Chapter 155 The Man Under the Mountain
On May 15th, Lin Shiyu rushed to Jiangchuan.

She took a train at around eight in the morning and didn't arrive in Jiangchuan City until three in the afternoon. In fact, Lijin City, the capital of Xiangnan Province, is not far from Jiangchuan City. It would only take an hour by high-speed rail in later generations, but in this era, it takes six hours by train.

Originally, Lin Shiyu had a car of her own, but she didn't want to drive it because the provincial and county roads from Lijin City to Jiangchuan City were all bumpy, and she even had to pass through countless village roads that were like goat paths. The people she met along the way were basically pedestrians on bicycles and motorcycles. Sometimes, if she was lucky, she might even encounter a group of cattle and sheep blocking the road. You could do nothing about it just by watching them strolling leisurely. In short, she was lucky if her speed exceeded 30 kilometers per hour throughout the entire journey.

There is no way around it. China's highway industry is so bad right now. The first official expressway, the Lujia Expressway, has only been open for less than a year. It is 18.5 kilometers long, which is also the longest expressway mileage in the entire Chinese mainland.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after arriving in Jiangchuan City, Lin Shiyu found a telephone booth near the train station to call Zhang Yunqi. At that time, Zhang Yunqi was in class at school. After seeing the message on the pager, he ran outside the school and called Lin Shiyu back.

The two chatted for a while about Lei Ming's blackmail case, and Zhang Yunqi asked: "Can you really publish Lei Ming's case in the Xiangnan Daily?"

Lin Shiyu seemed confident: "I have never had my submitted feature articles rejected. Comrade Zou Jielun, how can you, as a reporter, be so silent on this issue? The continuous increase in juvenile crime rates is a social issue that deserves discussion and reflection, and has the basis for publication in the newspaper."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Then you can go directly to No. 1 Middle School."

Lin Shiyu ran to the No. 1 Middle School carrying a camera. At that time, Zhang Yunqi had not come out yet. When she walked to the school gate, she was inevitably attracted by Lei Jinrong and Cai Lihua who were still kneeling at the school gate.

As a good journalist who is enthusiastic about justice and dedicated to the public, Lin Shiyu immediately ran over to identify herself and learn about the situation. What she didn't expect was that the couple turned out to be Lei Ming's parents. The purpose of her trip to Jiangchuan was to learn in detail about Lei Ming's fraud case and use it as a starting point for a special topic on juvenile crime in China.

When Lei Jinrong and Cai Lihua saw the Xiangnan Daily reporter's card that Lin Shiyu took out, they cooperated very well and told her everything. So it didn't take long for Lin Shiyu to figure out the whole story of the case.

She was a little surprised at the time. If what Lei Jinrong and Cai Lihua said was true, then there were many big things hidden behind this small campus crime.

However, she appeared very professional and had the qualities of a reporter. She showed no emotion from beginning to end and recorded, took photos and recorded audio in an orderly manner. Only at the end did she remind Lei Jinrong and his wife that it would be better to leave here, as doing so would not have any effect and might instead bring trouble to themselves.

Lei Jinrong and Cai Lihua were particularly persistent. Cai Lihua wiped her tears and said, "We are old enough and have nothing to be afraid of. We kneel in front of the No. 1 Middle School today. If the principal doesn't come out to give an explanation, we will kneel in the city government tomorrow. We don't want to cause trouble to the national government. We just want to be clear-minded. Lei Zi did something bad and he deserves the punishment. He has to admit it. It's his own fault. But even though we are poor and incompetent, we will not let others throw dirty water on us and become scapegoats for the rich! Reporter Lin, you are a big reporter from the provincial capital. You must help us redress our grievances. I kowtow to you..."

For some reason, Lin Shiyu felt heavy in her heart.

After Zhang Yunqi came out of school, according to what they had agreed on the phone, Zhang Yunqi took her to Zhangji Qifengdu Fish Meal Shop to eat the fish meal she had long admired. However, she seemed to have no appetite and ate absent-mindedly with chopsticks. Zhang Yunqi asked her: "Do you understand this case clearly?"

Lin Shiyu nodded: "I didn't expect it to be so complicated."

Zhang Yunqi asked: "So now Lei Ming's incident, do you think it can still be published in the Xiangnan Daily?"

Lin Shiyu said breathlessly: "Yes, I think so."

Zhang Yunqi suddenly felt that this girl was not only altruistic but also very simple.

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Gao Ming was the first to know about Lei Ming's parents coming to the school to make trouble as early as the morning of May 5th.

Because many people in the class went to see it.

This resulted in him spending the entire morning in an extremely depressing atmosphere. No one spoke to him, and those who spoke to him were polite and courteous. It was as if he had suddenly become an outsider who didn't fit in in this class. No, it should be said that he was a monster. Whether it was during breaks or in class, there were always students in the class glancing at him with strange eyes.

That look is very murderous.

