As soon as Xie Mi finished speaking, the entire place fell deathly silent.
If Director Niu's question had been an ultimate attack at point-blank range, then Xie Mi's remark was an ultimate attack on top of that.
[Xie Mi said exactly what I wanted to say!]
[Exactly! What actually happened? I'm dying to know. If you're going to bring it up, spell it out.]
[Are we allowed to talk about this?]
[Xie Mi is seriously fearless.]
Xu Shuangrong's gaze flickered. Usually so composed, she inexplicably felt a little rattled as she met Xie Mi's calm, smiling eyes.
She struggled to remain calm and said with a smile:
"It all happened so long ago. Honestly, I don't remember it very clearly either, and I'm sure Miss Lai wouldn't want those things brought up."
"Really?"
Xie Mi raised an eyebrow slightly and turned to look at Lai Bingxuan.
Lai Bingxuan was pressing her lips tightly together, glaring at Xu Shuangrong with resentment.
She hated it, but she couldn't deny it.
Xu Shuangrong was right. She didn't dare bring it up.
She would always remember that afternoon in the principal's office, when reporters and classmates had looked at her with contempt, whispering right in front of her and describing her with the cruelest words.
She had lost control, shouted, and explained over and over that she hadn't done those things, but not a single person believed her.
Meanwhile, Xu Shuangrong had only needed to stand there, doing nothing, to win everyone's trust.
Her desperate attempts to defend herself had looked like a joke.
So from that day on, she had resorted to extreme measures.
She sent a legal notice to anyone who discussed the incident. Whatever the outcome of the lawsuit, she could make them pay dearly.
With the force of her power