Zhou Chen's phone kept ringing.
First, Lu Guoliang, Hu Haibing, Zhang Dafu, and others called again.
I'm happy that he salvaged his reputation and won the lawsuit.
After a brief chat with a few people, I received calls from Ma Dong, Xu Wei, Meng Xiaohai, and some classmates from the school team.
Teachers, business partners, classmates, alumni, and friends all paid close attention to the trial and offered their congratulations immediately.
"Brother Chen, the supermarket that we used to work with has contacted us again, wanting to continue our cooperation and apologizing for the previous misunderstanding."
Lu Ye's phone kept ringing; he answered several calls, all about the same thing: wanting to continue their cooperation.
Zhou Chen nodded, not surprised.
"Brother Chen, everyone in the group is going crazy with joy. They all feel incredibly happy," Li Kaile chuckled after reading the messages in the QQ group for a while.
"Thank them for me."
Zhou Chen knew that his classmates in the group were all on his side. Even though public opinion had been overwhelmingly against him before, no one had spoken ill of him. It has to be said that his high school classmates were all very good at getting along.
"Hello, Principal Li."
Upon seeing the call from the vice president of Yenching University, Zhou Chen's expression flickered, and he immediately pressed the answer button.
After congratulating him on the successful lawsuit, Li Wenyan proactively revealed to him that immediately after the court verdict, the top leaders of Tsinghua and Peking Universities held a collective meeting and decided on the spot to remove the vice president from his position and expel him from Tsinghua and Peking Universities. They also issued a statement saying that all the vice president's statements did not represent Tsinghua and Peking Universities and that he himself was responsible for them.
Zhou Chen was not surprised by Tsinghua and Peking University's desperate measures to survive; any school that wanted to preserve its reputation might have done the same.
This vice president of Tsinghua and Peking Universities became a victim.
But he can't blame anyone else; he took the initiative to jump out, so he got what he deserved.
“Xiao Zhou, I’m not here to plead for the vice president of Tsinghua and Peking Universities to let him off the hook. Since he’s an adult, he should be responsible for his actions. Whatever you do, I’ll support you.”
"Just like Yanda University, which has been on your side from the very beginning."
Li Wenyan's words stirred Zhou Chen's heart. He couldn't help but wonder why Yanda University dared to make a decision that ignored public opinion pressure and spoke up for him.
This is tantamount to a high-stakes gamble, betting Yenching University's reputation accumulated over many years.
He had been thinking about this problem before.
Even if he is the top scorer in the province, Yenching University doesn't need to take such a big risk, because there are top scorers in the province every year, but once the reputation is gone, it's gone forever.
What exactly is the reason why Yenching University stood firmly by his side?
At that moment, he voiced the question that had been nagging at him.
Li Wenyan's subsequent explanation revealed the truth to him.
It turns out that Yenching University did not make the decision blindly. Li Wenyan used her connections to get detailed information from some students at No. 1 High School and Zhou Chen's neighbors.
"Actually, the person you should thank the most is your homeroom teacher."
"He has absolute faith in your character and has told us a lot about you. Based on Mr. Wu's character, we believe that he has been doing charity work for so many years and donating to impoverished families. Such a teacher of high moral character should not have such a poor student whom those people describe. Facts have proved that his judgment was correct and that you were indeed slandered."
Knowing that Wu Yingjie had helped a lot behind the scenes, Zhou Chen couldn't help but feel moved. He thanked Li Wenyan and said he was willing to tell her about it.
After ending the call,
Zhou Chen immediately called Wu Yingjie.
"Thank you, teacher."
"Why are you thanking me? It's your own intelligence to record that video; video evidence is the most important thing."
Wu Yingjie laughed.
Seeing that Wu Yingjie didn't understand what he meant, Zhou Chen said, "President Li of Yanda University told me everything."
After a few seconds of silence on Wu Yingjie's end, he laughed and said, "Actually, I didn't do anything. I just said a few words for you. After all, you're not what the Zhou family said. Even if it wasn't you, but any other student, I would have done the same."
Zhou Chen believed this; Wu Yingjie was indeed that kind of person—a very pure person who cared more about others than himself.
On the other end,
Zhou Ling and Zhao Kun boarded the car back to Fanjia County.
Both of them were rather frustrated. They had gone there to see Zhou Chen make a fool of himself, but instead they witnessed Zhou Chen pull off a decisive victory.
The recorded phone call was just an appetizer; once the video evidence was presented, no one could argue, making the outcome of the lawsuit a foregone conclusion.
So what if the Zhou family has a large number of members?
Zhou Chen didn't even need to be present in person; he simply produced the evidence he had already recorded and won the case in one fell swoop.
This is already countless times when my wishes have been dashed.
"These good-for-nothings from the Zhou family were secretly filmed without even realizing it. If it weren't for this video, Zhou Chen would definitely be ruined. What a brilliant move, he's ruined himself."
"Zhou Chen is despicable for secretly filming. If we need to cause trouble for him in the future, we must be careful and never repeat the mistakes of those good-for-nothings."
"Wife, you should learn your lesson."
Zhao Kun was talking to himself when he noticed Zhou Ling was distracted, so he immediately shoved her aside.
Zhou Ling was wondering if her previous conversation with Zhou Chen to ask for money had also been secretly filmed. If it happened to the rest of the Zhou family, and was posted online, her reputation would quickly become infamous, just like theirs.
Probably not!
Zhou Ling shook her head. Zhou Chen didn't know she was going and didn't expect her to show up. Even if he wanted to take pictures, he didn't have a chance to prepare.
Moreover, she didn't notice any filming equipment on Zhou Chen.
She must be overthinking things; she's being paranoid and worrying unnecessarily.
"Brother Kun, what do we do next?"
"If the Zhou family loses the case, those who previously condemned him will definitely turn around and support him. Won't we be attacked?"
Zhou Ling expressed her concerns. Although she spoke well of Zhou Chen to the media, she was actually saying the opposite of what she meant in order to attract attention and encourage others to attack Zhou Chen.
With Zhou Chen's reputation now reversed, some netizens may think she is just like the rest of the Zhou family.
"Don't be afraid. Even if Zhou Chen sees through our purpose, it doesn't matter. As long as he doesn't have any leverage over us, he can't do anything to us. In fact, we can continue to use this to our advantage when he goes to university."
Zhao Kun sneered. He wasn't as stupid as the Zhou family. Zhou Chen had no evidence to prove that their kind words were for ulterior motives, so he couldn't say anything.
Upon hearing these words, Zhou Ling felt a vague unease for some reason.
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