Chapter 41 Clearing
After Wu Zhen finished speaking, "Don't worry, I will never tell anyone." Brother Ling Chen, are you worried that you will lose your job because of this? After that, Lu Lingchen shook his head and took a sip of beer.
"Isn't it because of the rule that teachers can't do side hustles at the same time?" Wu Zhen was a little puzzled.
As far as he knows, some teachers will secretly do side hustles. For example, helping people with tutoring, doing micro-business, going out to give lectures, and so on.
There are all kinds of things, because the salary of teachers is not high, sometimes colleagues know about it, but they don't say it, everyone is just a mess.
"Wu Zhen, don't blame me for being troublesome. In fact, how much do you care about the teaching profession? ”
Wu Zhen did not answer directly, and was silent for a long time. Lu Lingchen didn't urge him.
Wu Zhen spoke, his voice even hoarse. "I'm from S City, in fact, my parents are teachers themselves, my dad teaches elementary school, and my mom teaches kindergarten."
He took a few sips of beer and continued: "Teaching elementary school is not really very powerful, and teaching kindergarten is even more so. So since I was a child, my parents' expectation was that I could be a respected teacher. When I was in college, I took the teacher training exam without thinking, and in order to be able to teach middle school, I worked hard to take the postgraduate examination. ”
Lu Lingchen was a little touched, but he didn't expect that this optimistic big boy who usually seems to be grinning and likes anime has such a sense of responsibility.
"But now, it's useless, everything is going to be ruined." Wu Zhen's voice was a little whimpering.
Even Zhong Wenbin, who had just met, was a little unbearable. As a lawyer, he knows very well that Wu Zhen's case is very unfavorable now, and he doesn't want to rashly say comforting words such as "you will be fine" to prevaricate.
You know, once you are criminalized. Wu Zhen will not only lose his job as a teacher, but will even go to prison, leaving a criminal record. It will be very difficult to find an ordinary white-collar job in the future!
But Zhong Wenbin still said to him seriously: "Regardless of whether the police and the female student decide to sue you in the end, I will be your defense lawyer!" I'll do my best to help you! ”
Wu Zhen was inexplicably moved, nodded, and drank a bottle of beer with Zhong Wenbin. All gratitude is in plain sight.
After Wu Zhen poured two more sips of wine, he changed the topic: "Ling Chen, I have a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not." ”
Lu Lingchen raised his eyebrows: "You say." ”
"You ......" Wu Zhen paused for a long time, as if thinking about what to say.
"You, what is going on with Su Luoluo...... Be careful yourself, I'm a model. ”
Before Lu Lingchen could answer, Zhong Wenbin, who was sitting on the side, was startled: "I'll go, Lu Shuai, how many people know about you?" Everyone's got it? ”
Lu Lingchen glanced at him coldly: "It's not much, as far as the two of you know, that's it!" ”
Zhong Wenbin was killed by Lu Lingchen's eyes, his posture trembled, and he took a sip of wine by himself.
Lu Lingchen turned to Wu Zhen: "I don't regret it, besides, I am innocent with Su Luoluo." ”
"Well, I believe in you too. And Su Luoluo is also my student, and I can see that she is a good girl. ”
Wu Zhen thought for a moment, "But you really have to be careful." You are so handsome, how many female students are the male god in their hearts? Do you have a count in your mind? You really have to be more careful in the future. ”
Lu Lingchen snorted, which was an answer.
Wu Zhen smiled softly again: "But your cold appearance is also a wonderful way to refuse." How many girls can't get close to you. Even I thought you were so cold, so I was afraid~"
Zhong Wenbin laughed: "Don't talk about you, I've known him for more than ten years, and I'm afraid of him!" ”
The atmosphere suddenly eased a lot, and the three of them chatted nonsense, and Wu Zhen's brows gradually relaxed.
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The trio drank until midnight. Lu Lingchen was slightly drunk, and called the substitute driver to help him drive Wu Zhen before returning to his own home.
After returning home, Lu Lingchen found that there were several unread messages on WeChat.
He opened it and saw that it was Su Luoluo.
My Luoluo: Teacher Wu Zhen's affairs are still not progressing. I believe him, but what about you?
My Luoluo: I have been feeling that Mr. Wu Zhen's affairs have made me very uncomfortable in the past few days.
My Luoluo: Last Friday, after school, around the corner outside the school gate. Actually, it's where you're waiting for me, right? Actually, have you seen what happened?
Lu Lingchen sat on the sofa, holding his mobile phone, staring at the words on the screen. No reply for a long time.
He didn't want to lie to Su Luoluo. Whatever the reason, he didn't want to lie to her, and he didn't want the relationship between the two to be dusted.
Finally he typed with difficulty: "I see it." ”
originally thought it was midnight, and Su Luoluo should have already slept. Unexpectedly, after WeChat was sent, Su Luoluo's voice call came immediately.
Lu Lingchen could only pick it up: "Hey, Luoluo." ”
Su Luoluo's voice was a little excited, and even a little trembling: "Do you mean it really? Did you see that?! ”
"Hmm...... I see it. ”
"Did you tell the school and the police?"
“…… I didn't. ”
"Why?"
Lu Lingchen was silent for a while. "Because, I can't."
"You can't?"
Lu Lingchen simply made it clear to her, and whispered about the causes and consequences, as well as his own hidden worries.
After listening, Su Luoluo was silent. She didn't know what to say.
Obviously, what Lu Lingchen said is not unreasonable. He is so much smarter than himself, and naturally he has a wider vision and is well-thought-out. Intellectually, she knew that Lu Lingchen was right.
