Qiao Zhen was terrified, wishing time could stand still half a minute ago.
She watched as Lu Zheng's slender fingers hooked the ear loops of his mask, revealing his delicately shaped jawline. She wanted to stop him, but before she could even extend her hand halfway, Lu Zheng put his mask back on.
"It's you..."
A brief appearance was enough for Qiao Luosheng to recognize the other party's identity.
"What for? Otherwise, who else could get me to do this?" Lu Xiao said excitedly, waving his fist at Lu Zheng. "I've done what you asked me to do, so don't mess with me again!"
Lu Zheng ignored him and looked at Qiao Zhen and her brother.
“Luo Sheng…” Qiao Zhen’s tongue was tied, and she didn’t know how to explain her relationship with Lu Zheng.
Qiao Luo suddenly slapped his forehead, the shadow of his arm obscuring his face, making it impossible to see his expression.
Qiao Zhen's heart clenched in pain, "Actually, I and..."
Lu Zheng interrupted her, "Let's deal with the immediate issue first. I'll explain the rest later."
Their hands were still intertwined, and Qiao Zhen could clearly feel the warm fingertips firmly caressing the back of her hand, bringing a sense of reliable peace of mind.
Qiao Luosheng pursed his lips, "Okay."
Lu Xiao stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Because of the video evidence presented by Lu Xiao, those who had offered comfort, reconciliation, or demanded an apology from Qiao Luosheng dispersed sheepishly, all pretending they hadn't seen or heard anything.
Mrs. Sun was suddenly surrounded by empty space, and she panicked.
The truth was immediately exposed, revealing her son's most shameful side to everyone. Instead of feeling remorse for her mistakes, she shouted, "That's not true! My son absolutely did not cheat. He has excellent grades and can get into the best university in the country! The video must be fake!"
However, no one listened to her anymore.
Everyone knows the Lu family's status in Jiangcheng. Why would they need to fabricate a video to frame the son of a vice principal?
"Teacher Fan, please speak!" Mrs. Sun tried to grab the person, but the person who was just beside her was nowhere to be seen.
Teacher Fan had long since disappeared into the crowd.
"You're all so despicable!" With no one to her side, Mrs. Sun had no choice but to turn her anger back on the Qiao siblings. "You'd be happy if you completely ruined my Junyi, wouldn't you!"
She was like a pitiful mother, willing to give everything for her son.
"You beasts, you animals!" she shouted, venting her anger and resentment. "How could you hurt a child like this!"
Attorney Yan calmly held up his phone, recording every word and action of Mrs. Sun.
As Mrs. Sun caught her breath, he added fuel to the fire, "Mrs. Sun, are you done talking?"
Mrs. Sun's eyes widened in anger, and she almost fainted.
Attorney Yan said, "I will re-evaluate the compensation amount."
"You—" Mrs. Sun was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
She lay sprawled on the ground like a lump of rotten flesh.
The Sun family still dared not show their faces at this time.
Finally, the police helped the person up and placed them on a bench.
"Let's go," Lu Zheng said.
He finally let go of Qiao Zhen's hand and turned the watch on his wrist towards them.
It was well past lunchtime, and once people realized this, those who had just been full of energy found themselves hungry.
And the dining table is a good place for conversation.
“You can go home now,” Lu Zheng said to Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao glared at him, "You used me and then told me to get lost? Don't you have any humanity left, Lao Lu?"
Lu Zheng said, "You'll bother me, so..."
A cold light flashed in his dark eyes.
Lu Xiao shrank back. "Fine, you've got guts."
He came and left in a huff, looking up and down.
Qiao Luosheng hurriedly got into the car first, not because he was particularly hungry, but because he had many questions for Lu Zheng.
As Qiao Zhen was about to sit next to Qiao Luosheng, he brushed one hand against her arm, placed it against the door, and gently pushed it forward to close the car door.
She turned to look at the man behind her, who gestured with his chin toward the passenger side door.
"Now you can sit there."
Qiao Zhen shrugged. "After all, we just had a big fight. I want to comfort Luo Sheng and spend time with him so that his mental state won't be affected and he won't perform well in the college entrance exam."
Lu Zheng chuckled, "That's just sophistry."
"No way!" Qiao Zhen noticed Lu Zheng slowly approaching and glanced nervously into the car.
Unfortunately, she couldn't see what was happening inside the car from the outside, but she knew that Qiao Luosheng must have seen how intimate they were.
She said jokingly, "This is a police station. Be careful not to be mistaken for a harassing girl, or the police officer might give you an over-the-shoulder throw!"
Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows, but still released his hand from the car door.
"You scoundrel, huh?" He curled his lips into a smirk, a wicked glint in his eyes.
Qiao Zhen rubbed her temples.
I was careless again!
At this moment, Assistant Xie Yan ran over, "President Lu, there's a situation."
Lu Zheng noticed that Xie Yan had intentionally adjusted the angle of his phone screen, as if he wanted to hide his back from Qiao Zhen, so he stepped forward and asked, "What is it?"
Xie Yan glanced at Qiao Zhen and lowered his voice, saying, "Someone posted a video of Qiao Luosheng beating someone online, and marketing accounts are reposting it everywhere, accusing Qiao Luosheng of violent behavior and launching a manhunt to find him."
Lu Zheng glanced at the text and saw sensitive words such as "violently beating a college entrance exam candidate", "causing him to be unable to take the college entrance exam", and "the assailant was very arrogant and claimed to have someone behind him". These kinds of words are extremely easy to attract the attention of netizens and stir up controversy.
Sure enough, the related terms quickly climbed to the top of the local trending searches.
"Qiao Zhen." Lu Zheng grabbed Qiao Zhen's arm and waved to Qiao Luosheng inside the car. "We have something to say. Wait in the car for a bit."
Qiao Luosheng asked curiously, "Is there anything else?"
Lu Zheng said casually, "Qiao Zhen and I work at the same company. It's work-related and has nothing to do with you."
His voice was deep and steady, giving people a sense of security, so Qiao Luosheng didn't think much of it.
Lu Zheng immediately closed the car door.
Qiao Luosheng looked around excitedly, only to find the three of them standing together, seemingly discussing work. He sighed and pondered the scene of his first meeting with Lu Zheng, as well as his sister's several unusual words and actions later on.
Outside the car, Lu Zheng showed Qiao Zhen the online controversy.
Someone has already doxxed Qiao Luosheng's name, school, and home address, and even posted a clear headshot, inciting netizens to cause trouble at his school and neighborhood.
"I heard this little bastard wants to take the teacher's college entrance exam. Do you dare let such a violent criminal educate your children?"
"I know a bit about this. The school wants to smooth things over and doesn't dare to offend the big shot behind that little bastard."
"My God, are we just going to stand by and watch a poor child's life be ruined?"
"Even if I can take the college entrance exam next year, who can bear the pressure of this year?"
After quickly scanning the online discussions, Qiao Zhen's eyes turned cold, and a chill ran through her body.
Even though the sun is shining brightly today, it can't warm us up at all.
“Even though there is already evidence to prove Luo Sheng’s innocence, they are still manipulating public opinion online…” She gripped Xie Yan’s phone tightly, so hard that her knuckles turned white. “This enormous malice is going to ruin Luo Sheng!”
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