Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

After searching for a long time without finding the hair clip, Xiao Lizhi simply gave up and sat down opposite Yu Zhe after taking a breath: "Brother Yu Zhe, you say, but I think they don't dare to act recklessly at this stage."

Zixiao thought so too. She had warned Xia Wenhan, and with Xiaolizhi putting pressure on them with the help of the student council, they should probably tone it down.

Yu Zhe finished speaking: "It's just to be on the safe side. Do you know anyone in the news department? If they make any moves, we can know immediately. In other words, we can develop an inside contact."

To be honest, it wouldn't be necessary to go through all this trouble. Yu Zhe could disband the news department with just a word, and then all this mess would be gone. But he can't. After all, there are nearly twenty people in the news department, and not everyone is looking to cause him trouble. Some members just want to carry out their club activities quietly.

So if you don't need to use the permissions, then don't. It's not a big deal to leave them around for now, as long as you don't post any more articles about him.

After hearing Yu Zhe's suggestion, Xiao Lizhi blinked, seemingly thinking for a while in her not-so-good little head, and then smiled and said, "Ah, that's true, but don't worry, Brother Yu Zhe. There's a first-year girl in the news department that I know. I've already told her to let me know if anything happens."

"I'll call this girl Xiaoguang. She seems to really admire the student council, so as the student council president, I promised her that if I helped her, she could intern at the student council, and she agreed to be my mole!"

"..."

Yu Zhe's first point of speechlessness was that no one was interested in the student council, which could keep people so busy they were practically brain-dead.

The second point, which is also what he cares about most, is: "Little Lychee...you're just pretending to be stupid, aren't you?"

Would an ordinary person make arrangements in advance to have inside help and outside protection?

Actually, that's not the case. Little Lizhi may indeed be very smart, but she is really silly in general. So why did she arrange things so well this time?

Without him,

Just because this matter involves her brother Yu Zhe, her little brain has to start working!

She scratched the back of her head a little embarrassedly: "Haha... No way, I'm not that stupid. Anyway, if anything happens that is not good for Brother Yuzhe, Xiaoguang will call me to report it immediately."

Isn't that a coincidence?

No sooner had she finished speaking than her cell phone rang in her jacket pocket.

Zixiao was speechless: "Could it be... such a coincidence?"

"Haha, how could that be? It might be my home phone, or maybe... um..."

When Xiao Lizhi took out her phone, she was stunned: "It's... Xiao Guang calling."

Yu Zhe laughed and said, "Don't just stand there, answer it."

As soon as Xiaolizhi pressed the answer button, a flustered voice came from the other end of the line.

"President! Something terrible has happened! Something's wrong!"

.................................... ..

Let's push the timeline forward a little.

About half an hour ago, in the activities room of the news department of Fenghai No.1 Middle School.

After lunch, the members of the news department who hadn't left the school received a notice to attend an impromptu meeting.

Club activities at Fenghai No.1 High School are credit-bearing, so everyone takes them quite seriously. There were at least a dozen people present, if not all members of the journalism department.

The contents of this impromptu meeting are still unknown, but it's probably about arranging the topic for the next article.

While the other members were discussing the matter, each contributing their own thoughts.

Even Xia Wenhan, the minister, looked completely bewildered in the front row.

Since she didn't arrange the meeting, she only came over to host it because she saw a notification in the group chat and since it was nearby.

The person who gave the assembly notice was a girl sitting two seats away to Xia Wenhan's right.

Zhang Miao, Deputy Director of the News Department.

Zhang Miao was a student who repeated a year of high school. Fenghai No.1 High School has excellent overall academic performance and good benefits, but this means that it is more difficult for students to get into higher education than other schools.

Even so, 99% of the students can successfully advance to the next grade. Clearly, Zhang Miao belongs to that 1% of poor students.

The problem is... she was a member of the news department when Xia Wenhan was a freshman and Zhang Miao was a sophomore.

As the most senior member of the news department, she certainly has a certain amount of influence.

