Chapter 1000: Beautiful Girl (45)

At first, Chang Zhan's thoughts had been no different from everyone else's. He had assumed that she had climbed to the rooftop because the pressure had become unbearable and she wanted to end her life to escape from the world.

Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that she had come up here simply because standing higher would attract more attention.

The moment she took out the loudspeaker, he understood that she had never intended to jump.

At that time, he had thought she was using the loudspeaker to tell everyone that she had never done those things, to prove her innocence.

He had been wrong.

She had indeed stated that the rumors were false, but she had brushed past that point lightly.

Her real purpose was to notify everyone present:

You're being sued.

I'm suing all of you.

Yes, that was her true purpose.

A smile appeared in Chang Zhan's eyes as he stood quietly beside her, listening to her calm yet solemn voice. At that moment, there were no mathematical problems left in his eyes.

There was only her.

This courageous girl.

They had all underestimated her.

As she called out names one after another, someone in the crowd would suddenly pale and mutter in disbelief,

“Why am I on the list?”

Chang Zhan cast a casual glance at the speaker. The person would immediately cover their face and flee in disgrace.

He didn't believe they could escape.

Her preparations must have been thorough.

The list contained several thousand names, and Tang Guo read them out for a very long time. Every time she called someone's name, that person would slink away with their head lowered.

The reporters, however, were thrilled.

They eagerly recorded the entire spectacle.

Until Tang Guo eventually called out the names of several reporters who had fabricated rumors.

Their excitement instantly vanished.

Clutching their cameras, they hurried away in embarrassment.

To their surprise, some of their colleagues reacted even faster and immediately snapped photos of them.

Unwilling to suffer alone, they retaliated by taking pictures of each other, displaying a mentality of if we're going down, everyone goes down together.

At some point, a fine drizzle began to fall.

No one spoke anymore.

Only the voice of the girl holding the loudspeaker echoed through the air.

Those standing in the rain had no idea that this rain was far from ordinary.

Zuo Ran and Wei Liang squatted blankly on the ground, staring at the girl on the rooftop.

Compared to the girl they had known before, she seemed somehow different.

Bai Fei clenched her fists. Looking at those pale, ashen faces, she felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

“She thinks she can sue whoever she wants?” someone scoffed.

“Exactly. We haven't broken any laws. What can she possibly sue us for? Accuse us of spreading rumors? Does she even have evidence?”

At that moment, a long line of luxury cars came to a stop outside the school.

No one knew how many there were.

Car doors opened one after another, and men and women in immaculate suits stepped out with solemn expressions.

Some had Eastern features, some Western.

There were yellow-skinned, white-skinned, and black-skinned individuals.

Each of them carried a briefcase.

Beside every one of them stood an assistant of matching ethnicity, holding stacks upon stacks of thick documents.

The instant this group appeared, everyone's attention was drawn toward them.

They presented their credentials and announced that they were attorneys.

The case they had accepted belonged to Tang Guo, a student of this school.

Thus, the group marched into the campus and stopped beneath the building where Tang Guo stood.

“Miss Tang, everything has been prepared.”

“When would you like us to begin?”

Thirty lawyers.

Thirty assistants.

Those who had still harbored hopes of getting away with it stared at the unfamiliar scene in mounting panic. People with even a little experience recognized several of the world's top attorneys among them.

Their faces immediately turned deathly pale.

“Begin.”

Tang Guo's voice was cold and indifferent.