novelaction Chapter 419 Rumors 4
Chapter 419 Rumors 4
"Little Fish! We're here to protect you today!" Zhou Yueling clenched her fists and shook her arms.
Chen Shiya: "Don't worry, even bad people can't hurt you."
Zhang Xiaoyu smiled at them and said, "Thank you!"
Xia Yiqing: "This kind of thing is really scary, especially the current online bullying, which is terrible. That person definitely has bad intentions, and we need to get the police to catch him as soon as possible."
Zhang Xiaoyu nodded: "I'll call the police after this class."
Zhou Yueling laughed: "We have to finish class first, Xiaoyu, you take class too seriously."
Zhang Xiaoyu: "I felt that since I had already waited all night, a little more time wouldn't make a difference."
Chen Shiya: "Okay, then let's go to class first, and then I'll go with you to call the police."
Zhang Xiaoyu was very nervous the whole way, worried that many people would point and whisper about her. But her worries seemed unnecessary; the students on the road didn't pay any attention to her, and everything was the same as usual.
"Little Fish, what are you looking at?" Zhou Yueling asked.
Zhang Xiaoyu: "Didn't my video get posted online? I thought everyone at school knew about it, and I was worried they would pay too much attention to me. Now it seems I was overthinking it."
"You were also captured on video, I'm really sorry."
Zhou Yueling shook her head: "It's okay, it's okay, we are all victims, how could this be your fault? Besides, now that the video has been released, most people are ignoring us and talking about you."
Chen Shiya: "Besides Xiaoyu, everyone is saying that Yiqing is very pretty. But it seems that the news of your live stream has also been leaked."
Zhang Xiaoyu frowned: "From last night until now, all my chat accounts have received a huge number of private messages, and I don't dare to look at them."
Xia Yiqing shrugged: "My live streaming account has also gained a lot of followers and private messages, but most of them are asking about you, Xiaoyu."
At this moment, Zhou Yueling and Chen Shiya nodded in agreement: "Our accounts are the same, especially people from school, whether we know them or not, they're all asking about Xiaoyu! They're super curious about you, even asking how much money you've made. They're all surprised that live streaming is really so profitable, and they want to try it too."
Of course, there were also some harsh comments, such as that this was pandering to men and selling one's dignity, and some even said that the money must be dirty, and that they were trying to find out if Xiaoyu had stayed out all night before. These disgusting people were blocked by them.
Zhou Yueling scratched her head. "Xiaoyu, I don't think these strangers you meet on the road might recognize you, but many people in our class and college definitely do."
Furthermore, not everyone in the same class or college is a good person. In fact, some people are even more malicious just because they live too close to each other.
Zhang Xiaoyu pursed her lips: "Actually, if I had continued streaming, I might have been recognized eventually, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly."
Sure enough, when she arrived at the classroom, many people immediately looked at her. Zhang Xiaoyu had never been so eye-catching before.
Many people were staring at her and gossiping about her with their friends.
"That's her. I heard her live streams are super popular."
"I know, I've seen her live stream videos online. She used beauty filters, so I wouldn't recognize her in real life."
"What's so special about that? She's earned tens of millions from her live streams!"
"What?! Really? Someone who looks like that can earn tens of millions?! I want to go live streaming too!"
"Hehe, you can give it a try, but I heard that she makes money by stealing big spenders from other streamers."
"Steal your older brother? What do you mean?"
"It's because other streamers have wealthy fans who do their homework, send them photos, or even meet them offline. That way, those fans will start gifting them money."
"No wonder they make so much money! I knew that industries that make so much money are like that, tsk tsk."
"Forget it, I can't make that kind of money."
"But I can't believe it. She seems so quiet and reserved, yet..."
"Do you know what it means to know someone's face but not their heart? I have a distant relative who got into a prestigious university, but ended up becoming her boss's mistress. I heard he gives her a hundred a year."
Wow, really?
When Zhang Xiaoyu looked up, she felt like everyone was looking at her.
"Xiaoyu, let's sit here. You can sit inside by the wall." Zhou Yueling pulled her inside.
Chen Shiya asked with concern, "Xiaoyu, are you alright?"
Zhang Xiaoyu shook her head: "I'm fine."
"Zhang Xiaoyu, I didn't realize you were such a good streamer! I never watched streams before, but after watching this one, I realized you're really popular." The speaker was a boy in the class with whom they didn't usually interact.
