Chapter 143: I believe in Pei Xingzhi’s character
Tang Mingli thought about it seriously, and then nodded: "Yes, there was such an incident. It happened in the second semester of my senior year."
Qin Song frowned slightly and looked at Tang Mingli with a bit of anxiety: "Then do you still remember who the man who was looking for you was?"
"I remember." After Tang Mingli finished the beef in his bowl, he gently put down his chopsticks and said while drinking water: "His surname is Lu, and he is a student of the Department of Financial Management in the same class as us."
Qin Song tentatively said the name: "Lu Yibai?"
Tang Mingli blinked and suddenly lowered his voice, probably because he was afraid that his next words would be heard by others and cause unnecessary trouble.
"It's Lu Yibai, the Lu Yibai from the Lu Group. And the girlfriend he mentioned is the real daughter of the Qin family in Yuncheng, Qin Sisi, who was just found a few years ago."
"Oh..." Qin Song listened to his words with a calm expression, but in fact his hand holding the chopsticks tightened silently.
"What did that Lu guy say to you when he found you?"
Tang Mingli pursed his lips and thought for a moment before answering, "Actually, he didn't say anything. He just asked me if I was Pei Xingzhi's roommate. I said yes, and then he asked me to tell Pei Xingzhi that Qin Sisi was his girlfriend and told Pei Xingzhi not to harass her again, or he would make Pei Xingzhi pay."
"I was handing out materials in the classroom at the time, so when the guy surnamed Lu was talking about this, many of my classmates heard it. This caused Pei Xingzhi's reputation to become very bad after that. Many people didn't even know the truth of the matter, and just casually called him a mistress who destroyed other people's relationships, and a wretched man who relied on his own business to make some money to harass girls."
"What about you?" Qin Song tried hard to control his emotions, forcing himself not to think about the dirty words thrown at Pei Xingzhi. He still asked Tang Mingli with a smile, "Have you followed the trend and cursed Pei Xingzhi? Do you believe that Pei Xingzhi is that kind of person?"
"I don't believe it." Tang Mingli said firmly, "How could a person who studies hard, is serious about starting a business, and is sincere to everyone harass girls?"
"Besides, Pei Xingzhi is so handsome. He has been a celebrity on the school's confession wall since he entered college as a freshman. There are countless girls in the school who like him. Is he crazy to ignore so many suitors and go harass a girl who has a boyfriend?"
Tang Mingli became angrier and angrier as he spoke, his face flushing red as he spoke: "Anyway, no matter how you look at it, I don't think Pei Xingzhi is the kind of person they say he is."
"And as far as I know, Pei Xingzhi and Qin Sisi didn't have much contact at all. Pei Xingzhi's business was already very successful at the time, and his company was so busy that he didn't have much time to stay in school. How could he have the leisure to harass Qin Sisi?"
"In my opinion, this matter is just a fabrication made up by Qin Sisi alone. Pei Xingzhi is in trouble for no reason."
Qin Song smiled and said, "Thank you for believing in Pei Xingzhi."
Then she remembered the way Qin Sisi used Pei Xingzhi in the original story, and asked, "When that guy surnamed Lu accused Pei Xingzhi in the classroom, did he produce anything to prove that Pei Xingzhi had indeed harassed Qin Sisi?"
Tang Mingli didn't even think about this question, and said with certainty, "Yes. He took out a few screenshots of the WeChat chats between Pei Xingzhi and Qin Sisi. The content in the screenshots was indeed quite offensive, but I don't think those words were sent by Pei Xingzhi."
Qin Song: "Why?"
Tang Mingli: "Because Pei Xingzhi is a very serious person, so serious that he is a bit rigid. When he usually sends WeChat messages to me, he will type every punctuation mark. He uses commas to separate sentences and remembers to put a period after finishing a sentence. But when I saw those chat records at that time, I found that Pei Xingzhi in the screenshots did not like to use punctuation marks when sending messages, and only used spaces to separate sentences. This is not in line with Pei Xingzhi's daily habits."
"Besides, what can a few chat screenshots prove? If Qin Sisi wanted to frame Pei Xingzhi, she could just find a WeChat account, change the profile picture to Pei Xingzhi's, and add a note of Pei Xingzhi to forge this kind of screenshots."
Unlike his shy and gentle personality, Tang Mingli is actually very smart and talkative when he is talking about something seriously.
Qin Song looked at his slightly thin face and asked curiously, "What kind of work are you doing now?"
Tang Mingli: "I passed the civil service exam and was admitted to the Administrative Affairs Office of the Yuncheng Public Security Bureau."
"No wonder." Qin Song's surprise instantly turned into understanding.
Tang Mingli had already told her almost everything she wanted to know. After careful consideration, she decided to tell Tang Mingli about it.
"Tang Mingli, I recorded our conversation just now. Do you mind?"
Tang Mingli smiled and shook his head: "I don't mind, and I guessed from the beginning that you would record it. I don't know what you want to do with this recording, but out of consideration for my status as a civil servant, I hope you can use special effects to cover up my voice when you expose this recording."
"Although I really want to help Pei Xingzhi, I don't want others to know who I am through this recording."
Tang Mingli's tolerance and magnanimity exceeded Qin Song's imagination. Qin Song was stunned, and the brows that had been furrowed since he entered the door finally relaxed at this moment.
"I understand." The smile on her face was slightly excited, and she seemed so uneasy under Tang Mingli's gentle gaze.
"Don't worry, Tang Mingli, I will protect your privacy."
Tang Mingli: "Thank you."
Qin Song picked up his chopsticks again: "I have almost finished asking all the questions I wanted to ask. Now just enjoy your meal."
Tang Mingli breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."
Perhaps because he was in such a good mood, Qin Song showed off a lot of things at Haidilao after having breakfast. She was so dazzling that Shen Yanhui couldn't help but ask her: "Didn't you have breakfast?"
She puffed up her cheeks and replied, "Breakfast is breakfast, and lunch is lunch. Having breakfast doesn't prevent me from having lunch now."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanhui raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist: "But it's not even twelve o'clock yet."
Qin Song: "...I like to eat lunch before twelve o'clock!"
"..." Shen Yan had no words to refute.
When I came out after dinner, it was almost half past twelve.
After parting with Tang Mingli at the entrance of Haidilao, Qin Song and Shen Yanhui walked towards the elevator side by side.
Shen Yanhui looked at Qin Song with a squint: "I have done another thing for you. When will you let me meet Pei Xingzhi?"
Qin Song: "Pei Xingzhi is in the hospital. You can go to see him anytime you want. You just need to find a suitable reason."
Shen Yanhui raised his eyebrows and said forcefully: "You think of the reason!"
"..." Qin Song glanced at her cowardly: "I know, I am..."
"Teacher Qin?"
Just when he was halfway through his words, Song Yihan's voice suddenly rang out right in front of Qin Song.
Qin Song looked up and saw Song Yihan and Xie Mingyi walking towards her together.
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