After that, during military training, every time Yi Roujing returned to the dormitory, she noticeably found that Deng Yiyi talked less, especially towards her, which was a relief.

However, on the ninth day of military training, Yi Roujing felt the furtive glances and whispers from others. As she just walked onto the training field, all the classmates looked at her in unison, with eyes filled with disdain, interest, contempt, mockery, disappointment... Anyway, different people had different views about her, which was interesting. What had happened?

Standing behind Yi Roujing were Ren Xuejuan and a few other roommates. They ate and lived with Yi Roujing and were also puzzled by the current situation. Gong Jue’e couldn’t hold back.

"What are you looking at, what are you looking at, what’s with the looks, why are you staring at us like that?"

"Old Six, don’t say anything." Zhang Mengdi tugged at Gong Jue’e’s hem, gently saying, "It’s not good for Roujing."

Yi Roujing turned back and smiled at Zhang Mengdi, it seemed this person knew what was going on.

"You dared to do it, why not let people talk about it." The speaker was a girl from their dormitory but a different department. Yi Roujing had seen her in the dorm, but since their beds were not close, she really didn’t know who she was or her name.

"Dacui, you..." Zhang Mengdi wanted to intervene, but the distance was too far, so she just waved her hand, which was purely hypocritical. Yi Roujing couldn’t stand it anymore.

"What did I do?" Yi Roujing asked calmly.

"You seducing people and still have the nerve to let us voice it."

Yi Roujing blinked, really didn’t expect it to be this matter. Could it be that the scene where Xu Ancheng kissed her was seen by someone? This had brewed for quite a while, even though it happened four days ago, and it spread so widely too.

"When did it happen, who was the other party?" Yi Roujing continued to ask, "How come I didn’t know I’d done such a thing."

"Hmph, thought we didn’t know, huh? It was with your husband that you used means to marry successfully. I heard your reputation wasn’t so good before you got married, and you liked to eat well, dress well, look like a mistress." Dacui sneered with contempt.

Yi Roujing laughed, "Heard? I come from a small town in the south, how could matters at my home be spread to Jing City? With such a long distance, rumors passed by word of mouth, and you blindly believe them. An old saying goes that rumors stop at the wise. How would students from Jing University make such a mistake?"

"You—"

"Do you have evidence?" Yi Roujing looked directly at Dacui and asked, "How did I use means to get married with my husband? Did he admit it himself? And how do you know what kind of life I lived before marrying? Don’t just make assumptions from bits of information; it makes you look very unintelligent."

"Oh, do you understand what intelligence means?" Yi Roujing raised an eyebrow and smiled, "It means being stupid or foolish."

"Dacui, I said not to blindly believe what others say, you..." The girl next to Dacui tugged at her and whispered.

"She uses sanitary pads that cost a pack of one and a half yuan, we all saw it with our own eyes, she can’t deny it." Dacui shouted loudly.

"I really didn’t expect you to talk about such private matters of a female classmate. You are truly scary." Yi Roujing looked at Dacui in disbelief.

"Everyone buys life essentials based on their economic conditions. You can’t have an issue with me just because I use better ones, are you treating money as dirt, or are you jealous of me?" After Yi Roujing said this, the surrounding people started discussing again.

"I didn’t spend your money, didn’t use your voucher, haven’t asked to borrow any money or things from you. Why do you feel entitled to make comments on how I live, who are you?" Yi Roujing stepped forward and questioned Dacui.

"Neither my husband’s family nor my birth family finds any issue, but to you, everything is a problem. Who are you?" Yi Roujing stared fixedly at Dacui, leaving Dacui turn pale and red alternately.

"You believed so many rumors. Didn’t you hear about what’s true?" Yi Roujing suddenly smiled, "Besides being capable and a great student, I’m reasonable too. If no one provokes me, I won’t provoke them. But if someone dares to provoke me, I’ll confront them with reason, see, you’ve already lost your ground, haven’t you?"

"I..." Dacui was left speechless by the retort.

"I think this female student has a problem with her mindset." Hua Yiran stepped out and said, "The items you mentioned that female students should use, I also use the same ones as Yi Roujing."

"Me too." Wang Ruohua, Le Xinxin, and Zhang Yaen also stepped out.

"I think there are other female students with permissible family conditions who also use them."

Dacui was really frightened this time, her legs gave out, and she sat on the ground.

"I think everyone has a misunderstanding about Yi Roujing." Ren Xuejuan rarely spoke loudly, "A few days ago, on the 16th, Yi Roujing’s husband, a teacher at our Jing University, came to inspect and research our military training situation. He also brought home-cooked food for Yi Roujing, which they happily had during the lunch break."

"This shows that Yi Roujing and her husband are true partners in life, totally disproving that classmate’s speculation." Ren Xuejuan said firmly, "Such insults to a classmate’s reputation are a disgrace to us new students at Jing University and cause us to doubt our supposedly bright future. So, Dacui, please apologize to Yi Roujing."

"Also please, the school should sanction those spreading rumors, so as not to discourage us students."

Yi Roujing was touched by how Ren Xuejuan, Hua Yiran, and others stood up for her. Indeed, there are many good classmates around.

This matter finally came to a close with a statement from the person in charge of the military training. Li Dacui apologized to Yi Roujing in front of all the freshmen, and the school also said they would investigate how such rumors spread. Since Yi Roujing’s husband is a teacher at Jing University, the simultaneous damage to the reputations of teacher and student is a serious matter, and they will treat it seriously.

Because of this incident, Yi Roujing’s name spread quickly among the freshmen. Most sympathized with her ordeal, but some, with dark hearts, believed there is no smoke without fire.

Yi Roujing handled such matters well, not taking them to heart, but it was strange who exactly spread the rumors.

Under the camphor tree behind the dormitory building in the camp, Hua Yiran looked at Deng Yiyi, who leaned against the tree trunk with an air of contentment, frowning, "How much did you have to do with today’s events?"