As soon as he spoke, several boys and girls who were already very curious gathered around.
They were all very curious about her live stream and asked her a lot of questions.
The most frequently asked question is, of course, whether they can also do live streaming.
Zhang Xiaoyu replied, "Of course you can broadcast if you want; you can do a live stream as long as you have a mobile phone."
"Can we make money like you? No, we don't need to make money like you. Making tens of thousands a month is enough."
"I only need to earn a few thousand!"
"Xiaoyu, teach us how to do a live stream! We're all classmates, so don't keep it from us."
"That's right, that's right. I'll definitely treat you to a big meal when I make money in the future."
Zhang Xiaoyu: "..." They weren't familiar with each other at all, yet he suddenly called her Xiaoyu?
And if she said this industry depends on luck, would they believe her? They might think she's just giving them a vague answer and doesn't want to tell them the truth.
Zhou Yueling stood up: "If there were a secret to making money, would I not know it? You guys should think about it yourselves first. You can do live streaming anytime, anyone can do it. But if you want to make money, it depends on whether God will be willing to give you the talent. Back then, three of us in the dorm did live streaming, but only Xiaoyu and Yiqing have persisted until now. I streamed for two whole weeks, do you know how much I made?"
Someone asked curiously, "You did live streams back then too?"
"real or fake?"
"Xia Yiqing is also live streaming? I thought it was only Zhang Xiaoyu."
"Tell me quickly, how much did you earn?"
Zhou Yueling held up her finger: "I earned twenty yuan in two weeks of live streaming!"
"so little?"
"Then why do your other two roommates earn so much?"
Zhou Yueling: "This is already quite a lot. Some streamers don't earn a single cent. It depends on luck, or looks. My two roommates, Yiqing is beautiful, and Xiaoyu is incredibly lucky. What do you guys have? Anyway, I don't fit into either category, so I gave up early on."
One of the eavesdroppers couldn't help but sneer, "I heard that as long as you know how to steal, you can make a fortune? Is it just good luck? Or is it that a low moral standard allows you to earn this kind of money?"
"Exactly, some people are taking us for fools."
"These days, money isn't so easy to make. The easy ways to make money are all written in the law."
"I knew she wouldn't tell."
"Now that things have been exposed, it has ruined our school's reputation and dragged me, an innocent person, into it."
"Hmph, I feel uncomfortable even taking classes with someone like that."
Zhang Xiaoyu retorted, "Many live streamers have also made money; I'm not the only one. If it were truly illegal, how could so many people be openly live streaming like this?"
Zhou Yueling instantly got angry and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense! All of that online is fake! Someone is jealous of Xiaoyu and deliberately took photos without her knowledge. We will call the police soon and catch that person!"
Chen Shiya also defended Xiaoyu, saying, "Xiaoyu is the victim."
Xia Yiqing: "It's clearly someone else who did something wrong. If you want to make money and do live streaming, go try it yourselves. Are you just going to be jealous of others?"
"I believe Xiaoyu is definitely not that kind of person."
"That's right, we're all classmates, why say such nasty things?"
Several girls in the class, including Lin Zheng, also spoke up for Zhang Xiaoyu, and other classmates were also swayed to join the argument. Overall, those who spent more time with Zhang Xiaoyu in the class still believed in her.
However, there are also many people who only attend classes in the same classroom once or twice a week, and those people just watch for fun.
Zhang Xiaoyu found the class unbearable, but it was finally over.
Zhou Yueling and the others accompanied Zhang Xiaoyu as she left.
"Little Fish, hurry up and call the police! I can't wait to help you catch that boy. I'll check the security footage for you later; I have a really good eye."
Zhang Xiaoyu nodded. She was a little nervous when she dialed the number, but it wasn't as difficult as she had thought to tell the whole story.
Within twenty minutes, police cars entered the school, attracting the attention of others.
Ultimately, this attracted the attention of school leaders, and the counselor also rushed over quickly.
"If you want to see the surveillance footage, you can tell the teacher. How do you call the police?"
Zhou Yueling said loudly, "Because that boy went too far! How could he just take pictures of people without their consent and then upload them online to spread rumors? That's illegal! Of course, the police should come and teach him a lesson!"
They remembered the time and place, and also identified the suspect, quickly finding the boy in the surveillance footage.
