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Josie did not let the talkative girl leave. She wanted to see if she could get any information from her.
After all, in her previous life, rumors about her spread widely on the internet. This was because Natalie bribed several paid posters, enabling the rumors fabricated by Kyle to be disseminated rapidly.
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This time, Natalie’s paid trolls had already been disciplined by the school. Combined with the recent crackdown on the campus network, no one should have dared to recklessly spread rumors online at
this time.
Only a few teachers from the Academic Affairs Office and Hadley were aware of the matter concerning the report letter. Even Delilah was not informed until early that morning by Josie.
For this matter to have spread among classmates, there must have been a facilitator. Identifying the facilitator will naturally lead one to the mastermind.
“Speak! Who told you to spread rumors everywhere?” Hadley rubbed his eyes in frustration and slammed his hand on the desk.
The talkative girl shuddered in fright. “I…I do not know. Someone sent a message to my phone. I assumed everyone had received the message, so I went to ask others…”
However, not everyone had received the message. When she asked others and found they were unaware, she shared the content of the message with them. As she continued to do so, the number of people who knew about it gradually increased.
Hadley checked the female student’s phone and found a message that was nearly identical to the report letter.
Hadley’s expression turned stern. “The person who sent the message never told you to spread it. Spreading rumors everywhere is entirely your own doing. As a university student, you don’t even have the most basic sense of right and wrong. So much for all those books you’ve read.”
The talkative girl wore an aggrieved expression. “Didn’t he send me this kind of information so that I would tell others? I…I was also just curious and wanted to know the truth!”
“How dare you continue arguing at this point!” Hadley slammed the table. “This is not curiosity at all. It is sheer foolishness. You are being used as a tool by others and do not even realize it?”
Josie pursed her lips. “Looks like you were just a free pawn.”
Josie glanced at the message, her brows furrowing slightly. “If I’m not wrong, this information was
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likely sent to more than just her. I’m afraid that all the students at the school who like gossip have
received it.”
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“How presumptuous!” Hadley, visibly angered, struck the desk and rose to his feet. He paced back. and forth twice in the office. “This matter must be addressed with utmost seriousness.”
The girl had been unlucky. She just so happened to run into Josie and her group, making disciplinary
action inevitable.
Upon learning the result, the girl was so frightened that she cried, “Josie, I sincerely apologize to you. I am truly sorry and ask for your forgiveness. Could you please speak to the school on my behalf so that I am not disciplined? I genuinely recognize my mistake and will never repeat it.”
Josie pulled her hand away. “If everyone who did something wrong could resolve it simply by saying sorry, then what purpose would rules and laws serve in this world?”
“Josie is right. This matter cannot be concluded simply with an apology. The school must impose strict disciplinary measures without leniency,” the Director of the Department of Student Affairs
stated.
The female student was promptly sent out of the office after her student information was taken down.
After the others had left, Hadley stepped forward, opened the door to the inner room, and dragged
Kyle out.
Josie was quite surprised to see Kyle. She had assumed that the school would not identify the informant so quickly.
“You heard that clear as day. Do you have anything else to say?” Hadley pressed Kyle’s head down toward that metal box of receipts. “I do not care how you took photographs of Josie and Jeremy. The facts have proven that all the contents of the letter of accusation were fabricated by you.”
“Given that this matter involves an external professor and has now spread within the university, the institution must adopt a serious approach to handling it. You should be mentally prepared,” the director said sternly.
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