Chapter 071 The Seventy-first Melon

At noon, after lunch, Gu Xicao felt a little sleepy.

Wang Laoshi was still writing a novel there, and a pot of rose tea was brewing in the room. Liang Shi Nai came over with someone and asked as soon as she entered the door, "Old Wang, is Xiao Gu here?"

"I'm here, resting inside. What's up?"

Wang Laoshi saw Mrs. Liang followed by a couple, so he stood up and asked.

Mrs. Liang slapped her thigh and sighed, "This is a matter of life and death."

"Wow, my daughter left an envelope, and I don't know where it went."

The woman who came with Mrs. Liang started crying, her weathered face full of tears.

Wang Laoshi knew something was wrong and said hurriedly, "You guys take a seat first. I'll go inside to find the boss."

After hearing this, Gu Xicao rubbed his sleepy eyes and came out without saying a word.

"Master, Master, please help us figure out where our daughter is."

The man looked haggard, with dark circles under his eyes. When he saw Gu Xicao, he knelt down in front of her.

Gu Xicao was not willing to accept his gift, so she helped the man up without saying a word. Wang Laoshi also poured two glasses of water for them: "Don't worry, both of you. Tell me what's going on."

The man's lips trembled as he spoke.

They are a couple who sell fruits nearby. The man is Liang Zhongguo and the woman is Xu Fan. They got married for many years before they had a baby daughter, Liang Ruru. Although she is a girl, the couple loves her like a treasure in their middle age. What's more rare is that Liang Ruru has been smart since she was a child. Not only did she rank among the top in exams, she was even admitted to the University of Hong Kong and received a scholarship every year.

Neighbors, who wouldn’t envy them for raising a golden phoenix?

Especially after Liang Ruru was admitted to graduate school, she stayed in the school to study for a master's degree. Everyone said that Liang Ruru would definitely become a great scientist in the future. Who would have thought that yesterday afternoon, Liang Ruru returned home and the couple specially cooked a table of delicious food for their daughter. As a result, their daughter passed away this morning. When the couple cleaned up the bedroom, they found a suicide note left by their daughter under the pillow in the bedroom.

"It's this letter, woo woo woo."

Xu Fan took out the envelope tremblingly, tears streaming down her face. "We looked everywhere, even at the university, but we couldn't find my daughter."

"Have you called the police?" Wang Laoshi asked with concern. His heart also tightened. This girl in her early twenties, who had obtained such a high degree of education as a postgraduate, would become a rare talent in the blink of an eye. Why would she seek death?

After all, Wang Laoshi is getting older, and he has seen and heard about all kinds of messes. Naturally, he can't help but worry that Liang Ruru might have encountered something at school.

Liang Zhongguo said in a hoarse voice: "We called the police, but they said they couldn't file a case if the person was missing for less than 48 hours. We showed them this letter, but it was useless."

Mrs. Liang couldn't help but slap her thigh when she heard this. "These policemen are all so unreasonable. Why can't they be flexible? This is a life. How can a good person commit suicide for no reason?"

Gu Xicao looked at the envelope.

Xu Fan rushed over, hugged Gu Xicao's thigh and begged: "Ms. Liang, we know you are very good at fortune-telling. Please help us. As long as you can save my daughter, we will give you any money you want."

"Mrs. Xu, please get up first. Don't get excited now. Your daughter is still alive." Gu Xicao pulled Xu Fan up, wiped her tears with a tissue, and said, "But we have to get there as soon as possible, otherwise she might do something stupid."

"Hurry over, where to?!" Wang Laoshi quickly stood up and took a few steps to stop a car.

Gu Xicao said: "Go to Xiangjiang University. Their daughter Liang Ruru is on campus now."

This was the first time that Liang Ruru drank alcohol in her life.

When she graduated from Form 5, her classmates had a reunion and everyone was drinking beer, but Liang Ruru didn't. She felt that drinking was not good for the body and would make her act crazy when drunk, like a lunatic. She didn't understand why those classmates were so excited to drink bottle after bottle.

But now, as she sat in the corner of the rooftop drinking and enjoying the cold breeze, she suddenly realized why those people liked to drink.

Because life is too hard and too unbearable.

Drinking is not for happiness, but for escape. Hiding in alcohol, all the insults, sarcasm and ridicule seem to go away with the wind.

I don’t know why, but at that moment, Liang Ruru felt a little regretful. She regretted leaving the letter.

If she had just died like that, maybe my parents wouldn't have felt so bad.

Why didn't she think of this when she wrote her suicide note?

Gulp gulp——

After drinking one bottle of beer after another, Liang Ruru stood up, her body a little shaky, and looked at the rooftop.

The sky tonight is exceptionally blue, as blue as a lake.

"No, you guys can't go in there."

Below the experimental building, Gu Xicao and his group were stopped at the door of the building.

