School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert

Chapter 324: Chapter 324: Spreading Rumors and Creating Trouble

“You,” Lan Yudie’s face turned slightly red as she shook her head. “No!”

“Why not?” Xiao Han countered.

“You just want to take advantage of the situation!” Lan Yudie huffed.

“This isn’t taking advantage, it’s giving you strength!” Xiao Han leaned down and kissed her.

However, Lan Yudie did not push him away but rather seemed half-hearted in her resistance. They quickly started kissing passionately. Xiao Han was simply kissing Lan Yudie, but she was made completely weak by his kiss, humming and mumbling incoherently.

Xiao Han’s hands, quite mischievously, wandered over Lan Yudie’s shapely rear.@@novelbin@@

“Xiao Han, don’t…” Lan Yudie quickly pushed away Xiao Han’s hand.

Xiao Han nodded, “Alright then.”

Having said that, Xiao Han let go of her. Yet Lan Yudie, holding onto Xiao Han’s neck, said, “I felt your strength. I’ll keep going and cherish the relationship between us.”

“Thank you, Teacher Lan!” Xiao Han smiled.

“Don’t call me ‘teacher,'” Lan Yudie pouted her red lips, said, “Can’t you use a more intimate name in private?”

“Xiao Yu!” Xiao Han chuckled.

“That’s more like it!” Lan Yudie nodded.

Lan Yudie leaned in willingly, planning to share another fiery kiss with Xiao Han. However, just before their lips could meet again—

Beep beep beep…

At that moment, a ringtone suddenly sounded from Xiao Han’s pocket.

“Your phone is ringing,” Lan Yudie quickly pointed out.

“Ugh, so annoying,” Xiao Han complained but still dutifully took out his phone.

The call was from Liu Bin.

“Liu Bin, weren’t you drunk?” Xiao Han asked curiously.

“Not drunk,” Liu Bin hurriedly shook his head and said, “I just went online and saw something unpleasant.”

“What is it?” Xiao Han asked, puzzled.

“On Shuimu University’s forum, there’s a bunch of gossip and slander flying around about you,” Liu Bin hurriedly said. “Lots of people are blackening your name. Didn’t you know?”

“I didn’t know!” Xiao Han shook his head.

“Then you’d better come back quick,” Liu Bin hurriedly said. “I suspect someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes. You’ve almost been dragged through the mud.”

“Let them talk,” Xiao Han chuckled, then said, “It doesn’t matter.”

“It might not matter to you, but what about Teacher Lan?” Liu Bin said helplessly. “It’s one thing to blacken your name, but they’ve dragged Teacher Lan into it too.”

“I’m on my way!” Xiao Han, hearing this, immediately nodded.

After hanging up, Lan Yudie asked anxiously, “What happened?”

“It’s nothing,” Xiao Han shook his head, then said, “Let me take you back first!”

“I just heard him mention there’s trouble on the forum?” Lan Yudie asked.

“Yeah, some people are spreading rumors behind the scenes,” Xiao Han laughed softly, said, “They’re all despicable characters. We’ll settle scores with them later.”

Afterward, Xiao Han took Lan Yudie back to her dormitory and then returned alone to his.

In the dormitory, everyone was there.

They were all gathered around the computer, seemingly analyzing who might be behind the rumor-mongering and causing trouble. After much discussion, they still couldn’t pinpoint a likely suspect. As soon as Xiao Han entered, everyone hurriedly got up. Liu Bin said excitedly, “Man, this thing has blown up.”

“Let me see!” Xiao Han immediately leaned in.

Indeed, internet trolls were all over it. Messages declaring Xiao Han a faithless lover were rampant. They claimed he ditched his old love for Lan Yudie, smitten with novelty. They also uncovered Xiao Han’s background as merely a poor college student. They said that Xiao Han got together with Lan Yudie because he had received a scholarship of over a million for topping the entrance exam. Because of the scholarship and his abandonment of Chen Zihan, he was with Lan Yudie.

Not only were they slandering Xiao Han online, but they were also slandering Lan Yudie.

Online rumors stated that Lan Yudie was with Xiao Han for his million-dollar worth, deliberately using her beauty to be with him. Xiao Han was just a foolish student with more money than sense. Moreover, according to the messages online, once Lan Yudie had spent all of Xiao Han’s money, she would kick him to the curb.

At the same time, according to another post’s “exposure,” Lan Yudie’s legitimate boyfriend is Qin Jun, while Xiao Han is merely playing the role of a pretty-faced lover. Lan Yudie is using Qin Jun’s money to splurge on Xiao Han. All in all, the rumors online are disheartening. Many people do not know any of the truth yet deliberately create rumors and defame others behind their backs.

After reading this, Xiao Han’s face turned ashen.

“These rumor-mongering scoundrels!” Xiao Han sneered, “Blotting me out is one thing, but to slander Xiao Yu as well, this can’t be ignored!”