These things weren't important; Xia Wenhan just wanted to know why she had suddenly called everyone to a meeting.

While everyone was still discussing, Xia Wenhan moved her seat and sat next to Zhang Miao, asking, "Why are we having a meeting in the middle of the day? Wasn't the next article already ordered?"

Xia Wenhan didn't want to deal with Zhang Miao. She was always very aggressive in her speech, and although she wasn't good-looking, she exuded a sharp and mean-spirited aura that made people reluctant to get close to her.

"Hey, Minister, what are you saying? Can't we hold a meeting in the middle of the day? Tsk tsk tsk, the news department has really deteriorated since the change of leadership. If it were the previous news department, they certainly wouldn't have said that we can't hold a meeting in the middle of the day."

“I didn’t say we couldn’t have a meeting at noon.” Xia Wenhan said, somewhat annoyed. “What I meant was, unless there’s something urgent, there’s no need to have everyone gather here at noon, since we have classes in the afternoon.”

“Yes, you’re right.” Zhang Miao looked around.

As more and more people arrived, she said to Xia Wenhan, "You said the topic for the next article has already been decided. If I'm not mistaken, it'll be about Su Yuzhe again, right?"

"Huh? Well... that's true, but so what?"

Hehe, this lovesick minister is easy to deal with.

Zhang Miao waved his hand: "Minister, if you ask me, the topic of your article should be scrapped immediately."

"You think it's null and void just like that?" Xia Wenhan was genuinely angry. She already had a bad temper, and Zhang Miao's words were truly infuriating.

“I’m not just saying this,” Zhang Miao smiled, “but if you asked other people to say it, they would probably agree with me.”

After she finished speaking, she clapped her hands, signaling everyone to look in her direction.

After everyone quieted down, Zhang Miao spoke in her somewhat shrill voice: "Listen up, everyone. The topics of our recent articles have been rather useless. Not to mention that the articles about Su Yuzhe were all intercepted by the student council, wasting all our efforts."

"Furthermore, I'm afraid all of this stems from Minister Xia's personal motives, isn't it? Minister Xia, the infatuated one?"

"you!"

Xia Wenhan was very embarrassed.

She slammed her hand on the table and stood up, her face even angrier.

The students in the department started whispering among themselves. They felt that everyone knew the department head had ulterior motives and wanted to please that young master. They figured it was nothing serious; they were all free anyway, and writing an article could earn them credits.

Zhang Miao exposed him in public, showing no respect for the minister, which is indeed quite annoying.

But Zhang Miao, who was somewhat annoying, didn't seem to care. She casually waved her hand in the air, gesturing for Xia Wenhan to sit down: "Alright, don't be so fierce. I know your purpose and what you want to do."

"Actually, I have a better way than your previous articles."

25. I'm really angry this time.

You have a better way.

To be honest, Xia Wenhan felt she was on the verge of exploding. No one wants to be exposed in public, especially not her, the newly appointed head of the news department.

So Xia Wenhan was truly impatient: "Zhang Miao, I'm warning you in my capacity as minister, don't rely on your seniority to speak recklessly. I might have had some personal motives before, but it didn't prevent everyone from getting credits. If anyone has a better article topic..."

"Feel free to bring it up for discussion; I have no objection."

Zhang Miao smiled to herself. This infatuated minister, who had no brains, had already taken the bait.

These members only care about academic credits; they don't care about the topic of the articles.

But for Zhang Miao, it was a different story.

"I've already told you, Minister, don't get so impatient all the time. It's really unsteady of you. I haven't finished speaking yet. My solution is a new article topic that can guarantee everyone's credits while also allowing you to achieve your goal. It's good for everyone, so why not?"

"you…"

Xia Wenhan was speechless. She had just said that others had articles on the topic that could be discussed, and Zhang Miao had already chimed in. There was no way to refute her.

She forced down her anger: "Fine, then tell me, what's the topic of your article?"

"Ha, wouldn't it have been better if you had said that earlier?"

