Chapter 87: Postgraduate Study Ruined (20)
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The internet celebrity who spoke up for Zhou Ziqian in the comment section must know something about their affairs and should be Zhou Ziqian’s friend.
The name of the account is "Beijing Liu Shao", which sounds very rustic, but his family runs a small company. He often shoots videos such as "A day in the life of a rich second generation" and "Taking everyone to visit a big villa". He claims to be an insider and has attracted many fans.
After finally coming across a popular video that he knew a little about, he immediately jumped out and exposed the inside story.
When Xia Shu saw this video, he was still active in the comment section.
[Really? Please give me some melons]
Little Internet celebrity: [Gua Baozhen, my buddy is generous and gets along well with us]
[So it wasn’t because of a disagreement over the money that killed my brother? ]
Little Internet Celebrity: [Xia Shu and my buddy have been dating for a year, and I have never heard of a younger brother suddenly appearing out of nowhere. I won’t say much else]
[It turns out that they didn’t reach an agreement on the breakup fee. So, if you really killed your brother, why not call the police?]
Little Internet Celebrity: [They broke up a few months ago. My buddy has already started dating someone else. They are both doing well. I don’t have the time to hurt him. It’s so funny.]
He never explicitly said that Xia Shu beat Zhou Ziqian because of the breakup fee, but every sentence he said pointed towards this.
The direction of comments has long been distorted, and I am afraid that it will not be long before the news that "Xia Shu, a student from the Chinese Department of Jinghua University, beat up her ex-boyfriend in the street for the breakup fee" will spread throughout the streets.
Zhu Qingchen couldn't help but feel dizzy when he saw this.
Xia Shu continued to read the comments without stopping, as if she wanted to memorize all of them in her heart.
He scrolled faster and faster, until he could hardly see the words on the screen.
"Xiao Shu..." Zhu Qingchen wanted to hold his hand.
Coincidentally, at this time, Xia Shu had also finished reading all the more than 2,000 comments.
He raised his head and held back his tears.
He had cried all his tears.
Xia Shu looked at Zhu Qingchen and said firmly: "Teacher, I will put everything online. I want everyone to know what Zhou Ziqian did."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen held his hand and supported him firmly, "Teacher will help you."
Before starting to organize the evidence, Xia Shu specifically called her parents and asked them not to give the phone to Xia Chi, so as to prevent her younger brother from seeing the video and getting upset again.
Xia's father and mother vaguely guessed what had happened to him, and after several inquiries, Xia Shu finally told them everything.
"I beat Zhou Ziqian up. Now I'm going to make a video and put everything he did online."
Father and Mother Xia took a deep breath, but did not blame him. They just asked, "Is there anything Mom and Dad can help with?"
Xia Shu held the phone and smiled: "Teacher Zhu and I can handle it, mom and dad just need to take good care of Xiaochi."
When the parents asked again, Xia Shu just said that with the help of Teacher Zhu and Mr. Huo, nothing would go wrong.
Xia's father wanted to come and take a look, but was rejected by Xia Shu.
If they come over and see those videos, they will only feel more sad.
Xia Shu thought, let’s deal with everything first before telling her parents.
He and Zhu Qingchen borrowed Mr. Huo's computer, created a new document, and sorted out the whole thing.
Fortunately, he had just been in the police station and told the police everything. Now that he had sorted it out, it was relatively clear.
Sort everything out according to the timeline.
Zhu Qingchen sat next to him and helped him revise his wording, trying to extract the key points so that people could understand it at a glance.
Huo Jun is contacting his personal lawyer to ask him to help preserve and notarize the evidence.
The internet celebrity who spread the rumor has replied to hundreds of messages and received over ten thousand likes, so he can now be sued.
There are surveillance cameras in the park, which can also prove that Zhou Ziqian was next to Xia Chi when he fell ill.
*
On the other side, Zhou Ziqian was beaten up by Xia Shu and didn't dare to go home after leaving the police station.
Old Master Zhou had reminded him long ago that once the 500,000 yuan was spent, he and Xia Shu would no longer have any relationship, so if he wanted to have fun, he could go find someone else and not Xia Shu anymore, as it would bring shame to the family.
Zhou Ziqian himself couldn't swallow this humiliation. He still liked Xia Shu and wanted to reconcile with her.
Zhou Ziqian covered his face and called Xu Xi, asking him to come and pick him up.
He bought a house and a car for Xu Xi some time ago. Although Mr. Zhou knew about it, he didn't say anything.
