Chapter 62 Fermentation

Wen Le and his friends were making a lot of money and were just about to set a small goal to achieve when their homeroom teacher came to see him and said three people had come to see him, claiming to be his relatives. The teacher didn't explicitly say they were his uncle, but Wen Le knew who they were the moment he heard them.

Wen Le didn't want to see them at all: "Teacher, they are liars, I don't have any relatives."

The homeroom teacher had originally been reluctant to let Wen Le meet those three people. As a homeroom teacher, he had a detailed understanding of the upbringing of every student in the class. He wasn't biased towards the rich; he simply wanted to get to know his students better. Therefore, he understood Wen Le's situation. He simply didn't believe that Wen Le's end up on the Abandoned Planet was simply a coincidence. A child generally couldn't leave their home planet without their guardian's consent, let alone a place like the Abandoned Planet.

So when he heard Wen Le say he didn't want to see her, he nodded and said gently, "Teacher knows how to deal with it. Don't be afraid. Teacher and the school will help you. Go watch the game."

There were no classes during the Pentagram schools' qualifying matches, and since students weren't focused on their studies, they couldn't concentrate on their classes. So, we simply gave them a day off so they could have some fun. As for the group make-up classes after the matches, that was tacitly agreed to.

The homeroom teacher got the OK and had the guards send the man away without even meeting him. He'd seen this kind of blood-sucking relative many times before. Every year or two, they'd come to the school to recognize the person. Normally, they'd ignore him or even mistreat him, but when they saw him or her getting rich, they'd cling to him like a dog-skin plaster and suck his blood. The school was pretty experienced in dealing with these people.

Without a second thought, the homeroom teacher sent a message to the public relations department using the internal contact number, detailing the entire incident and sharing his thoughts: "Although this kind of thing is not subject to official investigation unless it's reported to the authorities, and the student doesn't care, it's not for us to intervene. However, as the homeroom teacher, I still have to take responsibility for my student. Now Wen Le's uncle and aunt have come to see him. Although they are nominally his guardians, after carefully checking the student's information, I suspect they haven't fulfilled their guardianship responsibilities. Furthermore, the student himself doesn't want to have any contact with them, so I'm applying to activate the exclusive program to protect the student."

As a prestigious interstellar school, Shaohua Academy is confident in this. They can make decisions on behalf of underage students based on their unique circumstances, without compromising their interests. Of course, this decision is subject to multiple review before it can be implemented. However, Wen Le's case was clearly problematic, so once the homeroom teacher applied for student protection, the exclusive program was quickly approved. Furthermore, due to Wen Le's unique status and his performance in this competition, the school still values ​​his future development potential and therefore takes this matter seriously.

A project team member from the PR department even lamented, "It turns out that even geniuses have one or two scumbag relatives."

A colleague next to him said, "Then if I give you a few scumbag relatives and ask you to be a genius, would you be willing?"

The other person shook his head vigorously: "No, I would rather be an ordinary person than have top-notch relatives." One must be very desperate to get a bunch of top-notch people to make him angry. If something bad happens to him after he is angered, all his talents will be wasted.

The conversation between the two was overheard by the team leader who happened to be passing by. He couldn't help but chuckle and said, "So now you know how comfortable your life is, right? In that case, you should cherish your current life and complain less and work more during your daily work."

staff:"……"

You are the boss and you have the final say, even if it is wrong, it is right.

The two of them didn't dare to chat anymore and returned to their seats, pretending to look up information seriously. However, it was unknown whether they complained in the private group.

When Wen Le came out of the head teacher's office, Xu Dongdong and the other three came over and asked him what the head teacher wanted to see him about.

Xu Dongdong said, "Based on my years of school experience, being invited for tea by the boss midway through is usually not a good thing." After saying that, he hooked his arm around Wen Le's neck and asked with a gossipy smile, "Xiao Lezi, tell me, are you in a premature love relationship? Oh~ Don't worry, we will never laugh at you~"

Lily, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him on the head: "What kind of mess is going on in your head all day long?" You are still in love too early. Do you think everyone can't move their legs when seeing a beautiful woman like you?

