Shen Zhao still ordered the driver to drop her off two intersections away from the school, but she didn't know that someone had already ambushed her at the corner across the street. The man raised his cell phone and took pictures of the whole process of Shen Zhao getting out of the car. Seeing the high-definition photos on the phone, the man smiled with satisfaction and then disappeared into the shadow of the corner.

When Shen Zhao stepped into the school, the atmosphere around her changed. Of course, Shen Zhao, who was sensitive, also felt it. The classmate who was originally walking next to her immediately moved away, and the classmates who were walking with her moved several meters away from Shen Zhao, and suddenly a large space was cleared with Shen Zhao as the center of the circle.

They stood around and whispered, and their looks at Shen Zhao were all malicious. Some of the shy ones would look away when Shen Zhao looked at them, but most of them talked without any scruples, and their voices were getting louder and louder, unscrupulously.

"He looks like a decent person. I heard that he just returned to school recently. I wonder who he hooked up with recently?"

"It's said on the Internet that she is an orphan..."

"I saw her as a commuter before, living in an old, run-down neighborhood not far from school. I don't know where she lives now. I also saw that she has a special car to pick her up! But it's not a luxury car, just an ordinary one."

"Since you're looking for someone to support you, why not find a good one? This is a job for young people, how can you not make some money while you can!"

"Do you think she can find a good one? She's so dark."

"Yeah, hahahaha."

Seeing that Shen Zhao didn't react, the discussions around them grew louder and louder, and later a group of people started laughing at something they didn't know what they were talking about.

Shen Zhao really didn't care. She used to be a loner. She was incompatible with her peers because of her young age. Now that she had experienced that, she would not think about establishing close connections with anyone at school. She curled her lips, looked disdainful, and strode forward.

Xu Ke arrived at school very early. She sat in her seat anxiously, staring at the classroom door. When she saw Shen Zhao entering the classroom, her face was filled with anxiety. She trotted over to Shen Zhao and asked, "Are you okay?"

Shen Zhao didn't take it seriously and even found it a little funny. "What can happen to me?"

Xu Ke saw that Shen Zhao's expression did not seem fake, so he hesitated and said, "But...didn't you tell me last night that the online posts would be deleted? Why are there still so many?"

"How many are there? Let me see."

Shen Zhao extended his hand to Xu Ke, who immediately understood and hurriedly took out the mobile phone from his pocket and flipped into the forum.

Shen Zhao took the phone and looked down at the screen. The pinned post was about her, but this time there was more than one photo. They were taken from multiple angles and directions. Every close shot of Lin Han made Shen Zhao want to laugh. It was not difficult to achieve this level with current technology, and the person who posted it was very smart. There were no traces of PS in the photos. They were all candid shots, and then they chose photos that were topical to publish, focusing on authenticity.

It seems that these people started deploying a long time ago.

Shen Zhao moved his fingers and swiped the screen. The number of reposts and comments on the pinned post was astonishing. Now there was probably no one in the high school in H City who didn't know her.

She clicked on the comments and took a quick look. Just as she thought, everyone's words were very rude. If she hadn't been mentally strong, she would have applied for a leave of absence and stayed at home in depression.

She swiped down again and found several people with different IDs following the post. Shen Zhao clicked on it. The photos posted by those IDs were different, but they all pointed to one thing, that is, they all made relevant additions to the pinned post to make the matter more authentic.

Do these people really want her to drop out of school? Why?

Shen Zhao stared at the screen with deep eyes. She suddenly remembered that she woke up by the swimming pool. Could that group of people be related to that incident?

Shen Zhao was concentrating on thinking about things. Xu Ke, who was standing beside him, thought that she was too sad after reading those vicious comments. She snatched the phone away and said, "Shen Zhao, don't read it. It's nothing. Don't take it to heart."

Shen Zhao patted Xu Ke's shoulder and said, "It's okay. Listen, the class bell is ringing. Let's go back."

"But……"

"No buts." Shen Zhao said firmly.

During a break in the morning, Shen Zhao was called into the office by the dean again.

