On the way back, the students on the bus were immersed in a depressing atmosphere, except for Shen Zhao and her group of four. Everyone stared at the news that Xu Ke had searched out with their eyes wide open.

Although Xu Ke chose science, her liberal arts scores were actually better than her science scores. She was forced by her family to choose science because studying science would make it easier to find a job in the future. However, she usually pays close attention to current affairs, so no news, big or small, escapes her eyes.

Just when everyone fell into a daze on the long-distance bus, Xu Ke started to check the news as usual. Among the top news pushed by the mini program, the third title had the big words "Deyan Middle School". Xu Ke didn't even read the title and clicked on it reflexively.

What caught her eyes were some exciting photos. Although they were blurred and the faces and organs could not be seen clearly, the hot actions still made Xu Ke blush. She roughly read the article and found that it was criticizing Deyan Middle School for its lax moral education, which led to such chaos. The article also deliberately discredited Deyan Middle School at the end, and vaguely mentioned the identity of the person involved.

Xu Ke directly called out that this article was undermining professional ethics, but when he saw the Hualuan Newspaper marked at the end of the article, he could immediately understand it. This newspaper is a cancer in the industry, it does not care about facts, it only cares about traffic, so anything that attracts attention will be reported by them, and the article will also set the tone. Look at the comments below where a large number of parents jointly criticized Deyan Middle School, and you will know that the effect is great. In addition to the report published this time, some old stories of Deyan Middle School are also mentioned below, among which the most famous one is the suicide case in the corridor.

She pushed Shen Zhao's shoulder, and Shen Zhao woke up instantly. She turned her head away, "What's wrong?"

Xu Ke handed the phone over and said, "You'll know when you see it."

Ma Shuyi was a light sleeper, so he woke up when he heard the noise. He poked his head in from the gap between the seats and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Kui, who was sitting nearby, quietly turned down the volume of his headphones.

Shen Zhao browsed quickly because she was the person involved. She had half the credit for the incident, but she didn't arrange this report. She didn't want to kill the person, but just wanted to repay him. She glanced at Ma Shuyi and handed him the phone. "Read it yourself."

Ma Shuyi covered his mouth, looking very surprised, "Who are those two people here? I can't even see their faces!"

Xu Ke glanced at her and said, "My guess is that it's Fang Cheng and Yuan Hongwei."

Ma Shuyi widened her eyes, "How could it be the two of them? Didn't Yuan Hongwei pester Shen Zhao before?" She looked at Shen Zhao suspiciously.

Shen Zhao shrugged, "Maybe he suddenly changed his taste?"

"Look," Xu Ke analyzed, "last night the incident happened suddenly. If nothing had happened, we would have been in the room. And the bonfire party was so lively that everyone wanted to go back to the room for an all-night seminar. But late at night, the head of the grade group hurriedly took the two back. Doesn't this mean something? This report came out today."

"If you analyze it that way, it's true." Ma Shuyi nodded in agreement.

"But when did they get together? There was no news at all. And look," she enlarged the picture and captured some details, such as the young man hugging the woman tightly in his arms. "They can't do such actions even if they are in love, right?"

Xu Ke blushed. She was not as open as Ma Shuyi. Shen Zhao, on the other hand, looked calm. They were drugged, so it was natural for them to be passionate. What she didn't know was that Lu Siming seemed to be sleeping, but his eyes were always on her, with a dark look in his eyes.

**

At this time, the school was in an uproar. The head of the grade was called to the principal's office early. She had a serious expression and did not dare to say a word, waiting for instructions from several leaders.

The vice-principal looked at the director and then at the principal who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass reading the news on his phone, and said awkwardly, "Since this has already happened, talking about taking responsibility will not help. We must first have an effective response measure. After all, the students in our school all have some background. If this matter is not handled well, it will greatly affect our future enrollment..."

The principal then turned around, his cell phone tapping on his palm from time to time, making a dull sound. He glanced gloomily at the head of the grade group, then set his eyes on the vice principal, "So what do you think we should do?"