Lily even felt that this guy was lucky not to be beaten to death by those flower-guarding messengers.

Because it involved the students' privacy, the camera automatically blocked this part, causing netizens watching the live broadcast to be anxious and guess what happened.

Xu Dongdong touched the place where she was hit with a wronged look on her face, and muttered, "Tigress, be careful you won't be able to get married in the future."

Lily glared at him and said, "What did you say? Say it again?"

Xu Dongdong immediately shut her mouth and kept silent.

Wen Le looked at the two of them helplessly, thinking that they were a real pair of funny people.

Li Zhenzhen was anxious to hear what Wen Le had to say, so she said softly, "Stop arguing and listen to what Wen Lele has to say~"

Upon hearing this, Lily stopped looking for trouble with Xu Dongdong and turned her gaze to Wen Le with a questioning expression.

Wen Le thought for a moment and said, "Didn't I tell you before that I was thrown onto the Abandoned Planet? Now the people who threw me away are looking for me under the pretext of recognizing me as a relative."

"That uncle of yours?" Xu Dongdong said, unable to put it into words. "How dare he come to you? Is he a fool? After doing something like this, shouldn't he just take the money and run away? Why is he so foolish as to come up to you, afraid that others won't know about the bad things he's done?"

Xu Dongdong really couldn't understand what the other party was thinking.

Wen Le scoffed, "Maybe they think I'm easy to fool." Otherwise, he couldn't think of any reason why they would dare to appear before him. He hadn't wanted to bother with them, at least not yet, but they were pushing him even further.

"Do you need help?" Lily said, raising her hand and wiping her neck. "I'll make sure they disappear without anyone noticing."

Wen Le was so scared that he quickly said, "Don't do that. This is illegal. It's not worth it for someone like that."

"Okay then. If you need help, let me know," Lily said. Her tone sounded a bit disappointed. Wen Le was afraid she might do something to someone in a fit of rage, and then even if she was right, she would be wrong. So he quickly said, "Not yet. The school certainly won't let me suffer."

No matter what, the school couldn't just sit there and watch its students suffer. To be narcissistic, it was clear who to choose between him and Wen Ming. And judging by the head teacher's attitude just now, it was clear that he was on his side.

Li Zhenzhen also spoke up at this time, "Actually, we don't have to worry. Wen Lele's situation is well known. A quick investigation will tell who's right and who's wrong. Normally, no one would side with the bad guys. Furthermore, they're committing abandonment, and the place of abandonment is on Abandoned Star. They clearly want to put Wen Lele to death. If they continue to make trouble, find a reliable lawyer to sue them. Ideally, they could be convicted of attempted murder. Add to that the malicious abandonment of a minor, and they could face life imprisonment."

"Hiring a lawyer is free. Besides, why should we do it alone? Wen Le is not someone without support right now. Let's report this to the Therapists Association. They will support Wen Le without us having to do it ourselves."

This is when the benefits of joining a reliable organization become apparent. If something goes wrong, you don’t have to fight alone.

Lily agreed with her friends: "This way, we can transfer Xiao Lezi's custody to the Therapists Association or the school, and avoid future disputes."

Wen Le: “…”

Listening to his friends discussing things one after another, he suddenly felt a little complicated. Compared with them, he felt like a mentally retarded person. He wanted to ask: Who am I? Where am I?

"Wen Le, what do you think?" Xu Dongdong asked. Wen Le came back to his senses and looked at him in confusion, "What did you say just now?" He was so distracted that he didn't hear what he said.

Xu Dongdong stretched out his paw and touched his friend's dog's head, saying, "Poor kid, he's so scared."

Wen Le: “…”

He looked at the other person with great annoyance. As expected, the fat guy was only handsome for three seconds, and now he was exposed again.

"We just discussed it and decided that we should take the initiative first, for example, by warming up on the Star Network Forum," said Lily.

Wen Le was dumbfounded: "Warm-up? Does that count as exposure?"

"Of course!" Lily said, "Let's first post this story on that Haijiao forum as classmates to start a trend. When your uncle and his friends come back to threaten you with their guardian status or use family ties to get people sympathizing, we can post the whole story and use public opinion to crush them."