No matter what, the guard refused to let them go upstairs.

"Why not? Didn't you let us go upstairs in the morning?" Liang Zhongguo was so anxious that he ran all the way over with his hair wet with sweat.

He was already dressed indecently, and now he looked even more embarrassed.

"I said no, and that means no. Please don't hurt me. You went upstairs to look for your daughter this morning, and Professor Wang scolded me and threatened to deduct my salary."

The guard said in a very difficult tone: "There are many important laboratories in this building. Outsiders cannot enter easily. Please don't embarrass me."

Xu Fan was anxious: "That Professor Wang, is he the Professor Wang who taught my daughter? He is simply sick. It's a matter of life and death, and he is talking about safety or not."

"Talk about it, talk about it!"

Professor Wang came down from upstairs with a few graduate students, looking at Liang Zhongguo and his wife unkindly. "You have already looked for your daughter. Why are you bothering us? Go away, go away!"

"No, our daughter is upstairs, we can't leave!" Xu Fan said excitedly: "Professor Wang, you are Ru Ru's teacher, please let us go upstairs to find Ru Ru."

As she spoke, she pushed the guard's hand away and tried to rush forward.

Professor Wang, however, had someone hold her back with an unhappy look on his face. "I've already asked you to look for someone, why are you coming here again? I think your daughter might have gone out to fool around with some man. You won't find your daughter here. Go to Lan Kwai Fong, where there are many people like your daughter."

"What are you talking about? Have you eaten shit? Why do you speak so stinky?"

No father could remain calm after hearing such insults to his daughter. Liang Zhongguo pointed his finger at Professor Wang and said, "Take back what you said!"

"Why are you pointing at me? Do you want to hit someone?"

Professor Wang had a look of disdain on his face. He turned his head and said to the graduate students next to him, "If you ask me, Hong Kong University should not admit poor people like them. They have no rules, are barbaric and unreasonable!"

The graduate students had different expressions, some agreed, while others looked reluctant.

"Professor Wang, we really don't want to waste time talking to you. Liang Ruru is on the rooftop right now. If she jumps down today, you will go to jail tomorrow. Do you believe it?"

Gu Xicao couldn't help it. She thought that only her generation had such stupid professors. She didn't expect that stupidity was not limited to any generation.

He takes advantage of the little power he has and looks down on others. Who does he think he is?

"Are you threatening me? Security, get these people out now!"

Facts have proved that dogs cannot understand human language. Gu Xicao kindly reminded them, but Professor Wang became angry and immediately asked the security guards to chase them away.

Although the security guards felt sorry for them, they were more worried about their jobs, so they came over and pushed them out: "Go away, this is really not a place for you to mess around. If you need anything, call the police."

Call the police? !

Wang Laoshi was so angry that he almost laughed.

If the police had handled the case, they wouldn't have come here so recklessly.

The system reminded Gu Xicao in his mind: "Hurry up, it's almost too late."

Gu Xicao couldn't bear it any longer. She took advantage of her thin body and the security guards didn't dare to push her, so she squeezed through the gap and ran straight upstairs.

After running a few steps, Gu Xicao bumped into someone coming out from the corner.

“Ouch!”

Gu Xicao fell down, and the man opposite also fell to the ground, grimacing in pain and covering his buttocks: "Who is this? He walks without paying attention."

The man raised his head and was stunned when he saw Gu Xicao, "Why is it you, Master Gu?"

"Okay, I'll give you face and ask the security to send you away. It's bad enough that you don't know what's good for you, but you even bumped into Young Master Lin!" Professor Wang was shocked when he saw Lin Hexu fall. He came over and helped Lin Hexu up while yelling at Gu Xicao in a harsh tone.

He looked at the security guards and said, "What are you still standing there for? Get rid of them!"

"Wait." Seeing the security guard coming to chase people away, Lin Hexu stood up, with curiosity on his lively face, "Master Gu, why did you come to our school? What's the matter?"

"Save him! We have to go up there to save him! Someone is about to jump off the rooftop!" Gu Xicao told Lin Hexu concisely. She grabbed Lin Hexu's sleeve and said, "Now, we all have to go up there to save him."

Hearing about the matter of human life, Lin Hexu's expression became serious. Professor Wang hurriedly said, "Second Master Lin, don't listen to their nonsense. It's nothing. They are here to cause trouble."

"Professor Wang, no matter whether it's true or not, human life is at stake. You can't gamble with it."

Lin Hexu said decisively: "I'll guarantee it. Let them go upstairs! Quick, the elevator is just around the corner."

With Lin Hexu's guarantee, the security guards could not stop them. Professor Wang was so angry that he hurried to follow them, "No, I have to follow them. Maybe they are here to steal the laboratory secrets."

The moment she stood on the rooftop, the wind was extremely strong and Liang Ruru was shaking. She leaned on the railing and wanted to laugh but couldn't hold back her tears.

