Chapter 297: As if in a dream
"Thank you?" Zhou Ruocheng also looked at Jiang Xue with some curiosity: "What are you talking about, Lord Dean, I don't have anything to thank you, right?" β
"Teacher Zhou, you are humble, yesterday you helped, I didn't thank you properly." Jiang Xue said.
"Me?" Zhou Ruocheng was also stunned, pointed to himself and asked.
Jiang Xue nodded.
"That's all a help, huh?" Zhou Ruocheng also scratched his head a little embarrassed, this was the first time that his good intentions were seen by others, and suddenly there was an indescribable sourness welling up from his heart, also with a trace of warmth.
Poor Teacher Zhou.
"Actually, I was quite surprised, when the emperor was angry last night and wanted to depose Yixuan, I thought you would remain silent even if you didn't fan the flames, and then I was really surprised when you spoke." Jiang Xue said.
"Uhhh Do I have such a ruthless impression in your mind? Zhou Ruocheng also smiled bitterly, "Actually, I'm just worried that if Huang resigns Lin Yixuan at this time, how much will change in Huzhou at that time." β
"Are you worried about repeating the mistakes you made when you were in Jiangzhou?" Jiang Xue asked.
This is to the point... Zhou Ruocheng also smiled bitterly.
"I don't think Mr. Zhou is the kind of person who takes advantage of the fire to rob, right? At such a critical juncture, risking oneself to be implicated to help one's opponent speak, there is no need to sell favors to such a point, right? Jiang Xue asked again, but suddenly her face turned cold again, "Or did you do it deliberately?" β
I knew that this old woman would think of this. Zhou Ruocheng also had a stump in his heart, but he could only smile far-fetchedly, "No... The emperor just because I was bullied by Lin Yixuan one after another, and I couldn't see it... β
"Is it true?" Jiang Xue looked at Zhou Ruocheng's eyes suspiciously.
"Really..." Zhou Ruocheng also sighed, "It's not a secret. . . In fact, when the emperor came up, I didn't say a lot of bad things about Lin Yixuan, and the emperor felt that no matter what I said, I was also a person he was optimistic about, and this house was given by him, so I also have more or less his face, Lin Yixuan doesn't give me face is not to give the emperor a son, and he is also a little angry, I also teach Lin Yixuan a lesson, but I don't want to teach it like this. Abominable.. β
This excuse is indeed a bit naΓ―ve, but it is not to the point where it is unreasonable, and I have to admire Zhou Ruocheng's ability to make up stories is indeed a bit powerful, of course, it is not all made up.
"Teacher Zhou, you are really the kind of person who has the intention to do bad things but can't be ruthless." Fortunately, Jiang Xue believed it.
"Please also ask the dean to understand that there is no malice in doing such a thing." Zhou Ruocheng explained.
"I believe in Mr. Zhou's words, I have learned a little bit about you after so many days, although Mr. Zhou said that there are some bad habits, but on the whole he is still a good person." Jiang Xue said to Zhou Ruocheng.
Is this also a good person card? Zhou Ruocheng muttered in his heart.
But soon Zhou Ruocheng's idea was pulled back to reality by Jiang Xue's words.
"Okay, aside, about the emperor's question, I still hope that Mr. Zhou will give me an explanation, didn't you say that it has nothing to do with the emperor?" Jiang Xue asked with another big turn.
Zhou Ruocheng stumped again in his heart: "Now that I say that I have nothing to do with the emperor, I don't believe it to the dean, so I won't explain, what the dean thinks, that's what he thinks." β
Jiang Xue stopped and looked at Zhou Ruocheng, although she had a smile on her face, she always felt that her eyes were cold.
"If that's the case, can I understand that Teacher Zhou is actually selling us favors?" Jiang Xue asked.
"Ahaha, sometimes it's not a good thing for the dean to be too direct, right?" Zhou Ruocheng said with a wry smile.
"Mr. Zhou is really a smart person, even if he sells favors, he sells it so well, I have nothing to say about it." Jiang Xue didn't know if she was praising herself when she said this.
