Chapter 51 His Conditions
He was just rambling nonsense, like he was out of his mind. Li Rui's mother stood by, wiping away tears and pleading for mercy, saying he'd been like this since returning from his field trip. He'd have nightmares the moment he closed his eyes, and he couldn't sleep.
I roughly listened, and it seems that the doctors at the People's Hospital forced him to call the police yesterday. It was very serious, and someone from the police station came to accompany Xu Jiqing to have his injuries examined.
[And there's something else that contains a huge amount of information that you would never imagine.]
He paused.
The group chat was abuzz with emojis, and the frantic onlookers beside him slapped him on the back, "If you want to say it, go ahead. If not, get out."
The boy continued, "We were staying at that farmhouse. Yesterday, when they were pumping out the water from the reservoir, they fished out Li Rui's phone."
Teacher Ding answered the phone and felt something was amiss, so he sent the call directly to the police station. After the data was recovered, they said there was something fishy inside.
He briefly summarized, "Several crimes combined, this time you're in serious trouble."
The whole classroom fell silent for a few seconds.
After all the long messages filling the screen were withdrawn, everyone gasped at the blank chat box.
Even Jiang Zhihao, who had been doing exercises, couldn't help but take off his headphones. "So what are they talking about now?"
"There's nothing much to talk about now," the boy said, lowering his voice. "This has spread so far that even my cousin in junior high school heard about it. I don't know where she got it from. I guess they'll have to issue a police report in a couple of days."
"If I were Xu Jiqing, I would take this opportunity to avenge all the previous grudges and feel good about it."
Li Rui was not there, but the henchmen who had always followed him to bully others were there. A group of boys huddled in the back of the classroom, lowered their heads, and pretended to be dead without saying a word.
Now that their backer has fallen, what will they do in the future?
In the more than one year since they entered Class A of the Mathematical Competition, they have squeezed out so many high-scoring students that they can't even count on one hand. They didn't resort to violence like Li Rui did this time, but their methods were not exactly glorious.
What if the things in Li Rui's phone are related to them...
Can they still stay?
The closer we get to the end of the month, the more intense the training becomes in preparation for the provincial competition.
There will be a scored simulation test tomorrow. The contestants chatted with each other for a while and then started to do the questions again.
The morning passed quickly.
The secretary from the Board of Directors Liaison Office came over to pack Li Rui's schoolbag, but no one came back from Xu Jiqing's place.
On the table lay the photocopied questions distributed in the morning, spread out flat, along with an old gel pen and a bottle of mineral water that had been filled countless times, the plastic wrapping curled at the edges.
When the bell rang for the last class, the boy sitting next to Lin Lang pulled him to go eat. Lin Lang said a few perfunctory words and turned to walk upstairs to the office.
Every autumn rain brings a chill.
After returning from the study tour, the leaves on the campus were all over the ground and even the wind had cooled down.
The windows in the corridor on the second floor were not closed. As soon as Lin Lang walked out of the stairs, he shivered all over in the cold wind. He vaguely heard some voices and followed the sound. His destination was not the mathematics office, but the empty classroom diagonally opposite.
The glass door was narrow, and Xu Jiqing was standing inside, facing a middle-aged woman with exquisite makeup.
The woman covered her face and sobbed. The diamond ring on her ring finger was dazzlingly large. It was Li Rui's mother.
Lin Lang had seen her before, or to put it more precisely, she was so high-profile that it was hard for the entire school to not remember her face.
Her husband is a school board member, and Li Rui's mother often attends school activities with him. She is the award presenter at the scholarship award ceremony at the opening ceremony of each semester. Whenever she appears, she always dresses up carefully, wearing high-end luxury brand suits that are meticulously crafted, like a first lady.
But at this moment, the usually arrogant "First Lady" was humble and sobbing.
"Xu, Ruirui was wrong about this. He's been spoiled by me and his father since he was little, so he didn't know how to handle it. Auntie apologizes to you on his behalf."
"Auntie has already settled your medical bills. Please leave your address and I'll have the driver deliver some sea cucumbers and nutritional supplements to your home. Don't worry, I've already told Teacher Ding that I'll cover any further recovery treatment you need. If I have time, I'll accompany you. If you're too busy, have your family doctor take care of you. Your recovery will definitely not be delayed."
"Auntie heard that your family isn't well off... If you have any difficulties in life, you can tell me."
The woman's eyes were red as she carefully observed his expression. "Intentional injury is a serious crime. Ruirui is only seventeen years old. His life cannot be ruined like this. Auntie wants to beg you, can you please not sue him?"
Xu Jiqing looked cold and said nothing.
The woman was unsure of his feelings, so she gritted her teeth and took another step forward, "If you can promise Auntie to give up the lawsuit, our family will be indebted to you for the rest of our lives."
Xu Jiqing raised his head, his tone flat and almost mocking, "What are they going to say at school, a fight?"
"Will we both be punished, or will we both be expelled from school?"
"Of course not!" The woman, her intention suddenly seen through, looked a little flustered and quickly replied, "His father is a school director. Auntie promises you that as long as you agree, it's just a matter of going through the formalities. At most, you'll be suspended once. With such good grades, you'll definitely be able to make a name for yourself next year."
"Rui Rui went home and told me that you seemed to have signed some kind of agreement with No. 1 Middle School. If you get a good ranking and have money, Auntie can give you more money!"
The circle of parents of Jiangcheng competition students is very small. Li Rui's mother has been in it for almost ten years, and has never heard of anyone being able to enter the national training team on the first try.
The young man in front of me had a thin jaw, and the rubber of his sneakers was yellowed from washing and sun exposure, which could not hide his poverty.
In this era, it is impossible for a noble son to come from a poor family.
She invested nearly one million, but Li Rui didn't make any progress. What future could a poor boy like this have?
No matter how you look at it, Xu Jiqing is the winner by being able to do this deal with her.
"Let's calculate based on the best outcome. How much money Coach Zhang will give you if you get into the provincial team? Auntie will give you double, okay?"
The woman's breath gradually calmed down, and she was just waiting for the boy opposite to nod.
Xu Jiqing's expression remained unchanged as he asked, "Are you the second-in-command of the city's Internet Information Office?"
"……I am."
The woman was stunned for two seconds before nodding.
While I was still trying to figure out his intention, the boy suddenly relaxed.
"I can choose not to sue Li Rui, but there are conditions."
"You, you say whatever you want."
"I don't care how you spin the story about the fight in the police and school reports. Don't mention the secret filming at all. Destroy your phones and wipe out all the online rumors. Don't try to blur the focus."
He looked at the woman's incredulous face with a calm gaze, as if he didn't think the deal was unfair at all.
"Don't let Su Xia get involved."
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