Chapter 98 Chapter 98 I'm leaving
The cheating in the TCM physician qualification examination was on the news. For several days in a row, the television stations in Henan City were reporting on the incident.
After Lu Jianghai was arrested, all those involved in the incident were pulled out one by one, just like peanuts buried in the ground. People thought that the few exposed outside were all there, but in fact there were many others involved who were not visible in the ground.
The invigilator is responsible for changing the exam number and name;
The teacher who graded the papers received money and chose to turn a blind eye after seeing the names that had been changed;
The reviewing teacher was an old friend of Lu Jianghai and was willing to help him with this "small favor";
The face-to-face Q&A and case practice were assigned on the spot. Because he didn't know to whom Lu Xin would be assigned, Lu Jianghai simply gave them all gifts.
There was also the person in charge of the Admissions Office, who was originally prepared to report Lu Jianghai's arrangement after learning about it, but chose to sit back and do nothing in the face of Lu Jianghai and his supporters' constant persuasion.
Of course, he did not gain nothing. At least he got a place for his grandson to attend a key primary school and a key junior high school in the future...
On the first day, the news reported that five people were arrested; on the second day, several more people were summoned to the police station to cooperate with the investigation and make statements; on the third day, in order to make amends, the arrested people confessed a lot of shameful things they did during the exams in recent years...
In fact, every year, not only for TCM, but also for every medical qualification and practice certificate exam, there will always be one or two people who want to "manipulate":
Sit behind the best student so that you can copy some answers; bring cheat sheets, as long as they are not seen and reported by others in the same examination room; wear some obvious accessories, such as a five-color bracelet or change the buttons on your clothes to a different color, so that even if you don't know the name, you can still give a high score in the interview...
There are also those who change their grades, but in order to avoid making a big deal out of it, they will use money to settle it in advance, or pick on a weak target with no family background.
For several years, there have been no problems in the annual operation, and the occasional one or two cases that were exposed would be quickly suppressed.
There has never been a person like Lu Xin, this "idiot", who not only exposed his own grandfather, but also explained every step of the point exchange clearly.
After learning that the reason for "filling in the wrong test number" might be a score change, more and more candidates who lost points due to filling in the wrong test number launched protests, and took advantage of the heat of this incident to push the matter to the forefront.
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down, especially when it is a wall that has been corroded from the inside out and is on the verge of crumbling.
The incident of changing scores in exams happens frequently. The situation was worse in the early years of the college entrance examination because information flow was relatively closed, so many people didn't even know that their scores had been changed. It has gotten much better in recent years, but this trend of cheating has spread to adult examinations and qualification examinations.
The higher-ups have wanted to rectify the situation a long time ago, but have not been able to find a suitable opportunity. If they blindly investigate and deal with the situation, I'm afraid those people will only deceive their superiors and subordinates, cover up for each other, and finally push a few scapegoats out to take the blame.
Unlike this time, several black sheep that only ate fertilizer and did not grow fruit were dug out along the peanut vines.
Now that the beginning has been made, the subsequent efforts must keep up, with strict investigation, strict sorting, strict review, and strict handling... Not only the city and the province, but Beijing has also sent a special team. They are bound to use this trend to make cheating in exams an example, to make an example of it, and to see which province or city dares to commit the same mistake again in the future.
Lu Jianghai has run into trouble. Not only are many people involved, but he is also being used as a negative example.
After the wall fell, the first family to be crushed was the Lu family, and Lu Jianghai was the first to bear the brunt.
In his life, he stuffed a lot of things into that dirty bag, and after tearing a hole in it, more dirty things came out into the sun to be judged.
This was not the first time he had done such an unethical thing. His hands had never been clean when he was at the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and later at Xinglin Medical Auxiliary. He also suppressed several medical accidents involving Lu Yuanming.
Lu Jianghai will be sentenced to five years in prison.
Taking into account his advanced age and the fact that he had been hospitalized once due to a sudden illness during the past month of investigation, he was not allowed to serve his sentence in the detention center, but was instead sentenced to serve his sentence outside of prison.
All those involved in this case had their licenses revoked, and everyone was punished and fined to varying degrees. Even Qin Xiaokun, who was not involved in the case, was punished for not reporting the incident and was forced to apologize publicly in the newspaper.
All of Lu Xin's scores were invalidated, and he was required not to take the relevant certificate exams again within five years. After finding the sealed test papers, Shen Miao's scores returned to her.
96 points for theoretical courses, 89 points for tutor questions and answers, 94 points for practical internship, and a total score of 279. Although she could be the top student in some district or city, this score was already very high for Shen Miao, and she was also satisfied with the 19th ranking.
"I just called and asked, the storefront we liked last time has been rented out for several months." Shen Shansheng sighed a little disappointedly, "We have to look for it again." Shen Miao: "It's okay, there are plenty of storefronts, we can always find a suitable one."