"Anyway, I have long been labeled as the 'emperor's lackey' in the dean's heart, no matter how I explain it, I will be associated with that kind of place, right?" Zhou Ruocheng's tone also carried a hint of helplessness.
"Then Mr. Zhou, can you prove that you are not the 'emperor's lackey'?" Jiang Xue asked again.
"Uhhh Zhou Ruocheng thought for a while, "It seems that there really isn't." β
Jiang Xue smiled, sat down on the edge of the flower bed on one side, and crossed Erlang's legs, "Teacher Zhou, tell me honestly, what do you think of the emperor?" β
"I am loyal to the emperor." Zhou Ruocheng replied without thinking.
Jiang Xue was also stunned for a moment, but she was not too surprised, and looked at Zhou Ruocheng, "But Mr. Zhou, what you did yesterday seems to be considered 'disobedient' to the emperor, forgive me for not thinking about it so much, what I want to fight now is that you and the emperor colluded to act for us." β
"I am loyal to the emperor, but I actually reserve my own opinion on the emperor's opinion." Zhou Ruocheng said again.
"Do you have an opinion on the emperor's opinion?" Jiang Xue asked.
"I don't dare to say that I have an opinion, after all, this is the emperor's order, as a courtier, I have to follow." Zhou Ruocheng replied.
"But you must also know that now it is not the imperial court that is in charge, it is the parliament that runs the country." Jiang Xue said again.
"But in terms of governance, I do like a one-party government to be better."
Zhou Ruocheng said.
"So you're just more in line with the emperor's philosophy, right?" Jiang Xue asked again.
"That's pretty much it, the emperor doesn't really care what I do, anyway, I'm helping him work, and there will always be bad luck for our family, right? Ha ha. Zhou Ruocheng said with a smile.
Jiang Xue looked at Zhou Ruocheng, as if she had something to say, but she didn't say anything.
"Actually, I don't like Huzhou very much now, to be honest." Zhou Ruocheng looked at the scenery in the distance, "But I also have to admit that it has indeed obtained things that are unattainable elsewhere, the thoughts and ideas of the people here and even the way they live in the world are more advanced and more self-conscious than what I see elsewhere, it is indeed the society I yearn for, the society I can accept, there can be prejudices between everyone, but it is better not to have feudalism, people can have no money, but they can't be spineless, and these are precisely the things that I hate to achieve under the governance of people, Although I was also reluctant in my heart, in this respect, I didn't want this status quo to end, so I pleaded with the emperor. Zhou Ruocheng said.
Jiang Xue looked at Zhou Ruocheng: "Teacher Zhou is really an ambitious and assertive person." β
Do you need to say this? Zhou Ruocheng smiled: "Presumably, even if I don't say Lord Dean1, I will intercede with the emperor at that time, right?" β
"Can you see that?" Jiang Xue still asked with a smile that couldn't be guessed.
"Otherwise, when I finished talking to the emperor, why would you hurry up to cooperate with me to persuade the emperor?" Zhou Ruocheng asked.
"Actually, the dean also cares about Lin Yixuan's right, you have been indulging him for so many repeated mistakes, if you really don't care about him, you won't say anything to punish him, right?" Zhou Ruocheng asked.
βγγγγβ Jiang Xue's eyes widened, looking at Zhou Ruocheng who was smiling at her in front of her, and then smiled bitterly, "Teacher Zhou, you are really... β
"Huh? Am I wrong? Zhou Ruocheng watched Jiang Xue stand up, wasn't his guess just now wrong?
Suddenly, a finger reached over and put it on Zhou Ruocheng's chin, "Sometimes, it's good to be smart, but you still have to pretend to be stupid before others are willing to come and yell at you." β
Zhou Ruocheng was also stunned by Jiang Xue's appearance, and then smiled bitterly, "Lord Dean, I don't really understand what you say. β
"It's nothing~" Jiang Xue turned around, "Okay, class is coming soon, and I won't delay Teacher Zhou's time anymore." β
Zhou Ruocheng looked at Jiang Xue's figure walking away, smiled bitterly, shook his head and walked back.
