Chapter 311: It must be Jiang Lai who reported it (April monthly ticket passed 10k, extra chapter 1)

Lin Shutong is in B City now.

Since she is already with Gu Zhiyan, and Gu Zhiyan cannot get away from work, only she flying over to find him can show her sincerity.

What happened in A City, she still doesn't know.

Lin Shutong was having a candlelit dinner with Gu Zhiyan, and she had specially set her phone to silent to avoid being disturbed.

The two left the restaurant and bumped into Gu Yinxue.

Gu Yinxue said with a smile, "What a coincidence, you're eating here? I'm with friends next door."

Lin Shutong didn't believe it; she knew Gu Yinxue was staring at her, worried she might infect Gu Zhiyan with her illness.

Gu Zhiyan had no doubts and asked, "Have all your friends left?"

Gu Yinxue nodded: "They still have other activities; I'm not in good heart health, I can't stay up late, so I'm not going. I plan to go home. I didn't drive, brother, shall we go back together?"

Gu Zhiyan looked at Lin Shutong: "I still need to send Shutong back to the hotel."

Gu Yinxue: "No problem, together."

Lin Shutong also nodded: "Sure, Zhiyan, don't leave Yinxue, a girl, to take a taxi alone."

Gu Zhiyan indeed wasn't at ease about his sister, nodded and said okay.

The brother and sister sent Lin Shutong to the hotel entrance; Gu Yinxue, not lacking tact, said with a smile, "Brother, at least see Shutong upstairs; I'll wait downstairs for you."

No need to say more; her brother knows her health is poor and she can't stay up late, so he'll definitely come down soon after going up.

Gu Yinxue waved at the two of them.

Arriving at the hotel door, Lin Shutong said somewhat reservedly, "Zhiyan, Yinxue is still waiting downstairs for you; I won't ask you to come up for a drink. Let's meet again tomorrow."

Gu Zhiyan raised his hand to check his watch: "It's not a matter of missing a cup of tea's time."

Lin Shutong turned sideways: "Then come in."

As soon as Gu Zhiyan sat down, when Lin Shutong turned to really go pour him water, he reached out and grabbed her wrist.

Lin Shutong sat on his lap, her breathing became tense.

"Zhiyan..."

"Don't be afraid, I just want to hold you for a while." Gu Zhiyan embraced her waist, feeling her body gradually relax, "If you're unwilling, I won't force you."

Lin Shutong lowered her eyes: "I know."

After they hugged for a while, she suddenly said, "Zhiyan, I have something to give you."

"What?" Gu Zhiyan raised his eyes to look at her.

Lin Shutong stood up, took out an examination report from her bag, and handed it over.

"I know, the matter between me, Shen Xun, and Jiang Lai has given me a bad reputation in A City; rumors slandering me are spreading in the circle, and I've recently heard some outrageous things. Although you're not in A City's circle, your friend Li Shao is."

"I don't know what they'll tell you, nor how to explain it, but I think this examination report is the most straightforward."

Gu Zhiyan opened the report; it was a communicable disease screening, and every item was negative.

He closed the report, looked at Lin Shutong, and said, "Don't pay attention to what Li Dan and the others say; I trust you."

"Thank you, Zhiyan." Lin Shutong's nose felt sour, her eyes genuinely reddened.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes; those willing to help and trust her are her grandfather and Gu Zhiyan.

Lin Shutong took the initiative to hug Gu Zhiyan, but she constantly kept Gu Yinxue's warning in mind, not daring to have too much intimate contact with him, and released after the hug.

Gu Zhiyan was somewhat reluctant to let go of that lingering warmth.

"Zhiyan, I want to rest."

"Okay." Gu Zhiyan stood up, and in passing took the report; Lin Shutong glanced at it, feeling a bit uneasy in her heart.

After the person had gone far, Lin Shutong dared to open her phone; countless messages and calls poured in.

And they all came from her parents and the Ji Family.

Could it be that her grandfather secretly gave her money and was caught by her aunt?

Lin Shutong was a bit afraid to open it; the next second her father's call popped up, and she had to answer.

"Lin Shutong, get your ass back to A City right now!"

Her father flew into a rage; Lin Shutong frowned: "Dad, what happened?"

"What's the matter? You still have the nerve to ask!" The aunt snatched the phone and unleashed a barrage: "Where do you get the nerve, Lin Shutong? After doing these things, where do you get the nerve to ask your grandfather for money?"

Lin Shutong knew the aunt was upset about the money, but the money had already been given to her, and it was her grandfather's own willingness to give it.

"Aunt, that's my grandfather's own money; he has the right to decide who gets it and who doesn't."

"Hah! You dare lecture me? The old man, clever all his life, momentarily muddled, has fallen for this little swindler girl. I tell you, your grandfather is under investigation! The whole Ji Family is also being investigated, and your family is no better—everything will be dug up."

"Just because the old man gave you seventy million, the stigma of academic misconduct and corruption is piled on—do you know how serious the consequences are?"

"Let me tell you how serious it is!"

"Conviction and sentencing, asset recovery, removal from public office, revocation of honors, industry blacklisting, and complete nullification of academic achievements!"

"And what other collateral consequences do you know? Direct relatives' political vetting restricted! My son was originally going to take the civil service exam, but now it's all ruined!"

"The old man's painstakingly built network over the years is all gone, Lin Shutong, you really are a beast, you know?"

"You're shameless, you've exhausted your conscience, and in turn you've made your parents' lifetime savings vanish; in old age they'll still have to rent, hurting the grandfather who loved you half his life, ending up like this! He could have enjoyed his twilight years, but now it's off to prison to enjoy his old age!"

"Beastly thing."

Lin Shutong was scolded until she was drenched in blood.

The blood color faded completely.

She hung up the phone, not daring to listen further.

Trembling, she chased after him while dialing Gu Zhiyan's number.

Gu Zhiyan had helped her and her grandfather before; this time he should be able to as well!

The call connected, and Gu Zhiyan's voice came through: "What's wrong, Shutong?"

Zhi Yan... Lin Shutong's voice trembled, tears streaming nonstop from fear, "You, you don't leave yet, I'll come down, I'll come down to find you."

Shutong, what's wrong? Gu Zhiyan stopped in his tracks, brows furrowed tightly.

Gu Yinxue, who was in the car, saw her brother about to turn back, immediately got out of the car and followed.

The three met in the hotel lobby.

Lin Shutong grabbed Gu Zhiyan's arm, speaking through tears: "Zhi Yan, my maternal grandfather has run into trouble; I don't know who reported him, saying he committed academic misconduct and corruption, and an investigation has been filed. My maternal grandfather just got out of the hospital, and now he's run into this—he'll definitely come to harm. Zhi Yan, please save my maternal grandfather, save him!"

As Gu Yinxue approached, she happened to hear those words, her eyes flickering slightly.

Gu Zhiyan quickly helped her, whose body had gone limp, sit aside, and asked: "How could she suddenly be reported?"

Lin Shutong covered her face and sobbed: "Because, because seventy million, my maternal grandfather gave me seventy million to return to Jiang Lai, and then I was reported."

"Jiang Lai?" Gu Zhiyan sharply caught that name.

Gu Yinxue followed up: "Besides you and Ji Lao, who else knows about the seventy million?"

Lin Shutong's sobbing paused: "Only Jiang Lai and Chief Ke know."

"It's Jiang Lai! It must be her! She must have reported me, she's taking revenge on me and my maternal grandfather!" Lin Shutong jumped to her feet excitedly.

Gu Zhiyan quickly rose and comforted her again.

Gu Yinxue lowered her eyes slightly, concealing the hint of success at the bottom of her gaze.