Peeling the green-skinned orange in his hand, Shen Wanshan broke off a slice and put it in his mouth, "Yeah, no hurry, the New Year is coming soon, it's not too late to look for it after the New Year."
Just before the Chinese New Year, I received another transition fee and part of the demolition compensation, which totaled more than 20,000 yuan. The interest on the previous demolition payment was also one or two thousand yuan.
The family has savings, my granddaughter has a medical license, and we have bought a lot of new electrical appliances... This year can be said to be the year with the most gains for our family!
Good things have happened one after another these days, and even the sourest oranges taste sweet in your mouth.
Wang Dongmei carried a basin full of washed clothes to the living room to hang them up. She glanced at the news on TV and asked casually, "Did the news talk about the Lu family again today? How is Lu Xin?"
When Lu Xin was mentioned, Shen Wanshan and Shen Miao's expressions paused at the same time.
Although this incident was not planned by Lu Xin and he was only the executor, as an adult he must take responsibility for his actions.
Shen Miao had not seen him since the last time they met at the police station.
Lu Yuanming has been to the Shen family twice.
The first time, he came with money to settle the matter, hoping that Shen Miao would withdraw the lawsuit and not make things worse; the second time, he knelt at the door and begged the Shen family to show mercy and leave a way out for the Lu family.
But this time, there were so many people involved in the cheating, how could the Shen family have the final say? So no matter how much he knelt down and admitted his mistakes, the Shen family could not help at all.
"Didn't you see yesterday? They have been released, but they are not allowed to take the exam for a few years." While peeling peanuts on the plate, Shen Shansheng answered dimly.
“When was he released?” Shen Miao and Shen Wanshan asked in surprise at the same time.
Shen Shansheng:? ? ?
It turns out that every day when the whole family watches TV together, am I the only one who watches it most attentively?
"Yesterday? Today?" Shen Shansheng couldn't remember the specific report of that day. "Anyway, it's out. It was his grandfather who did it. He made meritorious contributions while serving his sentence, so the punishment was not severe."
Shen Shansheng listened to the news carefully, but his emotional intelligence was a bit low. He was only concerned with the news and was not aware of the subtle changes in expression on Shen Miao's face.
Yes, Lu Xin did not do this, and he did not know that Lu Jianghai exchanged her grades. In the end, he even chose to confess the truth to the police for the sake of justice.
But can this make up for the fact that he deceived me?
Shen Miao was angry with him not because his grades were changed, but because he had been deceiving herself from beginning to end.
Shen Miao got along well with him, not because of his title of genius, so why couldn’t he have confessed to her earlier?
She once believed in him so much that even though he revealed so many flaws, she never doubted him and always stood firmly by his side.
Thinking about it now, I was really like a joke at that time.
Lu Xin might still remember what Shen Miao said, that he would not forgive anyone who deceived him, so after being released...
"Eh? Is that Lu Xin standing on the side of the road?"
As soon as she hung the clothes on the clothesline, Wang Dongmei felt a pair of gazes coming towards her from not far away.
It was already getting dark at around six o'clock. It hadn't snowed for a long time, and the air had become even more gray.
The figure was standing on the street diagonally opposite. He could clearly reach the street light by just a few steps, but he still chose to stand in the darkness. That was why Wang Dongmei couldn't see his face clearly. She could only guess based on his figure that he might be Lu Xin.
Shen Miao went to East Street to buy steamed buns every day. Lu Xin didn't dare to come to Shen's house, so he had to wait downstairs, wanting to say a few words to Shen Miao when she went to buy steamed buns.
The buildings in the urban village are built close to each other, and in order to protect the privacy of each family, light blue window paper is pasted on the windows.
People in the room can see outside, but people outside can only see a blurry figure.
Lu Xin had been looking in the direction of Shen Miao's house, but unfortunately he didn't know that he had been discovered.
"Miao Miao, come and see if that's Lu Xin?"
Shen Miao stood up from the sofa, but did not go to the balcony, but went to the kitchen: "How about not eating porridge today? There is not much rice left from lunch, so I might as well stir-fry a plate and make some noodles."
In the past, Shen Miao only needed to buy steamed buns when she had porridge at night, but now that she was eating noodles, she didn’t need to go downstairs or see him.
Wang Dongmei understood what she meant, "Okay, let's eat noodles."
As parents, Wang Dongmei and Shen Wanshan had no objection to their relationship, but after this incident, the two families became complete enemies, and it was impossible for them to be together again. Moreover, Shen Miao didn’t like him in the first place, and now this relationship was completely over.
