Chapter 91: Postgraduate Study Ruined (24)
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Zhu Qingchen's voice was not loud, but almost everyone around him heard it.
For a moment, everyone was silent.
Even those unscrupulous self-media who were about to be taken into the police car turned around.
Zhu Qingchen blinked his eyes with an innocent look on his face.
He often surfs the Internet, but he still has trouble understanding some abbreviations and jargon.
“XS” obviously means “laughing to death”, why did Zhou Ziqian want to “laugh to death”?
The system was the first to react, and it was so anxious that it jumped up and down: "Why did you ask that?"
Zhu Qingchen asked doubtfully: "Because I really don't know."
At this time, Xia Shu silently raised his hand: "Teacher, I am the one who is 'laughing to death'."
"Ah?" Zhu Qingchen looked puzzled.
No, he asked his students in the second world, "XS" means "laugh to death".
Zhu Qingchen wanted to ask more questions, but the system quickly flew forward and blocked his mouth: "Shut up, don't ask anymore."
"But I don't understand..."
"This is a phonetic abbreviation. One abbreviation can correspond to several or even dozens of words. Why are you memorizing it by rote? Shut up and stop embarrassing me."
"Oh." Zhu Qingchen closed his mouth aggrievedly.
The next second, the people nearby couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.
"Teacher Zhu..." The policeman held the car door and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. "Teacher Zhu, you are so cute."
Where's the cuteness?
Zhu Qingchen still had an innocent look on his face as he looked around.
He really doesn't understand.
Zhu Qingchen looked at Huo Jun beside him and said, "Mr. Huo, do you understand?"
Huo Jun clenched his fist, put it to his lips and coughed, then supported Zhu Qingchen's shoulder and said, "Get in the car first."
The villain system understood: "You don't understand either? Are you still pretending?"
Huo Jun did not answer, but helped Zhu Qingchen open the car door: "Let's go."
Several unscrupulous self-media took the police car, while Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu took Huo Jun's car.
The group went to the police station.
As soon as he got in the car, Huo Jun's cell phone rang.
He probably knew who was calling, so he picked up the phone, but didn't put it to his ear, but held it in his hand.
The next second, Mr. Zhou's angry roar came from the other side.
"Huo Jun! How dare you trick me! What about the one million? Who did you give it to?"
Huo Jun sat in the back row and asked calmly, "What do you mean one million?"
"I asked you to give Xia Shu and Zhu Qingchen one million! Who did you give it to? What about the surveillance video? How did it become a meal card?"
"Where is the one million? That's the company's purchasing funds, have you forgotten?"
Mr. Zhou choked for a moment, and suddenly remembered that after he gave the bank card to Huo Jun and asked him to give the money to Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu, Huo Jun came to report to him with the surveillance video and brought a stack of documents for him to sign.
There was a purchase fund in it, the amount was exactly one million, Huo Jun paid it first without going through the formalities, and then asked the group for reimbursement.
He signed it casually and taught Huo Jun a lesson, telling him not to bother with such trivial matters in the future.
Old Master Zhou reacted and flew into a rage: "Huo Jun! You you you..."
From the very beginning, Huo Jun was on Zhu Qingchen's side!
He and Zhu Qingchen had been in cahoots for a long time. From the 500,000 yuan before to instigating them to use love to whitewash themselves just now, Huo Jun had been plotting against them from the very beginning!
Huo Jun has been in the group for several years and has never overstepped his boundaries. He has been quietly serving as the vice president. Even the sign hanging in his office reads "A harmonious family brings prosperity." Mr. Zhou thought he had him completely under control, but who knew...
Who knew that he would raise such an ambitious undercover agent! Who knew that he would be tricked by him in the end!
When Mr. Zhou figured this out, he made a "click" sound on the other end of the phone and almost fainted.
Zhou Ziqian shouted "Grandpa", picked up the phone, and yelled at Huo Jun: "Huo Jun, I will kill you!"
Huo Jun held the phone further away: "I'm on my way to the police station. You can wait until I get there before telling the police this."
Zhou Ziqian suddenly lost his temper. Old Man Zhou picked up the phone tremblingly: "Huo Jun, you are cruel, but so what? I tell you, you are fired! From today on, you pack up and leave!"
