Chuzheng heard the rumors two days later.
The source of the news was the school's forum, where there was an anonymous post.
First, it was said that she was two-faced, behaving well at school but supposedly having a nasty temper in private.
They also leaked some miscellaneous things—not particularly malicious, but enough to spoil one's reputation.
The rumors became increasingly bizarre.
They morphed into stories of Chuzheng hanging out with unsavory characters off-campus.
They even posted a picture.
That was a photo of the original cosplaying; the photo itself was innocuous, showing a pure and cute girl, like someone out of a two-dimensional world.
The issue was the setting where the photo was taken, which wasn't at a convention-like venue but rather somewhere resembling a hotel...
Staying in a hotel isn't a big deal; who hasn't taken photos in a hotel?
The problem is the hotel's decor was suspicious, looking like one of those couple-themed rooms.