Before the school was over, Gao Ming couldn't bear it any longer and left the classroom to go home. But when he walked not far from the school gate and saw the couple kneeling there, he immediately turned around and walked back.

He really didn't want to run into Lei Ming's parents head-on.

Fortunately, there is a place in school where you can go out.

There is a damaged hole in the iron fence behind the school building. During school hours, the school gate is closed and people can only enter but not exit. Many students who skip classes to play games go out through this hole.

In the past, Gao Ming used to sit by the window in the classroom and often saw this scene. Every time, he liked to ask a group of boys in class to lie on the window and shout loudly: "Someone has crawled through the dog hole! The dean of studies, Luo Dahai, is here!" Then, watching the boy who crawled through the dog hole fleeing in panic, Gao Ming, who was lying on the window, laughed so hard that he fell backwards, and found it very interesting.

Today, when he was crawling through the dog hole, he subconsciously looked up at the window of the classroom where their class was located on the fourth floor of the teaching building behind him.

Just like before, the window where he had crouched was crowded with heads, all staring at his every move with a smile, as if mocking him in silent language: "Oh, this guy doesn't even go out the door but crawls through a dog hole, so mean, it turns out what Lei Ming's parents said is true! You, Gao Ming, look glamorous on the surface, but secretly you are so despicable and shameless!"

No matter where, acts of betrayal will surely be despised. In the eyes of others, Gao Ming and Lei Ming have a very close relationship. The fact that he ordered Lei Ming to defraud Zhangji Qifengdu Fish Meat Shop may seem a bit excessive, but the truly shameful thing is that after the incident was exposed, he did not try to save Lei Ming immediately, but used the power of his family to push all the responsibilities onto his "good brother" Lei Ming and clear himself of all responsibility.

What's this called?
Kill the donkey after it has done its job and stab your brother with a knife!
After leaving the school through a dog hole, Gao Ming did not return to No. 1 Middle School for class that afternoon.

After this incident broke out, he knew that he no longer had a place to stand in No. 1 Middle School. The spit full of malice and contempt could drown him. This was why he didn't dare to fight back when Zhang Yunqi slapped him. He was afraid that Zhang Yunqi would spread the matter.

Zhang Yunqi didn't do that. Now, Lei Ming's parents came to his house to ask for an explanation, and the whole school knew that he was a traitor and stabbed his brother in the back.

When things got to this point, his heart was filled with all kinds of uncomfortable feelings, and he didn't know what to do. He could only go find his biological father.

He came to Phoenix Terrace and went all the way to the top floor.

The main building of Phoenix Tower is not high, with only six floors. Except for the office area on the sixth floor, the other five floors include a dance hall, restaurant, game room and entertainment city. The decoration is magnificent and luxurious. The decoration style of the sixth floor is completely different. The floor is covered with a layer of brown carpet, the walls are painted white, and the windows are bright and clean with a hint of solemnity.

Gao Ming came here and walked straight to a brown double door. There were two tall and strong young men beside the door. One of them stretched out his hand to block Gao Ming, but his tone and expression were very good. He bent down and said with a smile: "The boss is busy, Mr. Gao, how about you wait a while before going in? Or you can tell me what's going on and I will report to the boss for you?"

"Get away from here!" Gao Ming raised his leg and kicked the young man directly in the crotch. The young man immediately bent down, covering his crotch. Gao Ming didn't even bother to look at him and pushed the door open directly.

Inside the door is an office covering an area of ​​100 square meters. Directly opposite the door is a whole wall of bookshelves. The upper part is filled with various books, and the grids in the lower part are neatly arranged with magazines and newspapers.

On the other side of the bookshelf is a row of leather sofas, and on the other side is a very large but not luxurious desk. On the wall behind the desk is a painting of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" by Wang Ximeng of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Below the painting, there was a middle-aged man with slightly gray hair at the temples and an angular square face, and he was talking on the phone.

The person on the other end of the phone was Chen Guangming, the director of Nanhu Police Station. He said earnestly, "Boss Gao, don't worry. I will definitely find a way to handle this matter."

The middle-aged man heard the sound of the door opening without saying a word, so he hung up the phone and looked up at Gao Ming.

Gao Ming walked directly to the desk and said anxiously, "Dad, Lei Ming's parents came to school to make trouble today. Now everyone in the school knows that I did it. Didn't you promise to help me deal with this matter?"

The middle-aged man asked back: "When did I promise you?"

Gao Ming choked up, then said: "But you did it."

The middle-aged man stared at Gao Ming for a long time, then pointed to the door and said, "Get out."

Gao Ming couldn't hold it in any longer. On the verge of collapse, he clenched his fist and pounded on the desk with a "bang", shouting: "Are you my real father?"

The middle-aged man asked calmly: "Don't you want to be my biological son?"

Gao Ming said loudly: "What if you don't want to?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Then we just happened to think alike. I don't want to be your biological father either. Now you can get out."

(End of this chapter)