While kneading the dough, Shen Miao glanced downstairs and saw Lu Xin was still there;
When she was washing the dishes after dinner, Shen Miao glanced again and saw that Lu Xin had not left yet;
In the evening, they were watching TV together at home. When Shen Miao went to the refrigerator to get some snacks, Lu Xin was still squatting on the steps on the street;
Until around ten o'clock, when I was getting ready to go to bed...
"Haven't you left yet?" Wang Dongmei asked.
Shen Shansheng: "No, I'm still waiting."
After taking a puff of hookah, Shen Wanshan picked up the burning tobacco and softened his heart: “Miao Miao, go and tell him to go back. It’s late at night, and you can’t let him wait all night.”
One thing at a time, although Shen Wanshan looked down on Lu Jianghai's methods, he also felt that Lu Xin's pretending to be a genius was ridiculous.
But should I say it or not, if Lu Xin hadn’t reported it to the police in the end, the truth wouldn’t have come to light. If Lu Xin hadn’t sacrificed his own family for the greater good, Shen Miao would probably still be in the dark, foolishly wasting time in the tutoring class.
So Shen Wanshan didn’t blame Lu Xin for his emotions.
“No need,” Shen Miao threw the melon seed shells in her hand into the trash can, “He’s not stupid, he won’t wait all night, he will go back when we fall asleep.”
Since Shen Miao said so, there was nothing to do but to do it, so after cleaning up the things on the table, they turned off the lights and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Lying on the bed and listening to the music on the radio, just when Shen Miao was about to fall asleep, she was suddenly awakened by a chill blowing in from the window.
It's snowing.
After working for more than half a month, snowflakes finally began to fall in Yu City.
There was a hint of moisture in the originally dry wind, which gradually covered up the sounds of the streets and alleys and also lowered the temperature in the streets.
It's getting cold outside.
Lu Xin...should go home now?
Looking at the goose feathers falling outside the window, Shen Miao hesitated for a long time, and decided to get up from the bed, walked to the window and took a look at the roadside opposite.
It was past eleven o'clock in the evening and there was no one on the street. Seven or eight meters away from the street lamp, a figure wearing a hat and a down jacket was still squatting there.
It had only been snowing for a while and there was already some snow on his hat. If he had to wait all night, he would probably turn into a snowman.
Shen Miao: …
Even if the genius identity is fake, he can't be an idiot, right? !
After putting on her clothes again, Shen Miao picked up an umbrella and hurriedly ran out of the house.
Seeing Shen Miao walking towards him quickly from a distance, Lu Xin, who was squatting on the ground, stood up quickly and managed to squeeze out a few silly bitter smiles.
"You know I don't want to see you, so why are you still waiting here?!"
Arriving in front of Lu Xin, the first words Shen Miao spoke were rebukes.
Lu Xin curled his lips awkwardly, "But you still came down."
Shen Miao sneered: “Are you so sure?”
Lu Xin didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.
After not seeing him for a month, Lu Xin had lost a lot of weight. Shen Miao used to like to pinch the not-so-obvious baby fat on his face, but now that piece of flesh that represented childishness and immaturity had disappeared, and even his eyes had become different from before.
The once innocent boy seemed to have grown up overnight.
"I'm sorry I lied to you."
“Well, I understand,” Shen Miao handed over the umbrella in his hand and said, “Okay, let’s go home quickly.”
Luxin: "I will go abroad with my mother during the Chinese New Year, and I may never come back."
Shen Miao’s hand holding the umbrella handle couldn’t help but pause for a moment, and the emotion in her pupils also weakened a little.
After Lu Jianghai was arrested, the family suddenly lost its backbone.
Lu Yuanming has been a coward all his life, and even when faced with something like this, he was unable to straighten his back and support the mess at home; Yang Feng, his stepmother, only has a big mouth, and can do nothing except to sarcastically call Lu Xin an "ungrateful wolf" and a "prodigal son".
Fortunately, after hearing that her son was in trouble, his mother, who was far away abroad, immediately put down her work and came back to take charge.
Although Lu Jianghai and Lu Xin are a family, the mother will only take care of her son and not the "former father-in-law" who indulges her son in bringing in a mistress.
Hiring a lawyer, following up on the case, when Lu Xin was at a loss as to what to do, it was his mother who helped him deal with these problems.
When the problem was about to be solved, the mother also applied to the court to get back the custody of Lu Xin.
Over the years, Lu Jianghai and Lu Yuanming almost ruined their son, so she had to take him away!
"Yeah, it's good."
After learning about Lu Xin's going abroad, Shen Miao's resentment and anger instantly disappeared for the most part. Although she tried hard to make her expression look a little fierce, the emotion between her eyebrows couldn't help but relax.
Shen Miao hated him, but also thanked him.
It is not easy to kill one's own relatives for the sake of justice, especially at the cost of sacrificing one's own future. If he had not chosen to be honest, he might have really wasted another half a year in vain.
It was only because he had not confessed to her on several occasions before, and had not told her the truth that he was not a genius, that Shen Miao was angry with him.
