Chapter 96 Chapter 96 Confrontation
Shu Niannian's graduation banquet was on a grand scale. There were 30 tables for relatives and friends, 15 tables in her own yard, 10 tables in the neighbor's yard, and 5 tables under the shade of the trees at the door. When Yang Guihua came to disrupt the situation just now, everyone gathered around. Shu Niannian started to confront Shu Meilan, and when Shu Meilan was forced to speak incoherently, everyone began to whisper and discuss in a low voice the development of the matter.
Until this moment, everyone fell silent, and the huge yard became quiet again, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Shu Meilan pointed at Shu Niannian and yelled, "You spread rumors! You slandered me! What right do you have to say that the baby in my belly is not brother Jianjun's? You said such irresponsible words, do you know how much harm it will bring to me?"
Shu Meilan broke down. She kept chattering away in defense of herself, saying how good her relationship with Lu Jianjun was.
"Why do you say that to me? What are you thinking?"
Finally, Shu Meilan once again pointed the finger at Shu Niannian.
Shu Niannian crossed her arms and snorted, "That's what I want to ask you. You said I cheated in the exam at my graduation party. What did you mean by that?"
Shu Meilan's eyes dodged and she continued to argue, "I was doing that for your own good! Cheating in an exam is a very bad behavior!"
"Ha! I'm doing this for your own good too! You have no way of proving whether the baby in your belly is Lu Jianjun's or not. Your happy life is just a castle in the air and could collapse at any time!"
Shu Meilan was so angry that she bit her lip. "You are talking nonsense. What evidence do you have to prove that the baby in my belly is not brother Jianjun's?!"
The child in her belly is her greatest support in the Lu family, and she will never allow Shu Niannian to slander her!
Shu Meilan pretended to be a little white flower again, with tears in her eyes and she looked like she was about to cry. She looked pitiful, but Shu Niannian didn't buy it.
"I want to ask you the same thing. Why do you say I cheated in the exam? What evidence do you have?"
"I...I heard it from someone."
"Ah, I also heard that the baby in your belly is not Lu Jianjun's."
Shu Meilan gnashed her teeth in anger. She didn't expect Shu Niannian to be so shameless.
"I am innocent. The baby in my belly is Brother Jianjun's. You can slander me now, but you can't slander me after my baby is born. Genes are very powerful and magical. My child has Brother Jianjun's genes and will look very similar to Brother Jianjun. You can't slander me, but your grades were obtained by cheating. How are you going to prove your innocence?"
Shu Niannian looked at the smug smile on Shu Meilan's face. For some reason, she always felt that Shu Meilan was still planning something bad.
"Similarly, I am also innocent..."
Shu Meilan interrupted Shu Niannian before she finished her words, "Really? That's not necessarily true."
Shu Meilan smiled evilly, and the next second, several people in Zhongshan suits pushed through the crowd and walked over. "Who is Shu Niannian?"
Shu Niannian's eyebrows jumped, but the heavy stone in his heart slowly fell to the ground. It seemed that this was Shu Meilan's back-up plan.
Shu Niannian took a step out from the crowd and said loudly, "I am Shu Niannian."
"We received a report that Shu Niannian cheated in the college entrance examination. Let's find out more about the situation."
The leader in a Zhongshan suit took out his ID and showed it to Shu Niannian, "We are from the Education Bureau."
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd exploded.
"What's going on? Why are there people from the Education Bureau?"
"Is it possible that Nian Nian got this score by cheating? Otherwise, why would someone from the Education Bureau come?"
"It's really hard to say! I haven't been to school, so I don't know what the situation is like now!"
"Who do you think will be the one who reported it?"
"Someone who can't stand seeing others doing well? Who else could it be?"
Everyone turned their eyes to Shu Meilan, who pretended to be dead and said nothing.
