Chapter 753 There is a stain on the body

There must have been rumors spreading in the school.

Last night, he was busy cleaning up Zhou Hua's mess and didn't have time to ask about the whole story.

Duan Wenguang's parents were at least appeased.

Fortunately, both of them were from rural areas and had little education, so they were easy to fool.

He has already contacted several of Duan Wenguang's roommates, and they all spoke with the same story.

He also sent people to search Duan Wenguang's dormitory and computer, but found nothing suspicious.

But, they lost their son, and a very outstanding son, so it is impossible for them to just let it go.

Seeing her father so angry, Zheng Keke stepped forward to comfort him, "Dad, don't be angry. Zhou Hua didn't mean it. Who would have thought that Duan Wenguang's tolerance was so poor? Besides, it's just a paper."

"An essay... just?" Zheng Guo laughed angrily, "You make it sound so easy. Why don't you write one for me?"

Zheng Keke was stuck for a moment.

"Starting from the second half of the year, you don't have to teach students anymore, and the projects will be handed over to other people. Just focus on teaching your classes. Go home when you have nothing to do and help Coco take care of the children." Zheng Guo said coldly.

Does this mean that Zhou Hua will be sidelined?

A professor who doesn't have students or do research, and only teaches?

Then what value does he have?

"Dad, how could you do this?" Zheng Keke still wanted to fight for Zhou Hua.

Zheng Guo sneered: "Why? Do you want him to harm a few more students? Or do you want Haohao to have a father in jail?"

Zheng Keke pursed her lips unwillingly: "But... Zhou Hua is so talented, he can't be buried like this."

"Huh! Talent?" Zheng Guo sneered.

The meaning is self-evident.

Outside the principal's office, Wu Qiuyun, who was about to knock on the door, slowly put down her hand.

From what the principal said, will he help Zhou Hua clean up his mess this time?

This kind of thing will happen again if it happens once.

Wu Qiuyun's expression was a little complicated, like anger and guilt.

She turned around and slowly left the office.

As soon as she walked out of the office building, Wu Qiuyun saw Ji Yuanyuan.

Ji Yuanyuan's eyes were so clear, she seemed to know everything.

That look made Wu Qiuyun feel even more uncomfortable.

She turned her eyes away, not daring to look again.

…

A quarter of an hour later, Ji Yuanyuan and Wu Qiuyun sat at the Blue Bay Coffee near the school.

At this time in the morning, there were not many people in the coffee shop.

The two sat in the seat where they first met.

When they met for the first time, Wu Qiuyun was calm and composed, but Ji Yuanyuan was nervous.

And now, the two people seemed to have switched positions.

Wu Qiuyun looked at the coffee in front of her and sighed slightly.

The coffee was ordered by Ji Yuanyuan, and she was given a cappuccino.

The little girl's favorite coffee.

Due to her age, she wanted to order something every time, but she was too embarrassed to do so.

Now that I think about it, she always liked to put some inexplicable shackles on herself.

It’s just a cup of coffee, there’s no point in dividing people into different groups.

Drink if you want.

She picked up the coffee and took a big sip.

She sighed with satisfaction. It was indeed much better than American coffee.

"Teacher Wu, if the person you love commits a crime, what will you choose?" Ji Yuanyuan looked at Wu Qiuyun and suddenly asked.

Wu Qiuyun was stunned for a moment, "If it were now, I would call the police."

Ji Yuanyuan nodded: "Yes, I will too. He made a mistake and should be punished by law. But I will accompany him, accompany him to atone for his sins, and accompany him to be punished."

Wu Qiuyun smiled bitterly: "Unfortunately, when I was young, I was not as open-minded as you are, so I chose to cover up for you."

Ji Yuanyuan sighed in her heart, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she was disappointed or heartbroken.

When Cao Xiaorui was talking about those things, she saw Wu Qiuyun's expression, and combined with the various signs before, she almost guessed it.

But when her conjecture was confirmed, she found herself unable to accept such an answer.

To her, Wu Qiuyun is more than just her teacher.

He is also her friend, a close elder, her goal, and the person she wants to be.

But this person suddenly had a stain on her.

"I have only loved one person in my life, and that's him. We had the same graduate advisor, so I started to like him when I was in my twenties. He had a stable girlfriend at that time, and I watched him get married and divorced. We got together when we were in our thirties. But the love of youth will eventually be worn away by time."

Wu Qiuyun's hands unconsciously turned the coffee cup.

"In the third year after they got together, Cheng Lin committed suicide because Zhou Hua took his paper for himself and accused him of plagiarism. I was not completely ignorant at the time. When Cheng Lin handed him the paper, I was next to him. I knew clearly that the paper was completed by Cheng Lin independently. But in the end, Zhou Hua became the first author and Cheng Lin was tarnished."

Cheng Lin was the student who committed suicide that year.

Being wrongly accused of plagiarism, Ji Yuanyuan knew how serious a crime it was.

This means that Cheng Lin will become a target of public criticism in the medical community.

Not to mention the past, just undergraduate and graduate studies took eight years.

Eight years of hard work have come to nothing.

How many eight years can we have in our life?

What's more, Cheng Lin came from a poor family, so how could he have a chance to start over?

So he chose to commit suicide, perhaps thinking that his suicide could bring him innocence.

But in the end, he was too naive.

"Zhou Hua was already 40 years old at the time, but his status in the school was still stagnant. Later, he was promoted to a senior professor thanks to his paper included in SCI, but Cheng Lin's life was forever frozen in his twenties."

"Why didn't you call the police at that time? If you had called the police, at least everyone would know that the paper was written by Cheng Lin and he was not a plagiarist." Ji Yuanyuan asked in a hoarse voice.

She didn't understand why Wu Qiuyun, who she thought was a sober person, made such an incomprehensible choice.

"At the time, I just thought that since Cheng Lin was dead, what was the point in clearing his name? If the status quo was maintained, Cheng Lin's parents could at least get some compensation, and they would have someone to rely on for the rest of their lives. And his paper, no matter whose name was used, was published after all, and people all over the world could see it."

Ji Yuanyuan took a deep breath: "But when you violated your principles for Zhou Hua, he betrayed you, right?"

If it wasn't for his daughter, would the principal let this matter go so easily?

Will he risk committing a crime to cover up Zhou Hua's mistake?

"Yes, he betrayed me. But you know what's funny? After this happened, I tried to hate him and put myself in the position of the victim. But the truth is, I don't hate him. Instead, I feel relieved. It's true that I love him, and it's also true that I don't want to be with him anymore."

“Maybe it’s not that I don’t want to, but that I don’t dare.” Ji Yuanyuan took a deep breath and whispered.

(End of this chapter)