When going out to play, it is of course best if you can get away with money, so that when you get tired of each other you can part ways amicably and it won't affect the family's reputation.
Not long after, Xu Xi drove over in his new car.
"Mr. Zhou..." Xu Xi lowered the car window and was shocked to see Zhou Ziqian with a bruised face and nose. "Mr. Zhou, you..."
Zhou Ziqian opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
He didn't say anything.
Xu Xi also tactfully kept silent and focused on driving: "Mr. Zhou, are you going to my place?"
Zhou Ziqian said unhappily, "Nonsense."
Xu Xi turned around, rolled his eyes quietly, and was secretly happy.
I don’t know which warrior beat him up, but it was a good beating. Xu Xi admired him.
Xu Xi drove towards his large flat in the city center in silence.
Zhou Ziqian took out his cell phone and swiped it impatiently.
He had to keep the fact that he was taken to the police station a secret from others to avoid embarrassment if it were to get out.
Fortunately, he seldom goes back to the old house often. Mr. Zhou cultivates his character and lives in seclusion from the world, so he should not know about these things.
Suddenly, the caller ID popped up on his phone, startling him.
Zhou Ziqian answered the phone as if nothing had happened: "Hello?"
Liu Hao on the other end of the phone said in a proud tone: "Mr. Zhou, how do you thank me?"
Zhou Ziqian felt something was wrong and frowned: "How can I thank you?"
"Didn't you check your phone? That Xia Shu slandered you like that and beat you up. If it weren't for my buddy helping you clarify, all those netizens would have been misled by him."
When Xu Xi heard the voice on the phone, his eyes widened in shock.
Was it Xia Shu who beat him? Xia Shu beat Zhou Ziqian?
Zhou Ziqian frowned deeper and deeper: "Please explain clearly, what netizens do you mean?"
Liu Hao patiently explained, "Didn't Xia Shu beat you up? Someone filmed the video and posted it online. Xia Shu said you killed his brother. I couldn't just sit there and watch. I cleared the air for you."
Zhou Ziqian didn’t hear anything else clearly, he only heard the words “shoot a video” and “put it online”.
Liu Hao was still very proud: "Mr. Zhou, you don't have to thank me too much. Are you coming out tonight? I found a new place..."
Zhou Ziqian suddenly roared: "Which video? What did you say?"
Liu Hao was startled by him: "Mr. Zhou, you..."
"Which video? Where?!"
Liu Hao was frightened by him: "Just... search the hot searches in the city... there is a No. 1 Hospital beating someone..."
Zhou Ziqian quickly took Xu Xi's phone and clicked on the hot search.
The first one is.
Zhou Ziqian clicked on the video, and noisy sounds quickly came.
The sound of Xia Shu yelling, Zhou Ziqian's roar of counterattack, and the sound of fists hitting his face.
Seeing the video, Zhou Ziqian's face
The wound on my body began to ache again.
He quickly clicked into the comments section.
The first comment in the comment section is Liu Hao’s.
Until a minute ago, Liu Hao was still very active in the comment section, attracting a group of people to party everywhere.
Whenever someone suggests that there is some hidden secret, they will flock to that person's comment to "refute the rumor."
[The case has been solved. The man who beat someone up didn’t get the breakup fee, so he went crazy and beat someone up]
[What about killing his brother? That's all nonsense. The person involved's friends have come out to refute the rumor.]
[What's the hidden reason for hitting someone? He just wants money, or you can get hit too]
[The one who beats people up looks poor and like a madman]
Zhou Ziqian clenched his phone tightly, and Xu Xi glanced at it, fearing that he would crush his phone.
Zhou Ziqian yelled at Liu Hao: "Delete it!"
Liu Hao was stunned: "Mr. Zhou, you..."
"Delete it immediately!" Zhou Ziqian yelled at the phone in frustration, "Are you fucking going to kill me?"
Liu Hao said weakly: "It's not you, Mr. Zhou, who said it yourself..."
In order to save face, Zhou Ziqian clearly wanted to reconcile with Xia Shu, but in front of his friends, he said that Xia Shu regretted it and kept pestering him to reconcile with him.
How proud he was when he said it, how annoyed Zhou Ziqian is now.
The matter snowballed and everyone knew about it.
He originally just wanted to help Xia Shu and make Xia Shu reconcile with him, but he ended up being beaten up by Xia Shu and taken to the police station.
Coming out of the police station, he thought that the matter was finally over. He didn't reconcile with Xia Shu. Is that okay?
As a result, he was photographed and posted online again.
Just take the photo and make a fuss about it.
As a result, Liu Hao went to help him clarify the matter.
