Reborn to My Engagement Night

Chapter 105 Drowning In Criticism

Scandal after scandal was brought to light relentlessly.

The comments on the forum were simply spectacular.

At first, everyone was united in their animosity, relentlessly attacking Jillian.

Later on, the target of the attacks became Ruth.

Then, Jillian was vindicated, while Ruth was expelled from the school.

Following that, the focus of the attack swiftly shifted to Janessa.

News of these events even reached other schools, becoming the hot topic of conversation among everyone.

Janessa’s once pure and innocent image had been destroyed.

Meanwhile, Janessa and Christopher were together at a coffee shop by the school entrance, enjoying their coffee.

Upon seeing the news explode, Janessa was instantly infuriated.

In a fit of rage, she slammed her phone down hard on the table.

“Outrageous!” she exclaimed in anger.

The coffee shop was already a quiet place, so the noise instantly drew the attention of everyone around.

Someone shook their head, commenting, “This woman really lacks class.”

As if Janessa could find the energy to care about all those things. She was practically fuming with frustration.

Ever since Jillian’s incident, she had been living on tenterhooks with the journalists intruding out of nowhere.

She could only watch as Ruth’s affairs were exposed, causing a major uproar on the internet.

Ruth had been expelled from the school and stripped of her teaching credentials for life.

This clearly showed just how formidable the power of the internet was!

Hence, for the past couple of days, Janessa had been feeling deeply ill at ease.

What if someone were to expose her too? Her life would be over!

Despite everything, in the end, there was no escape!

Upon thinking about this, Janessa couldn’t help but feel angry.

“Who on earth is it, insisting on wiping us all out like this? It’s one thing to not spare Ruth, but they’re not even letting me off the hook!”

Upon hearing this, Christopher also found the whole situation to be quite peculiar.

And so, he voiced his thoughts, “I believe there’s definitely something off about this.”

“What do you mean?” Janessa asked.

After a moment of thought, Christopher reasoned, “Think about it, wasn’t Jillian closest to Madelyn at school? That day on the podium, when she mentioned the friend she wanted to thank, who else could it be but Madelyn? Moreover, Yadiel had lent a helping hand behind the scenes regarding this incident, and he’s also Madelyn’s childhood friend. As for the chief editor of the City Express News, her name is Ivy Fuller. She’s the younger sister of Yadiel and shares a close relationship with Madelyn too. Did you notice? No matter how you look at it, Madelyn seems to be inextricably linked to everything. Could there be a possibility…”

“Wait!” At that moment, Janessa suddenly interrupted.

She went on cautiously, “You’re right, no matter how you look at it, Madelyn is definitely involved in this. She must have been assisting Jillian quite a bit! Even so…”

Janessa still found it a bit hard to believe.

“From my many years of knowing Madelyn, she’s totally not the type to have such a mindset! All along, she was never the sharpest tool in the shed, both intellectually and emotionally. She even considered me her closest friend. How could she possibly come up with such a scheme to deliberately target me? No, it can’t possibly be her. She’s not that smart!”

After giving it some thought, Janessa found the idea implausible and allowed a look of disdain to paint her face.

How could Madelyn, that fool, possibly come up with these schemes against me? Impossible!

Then, Janessa continued to ponder. “So who could it be?”

Upon seeing her in such a state, Christopher couldn’t help but laugh.

“What are you laughing at?” Immediately, Janessa scolded with a playful annoyance, “Even in my current state, you can still manage to laugh. You really have no conscience.”

Christopher continued to laugh before carelessly saying, “Don’t you think that Madelyn has changed a lot during this period?”

Upon hearing these words, the expression on Janessa’s face instantly shifted.

He wasn’t wrong. Indeed, over this period of time, Madelyn had changed.

In the past, Madelyn would cling to her every single day.

Whether it was going out for a stroll or having a meal, she always insisted on Janessa accompanying her.

But now, Madelyn had gone an entire week without any contact with her.

Upon seeing Janessa in this state, Christopher couldn’t help but chuckle with amusement.

“How about it? Do you want to test the waters?”

Chapter 105 Drowning in Criticism

“How do we do that?” Janessa counter-questioned.

Christopher answered, “How else would you test the waters? Naturally, you’d have to get close to her and try to gauge her intentions.”

Unexpectedly, upon hearing these words, Janessa let out a deep sigh.

“Give me a break. How could I be in the mood for that right now? If you haven’t noticed, it feels like the entire school is ready to drown me in their criticism.”

In truth, that was actually the case.

Previously, Janessa had always been perceived as a pure, kind-hearted, and academically gifted girl by everyone.

Now that such a surprising scandal about her had been leaked, everyone had become extremely repulsed by her.

No one had expected her innocence was all just an act.

The level of disgust felt was akin to the revulsion of having swallowed a fly.

Nowadays, no matter where Janessa went, she was met with disdain and scorn.

This treatment was utterly different from the past when she was revered and admired by many.

Even at that moment, there were whispers of conversation from not too far.

“Look, that’s Janessa Sherritt. She’s two-faced, acting one way in front and another behind your back.”

“So, that’s what they call a scheming vixen!”

“Exactly! She usually puts on an act of being kind and clever, but in reality, who knows how malicious she is.”

“Goodness, it’s true that one cannot judge a book by its cover.”

Listening to these whispers, Janessa’s grip on the cup involuntarily tightened.

How infuriating!

Upon seeing this, Christopher seized the opportunity to ask, “Do you really not plan on testing Madelyn?”

Originally, Janessa was quite disdainful, but at this moment, she was seething with anger.

Of course, she would investigate!

If Janessa were to find out that Madelyn was truly behind this, she wouldn’t let her off the hook.

It was the weekend.

Several days had passed since the apology ceremony, and Madelyn finally headed to school.

Chapter 105 Drowning in Criticism

Now that Ruth was gone, things finally felt much more peaceful.

Once classes let out in the afternoon, she planned to head straight to the combat training center.

After all, due to her hand injury, it had been quite a few days since her last visit.

Her hand was nearly healed now, so she planned to resume training.

Jillian was walking with her.

“Madelyn, don’t forget to come over for dinner at my place tonight. My mom has prepared a lot of delicious food. We can really feast ourselves.”

Madelyn responded with a playful smile, “Of course, there’s free food, I’ll definitely be there.”

“That’s a relief. My mom has been nagging me about this for quite some time. She’s been acting as if I’ve been deliberately not inviting you over. I feel so wronged,” Jillian voiced her complaints while frowning.

Her demeanor had Madelyn smiling in relief.

After what happened, she noticed that Jillian seemed to have become more cheerful.

And so, the two of them continued chatting as they walked.

At that moment, Janessa suddenly chased after them from behind. “Madelyn!”