I went to great lengths to keep her; the rest is up to you.
"I'm going to take this call."
After saying that, he pressed the answer button and walked towards the bedroom.
As soon as he entered the guest room, he locked the door, then walked to the balcony and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Attorney Gu."
Gu Yaoqing's clear voice came from the phone: "You're welcome. I'm calling you just to let you know that I finally managed to find an excuse to stall her. You should get away quickly, or I won't be able to help you if you miss this opportunity."
"Okay," Old Chen replied and hung up the phone.
For a fleeting moment, he even regretted asking Gu Yao to find a way to keep Zhou Chunhua in Jiang City.
But when he thought of the dangers he had experienced on his journey to find his son, he gritted his teeth and suppressed the feelings in his heart.
Despite feeling unwell, he mustered his spirits and went to the living room, where he heard Zhou Chunhua calling him.
"Why do you seem so distracted when you answer the phone? Are you alright?"
Old Chen shook his head: "It's nothing."
"It's good that you're alright." Zhou Chunhua placed the teacup next to Old Chen.
"By the way, I've already filed for foreclosure auction, and I should have a result soon. Wait a few more days for me, and once I've finished things here, we'll go find the children together."
"Um."
Old Chen's cheerful voice made Zhou Chunhua look at him suspiciously a few more times.
He was clearly trying to stop me on the phone before, so why did he agree so readily today?
Just as she was about to ask why, the door opened and Juliana rushed in.
"Flower! Look at this!" Juliana tossed her bag aside, grabbed her phone, stepped over the sofa, and jumped down to sit next to her.
Zhou Chunhua looked at her phone screen, her gaze immediately focusing.
That's... Liao Nanxing!
To be precise, it was Liao Nanxing in his youth.
Judging from the angle, the video was taken secretly.
In the video, several female students stand casually in front of Liao Nanxing.
One of them even had a cigarette between his fingers.
The female student, her leg trembling, took a drag of her cigarette and said, "Teacher Liao, we've done everything you asked us to do. Don't forget what you promised me."
"Don't worry, I promised, so I will definitely keep my promise. But you didn't do what you said you would."
The girl threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it.
"What do you mean? You told me to hit her, and I did, you saw it with your own eyes! What? You're trying to renege on your promise now?"
"What are you talking about! Did I tell you to hit her? I told you to find a way to get her to drop out of school. Finals are coming up soon, and if Chen Xiaoyu doesn't drop out, you can expect to fail your courses. Besides, I always keep my word. If she doesn't drop out, you can forget about graduating."
After saying that, Liao Nanxing walked away arrogantly with his hands behind his back.
Several female students who hadn't spoken yet gathered around.
"Sister Na, Liao Nanxing did that on purpose, didn't he?"
"Exactly! They clearly promised to teach Chen Xiaoyu a lesson so we wouldn't fail our courses, but now they've gone back on their word! What are we going to do? If I fail again this year, my mom will definitely beat me to death."
"I'm even worse off! Just a few days ago, I was telling my dad on the phone that I definitely wouldn't fail any more courses this year. My dad was so happy that he not only promised to give me an extra 8,000 yuan a month for living expenses, but also said that as long as I didn't fail any courses, he would buy me tickets to Andy Lau's concert. Now all of that is ruined! My Andy Lau!"
"..." A group of little girls chattered noisily.
Some roared, some yelled, some howled.
The girl they called Sister Na shouted "Shut up!" and the girls immediately quieted down.
She reached out her hand, and the little girl next to her took out a women's cigarette and placed it between her fingers.
The short-haired girl on the other side took out a lighter, bent over, and lit it for her.
She took a drag and exhaled a smoke ring from her rosy lips.
"It's just about getting that idiot Chen Xiaoyu to drop out of school, easy."
“Sister Na…we beat her up like that, and she didn’t say a word. We can’t just beat her so badly that we have to carry her out of school, can we? Injuring someone could land you in jail.”
"Although I want to see Andy Lau, I don't want to go to jail even more."
The little girl named Sister Na rolled her eyes at the group.
"Who said we were going to hit her?" A smile played on her lips, a wisp of smoke curling from between them. "Go find Big Fool and tell him..."
For the next few seconds, the video went silent.
It looks like a few girls were whispering to each other, but it wasn't recorded.
A few seconds later, apart from the girl called Sister Na, the other girls all looked serious and hesitant to speak.
"I refuse to believe that Chen Xiaoyu isn't dropping out of school now that she's pregnant. What are you waiting for? Go on!"
As soon as Sister Na shouted, two of the girls ran away.
As the girl called Sister Na led the others away, the video finished playing.
Zhou Chunhua stared wide-eyed.
As far as I can remember, Liao Nanxing should have just started working at Jiangnan University at this time in the video.
At that time, her former father-in-law was seriously ill. She stayed by his bedside day and night.
She remembered that Liao Nanxing at that time devoted all his energy to his work.
This led to her first argument with Liao Nanxing since their marriage.
The reason was that she felt her father-in-law was nearing his end, and as his son, Liao Nanxing should spend more time with him so that he could leave without regrets.
But Liao Nanxing said that was the most important moment of his life. If he had been distracted, he might have ended up as an ordinary teacher for the rest of his life.
He said he worked hard to earn money and did his best to get promoted, all for the sake of his family and her.
He made her feel inferior to him.
So no matter how tired she was, she gritted her teeth and did her filial duty for him.
Only after the divorce did she learn online that Liao Nanxing had been using psychological manipulation (PUA) on her at that time.
After regaining his senses, he asked, "What happened to Chen Xiaoyu later?"
Juliana stared wide-eyed in surprise and said, "Hua, you don't know what happened today? No, it's past midnight, it should be something from yesterday."
"What is it?" Zhou Chunhua asked, puzzled.
Zhu Lina slapped her forehead, unsure where to begin her explanation to Zhou Chunhua.
To be blunt, she said, "Sister Hua! Chen Xiaoyu was once Liao Nanxing's student, but she committed suicide before graduating from university."
"He committed suicide?" Zhou Chunhua gasped.
"Yes. Shortly after dropping out of school, she committed suicide at home. She came from a single-parent family, and when her mother came home from get off work and saw her daughter's cold body, she jumped off the building."
Online sources say that it was Uncle Hat who notified Chen Xiaoyu's father to collect the bodies of the mother and daughter. It's said that Chen Xiaoyu's father was an irresponsible alcoholic who dragged the bodies to the crematorium on the spot and burned them.
Then, not long ago, Chen Xiaoyu's two older cousins suddenly appeared online, making a public accusation that Chen Xiaoyu committed suicide because she was bullied at school.
Julia suddenly stopped, her face beaming with excitement, and said, "Do you know what happened next?"
Zhou Chunhua shook her head.
"And then..."
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