Transmigrated to Another World and Doted on by Everyone!-Chapter 171: Doubt

Chapter 171: Doubt
In order to avoid disturbing Rong Xingyu and the others, Pan Yinhu deliberately controlled the sound of his book pages turning.
Seeing Pan Yinhu like this, Rong Xingyu sometimes couldn’t help but think of his past self.
Even though their conditions hadn’t been ideal, they had never given up and had always seized any opportunity to change their fate with all their effort.
That was why, all this time, Rong Xingyu had always felt that he and Pan Yinhu were very much alike.
But now...
Rong Xingyu’s usual grades had always held first place, while Pan Yinhu and another student were neck-and-neck, closely following right behind him.
If Rong Xingyu hadn’t noticed the problem with the data and had completed his assignment using the tampered data, his final score would have been extremely low.
Even if Rong Xingyu managed to correct the data afterward, the system’s records had already been overwritten by his later work, leaving him without any way to prove that he had not plagiarized.
And once Rong Xingyu’s final grade for this course was voided, Pan Yinhu would almost certainly secure a spot within the top two.
So... was this the reason Pan Yinhu had deliberately created the illusion that he had "plagiarized" Rong Xingyu’s data?
Rong Xingyu couldn’t understand it.
On the way back to school, the atmosphere inside the car was completely different from the ride over, heavy and oppressive.
Even Ye Shiyuan who was usually loud and boisterous had gone silent.
He glanced at Rong Xingyu who is sitting quietly beside him and lost in thought.
"I never thought Yinhu would be this kind of person," Ye Shiyuan finally broke the silence, unable to bear the oppressive mood any longer.
Rong Xingyu nodded slightly, feeling frustrated. "I didn’t either."
"What are you going to do now, Xingyu?" Ye Shiyuan scratched his head.
He couldn’t figure out how he was supposed to interact with Pan Yinhu after returning, was he supposed to continue pretending everything was fine and keeping up the old "bro-bro" camaraderie?
Just thinking about Pan Yinhu’s face made Ye Shiyuan feel uneasy all over.
A smile on the surface, but stabbing knives in the back.
Ye Shiyuan shivered violently. No, this was disgusting and qbsolutely unacceptable.
"First, we need to figure out a way to get evidence," Rong Xingyu sighed.
It sounds easy to say something like that, but he too felt at a loss.
He didn’t know how Pan Yinhu had obtained his data.
All he could do for now was return to the dorm and observe Pan Yinhu’s attitude.
If they could identify the hooded boy who had entered the lab that day and trace the evidence of his collusion with Pan Yinhu, would that be enough?
Ye Shiyuan who saw Rong Xingyu’s solemn expression patted his shoulder reassuringly. "No matter what happens, I’ve got your back. I’m on your side, Xingyu."
Hearing Ye Shiyuan’s words, Rong Xingyu felt some comfort and smiled faintly at him.
But the small relief Rong Xingyu felt disappeared the moment he stepped into the dorm and saw Pan Yinhu.
Pan Yinhu’s bed was immediately to the right as they entered.
When Rong Xingyu and Ye Shiyuan pushed the door open, Pan Yinhu was sitting at his desk, reviewing something.
Hearing the sound, Pan Yinhu turned his head toward the door.
Seeing Rong Xingyu, Pan Yinhu smiled softly at them. "Xingyu, Shiyuan, you’re back."
Xingyu...
He could no longer face Pan Yinhu as he had before. He simply nodded coldly.
Yet Pan Yinhu was still perceptive enough to sense that Rong Xingyu’s mood was off.
He furrowed his brows, concern evident in his voice. "Xingyu, are you feeling unwell? I have some common medications here. Do you need any?"
As he spoke, Pan Yinhu opened a nearby drawer and took out a small medicine box.
Rong Xingyu looked at Pan Yinhu, his gaze clouded with mixed emotions.
Because Pan Yinhu’s concern for him had never carried a hint of pretense.
And it wasn’t just Rong Xingyu.
As the eldest in the dorm and the dorm leader, Pan Yinhu had always been attentive and considerate toward every roommate.
The more it was like this, the harder it became for Rong Xingyu and the others to accept that Pan Yinhu could actually do such a thing.
Rong Xingyu didn’t answer Pan Yinhu’s question. Instead, he looked straight into Pan Yinhu’s eyes and said, "We went to the campus security office."
Pan Yinhu seemed momentarily stunned, then repeated Rong Xingyu’s words in confusion, "The security office? What did you go there for?"
Rong Xingyu deliberately mentioned the security office, wanting to detect any signs of panic or unusual emotion on Pan Yinhu’s face.
But Pan Yinhu’s expression showed only simple confusion, as if he had just heard some surprising gossip.
"You didn’t lose Ye Shiyuan’s campus card again, did you? You don’t need to go to the security office to a lost card," Pan Yinhu glanced at Ye Shiyuan beside him and smiled. "Actually, you can just use any card reloading machine to it lost."
"No," Rong Xingyu took a step toward Pan Yinhu, his gaze cold. "We went to check the lab’s surveillance footage."
Pan Yinhu frowned, looking at Rong Xingyu without saying a word.
"My experimental data was tampered with—that day a week ago, the day you stayed alone in the lab."
Upon hearing Rong Xingyu’s words, Pan Yinhu’s eyes widened in shock, his mouth falling open.
"How could something like this happen?!" Pan Yinhu was visibly stunned, his expression tinged with concern. "Did you at least back up your data?"
"Xingyu later went back and corrected all the data. It took him several extra days," Ye Shiyuan couldn’t help but interject.
Pan Yinhu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief on Rong Xingyu’s behalf. He smiled faintly and said, "Luckily Xingyu is careful, otherwise all the hard work before would have been wasted. Do you know who did this? Unbelievable... how can someone even do something like this!"