When the villagers were gathering in a hurry to prepare for the winter, a cautious figure appeared near the cowshed of Dayan Village.

He tiptoed to the broken window of the cowshed and looked left and right inside. Just as he was wondering why there was no one inside, someone suddenly patted his shoulder.

"Boy! What are you looking at?" Professor Liang appeared behind him and shouted.

The man turned around and showed his face. It was none other than the leader of the exploration team, Chen Zhenghua! He was not frightened at all. Instead, his eyes were filled with tears. He rushed forward and shook Professor Liang's hand, saying excitedly, "Teacher! I finally found you."

Professor Liang was shocked to see that it was him. He quickly pulled Chen Zhenghua to a secluded corner and whispered, "Why are you here? Is this a place you can come to? No, have you also been demoted?!"

Chen Zhenghua: "Teacher! Don't worry, I'm fine. I came here just to see you."

Professor Liang looked around and said, "Let's go inside and talk."

The two entered the house. Chen Zhenghua saw the dilapidated state of the house and immediately felt sad again: "Teacher, you have suffered."

Professor Liang found two piles of straw and asked him to sit down. He waved his hands and said, "I'm used to it. As long as I can survive, it's fine. Come here and tell me how you got here."

Chen Zhenghua then told Professor Liang about the Shitoushan exploration project that their team had received, and then said, "When I heard that it was in Dayan Village, I immediately thought of you, teacher, and asked the director to do this project first. I have been here for a while, but I dared to come to you today because there are few people in the village."

Professor Liang nodded and said, "I know a little bit about this, but I didn't expect you to be involved. Anyway, I hope you're okay."

Chen Zhenghua: "Teacher, how are you doing here? I see you have lost a lot of weight. Winter is cold and hard to endure. I have some quilts and thick clothes. Can I secretly bring them to you at night?"

Professor Liang shook his head and said, "No, those quilts and clothes of yours are too good for me. If people find out that I use such good things, what will happen? Don't worry, I know a pretty good guy. He gave me some old clothes and I can eat with him occasionally. As for me, I just want to get by. I live one day at a time. Don't worry about me."

Chen Zhenghua said hurriedly: "Teacher, you can't think like that. I, as well as your wife and sisters, are all looking forward to your return!"

Professor Liang sighed and said, "It's not up to me to decide. Tell them to forget about it and just live their lives."

Chen Zhenghua: "Teacher, you don't know that three years ago, you were supposed to be the director of our department, but you were suddenly reported, and the person who took your place was Jiang Mingde!"

"Jiang Mingde?! It's him?" Professor Liang muttered, "He's really good at flattering people. He even got promoted to director."

Professor Liang and Jiang Mingde had some connections. Jiang Mingde suddenly rose to prominence from some small place a few years ago. In order to continue to rise, he used his connections to enter a university and specifically asked for a student status under his name.

Although Professor Liang was not used to seeing these messy things, there were some things he had to turn a blind eye to and just let him hang.

But Jiang Mingde was too lazy. Not only did he not study hard, he also molested his female students. There were three people who came to him and reported him publicly.

Professor Liang felt that his character was really bad, and his graduation thesis was a mess, so he decided not to give him a diploma and told him to either drop out or correct his attitude and repeat the year to study again.

This really annoyed Jiang Mingde, and he pointed at Professor Liang's nose and cursed him in the office. Professor Liang had never been so humiliated before, so he turned around and told the person who had helped him find his connection to take Jiang Mingde away, saying that he would never accept such a disciple again.

He thought that was the end of it, but a few days later Jiang Mingde appeared in front of him again, smiling triumphantly.

It turned out that he had found a connection and transferred to another tutor in the same department. This time, it seemed that he was doing well. It didn't take long for his thesis to be passed and he got his diploma. Professor Liang could only shake his head and sigh.

At this time, Chen Zhenghua said again: "How can you flatter me? Teacher, I have secretly found out some things in the past few years. It is said that the person who reported you at that time was him!"

Professor Liang was surprised at first, but then he suddenly realized something. He was not surprised to hear that it was Jiang Mingde who reported it.

Jiang Mingde was indeed a mean person. He had not allowed him to graduate, and whenever he met him, Jiang Mingde would be very rude to him. It was obvious that he was resentful of him. But Professor Liang never expected that he would be so mean to report him and put a serious accusation on him.

Chen Zhenghua: "Teacher, you don't know that Jiang Mingde knows nothing. He only knows how to bully others and tell tales to his superiors. We are suffering terribly now."

He also told Professor Liang about Jiang Mingde's unreasonable request to shorten the mining mission period.