"it's him!"
"This guy was definitely taking pictures secretly!"
"And he even followed us the whole way!"
Looking at the surveillance footage, they realized he had been following them all along, so there was no doubt about it. The key was to find out the boy's information.
The message was sent to various group chats by counselors from different colleges, and onlookers quickly recognized the boy. He was actually in the same college as Zhang Xiaoyu, but a different major, making him a third-year student.
With the help of a teacher, they quickly located the man named Meng Zhan. He seemed startled when he saw the police and shouted, "I haven't broken the law!"
Zhang Xiaoyu looked at him: "You filmed me, didn't you? We saw it on the surveillance footage. Did you also post the information I exposed online? What you did is illegal."
Meng Zhan stubbornly refused to admit it: "It wasn't me!"
They eventually went to the police station to give statements, and when the surveillance video was presented, Meng Zhan finally admitted that he had filmed it.
Zhang Xiaoyu also learned the reason; it was indeed related to her live stream. Unexpectedly, another person, Yan Ruyu, was also involved.
Meng Zhan said he likes watching live streams, and he is also a fan of Yan Ruyu and has watched Zhang Xiaoyu's live streams.
Because he was a teaching assistant for another class, which often attended classes with Zhang Xiaoyu and her classmates, he had seen Zhang Xiaoyu several times.
"At first, I just thought you looked a bit like that little fish streamer on the internet. I really didn't recognize you."
"Later, I watched Yan Ruyu's live stream, and many people mentioned you. So I sent a comment saying that you look a bit like a girl I met at school."
"I never expected that someone would see my comment and chat with me, even asking about you. I told him it probably wasn't you, and then he started asking about my school, and what the girls' dorms were like. Then I found a picture of a female student and sent it to him, and when he compared it, he found that it matched!"
“I’m starting to get excited too. After all, you’re so popular on your online live streams, and it’s possible that you’re in the same college as me. Naturally, I’m a little curious. The person I was chatting with was also very curious about you and asked me to find out more about you.”
"Then I learned your name and found that it was the same as that streamer's. And if you look closely, you really do look more and more alike. I showed the photo to that person, and he said it was you."
Zhang Xiaoyu: "And then you secretly took pictures of me? And exposed my personal information?"
Zhou Yueling: "This is too much!"
Meng Zhan quickly shook his head. He was already in the police station and was terrified. Of course, he wanted to explain things clearly.
“I inquired about you a lot, just to satisfy my curiosity, and then I told a few of my friends. But that person suddenly said that if he told him about you, he could give me a reward.”
Meng Zhan was tempted by such a simple offer, because it was just a small favor for him, and the person was willing to give him five hundred yuan. If he were to film a video, they could give him another five hundred.
He figured it wasn't a difficult task, and he could even earn a thousand yuan for free, so he agreed.
He filmed the video, but he didn't upload it online. He only collected some of the information; that person probably asked others as well. Of course, he didn't post any of the rumors or offensive comments.
Zhang Xiaoyu: "Who is that person?"
Meng Zhan didn't know either; they had just met online and chatted casually.
After reviewing the chat logs provided by Meng Zhan, it's clear he wasn't lying. However, the person he was chatting with seemed to be using a secondary account; it was impossible to identify them.
It may be difficult to find.
The counselor tried to persuade Zhang Xiaoyu, hoping they could reconcile, otherwise Meng Zhan's criminal record would ruin his life.
Zhang Xiaoyu: "But if he hadn't sold my video to someone else, it wouldn't have been posted online."
Meng Zhan begged for forgiveness: "I was really wrong! I thought he was just curious about your real identity as a big streamer, I really didn't expect him to expose you! I can give you back that thousand yuan! And then give you another three thousand yuan! Please let me go, junior!"
Zhou Yueling said disdainfully, "You have the nerve to call yourself a senior now? Why didn't you think of that when you were selling yourself for money?"
"I'm sorry! I'll try my best to help you find that person!"
Zhang Xiaoyu couldn't bear the other person's apology, and the teacher also tried to persuade her. She finally agreed to a settlement, but the school had to give him a disciplinary warning as a lesson.
Zhang Xiaoyu pondered what to do, and then she thought of her boss. That account was on Starlight; perhaps the guild could get help from the platform.
She quickly sent the screenshot to the boss, hoping he would help her out!