She and Lu Kuo weren’t really boyfriend and girlfriend. Calling her his sleeping partner wouldn’t be appropriate in this situation either, so they were just friends.
If we’re going to explain, let’s explain it clearly: “He does come to school to find me often, but as far as I know, he didn’t know Muhan before New Year’s Day. He first met Muhan when Muhan fainted in class and I asked him to help carry Muhan to the infirmary.”
She calmly explained the fact, which in turn earned her furrowed brows from the school leaders and even sharper shouts from Mu Han’s mother.
“Teacher Gu, what do you mean? What do you mean by being friends with someone you just met after New Year’s? Muhan has been posting pictures of her on social media for the past six months. Are you blind and can’t see?”
“Although we, as parents, wouldn’t want her to start dating in university, that doesn’t mean she deserves to be bullied by a morally corrupt teacher like you. You, as a teacher, interfering in students’ relationships is disgraceful. Not only will it ruin your reputation, but it will also shame the entire school. You don’t deserve to be a teacher.”
Ruan Ruan was scolded so harshly that she felt both angry and wronged. However, she gritted her teeth and suppressed her vulnerability, responding sharply: “Have you taken Muhan to see a psychiatrist? The senior in Muhan’s friend circle is my friend Lu Kuo. He comes to school every time to find me, and I can assure you that he didn’t know Muhan before this.”
“Having said that, she went on to say, “Our Director Chen can attest to this.”
She remembered Chen Director seeing her and Lu Kuo together on that little path outside the apartment before.
But Director Chen’s gaze avoided hers at that moment, and Ruan Ruan’s heart sank.
You think teachers destroy others <<<
“Your feelings aren’t just not acknowledging, you even curse my child to have mental illness. Do you even have an ounce of a teacher about you?”
The entire conference room was in an uproar. Afterward, Ruan Ruan listened to Mu Han’s mother’s scolding as if she were an outsider. She heard Director Chen and the school leaders trying to appease Mu Han’s mother with assurances that they would take serious action and give her a satisfactory answer.
What constitutes a satisfactory response?
To keep the peace, regardless of your school teachers’ reputations?
Ruann can’t accept this.
She suddenly stood up and said loudly, “I disagree with the way you are handling this. Right is right, wrong is wrong. It’s not about who yells louder or argues more; I don’t believe this reflects Mori’s style.”
She stood firm against all the pressure, like a warrior. At this moment, she didn’t think about her future or her way out, because some principles could not be compromised; they were the bottom line.
Many things, such as work achievements being taken by others, and being asked to do dirty and tiring work, she feels are part of the process in the workplace, so she doesn’t mind and can accept it.
But touching upon her personal issues is a no-go.
The conference room fell silent. All eyes turned to her. Tears welled up in her eyes, which she blinked back several times, determined to continue.
“This matter also involves a third person, an alumnus from Muhan’s circle of friends. You might as well invite him to ask in person, wouldn’t that clear things up? I can avoid answering your questions, or Muhan’s mother could ask him personally.”
As long as Lu Kuò is found, all of Mu Han’s lies will be exposed.
“Muhan’s mother, it is you ”
“Should I ask Lu Kuai, or should I ask?” Ruanruan did it on purpose, knowing they couldn’t possibly have Lu Kuai’s contact information.
Upon hearing this, the hospital leaders turned to Mu Han’s mother: “We’ll have Teacher Gu step aside and let you communicate with them personally.” This was also a signal for her to get in touch.
But Muhan’s mother looked troubled: “I don’t have his contact information.”
The leaders of the institute said, “Then you can take a look at Muhan’s phone. Her phone should have the other person’s WeChat or phone number.”
Mumu’s mother then opened WeChat and her phone contacts, searching for a long time, but found no trace of the person. She didn’t even know the other party’s real name.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment.
“I’ll call him.” Ruan Ruan took out her phone to call Lu Kuo when the atmosphere reached its peak of awkwardness.
The phone first prompted her to turn it off, and she was taken aback for a moment.
After a few minutes, when I called again, the phone was answered. A voice came through the receiver, like someone running in a strong wind.
“Ruan Ruan, I just got off the plane and will be at school in a little while.” Lu Kuo’s voice came over.
“Anyway, I’m just staying at home doing nothing. What happened at your school?” He received her reply and immediately rushed to the airport. The Spring Festival flights had a few more trips than usual, two hours later than hers.
“You come to school and talk about it first.” He was the one involved, even though he was also quite wronged.
“Okay.”
Mum Muhan saw this and started to be sarcastic: “You said you didn’t steal Hanhan’s boyfriend? Then what’s this now?”
Ruan Ruan stopped talking and sat quietly in the conference room, waiting for Lu Kuo’s arrival.
From the airport to Sun Yat-sen University, it’s about an hour’s drive. Lu Kuo drove himself here, and his car has been parked…
At the airport parking garage, he drove fast and arrived in less than 40 minutes.
As soon as he entered the conference room, he smiled and greeted everyone before walking straight to Ruanruan’s side.
He was radiant with warmth, a broad smile lighting up his face, injecting life into the otherwise stifling conference room. Both the school administrators and Director Chen couldn’t help but steal glances at him. He clearly wasn’t your typical senior student; none of the students at the school possessed his carefree and unrestrained air.
Mother Mu also kept staring at him, if he were her son-in-law, that would be great. No wonder her daughter couldn’t let go of him.
School leaders introduced: “This is Mu Han’s mother.”
Lu Kuo looked confused, and it wasn’t an act: “Mu Han, who is Mu Han?”
He was truly puzzled, and it took him a while to remember who he was talking about. He turned to Ruan Ruan and asked, “You mean the student with heart disease?”
“Speaking of which, his tone was unmistakably impatient. What did this mean? How did he bring the other person’s parents into it?”
The atmosphere became even more awkward.
The head of the institute retold the situation, and Mu Han’s mother showed Lu Kuo her WeChat Moments and Weibo again.
“Don’t you admit it yet? Isn’t this you, who else could it be?” Mu Han’s mother was sure he had dumped her daughter and was deliberately putting on a show.
Lu Kuo flipped through his Moments and Weibo, suddenly feeling a sense of nausea from being watched.
“Are you crazy? Where did you get these photos and videos? Do you have any more? I’m going to report this.”
As soon as he mentioned calling the police, Mu Han’s mother and the hospital leaders’ faces changed. The hospital leaders hurriedly soothed
“We are investigating, please don’t get angry first.”
“What are you investigating? I’ve known your teacher Gu for over twenty years, how dare you slander her with these photos taken without her consent?”
“What’s going on? Also, that someone, Director Chen, haven’t you met me and Teacher Gu before?”