The vice principal felt a lot of pressure when he was looked at like this, and looked at the director, "Tell me, you have to make amends. If it weren't for your negligence, how could such a big public opinion storm have been caused this time!"

The director pursed his lips and said, "It is indeed my fault for not taking good care of the students. However, the students involved in this matter are not that simple."

The principal and vice principal urgently called the director over after seeing the report, so naturally they did not understand the situation yet.

"Tell me!" The principal had already sat down, and then he turned his head to the vice-principal and said, "First, contact that Hualuan newspaper. What a piece of rubbish! How dare they report on our school! First, ask them to stop reporting. We can spend any amount of money to ask them to stop, or we will take them to court!"

"Okay." The vice principal received the order and went to do his job.

The principal, director and a clerk were left in the office.

The director glanced at the clerk, as if he had some concerns, so the principal asked the clerk to leave. "Is this okay?"

"It's like this. The whole story is not clear, but the people involved include Fang Cheng and Yuan Hongwei, the parties involved, and then Xu Yaoyao from the Xu family, and Lu Siming, the prince of the Lu Group. Then there is another person who I unilaterally guessed. He is a sponsored student named Shen Zhao, who is an orphan."

"What? You said the Xu family and the Lu family are involved!"

The director nodded silently. "If this case is just a private matter between Fang Cheng and Yuan Hongwei, then it is the best way to deal with it. It will not cause much loss to our school. However, if we dig deeper, it will involve people from the Xu family and the Lu family, which is something we don't want to see."

"What else is there to say? Just treat it as a private matter between Fang Cheng and Yuan Hongwei."

"That's what I thought before, so I did some ideological work on the two of them. Yuan Hongwei is easy to deal with. He seems to know something and didn't involve other things. But the most troublesome one is Fang Cheng. She seems to be determined to fight to the death. Xu Yaoyao also played a role in the instigation. This time, she was the one who broke the news to the newspaper."

The principal hesitated for a moment and asked, "What is Fang Cheng's background?"

"He is a child from an ordinary family, nothing special about him."

"That's easy. If she is stubborn and wants to fight to the death, then you have to work hard on her family. How much investment do the Xu family and Lu family give us every year? We can't expose their children!" The principal glared at the director, "You know that, right?"

"You know, could you tell me the range you can promise?" The director asked, suppressing the struggle in his heart.

"Money, qualification for further study, whatever you want, just do it for me!"

Unexpectedly, when the vice president went to the newspaper and asked it to withdraw the report, the person in charge looked at him with a smile and refused flatly, leaving no room for maneuver.

The vice-president was kicked out of the newspaper. He left in disgrace, scratching the back of his head. He couldn't understand why this small newspaper rejected their generous conditions. "This newspaper looks shaky. How can it support itself?"

On the other hand, the director found Fang Cheng's parents and discussed the conditions with them. At first, Fang's mother showed a greedy look, but Fang's father ran out of the kitchen and drove the director directly to the street, cursing: "Our daughter has suffered such injustice, and your filthy money can't make up for it. Get out with your business! I tell you, no matter what, we will not sell our daughter!"

The director was driven out to the street, and one of her shoes was even thrown far away. The neighbors gathered around and started pointing and talking. She walked over awkwardly, picked up her shoe and put it on again. She looked into the small bungalow with a bit of admiration in her eyes. She picked up the documents and left without paying attention to the gazes of the people around her.

In the bungalow, Fang's mother sat down, looked at Fang's father with greedy eyes, and blamed him: "Why did you drive her out like that? The conditions she offered were quite good, compared to our family's money-losing stuff. She is not good-looking and not very good at studying. It's good enough to get such conditions, but you don't know how to cherish it!"

Father Fang's cloudy eyes glared at Mother Fang, "You are short-sighted, don't you know who she is with?"

Fang's mother became interested and pretended to be reserved, "Why, is there anyone who likes her?"

"Hey, so you don't know," Father Fang showed her the picture on his mobile phone, pointing at the censored naked man and woman, "Look at the posture, that man must like our daughter! People who have experienced it will understand." As he said this, he did not forget to look Fang's mother up and down.

