Good news: The enforcement officers did not find any contraband in Sharon's office.
Bad news: Sharon still couldn't prove her innocence, and the enforcement officers would continue to search her home.
Seeing Sharon about to be escorted out of school, Cady quickly ran over and shouted, "Sharon is innocent! I can prove it for her!"
However, it was still the same old saying: since the incident had already occurred, only a thorough investigation could possibly clear the person involved.
"Please do not obstruct our enforcement!" The head of the enforcement team sternly warned again, then led Sharon out of the school.
"How could this happen?" Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Cady became distraught.
Janis, seeing Cady's mood was off, thought for a moment and asked uncertainly, "Cady, did you do this?"
"I…" Cady remembered that she was indeed the first to spread the news about Sharon having contraband, and for a moment, she didn't know how to answer.
"How could you spread everyone's secrets just to deal with Regina?" Janis looked incredulous, her voice tinged with disappointment.
Earlier, Janis had heard Cady mention that Regina had a notebook recording many people's secrets in the school.
At this moment, she had obviously misunderstood, thinking that Cady had deliberately leaked the secrets from that notebook to continue dealing with Regina.
"No, I didn't do the flyers…" Cady, who was feeling guilty, also realized her friend had misunderstood her.
Ever since she got together with Mike, Cady had extinguished any thoughts of continuing to deal with Regina.
So, she explained, "Mike once told me, 'Constantly belittling others does not make oneself noble.' So, I'm not planning to deal with Regina anymore."
As she spoke, Cady also glanced at Mike, whose face was grim not far away.
In just that short time, Mike had collected over twenty flyers with his own headshot, and there was no telling how many more were hidden.
It could be said that this time, Regina's actions targeting Mike were very successful.
So, even with Lina comforting him, Mike's mood couldn't improve.
Of course, there were many people whose mood was worse than Mike's right now, and Tim was one of them.
Listening to the students quietly discussing Sharon and the contraband, Tim's face grew increasingly grim. Finally, the dean of students, who was over thirty and had never had a girlfriend, slammed his fist hard onto the fire hydrant in the hallway.
The loud noise made the students quiet down.
"The matter concerning Sharon has not been confirmed. Please do not discuss it freely," Tim shouted with a grim face.
It was foreseeable that even if the matter of Sharon's contraband was not true this time, her reputation would still suffer a great blow.
This was also the reason for Tim's bad mood.
After venting a bit, Tim quickly noticed that some timid girls had fearful expressions on their faces.
Knowing he had lost his composure, Tim suppressed the irritation in his heart and said, "Students whose names are on the flyers, please gather in the main conference room. I have something to say to you all later."
After thinking it over, Tim realized that while the students whose names were on the flyers were victims, it was also very possible that the true culprit was hidden among them.
After all, sometimes the thought processes of high school students are just that strange.
Therefore, Tim gathered these people together, also hoping to interrogate them and find out the truth.
As the victimized students left one by one, Mike also said goodbye to Lina, then joined Cady, Karen, Gretchen, and others, and together they headed to the main conference room.
Yes, this time, several members of The Plastics were all on the list.
Behind them, Regina watched Mike's retreating figure and followed with a complicated mood.
After all the victims had left, the hallway was immediately cleared by more than half. Tim then sternly said to the remaining students, "Until this matter is resolved, I do not want to hear any rumors in the school. Understood?"
The dean of students' authority still had some effect; the remaining students nodded obediently.
Being able to temporarily suppress the matter was the limit of what Tim could do right now.
On the other side, there were a full hundred people gathered in the main conference room. Besides Mike, everyone else was a twelfth grade student.
Moreover, over eighty percent of these people were girls.
After all, what Regina could most easily collect was girls' information.
At this moment, former close friends and good buddies had seemingly turned into enemies due to the leaking of secrets.
So, in the vast main conference room, occasional quarrels could be heard.
And Janis, who was sitting with Mike and the others, after believing Cady was not the true culprit, turned her gaze towards Karen and Gretchen.
In Janis's mind, if anyone was most likely to accomplish this feat, it would definitely be the girls from The Plastics.
Karen and Gretchen quickly understood what Janis meant, so they both shook their heads.
Then, everyone's gaze collectively turned towards Regina, who was sitting alone in the back row.
There were only a few people in The Plastics; by process of elimination, the final culprit naturally stood out.
Facing everyone's scrutinizing gazes, Regina put on a disdainful expression, still maintaining an air of self-admiration.
"That damn little bitch, I knew it was her!" Janis had an old grudge with Regina and immediately couldn't sit still.
"Calm down, Janis." Damian pulled his friend back and advised, "We have no evidence to prove that she did this…"
Indeed, given the current situation, even if Janis were to question Regina, the other party would not admit it.
On the contrary, such an action might even draw the fire onto the other members of The Plastics.
Looking at Cady, who still had a look of self-reproach, Janis's tone softened, and she said, "Are we just going to let that little bitch get away with it?"
"Of course not. We can secretly gather evidence and then expose her true colors…" Damian comforted his friend.
On the other side, Mike, having calmed down, also confirmed that Regina was definitely the one targeting him this time.
Thinking that this incident happened not long after he warned her, Mike's face grew even uglier.
And just as the main conference room was in an uproar, Tim walked in, carrying a baseball bat.
After entering, he first put down his coat, then tapped the baseball bat against his hand repeatedly, his gaze scrutinizing all the students.
Only after all the students had quieted down did Tim speak, saying, "I know some of you are very innocent. However, what I want to say is that whoever knows you so well must be your friend. So, the true culprit this time is very likely one of you…"
As Tim spoke, a seed called suspicion took root in the hearts of the students who were still confused.
So, the students all looked at the people around them with suspicious eyes.
"Alright, I don't want to say much more." Tim threw the baseball bat aside, indicating he had no ill intentions, then continued, "Whoever did this, step forward. I promise, the truth will not leave this classroom."
Clearly, Tim was lying to the students in order to quickly find the true culprit who framed Sharon.
There were so many victims here; if the true culprit really stepped forward, the outcome might not be very good.
Regina, of course, wouldn't be so foolish. She also put on an innocent act at this time, looking around as if she were helping to find the true culprit.
"No one is willing to admit it?"
Tim waited for a while and saw no one step forward. So, he pursed his lips, walked to the front podium, pulled up a chair, and sat down: "Then I'll just wait it out. If we don't find the true culprit today, no one is leaving here!"
Seeing Tim's assertive demeanor, the students below began to discuss again. This time, their faces showed more unease.