My conversation with An Yutong ended with her praising Liang Yi.
Before I came, I had thought An Yutong would be at least a little jealous of Liang Yi over the vote count.
But An Yutong's open-mindedness, refinement, and courtesy did not seem like an act at all.
Little details also showed that she was like this in her everyday life.
Before I left, An Yutong even asked me to tell Liang Yi's parents to stop coming to the entrance of her residential complex to make a scene, as it disturbed the other residents.
When I got up and left, my feelings were complicated.
Could a girl like her have plotted to harm Liang Yi?
She seemed to know nothing about Liang Yi's disappearance.
Then where on earth had Liang Yi gone?
Bewildered, I left the library with Song Xiaotian and An Ning and recounted the entire conversation to them.
After hearing it, they were just as confused.
"Are you sure she wasn't putting on an act?"
"She wasn't."
I said with certainty, "If she was acting, her meticulous scheming would rival that of an imperial concubine fighting in the harem, and she would have had to rehearse it countless times in her head beforehand."
Especially when she praised Liang Yi, I could tell that she genuinely admired her.
"You can't be sure of that."
An Ning reminded me, "Wasn't Lin Yin an example...?"
I froze. Lin Yin...
Oh, right. Lin Yin had played all of us. Her superb acting had fooled not only us but even her own father.
So An Yutong could still have been lying and acting.
Song Xiaotian could not help remarking, "I'll never dare underestimate women again."
After leaving the campus, we stayed for a while instead of heading off, and soon saw An Yutong