Chapter 156 In the Sunlight Under the Camphor Tree
The flashy name Zou Jie Lun was casually made up by Zhang Yunqi when they met Lin Shiyu at the 88th anniversary art performance of the No. Middle School of the city this year. Lin Shiyu had been kept in the dark until today. But today, she ran to Zhang's Qifengdu Fish Powder Shop and heard Zhang's mother talking about Yunqi all the time. Lin Shiyu was a fool and she realized that she had been fooled.

When she found out that Zou Jielun was Zhang Yunqi, who was the son of the owner of Zhangji Qifengdu Fish Noodle Shop and a freshman in the city's No. 1 Middle School, she said with a dark face: "Should I call you Reporter Zou or Zhang Zhuangyuan now?"

"It's all right, reporter, please do as you like."

Zhang Yunqi was smiling. He didn't do anything to kill bitches within a ten-mile radius, so he didn't make a big deal out of it. Lin Shiyu kept talking for a few minutes and then asked him, "So it was you who called the police on the day of the incident, and you also gave the police the surveillance video?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded in acknowledgement.

Lin Shiyu analyzed: "Gao Ming's family is very rich. It is impossible for him to order Lei Ming to run to your fish meal shop to do this for a few hundred dollars. Moreover, Lei Ming used the few hundred dollars to treat all the students in the school to Coke. I also heard that while he treated people to Coke, he made a big fuss about the cockroaches in your fish meal. This is obviously to discredit your fish meal shop. But he is full and has nothing better to do. There must be a reason for doing such a dirty thing, right? But it is certain that he, a student, can't come here for your mother and your brother. Tell me, what deep hatred do you have with Gao Ming?"

Zhang Yunqi answered seriously, "I'm not sure either, because we're not in the same class and it's hard for us to see each other. I'm just an acquaintance of him. I don't have any opinion about him personally, but he seems to have a lot of opinions about me. After thinking about it, I think it's because he thinks I'm more handsome and more popular with girls. You should also know that there are such narrow-minded people in school."

Lin Shiyu was a little amazed: "How can you be so shameless? Come on, I'm not nearsighted. The word handsome has nothing to do with you."

Zhang Yunqi laughed and said, "Sure enough, menopausal women who enter society not only have a greatly reduced IQ, but their appreciation level is also quite worrying."

Lin Shiyu almost fainted from Zhang Yunqi's anger: "You have a really vicious mouth."

Zhang Yunqi said with a smile: "It's just a joke, don't mind it, reporter Lin is still very pretty, she can't compare to Lin Qingxia, but at least she is as pretty as Guan Zhilin."

Lin Shiyu sneered: "You are just flattering someone. I am who I am. I don't like Lin Qingxia or Guan Zhilin." After a pause, she continued: "Let's get down to business. Since you are one of the parties involved, I will give you a formal interview."

Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and said, "Forget it. My problem was solved when I called the police. The problems that followed are between Lei Ming and Gao Ming. They have nothing to do with me."

Lin Shiyu subconsciously said: "But you understand what's going on here."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and replied: "Actually, I haven't paid much attention to this matter since Lei Ming was put in jail. All I know is the public information that has been spread. I'm sure Lei Ming's parents have told you."

He told the truth.

Lin Shiyu was eager to help the poor Lei Ming's parents and wanted to report the incident through the Jiangchuan Daily. Although he had no hope for this, if he knew, he would naturally not mind telling Lin Shiyu.

In fact, he didn't know more about this matter than Lei Ming's parents. Lei Jinrong and Cai Lihua had seen Lei Ming at the police station and had been running around to inquire about this matter these days. I believe that Lin Shiyu should know and want to know. They have already told him everything with tears in their eyes, and their statements are definitely more true and inflammatory than his. There is no need for him to join in the fun.

Seeing Zhang Yunqi say this, Lin Shiyu stopped forcing him. She stood up and said, "Okay, there's nothing else to do. I have to go back to Lijin City tonight."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and asked, "Why don't you stay and play for two days?"

Lin Shiyu rolled her eyes: "I'm not in the mood anymore. Maybe next time. Next time I'm going to climb Gusu Ridge and see where your ancestor Zhang Lao is imprisoned."

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said yes. He stood up and hailed a taxi at the door, accompanied Lin Shiyu to the train station to buy tickets, and sent her to the platform.

When getting on the train, Lin Shiyu ignored Zhang Yunqi, and Zhang Yunqi didn't mind. He smiled and watched her tall and graceful figure disappear at the door. This girl's enthusiasm for this matter, whether it was out of the qualities of a reporter, her inner conscience, or her sympathy for the experience of Lei Jinrong and Cai Lihua, attracted people's attention.