But what about emotionally?
"So, what should Mr. Wu Zhen do? If he doesn't correct his name, he is likely to be ......" Su Luoluo couldn't say it anymore, she didn't dare to imagine the consequences.
Lu Lingchen couldn't bear to listen to her continue, and interrupted her: "I know." Therefore, I have been informed about the situation of the case at any time through Wen Bin. If the police can find other witnesses, that's the best. If not, let's find a way then. See step by step. ”
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The next day was Wednesday, and as usual, Lu Lingchen drove the car to the corner outside the school gate and waited for Su Luoluo to get out of school.
Taking advantage of the gap between waiting for Su Luoluo to come over, Lu Lingchen sat in the driver's seat, supported his head with one hand, looked around, and fell into deep thought.
It has been four days since Wu Zhen's incident last Friday. Coming to this place again, he was a little excited.
While he was pondering, he suddenly heard a fierce horn blaring behind him, which startled him! He habitually glanced in the rearview mirror of his car, where a car honked its horn and avoided pedestrians.
In the midst of the electric light, he suddenly noticed the rear mirror in the car, and behind the rear mirror was the hidden car recorder that came with the Land Rover!
Lu Lingchen was almost so excited that he slapped his thigh!
Because I live abroad all the year round, I have just come back for a long time, and it is forbidden to use dash cams abroad.
Plus this one in his car, it is the hidden type of Land Rover itself, which is extremely secretive. He'd never opened it, so he hadn't even remembered it for a while!
Lu Lingchen quickly broke the rearview mirror and carefully removed the dash cam. opened the video inside, and sure enough, I could clearly see the whole process of Wu Zhen's case at that time!
At this moment, Su Luoluo just opened the co-pilot seat and sat down.
Lu Lingchen couldn't hide his excitement and quickly explained the situation to her.
Su Luoluo was also very excited and urged him to send it to the police quickly.
Lu Lingchen calmed down at this time. He said, "I'll send you home first, and please tell your aunt that I have an urgent matter today and can't give you tutoring." ”
Su Luoluo nodded.
"Then I managed to export the footage, cut out other irrelevant things, and send it to the police anonymously. So that we don't expose ourselves. ”
"Okay, it's still thoughtful."
After sending Su Luoluo home, Lu Lingchen drove back to his hotel-style management apartment. Take out the memory card of the dash cam and finish cutting the video on the computer.
The video is still very clear, at least you can clearly see that it is Wu Zhen and a female student.
Then he called Zhong Wenbin and asked him to help find a way to anonymously send it to the police who handled the case.
After waiting quietly for 2 days, seeing Wu Zhen return to school, Lu Lingchen's heart was finally put down.
Although it is a confidential investigation, there is no impermeable wall in the world.
Zhou Ya, because of love and hatred, directed and acted in slandering the teacher, which was widely known in the school, and the teachers and students were in an uproar. Those students who followed the trend and gossiped about Wu Zhen were very guilty.
After Wu Zhen returned to school, Zhou Ya did not go to school. The next day, Zhou Ya's parents went to the school, apologized to the principal and Wu Zhen in person, and at the same time withdrew Zhou Ya from school. said that Zhou Ya was going back to her hometown to prepare for the college entrance examination.
On the day Wu Zhen returned to school, as soon as he entered the office, Lu Lingchen immediately stood up. Wu Zhen took three steps and two steps, and went up directly to hug him vigorously! Lu Lingchen patted him on the back and comforted him softly: "The clear person is self-purifying, congratulations!" ”
Wu Zhen's emotions collapsed, and he shed tears.
Lu Lingchen helped him sit down, turned around and walked to make him a cup of coffee.
Wu Zhen caressed his office desktop with both hands, and placed lesson plans, pens, animation figures, etc. messily, as if he hadn't seen him for a long time, familiar and unfamiliar.
"Brother Ling Chen, you will be my good buddy in the future! Thank you, I really appreciate it, I won't say anything else, it's all in my heart! After speaking, Wu Zhen patted his chest.
Lu Lingchen turned his head and smiled softly at him.
"Brother Ling Chen, in fact, that video was provided to the police by you."
Lu Lingchen was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Wu Zhen.
Wu Zhen's expression was indifferent, and his eyes looked at his desk. "Actually, I had a suspicion before, you were there that day. Because your car, such a cool and handsome Land Rover, pulls the wind wherever you go, how many people can drive nearby? ”
"That day, I followed Zhou Ya to that side, and at random glance, it vaguely seemed that I saw your car parked there. But it was dark at the time, so I didn't pay much attention to it, and when I got home, I thought about every detail carefully before I remembered it. But I'm not sure I'm right. ”
Lu Lingchen handed him the brewed coffee and sat down at his table next to him. "Then why didn't you ask me?"
Wu Zhen said: "I wanted to ask, that night at the bar, I wanted to ask a few times. I've been hesitating, I think, maybe I'm wrong, or maybe you're not there at all. But in any case, if you don't say it, there must be your troubles. ”
Lu Lingchen didn't expect him to trust himself so much, and he was a little touched at the moment.
"But anyway, thank you! You are willing to stand up for me, I will always owe you this love! ”
Lu Lingchen looked at Wu Zhen seriously: "I just did what a person should do." I'm sorry I came out so late, but I do have a lot of struggles. Thank you for your trust and understanding. ”
The two looked at each other and smiled. From an ordinary colleague to a friend who can share his heart, it only takes an unforgettable experience.