There was a mouthful of thick phlegm in Mr. Zhou's throat, and his voice was hoarse: "Get out! Cough cough..."
Zhou Ziqian shouted anxiously: "Grandpa..."
Mr. Zhou didn't even bother to hang up the phone. He said to Zhou Ziqian, "What are you afraid of? You haven't committed any crime. How can he come to arrest you? It's just a moral issue. Netizens are forgetful. Contact the paparazzi immediately and ask them to post some explosive material about other people..."
The sound gradually became quieter and finally the call was hung up.
Zhu Qingchen and Huo Jun looked at each other. The Zhou family was at the end of their rope. They could no longer think of a better solution. They could only comfort themselves and hope that netizens would forget.
Zhu Qingchen whispered, "But Mr. Huo, you've been fired."
Huo Jun said: "Verbal notification does not count, a written document is required, and they have not compensated me yet."
"Oh." Zhu Qingchen nodded, not quite understanding.
Coincidentally, at this time, another small shareholder contacted Huo Jun.
"Mr. Huo, do you still want to take the shares? I'll give you two points, which is not much. I'm not greedy. I'll just take the price from this morning."
It seems that Zhu Qingchen’s live broadcast just now has once again dealt a heavy blow to the Zhou Group’s stock price.
Zhou's company is now being criticized to the sky, and its stock price has plummeted, already falling below its historical low.
The small shareholders who originally wanted to wait and see were panicked, fearing that they would lose everything, and quickly called Huo Jun.
Huo Jun responded: "No, just follow the price from three days ago."
The minority shareholder expressed gratitude: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. Huo."
"You're welcome. I'm on my way to the police station now. I'll have someone prepare a contract and sign it tomorrow."
"Okay, okay."
Huo Jun hung up the phone and looked at Zhu Qingchen.
Although he was fired, he is about to be promoted!
Zhu Qingchen gave him a thumbs up.
The villain is really powerful.
*
Ten minutes later, the group arrived at the nearest police station and were taken to the mediation room.
Several unscrupulous self-media outlets were paid to do their jobs. They thought they had a sure win, and could get both money and a group of fans.
Who knew that he was sent directly to the police station.
A few people were timid and wanted to push others out.
The police patted the table and said, "Tell them one by one. Confess and you will be treated leniently."
They kept trying to shirk responsibility for a long time before finally saying, "We just wanted to take advantage of the popularity and made a mistake..."
"Think carefully. Your bank statements can be checked, and the illegal gains will be confiscated. If you confess now, maybe Teacher Zhu can reconcile with you. If you keep silent, you will have no choice but to be detained."
As soon as these words came out, someone immediately shouted: "It's the Zhou family!"
After a gap was opened, the others quickly followed, fearing to fall behind: "It's the Zhou family! The Zhou family's lawyer gave us 100,000 yuan each and asked us to punish Teacher Zhu." "What did they say specifically?"
"They said that as long as we go live to find Mr. Zhu and ask him about the 500,000 yuan, and scare him so that he won't interfere in the Zhou family's affairs, it will be done."
"Give us 100,000 yuan as a deposit first, and when things are over, you can give us more money based on how many people are in the live broadcast room."
The police looked at them in disbelief and recorded what they said truthfully.
The matter is very clear.
He was sent by the Zhou family to deliberately discredit Zhu Qingchen.
The police officer looked at Zhu Qingchen and said, "Teacher Zhu, do you want to reconcile or handle the matter impartially? What they are doing is considered provoking trouble, which meets the standard for detention."
The group of people changed their arrogant attitude and begged Zhu Qingchen: "Teacher Zhu, we didn't do it on purpose, and we are not the culprit. The Zhou family sent us here..."
Zhu Qingchen ignored them, turned around and said to the police: "Just do what you have to do. Thank you for your hard work."
"Okay, that's not hard. I'll ask my colleague to issue a detention order."
"OK."
The more arrogant that group of people were just now, the more panicked they were now: "No, we already said that it was the Zhou family who asked us to do it. We didn't do it on purpose."
"Teacher Zhu, there's no need to be so ruthless, right? Let's all take a step back so we can meet again in the future."
Why should Zhu Qingchen take a step back? He did nothing wrong, and he would never meet them again. He was about to change the world.