"Oh yes, Mr. Zhou." Suddenly, Jiang Xue in the distance stopped herself again.
"Meow?" Zhou Ruocheng turned his head.
"Today. . . You have to be mentally prepared, too. Jiang Xue said.
"Mentally prepared?" Zhou Ruocheng was also stunned: "Dean, what do you mean?" β
"I can't say that, you'll know when the time comes." After Jiang Xue finished speaking, she turned around and left again.
Zhou Ruocheng shrugged his shoulders a little inexplicably, and then walked back again.
However, Jiang Xue's words have already worked.
When the time came for Zhou Ruocheng to be in class, Zhou Ruocheng was giving a lesson to the people in his class, and by the way, he would consolidate the knowledge he had taught before, because the midterm exam was coming soon.
Then, just when Zhou Ruocheng was talking, two men in black suddenly walked in from the door, "May I ask if Mr. Zhou is there?" β
"What's the matter with you?" Zhou Ruocheng stopped explaining and looked at these two guys.
"We came to you on the orders of Mr. Lin, and we kissed you and went with us." The man in black replied.
"Excuse me, didn't you see me in class?" Zhou Ruocheng looked at the two of them and replied.
"Teacher Zhou, this is Mr. Lin who wants to see you." The man in black said again.
"Oh, who is this Mr. Lin?" Zhou Ruocheng asked again.
"It's Lin Yixuan, Mr. Lin." The man in black replied.
Hearing this name, the whole class suddenly exploded, who is this Lin Yixuan, this is the most outstanding man in Shanghai, not only handsome but also very talented, such a high-status person's own teacher is. I was fortunate to receive Lin Yixuan's invitation.
"Then please go back and tell Mr. Lin, I know, I'll come to him when I finish class." Zhou Ruocheng said.
"Teacher Zhou, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, right?" The man in black suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"Do you think it's right for me to skip work to see Mr. Lin?" Zhou Ruocheng asked rhetorically.
"This is what Mr. Lin said himself." Again, the man in black emphasized.
"Do I have to go as he said in person?" Zhou Ruocheng also smiled.
"Mr. Zhou, please don't go too far, you must know that if others want to see Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin may not see him, and he rarely takes the initiative to find someone." The man in black said again.
"If that's the case, please go to the dean's office and make a big report to Dean Jiang Xue, if the dean agrees, then I'll go with you, I'm sorry, I'm going to continue the class." Zhou Ruocheng said2.
The two men in black looked at each other, if they didn't know Jiang Xue's name, they wouldn't have to mix with Lin Yixuan's subordinates, and then looked at Zhou Ruocheng, Zhou Ruocheng had already started to continue lecturing, and then walked out in a gloomy manner.
"Teacher Zhou is such a big shelf
, Lin Yixuan's invitation was even ignored. One of the students whispered.
"If my father knew that it was Mr. Lin looking for him, he would jump up with joy, Mr. Zhou won't deliberately pretend to be reserved anymore, right?" Another student said.
"It's very possible, Mr. Zhou is such a good person who pretends to be forced."
"I said over there! Don't talk to each other in class! Did I hear that? Zhou Ruocheng said impatiently.
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After the two men in black left, they came back after about half an hour, and at this time, Zhou Ruocheng just got out of class, and they greeted him.
"Teacher Zhou, can you go with us now?" The man in black asked again.
"Let's go? Where to go? Zhou Ruocheng asked with a puzzled expression.
"Now that you're done with class, you can go with us, right?" The man in black asked again.
"Please, do you think I'm just going to have one class a day? Then my salary this month is too easy to earn, is my class full today, and I also said, I still have your news, and I will visit when the time comes. Zhou Ruocheng said.
"But..." What else did the man in black want to say.
"I said, this big brother, did Lin Yixuan give you a death order?" If you don't bring Zhou Ruocheng back to me, you won't have to go to work tomorrow! 'Or something? Zhou Ruocheng asked closely.
"Neither is it. . . It's just that Mr. Lin seems to be a little impatient, and we are just helping Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin has always been a person who values results, and we can't explain some things... The man in black also said with some embarrassment.
