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Chapter 333 A Tarnished Reputation

The posts detalled parts of my relationship with Leonard during our time at university.

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Of course, it painted me as the desperate woman who bent over backward to win his affection, relying on money to buy three years o Then, after running off with a scion, I chumped the handsome but broke Leonard.

I crawled back to him once Leonard's true identity was revealed, but the person he was truly in love with was Amelia.

The posts portrayed me as a manipulative bitch who used my friendship with Amelia to seduce Loonard. Now that Amelia was pregnant, I was supposedly trying to use malicious means to ensure both she and the baby perished. Such gossip was always a favorite among students.

Information barely flowed between countries, and nobody bothered to verify the truth

People simply wanted the tea. Whatever rumors were presented, they took it at face value. In short, my reputation was in tatters.

Astrid, who had been applying a facial mask, was furious when she saw the post.

"Is there no moderator on the university forum? How can such posts even be allowed? Eva, it has to be your ex-husband's mistress! Is she insane? Does she think everyone is stupid?"

As I read through the comments, it was clear there were indeed a lot of foolish people.

Online, people were just keyboard warriors; the truth was irrelevant as slinging insults was the priority.

Especially abroad, the hostility seemed to be heightened.

Once they found someone they deemed a "villain", they were eager to "seek justice".

If it weren't for my exposure on the forum, I wouldn't have realized how many derogatory terms and abbreviations existed to insult someone.

I turned off my phone and lay down on my bed.

"They're just nunars. There's no need to worry."

I initially thought the campus forum would have little impact. It was just a few hundred comments, after all, I didn't care.

Yet the next day, my professor notified me that I could no longer continue the project I had been working on. "Why? What did I do wrong?"

My hands trembled as I held my phone. The project was on the verge of success, and now, they were kicking me out. W able to graduate?

What about my credits? Was I still

The professor's tone was strained. "It's because of the posts on the forum... Eva, you should understand that the university cares about their Things have changed now.

"The university is taking this very seriously, Halting the project is the better option. If they want to have a talk... Well, you know how it goes."

reputation.

I wanted to say I didn't know anything, that I was completely in the dark. Why was I the one facing punishment for all these false claims online? But I said nothing and just quietly hung up the phone.

I had entered this university through "connections" and knew they wouldn't make exceptions for me

Astrid stormed back after finishing her project.

"They've gone mad. They actually believe what's on the internet? Steven a infuriates me! I'm going to look for Amelia,"

and a few others are mocking you. How can the professor believe them? It

"Astrid, don't go, I said calmly, feeling a lack of emotion in my gaze.

point in discussing something without evidence,

Anyone with half a brain knew who was behind this, but there was no poln

"Don't tell me you want to let her off the hooks

Astrid was genuinely angry. She grabbed her cost and prepared to leave.

No way! Eva, don't play the saint right now. Saints end up burned at the stake."

I pulled her back and made her sit down.

"Do you think I've just been crying in the dorm all morning? Take a look."

I handed her my phone, and as she read the content, her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked back at me.

"Are you going to do a livestream to clear your name? Do you have evidence already? That's fast!"

I nodded. "The way to stop rumors isn't to ignore them but to snuff them out at the source. If she's trampling over my head, she can't blame i targeting a pregnant woman."