By now, everyone in the world knows that he was beaten by Xia Shu.
It's so embarrassing. In their circle, it doesn't matter how they play in private, but if it gets out in public, what will happen to their family business? How can they stay in the circle in the future?
What if Xia Shu takes it seriously and exposes everything?
Zhou Ziqian yelled, "Delete it!"
Liu Hao responded repeatedly: "I know, I know, I will delete it right away."
Zhou Ziqian refreshed the page repeatedly, and finally, after his last refresh, Liu Hao's comment disappeared.
Liu Hao took credit for it and said, "I deleted it, Master Zhou, I deleted it all..."
"Fuck you." Zhou Ziqian cursed and threw the phone away.
As a result, the phone hit the front car window and bounced back.
Xu Xi was so distressed that he almost jumped up. This was his car! What if it got damaged?
Zhou Ziqian slumped in the passenger seat, rubbed his brows, picked up his phone again, and wanted to call Xia Shu.
When he heard the familiar voice, he realized that Xia Shu had blocked him a long time ago.
So he changed Xu Xi's cell phone again.
Xu Xi was not blocked.
The call was quickly connected. Zhou Ziqian was afraid of being blocked, so he stopped talking nonsense and said quickly: "Xia Shu, I'm sorry about what happened today. I can give you another 500,000 yuan. Please don't make things worse..."
Xia Shu quickly understood.
Zhou Ziqian didn't call for no reason. He wanted to test the waters to see if he knew about the video and the rumors.
Xia Shu didn't answer, but just hung up the phone and temporarily blocked the number.
Zhou Ziqian cursed again and pounded on the car door angrily.
Xu Xi felt distressed when he saw this, and quickly diverted his attention: "Mr. Zhou, don't be angry, maybe Xia Shu doesn't know about this at all, doesn't he often hang up the phone?"
Too.
Zhou Ziqian recovered and wanted to call his grandfather, but he was afraid that his grandfather would break his legs.
Last time, grandpa asked him to break up with Xia Shu, but now he is causing all these troubles.
He should be thankful that the old man is recuperating in the manor, isolated from the world, and should not see the video.
He hesitated for a moment, and finally called Huo Jun: "I know you are with Zhu Qingchen. Tell Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu that this matter ends here. I will not look for Xia Shu again."
When his most vital interests were touched upon, Zhou Ziqian finally felt afraid, and his tone was no longer as domineering as before.
*
In the office, Huo Jun put his cell phone on the coffee table and turned on the speakerphone.
Zhou Ziqian's voice came from inside: "Huo Jun, speak up, I know you've been with Zhu Qingchen all day."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head in front of the computer. No, how did he know?
Huo Jun responded calmly: "Yeah."
He stays with Zhu Qingqing all day long, what's wrong?
Zhou Ziqian said anxiously: "Tell Zhu Qingchen that I will give Xia Shu another 500,000 yuan as compensation. Today's matter ends here. When we meet next time,
Pretend not to know him. "
Huo Jun asked, "This five hundred thousand?"
"Why not just go through the company?" Zhou Ziqian didn't expect that Huo Jun would actually ask such a simple question.
"From the company?"
"Yeah, you can't even come up with the 500,000, right?"
"Please submit an application to the Finance Department and indicate the purpose."
Apply for 500,000 yuan from the Finance Department, and write it down in black and white -
Due to my personal relationship problems, I applied for $500,000 to shut up my ex-boyfriend.
Is Huo Jun crazy?
Huo Jun's tone was calm: "The group is transforming from a single family business to a modern enterprise managed by shareholders. Everyone from top to bottom must follow the rules. If you..."
Zhou Ziqian was almost mad at him: "I'll pay for it. I'll pay for the 500,000 yuan, okay?"
It seems that Mr. Zhou is quite generous to him and took the 500,000 yuan right away.
Huo Jun still said in the same tone: "I'll ask Teacher Zhu for his opinion. If Teacher Zhu agrees to take the money, I'll call you back."
He was always so unhurried, which made Zhou Ziqian angry.
Before he could finish, Zhou Ziqian hung up the phone: "Okay, that's it, I'll transfer the money to you."
Before hanging up the phone, he cursed softly: "Psycho!"
Beep, beep, beep——
Zhu Qingchen poked his head out from behind the computer.
Huo Jun turned his head and looked at Zhu Qingchen innocently.
He scolded me!
Huo Jun returned to normal and cleared his throat: "Teacher Zhu heard everything just now. Zhou Ziqian should be scared now and will not harass you again. If you want to take the 500,000, I can send a lawyer over."
