Chapter 6: Being "exposed" 3
Zeng Chen pulled me all the way to a sparsely populated small garden. When I sat on a bench to rest, panting, my cell phone rang.
"Where are you?" As soon as I answered the phone, Guan Qiao's urgent voice came from the microphone, "Mi Lu is now on the podium in the playground, spreading rumors and slandering you! Come quickly!"
"I'll come to you now." Without even taking a breath, I hung up the phone and immediately stood up from the chair.
"I'll go with you." Zeng Chen followed me consciously.
When Zeng Chen and I arrived at the playground , it was already bustling with people watching the excitement. Mi Lu, wearing a black windbreaker, was sitting in the middle of the rostrum with a proud look on her face, as if she was waiting for something. Fortunately, Zeng Chen put a mask on me so that I could blend in with the crowd and no longer be the focus.
"Guan Qiao." I finally found Guan Qiao's shadow in the crowd, so I pulled Zeng Chen to her side.
"You're finally here." Guan Qiao looked around for a while and pulled me to a corner. "I heard that they are going to show everyone the evidence that you are the magical Ruanruan. I want to see what tricks Mi Lu can come up with."
As soon as Guan Qiao finished speaking, a girl walked up to the stage and whispered a few words to Mi Lu. Mi Lu then stood up, cleared her throat, picked up the microphone and said, "I believe that because of me, most of the students in our school are paying attention to the live broadcast of 'Green Lemon TV'. As you all know, I met a despicable opponent - Magical Ruanruan! This girl who never shows her true face, I finally know her identity, she is Yuan Wan from the Art Department!"
The students who were originally talking in a lively manner suddenly became quiet. Everyone held their breath and looked up at the podium.
Mi Lu lowered her head and nodded at the screen of her mobile phone. At this moment, the projector screen behind her slowly descended, and several clear photos appeared.
"This is Yuan Wan's room. Doesn't it look exactly like the background we saw during the Shenqi Ruanruan live broadcast?" Mi Lu explained to everyone.
Many detailed pictures of my room and screenshots of my live broadcast appeared on the screen, and she made a big fuss about these comparison pictures.
"It's really the same! I didn't expect that Magical Soft is also from our school."
"After guessing for so long, the truth is finally revealed."
…
Discussions broke out and I looked at everything in front of me in horror.
"So that's how it is! I finally understand why a group of people from the decoration company rushed into my house yesterday morning!"
"What?" Zeng Chen and Guan Qiao asked in unison, their eyes full of confusion.
I briefly told her what happened yesterday morning. Guan Qiao was so furious that she shouted "despicable and shameless", while Zeng Chen frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.
"If you don't believe me, you can go to Yuan Wan's house and see for yourself!" Mi Lu encouraged everyone to "visit" with a gloating look. "Yuan Wan's address is No. 73 Wutong Road, and 'Yuan Qi Man Man Convenience Store' is opened by her father."
"You hid it so well, why would Mi Lu doubt you?" Guan Qiao rubbed her hair in distress, "I really can't understand it."
"Do you still remember the time when Guan Qiao's voice broke into the live broadcast?"
Zeng Chen's words woke me up, and Guan Qiao and I looked at each other.
Guan Qiao exclaimed: "Her eyes are too poisonous, aren't they?"
Wait...how did Zeng Chen know about this?
I looked at him suspiciously, and just as I was about to ask a question, Mi Lu on the stage spoke again.
"Okay, Yuan Wan is the magical Ruan Ruan, this is an indisputable fact. I'm going to continue!" Mi Lu bit her lip, her face full of grievance, and her voice was a little choked, "The reason why I want to denounce Yuan Wan today is because her behavior is really intolerable to me."
"Before, Lin Tong liked me, and this was known to the whole school. Now Lin Tong and I have broken up, and all the classmates in the school also know about it. Everyone must want to know what happened between Lin Tong and me, right?" Tears were hanging in the corners of Mi Lu's eyes. She suddenly raised her voice, pointed at my photo and said, "Yuan Wan is the biggest conflict between us!"
There was an immediate burst of sobs from the audience, and many students who did not know the truth were listening with great interest.
“Everyone doesn’t know that there is an unwritten rule among us anchors, that is, no matter how much we compete, we cannot use dirty tricks to steal someone’s girlfriend. However, Yuan Wan can ignore the rules for money!
"She knew that Lin Tong was very rich and often gave me expensive gifts, so she shamelessly told me his true identity and used every possible means to discredit me and make Lin Tong leave me!"
As she said that, Mi Lu also showed some photos of Lin Tong and I that looked particularly ambiguous. But these were obviously photos that were taken from a deliberately chosen angle!
