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Chapter 375 Work Assignment?

Professor Liao, who usually doesn't concern himself with mundane matters, said earnestly, "Ting Nan, I'll talk to the Dean of Students and ask him to investigate as soon as possible. We can't let it affect your job assignment after graduation."

Li Yuxuan exclaimed, "Work assignment? Professor, do you think this is their real purpose? Is my junior sister really in my way?"

"I'm not sure. I'm just analyzing her motives. Even if Nan doesn't assign jobs, I can still find her one, but it would deviate from her intended path," Professor Liao stated objectively.

Everyone fell silent. After five years of schooling, if the school didn't provide her with a job because of this—a situation commonly known as "receiving a government job"—then Tingnan's future would be bleak. She would be excluded from any promotions or evaluations, let alone overseas business trips. Because of the blemish on her record, she would face discrimination in her daily work and life. The other party was truly malicious.

Song Tingnan was shocked by everyone's analysis. She had initially dismissed it, but now she had to take it seriously. Otherwise, how could she face her father, her master, her relatives and friends who had high hopes for her, and the friends and children who idolized her?

Song Tingnan cleared her throat, breaking the silence. "Teacher, thank you for reminding me. It made me realize the seriousness of the matter. I was thinking you could talk to the director and start with the photos? Not many of us students have cameras these days. Even if he borrowed it, the photos still need to be developed at a photo studio. It's not like we can just set up a darkroom ourselves, is it?" Song Tingnan had been thinking about this for the past few days. Nowadays, people usually take photos at photo studios, so following that line of inquiry should narrow down the scope considerably.

“Oh right, how come I didn’t think of that? We should also pay more attention to which classmates have cameras, find out if anyone has left the school recently, and send people to check each photo studio one by one…” Jin Suoyin hurriedly ran out and made a few phone calls. He said he had to make use of his father’s resources as well.

Li Yuxuan used his good relationships with others to get his friends to go into each dormitory to inquire. In the end, after everything was assigned, Ting Nan felt like there was nothing left for her to do.

After hearing all the gossip, Tingnan was naturally in a bad mood. Although she often heard those aunts and uncles gossiping and spreading rumors in the countryside, she thought that as long as she stayed away, it would be fine. She even made up her mind not to marry into the countryside.

But even in this prestigious academy, a group of privileged students were spewing insults at her, and some of those insults even landed on her.

This disgusting feeling, and she still couldn't suppress it? She now understood even more clearly that the other party wanted to ruin her future and crush her into the dust. Song Tingnan looked up at the sky, which was dark and gloomy. It felt as if a demon was about to tear out of her heart. She looked at her fists and felt an urge to hit someone without thinking.

But everyone around her believed her so readily; even her teachers didn't question the man in the photo before unconditionally trusting her. Song Tingnan forced herself to calm down, asked for leave, and left the school.

She wasn't without suspects. Her first suspect was Xia Jiaoyang and her admirer, from her previous Russian class, with whom she had argued. But shouldn't such a dispute have taken so long to provoke retaliation? Could it be that, as Uncle Qin said, she was petty and held grudges?

There's also the recent controversy surrounding her internship at a tourist attraction, but she didn't harm any of her classmates' interests in that matter, did she? Ting Nan couldn't understand it. The enemy agents from that summer wouldn't have been targeting a student like her for so long, and then resorting to such a tactic to ruin her reputation, would they?

Song Tingnan shook her head, feeling a terrible headache, and continued walking forward, unaware that an even greater conspiracy awaited her.