Zhu Qingchen looked at Xia Shu: "Xiao Shu?"
Xia Shu raised his head, looked back seriously, and said seriously: "Teacher, I don't believe what he said at all."
This is what Zhou Ziqian said before.
Xia Shu wanted to break up, and he said okay. But a few days later, he came back to her because he couldn't bear to give up.
Xia Shu always wanted to avoid him, but she could never do so.
Xia Shu was just thinking, if he beat Zhou Ziqian earlier, would Zhou Ziqian be cautious and not provoke Xiao Chi?
The answer is no.
His beating of Zhou Ziqian only worked for a while. After Zhou Ziqian's injuries healed, he became unwilling to give in again and started to do whatever he wanted again.
Xia Shu
I just scrolled down the video and saw that the comment by Zhou Ziqian’s friend at the bottom of the video had been deleted.
He knew that Zhou Ziqian also knew about this matter.
He also knew that he had found Zhou Ziqian's Achilles' heel, and he was afraid of public opinion and afraid that it would become a big deal.
If we don't seize this opportunity and use the popularity of the video to suppress Zhou Ziqian, there is no guarantee that Zhou Ziqian will return to his old ways in a few days.
Zhou Ziqian has already caused Xiaochi to have an attack once, and it must not happen a second time.
This time he won't hide anymore. He doesn't want money or any compensation.
He just wants justice.
Zhu Qingchen understood what he meant, nodded, and sat back in front of the computer: "Okay, then let's continue to organize the evidence."
Huo Jun stood up, walked to Zhu Qingchen, looked at the documents they had sorted out, and asked casually, "Do you need any other evidence?"
"Hmm?" Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked at him expectantly, "Does Mr. Huo have any other evidence?"
"Yes." Huo Jun nodded, "There are some photos and recordings. Zhou Ziqian has several friends who are my informants."
Zhu Qingchen's eyes lit up.
That’s awesome, big villain. You have people among the enemy.
*
Even if Liu Hao deleted his comment, the video is still there and the rumors have already spread.
The popularity of the video is still rising, and unknown people are still spreading rumors about him.
Liu Hao just took a look and turned off his phone.
Anyway, Zhou Ziqian just asked him to delete the comment, but didn't ask him to clarify.
He deleted the comment, and it’s none of his business what others say next.
On the other hand, Zhou Ziqian thought that the matter was resolved.
Xia Shu was extremely poor and would definitely not refuse another half a million.
He was in a good mood, the wound on his face no longer hurt, and he called Liu Hao again.
"Go out and have fun at night, find a few more friends, go to a place and play cards all night long."
Seeing that Zhou Ziqian was not angry, Liu Hao quickly responded: "Okay, I'll contact you right away."
At night, the lights are bright and the night is full of wine and women.
In the huge private room, Zhou Ziqian sat in the middle of the card table, Xu Xi hugged his arm and snuggled up to him.
His group of friends all knew that Zhou Ziqian had been beaten. They looked at the wounds on Zhou Ziqian's face cautiously and did not dare to say anything.
Zhou Ziqian picked up a stack of cards and began to shuffle them.
"by
From now on, no one should mention Xia Shu in front of me. He and I have completely broken up. No one owes anyone anything."
He was too embarrassed to admit it and said that he was wrong. After holding it in for a long time, he could only utter, "No one owes anyone anything."
Several friends nodded quickly: "Yeah, okay."
"If you ask me, Young Master Zhou should have broken up with him a long time ago."
"He was never a good guy."
Zhou Ziqian cleared his throat and looked at the person who spoke: "Don't mention it."
"Okay, Mr. Zhou is still kind."
Xu Xi, who was sitting next to him, curled his lips. He was honest? He couldn't beat him and was about to run away.
Suddenly, Zhou Ziqian put his arm around his shoulders and announced, "Xu Xi and I have already started talking, so don't talk about that nonsense in the future."
"Okay." The friends patted their lips and raised their glasses, "Brothers, you guys should drink two glasses each."
Zhou Ziqian curled the corners of his lips, pinched the cards between two fingers, threw them at them, and dealt them the cards.
It was as if his life had returned to normal.
Amidst the feasting and revelry, he is still the heir of the Zhou Group who does whatever he wants.
The group played cards all night long, laughing and shouting.
Xu Xi tried hard to suppress his impatience, put his arm around Zhou Ziqian's shoulders, and stayed with him quietly.
He held his phone, avoided Zhou Ziqian's sight, and quietly sent a message to Xia Shu.
