Chapter 89 - Lessons from the Past
Chapter 89 - Lessons from the Past
Duan Yunhong's car and driver started to pick up and drop off people every day. Ning Fei's school teachers asked, while Lin Shengjia's classmates asked.
However, Ning Fei only said that it was a friend's car, and Lin Shengjia also only said that he borrowed someone else's car. Anyway, no one gave the correct answer. However, this mystery did not last long, and strange rumors began to appear in the school.
Rumor has it that Ning Fei is a lesbian and is dating a rich man, and this "relationship" is rumored to have the connotation of a "monetary transaction." As for the car that came to pick him up, it naturally belonged to his boyfriend, or in other words, to his financial sponsor. As for Lin Shengjia, he shamelessly hitched a ride with Ning Fei because he lived close to him. What's more, there is another saying that Lin Shengjia actually did "that kind of thing". He and Ning Fei were in a "2 on 1" team, so they were treated well.
These rumors seemed to be quite plausible for a while, but the two people at the center of the topic acted as if nothing had happened and continued to go to school and work as usual. But they are not in a hurry, but someone is.
Ji Xingzhe became anxious.
It really wasn't him who was causing trouble this time. He knew at first glance that it was Duan Yunhong's car. Duan Yunhong had just faced the Ji family's "official announcement" of his relationship with Ning Fei, and had also warned them not to touch Ning Fei. He jumped out at this time to anger Duan Yunhong? It's not like I'm crazy and want to die early.
He had no choice but to hurriedly find the person who spread the rumors to "negotiate". Yes, not only did he know who it was, he also felt that he had to stop the other party. Otherwise, when Duan Yunhong gets to know about this, he will definitely think that he is the one causing trouble again, and then he won't be able to explain himself.
"So, what do you want from me?"
At the back of the teaching building, Zhu Yueting approached Ji Xingzhe with an impatient look on her face: "Is there anything you can't say in class? Didn't you break up with me? There's nothing we can say in private, right?"
Ji Xingzhe was too lazy to beat around the bush with her and asked directly, "Did you spread the gossip about Teacher Ning and Lin Shengjia?"
"…Why do you question me like this right away? Do you have any evidence?" Zhu Yueting glared. "Besides, what position do you have to ask me? Just because Ning Fei was sitting in your uncle's car?"
"You gossip with so many people, and you still ask me if I have any evidence?" Ji Xingzhe frowned and said, "You must know that he is with my uncle, but you still spread such nonsense. What on earth do you want to do?"
"Oh, so you're using this trick against me now? Finding others to gossip about me behind my back and report me?" Zhu Yueting became increasingly dissatisfied. "Besides, I only said that the two men were having an affair. Isn't that the truth? They dare to admit it, but are they afraid of what others say? As for other people spreading rumors at will, what kind of story is none of my business?"
"Their business is their business. What does it have to do with you? You are talking nonsense everywhere in school. Don't you just want to attract attention and let everyone spread rumors about them and the Ji family?" Faced with Zhu Yueting's machine-gun-like arguments and oppressive attitude, Ji Xingzhe also raised his tone. He just looks gentle at ordinary times, not that he really doesn't know how to quarrel: "Tingting, you are angry with me and want to punish me, but don't say things about my uncle in school like this. If he finds out, the consequences will be serious. Do your parents know that you are like this in school?"
"Don't threaten me with my parents! Also, who are you calling 'Tingting'? We are no longer friends, and you are still pretending to be on good terms with us. Isn't that disgusting?" Zhu Yueting couldn't help but speak ill of her. "I am doing this because I want to punish you? You are so shameless. Besides, didn't you target Ning Fei and Lin Shengjia before? You urged me to report them for cheating, while you hid behind and watched the show. In the end, I was criticized for spreading rumors, but you acted like nothing happened. You even had the nerve to pretend to be a good kid and break up with me? You scared me by saying that your uncle would be angry, but do you know that my parents have seen through you a long time ago and told me to have less contact with people like you, otherwise I will be cheated even more miserably by you!
"By the way, now you are afraid that your uncle will know the rumors in the school, then are you afraid that I will tell your uncle that it was you who instigated me to report it? And what about Qin Ran? You must have done something, right? Otherwise, how could a person like him take the risk of doing such a thing in his senior year of high school! Do you know that it was because he was involved in the case that his father was so angry that he sent him abroad to study in college? You are the mastermind, why do you stay out of it?!"
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't have evidence. I just told everyone that Teacher Ning was helping Lin Shengjia with his lessons. It was Qin Ran who said they might have cheated, and then you went to report it! Isn't it a bit too much for you to blame me?" Ji Xingzhe had already figured out the logic of this matter, and immediately refuted, "And what I told you was a current rumor. Don't talk about Teacher Ning and Lin Shengjia like this. If they investigate and find you, you may really be punished!"
"You are supposed to pretend to be a good person? You are secretly so happy that they are at a disadvantage, right? What are you talking about with such hypocritical nonsense!" Zhu Yueting said sternly, "I can see now that you are the kind of scheming person that I hate the most! I am already showing my good temper by not beating you up, and you dare to question me. You are the one who has no right to question me. I warn you, stay away from me and don't bother me anymore!"