“What do you plan to do?” Liu Bin asked anxiously.

“Liu Bin, you’re a computer expert, what can you do?” Xiao Han urgently asked.

“Well…” Liu Bin scratched his head and said, “There are only two ways to handle such public opinion.”

“What are they?” Xiao Han asked curiously.

“First, shift the focus; second, use internet trolls to suppress this news!” Liu Bin seriously looked at Xiao Han and said, “The first one is a bit tricky. After all, the students are all hot-blooded youngsters, very keen on news about handsome guys and pretty girls. To shift the focus, we’d have to create an even more captivating story to move the public interest. As for the second, it comes at a bigger cost!”

“No matter the cost, we must suppress the bad news!” Xiao Han stated earnestly.

“Then alright!” Liu Bin nodded and said, “I’ll contact my old friend right away. He controls a significant force of internet trolls. If he agrees to help out, hehe, those clowns at Shuimu University stand no chance against us.”

“How much will it cost?” Xiao Han asked.

“Typically, if it involves the general public, they charge around two to three hundred thousand,” Liu Bin said with a smile. “Since it’s just a campus forum now, a few thousand yuan should suffice.”

“Then alright,” Xiao Han nodded, “I’ll give you fifty thousand yuan to see if that’s enough!”

“That’s plenty!” Liu Bin immediately responded.

Liu Bin quickly contacted his old friend online. This so-called old friend was simply a leader in the internet marketing industry, controlling a massive number of internet trolls. By hiring these trolls, they could crush the online public opinion with lightning speed and shift the public’s focus to their desired direction. They were the internet manipulators.

Once a plan was finalized online, Liu Bin personally drafted a series of posts of several thousand words each, eloquently writing the inspiring story of Xiao Han from elementary to high school. They portrayed Xiao Han as a tireless and unyielding inspiration.

As for Lan Yudie, she was depicted as a woman who, despite societal conventions, fell in love with her student, disregarding everything else. She was portrayed as emerging from the mire unsoiled, unpersuaded by affluent and attractive men like Qin Jun, instead choosing the persistently struggling and strong-willed Xiao Han from a poor family.

Once the posts were published, they were quickly dominated by thousands of internet trolls, causing an immediate spike in popularity. Within just an hour, the posts amassed over a hundred thousand views and comments rapidly passed five thousand.

Public opinion was swiftly corrected.

“I never thought Xiao Han would be such an inspirational person.”

“Yes, Xiao Han is really impressive.”

“This junior is quite something!”

The comments were overwhelmingly in support of Xiao Han.

In the posts about Lan Yudie, many female students cheered her on in the comments. Many people only realized through these posts that Lan Yudie was not Qin Jun’s girlfriend and wasn’t attracted by fancy material things. She was a remarkable woman who pursued love fearlessly, despite opposition from those around her and the pressures of societal norms.

“Teacher Lan is a woman worthy of admiration.”

“I want to give Teacher Lan thirty-two likes.”

“Teacher Lan is amazing, Teacher Lan is so cool.”

Under the posts, nearly everyone supported Lan Yudie overwhelmingly.

……

In the western district of Shuimu University’s male dormitory, where the seniors reside,

Although Fang Hao was wealthy, he still chose to stay on campus and maintained good relationships with his roommates. Yesterday, Fang Hao was determined to confront Xiao Han, but he struggled to find a way to do so. Today, someone spotted Xiao Han and Lan Yu walking together on campus, providing Fang Hao with the opportunity he needed to emotionally target Xiao Han, giving him a taste of the pain of losing someone he loved.

Everything was proceeding smoothly. Moreover, Shuimu University’s forum had almost been taken over by his people. Most importantly, one of his dorm mates, the top talent in the computer science department, was entrusted by the faculty to manage the university’s forum. He managed the forum perfectly, not only rebuilding its style and functionality, but also maintaining high popularity since he took it over.

Usually, this mate would manage the forum’s server in the computer lab to keep it running smoothly.

Lately, Fang Hao approached him, hoping he could help create various rumors about Xiao Han on the forum. Who was Fang Hao? The moment his mate heard this, he readily agreed and assured Fang Hao that he would handle it perfectly.

“Haozi, don’t worry about it,” Zhu Dawei chuckled, “That kid is probably getting cursed left, right, and center by now.”

Zhu Dawei was drinking with a few buddies in their dorm, with Fang Hao among them.

“That’s more like it,” Fang Hao nodded, “Fuck, I just want to destroy that guy.”

“Fang Hao, what major grudge do you have against this kid?” Zhu Dawei asked curiously, “Why do you want to do this to him?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” At that moment, a buddy wearing a Duckbill Cap grinned, “Fang Hao must have fallen for Lan Yu. He can’t stand the thought of her being swept away by someone else, so he came up with this maneuver to break them up!”

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