She thought there would be plenty of time for him to admit his mistake to her in the future, but now it seems that there is no chance.
“So what are you going to study abroad?” Shen Miao asked tentatively.
Luxin: "Musical instruments, like piano, guitar, etc."
Lux Xin has never been a good student since childhood, but he has some talent in music. Even though he has never learned it before, he can try to play the melody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" by himself.
Unfortunately, Lu Jianghai disagreed with him pursuing an artistic path, thinking that singing or playing the piano was a waste of time.
He could only arrange Lu Jianghai's plan and proceed step by step, but now that he has gone abroad with his mother, he will have the opportunity to choose the path he wants to take.
Shen Miao: “Then you must work hard in the future, learning a musical instrument is not easy.”
Luxin: "It's okay. At worst I can change my career and learn singing."
Shen Miao asked suspiciously: “Can you sing?”
"Of course~" Lu Xin cleared his throat, "You asked me~how much I love you~how much do I love you~~"
Shen Miao: …
It sounds ugly. It's really ugly.
Others sing for money, but he sings for his life.
If I really choose to go down the singing path, I'm afraid I'll end up in a dead end with no way out.
Shen Miao waved her hands and couldn’t help but let out a laugh: “Alright, alright, stop singing, you should just focus on learning your instrument.”
"Sister, you finally smiled."
Yeah, I finally laughed.
The awkward atmosphere finally returned to normal.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Miao no longer wanted to pretend to be angry, so she raised her hand to help him wipe off the melted blood on his hat: “Take good care of yourself when you go abroad, and make sure to learn foreign languages well.”
"Yes, I know."
With his head lowered slightly, Lu Xin listened to her instructions like a child.
"Sister, before I leave, can I ask you out for one last time?" Slightly restraining his smile, Lu Xin took out two tickets for the New Year's Eve party from his pocket.
This is the provincial New Year's Eve party, which will be broadcast live on TV.
There are skits, dances, singing, and a grand fireworks show at the end. It can be regarded as a small Spring Festival Gala for local TV stations.
Such tickets are very rare and no matter how much money one spends, one may not be able to buy them. However, Lu Xin not only has two tickets but they are also in the front area of the inner field.
Second row, No. 56; second row, No. 57.
So close?! I'm afraid I can hear the actors' burps clearly.
Shen Miao pushed the ticket back, “No need to spend so much money, Brother Heng said before that he could take me to the backstage, it would be nice if we could go to the backstage and see it.”
The little star that Yao Heng was in charge of was invited to the party, and people from the same company were allowed to go backstage.
The little celebrity’s current fame was not big enough, so the company did not send anyone to accompany him, so Yao Heng could just give the extra work permits to Shen Miao.
Shen Miao loves lively occasions, especially occasions like this. If she goes backstage, she might even hear some gossips about celebrities.
This was the "examination gift" that Yao Heng had prepared for her a long time ago. However, a lot of things happened later and she had no time to think about it. It was only until her case was settled a few days ago that she agreed to Yao Heng's participation.
Lu Xin insisted: "When Brother Heng treats you, it's his, but when I treat you, it's mine, so they're different."
Looking at the ticket in his hand, Shen Miao hesitated whether to take it.
Is he going to take this opportunity to confess his love to me? Or is he going to prepare some unexpected surprise for after the party?
After this incident, Shen Miao would never agree to be with him again, not only because she didn’t like him, but also because it was impossible.
“Don’t worry, I just want to invite you to have a good time, I don’t mean anything else,” seeing that Shen Miao was a little doubtful, Lu Xin smiled and stuffed the ticket into her hand, explaining, “Just think of it as my last farewell gift to you as your little brother.”
Lu Xin knew that there was no possibility between them.
Even if she didn’t go abroad, Shen Miao would never agree to date him again.
Since he was leaving soon and they would never see each other again, he still hoped to put a complete end to their friendship.
“Okay then.” Shen Miao agreed to him.
After talking for such a while, a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the stone lion outside the building next to him. He put the ticket into his pocket, and Shen Miao also stuffed the umbrella into his hand, "It's getting late, go back quickly, I also want to sleep."
She turned around and prepared to leave, but just after taking a few steps, Lu Xin called her again.
"Sister, I lied to you and stole your grades. Will you hate me?"
Looking back at him, Shen Miao smiled and shook her head, “No, it’s all over, I don’t hate you.”
She never got along well with him because of his reputation as a genius. Even if he was mediocre, she would still take care of him like a younger brother.
Having known him for such a long time, what Shen Miao got the most was happiness and relaxation. It was his appearance that made her boring review life more interesting, so she would not blame him, and even if she was angry, it was only temporary.
Now that Lu Jianghai has been punished and he has regained his achievements, let the past go with the wind.
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