"Nonsense!" I was so angry that I was shaking all over and couldn't listen any more.
Mi Lu is really addicted to lying! She is the despicable and shameless one!
Just when I was about to explode, a familiar figure walked onto the stage and snatched the microphone from Mi Lu's hand.
"When did I say I like you?" Lin Tong took off his sunglasses and questioned Mi Lu unhappily.
Mi Lu didn't expect to be refuted in person. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't speak.
"My feelings towards you before were like chasing stars. You can say that I am your crazy fan, but you can't say that I just like you. After all, the person I really like is Yuan Wan, and it's unfair to her to say that."
What?
When I heard Lin Tong say this, I almost vomited blood.
Lin Tong ignored Mi Lu's face which had turned livid and continued to say happily: "In fact, I have always intended to get close to Yuan Wan. After I accidentally discovered that she was Shenqi Ruanruan, I did everything I could to support her in order to attract her attention. There is no such thing as prying her away!"
"As for why I broke up with Mi Lu, she knows the real reason better than anyone else. Don't force me to tell it." Lin Tong said with a smile and began to scan the audience.
Is he looking for me?
What I worry about will come true. Before I could hide, Lin Tong's excited voice came from the sky and hit me on the head: "Hi, Yuan Wan!"
I guess he saw Guan Qiao next to me and guessed that the girl wearing the mask was me. He dropped the microphone in his hand and ran over happily. Countless eyes focused on me like searchlights, and I immediately became the protagonist of the scene.
I held my forehead, not knowing what to say.
"Yuan Wan, I'm sincere..." Lin Tong ran to my side and wanted to grab my hand, but was ruthlessly stopped by Zeng Chen.
"Mi Lu has something else to say." Zeng Chen had a cold face and stood between him and me.
"Even if Lin Tong was willing to support Yuan Wan, how can we explain that Yuan Wan asked her good friend Guan Qiao to pretend to be a wealthy netizen and caused unfair competition during the live broadcast?" Mi Lu looked at me and sneered, "According to my investigation, 'ZC Big Devil' is her best friend Guan Qiao!"
"When did I change my name to 'The Most Talkative Person in Guandong'?" Guan Qiao pointed at the tip of his nose in confusion. "Oh, this is too much, isn't it?"
I curled the corners of my mouth. Mi Lu’s imagination is so rich that I don’t even know who the “big devil” is!
Mi Lu thought she had guessed it right, and said proudly: "Last time when Yuan Wan and I were competing, she sent Guan Qiao to pretend to be the 'ZC Big Devil' to give me gifts to liven up the atmosphere. In this way, other fans will unconsciously follow suit and give her more gifts. The most important thing is that in a competition, spending money to give yourself gifts is completely deceptive!"
"It's a bit too much to lie to her. I even gave her a gift!"
"That's true. Every time I see the 'big devil' giving her so many gifts, I can't help but guess which young master it is. I didn't expect it to be fake!"
"I was wondering why Shenqi Ruanruan was just a new anchor. How could she become so popular so quickly? It turns out she was just directing and acting in her own show!"
…
Unfriendly voices surrounded me. If I hadn’t had my two “bodyguards” Zeng Chen and Lin Tong by my side, I would have probably been hit by eggs.
Just when I was at a loss, Zeng Chen, who had been silent nearby, suddenly took off his mask and walked towards the podium.
What is he going to do?
I looked at him in confusion. The classmates present also fell silent, and Mi Lu was also shocked.
Zeng Chen took the microphone, his face tense and his body emitting a cold aura. He glanced around the audience and then slowly spoke: "Mi Lu is wrong, 'ZC Big Devil' is me, do you have any questions?"
The audience suddenly went into an uproar. I widened my eyes in disbelief and scratched my ears. Was it really not just hallucination that I heard just now?
Zeng Chen said he was the big devil?
"My account has been registered with the real-name system, and it is bound to my mobile phone number and ID card." Zeng Chen raised his phone. "So, as long as I turn on my phone, I can log into my account directly. Such evidence should be impossible to forge, right? And everyone can directly see the avatar of 'ZC Big Devil' by searching my mobile phone number!"
"My cell phone number is..." As he said this, he actually announced his cell phone number in front of his classmates.
"Oh my god, I really found it!" As I stared at him in a trance, Guan Qiao excitedly shook my arm, "The big devil is really Zeng Chen! Yuan Wan, look! It's really him!"
I lowered my head blankly, looking at the face of the boy against the light that appeared on Guan Qiao's phone, my mind went blank.