Shu Niannian smiled calmly, "Okay, I'll cooperate with the investigation, but where do you want to start the investigation? You've also seen that I was admitted to university and got the highest score in the city. My fellow villagers are celebrating for me. At this juncture, my cousin who has been at odds with me since childhood said in public that I cheated. I just made a few rebuttals, and your people from the Education Bureau came over and said they wanted to investigate me. After this combination of punches, they said that no one was targeting me, but I don't believe it myself. Let's put it this way, you can investigate me, but I ask you to investigate on the spot, in front of all my relatives and friends now, whether you give me a test paper to redo, or check my usual homework and test scores, I will cooperate with all of them, and the results of the investigation must be announced on the spot. If you still determine that I cheated in the college entrance examination after the investigation, I will go with you. If you determine that I did not cheat, you must also prove to me that I was slandered and caused this unprovoked disaster. You must give me the information of the whistleblower, and I will settle accounts with her."
The man in the Zhongshan suit frowned and refused, "No, according to the regulations, you must go with us to the Education Bureau to cooperate with the investigation."
The man in the Zhongshan suit spoke very toughly, but Shu Niannian was not afraid at all. "If you say that, then I won't cooperate."
The man in the Zhongshan suit probably didn't expect Shu Niannian to refuse, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Shu Niannian took this opportunity to continue speaking, "I got these college entrance examination scores. You forced me to go with you based on a report from a person who dares not show his face in public. Why? Did you conduct a real-name investigation on the reporter before coming to my house?"
The man in the Zhongshan suit remained silent.
Shu Niannian continued, "An unnamed report is equivalent to a fabrication. You are taking me to investigate based on a fabricated phone call. The Cultural Revolution has been over for many years. Why are you still keeping the style of the four-person group?"
After hearing what Shu Niannian said, everyone started to figure out what was going on. What has happened now, with Yang Guihua, Shu Meilan, and the people from the Education Bureau, they are all just making groundless accusations!
Village Party Secretary Shu Hongqi was the first to stand up.
"I think what Nian Nian said is right! Comrades, Nian Nian is not an ordinary college student. She is the city's top scorer. According to her score, she has the highest score in the same examination room. Oh no, not only the highest score in the same examination room, but also the highest score in the entire city. You say she cheated, but whose did she copy?"
Shu Niannian looked at the village party secretary Shu Hongqi with gratitude, and he said what she was about to say.
When Shu Hongqi said this, everyone was shocked. They had been wondering whether Shu Niannian had really cheated before, but now, following the village party secretary's line of thought, they discovered the loophole in Shu Niannian's cheating in the college entrance examination.
"Yeah! You said she cheated in the exam, so whose papers did she copy? Those whose scores were lower than hers?"
"Don't be ridiculous! I'm only in the third grade of elementary school. With my education level, I know that copying test papers can help me get good grades. How could I possibly copy the test papers of people with poor grades?"
"How can you get first place in the city by copying the test papers of people with poor grades? Can you copy the test papers of people with poor grades and get first place in the city? Let me see if you and your colleagues from the Education Bureau can copy one and get the first place?"
The men in Zhongshan suits looked embarrassed, but still insisted on taking Shu Niannian away. "Although I think what you said makes sense, the order I received is to take Shu Niannian to the Education Bureau for investigation. You still have to come with us."
The man in the Zhongshan suit looked at Shu Niannian seriously. Shu Niannian crossed her arms and said, "What if I don't go? What can you do to me?"
The man in the Zhongshan suit lowered his eyebrows, as if he was about to get angry, but Shu Niannian was not afraid at all. "I have nothing to fear if I am upright. I got my grades based on my real ability. If you want to doubt and verify, I can cooperate, but you must verify it today, right now, at this moment. My family set up 30 tables for a graduation banquet today, and it was disrupted by some villain. To be honest, I am furious now! If you don't explain it to me today, I will sue the Education Bureau and ask you to apologize to me in the newspaper!"
Shu Niannian's momentum suddenly rose, and the Zhongshan suits were shocked, but they still repeated, "Although what you said makes sense, the order I received was to take you to the Education Bureau to cooperate with the investigation."
As he spoke, a dozen soldiers in uniform suddenly rushed out from the crowd.
Shu Niannian then realized that the matter was serious. She looked at Shu Meilan, and seeing that Shu Meilan also had a confused look on her face, she knew that these soldiers in uniform were not called by Shu Meilan.
Yes, Shu Meilan doesn’t have this energy.