Zhu Qingchen smiled confidently at them and admitted openly, "Because I am just very stingy."
These unscrupulous self-media were detained for three days for provoking trouble.
Zhu Qingchen got the result from the police station, handed it to Xia Shu, and asked him to take a photo.
Xia Shu took out his cell phone and sent all the new evidence to his account.
Including but not limited to——
【Teacher Zhu collects meal card monitoring】
[Xia Shu's entire interview process]
[Results of handling unscrupulous self-media]
After posting all the evidence, Xia Shu put away his phone and said, "Teacher, this should be over, right?"
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "Well, the evidence is conclusive, the Zhou family will never dare to provoke us again."
Xia Shu let out a long sigh, looked up, and happened to see the projection of [XS, forgive me! ] on the opposite building.
Maybe the Zhou family was in chaos and no one cared about this place, and since the money had been paid, they didn't move out.
Just at this moment, Xia Shu received a strange text message on her mobile phone, which only contained one sentence: "I'm sorry, that's it, I won't dare to do it again."
Xia Shu smiled and looked at the big screen not far away, feeling extremely ironic.
Huo Jun asked: "Teacher Zhu and Student Xia, are you going back to school? I'll take you back."
Xia Shu turned around and said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Xiao Chi. Mr. Huo, please take the teacher back."
"It's okay. It's on the way anyway." Zhu Qingchen pulled him and said, "Let's go."
Huo Jun drove the car, while Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu sat in the back seat.
The last time they sat together in the back seat, not far away, was just yesterday.
Xia Shu beat Zhou Ziqian up, then lost all hope and sat dejectedly in the back seat, like a piece of wood.
Today is completely different. Xia Shu is full of energy and his eyes are shining.
Zhu Qingchen casually flipped through Xia Shu's account and looked at the comments below.
[Zhou Ziqian deleted the video. The comments below the video were all filled with trolls, praising Zhou Ziqian’s affectionateness as if they had no brains.]
[This guy has too much of a troll vibe. Who would praise this guy for being affectionate? ]
[Zhou Ziqian is still affectionate? Does he have a grudge against Xia Shu? ]
[As we all know, many brands actually have permanent online trolls on major social platforms. They are paid monthly and surf the Internet every day. As soon as they see relevant news, they gather together and comment immediately.]
【Building, window, run.jpg】
[Zhou Ziqian and his friends used their power to play with people's feelings. It's disgusting. After the incident, they even wanted to use their power to reverse right and wrong and guide public opinion. It's disgusting.]
[The Tianlong people are used to covering up everything. They deceived Xia Shu and succeeded. They wanted to deceive us all, but failed.]
[Anyone with a little bit of normality knows that if you are liked by this kind of person, he will not give you anything even if you marry him.]
[He would only say "I wanted to buy you xxx, but you were too naughty, so you should be better next time", a common PUA method. Anyway, he is very generous, it's you who is naughty]
[Xia Shu is lucky to have met a teacher like Zhu who is organized and principled. If I were in such a situation, I would have fallen into the trap when he was about to give me 500,000 yuan.]
[Those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future. Good days are coming for Xia Shu and Teacher Zhu! ]
[The live broadcast ended before I could even enjoy it. Who knows who the boss who appeared at the end was? ]
[He is the vice president of Zhou Group and has appeared on financial programs before]
[Mr. Huo from Zhou Group? No wonder Mr. Zhu was able to obtain those evidences]
[The Zhou family is so disgusting, Mr. Huo can't stand it anymore, right? ]
[Although Mr. Huo only protected Teacher Zhu and Xia Shu for a second, it was so cool]
[Mr. Huo's look at Teacher Zhu is definitely not innocent. I'm going to start trying to pull them apart!]
[I unilaterally announce that Mr. Huo, Mr. Zhu, Xia Shu and I are the new family of four, Dad, Dad, my brother and I]
Zhu Qingchen: ???
What are these netizens talking about?
He exited the page, turned off his phone, looked up, and met Xia Shu's gaze.
Xia Shu smiled at him in a relaxed manner: "Teacher, I didn't expect this matter to be so simple. I should have done this earlier."
Zhu Qingchen touched his head and said, "It's not too late now."