After saying that, Zhu Yueting turned and left.
Ji Xingzhe stared at her back until she completely disappeared. Ji Xingzhe stood there for a few minutes with a confused mind, and then walked out to the back of the teaching building where few people came with an unclear expression.
I had just taken a few steps out when I happened to run into Ning Fei who was coming down the stairs. As soon as the two met, Ji Xingzhe was caught by Ning Fei's seemingly calm gaze and walked towards him uncontrollably.
"Um..." The boy opened his mouth faster than his brain, and then he said a little stumblingly, "This incident was not caused by me. I had no idea about it... I also advised others not to spread it!"
Ning Fei had heard Duan Yunhong describe Ji Xingzhe's panic behavior several times, but this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes. I have to admit, he is indeed very different from when we first met.
"'This incident'? What is it?" Ning Fei asked deliberately, "Who did you persuade not to spread it?"
"That's right, it's being spread among classmates... Anyway, I know you and your uncle aren't in that kind of relationship, and I've never mentioned it at school. It really wasn't me!" Ji Xingzhe hesitated for two seconds, then added, "I also advised Tingting not to say anything. She doesn't understand the full picture of the matter, and it's easy for her to spread misunderstandings!"
Ning Fei: This guy is so straightforward in betraying others.
This was the third time that Ning Fei had to sell out his "teammates" - although Zhu Yueting could not be considered Ji Xingzhe's teammate this time - but the facts once again proved that Ji Xingzhe did not hesitate to betray others in order to protect himself.
But looking at the boy's panic and anxiety, it must not be him this time, so his testimony is credible. There are probably several reasons why Zhu Yueting would do such a thing: first, she is the kind of person who would kick someone when he is down and spread rumors maliciously; second, she had previously had a unilateral feud with Ning Fei and Lin Shengjia because of "wrong reporting"; and, she also wanted to spread such rumors to disgust Ji Xingzhe, with whom she had already broken up.
Ning Fei was actually a little too lazy to deal with the spread of this rumor, since the person who spread the rumor could not get in their sight anyway. Only the dean of studies came to ask a few questions, and Ning Fei said with a smile, "Then I'll call Duan Yunhong and you ask him in person," and the dean of studies stopped talking. As long as the school doesn't take it seriously, nothing can affect Ning Fei.
He also asked Lin Shengjia not to take it too seriously. Lin Shengjia originally thought that the other students were childish kids and he didn't have many acquaintances. He keeps to himself, so no one will ask him anything in person, and talking behind his back won't hurt him. Ning Fei also told him to tell her if he was bullied at school and she would find a way to deal with it. As a result, Lin Shengjia also clearly stated that as long as no students really got the hang of it, it didn't matter what nonsense they said.
Oh, by the way, Lin Shengjia already knew that he was actually the main reason for "arranging vehicle pick-up and drop-off". This arrangement was to prevent Ji Xingzhe or Tang Huilan from doing anything extreme. Nowadays, you can ride in a car to go to school. What can you complain about in terms of comfort and safety? Let others be confused as they please. Anyway, Lin Shengjia never enjoyed this way of travel in his previous life, so he would never object to it in this life.
But then again, Ji Xingzhe was so anxious that he personally "delivered intelligence" to Ning Fei. Ning Fei thought that it would be better to cooperate with him to deal with it, which would also help to appease this impatient imposter. If we stabilize him for a period of time, Lin Shengjia's safety factor will be higher.
So after chatting briefly with Ji Xingzhe, Ning Fei turned around and called Duan Yunhong.
Duan Yunhong was even more impolite and called Zhu Yueting's father directly. The Zhu family originally wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Ji family and develop some business in Shenzhen. Duan Yunhong originally pretended not to see it, since it would not be him who would have to deal with competition from the same industry in the future anyway. However, he now blatantly instigated the local officials to block the Zhu family's project cooperation. Moreover, Duan Yunhong also generously admitted to the head of the Zhu family on the phone that it was he who did it. Just because Zhu Yueting spread rumors about him behind his back, causing his image to be damaged, he also wanted to inflict some damage on the Zhu family.
The head of the Zhu family went to Ji Zhenwei to mediate, but Ji Zhenwei spread his hands and indicated that he could not take care of Shenzhen City. The matter of reporting cheating, the matter of exposing Ji Zhenwei's presence in Xiangcheng tabloids at school, and the current publicity of Duan Yunhong's "playing with women"; all of these were caused by Zhu Yueting, and it would be strange if Ji Zhenwei helped the Zhu family.
So it was Zhu Yueting's turn to be confined to her home for a week. He claimed to be on sick leave, but in fact he was just locked up at home for reflection. Zhu Yueting was so angry that she threw things out of the window from upstairs. Fortunately, her house is a detached villa, otherwise if something falls from a high altitude and injures someone, Zhu Yueting will have to bear the same stain on her life as Qin Ran.
After this incident, Ji Xingzhe was completely finished. When he saw Duan Yunhong persecuting the Zhu family, Ji Zhenwei didn't say a word, for fear that such ruthlessness would befall him. He felt that this day would eventually come, and he could only hope that it would come later, the later the better.
At the same time, when the final exams of the first semester of senior year were over, Lin Shengjia finally made it into the top 50 in the grade.
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