Face-to-face accusations and exposures, disregarding any personal relationships or social niceties, not giving anyone a way out - in the adult world, encountering such a situation, wouldn't you find it awkward?
At any rate, Ji Fei wasn't embarrassed. After speaking, she adopted an attitude of "do as you see fit."
Qin Zhao suppressed a smile, covering his mouth, while Qin Rong's eyes lit up with excitement.
Pei Mingxuan, however, wanted to facepalm. As a manager, she hated unexpected situations the most.
But... it seemed like an opportunity to create some buzz.
Yu Rouyin looked at Ji Fei in shock. So she had been in the bathroom too and heard those conversations, which was why she asked this question?
No one expected to encounter such drama today, to get such juicy gossip. Whether true or false, it was quite explosive.
The three girls' faces kept changing colors, clearly frightened out of their wits.
"This is complete nonsense! What are you talking about?" the Director angrily questioned.
The Producer also looked at the three with a cold expression. "You've got some nerve, making up stories about us in our own show? Do you want to lose your jobs? Tell us, which of your eyes actually saw this?"
Two of the girls were already completely panicked. Although they couldn't produce ivory from their mouths, they were genuinely just listeners in this matter. So they quickly pushed the girl in the middle forward.
She was the one who claimed to have seen it with her own eyes.
But at this moment, where would the girl have the courage to gossip recklessly? She could only speak vaguely: "Teacher Ji must have misheard. How could our Director and Producer possibly have any improper relationship with Teacher Yu?"
"Are you suggesting that I, at such a young age, already have hearing problems? But you were speaking so loudly!" Ji Fei said with a smile. "You clearly knew there might be people in the bathroom, yet you deliberately spoke so loudly. Wasn't it because you wanted it to spread, for more people to hear? I heard it very clearly, so why aren't you admitting it now?"
The girl's face turned extremely ugly, her eyes reddening. She looked at Ji Fei with a mixture of grievance and panic, as if Ji Fei was bullying her using her status.
"I really didn't say anything..." If she admitted it, she would be completely finished. She didn't understand why someone of Ji Fei's status would pick on a young girl like her. It felt like too much bullying.
[Laughing to death, how did she become the victim? I get it, she thinks that even if I heard it, I should have kept it to myself and secretly plotted against Yu Rouyin, right? That's why she spread rumors so recklessly?]
Qin Zhao and Qin Rong: Tsk tsk tsk, what a despicable person!
"You clearly said you saw Teacher Yu go into the rest area where the Director and Producer were..." Ji Fei asked amusedly.
The girl's face turned deathly pale. She quickly waved her hands and said, "How is that possible? I've been by the Director's side the whole time. Teacher Yu has never met with the Director and Producer alone, so I couldn't possibly have said such things. Please, Teacher Ji, don't make things difficult for me."
When the girl said this, the expressions of the two girls beside her changed. But they had no choice but to go along with her words.
"Teacher Ji, it's all our fault for chatting carelessly. We didn't explain clearly and caused you to misunderstand. We're really sorry."
"Yes, we apologize to you. Our production team will definitely ensure the fairness of the competition."
Ji Fei knew they were trying to gloss over the matter.
"So you're certain that Teacher Yu hasn't done anything to seduce the Director and Producer for the sake of the competition? You've always known that Teacher Yu's behavior is above board?"
The three nodded in unison.
"That's strange then," Ji Fei said with a smile as she took out her phone.
The three were already sweating profusely, and at this moment they were stunned. It couldn't be what they were thinking, could it?
Sure enough, Ji Fei pulled up a secretly recorded video.
It was the most explosive part of their conversation in the bathroom.
In an instant, the three girls' faces changed dramatically, their eyes wide with shock.
"After all, to make an accusation, you need evidence, right?" Ji Fei clicked her tongue twice.
No one expected Ji Fei to have a video. Was she even more dedicated than paparazzi, to think of preserving evidence at the first opportunity?
The crystal-clear dialogue reached everyone's ears, and a gasp of surprise swept through the crowd.
Not only had they really said it, but it wasn't even secondhand information. She claimed to have seen it with her own eyes, making her almost a firsthand witness.
The Director and Producer's expressions became even more ferocious. They couldn't imagine when this rumor had started circulating and for how long.
For a moment, they had thought it might really be a misunderstanding, after all, these three were their assistants and should know their affairs clearly. Plus, they had no grudge against Yu Rouyin, so there was no reason to spread rumors.
Who would have thought there were people in this world who would make up stories out of thin air?
"You..." the Producer thundered in anger.
At this point, chaos broke out among the three.
"We don't know anything, we were just repeating what she said."
"This has nothing to do with us."
The girl in the middle was now pale as a sheet, her whole body trembling. She had originally thought she could minimize the situation, but now found herself cornered. Finally unable to hold back, she burst into tears.
But as soon as she started crying, the Director roared, "You have the nerve to cry? Why did you spread rumors about us? You said it yourself, you've been with us the whole time and never saw Teacher Yu approach us alone. How dare you tell such lies!"
The girl's legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground. At this point, she finally stopped trying to deny it, given the irrefutable evidence.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I really didn't mean to. I was just confused for a moment, I... I..."
The Director and Producer were furious, but faced with a young woman, they couldn't very well resort to physical violence.
Although they had received an apology and the air had been cleared, they would need to appease the guests next, and then deal with these three in private later.
But why did it still feel so unsatisfying? There was a strange feeling of having been splashed with dirty water.
"Don't apologize to us, you should be apologizing to Teacher Yu!" the Producer said impatiently.
The girl was completely flustered by now, doing whatever she was told. She quickly got up and bowed to Yu Rouyin, saying, "I'm sorry, Teacher Yu."
This action reminded people of some rumors. It was said that in the past, when people offended Yu Rouyin and apologized to her, she would always haughtily ignore them.
This gave people a bad impression. People generally don't think that not forgiving is a person's right; they tend to see it as being unrelenting even when in the right, or possibly not even being in the right, but just yielding to tyranny.
So Yu Rouyin gave the impression of being arrogant and abusing her beauty.
And now, hearing the apology, Yu Rouyin indeed didn't acknowledge it, and even showed a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth.
People felt the situation had become awkward again.
Yu Rouyin also realized that Ji Fei had deliberately spoken out directly to stop the rumors.
Ji Fei probably wanted to help her, and she was grateful, but... it was likely a wasted effort.
The rumor-mongers had admitted to spreading false information, but did it matter?
In the past, Yu Rouyin had never thought about confronting these issues. It wasn't out of weakness. Because even if she confronted them and revealed the so-called truth, it wouldn't make any difference.
Yu Rouyin's gaze swept across the onlookers.
In fact, those familiar with the Director and Producer felt this rumor was quite absurd and didn't believe it from the start, knowing the Director and Producer would never do such things. Even Madam Zong understood it was impossible, otherwise she wouldn't have backed down earlier.
But those unfamiliar with them were just watching for the drama.
As the drama reached this point, they exchanged glances, everything understood without words... When they left this place, they would have plenty to gossip about.
Everything was still the same, nothing had changed.