This time, the dean looked very unhappy, and she was completely different from the last time they met. Shen Zhao could roughly guess why she was angry, and it had nothing to do with those things. But the signs of error should point to her.

"Look at what kind of hype it's getting on the Internet!" The dean of studies threw his cell phone on the table, right under Shen Zhao's eyes.

She lowered her eyes and saw that it was a pinned post. The dean had also opened the excellent comments section. It was probably hard not to get angry after seeing this.

"But I really didn't do it." Shen Zhao said innocently, with his head lowered, looking afraid.

Seeing Shen Zhao like this, the Dean of Studies restrained herself a little. She took the phone that had fallen on the table and looked at Shen Zhao sternly, as if she wanted to see through her. "It's useless for you to say that. I have already deleted the post for you that night. Under normal circumstances, others would not post it again after knowing the school's attitude. But the fact is that those people have sufficient evidence, and those photos are not synthesized. How do you explain it? Or what kind of evidence do you want to use to prove your innocence?"

"The situation has become serious now. In addition to the students' internal network, even the public has learned about it. This has a very bad impact on us. In addition to the school, you are also here. You don't want to be rejected by a good university because of this, right?"

"Indeed, I don't want to either. So how much help can the school give me? Besides deleting the posts, can they find out who is behind those IDs?"

The dean of studies still favored Shen Zhao. Although she was not familiar with this girl, even when the matter had escalated to this extent, she was still able to stand in front of her calmly and talk to her nicely. This alone was something that other students could not compare to. Besides, she was an orphan. If even she did not try to stand on her side, then she, a minor, would really be isolated and helpless.

The director shook his head. "I just learned about this matter, but the impact is too wide, so the school also supports the police's intervention and investigation. However, those IDs are new accounts, and they were registered overseas. There are too many obstacles here, and we can't know who is using those IDs. In addition, the police only investigated this matter. It would be a waste of resources to go deeper. I hope you can understand."

Shen Zhao turned her head and looked out the office door. A dark shadow passed by. "Who!"

Shen Zhao yelled and ran out the door. The director also ran out after him. But when they came to the corridor, the man was gone. Shen Zhao looked around at the surveillance camera and asked the director next door, "Director, can the surveillance cameras in the school be viewed?"

The director was a little out of breath, and choked when she asked this question, "The surveillance cameras in the school were still working a month ago, but it rained heavily recently and the lines burned out. We haven't waited for the maintenance personnel to come yet."

Shen Zhao curled his lips. What a coincidence. "Director, did you see the figure just now?"

The director still shook his head, but his expression became more serious. Shen Zhao knew that the director knew the pros and cons of the matter.

"Let's go in and talk."

Shen Zhao sat quietly opposite the director. "Actually, there is a chance for this to turn around. You just asked me to prove myself, and I can do it. But I don't want to trouble the sponsor, so I haven't wanted to speak up. Besides, the sponsor is not in the country recently, and I don't know when he will be back."

When Lin Han was not around, she would never drag Mu Yanchen out, after all, that man was seriously ill, and letting him appear in public would only harm him.

The director felt relieved after hearing the first half, but when he heard the rest of the news, his almost nonexistent smile faded again, "What should we do then?"

Shen Zhao's eyes flickered slightly. "Actually, I have a few suspects, but if there is no evidence, they probably won't admit it, and I'll still be blamed."

"What do you want to do?"

"You'll find out later."

……

When the bell for the next class rang, they ended their not-so-pleasant conversation.

**

That day, Situ Rui pushed Mu Yanchen out. It seemed like a long time since the last time. The autumn noon sun was particularly scorching, and it always felt strangely burning when it shone on the exposed skin. Mu Yanchen didn't even want to look at the sun in the sky. Even being exposed for a minute or two would make him uncomfortable.

Despite this, he still wanted to go see her, the person who was sleeping alone in the morgue.

Situ Rui told him the latest situation. The police initially judged that Sheng Baiyi had taken a banned drug, which led to the car accident and drowning in the pond. This means that Sheng Baiyi had brought all this upon herself, but no one knew why she went to the reservoir.

