Chapter 72
The biggest stone that was weighing on her heart finally fell to the ground. Gu Qiuyue felt lighter and she devoted herself to studying with greater concentration and strength.
By chance, she assisted an old professor in the department who was in charge of freshman work in sorting and checking some archival materials. When she turned over a file signed "Zhang Hong", Gu Qiuyue's eyes paused.
The photo in the file was of a girl with two pigtails and a shy smile, but Gu Qiuyue clearly remembered that although Zhang Hong in her class had a similar hairstyle to the photo, there seemed to be some subtle differences in her facial contours and eyes. What made her even more suspicious was that the occupations of Zhang Hong's parents filled in in the file were "teacher" and "doctor", and her hometown was a small water town in the south.
But a few days ago, she overheard this "Zhang Hong" chatting with someone in the cafeteria, complaining that the winter in the north was too dry and cold, and that "the wind and sand on the loess slopes in her hometown were very strong" and that her parents both "dig for food in the fields", which was a completely different message.
An inexplicable intuition came to Gu Qiuyue's mind.
She used her spare time to quietly observe this "Zhang Hong". In several small tests on basic courses, "Zhang Hong"'s scores were terrible. He was even confused about some very basic concepts. This was obviously inconsistent with the good college entrance examination results in his file.
She immediately reported the situation to her teacher.
"You said that she went to college under someone else's name?" The counselor asked in surprise: "Just because Zhang Hong had poor scores in these two tests?" The counselor was a little bit unbelievable. He couldn't believe that someone would be so bold as to impersonate someone else to go to college.
"It's possible that her scores dropped once or twice in class tests, but it's too outrageous that they dropped so drastically every time. After all, the college entrance examination scores are there. Those who can be admitted to our university must have good learning abilities. How could she let her test scores drop lower and lower?" Gu Qiuyue asked.
The counselor was also puzzled by this and was just about to find Zhang Hong to talk to her. But after hearing what Gu Qiuyue said, he felt something was not right. "Qiuyue, you are popular among the students. Why don't you go and find out about Zhang Hong's family situation?"
Gu Qiuyue took on the task and found several fellow villagers from the same county as "Zhang Hong" listed in the archives. Pretending to chat casually, she asked indirectly about Zhang Hong's family situation. "Zhang Hong? She's not the Zhang Hong from my county. However," one girl said doubtfully, "Although Zhang Hong from our county also took the college entrance examination, she didn't pass."
Another boy who happened to pass by laughed and said, "Zhang Hong lives in Liulingou, east of our county. She and I were classmates in high school, but her grades were not good then. I didn't expect that she could do so well in the exam this time. It can be seen that she really spent time reviewing in the past month. I just don't know why she did so poorly in these exams. She didn't learn anything new!" The last sentence was completely the boy's sigh.
Gu Qiuyue compiled the details and contradictions he observed, as well as the words of two classmates from different places, into a clear document and handed it to the counselor, which immediately attracted his attention. He handed the document to Professor Zhou, who was in charge of admissions in the department and was known for his rigor and fairness.
Professor Zhou immediately organized a team to conduct a secret investigation, including handwriting identification, on-site investigations, and questioning of key insiders... After going through the entire process, the result was shocking: this "Zhang Hong" was not that Zhang Hong. The real Zhang Hong was a girl from a remote county in the northwest, with a poor family but excellent academic performance. Her admission qualifications were impersonated by someone.
The case was of a serious nature and was reported immediately. Beijing University acted decisively and used this as a breakthrough point to launch a large-scale self-inspection campaign throughout the school and even other major universities in Beijing.
In just a few days, similar cases were exposed in several key universities, and several "fakes" were caught. The entire Beijing university circle and even the education community were shocked. Gu Qiuyue looked at the handling notice posted on the school bulletin board with mixed feelings. She felt happy that the parasites were caught, but also felt sad for the students whose lives were stolen.
Until she saw a familiar yet unfamiliar name, Lin Xiu, in an unpublished briefing within the school that detailed the information of those who had been replaced.
Could it be Lin Xiu, the traumatized woman who sat in the Propaganda Department office correcting her English pronunciation? If she was replaced, what kind of psychological trauma would it leave on her?
Just as the aftermath of this "purge" was still spreading in the Beijing university circles, Xie Shiyu arrived at the day to report to the National Defense University. Before reporting, he personally brought Wang Xiulan and the children from the staff quarters to his home in Beijing.
After class that day, Gu Qiuyue walked out of the school gate and saw a familiar figure at the school gate.
"Shi Yu?!" Gu Qiuyue rushed over happily and asked, "When did you get here? Are mom and the kids here too?"
"I'm here, I'm here, we're all here," Xie Shiyu said with a smile, hugging her waist. "Grandpa asked me to take you home. We can't always get together as a family, so let's get together before I go to the military academy."
"Will you never be able to leave the military academy after you enter it?" Gu Qiuyue asked, "The children and I will have to wait a year and a half before we can see you?"
Xie Shiyu asked Gu Qiuyue to sit on the back of the bicycle. "That's not the case. Military academies also have holidays, but they certainly won't be like your school where you have holidays every week. Normally, there should be one day off every ten days or half a month."
"Oh," Gu Qiuyue was obviously in a low mood. She thought the military academy had a weekend off just like their school.
In the military compound, the Xie family lived in a two-story detached building. At this moment, the living room was filled with the joy and noise of a long-awaited reunion. Huahua and Shuangshuang, who had just learned to walk, rushed into Gu Qiuyue's arms like two little cannonballs, calling "Mom" sweetly and softly, and their little arms tightly hugged her neck.
Wang Xiulan and Xu Qin stood at the door, looking at their daughter-in-law (daughter) and son (son-in-law), their eyes full of smiles of relief and satisfaction, "Good, that's great!"
On the other side, Father Gu was playing chess with Grandpa Xie, while Father Xie was sitting on the side talking to his eldest brother and sister-in-law.
Gu Qiuyue was holding the child. Seeing her parents were there, she couldn't help but glance at her husband with gratitude, "Thank you!"
"What are you thanking me for?" Xie Shiyu took the child from Gu Qiuyue's arms and teased him, "Since it's a reunion dinner, the whole family should be together." He then leaned close to Gu Qiuyue's ear and whispered, "If you really want to thank me, tonight we..."
"What are you talking about? The child is still here!" Gu Qiuyue raised her foot and kicked him, but it felt like her toes kicked an iron plate. "Why are you so stiff all over?"
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