Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 146-147

The mocking exchanges between Jiang Yao and Wen Xuehui had infuriated Zhang Xiqing so much that she hoped she could kill them with her ghastly glare.

Hu Yuan knew Zhang Xiqing like the back of her hand. With just one glance at Zhang Xiqing, she knew that she was extremely indignant now, so she quickly waved the pictures she just got from Zhang Xiqing and shouted loudly, "How dare you call yourself the prettiest freshman, you promiscuous sl*t!"

Hu Yuan snorted. She raised the pictures in her hand high and continued, "Everybody, don't you know? Jiang Yao is someone's sugar baby! We have proof here, check it out!"

Hu Yuan passed the pictures to the people surrounding them and said, "Who told you that Jiang Yao comes from a well-to-do family? That she can afford a mobile phone when she is a freshman? Don't make me laugh! The phone is from her sugar daddy! God knows how she pleased her sugar daddy in bed to get the phone! How could such a disgusting student qualify to be a freshman representative? How can she be called the most beautiful freshman of the year? In my opinion, she doesn't even have the privilege to be a student of Nanjiang Medical University!" 1

Perhaps the stand-off had drawn in a large crowd of onlookers that it spread like wildfire and reached the top administration of the university in no time, or maybe Zhang Xiqing had asked someone to bring the school leaders here.

As the pictures were being passed around, it ended in the hands of the leaders who came later, and one of them was the director of the Academic Affairs Office.

The school leaders' expression turned into an eerie shade of gray as they looked at the picture and heard Hu Yuan's remarks.

"Jiang Yao, what is going on? Please explain yourself!" the director growled in great dismay, or perhaps, he was angry with her depravation. When they were going through the nominees of the freshman representative, he supported Jiang Yao wholeheartedly. He despised the tacky nature of the Zhang family by solving every problem with money, so he found Jiang Yao's existence delightful. Finally, they had an excuse to select truly qualified people as the freshman representative.

Jiang Yao took the photo from the director, glanced at it, and then snorted loudly right in front of everyone.

"Zhang Xiqing, did you secretly follow me?" Jiang Yao accused with a tone of consternation and shock.

"Huh, who has the time to follow you? I took it when I was at the school gate at the right time!" Zhang Xiqing stomped agitatedly. "Who are you? What do you have for me to follow you?"

"Oh, so you took the photos, huh? Then why did you pass the photos that you took to Hu Yuan, and ordered her to accuse me instead of you?" Jiang Yao blinked innocently. "Take credit for what you did and come out to face me. Hu Yuan didn't see this with her own eyes and didn't take these photos with her own hands, so she has no right to confront me about it."

Jiang Yao made the deduction from several hints. Firstly, the photos were taken at the school gate. Those who owned a camera in this era must be from a well-to-do family. The easiest example she could think of was the Lu family. They were very loaded, and they had a camera too, but they treasured it like a jewel and used it precautiously.

Jiang Yao deduced that it wasn't Hu Yuan who had taken the photos as she didn't seem to be from a well-off family based on her mediocre clothing. Hence, Zhang Xiqing was most likely the one who had taken these photos.

Zhang Xiqing gaped in shock after Jiang Yao's casual accusation. Everyone suddenly looked at her differently and murmured, "She took these photos, but why did she urge Hu Yuan to confront Jiang Yao? Hu Yuan didn't see anything, so what could she possibly know? What if there is a misunderstanding? It will be an unproven blatant accusation!"

Jiang Yao had intended to drag Zhang Xiqing into this muddy water together. She poured the mud into the water, so it made no sense for her to stand cleanly by the side.

Moreover, Jiang Yao emphasized that Zhang Xiqing had followed her. She wanted to let the bystanders know that no one would secretly photograph other people under normal circumstances unless that person was harboring evil intentions from the beginning.

"Alright, I took it, so what?" Zhang Xiqing snatched the photos back. "My cousin came to pick me up on the registration day. My family wanted to see how everything went, so they asked him to bring a camera to take pictures. On the way back, I saw you getting into a man's car at the gate, so I took pictures of you!"

"Miss Zhang, it's amusing how your mind works. When I go out with a camera, I will take pictures of the flowers, the scenery, and the people I'm with, but I'll never take pictures of some random strangers on the streets." Jiang Yao smiled and asked, "Miss Zhang, do you know the man who spoke to me in the photo?"

"Of course, not! Why would I befriend someone so disgusting!" Zhang Xiqing quickly disputed as she sensed that Jiang Yao was about to do something cunning.

"If you don't know him, why are you so certain that he is my sugar daddy? I thought you knew him since you were confident, perhaps even knowing the ladies whom the man is dating!" Jiang Yao smirked. She was waiting for Zhang Xiqing to say she didn't know Zhou Weiqi. She figured that no matter how influential Zhang Xiqing was, she couldn't possibly know Zhou Weiqi who stayed in Jindo all year round.

"Oh yes, that sounds plausible. Miss Zhang, if you don't know the man, how can you be so convinced that Miss Jiang Yao has that kind of relationship with the man in the photo?" the director of the Academic Affairs Office added, seeing how the scene twisted and unfolded beyond his anticipation. He deduced that the matter was not as Zhang Xiqing had accused as he saw how calm Jiang Yao was. "Although Jiang Yao can be seen getting into the man's car in the photo, they behaved appropriately. Their actions do not seem to be intimate and over-friendly. Is this how you've verified their relationship?"

In an instant, Jiang Yao realized that the director was taking her side.

"Miss Zhang, your cousin came to pick you up on the registration day, so why can't I have friends or relatives sending me here? If you don't know the man who was with me, how did you come to the conclusion that I'm his sugar baby? How can you be so sure that your speculation is absolutely correct? Is it because of the value of the sports car? Or is this from your wild imagination?" Jiang Yao grinned. "For your information, there are a lot of fancy cars in the world, and this is not the most expensive one that I've ridden in!"

The more boisterous Jiang Yao's laugh was, the more afraid Zhang Xiqing became. She slowly felt that her action of accusing Jiang Yao based on the photos might be a little too reckless.

"So what? Looks like you have a few sugar daddies, do you think it's worth showing off?" Hu Yuan began to feel nervous as she watched Zhang Xiqing's sudden change of expression. She was afraid that Zhang Xiqing would vent all of her frustration on her when this matter went haywire, so she quickly ridiculed Jiang Yao with all her might.

"I have a sugar daddy simply because I got into a fancy car?" Jiang Yao huffed in amusement. "A taxi is worth about tens of thousands of dollars, isn't it? Are you saying that the taxi driver is my sugar daddy every time I take a taxi? What about the bus? I bet the bus is more expensive than the taxi. I took the bus every day when I was in high school. Are you saying that the bus driver was my sugar daddy in high school? I came to Nanjiang City by train, are you saying that the train operator is my sugar daddy? Wow, that's very impressive. If I take a flight home the next time, are you going to accuse me of being the pilot's sugar baby? Or the airline's sugar baby?"

Laughter echoed across the campus as soon as Jiang Yao finished. Even the director laughed out loud and said, "Well, it seems that I was the bus driver's sugar baby this morning."