Chapter 837: You take it back and appreciate it

Wang Yikun's words, which he had gathered the courage to say, were lightly interrupted by Shen Ci, which made him feel a bit awkward.

If it were in the past, he would definitely be very angry, feeling that Shen Ci daring to interrupt him was a provocation.

But now his state of mind had completely changed, at least toward Shen Ci. He knew that Shen Ci had this kind of personality and didn't like affectation.

"Anything else?" Shen Ci asked, looking at him.

Wang Yikun subconsciously shook his head, but just as Shen Ci was about to turn and go downstairs, he quickly nodded: "Yes, there is one more thing!"

Shen Ci stopped again to look at him, and although she was waiting for him to speak, it was clear her patience was already running thin.

Wang Yikun pursed his lips and said: "I think I should tell you about this, although it's not something that happened recently."

When he said this, Shen Ci became interested instead.

"Oh? Let's hear it!"

Wang Yikun organized his language before saying: "Someone named Li Xiao came to me. He said he could give me a sum of money to frame you for cheating during the competition."

When Shen Ci heard the name Li Xiao from Wang Yikun's mouth, her brows were already furrowed, and she was mentally prepared that what followed definitely wouldn't be anything good.

Sure enough, this dead scumbag was as despicable as ever.

Shen Ci laughed in anger: "When did this happen?"

Wang Yikun recalled: "A long time ago, during the winter break, just after we finished the preliminaries. I had never known him. At first, I was puzzled about how he found me, and I didn't know your relationship. It was only after he wanted to bribe me with money that I went to investigate and found out that he was your ex-boyfriend."

"Besides you, there were four other people in our group, yet he was able to find me precisely at that time, and only found me. I think he must have investigated and understood a bit, knowing that our relationship wasn't harmonious at that time, so he wanted to use me."

Shen Ci was silent for a moment, anger rising in her heart.

Although she herself didn't care about this Math Olympiad, the fact that Li Xiao could even think of framing her for cheating was simply disgusting—disgusting to the extreme!

Because according to the scale and strictness of the National Math Olympiad, there was almost no possibility of appeal if caught cheating; one would be judged as having invalid scores on the spot and disqualified from continuing the exam.

The school would also issue a circular criticism and record a demerit.

And under the influence of the competition, Li Xiao only needed to push it a little, and he could make the matter known to everyone through the media later.

And she, no matter how much she didn't care, couldn't possibly stay completely out of it and remain unaffected.

This method had extremely low costs but excellent results. If Shen Ci were an ordinary person, Li Xiao could have completely destroyed her with ease by doing this.

With such a stain on her file, an ordinary person would never be able to get rid of it.

And Wang Yikun added: "Shen Ci, you know, with the strict inspection of cheating in the competition, it's not too easy to frame you for cheating when you're not paying attention."

When Wang Yikun said this, many methods had already flashed through his mind.

The simplest way was to stuff a note full of formulas into her pocket; as long as Shen Ci didn't notice before entering, it would definitely be scanned out by the machine!

This move was too insidious!

Shen Ci quickly calmed her mood: "Then why didn't you agree? Aren't you very short of money?"

He even owed her money; the money Wang Yikun paid for that sweater was far from enough.

"A gentleman loves wealth but obtains it in a proper way; I won't earn this kind of money." Wang Yikun said righteously, and that was indeed what he thought in his heart.

Although he also had obvious flaws in his character, he clearly had more of a bottom line than Li Xiao.

Shen Ci was silent for a few seconds upon hearing this, and finally nodded: "Thank you for telling me this. The matter of the sweater is written off."

She hadn't cared about Wang Yikun's compensation in the first place, and forcing him to pay was indeed deliberately making things difficult for him.

But now it was clearly unnecessary.

At a certain drink shop, Shen Ci ordered a milkshake and drank more than half of it in one breath; the sweet taste made her mood improve.

Not long after, Guo Zifan arrived late.

The two hadn't seen each other for nearly a year.

"Hello, still as beautiful as ever!" Guo Zifan was still in sportswear, carrying a black bag.

Shen Ci flipped her hair: "That goes without saying."

Guo Zifan's eyes curved into a smile, and with a backhand flick, a file bag was thrown in front of Shen Ci: "Take a look first."

"Is it all here?" Shen Ci raised her eyebrows.

Guo Zifan said meaningfully: "Appetizer."

Shen Ci couldn't wait to pick it up and open it, and heard Guo Zifan continue: "Followed them for four and a half days in total. These two are almost together every day, went to climb the Great Wall, went boating on the lake together, and went horse riding and archery together. Moreover, their behavior is particularly intimate, just like a married couple—"

Shen Ci couldn't help but laugh listening to his pun.

And the photos in her hand were all carefully selected by Guo Zifan, all showing intimate contact between the two.

Especially horse riding and archery; there were a few shots of the two riding the same horse, because Lu Kasi liked horse riding and had experience since childhood.

But Li Xiao had never ridden a horse, so Lu Kasi sat behind Li Xiao and hugged him. That scene, tsk tsk tsk...

When boating and climbing the Great Wall, the two also had hand-holding gestures. Although it might have happened under specific circumstances, the photo was frozen, and holding hands meant holding hands.

And these were just appetizers.

"I discovered something particularly interesting." Guo Zifan suddenly looked at Shen Ci with great interest and said.

"What is it?"

Guo Zifan smiled: "It's this guy named Li Xiao, who occasionally shows some helplessness or even disgust when the other party isn't paying attention, but he is the one who takes the initiative most of the time. I took some close-ups of his expressions; if you want them, I'll send them to you later."

Shen Ci laughed out loud and shook her head: "I don't want them, these are better."

Li Xiao was indeed a person without a bottom line; he could do anything for success, even if he had to endure the discomfort and disgust in his heart.

"What about the rest?"

Guo Zifan opened his schoolbag and took out another folder. Shen Ci couldn't wait to open it.

Inside was still a stack of photos, and a flash drive.

The scene in the photos changed to hotel surveillance. Guo Zifan explained: "These are from last night. Both of them seemed to have had some wine, but they should have been just tipsy, not drunk. Li Xiao sent Lu Kasi back to the hotel and sent him all the way back to his room. According to the surveillance, Li Xiao stayed in Lu Kasi's room for one hour and forty-six minutes, and..."

Shen Ci was already excited by now. She looked at Guo Zifan and asked eagerly: "And what happened?"

Guo Zifan said meaningfully: "After he came out of the room, his walking posture was a bit strange. You might not be able to see it in the photos, but there is a complete video version on the flash drive. You can take it back and appreciate it." ===== CHAPTER 838 =====