Soon, we arrived at the hospital entrance.
Xia Shu said "goodbye" to them and got out of the car.
As he walked towards the hospital, he sent a message to his parents to tell them that he was there.
It is already nine o'clock in the evening, most of the patients are getting ready to go to bed, and the inpatient department is quiet.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Xia received the news, they went downstairs to pick him up.
Xia's mother was preparing to stay on guard in the hospital, and Xia's father was preparing to go home to rest. Both of them hurried over and surrounded Xia Shu.
"Xiao Shu, have you had dinner? Are you okay?"
"I have eaten." Xia Shu smiled and announced the good news to them, "The Zhou family will never dare to bully us again, and Zhou Ziqian will never dare to bully Xiao Chi again."
Mother Xia hugged him and patted his back: "Xiao Shu..."
"Where's Xiaochi? I'll go up to see him. I'll keep watch tonight. Mom and Dad have worked so hard."
"Xiao Shu has worked hard, and mom and dad can't help much...Xiao Shu has worked hard..."
When Xia Shu went upstairs, Xia Chi had already turned off the lights and was going to bed.
He turned over and suddenly saw someone standing outside the door.
Xia Chi took a closer look and sat up from the bed in surprise: "Brother!"
Xia Shu pushed the door open and went in: "Xiao Chi."
Seeing him, Xia Chi's eyes lit up, and he asked him questions like a string of bullets: "Brother, are you busy at work today? You didn't come to see me. I've been waiting for you all day, but I didn't dare to call you."
Xia Shu said: "I'm a little busy during the day, so I came here to keep watch for you at night."
Xia Chi laughed foolishly: "Okay."
Xia Shu took five minutes to take a simple shower.
When he came out, Xia Chi still had his eyes open and was not asleep. He was waiting for his brother to come out and chat.
The two brothers were lying on the hospital bed and the accompanying bed respectively, chatting casually.
Xia Chi asked: "Brother, is your work hard today?"
Xia Shu thought about it and said, "I didn't go to work today. I asked for leave."
"What did your brother do?"
"Go beat up Zhou Ziqian, and then fight him online."
"Ah?" Xia Chi was shocked and jumped up from the bed again.
"Don't worry, my brother has won a great victory." Xia Shu said, "He will never dare to mess with our family again, nor will he dare to bully you again."
Xia Chi asked nervously, "Did my brother suffer any loss?"
"No." Xia Shu said in an exaggerated tone that she rarely used, "He didn't even touch a hair of mine."
"Really?"
"Really, everyone supports my brother. From today on, no matter where Zhou Ziqian goes, there will be people watching him, and he will never dare to do that again."
The moonlight shone through the window, and the hospital bed and the accompanying bed were very close to each other.
Xia Chi reached out, gently tugged at his brother's quilt, and then held his hand.
The two people's hands were tightly clasped together, swaying slightly in the air.
*
On the other side, Huo Jun drove Zhu Qingchen back to the apartment.
Zhu Qingchen also moved from the back seat to the co-pilot seat.
The Zhou family reacted fairly quickly and deleted the video in which Zhou Ziqian distorted the truth. Now they are officially playing dead, waiting for time to dilute everything.
A group of people rushed to the Zhou Group and demanded an apology.
Zhou Group's stock price continued to fall and quickly hit a new low.
Along the way, Zhu Qingchen helped Huo Jun answer several calls, all of which were from small shareholders who wanted to sell their shares.
Huo Jun treats everyone equally and purchases them all at the same price, and will sign the contract tomorrow.
After helping to hang up the phone call with the last small shareholder, Zhu Qingchen asked, "Is the Zhou Group going to become the Huo Group?"
Huo Jun drove the car and looked straight ahead: "It's almost done. We will hold a shareholders' meeting in a few days and then jointly expel the Zhou family."
Zhu Qingchen nodded, and Huo Jun asked again: "Teacher Zhu, are you interested in attending the shareholders' meeting?"
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "But I'm not a shareholder."
"Teacher Zhu can pretend to be my assistant and attend."
"That's good."
Zhu Qingchen agreed readily; he loved to see bad guys get into trouble.
The car drove to the teachers' apartment building, Zhu Qingchen got out of the car and waved to him: "Bye, Mr. Huo."