After dealing with Xia Wenhan, Zhang Miao stood up, turned around, and faced the people in the news department.

She even moved a little closer to the stage.

“Listen to me, everyone.” Zhang Miao pointed to some unfinished articles on the stage at the front. “These articles about Su Yuzhe are pointless. I know you all need credits, but as you know, several times now, every time our articles are submitted to the student council, they get rejected. It’s obvious that this young master doesn’t want us to write these.”

"If we continue to follow the minister's stubbornness, then none of us will graduate, and we won't get the credits to complete the club's goals."

This well-reasoned and supported argument sparked a discussion among the department members.

"Yeah... It's almost the end of the second year of high school, and we still don't have enough club points. Although we wrote about it because of Su Yuzhe's high topic traffic and the large amount of club funds we received... it seems like there's a problem with it lately."

"To be honest, it's time to change the subject."

Although they all thought Zhang Miao was annoying, they weren't wrong.

Previously, I wrote several articles about Su Yuzhe with the mindset of earning academic credits and helping the department head at the same time. But now it seems that even graduation is a problem, so who will help me anymore?

But changing the topic... honestly, I really can't think of any topic that can generate more buzz than Su Yuzhe's.

Seeing that everyone was considering changing the topic of the article, Zhang Miao slapped the table and said, "Let me continue. I have a solution that can satisfy both the student council and the minister. It will guarantee the traffic and also help the minister."

The noise immediately erupted; if such a topic were truly available, it would be exactly what they wanted.

Xia Wenhan raised one eyebrow: "Tell me about it."

“It’s simple.” A sly smile appeared on Zhang Miao’s face. “Since Su Yuzhe’s approach isn’t working, isn’t there his girlfriend, Su Zixiao?”

"The theme of the next article will be how Su Zixiao tricked Su Yuzhe into giving up his family business step by step and condescending to study at this small Fenghai No.1 Middle School."

"Think about it, the young master of such a powerful family ran off with some so-called girlfriend who appeared out of nowhere. They wrote about how Su Zixiao used all sorts of tricks and how despicable she was to gradually make Su Yuzhe leave the family. Hehehe, do you think students would like to read this kind of gossip?"

However, before she could finish speaking, Xia Wenhan slammed her hand on the table and stood up: "Isn't this spreading rumors?! No matter what, the news department can't just write whatever they want!"

Yes, Xia Wenhan was indeed jealous of Su Zixiao, but she knew there were bottom lines to be had. At most, she could make sarcastic remarks or compete with her in various ways, but she would never resort to such despicable means as spreading rumors.

"What are you pretending to be, playing the gentleman for?" Zhang Miao scoffed. "Everyone knows how jealous you are of Su Zixiao. She stole the title of school beauty and the top spot in academics. You're practically invisible now, aren't you? Heh, and you're still here talking to me about whether it's a rumor or not. Think about it, once this topic gets out, Su Zixiao will definitely face all sorts of criticism, and she might even be expelled. Wouldn't that achieve your goal?"

"That doesn't mean we can report things randomly! In short, I disagree!"

Zhang Miao didn't care whether she agreed or not; she looked up and glanced around at the news department members in the room.

People were shaking their heads from time to time; it was clearly a rumor, and they didn't want to do such a thing.

Seeing this, Zhang Miao added, "You guys need to think about this carefully. We've been gathering information for a long time, and we still don't know where this Su Zixiao came from. She's just an unknown person, only a little pretty, and she managed to snatch away the eldest young master of the Su family? Don't you find that strange? So the article's theme isn't just a rumor; it might actually be the truth."

No one responded.

This was entirely within Zhang Miao's expectations; in fact, he didn't need them to reply, as his objective had already been achieved.

Her goal was simply to bring up the topic at the meeting, so that even if it was published later and problems arose, it wouldn't be her responsibility alone, but rather the result of the discussion. As long as she denied it, who could say that she wrote the article?

The vice minister of the news department can also apply to the student union to submit articles.