"That, two big brothers, or else." Zhou Ruocheng thought for a while, "You just push this matter on me, just say that I, Zhou Ruocheng, am very uncooperative, because Mr. Lin dug the pit again and again, so I often jumped, and besides, I also sent two big men over, I was really scared of the pit and didn't dare to come over, if Lin Yixuan really had this sincerity, at least I had to come to the scene in person, right, so if I can afford to wait, just wait for me to get off work today and I will come to visit." β
The man in black also looked at each other when he heard this, "Is this okay?" β
"Eh, what does it matter?" Zhou Ruocheng took out his pocket, took out a money ticket and slapped it in the hand of the man in black, "These two take it, sell refreshments to eat, and go back later and persuade me for a long time, I just don't want to come back with you, Mr. Lin is a smart person, he knows the grievances between the two of us best, and he will believe it." β
The man in black looked at Zhou Ruocheng and then at the money ticket in his hand, "Okay, let's believe what Teacher Zhou said." β
"Those two go slowly, I still have to go to class." Zhou Ruocheng was just about to leave, but was stopped by the man in black.
"Teacher Zhou, this, there is no need." The man in black slapped the money ticket in Zhou Ruocheng's hand again.
"What is this for, it's just a little meaning." Zhou Ruocheng said.
"No, we are also principled, Teacher Zhou has already helped us come up with an idea, and then it is wrong to take the teacher's benefits, so let's go first, don't leave it at that." After saying that, the two of them turned around and left.
Lin Yixuan actually found someone to invite him, and this is also the sun coming out in the west.
I just finished helping him finish speaking yesterday, and today I found someone to invite me, with Lin Yixuan's temperament, how could he think of his own goodness? Maybe it's another pit waiting for Zhou Ruocheng to jump, anyway, Zhou Ruocheng won't go if he is killed, but he doesn't want to be caught by Lin Yixuan and dare not go to the appointment timidly, so he will wait to go back with Jiang Xue after work, with Jiang Xue by his side, Lin Yixuan will not help but treat himself well, this method is good.
Zhou Ruocheng looked at the backs of the two of them, and finally knew what the dean said meant, and suddenly he felt tired, and muttered a sentence in his mouth, "γγγ©γγγγ (trouble is dead)." β
Then Zhou Ruocheng went to class, and until the end of the two classes, Zhou Ruocheng and a group of students rushed to the cafeteria to eat.
Zhou Ruocheng ordered his lunch to find a place, originally wanted to find Zhao Qingyuan and them, but now there are too many people in the cafeteria, Zhou Ruocheng is not the kind of person who likes dumplings, so in the end he chose to go to the teacher's area to eat.
Just when Zhou Ruocheng found a vacant seat and sat down, bowed his head and just took a bite of rice and soup, a person sat down opposite him.
Zhou Ruocheng was thinking about who it was, and when he looked up, he was so frightened that he swallowed the food in his mouth directly.
Lin Yixuan sat opposite him, looking very impatient, holding his arms and closing his eyes, and there were two bodyguards standing behind him.
Zhou Ruocheng was actually just talking, but he didn't think that Lin Yixuan really came by himself.
"It's really not easy to meet Teacher Zhou." Lin Yixuan said.
"That. . . As you know, today isn't a day off, and I still have classes to attend, right? Zhou Ruocheng smiled bitterly.
"Yes, it was indeed my negligence, so I came." Lin Yixuan opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Ruochengdao.
I don't want you to come either. Zhou Ruocheng smiled bitterly: "Then Mr. Lin, what is the matter with you summoning me?" β
Lin Yixuan's appearance is the focus wherever he stands, and there are more high-ranking officials and nobles here, of course, many people recognize Lin Yixuan, the standard of the big Chinese people, that is, to carry out the onlookers to the end.
"I'm coming? Naturally, I came to fulfill the emperor's order, Mr. Zhou, I made a special trip to apologize to you. Lin Yixuan looked at Zhou Ruocheng with a serious face.
Zhou Ruocheng's depression was in words, I said Oh my God. I'm not really dreaming, right?