Zheng Jinyu looked at Zhou Yan in shock, and said in a shrill voice: "What nonsense are you talking about! When did I ever harm Yujun..."
"You have!"
Zhou Yan bit her lower lip and said, "You don't know! Yujun has written to me from time to time over the years, but... I have never replied to her...
At first, she just told me some daily trivial matters in her letters and asked me when I would be willing to talk to her. Later, perhaps because she saw that I never replied to her, the contents of her letters became more and more complicated, as if she didn't need me to reply, and just wanted to take this opportunity to speak her mind...
She said that although Miss Zheng Wu treated her very well, she always felt that Miss Zheng Wu's attitude towards her was not as intimate as that towards Miss Sang and the others. She could not get involved in the topics they talked about. Miss Zheng Wu and the others often left her aside and talked about their own things. Miss Zheng Wu would only be extra nice and intimate to her when she needed something from her...
She felt something was a little strange and uncomfortable, but she didn't want to think badly of Miss Zheng Wu! "
Su Liuyue's eyes darkened slightly when she heard this.
Ye Yujun must have realized that Zheng Jinyu had actually been using her, but she just didn't want to believe it.
This morning, when she was told that Zheng Jinyu and she were not real friends, she became extremely excited and even a little stressed, which was actually a sign of guilt.
If she was so confident about her friendship with Zheng Jinyu, why would she refute her so excitedly?
Zhou Yan continued, "In the later letters, she said that recently more and more girls seemed to have noticed what Miss Zheng Wu had done to them in secret before, and they were secretly saying bad things about Miss Zheng Wu behind her back. Miss Zheng Wu found out and was very angry. She kept saying that there must be a spy around her and that it must be that person who told her story.
After that, Miss Zheng Wu would occasionally warn Yu Jun, explicitly or implicitly, not to tell anyone about what happened between them. Yu Jun sounded very aggrieved in her letters. She said that she had obviously done her best to be nice to Miss Zheng Wu, and she was not an ungrateful person, so how could she tell anyone about what happened between them?
She also said that she was really afraid that Miss Zheng Wu would misunderstand her and then never play with her again..."
Zheng Jinyu opened her mouth anxiously and said, "I... I did say those words to Yujun, but I also said the same words to my good friends, Qiaoqiao and Nianrou! Ask Qiaoqiao and Nianrou, they know it all!
Mainly...mainly a while ago, there were suddenly a lot of people around me gossiping about me behind my back. Of course, most of the things they spread were not true! But some of the things that really happened should not be known by anyone except a few people around me who are close to me. When I thought that someone might tell these things behind my back, I was very unhappy. Who can be happy about this? !
But Yujun swore to me that she didn’t tell anyone about those things, so I didn’t hold her accountable! Of course… of course I also hope that my friends around me haven’t betrayed me…”
Sancho nodded and said, "Yes, Jinyu did say something similar to us, and we swore an oath."
Song Nianrou also said: "I don't think there is anything wrong with Jinyu doing this. If someone has been secretly telling others about my private affairs, I would also be angry and want to find that person."
Su Liuyue looked at Zheng Jinyu, "After that, you didn't care about that matter anymore?"
Zheng Jinyu bit her lip and said, "I...I have been asking people to secretly investigate this matter, but so far I have not been able to find out who is spreading those rumors..."
"That's not a rumor!"
Zhou Yan suddenly said excitedly: "You know very well that what those people said behind your back was the things you secretly planned to bully others before! It is precisely because those things are true that you are so angry. Yujun said in the letter that when those things first came out, you were so angry that you smashed nearly half of the things in the room!"
When Su Liuyue heard this, she couldn't help but secretly twitch the corners of her mouth.
Ye Yujun...actually told Zhou Yan all these things.
In fact, from a certain perspective, Zheng Jinyu was not wrong to suspect Ye Yujun. Ye Yujun could secretly tell her Zheng Jinyu's plan in the morning, and she could also tell others. Although her starting point was to help others, not to betray Zheng Jinyu, she did leak Zheng Jinyu's secret.
Perhaps even Ye Yujun herself did not realize that deep in her heart, she had never regarded Zheng Jinyu as a true friend. Only sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity. If Ye Yujun could still be loyal to Zheng Jinyu without any reservations, it would not be in line with human nature.
In Ye Yujun's eyes, Zheng Jinyu was more like her shelter and dependence. With her around, she would no longer be bullied by others, and she felt very safe. However, she mistook such safety for friendship.
Sure enough, when Zheng Jinyu heard Zhou Yan say this, his eyes widened in disbelief.
Zhou Yan gritted her teeth and continued, "At that time, I was actually a little worried about Yujun, but she and I had been in a cold war for so many years, and I couldn't let go of my pride and take the initiative to talk to her.
Until today, when I came to this villa, I suddenly found a note in my room..."
Everyone's face turned grim.
Another note!
"The note was written on the same paper that Yujun often used, and there were only two words written on it - Lotus Appreciation Feast, Save Me.
In addition, there was some powder wrapped in the note! I didn’t know what the powder was. After that, I secretly took it to ask Doctor Chang, and Doctor Chang said that it was a strong laxative…”
Everyone was shocked again.
Almost instantly, everyone remembered the girls who had suddenly suffered from stomachaches and were unable to perform on stage at the Lotus Viewing Banquet.
At that time, they said that they suddenly had abdominal pain because they drank the fruit wine that Ye Yujun gave them. Later, Ye Yujun said that this might be because she accidentally used stale fruits when brewing the fruit wine, which caused this situation. Because she also drank the fruit wine, she had a stomachache and could not perform on stage. Even if everyone was angry, they didn't know what to say.
After all, she didn't mean it, so what could they blame her for?
Not to mention that Ye Yujun's character is timid and weak. When confronted with her, she would only lower her head and say sorry in a crying voice. It was like a punch into cotton. Not only did she not feel that she had gotten any justice, but she felt even more aggrieved.
Fortunately, Princess Changxi later said that she would find another opportunity for them to perform, and the girls who had been tricked were able to swallow their anger.
At this moment, she wrote a note to Zhou Yan that was full of strong suggestive meaning.
It was obvious that Zheng Jinyu forced her to do what happened at the Lotus Appreciation Banquet. She felt some danger, so she wrote a note to Zhou Yan for help!
Zheng Jinyu was so frightened that his legs went limp. He shook his head desperately and said, "No, no, you are slandering me! The abdominal pain of those women at the lotus viewing banquet has nothing to do with me..." (End of this chapter)