Chapter 1688: The Unwillingness of the Local Queens

"It is all your family's fault that our family members committed crimes, so you must get them out for us."

Litian was harassed every day, to the point where he could not even teach his classes normally.

He could not even take action; the people coming to cause trouble this time were not thugs, but housewives, and he could not lay a hand on women.

It was just that those people kept watch at the school day and night, and no one could stand it.

Lu Feifei was at her wit's end and asked her boyfriend, "Should we call the police? If this continues, I won't be able to hold on."

"Fine, let's call the police."

So the two of them called the police; the police arrived quickly, but after a round of criticism and education, the police left, and they were still the same... no, they became even worse.

These women even cried and shouted outside the school, causing the students to be unable to attend class.

At this time, his mother called and asked, "How are you two doing now? Is anyone still giving you trouble?"

The state had clearly sent relief funds, but once they reached the local level, they never reached the villagers' hands.

After the matter was exposed by the television station, the embezzled funds all had to be coughed up!

Many people applauded this, but it also touched upon the interests of certain people; she had returned home, but she was worried that Litian and Feifei were having a hard time at school.

Litian stammered, "It's fine, no one is bothering us, we are doing quite well."

He was not good at lying; he would blush whenever he lied.

Of course, even if Litian did not blush when lying, his lies were easily seen through—they were shouting slogans and protesting outside!

The slogans were shouted very loudly, and Shi Youxuan heard them clearly.

She darkened her face and said to her son, "Do you take me for a deaf person? Those are troublemakers outside, aren't they? Tell me the truth."

"Yes, haha!"

Having told the truth, he felt quite embarrassed; he was already such a grown man, yet he still had to make his mother worry.

His mother had already helped him settle one big problem; was he to rely on his mother for everything?

He said, "Don't worry, I can handle it."

"How do you plan to handle it? Tell me about it, so I can gain some insight too," Shi Youxuan said crossly.

Litian had been a child who saved her worry since he was small, basically never making her worry, and he was also the child who made her heart ache the most.

Because he never said anything and shouldered all difficulties himself, but some things he could handle, and some things he could not!

Just like now, with those women outside cursing in the street, he had no way to deal with it at all.

In the end, this trouble was still resolved by his mother.

It was very simple: Shi Youxuan handed the videos of these former officials' wives causing trouble at the school to reporters, and after they were posted on television and the internet, a new wave of heated discussion began immediately.

These "local queens" were lectured by the relevant departments, who asked them if they wanted their husbands to sit in Prison until the end of their days?

It was too arrogant; they dared to go to the school to cause trouble?

This matter was not justified to begin with, and the local reputation had already been greatly affected; for them to go and act recklessly was to completely ruin the local reputation.

A local official is no match for a local official.

No matter how strong the Sheng Family's capabilities were, their reach could not extend here, so the troublemakers were not afraid.

But the people who reprimanded them were directly related to their own interests, so even if they were unconvinced, they dared not talk back.

They dared not cause trouble anymore, but this matter was not over yet.

Some of the original Village Chiefs were not released and were directly convicted and sent to Prison.

Some whose circumstances were not as severe were released after a round of criticism and education, but they lost their positions.

These people held a grudge against Sheng Litian; they dared not cause trouble openly, but they always secretly looked for faults with him.

During a physical education class, a student was slacking off and did not want to attend class; Litian saw through it and did not allow the leave request, and when these people found out, they immediately reported him to the Education Bureau.

They slandered him for corporal punishment of students.

This matter had not finished being investigated when, immediately after, another incident occurred, and it was a major one.

A female student in Lu Feifei's class had asked for a few days off due to family matters and had fallen behind on quite a few lessons.

After she returned to school, Lu Feifei said, "Come to my dormitory during your lunch break, and I will tutor you."

It was originally a good thing, but during the lunch tutoring, another teacher came to find Teacher Lu for something, so she went out, and Litian came back with lunch to deliver to his girlfriend.

He entered the room and found only the female student alone in the dormitory doing homework; his girlfriend was not there, so he asked, "Where did Teacher Lu go?"

The female student replied, "She was called away by Teacher Wang and said she would be back in a moment."

Litian did not stay long and left.

He never dreamed that something as normal as could be would spread rumors in the school, slandering him for molesting a female student.

This was completely baseless, and Litian was furious.

He thought that the innocent would remain innocent and the corrupt would remain corrupt, and the rumors would soon subside, but he neglected that rumors only stop with the wise!

But there were too few wise people in this place; there were mostly people who just repeated what others said.

The matter was blown out of proportion, yet it spread as if it were true; even though he, Lu Feifei, and the female student all stood up to refute the rumors, it was useless.

This matter finally reached the ears of the female student's parents; the parents felt ashamed and took the child back to drop out of school.

Feifei cried day and night in anger; it was too infuriating, those rumor-mongers just had to move their lips, and they ruined a perfectly good female student.

This place already valued boys over girls, and the status of girls was very low.

Relying on education to change one's fate was almost the only way out!

Now, the rumor-mongers had ruined a girl's life for the sake of their own unspeakable schemes, and Lu Feifei's eyes were red and swollen from crying.

She felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

A sense of powerlessness toward the injustice of this society.

Her boyfriend was troubled by the rumors and was also becoming increasingly thin, but this was not over yet.

More and more parents of female students wanted to take their children home and would not let them attend school anymore.

The reason given was categorical and self-righteous: "With a teacher like him in your school, we are not at ease. If a girl's reputation is ruined by him, it will be difficult for her to marry in the future."

Even the Principal sought out Litian and said to him in a difficult position: "You see, our place is just like this; good news doesn't spread, but bad news spreads everywhere. If you continue to teach... I'm afraid the girls in the school won't dare to come anymore..."

There was no justice to be found.

Litian didn't wait for the Principal to finish, dropping a single sentence: "I will submit my resignation letter as soon as possible so as not to make things difficult for you."

"I'm sorry, Little Sheng, we have let you down; I have no other choice either..."

The Principal's old tears flowed freely.

Having spent a lifetime teaching and nurturing, he had never felt such guilt before.

When Little Sheng first arrived at the school, what a vibrant person he was!

Tall and handsome, with a good family background, and possessing impeccable personal qualifications, he was simply a figure like a favored son of heaven.

He gave up a job as a teacher at a prestigious university to become a middle school teacher in this notoriously impoverished place, and he was even a hero who saved lives... Look at him now; the high spirits he once had are completely gone.

Tormented by rumors and gossip, his eyes were dull, he didn't even shave his stubble, and he looked extremely haggard.

Teacher Sheng was a good person, and he also knew who the person spreading the rumors was.