"...I think this kind of thing is pretty commonplace, right?" Wen Le said. He didn't think his story would attract netizens at all. "It won't generate any buzz this way, right?"

Xu Dongdong came over and patted Wen Le on the shoulder, reminding him, "Have you forgotten that there are a group of lovely people on the Internet, they are called water army~ As long as they are willing to pay, it is not a problem to send you to the headlines~"

I actually forgot about this kind of thing. It turns out that no matter what time and space we are in, some things remain unchanged.

"Forget it, I don't like being on the headlines. Let's keep a low profile." Wen Le couldn't help but want to wipe the sweat off his face. He didn't want to become famous on StarNet in this way at all.

Li Zhenzhen had clearly considered this, saying, "I think we can wait. After all, exposing this online is the worst option. What if it affects Wen Lele's life?" After all, there are so many fake saints and keyboard warriors online who only care about the moral high ground and don't consider the pain their actions will cause the person involved. If this matter were to be exposed, those fake saints might even turn around and accuse Wen Lele of being unkind and ignoring his uncle.

Since the incident didn't happen to them, they always feel free to speak without any hesitation. It's like the law of the weak: the weaker one is right. The fact that this kind of moral kidnapping occurs so often speaks volumes.

After listening to Li Zhenzhen's words, Lily thought about it and felt that exposing such a thing was too impulsive. It would be better to wait and see the other party's reaction before responding. So she nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll wait for a while."

Wen Le and his friends hadn't planned to expose the incident, but Wen Ming couldn't wait any longer and directly contacted the Pentagram media. The couple even acted pitifully in front of the cameras, calling Wen Le an ungrateful person. They said they'd raised him for six months and then walked away, and now that he'd become a therapist, he'd turned his back on them. Finally, they even ripped Shaohua Academy apart, claiming the school wouldn't let them see their nephew. They were practically accusing the school of being servile and helping the students bully them.

The recent inter-school ranking competition was in full swing, attracting the attention of many StarCraft netizens. This local media outlet also wanted to take advantage of this wave of popularity to attract more attention, so they excitedly exposed the matter. Furthermore, this media outlet had previously had a falling out with Shaohua College over some issues, so they were naturally happy to see Wen Ming and his wife expose them, and might even take the opportunity to severely criticize them.

Wen Ming and his wife returned to the hotel and told Xu Jun what had happened. Xu Li asked anxiously, "Brother, does this method really work?" What if someone scolded her? She felt uneasy about this matter. And how embarrassing would it be if it was exposed like this and recognized by acquaintances? Besides, Wen Yuan's brothers were not to be trifled with. They had come to inquire about Wen Le several times during his disappearance. This time, knowing Wen Le was there, he would definitely come. If they faced these people, they were afraid that the three of them would be at a disadvantage.

Xu Jun glanced at Xu Li and said, "What's wrong? Just do it."

"What if something happens?" Xu Li was still a little worried. "It's said on the Internet that abandoning a minor is illegal." If their past was exposed, they would have nothing.

Xu Jun snorted, "Women are always short-sighted." He said with a fierce look, "The bold ones will be fed to death and the timid ones will starve to death. As long as we hold on to our words and don't give in, what can they do to us if they can't find evidence? We can also take this opportunity to bring that brat back. There are many two-star therapists to find. He is a cash cow." He even thought about how to use Wen Le to make more money after bringing him back.

Wen Ming sat on the sofa, his face expressionless, listening to his wife and brother-in-law discuss how to plot against his nephew. He considered his nephew more important than wealth and glory. As long as they didn't bother him, he'd pretend he didn't know about it. The occasional sliver of guilt and remorse he felt had long been eclipsed by the money.

Xu Jun's peripheral vision caught sight of his wife's brother, cowering there, feigning ignorance. A flicker of disdain flashed through his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled in disdain, but he quickly regained his composure, preventing Xu Li from noticing. He had long wanted to get rid of this couple. They were timid, not to mention greedy, and he didn't have the wherewithal to earn it. He had it all planned out: once he got that kid Wen Le, he'd kick them both out. They'd done this together, and with how cowardly they were, they wouldn't dare confront him and expose the truth.

