Chapter 194: Making Use of Public Opinion to Pressure
Xia Qinghuan also leaned forward with an expression that said she had already seen through Jian Yiyi. “I’ve already said that this Jian Yiyi is not as innocent and harmless as she looks on the surface. Her methods are powerful. Now that things have come to this, Lin Yi will either ‘submit to the will of the people’ to be together with her due to peer pressure brought about by the rumors, or if Lin Yi doesn’t admit to it, he will instantly lose the hearts of the people and become a public enemy.”
“It was nothing in the first place. Why should I admit to it?” Lin Yi’s expression was cold and his tone was angry.
Could these people force him to be with Jian Yiyi?
“But the rumors are spreading, and even if they are fake, they will become real. Most importantly, everyone thinks of this as the truth in their hearts now. What’s the use of us knowing it’s fake? If we help you explain, they’ll think that we ganged up to bully Jian Yiyi. At that time, the gains won’t make up for the losses,” Xia Qinghuan said.
“So, Jian Yiyi has the final say in this matter,” Gao Yang summarized.
As long as Jian Yiyi relented and denied it, Lin Yi would be able to escape unscathed.
However, if Jian Yiyi kept silent, Lin Yi would only end up as a scumbag if he wanted to leave.
When it came to matters of the heart, it was considered that most girls are at a disadvantage. Once they break up, it would be the boys’ fault.
Even if they had never been together.
Even if Lin Yi ran to the center of the field and shouted to everyone that he had nothing to do with Jian Yiyi and that it was all their imagination.
However, if Jian Yiyi kept quiet and cried, everyone would instantly think that Jian Yiyi had been abandoned. No one would believe Lin Yi.
Hence, Xia Qinghuan was right to say that Jian Yiyi’s methods were powerful. A girl who was only in Year One had already learned to use public opinion to put pressure and achieve her goal.
She had a pure and beautiful face, but she was very meticulous.
Currently, humans do not want to know the truth at all. They only believed in what they had seen and did not care what was hidden behind the truth.
At this moment, by the flower bed outside the school’s female toilet, Jian Yiyi’s eyes were filled with tears, and she looked pitiful.
Xi Jie and Li Linlin stood beside her and asked worriedly, “Yiyi, what’s wrong? Tell us so that we can help you think of something.”
Jian Yiyi pursed her lips and shook her head with a forced smile. “I’m fine.”
“How are you fine?” Xi Jie revealed a concerned expression. “Lin Yi returned to school today. Shouldn’t you be happy? Did you two fight?”
Jian Yiyi shook her head quickly. “No, no. Why would we?”
“What’s wrong?” Li Linlin asked.
Although the two of them were Lin Yi’s admirers and had initially approached Jian Yiyi to use her to get closer to Lin Yi, after these days of being inseparable, the two of them had long been convinced by Jian Yiyi’s ‘simple and kind’ character. Now, they were more sincere to her.
Seeing that her two friends were unwilling to let go, Jian Yiyi revealed a difficult expression and slowly said, “It’s just that I gave Lin Yi a KATE limited edition fountain pen on his birthday before, but he accidentally lost it. I’m just a little sad.”
As she spoke, she didn’t forget to help Lin Yi explain. “He didn’t mean it. I don’t mean to blame him.”