Chapter 78: When he kept referring to her as "my wife," Shen Yichen clenched his fists.
Shen Yichen didn't understand what Zhou Siyan was saying on the phone, but when he heard that Qin Shuzhi was there, he rushed over immediately.
Upon entering the conference room, his face darkened when he saw Shi Yuanxing standing next to Qin Shuzhi.
Because Mr. Liang was worried about his daughter's feelings, he told Qin Shuzhi that he was going to see Liang Xiaobing. Qin Shuzhi sent him to the office, and Mrs. Liang, knowing that she had caused trouble and felt guilty towards the father and daughter, also went with them.
At this moment, only Principal Pang, Vice Principal Li, Zhou Siyan, and Qin Shuzhi and his wife remained in the conference room.
"What happened?"
He glanced at Zhou Siyan, who walked up to him looking aggrieved.
Principal Pang seemed unaware that today might be some kind of inauspicious day, as he had somehow managed to summon two important figures to the school.
The worst part is that it's not a good thing.
Once we find the person who caused this trouble, we'll see if he doesn't twist that person's head off.
Principal Pang was unaware of the relationship between Zhou Siyan and Shen Yichen, but Vice Principal Li had received favors from Shen Yichen in recruiting her. He dared not offend Shi Yuanxing, but he was equally unwilling to offend Shen Yichen, so he could only smile and step forward to explain:
"Mr. Shen, there was a misunderstanding between Teacher Qin and the student's parents. We are currently investigating it. Teacher Zhou was also present at the time, so we asked her to stay and assist with the investigation."
Shen Yichen glanced at Qin Shuzhi and asked her, "What happened?"
Qin Shuzhi ignored him, but Shi Yuanxing kindly spoke up.
“My wife has been falsely accused by someone with ulterior motives of having an improper relationship with a student’s parent. This person is also trying to incite the student’s parent to cause trouble at the school gate in an attempt to ruin my wife’s reputation. My wife and I are investigating the person who is behind this.”
Hearing him refer to his wife as "my wife" repeatedly, Shen Yichen clenched his fists.
What made him even more uncomfortable was—
Qin Shuzhi only glanced at him when he came in, and then treated him as if he were invisible, completely ignoring his existence.
"That's your own business, it has nothing to do with me. You can't force me to stay here too."
With Shen Yichen's arrival, Zhou Siyan spoke with much more confidence.
"We'll find out soon enough whether it's closed or not." Shi Yuanxing looked up at her. "Miss Zhou, are you in such a hurry to leave because you feel guilty?"
"You're talking nonsense."
“Current evidence shows that the content of the email was fabricated.” Shi Yuanxing looked at her with his sharp, hawk-like gaze. “As for who fabricated this information and what their purpose is, I believe we will know once we find out the source of the email.”
Zhou Siyan's hands trembled slightly, whether from guilt or intimidation by his gaze. Turning her head again, her eyes reddened, she looked at Shen Yichen, tugged at his sleeve, and said weakly:
"Yichen, I'm tired, I want to go back."
Shen Yichen turned his gaze away from Qin Shuzhi and glanced at her. "Since you're assisting with the investigation, then cooperate properly. It won't make a difference if you take a little more time."
Seeing him find a seat and sit down, looking like he was waiting for the result, Zhou Siyan was speechless.
Not long after, Li Sheng returned with his laptop in hand.
He walked up to Shi Yuanxing and said, "Mr. Shi, we've found it."
Shi Yuanxing said, "Speak."
"The IP address of the email was located in an internet cafe."
Li Sheng opened his laptop in front of him and Qin Shuzhi. "The email was sent at 12:48 pm today. Here is the surveillance footage from the internet cafe at the same time today. The email was sent from this computer."
Li Sheng pointed to a certain spot on the video.
Qin Shuzhi glanced at the woman with a hat covering her face at the computer seat, then looked up at Zhou Siyan, who was pale-faced across from her.
"Why don't you two take a look and see if you recognize the person in the video?"
She turned the laptop around, presenting the screen to Shen Yichen and Zhou Siyan.
"Teacher Zhou, I remember you weren't at school around noon, right?"
Zhou Siyan thought she had been discreet enough. She believed that as long as the matter was blown up at the school and Vice Principal Li stirred things up, the scandal of Qin Shuzhi seducing students' parents would spread.
Unexpectedly, Shi Yuanxing appeared out of nowhere.
Not only did he quell the farce at the school gate with just a few words and get the principal to do his bidding, but he also managed to trace the source back to her in a short time.
Shen Yichen's expression changed drastically when he saw the person in the video.
He couldn't possibly fail to recognize Zhou Siyan. Even though she deliberately wore loose black clothes, her hair was all loose, and she was wearing a hat to cover her face, he could still recognize her at a glance.
"Zhou Siyan".
He suddenly stood up, looked down at Zhou Siyan angrily, and flames blazed in his eyes.
"No, it wasn't me, Yichen, you...you have to believe me. I...I did go out at noon, but I just went back to my apartment for a nap. I didn't go to any internet cafes..."
Zhou Siyan hurriedly got up and grabbed his arm to explain, but Shen Yichen pushed her away.
"In addition to this video, we also found the surveillance footage of the woman paying the bill in the store and the surveillance footage of the restaurant across the street. Ms. Zhou may wish to watch them before deciding whether to deny it."
Li Sheng then opened the two videos. Although the woman in black in front of the cashier tried to cover herself up, half of her face was still captured by the camera when she turned around.
Another scene shows her leaving the internet cafe. Perhaps feeling safe, she looked up at the road without any hesitation, only to be caught on camera from across the street.
In the frozen frame of the video, Zhou Siyan's face was completely exposed.
Shen Yichen's hand trembled as he pointed at the computer. "Are you still going to try to deny it?"
Zhou Siyan stared at her own face on the screen, her mind blank. She wanted to deny it, but couldn't utter a single word of explanation.
It took her a while to find her voice.
"Yichen, I, I didn't mean to... it was her."
Zhou Siyan suddenly turned her attention to Qin Shuzhi, "She's married but still keeping you hanging on. I... I did this just to get revenge for you. She didn't seduce the students' parents, but she did seduce the Shi Group..."
"Smack."
A loud slap landed on her face.
Qin Shuzhi used all her strength, and Zhou Siyan was knocked so hard that she staggered a few steps to the side.
She covered her numb face, turned around and glared at Qin Shuzhi hatefully, "You dare hit me?"
"That's exactly what I'm going to do."
Qin Shuzhi said angrily, "Do you know that your actions today will hurt an innocent student, and may even ruin her?"
"Schools are places for teaching and nurturing people, not places for you to fawn over men. All you think about all day is chasing men. Do you think everyone is like you, unable to live without men?"
Zhou Siyan's face was originally red on one side from the beating, but now her whole face is red.
"Also, I've told you hundreds of times, I got rid of this guy you're clinging to a long time ago. Nobody's going to fight you for trash. If you're so capable, you'd better keep him to yourself and stop bothering other people all the time."
Hearing Qin Shuzhi belittle him like that, Shen Yichen's face turned green, then black, then even greener.
"Enough, Xiaozhi..."
He was about to reach out to pull her when the woman suddenly turned around and slapped him hard across the face.
"Smack—"
Another resounding slap echoed in the quiet conference room.
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