She didn't know what was wrong with her.

She has always been the pride of her parents since she was a child. Her grades have always been among the best in college. But why is she such a failure now? The papers she wrote are a bunch of shit, and she always makes mistakes when she helps the professor do experiments. It seems that everyone is smarter than her.

With a thud.

The balcony door opened, and everyone was stunned when they saw Liang Ruru standing on the rooftop.

"Nannan!" Xu Fan was stunned for the moment, his mind went blank, and he was about to rush over.

Gu Xicao quickly grabbed her hand and stared at Liang Ruru who turned back in panic.

"Mom, Dad, why are you here?"

Liang Ruru's body was shaking. She raised her hand to wipe the tears from her cheeks. Liang Zhongguo almost fainted when he saw this.

"Nannan, don't do anything rash. Tell mom and dad if anything happens. They will help you." Liang Zhongguo's hoarse voice was trembling.

The others who followed didn't even dare to breathe.

Professor Wang didn't expect that Liang Ruru was really going to commit suicide.

His expression was very interesting for a moment.

"Dad, Mom, I am an unfilial daughter. I have no ability and I am too stupid. I can never repay your kindness in this life. I will work like a slave for you in the next life." Liang Ruru's face was sad. She looked at Liang Zhongguo and Xu Fan with eyes that showed she was reluctant to let them go, but she had no intention of changing her mind.

"No, no, daughter—"

Xu Fan's eyes were filled with tears. "If you die, Mom will die with you."

She wanted to walk over, but was afraid that if she did, she would alarm her daughter and upset her.

"Ms. Liang, since you are going to die soon, you are probably not in a hurry to die."

Seeing that the situation had become a mess, Gu Xicao had to be the calmest among everyone. It would have been better if she didn't say anything, because once she did, it would have scared people to death.

Liang Ruru was stunned.

Perhaps she had never thought in her life that one day she would hear someone tell her that it was okay to die if she wanted to, but not to rush into it.

Not only her, but everyone else was stunned.

No one has ever seen such a cool operation.

"I, I..." Liang Ruru was really speechless after being asked this question.

Gu Xicao said, "It seems that you are not in a hurry to die. Since you are going to die soon, why don't we just take revenge and complain? There are so many people here today, just say who you hate and who you want to take revenge on."

Xu Fan understood that the master was just trying to buy time.

She quickly raised her hand to wipe away her tears, "Yes, daughter, tell me what you have to say, and I will do everything for you."

"mom--"

Many times, many things are just a matter of anger. Once the anger is released, it is difficult to do it again. Liang Ruru's eyes were red. "I, I don't hate anyone. I only blame myself for being useless. The professor asked me to write so many papers, but none of them were good. I am dumber than everyone else. I always do poorly in experiments. I had to postpone my graduation last year, and I postponed it again this year. When will I be able to finish my studies and earn money to support you?"

"My daughter, don't be silly. Why would your parents ask you to support them? It's okay if you don't study. Your parents will support you!" Liang Zhongguo couldn't help but take a few steps forward and said with red eyes.

"Dad..." Liang Ruru couldn't stop her tears from flowing.

She never doubted her parents' love for her. She only felt guilty about her own incompetence and felt sorry for them.

"Ms. Liang, have you ever thought that what Professor Wang said might not be right?"

Gu Xicao glanced at Professor Wang who had been silent all the time and said, "You are a really good student, and you have been admitted to graduate school with high scores. Even if you are not good at writing papers at the moment, there is no reason why you can't write a good paper at all."

The other graduate students looked a little strange, as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.

Professor Wang was anxious, and he jumped up and down and said angrily, "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say that I deliberately suppressed Liang Ruru?"

"You said that yourself, I didn't say that."

Gu Xicao spread out her hands, looking innocent, "But as a professor, don't you have any responsibility for forcing a good student to jump off a building?"

"Responsibility? What responsibility?!"

Professor Wang sneered, crossed his arms, and said disdainfully: "Studying for a graduate degree is already very stressful. Everyone communicates in English. She can't keep up with everyone else's progress. What can I do? Besides, she is clumsy when doing experiments..."

"No."

One of the graduate students couldn't hide her conscience any longer. She said through gritted teeth, "Liang Ruru's experiments have always been very good. It's the professor who has been suppressing her and finding fault with her. Who can guarantee that there are no mistakes in the experiments? Liang Ruru is actually the most skilled and careful among us in doing experiments, and has the highest success rate."

Liang Ruru was stunned. Her dry lips trembled and she whispered, "The tallest?"

"Yes, in fact, you are really excellent. We all admire you very much."

The girl had obviously been holding back her thoughts for a long time.

Now when she said this, her body was still shaking, but she still mustered up the courage to say it: "You could have graduated last year, but, but the professor wanted you to stay and help him with his project, and he also wanted to get your thesis, so..."