Professor Liang was also very angry after hearing this: "This is ridiculous. There is no need to rush the construction schedule so much! I have been to that rock before. The geology is complex and you have to be very careful when mining. In addition, the ground is slippery in winter and some places on the mountain are very steep. How can you be so careless!"

Chen Zhenghua lamented: "Yes, teacher, what do you think we should do? Jiang Mingde will probably report back to the city soon. We, the little people, have nowhere to turn to! It would be great if you were our director, but you were taken advantage of by such a despicable person!"

Professor Liang did not say anything after hearing this. He thought about it for a while and suddenly asked, "Did you bring paper and pen?"

Chen Zhenghua was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Yes, I'll take it with me!"

Professor Liang held out his hand: "Give it to me. I'll write a letter and you can take it back for me."

Chen Zhenghua took out a pen and paper and handed them to Professor Liang, staring at him as he hunched over his desk and wrote quickly. He wrote two pages, then folded them and handed them back to him.

Chen Zhenghua held the letter in his hand and asked, "Teacher, what is this...?"

Professor Liang smiled and said, "Report the news."

Chen Zhenghua was surprised and asked, "Reporting? Could it be... reporting to Jiang Mingde?"

Professor Liang nodded and sighed, "I have been an upright person all my life, and I would rather break than bend. I have never done such things as reporting on others, and this is also the case when I teach students. But reality has taught me that one cannot be too upright, and even more so, one cannot let others manipulate them. Since he can report me, why can't we report him? He must have more evidence than the charges against me."

He pointed at the letter in Chen Zhenghua's hand and said, "At least, I have evidence that he has committed academic fraud and occupied a university student's quota."

Chen Zhenghua was a little excited when he heard this: "Teacher, is this possible? I heard that he is very favored by his superiors. I am afraid it is not so easy to report him successfully."

Professor Liang shook his head and said, "Of course I won't report this to his superiors. You can give this letter to the principal and tell him that it is from me. Please ask him to find some connections and pass it on."

Chen Zhenghua was so grateful that he could not express it in words: "Teacher, you are in such a difficult situation, and I still have to trouble you like this. It is really a sin."

Professor Liang shook his head and said, "It's not all because of you. I knew it was that guy who reported me, so I would have done it a long time ago! It can be regarded as a way to vent my anger."

"Also, if you hadn't come, I wouldn't have been able to deliver this letter. In short, everything else from now on is up to you."

Chen Zhenghua nodded repeatedly: "Teacher, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your trust."

"By the way, teacher," Chen Zhenghua continued, "recently, the policy from above seems to have loosened up a bit... maybe you will be able to come back soon, teacher, please hold on a little longer. This is what my wife asked me to convey to you."

Professor Liang's mood changed for the first time after hearing this. He asked excitedly, "Really? Did your wife really say that?"

"Yes!" Chen Zhenghua nodded. "Although the Master's wife has drawn a line between herself and you on the surface, she has never given up running around for you."

"I know, I know!" Professor Liang's eyes were moistened unconsciously. "She has worked hard these past few years. Please tell her not to worry. I will be fine and go back to be reunited with them."

Chen Zhenghua: “Okay!”

Here, the master and apprentice were gathered together with mixed emotions, while on the other side, Jiang Suisui and Song Weizhen were chatting about Professor Liang while waiting in line.

Jiang Sui Sui: "What did Professor Liang teach you? Can you teach me later?"

Song Weizheng: "Mainly mathematics, geography, history and so on."

"Sure, sure!" Jiang Suinsui said excitedly, "Teach me! I think I have no problem with math, but I'm not sure about geography and history. We can exchange our learning results first."

Song Weizheng smiled and said, "I really didn't know you were so studious before."

Jiang Suishun raised her little face and said, "There are many things you don't know. Maybe after we talk, you will have to call me teacher."

Song Weizheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that we really need to spar with each other now."

"Oh right!" Jiang Suinsui suddenly thought, "Let's go to the grocery store later to see if there are any textbooks or supplementary books for sale. If not, I will go find a friend in town. I want to borrow some books from her."

Seeing that she was so excited, Song Weizhen nodded without objection.

Jiang Suinsui quickly finished buying things and excitedly dragged him to the grocery store. As expected, there were still only some collections of essays and quotations.

"Now we can only try at my friend's house. I went to see her last time, but there was no one at her house." Jiang Suishun said worriedly, "Do you have something else to do? How about this, I'll go find my friend, you go do your thing first, and we'll meet again at noon?"

Song Weizheng frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, remember not to be late again."

"Don't worry!" Jiang Suisui patted his chest and said, "I'm very reliable."

"Let's go, see you later!" Jiang Suishun waved and ran happily in another direction.

Song Wei Zheng looked at her from behind for a while, then turned around and walked into the alley.