Shaohua College knew immediately that Wen Ming and his wife had gone to the media to expose this matter. When the two men went to the school to look for someone, they sent people to monitor their every move, guessing that they would cause trouble, and they were right. The head of the public relations department looked at the information sent back and couldn't help but sneer: "They are simply courting death!"

I've seen stupid people, but I've never seen such stupid people who are looking for death. Since they dare to stretch out their claws, they should be prepared to be chopped off.

The project leader contacted Wen Le directly through his homeroom teacher, explained the situation to him, and told him not to be afraid or panic, saying the school would handle everything. "Let's just wait a few days until things have fermented, then we can get the evidence and crush them to death. This way we can more thoroughly deal with them. Don't worry, we've already called the police, and someone from the police station will be here soon to collect evidence. Just tell them the truth, and we'll take care of the rest."

He said all these things to Wen Le just to comfort him, fearing that Wen Le would panic and get scared when encountering something young. If he rashly ran out and told others about it, it would be bad and might have the opposite effect.

The head teacher reassured Wen Le in a gentle tone, "Don't leave the school during this period. It might not be safe. But don't be afraid. The teachers and the school are on your side. We guarantee that no one can bully you."

Wen Le nodded gratefully, feeling that his homeroom teacher was an angel sent by God, willing to take on such a troublesome task. In his time, such responsible teachers were truly rare. It wasn't that there weren't any responsible teachers, but they were becoming increasingly rare.

"Good boy." The head teacher couldn't help but reach out and touch Wen Le's head.

Wen Le returned to the dormitory feeling strangely moved. Lily told him, "I just checked and found that someone named Xu Jun came with Wen Ming and Xu Li this time. He's Xu Li's older brother. He was expelled from school for fighting and has been working odd jobs to make a living. In the first half of this year, Xu Li suddenly transferred several sums of money into his account. The transfer time coincided with your disappearance. I suspect he's an accomplice."

After a moment's thought, Lily added, "But judging by Wen Ming and Xu Li's usual behavior, I don't think they'd have the guts to abandon you, and they don't have the connections to do so. So I suspect this Xu Jun is the mastermind." Numerous incidents indicate that Xu Jun is no pushover. Furthermore, one of the pilots on the transport ship carrying the garbage to the Abandoned Planet was a former classmate of Xu Jun's, and they had a close relationship. This person also had a sudden increase in money in their account in the first half of the year; it's hard to believe there's something fishy going on.

Wen Le diligently searched through the fragmentary memories of his original self and discovered that, aside from a somewhat frightening look from Xu Jun when he carried someone on his back, he didn't seem to have done anything to bully him. Furthermore, he was unconscious when he was thrown onto the Abandoned Planet, so he had no idea if Xu Jun was involved. However, based on Lily's analysis, this person was likely involved as well.

"No matter who it is, just step on him to death," said Xu Dongdong.

Li Zhenzhen asked Wen Le worriedly: "Do you want me to talk to Dad and ask Uncle Zhang to come over to help?" The Uncle Zhang she mentioned was a senior lawyer hired by the Li family, who was in charge of the legal team of the Li Group. Asking him to come over was a bit of a waste of talent. After all, Wen Le's case seemed a bit insignificant compared to the case taken over by the other party.

Wen Le quickly refused: "That's not necessary. The teacher just said that the school will take responsibility for this matter, so let's not worry about it for now."

Shaohua College was quite experienced in dealing with this kind of situation. He had checked previous records and found that the school had never lost before. So he was still very relieved.

"That's a good deal for them." Xu Dongdong was reluctant to let Wen Ming and the others off like that. He chewed his fingers and thought hard. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him and his eyes lit up. He said, "How about this, Wen Le, you go to the Therapists Association to apply for protection and have the person in charge there contact the school. That would be a double insurance policy."

If you want to stir up trouble, of course you have to do it on a grand scale. Isn't it just using public opinion? Who's afraid of who? If you have the guts, confront them head-on!