Chapter 445, Lesson 1
Sister-in-law Yao paused for a moment, then looked thoughtful. "These two people have conflicting accounts. We have a preconceived notion about Liu Yue's situation... that she was so deeply in love with Jin Nan that she was willing to live and die for him, even ruining her future for him. As for Jin Nan, we feel that he is lying and shirking responsibility, pushing everything onto Liu Yue..."
She paused and looked at Yao Jianshu.
"...If what Jin Nan said is true, then what is Liu Yue's purpose?"
The two women exchanged a glance.
Sister-in-law Yao made a quick decision, saying, "Since Jin Nan said that the incident happened during the translation group training and Liu Yue took the initiative towards him, there must be eyewitnesses. We'll ask the translation group members in the next day or two. Jian Shu, let's investigate this privately and not cause any unnecessary trouble."
Yao Jianshu nodded.
The investment promotion conference continued on the second day. With yesterday's experience, Deputy Delegation Leader Luan tightened the control over the food and water at the entrance, with guards every three steps and sentries every five steps.
Fortunately, the incident from yesterday did not repeat itself, and the second day of the investment promotion conference concluded smoothly.
The translation team members used their unique skills to facilitate more than a dozen foreign investors who were interested in investing.
Sister-in-law Yao and Yao Jianshu also subtly extracted a lot of information from the translators, slowly advancing the matter between Jin Nan and Liu Yue.
On the third day, the investment promotion conference secured more than a dozen more deals, successfully concluding with a perfect ending.
After a night of careful consideration, the two women put together the evidence they had collected and began to deduce the truth the next day.
"Someone saw Liu Yue proactively ask Jin Nan to have lunch with her..."
"...I also found out that Jin Nan told Liu Yue that he would take responsibility for her."
In other words, "Jin Nan's statement that Liu Yue took the initiative is true."
"Liu Yue said that it was true that Jin Nan said he would take responsibility for her."
The two exchanged a glance and said in unison, "...and there are witnesses."
The two stared at each other, completely at a loss.
Sister-in-law Yao sighed, "The more I investigate, the stranger the relationship between the two seems."
Yao Jianshu nodded.
Sister-in-law Yao stood up. "I'll go see Deputy Captain Luan to see if there's anything new. If we still feel something's wrong, and we have witnesses and physical evidence, then Jin Nan's crime will be established."
Yao Jianshu said she was going back to the school for a visit, as she was busy with the investment promotion conference and hadn't been back to the school in a long time.
To be honest, it seems like all four members of her sect were at the investment promotion conference.
A few days later, some personnel changes suddenly occurred in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Minister Li was demoted to Director, while Director Qi, who was of average ability, was promoted to Deputy Minister.
The reason for Vice Minister Li's demotion was that he condoned his students' misbehavior at the investment promotion conference, which almost caused incalculable losses. As their mentor, Vice Minister Li failed to supervise them properly and neglected his duties. He was demoted and had his salary reduced as a warning to others.
The news shocked the entire foreign language school.
Yao Jianshu felt an even stronger sense of unease. She called her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, Jin Nan was probably set up. I think he's really innocent."
Sister-in-law Yao remained silent for a while.
She advised Yao Jianshu, "Whether it's true or false doesn't matter anymore. He's already played a crucial role. Jianshu, you shouldn't concern yourself with this anymore. These people are after Vice Minister Li. Jin Nan, Zhao Shucheng, and Liu Yue are just pawns on the chessboard. It's not something a student like you can control. Listen to your sister-in-law and focus on your studies..."
Yao Jianshu tightened his grip on the microphone.
She gave a weak laugh. "Sister-in-law, I'm the only one who escaped unscathed from this. Do you think I'd let them off the hook just because I said I didn't care?"
"...With my sister-in-law around, an ordinary student...they can indeed do whatever they want with him, but what about me, the office director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? If I'm not enough, what about the Xu family? Don't forget, Old Xu and our top leader are sworn brothers, he can always intimidate them a bit."
Sister-in-law Yao's palms were also sweaty, feeling that her sister-in-law's escape unscathed was extremely dangerous.
"Jianshu, listen to your sister-in-law, okay?"
Yao Jianshu pursed her lips and nodded in agreement.
She quietly spent a few days reading in the school library, and then received new news.
The newly appointed Vice Minister Qi pleaded for leniency for Vice Minister Li and Jin Nan.
Since no losses were caused to the investment promotion conference, Jin Nan was only expelled from school, while Vice Minister Li was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' database to be responsible for daily data organization.
Zhao Shucheng's report was meritorious, but it is a fact that he caused a disturbance in the translation team and also attempted to drug someone at the investment promotion meeting. His merits and demerits cancel each other out, so he can continue his postgraduate studies.
Vice Minister Li applied to the school to have his qualification to recruit graduate students revoked, expelled Zhao Shucheng from his list of students, and called Yao Jianshu to ask if she needed his help to introduce a supervisor.
Yao Jianshu said that a teacher for a day is a teacher for life, and her only graduate advisor is Professor Li.
Vice Minister Li chuckled on the phone and said, "Aren't you afraid of my reputation being tarnished?"
Yao Jianshu said she wasn't afraid and explained the whole story to Vice Minister Li. Vice Minister Li nodded and said, "I know everything. Don't worry, they've achieved their goal and won't target you as a student anymore. You don't need to blame yourself or feel guilty. Jin Nan gave you a hard time first, so it was only right for you to retaliate. The responsibility for the subsequent series of events also lies with Jin Nan. It was his inappropriate behavior that led to this situation. It has nothing to do with you. Just focus on your studies, okay?"
"...Thank you, teacher."
Yao Jianshu's eyes welled up with tears. "I will study hard."
She always thought that she had already learned a lot from society, from graduating from university, becoming a teacher, getting married, and having children.
She also learned a lot from it.
Little did she know that her first real lesson would come here, when she had just gotten into graduate school and touched the edge of the word 'power', only to be quietly used as a pawn by someone else.
She was caught in the middle of the game, so thoroughly manipulated, yet completely unaware.
She's a graduate student now, what will happen when she goes on to pursue further studies?
Where does he stand as a deputy minister?
Just thinking about it gave Yao Jianshu a chill down his spine.
Just before hanging up the phone, Yao Jianshu stopped Vice Minister Li and said, "Teacher, I will try my best."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then a smile and an "okay."
After receiving Vice Minister Li's phone call, Yao Jianshu gradually calmed down.
A few days later, the newly appointed Vice Minister Qi followed the example of Vice Minister Li and planned to mentor graduate students at the Foreign Language School. He specifically called Yao Jianshu over and extended an olive branch to her.
Yao Jianshu shook her head and refused, "Thank you, Vice Minister Qi, but I already have a mentor, Li."
"You have feelings for Vice Minister Li..."
Vice Minister Qi looked at her with a strange expression. "Oh, no, it's Director Li who's quite devoted. She's a good student. It's a pity. Well, I won't force her then."
"Vice Minister Qi, look at me, I miss your graduate studies, will you take me as your student? I want to follow you..."
Zhao Shucheng smiled and squeezed to the front, volunteering his services.
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