[You are relieved, I am still working]
[Why don't you hit him harder? Beat him so hard that he can't get out of bed]
Xia Shu did not reply. Xu Xi finally sent a thumbs-up emoticon, then quietly deleted the record and returned to Zhou Ziqian as if nothing had happened.
"Mr. Zhou is so amazing."
Zhou Ziqian was very pleased and pushed all the chips in front of him and asked him to keep them.
The group played cards without stopping.
Xu Xi woke up from a nap on the sofa, and when he looked at his phone, he realized it was already seven o'clock in the morning.
They are still playing cards.
Xu Xi yawned, went to the bathroom to wash her face, put on her makeup again, and returned to Zhou Ziqian to watch him play cards for a while.
He was bored, so he went back to the sofa and took out his phone to play. He just opened the short video app, and the video pushed to him by the system started to play automatically. A familiar voice came from the phone -
[I am Xia Shu who beat people in front of the First Hospital, and I am also Xia Shu who is said by some people to be "the one who pesters the rich second generation for the breakup fee"
……】
Xu Xi suddenly opened his eyes wide, quickly pressed the volume button, and sat up straight.
The sound of the phone gradually faded, but...
Zhou Ziqian was sitting in front of the card table, holding the cards in his hand, his whole body was frozen.
His friends didn't dare to say anything else and just looked at his face cautiously.
The room was already very dark, and with the thick curtains drawn, no sunlight could penetrate.
One could only vaguely see Zhou Ziqian's face was ashen, he was clenching his back teeth tightly, and fire was almost spitting out of his eyes.
Zhou Ziqian slammed the cards in his hand onto the table and reached out to Xu Xi: "Cellphone."
Xu Xi didn't react for a moment and just stood there.
Zhou Ziqian roared: "Give me the phone!"
"Okay..." Xu Xi immediately put the phone in his hands with both hands.
The video on the phone continued to play, but there was no sound.
Zhou Ziqian turned up the volume, and Xia Shu's voice came again.
[Zhou Ziqian and I met a year ago. I had just entered the school and he was a senior one year older than me.]
[Due to family reasons, I worked part-time in a coffee shop near the school. Zhou Ziqian also came to work there and told me that he, like me, came from a poor family.]
[A few months later, when he was helping me deal with a difficult client again, we got together.]
[Here are the chat records to prove that when he was with me, he was with me in the image of "poor", "destitute", and "working and studying". ]
[During our relationship, we split all our expenses. I didn't know he was a second-generation rich man, and I never spent a penny of his money.]
The video was shot by Xia Shu herself in the dormitory using her mobile phone.
Although the venue and equipment were very simple, the evidence he presented was very detailed.
The chat records had everything. He just randomly picked out some of the chat records during their relationship, in which he asked Zhou Ziqian if he wanted to go to the cafeteria together to drink free soup, or if he wanted to go to the discount supermarket together to get bargains. He outlined the key points with a red frame and sent them out.
After playing the chat records, Xia Shu continued to tell the story.
[At the end of May this year, my instructor invited me and four other classmates to have dinner at Zhongming Restaurant.]
【At Zhongming Restaurant, I saw my boyfriend. 】
[It was only then that I realized that he was not a poor student at all, but a rich man, and that he was with me not because he liked
He didn’t like me, but because he made a bet with his friends to see if he could get me without spending a penny. 】
[Here is the surveillance video of Zhongming Restaurant that day. ]
Zhou Ziqian stared at his phone so hard that even his hands were shaking.
How did he even get the surveillance video?
It must be Zhu Qingchen. It must be Zhu Qingchen who helped him get it, and also Huo Jun.
Zhu Qingchen and Huo Jun stick together every day, it must be Huo Jun who helped him get this.
"Fuck it!" Zhou Ziqian stood up suddenly, smashed his cell phone on the card table, and swept all the cards and chips on the table to the ground.
Unfortunately, Xu Xi's mobile phone was of very good quality. Even though a corner of it was broken, he continued to play the video professionally.
[On the day I found out I was cheated, I broke up with Zhou Ziqian...]
"Stop talking! Stop talking!" Zhou Ziqian grabbed the phone and smashed it against the wall.
Xu Xi subconsciously took a step forward, but did not dare to pick it up. He could only quietly move away to avoid being accidentally hurt.
The phone fell to the ground, paused for a moment, and continued to make sounds.
[He didn't give me any breakup fee, and I didn't ask him for any breakup fee, so I don't know what the breakup fee this "Mr. Liu from Beijing" was talking about...]!
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