"Shut up, you are simply slandering me!"

Professor Wang got anxious and pointed at the girl and cursed, "Chen Xiaoyan, I've been pretty nice to you on weekdays, how dare you slander me like this."

He was anxious and looked at Lin Hexu: "Second Master Lin, you are a smart man, you won't believe the lies of these two women."

Professor Wang is not afraid of these people talking nonsense. These people come from ordinary families. Even if they bring the matter to the Academic Affairs Office, he is confident that he can suppress it.

But he was worried about offending Lin Hexu. If Lin Hexu was unhappy, he would be in trouble.

"They are not lying. I can testify that Liang Ruru has always been a good student and speaks fluent English. It is the professor who has been using these things to suppress her and told us not to get too close to Liang Ruru."

Another girl couldn't help but stand up and speak.

Perhaps because they felt that human life was at stake, or perhaps because they felt guilty, several other people also came out to say that what Liang Ruru said was true.

"You, you are about to rebel. Aren't you afraid that I will not let you graduate?" Professor Wang was furious. He was used to treating these graduate students as slaves, and he never thought that these slaves would dare to rebel.

"Professor Wang, you are so arrogant. You are just a professor, but you think you can influence the studies of so many students. You really take yourself too seriously."

Gu Xicao looked at Professor Wang's angry expression and couldn't help but laugh, "But I don't know if you would still be so confident when facing the police?!"

"Police? Are you trying to scare me? Why should I be afraid of the police?"

Although Professor Wang was angry, he did not lose his mind. "As a teacher, shouldn't I be strict with my students? I didn't know there is a law prohibiting teachers from having too high expectations of students."

Liang Ruru had a gloomy look on her face.

She came down from the railing, and Xu Fan and Liang Zhongguo rushed over, hugging her on the left and right, "Daughter, please don't be depressed anymore. We can just stop studying, and your parents will support you for the rest of your life!"

"Mom and Dad, don't worry, I won't be depressed anymore."

Liang Ruru's mood at the moment was extremely complicated. Before this, she really wanted to die, but when she saw that Professor Wang, a person with no teacher ethics and bad character, was so self-righteous and proud that he could escape legal sanctions, she suddenly felt angry and wondered why she should die, while a social scum like Professor Wang could survive and live well in the future.

"Haha, now you don't want to die anymore. I think you are just putting on a show to attract everyone's attention and sympathy. I have seen many women like you, crying, making a fuss, and then hanging yourself."

Professor Wang curled his lips and said sarcastically, "If I were you, I would die quietly if I wanted to. Your family is really capable. You put on such a big show. It's really scary."

"Don't go too far!" Xu Fan was shaking with anger. His daughter was suppressed by this beast in human skin and wanted to die. He finally persuaded her to come back, but this beast dared to say such things.

"I didn't go too far. I was just telling the truth."

When Professor Wang saw that Lin Hexu didn't say anything, he thought that Lin Hexu was on his side, and his tone became more proud.

"Wang Wenhai was born in October 1955. He went abroad to study in 1978. In name, he was studying abroad, but in reality, he was working abroad. His so-called doctorate degree from a prestigious university was actually a certificate he bought abroad."

"In 1984, he returned to Hong Kong and joined Hong Kong University. During his time there, he received bribes totaling NT$358,000, which he used to buy a house. Later, he divorced because of his extramarital affair. After the divorce, he became even more greedy for money and embezzled NT$250,000 of the school's research funds..."

Gu Xicao stood with his hands behind his back and recounted all the good things Professor Wang had done over the years.

Wang Wenhai's forehead was covered with sweat. He stepped back, his pupils contracted. "You, you are talking nonsense. Shut up, shut up!"

"Shut up? Can you control your students? Can you control me?"

Gu Xicao looked at Lin Hexu and said, "Second Young Master Lin, your family is a wealthy family that has donated a lot of money to the school, so your words should carry some weight."

"This is quite significant." Lin Hexu said modestly: "The principal and my grandfather have been playing cards together for many years."

"Then please tell the president about these things and ask him to investigate thoroughly. As a university that teaches and educates people, if we allow rats to exist and bully students, it will damage the reputation of Hong Kong University."

Gu Xicao spoke very bluntly and did not bow down at all just because the other person was the Second Young Master Lin.

"If it's inconvenient for you, I can contact the police, newspapers, and TV stations to help report it."

Lin Hexu was at a loss for words. Is this still helping?

Isn't this a threat? "Don't worry, I will tell the principal the truth. As for you, don't worry. If it is found that Mr. Wang has indeed committed these behaviors, you will get a teacher to guide you again. I will also make suggestions to the principal to restrict the professor's behavior."

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but Wang Wenhai's face turned pale in an instant, his legs went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.