, then her excitement began to bubble up.
But before she could fully express her enthusiasm, Long Aotian tapped her on the head, and she quickly settled down.
“What was that for?”
Looking at Long Aotian’s serious expression, Shen Mengjie rubbed her head and pouted, “Why so serious?”
Long Aotian ignored her, focusing instead on Han Xiaojing and the others, smiling as he said, “Let’s head back for now.”
Huang Fei stepped up beside Long Aotian, saying, “Old Ao, if he won’t help us, I’ll just pay someone to do it. I refuse to believe those computer whizzes won’t take money.”
Long Aotian patted Huang Fei on the shoulder, “Let’s just go back for now.”
Looking into Long Aotian’s eyes, Huang Fei, though reluctant, nodded in agreement.
He trusted his brother, just as they trusted him.
Shen Mengjie shot Long Aotian an angry glare, then clenched her small fist and waved it in the air a couple of times behind his back.
It felt as if, if she could take on Long Aotian, she would charge at him without hesitation and land a couple of punches.
In reality, she couldn’t beat Long Aotian; even if she had the courage to rush at him, she’d probably end up being the one on the receiving end of those punches.
Back in the dormitory.
Huang Fei couldn’t help but ask, “Old Ao, why did you bring us back?”
Long Aotian gestured for them to sit down first.
Then he spoke, “Do you remember what Li Hao said?”
The three exchanged glances, momentarily confused by Long Aotian’s words.
“What do you mean, Old Ao? If you know something, just tell us.”
“Yeah, if you want us to charge in, we’re all in. But if you want us to think, that’s just setting us up for failure.”
Huang Fei didn’t say anything; he didn’t understand Long Aotian’s meaning, but he knew that since Long Aotian had brought it up, he would explain.
Long Aotian didn’t keep them in suspense, saying directly, “Li Hao mentioned that Shen Mengjie had played thirty-eight men like fools online. You should remember that, right?”
The three nodded, recalling the statement.
Seeing their acknowledgment, Long Aotian continued, “So, didn’t you catch the key point in that statement?”
With Long Aotian’s hint, the three suddenly realized, saying in unison, “Thirty-eight men played like fools!”
“In other words, the screenshots posted were made up of thirty-eight individuals. Because of the mosaics obscuring the information, we, including Shen Mengjie herself, couldn’t tell…”
“I think I’m starting to get it,” Huang Fei said, looking at Long Aotian. “The post on the campus forum?”
“Exactly.” Long Aotian nodded, continuing, “The chat records of all thirty-eight people were compiled and exposed, which doesn’t match what the post claimed about ‘seducing other people’s boyfriends…’”
“It seems more like a calculated attempt to ruin Shen Mengjie…”
“Put another way, who could have so precisely accessed Shen Mengjie’s phone to gather the chat records of thirty-eight people and compile them?”
Upon hearing this, Huang Fei and the others exchanged shocked glances.
After a long pause, Xu Shuai slowly raised his hand, “I can guarantee it’s definitely not my Jue.”
He said this because, in Shen Mengjie’s dorm, aside from Shen Mengjie herself, Wang Lijuan was the only one with a lively personality.
Han Xiaojing and Zhang Mengmeng were different.
One was quiet and laid-back, while the other was so shy that she would blush when speaking to a guy.
“Or is there another possibility? What if someone is pursuing Shen Mengjie, and she agreed to their invitation?”
“But in reality, Shen Mengjie just wanted to have some fun, while the person pursuing her took it seriously.”
“That person saw Shen Mengjie having lunch with him at noon, then going to karaoke with other guys in the afternoon, and thought Shen Mengjie had betrayed him, so he deliberately sought revenge?” Li Longlong shared his own speculation.
“I’ve thought about that too, but I concluded it’s unrealistic.”
Long Aotian raised a finger, “Shen Mengjie isn’t an idiot; otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to juggle thirty-eight relationships. So, to gather information on thirty-eight people all at once is a huge task.”
“Those thirty-eight could be from our department or others. Finding them isn’t easy, and there’s no guarantee that person would provide chat screenshots.”
“We have a ready example right here.”
As he spoke, Long Aotian’s gaze shifted to Huang Fei.
Now Li Longlong understood what Long Aotian meant: “So, if he were to find people one by one, he would definitely come to Huang Fei to ask for chat screenshots, but in reality, no one has approached Huang Fei.”
Huang Fei slumped in his chair, “So there really is someone who wants to deliberately ruin Shen Mengjie, and that person must be in Shen Mengjie’s dorm.”
“Because only someone in the same dorm would have the opportunity to access Shen Mengjie’s phone and control the chat screenshots of all thirty-seven others, including me…”
“You’ve deduced this, but you can’t directly say it in front of Shen Mengjie, so that’s why you called us back, right?”
Long Aotian took a deep breath, “I think this is something you should tell Shen Mengjie. If she doesn’t believe you, you can show her how to do it…”
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Chapter 265: Can You Give Me a Chance?
“What does Long Aotian really mean?” Wang Lijuan was utterly confused.
Mentioning this made Shen Mengjie a bit angry, especially since she had just been tapped on the head.
While she was angry, a wave of panic suddenly washed over her. Could it be that Long Aotian listened to Li Hao and thought she was beneath him, not wanting to help her anymore?
“Why don’t you just call Xu Shuai?” Zhang Mengmeng suggested quietly.
At this, Wang Lijuan’s eyes lit up, “Right! Xu Shuai must know something.”
Shen Mengjie also looked at Wang Lijuan, though she didn’t say it out loud, she too wanted to know what Long Aotian’s attitude towards her was at this moment.
Just as Wang Lijuan was about to call Xu Shuai, Shen Mengjie’s phone suddenly rang.
She glanced at the phone in confusion and then said, “It’s a call from Huang Fei.”
As she spoke, she had already answered the call.
“Huang Fei, what’s up?”
“I’m waiting for you by the trees near the playground. I want to talk about something important.”
Before Shen Mengjie could refuse, Huang Fei had already hung up.
Shen Mengjie blinked in surprise, then looked at Han Xiaojing and the others.
“Go on, maybe he really has something important to discuss,” Han Xiaojing said softly.
Wang Lijuan nodded in agreement, “I think Huang Fei is actually quite good to you. The other day, when he found out you hadn’t returned to the dorm and couldn’t reach you by phone, he was really worried…”
“He’s a good guy,” even Zhang Mengmeng chimed in.
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Mengjie put on her hoodie and stepped out of the dorm.
As she walked, memories of her first meeting with Huang Fei flooded her mind.
At that time, Shen Mengjie was a hundred percent sure of the emotion reflected in Huang Fei’s eyes—it was lust.
She had seen that look far too many times to count...
She hated that look, especially when it was directed at her...
But... but now, it didn’t seem right. It wasn’t just now; his gaze seemed to have changed...
So much so that Shen Mengjie felt a bit reluctant to face Huang Fei, as if he was starting to take her seriously...
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