My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 424: Investigation

"I definitely won’t let this matter rest, I have to know who plotted against me. Otherwise, even if things get cleared up this time, there’ll be a next time. I can’t always be on guard, constantly wary of when they’ll plot against me next, that’s just exhausting."

"Besides, I’m not one to have a good temper and just let it go after being schemed against," Lu Youxi said. "To tell you the truth, I’ve never been the type to not avenge a grudge."

The principal’s mouth twitched, and it was apparent.

Lu Youbang spent your family’s money, so as soon as you arrived at Jing University, you ruined Lu Youbang’s reputation.

If you can take revenge on your own cousin, let alone others.

"But what about the school, what do you think, Principal?" Lu Youxi made her stance clear first, regardless of what the school decided to do, she wouldn’t let this matter go lightly.

Lu Youxi took the initiative to declare her position out of concern that if this incident truly involved Jing University students, or even multiple students,

the school might consider its own reputation and try to suppress the issue and handle it quietly.

After all, if a significant number of people were involved, the school’s reputation would likely suffer as well.

Everyone heard her loud and clear, Lu Youxi’s intent was unmistakable.

Even if the school intended to manage the situation quietly, she, Lu Youxi, would handle it publicly.

To set an example as a warning to others.

So that in the future, if someone else tried to plot against Lu Youxi,

they would have to think about the consequences of this incident and whether it was worth the risk.

For another student, it might not be possible to confidently confront the school.

If the school really wanted to keep things under wraps and offered some compensation to the victimized student, having them let it go, the student would likely fear a fallout with the school that could affect their future, and even if dissatisfied, they would have to reluctantly agree.

But Lu Youxi was different; she had enough confidence to stand up to the school.

Lu Youxi was not pretentious and saw nothing wrong with relying on Zhou Shuyan to confront the school.

If she was lucky enough to have Zhou Shuyan as support, why not use it?

If she didn’t use it, does it mean others wouldn’t either?

So why should she humble herself and give others an advantage?

Just as she never minded Zhou Shuyan using his connections to facilitate business for Hexing Rice.

Everyone inevitably relies on relationships to increase the success rate of their business, so she didn’t need to be pretentiously noble about it.

Lu Youxi thought that in her last life, her luck wasn’t so good, and of course, it was partly her own fault.

There were consequences of her own doing.

But in this life, she had let go, opened up, and after adjusting her mindset, it seemed her luck had improved as well.

If it were her past self, she probably would have been too proudly virtuous to use Zhou Shuyan’s connections, ultimately harming herself.

In truth, just like some people are born into wealth and nobility,

with money, power, and privileges ordinary people do not possess.

Should they refrain from using what they were born with, seeking an egalitarian ideal just because they are different from others?

In this world, there isn’t so much fairness to speak of.

"Don’t worry, the school will cooperate with you in the investigation," the principal said. "Finding out who did this and not harboring them is essential. If it’s you today, tomorrow others might follow suit, using such despicable means to plot against others."

"So it’s imperative to find out who’s behind it and administer appropriate punishment," the principal added.

"That’s correct," the director nodded. "Rest assured."

They had clearly understood Lu Youxi’s intent expressed earlier.

They thought to themselves that this young woman, Lu Youxi, was cautious and thoughtful.

However, they had originally intended to thoroughly investigate and had no plans to handle it quietly.

"Ahem, that... Principal, when we issue the notification, can we not mention my relationship with Zhou Shuyan?" Lu Youxi asked.

The principal was silent for two seconds, then asked, "You still want to keep it low-key?"

Lu Youxi chuckled dryly and said, "My entrepreneurship is genuinely self-made; I didn’t seek Zhou Shuyan’s help. If I had involved him, this deal with Hexing Rice wouldn’t have turned into such a mess. If people were to learn about my relationship with Zhou Shuyan, wouldn’t they think everything I’ve achieved is because of him? Wouldn’t that undermine all my efforts?"

The principal, finding the reasoning sound, nodded and said, "Alright, we’ll do as you say."

That very afternoon, the school issued a statement.

It also included a video, not just screenshots.

The part after Zhou Shuyan’s arrival was omitted.

Even though Zhou Shuyan was cut from the video, Lu Youxi dousing Hu Xingwei with wine and cursing vehemently was kept, illustrating that Lu Youxi would definitely not succumb to the unwritten rules of the business world. Even if she lost the deal, she would not yield to such unspoken rules.

And she disdained the idea of using such means for business.

Additionally, the school’s statement asserted they would get to the bottom of it and clarify who was smearing a girl’s character and reputation, tarnishing the honor of an ordinary student, and attempting to destroy her hard-earned efforts.

The entire school was abuzz with discussions about the matter.

"Did you guys see the statement the school released?"

"I saw it, and I watched the video too. Our classmates from the computer science department specifically checked it, and the only editing trace is that there should be content after the video, but it was cut off."

"The content after probably involves them calling the police or something. I saw a photo in the forum post from this morning that framed Lu Youxi; it showed her getting into a police car."

"That’s likely. A senior from computer science also said the content was probably cut for safety reasons, as it may involve personal information."

"The part of the video released by the school shows no sign of tampering, meaning the content in the video is one hundred percent true."

"Putting aside everything else, just Lu Youxi throwing wine in the guy’s face and cursing in anger shows she didn’t rely on her body to conduct business."

"Absolutely, and between you and me, I found the wine-throwing part really satisfying. After I watched the subsequent part, I rewatched the beginning and realized Lu Youxi had been tolerating from the start. She had wanted to douse that guy long before."

"True, but did you guys notice, that President Fang in the video looks like the same person from the shopping mall photo?"

"Yes, the school’s statement also mentioned that President Fang is the village chief from Lu Youxi’s village, coming specifically to help her sell their village’s rice."

"To facilitate reputation for the negotiations, Lu Youxi gave the village chief a title of general manager."

"Yeah, so that explains it. Coming from Xing Village to the Imperial Capital to negotiate, his rural clothes definitely wouldn’t have been appropriate."