Mu Yanchen was furious when he heard the news. Just because she was helpless, she could be bullied at will and even had to sacrifice her life in the end. He also blamed himself. If he hadn't been obsessed with his own illness and unable to give her the happiness she deserved, and had taken away her life, she should be alive and well now, with Sheng Baiyi's body!

"Isn't that Guan Qi?" Situ Rui pushed Mu Yanchen and saw from a distance a young man with his signature goat beard running into the morgue.

"What is he here for?"

Mu Yanchen glanced at him and waved his hand to signal Situ Rui to stop pushing the wheelchair. "What else can we do? Of course, we need to identify the deceased..."

He looked lonely and if you listened carefully, you could hear a slight tremor in his words. Guan Qi could legitimately identify her, but he could only do it secretly and couldn't even leave his name behind when he visited.

Guan Qi stayed there for a long time, until sunset, he walked out of the morgue building in a trance, staggered and fell to the side of the road. After a while, a kind passerby came over to help him up. Then he walked away with unsteady steps as if he had lost his soul.

There were still ten minutes before closing time, and Situ Rui leaned over and asked, "Are we still going in?"

Mu Yanchen clenched his fists but felt weak. The moment in the morning seemed to be just an illusion. He said calmly, "I should go see her off."

To engrave in my mind the image of her past.

There was a forensic doctor guarding the morgue. When he saw Mu Yanchen again, he was surprised for a moment. The man in front of him left too deep an impression on him. On that day, he looked like he was about to go with that person at any time. There was an uncontrollable aura of death all around him. But today, Mu Yanchen seemed a lot more normal than that day. Even his face looked a little rosier, and there was no longer that invisible aura of death around him.

"You came?"

Mu Yanchen nodded, "I came to see her."

The conversation sounded like the whispers between lovers, lingering and sad, as if they were afraid of disturbing the person sleeping inside.

Sheng Baiyi was pulled out of the cold cabinet by the forensic doctor and placed on the dissection table. She was covered with a white cloth and her face was eaten away beyond recognition, but Mu Yanchen continued to look at her affectionately, as if he didn't see it.

There were only the two of them in the room. Mu Yanchen reached out and took the cold hand, whispering softly: "You have such a cruel heart. You left without saying a word. If I hadn't found out, you would still want to keep it a secret from me, right? Yes, you don't remember me anymore. Many things were just my extravagant requests, but you can't do this and leave me alone. If anyone has to leave, it should be me..."

"I will never believe the results given by the police, and I will not let anyone cremate you. But I may not have time to visit you later. You are still waiting for me to come back home. We don't have much time to spend together. Do you think you will remember me? You will, right? You don't resist me at all... I promise you, I will definitely help you find the person who killed you, and I will make him pay the price at all costs!"

At the end of his speech, Mu Yanchen smiled to himself, with a hint of cruelty hidden in his smile.

He maneuvered his wheelchair out of the morgue and told the medical examiner standing by the wall, "Watch her carefully. Don't let anyone take the opportunity to incinerate her."

"Huh?" The forensic doctor didn't understand what was going on, but he still agreed. After all, it was just a cabinet. Since the gentleman didn't want her to be buried in peace, it would be fine for her to live there forever.

The forensic doctor suddenly felt a shudder as he watched Mu Yanchen leave. A chill ran down his spine. He saw that this gentleman was already terminally ill. Did he want to wait until he died to be cremated with her? The more the forensic doctor thought about it, the closer he felt to the truth of the matter.

After leaving, Mu Yanchen did not go back to the manor directly, but asked Situ Rui to take him to the group's office first. He had not shown up since he had been bedridden, and there was a special passage there that allowed him to enter secretly without being discovered.

"Has it been a long time since I last saw this office?" Situ Rui stood at the door and said to the man in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

This office is located on the highest floor in the city. It has been sealed off since the man fell ill, but now it seems to be about to be opened.

"Indeed, but not now. The time has come. Go back and pick up Zhaozhao by the way." Mu Yanchen ordered, not even shying away from saying the name.

Situ Rui's eyebrows jumped. No way, could it be that he went to see Sheng Baiyi today just to say goodbye? Didn't Mu Yanchen say that he would not fall in love with someone else?

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