Chapter 1201: Chapter 1201 The Consequences of Lying

As the crowd was discussing among each other, Eddison had already walked to the other side of the car and opened the door. Then, he held a girl’s hand and helped her to get out of the car.

His actions caused an uproar from the crowd.

“It’s Rachel. How dare they come to the university blatantly?! Hurry up and call Mr. Harrington here!”

“Yes, they must be punished for bringing disgrace to our university!”

Eddison did not respond to their denunciation. Instead, he held Rachel’s slightly cold hand.

He reassured her, “Don’t worry, I’m here.”

Rachel looked at him with a smile. They passed through the crowd and the people around them couldn’t stop castigating them.

He whispered in Rachel’s ear, “Believe me, they’ll have to eat their words in the end.”

Rachel was amused by him.

He was comforting her as if they were children. She found that he was somewhat adorable.

Meanwhile, Sierra stood by a window in a nearby building, watching all of it unfold quietly.

She seemed unruffled by people’s remarks about Eddison and Rachel.

“Well, you should have chosen me. This is what you get for making the wrong decision,” she murmured, as though she was talking to Eddison.

The girls, who had been sucking up to her, were standing behind her. One of them said, “They’ll be kicked out of the university soon. Sierra, have I done a good job?”

“Mr. Harrington is here. Things are getting intense!”

They held their breath and looked over, only to see that the Director of Student Affairs, Mr. Harrington, was walking briskly toward the campus gate. He was nicknamed ‘Mr. Poker Face’ due to his sternness.

Seeing him approaching, everyone quickly made way for him.

He walked all the way to Eddison while all eyes were on them.

Eddison greeted him politely with a smile on his face, “Good morning, Mr. Harrington.” At the sight of that, the crowd clicked their tongues and started to whisper among each other.

“I can’t believe he’s still able to smile. Are we dreaming, or Mr. Poker Face has become more lenient towards troublesome students?”

“I think he knows that he’s so screwed. That’s probably why he has given up resisting.”

“I’ve heard that Mr. Poker Face has just expelled a disobedient student not long ago. Rumor has it that Mr. Poker Face placed that student on a blacklist too. Now, he can’t study in any of the universities in Country M. It’s horrible!”

“Look, Mr. Poker Face is raising his hand!”

Everyone waited for his next move with bated breaths.

Someone even reckoned that he would slap or beat Eddison.

Unexpectedly, he patted him consolingly on the shoulder.

Then, he wore an apologetic smile on his face.

“You can rest assured that I’ll settle the problem. Leave it to me and just focus on your studies!”

“Thank you, Mr. Harrington!”

After that, Eddison shook hands with Mr. Harrington.

The onlookers were all astounded.

“What’s going on?”

“Why did Mr. Poker Face become so affable all of a sudden?”

“You don’t say! Isn’t this too f*cking scary?”

Before that student’s voice died away, Mr. Harrington had walked to him.

“What did you just say?”

The student hurriedly pleaded for mercy.

“Mr. Harrington, please have mercy on me!”

Some bold students were unconvinced. They began to kick up a fuss.

“Wait, this is wrong! I thought our university would never place its name on the line! Now that those two can get away with this scandal so easily, does it mean that we can do whatever we want in the future?”

“That’s right, we won’t accept this result!”

Mr. Harrington sneered, “Indeed, we’ve always valued our reputation and that principle will never change. However, as well-educated students, do you guys really buy such ridiculous rumors? If you simply believe other people’s words without verifying them, then all the knowledge that you’ve learned here is useless. You might as well quit studying.”

“Mr. Harrington, you’re just the same as us. You believe in Eddison blindly, don’t you?”

Sierra and her friends couldn’t see and listen to them clearly in the building, therefore they came down from where they were just as Mr. Harrington appeared.

At that moment, they were standing at the back of the crowd. Sierra’s friends were also unsatisfied. They began to speak up for Sierra desperately.

Mr. Harrington looked at them and continued, “How dare you show up here! If I’m not mistaken, you all were the ones spreading the rumors. Meet me at my office later!”

“We aren’t satisfied with this!”

They expressed their indignation overtly.

“We’re just telling the truth. Letting their transgression go unnoticed is unacceptable under any circumstances!”

“The truth? I’ve already posted the evidence on the forum with Eddison’s consent. Feel free to go and have a look! As for those who spread the rumors, you better go to my office and wait for me there. The committee members of the student council, please help me to supervise them, and don’t let them escape!”

After saying so, he straight away left.

Then, everyone took out their phone and logged into the forum curiously. There was indeed a video on the top of the forum. After clicking on it, everyone was stunned.

It turned out that the video was of the day of Eddison and Rachel’s wedding ceremony.

Although only their family members were present, it was a splendid wedding.

Soon, a tumult of disbelieving shouting broke out.

“Oh my God, they’re married!”

“Yeah, this is unbelievable! It took place a few months ago, the time when Sierra was dating Jairus while she participated in the election, right?”

“You’re right! I also voted for her at that time.”

“So, Rachel was set up?”

“You bet! Not long ago, it was Eddison who sent her to the hospital when she was beaten up by Jairus. Who would have thought that she would repay his kindness by being a homewrecker?”

“I think it’s probably because she couldn’t put up with Jairus anymore that she was in such a hurry to throw herself at Eddison. Of course, the fact that she happened to find that he is actually a rich guy might be a factor too.”

“Sammy, I couldn’t agree with you more.”

After all, I’ve read a lot of novels. I’ve read about gold diggers too much to the point where I’m able to detect one when I see one.”

“We really shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. I didn’t expect that she would use such underhanded tactics. I thought Sierra was a kind person.”

“Oh, you’re not the only one who thought so!”

The curses from the crowd grew louder and louder, their words striking terror in Sierra’s heart.

She wondered why things had ended up in such a way. The outcome was not what she wanted. A few moments ago, people were still reprimanding Eddison and Rachel. To her consternation, they had turned around to berate her at the moment.

Moreover, those who had been flattering her finally came to their senses after being scolded.

One of them pushed her from behind while saying, “It turns out that the shameless person is you!”

“How dare you dupe us into being your lackey?!”

Sierra stumbled when she was pushed. She turned back and glowered angrily at them.

“You should blame yourselves for being stupid.”

“We helped you, yet you’re scolding us now. Girls, beat her up! We must let her know the consequences of lying!”