Fang's mother was amused by him, even though she was old. Neither of them cared whether their daughter was taken advantage of by someone, but studied the boy. "Who is that boy?"

"I know that man's name is Lu Siming, and he comes from a wealthy family. It's a great thing for our daughter to be with such a man. How good can the conditions proposed by the director be? He just wants our daughter to sever ties with the heir of the Lu family. How is that possible? If he can do that, he must be responsible for our daughter!" Father Fang had a very good plan in mind, and was always ready to bite the Lu family.

"You're right!" Fang's mother agreed with Fang's father. "How can the conditions proposed by the director compare to the status of the young lady of the Lu family? Fang Cheng did something right this time!"

It's not Fang's father's fault for thinking in the wrong place. It's really that Fang Cheng had no place to vent his love for Lu Siming. He often wrote it down in the notebook in the room, and Fang's mother often took it out to read it carefully. The two of them became familiar with Lu Siming. When Fang Cheng got into trouble this time, he called them and cried on the phone. At first, they were also worried and didn't know what to do about this matter, but when they heard that the other party was a rich man, they naturally put Lu Siming in their minds.

This time, the head of the grade group came to discuss and asked Fang Cheng not to tell anyone about this matter, as it involved the heir of the Lu family. Fang's father felt more at ease, certain that this matter was definitely related to Lu Siming. The conditions proposed by the head were all trivial matters, and they had greater ideals.

The director and the vice-principal's fruitless return made the principal furious. He slammed the table and said, "They are going too far!"

The two of them remained silent, and only the principal asked angrily: "Are they asking for such a high price?"

The two shook their heads silently, and the principal became even angrier. "What are they trying to do? Do they really just want to discredit our Deyan?"

The vice-president spoke up at this time: "Perhaps there are other competitors fanning the flames? After all, the college entrance examination is coming soon, and this matter has a great impact on us."

The principal hesitated for a moment, "It is possible, but who is it? They actually spent so much money and dragged us into it."

**

In the bedroom of the manor, Mu Yanchen sat on the bed originally arranged for Shen Zhao, looking at the bleak woods outside the window. His eyebrows were elegant and his expression was indifferent, as if someone would not be moved at all if they died in front of him. "How is that matter going?"

Situ Rui stood aside and said, "It has been done. The person in charge of Hualuan will continue to report. As for Fang Cheng's parents, we don't need to take any action for the time being. They will push their daughter into the abyss themselves."

"That's good. Let's go to the Xu family next. They have done a lot in the past." Mu Yanchen murmured as if he was thinking of something from the past.

Situ Rui was startled. He glanced at the man sitting on the bed with his eyes closed. That incident was also a heavy blow to him. Who would have thought that the person he loved the most would completely forget him? Mu Yanchen had been very patient in leaving them alone for so many years, but why did he start to take action this time? He didn't take action before, but now?

"Go out and leave me alone."

"Yes." Situ Rui left and closed the door.

The senior high school bus successfully sent the students back to school, but there was no arrangement for the rest of the time, so everyone could handle it on their own. Everyone was happy about this, after all, there was still a whole night left.

Xu Ke and the others looked at Shen Zhao, "Let's go shopping, do you want to come?"

Shen Zhao waved his hand, "No, you know I didn't study hard before, I have to fight for my free time."

"Okay then, let's go shopping by ourselves." Xu Ke and Ma Shuyi left.

Li Kui, wearing headphones, nodded to Shen Zhao and left.

Seeing that most people on the playground had left, Shen Zhaoben also wanted to leave. When he turned around, his wrist was tightened, and with a scream, he was taken into a storage room.

She calmly looked at the boy who was holding her wrist, "Lu Siming, why?"

She didn't know if it was Shen Zhao's illusion, but she always felt that after this trip, Lu Siming's temperament had completely changed. The original sunshine faded like the tide, and now only gloom was left.

He looked at her with a burning gaze, his eyes showing a heat that Shen Zhao did not want to ignore. "Tell me, what happened that night?"

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