Li Lechen quickly called back.
Finally, the phone is back on! Cao Wenming thought to himself as he answered almost instantly, and, still feeling the pinch of the 40 yuan phone bill, he said seriously, "This is Cao Wenming!"
Moreover, as the director of the school's political education department, he always speaks to students in this tone.
Cao Wenming? Who's that? Li Lechen was completely dumbfounded. He was the legendary late-stage patient with prosopagnosia, who couldn't remember people or even Rao's name.
The air was silent for a few seconds.
Li Lechen was too embarrassed to ask who the other person was, since they had already given their name and sounded like a teacher.
teacher……
There are no teachers with the surname Cao in the class, and in the school...
That's right! Among the various directors, Cao Wenming is the only one with the surname Cao. And as the director of the Political Education Department, Cao Wenming doesn't believe that the students in the school wouldn't know his name.
Cao Wenming! The Director of the Political Education Department! If he doesn't even know these three words, how could he possibly pass the ideological and political education test?!
"I am Cao Wenming from the Political Education Department! Ahem!"
Cao Wenming could only further clarify his identity and cough twice to show his dissatisfaction.
Holy crap! It really is the Political Education Department.
Li Lechen then recalled that there was only one person with the surname Cao among the school leaders, and that person was from the Political Education Department.
Because he didn't know why the director of the Political Education Department had suddenly called him, and out of an instinctive aversion to the department, Li Lechen remained silent.
I won't say anything until the director makes his intentions clear during the call.
The air was quiet for a few more seconds.
Cao Wenming was a little confused. He looked at the phone in front of him and confirmed that the call was still going on. After all, he had made four calls in total without success.
"Is his name Li Lechen?!" Cao Wenming was somewhat angry.
It's infuriating that a high-ranking official in charge of the political education department can't get through to a student even after four phone calls and has spent 40 yuan on phone credit, and is now barely responding.
This time, Li Lechen has to do something, or he'll get his shoes on.
"Hello, Director Cao! I am Li Lechen, Li as in wood, Le as in happiness, and Chen as in the vast ocean of stars! I am a student in Class 7 of Grade 11, but I will be going to Grade 12 soon."
"..."
The sudden, serious answer caught Cao Wenming off guard. He had been prepared to lash out again, but he was caught off guard.
"Director Cao? Can you hear me? My signal might be a bit weak. Hello? Can you hear me?" Li Lechen asked immediately afterward.
"……I am here……"
In his haste, Cao Wenming uttered two words.
"It's so good that you're still here. I was so afraid that you wouldn't be here anymore."
"..."
This child is quite the talker.
But Cao Wenming couldn't get angry, because those words came from his own words. So he paused for a few seconds and quickly got to the point: "Are you free this afternoon? Come to the school."
"oops!"
Li Lechen was indeed surprised. Going to school during the holidays was too much to ask, especially since it was the director of the political education department who had asked him to go. He definitely wouldn't have time!
"I haven't finished my summer homework yet, and my mom isn't home. She told me not to run around and to stay at home."
"this......"
"And there was a burglary in our district this morning. A house was broken into because no one was home, and the whole house was ransacked. So I have to stay home."
Because of several seemingly legitimate reasons, Cao Wenming could no longer bring up the request for Li Lechen to come to the school. In fact, he had originally wanted Li Lechen to bring 40 yuan with him, since he had just topped up Li Lechen's phone credit by 40 yuan, which the company couldn't reimburse.
"Director Cao, is there anything I can do for you? Can we talk on the phone? If it's not urgent, school starts soon anyway." Li Lechen said in a string of words.
If this child hadn't been so talkative, Cao Wenming would have suspected that he had deliberately kept quiet earlier.
Forget it, we can talk about the phone bill later. Right now, let's get Mr. Shui's question sorted out first. So he asked, "Do you live in Jiahe District?"
“Yes!” Li Lechen admitted. “What? Director Cao, are you coming for a home visit? But my parents aren’t home.”
"No, no, no, I'm not doing a home visit. I just want to know if you encountered a man who collapsed from heatstroke this morning?"
"Is someone going to give me a letter of commendation? Are they going to send a banner to my house? Actually, I didn't leave my name at the time, and it was just a small favor. My parents have always taught me to..."
Just as Li Lechen was about to launch into a long speech, he heard the call had already ended.
Okay, I was already on edge talking to this Director Cao on the phone, it was a completely inhumane process, so it's best to hang up.
Cao Wenming, on the other hand, couldn't stand such a noisy student. Usually, the students who appeared in front of him and talked to him were always keeping their heads down and barely uttering a word. Suddenly encountering a chatterbox was something he wasn't used to.
Of course, the main problem is that the topic has gone a bit off-topic.
As a student of the Second Middle School, being able to be so helpful is definitely a testament to good ideological and political education. Of course, the letter of commendation and the banner should be delivered to the school.
No problem.
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The doxxing posts on Lingcheng Forum gradually subsided after the individuals involved were revealed. The main reason, of course, was that the original poster never clarified the situation, leaving the onlookers who kept commenting ultimately without getting any real excitement.
Simply looking for someone is boring.
There has to be something like a hit-and-run, pushing and shoving, or at the very least, a dramatic illegitimate child.
But there was no cherry blossom from beginning to end.
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