Chapter 1373: The Mountains Don't Turn, but the Waters Do; Enemies Often Cross Paths 2

There is a conspiracy here.

Once the letter of self-criticism is written, it is equivalent to admitting to taking bribes; by then, whatever Zichen does outside will be useless.

Teacher Luo refuses.

"I won't write it. If I have committed a crime, there will naturally be a court and a police station to give me the punishment I deserve, but I have done nothing wrong, so why should I write a letter of self-criticism? This matter cannot just be glossed over!"

Seeing that Teacher Luo was not easy to deal with, Liu Jun signaled the Principal to persuade him.

"Little Luo, this matter is a misunderstanding, but since it has already happened, we also need to give the leaders at the Education Bureau some face."

"If you respect others by a foot, they will respect you by ten feet. You are still young and will be working in this industry for decades to come; you must think clearly about offending leaders..."

The Principal had already made his point very clear.

That is to say, it is indeed not his fault, but it is best not to blow things out of proportion, as blowing them out of proportion is good for no one.

"I won't write it. Since it is not my fault, why should I write a letter of self-criticism? I won't write it, even if you lock me up for a lifetime, I won't write it!"

Teacher Luo's attitude is very firm; the teacher and student are cut from the same cloth.

The Principal tries to persuade him with earnest words, urging him that he must endure when he should endure, that unfairness exists everywhere, and that if he insists on arguing right from wrong about everything, he will offend many people, and his path ahead will only grow narrower!

But no matter what was said, he simply would not apologize!

At worst, he would just stop working in this industry in the future, change professions; where else could he not earn a stable living?

The Principal sighs inside the room, saying loudly that with such a stubborn personality, he will suffer in the future.

In reality, however, he secretly gives Teacher Luo a thumbs-up and quietly praises him.

The Principal comes out of the small room where Teacher Luo is being held, looking worried and full of guilt as he says to Liu Jun: "I'm sorry, Bureau Chief, I have failed your trust. This Teacher Luo is too stubborn; I really have no way..."

"This also has to do with his family background; he has a relative who is a reporter at Jiangzhou Television Station, and he has looked up to this relative as a role model since he was a child..."

"Wait a minute, what did you say? He has a relative who is a reporter at the television station?"

Liu Jun's head is buzzing, and he curses Teacher Tian hundreds of times over in his heart.

The reason he used "again" is because when Teacher Tian reported him, she did not provide any evidence to prove that the little gold figure was pure gold.

She just said it like that, stated it very firmly, and so he very earnestly believed it.

Only when Sheng Zichen arrived just now did he realize there was a loophole in this, a huge gap!

By that time, Liu Jun had already cursed Teacher Tian hundreds of times.

Later, a bright idea struck him, and he came up with a plan: first send Sheng Zichen away, then have Teacher Luo write a self-criticism to first substantiate his "mistake." To be safe, he even made the First High School Principal his helper.

The helper was very diligent, but it just didn't work.

It won't do.

He cannot continue to keep him locked up; if Teacher Luo is allowed to stay here any longer, the matter will only blow up further.

So he curses Teacher Tian hundreds of times again in his heart, then pretends to be enthusiastic and asks Teacher Luo to come to his office.

Today, Liu Jun completely drops his airs and personally pours a cup of hot tea for Teacher Luo again.

First, he asks with great concern if he has any difficulties.

If he has difficulties, he should tell him, and he will solve them.

Then he affirms Teacher Luo's teaching ability, heaping praise on him regardless of whether it makes sense or not, just to get him to go back!

"I'm just going back like this?" Teacher Luo asks, his face showing not a hint of surprise at regaining his freedom.

Liu Jun puts on an expression of sudden realization: "Right, I'll call a car for you to take you back. Your wife must be missing you at home. You are newlyweds, yet you've stayed at the Education Bureau for three days because of work. This year's Outstanding Worker award will surely be yours..."

He is planning to use a soft approach to deflect the issue, giving a slap and then a sweet date to just gloss over it.

"I'm not leaving."

Teacher Luo shakes off Liu Jun's hand and walks back toward the small room where he had been held for three days without looking back.

"Bang!" The door closes.

Even the guard at the door is dumbfounded.

What now?

Should he keep watching, or is there no need to watch?

Liu Jun follows from behind, feeling flustered and annoyed as he waves his hand at the guard, telling him to get aside and not be an eyesore in front of him.

It is easy to invite a god, but hard to send one away.

He wants to ask the Principal to help persuade him again, but the Principal is nowhere to be seen, not even a shadow.

The initiative is with Teacher Luo, so the Principal naturally returns home with peace of mind. As for whether the Education Bureau Chief has a headache?

That is his own business; as long as things can pass on the surface, that is enough.

Liu Jun goes to invite Teacher Luo home again, and Teacher Luo puts forward a request: "Tell me, who reported me? Let them come out and apologize to me, and I can choose not to pursue this matter."

Bureau Chief Liu is in a difficult position.

Teacher Tian is a relative of his wife's family.

Ever since she left in a dejected state last time, his wife has seemed like a different person.

She is no longer as gentle as water toward him; she has become much more fierce.

Teacher Tian is his wife's cousin, and they usually get along quite well. If he "sells out" the cousin, his wife will not spare him either.

"Teacher Luo, I can understand your feelings, but the Education Bureau has regulations that the information of the whistleblower cannot be provided to the person being reported; this is also for the sake of social stability and unity."

"Oh! Fine, then you may go out; I need to rest." Teacher Luo simply closes his eyes to meditate.

Zichen returns to school and tells his classmates that the teacher is fine, telling everyone to study with peace of mind.

But he himself cannot find peace of mind; his intuition tells him the matter is not that simple.

For the entire afternoon, he didn't learn a thing, but he did figure one thing out!

First is the whistleblower, who is 99 percent related to Teacher Tian, and then there is this Education Bureau Chief, whom he seems to have met when he was a child, and who had some sort of history with his aunt.

After school, Zichen called his mother and told her about this matter.

His mother told him to stay calm and just wait for her news at school!

She did a little checking and straightened out all the connections.

It was just as her son had said; the newly transferred head of the Education Bureau was Liu Jun, and he had returned.

As for her son's homeroom teacher, she was the cousin of Liu Jun's wife; this world is truly too small, going around in circles, it is always the same people.

If the mountain doesn't move, the water will; whether they are enemies or friends, you will always meet!

Having clarified the relationships between the people involved, the rest of the matter was easy to handle.

When Liu Jun received the call from Shi Youxuan, the surprise in his eyes was no less than when Columbus discovered the New World back then!

It is just that, for Columbus back then, it was a pleasant surprise.

But for him, it was a shock!

"How did you get my phone number?"

Shi Youxuan replied calmly: "Don't be so surprised; you should know that with my abilities, knowing your phone number is not a difficult task."

"Not only do I know your phone number, I also know that the whistleblower is the homeroom teacher of Class Three, Teacher Tian, and that Teacher Tian is your wife's cousin, and the relationship between the two sisters is quite good..."

If all this was already enough to make him tremble with fear, there were even more intense revelations waiting for him from Shi Youxuan next!