Huo Jun nodded slightly: "Well, goodbye."
*
The matter was almost resolved, Zhu Qingchen returned home and had a good sleep.
The next day, the department head rushed back from another place and called him.
"Xiao Zhu, 2pm, principal's office. Invite Xia Shu and his parents over. The leaders are all here. Let's see how to handle this matter."
"good."
The director reminded him: "You don't have to be too nervous, just say what you need to say. No matter what, Xia Shu is right in this matter, and Zhou Ziqian will definitely be punished."
"Okay, don't worry, I'm not nervous."
Zhu Qingchen hung up the phone and told Xia Shu the news—
Xia Shu went to work again today. Zhu Qingchen slept until ten o'clock, picked up his phone and saw the message, only then did he know that he had gone to work.
After staying in bed for a while, Zhu Qingchen finally sat up.
After a quick wash and ordering some fried chicken takeout, Zhu Qingchen ate the takeout while watching cartoons. By the time he finished his brunch, it was almost two o'clock.
Zhu Qingchen changed into a more formal white shirt, combed his hair, put on his usual canvas bag, and went out.
I picked up Xia Shu and his parents at the school gate and took them to the principal's office. On the way, we discussed what the Xia family wanted the school to do.
Zhu Qingchen brought the Xia family to the principal's office. When they knocked on the door and entered, Zhou Ziqian, Old Man Zhou, and their lawyer had already arrived.
They had met the day before yesterday. At that time, Zhou Ziqian was domineering and acted lawless when he entered the police station.
But now...
There was a lingering sense of depression between Zhou Ziqian's brows, making his face look darker.
Old Master Zhou was sitting on a chair, leaning on a cane, gasping for breath, and even needed help to stand up.
It seemed that both of them were very angry and probably didn't sleep much last night.
Seeing Zhu Qingchen and the Xia family come in, the grandfather and grandson raised their heads, their eyes were filled with the same resentment. Zhu Qingchen ignored them and walked straight into the office.
When Xia's parents saw them for the first time, Xia's mother thought of the suffering Xia Shu had endured and wanted to rush up and slap them each twice, but was stopped by Xia Shu and Xia's father.
Several leaders came forward, met with them first and introduced themselves.
The Xia family members shook hands with them neither servile nor arrogant.
The department leader pulled Zhu Qingchen aside and told him, "Don't be nervous. Just tell them what they want. I will definitely stand by you."
Zhu Qingchen made an "OK" gesture: "No problem."
"good."
After a brief greeting, the leaders invited the Xia family to sit down at the long table.
"We basically understand what happened. We have seen the report written by Teacher Xiaozhu and the video he sent. Please rest assured that the school will handle this impartially."
"I invited you here this time because I want to discuss with you all and see what you want. We will do our best to meet your requirements."
The Zhou family's lawyer secretly waved to Zhou Ziqian and Mr. Zhou, and the two men stood up reluctantly and bowed to the Xia family.
Zhou Ziqian's voice was flat, as if he was reciting a line: "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I hope you can forgive me."
Mr. Zhou said with great emotion: "This time, it was my fault for not disciplining you strictly. Please forgive me. I, an old man, kneel down here in front of you..."
As he spoke, he handed the crutch to Zhou Ziqian and was about to kneel down.
After all, the Xia family are all respectable people. Where have they ever seen such shameless behavior?
Provoked by the old man, he immediately stepped forward to help him: "You can't do that..."
Zhu Qingchen held Xia Shu down and stood in front of them: "Pull your parents back."
This old man is very vicious. He kneels down to others on purpose to shorten their lifespans.
If Xia's father and mother had been soft-hearted and went to help him, he would have cried and maybe he would have cried himself over this matter.
But Zhu Qingchen was not afraid.
Zhu Qingchen was an ancient man, and could be considered their ancestor. He had already died once, so he could withstand this kneeling.
Xia Shu pulled his parents back, and the three of them sat in their seats quietly.
Zhu Qingchen folded his hands and stood in front of the old man who was playing tricks on him with confidence.
Seeing that no one came to help him, Mr. Zhou's bent knees trembled slightly in mid-air, and he didn't know whether he should kneel down.
Why isn't he afraid of shortening his life?!
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