So, who could it be?
While she was thinking, a man in uniform walked up to Shu Niannian and reached out to grab her arm. Shu Niannian stepped back suddenly. Hongwu and Shu Wenhui, who had been beside her, stood in front of Shu Niannian. Hongwu was a special forces soldier. When the man in uniform approached again, Hongwu grabbed his arm and pulled and pushed him several meters away.
"Who are you? Why did you come to my house and take me away by force? Whose order did you take? What law did I break? You want to take me away? Do you have a warrant?"
The uniformed men ignored Shu Niannian's words and said nothing. Seeing that one person could not take Shu Niannian away, they simply attacked together. Li Guifen, Shu Guodong, Shu Wenhui and Shu Wenqiang all stood in front of Shu Niannian. The people from Shujia Village and Li Guifen's family also came over. They surrounded the people from the Education Bureau in a circle.
The men in Zhongshan suits were terrified when they saw the huge crowd of people surrounding them, but they patted their chests before setting off and signed a military order to take Shu Niannian back to the Education Bureau for investigation. Their superiors even assigned them some soldiers and officers. How embarrassing would it be if they returned empty-handed?
"Go! Take him away immediately!"
The man in a Zhongshan suit said.
As soon as these words fell, more than a dozen uniformed soldiers began to rush towards Shu Niannian. However, they could not move forward at all. There were 30 tables of people coming to the banquet, with 10 people at each table, which meant a basic base of 300 people. It was easy for these 300 people to work together to protect Shu Niannian.
However, in the rush, Shu Niannian saw her cousin being pushed to the ground, her hand stepped on by someone, and the grandmother and her grandson next door were pushed around by the crowd. If this continued, there would definitely be a stampede. The village party secretary's well-groomed hair was messed up by the pushing and shoving of the uniformed soldiers, and her parents and two brothers even started fighting.
She was deeply moved to see that everyone was willing to clash with public officials to protect her, but she couldn't let anyone get hurt in the process.
Although the law does not hold everyone responsible, it is not right to have a conflict with public officials. If there is a powerful force behind this group of people, the villagers may end up in jail.
"Stop!" Shu Niannian shouted, "I'll go with you!"
As soon as these words came out, the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down. Shu Niannian stepped out of the crowd and repeated what she had just said, "I'll go with you."
Li Guifen pulled Shu Niannian behind her and said, "Why are you leaving? You can't go anywhere today. If they dare to take you away by force, I will fight them to the death!"
Li Guifen was fierce and strong. At this moment, she was like a tigress protecting her cub, baring her teeth and wanting to tear off the Zhongshan suit in front of her.
The man in the Zhongshan suit shrank his neck in fear. Shu Niannian smiled and comforted Li Guifen, "Mom, this is New China. Many people saw me following them. They dare not do anything to me. I am just cooperating with the investigation. What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. Don't I know my own results? It's not like they can erase my college entrance examination results just because I went with them."
With Shu Niannian's comfort, Li Guifen's emotions gradually stabilized, but she was still worried, "I'll go with you!"
Shu Niannian patted Li Guifen on the shoulder and said, "No need, I can handle this myself. You stay home to entertain the guests. Today is my graduation banquet. So many relatives and friends have come to support me. We can't let them go hungry!"
Shu Niannian said loudly, "Hey, although I don't know why this happened, but things will eventually be cleared up. I wanted to prove today that I didn't cheat, so that I could live up to your celebration and support, but they didn't want to. In this case, forget it. Everyone, enjoy your meal. Aunt Zhang cooked a big pot of pork elbows, and I can smell the fragrance! Don't worry, it's okay!"
After saying that, Shu Niannian signaled that they could go. The man in the Zhongshan suit led the way for the young man. The soldiers in uniforms were now on all sides of Shu Niannian, blocking her like they were escorting a prisoner. Shu Niannian didn't like it, but she didn't say anything.
But just as they reached the gate, a military green jeep stopped suddenly, blocking their way.
The car door opened, and a pair of long legs stepped out first. Ye Jinhong's face was gloomy, and his brows were lowered. He looked at the situation and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you? Where are you going to take my fiancée?"
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