Watching the slowly moving train going farther and farther away, Zhang Yunqi suddenly remembered the school motto of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School - strive to learn and practice. These four words mean to strive to learn the books of the world and practice the fair things in the world.

Lin Shiyu did it.

In the following period of time, Zhang Yunqi would buy a copy of the Xiangnan Daily at the newsstand next to the school every day before morning reading. However, as he expected, the special report on juvenile crime that Lin Shiyu, the chivalrous woman who saw injustice and drew her sword to help others, had come up with on a whim never appeared in the newspaper. It was not his fault that he was realistic.

Because this is the most realistic outcome.

On May 5, Lei Ming's parents knelt in front of the No. 15 Middle School for a whole day. It was not until the afternoon when the school was about to end that the Dean of Academic Affairs Luo Dahai came out to meet with them. He spoke for a long time with earnest advice, but it seemed that they could not reach an agreement. Luo Dahai went back with a helpless look on his face.

Zhang Yunqi is now a commuter student and does not have to attend evening self-study classes. After school that afternoon, he helped out in the fish meal shop, and often kept his eyes on the pair of wood sculptures kneeling at the school gate diagonally opposite.

It was not until after eight o'clock in the evening, when there were few pedestrians in front of the gate of the No. 1 Middle School, that the pair of wood sculptures that seemed to have been forgotten finally stood up shakily, supporting each other, hunched over, staggering, walking through the night streets, disappearing under the dim street lights and from Zhang Yunqi's eyes.

The couple has not been seen since then.

Sometimes, during breaks in class, Zhang Yunqi couldn't help but think that a lot of stories must have happened on the night of May 5th that he didn't know about.

At noon on May 5, when Zhang Yunqi was having dinner at home, he unexpectedly received a message from Lin Shiyu. He immediately ran to the small shop downstairs and returned the call.

At that time, Lin Shiyu told him on the phone that her special report had not been approved and could not be published, but the leader of the provincial party committee’s propaganda department had approved it and passed it to the Jiangchuan Municipal Government. As for how the city would deal with it, it was unclear.

The Xiangnan Daily is the party newspaper of the Xiangnan Provincial Party Committee and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department. A report must go through layers of review and strict control from the time it is released to the time it is published. Zhang Yunqi was not surprised that this matter could not be reported, but he did not expect to be targeted by people from the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department. If he thinks more positively, there is still no shortage of good public servants in this world. However, in reality, Lin Shiyu should have some connections and background.

During a physical education class on this Wednesday, Zhang Yunqi and Wang Xiaokai and a few good friends were playing basketball on the basketball court. Gao Ming's class 114 in Grade 168 also had a physical education class on this day, and it overlapped with class . At this time in the past, there would always be a handsome sight on the basketball court that would make the girls collectively go crazy, but there was no such sight today, and perhaps there will never be such a sight again in the future.

Gao Ming has disappeared from No. 1 Middle School in the city for a long time.

Perhaps apart from the students in Class 114 who felt a little uncomfortable in the first few days, no one in the school felt that life was any different.

The same sleeping in class, the same eating and shitting, the same gossip about girls, especially now that the final exams are getting closer and closer, and they will soon be faced with the division into arts and science classes in the second year of high school. After the climax of the gossip about Gao Ming stabbing Lei Ming with a knife, it will inevitably be crushed into dust and disappeared by the pressure of the exams.

In fact, no one in the school knows what Gao Ming is doing now, but no matter what the final outcome of this matter is, one thing is certain, there is no place for Gao Ming in the No. 1 Middle School.

Zhang Yunqi hasn't played basketball for a long time.

It's quite fun to play with a few little fools. He has good skills and is young and strong. He can easily beat Wang Xiaokai, Yang Wei and Tian Zhuangzhuang.

I remember when he was in junior high school, besides studying every day, his greatest pleasure was to hold a broken basketball that didn't have much air in it, and chase it with a group of boys in the mud of Longwan Town Middle School. Finally, they broke through the blockades and threw the ball into a broken basket made of a wooden frame and wire. His skills were terrible and there were no rules. He got covered in mud every time, but he was just excited and happy, and he forgot everything else, just like the children in later generations playing "League of Legends" and "Honor of Kings".

Speaking of which, this is all youth.

After graduating from junior college, I had a lot of things to do. I worked from nine to six every day to make a living. When the weekends came, I would lie in bed and sleep like a dead dog. I would not get up before noon. As for basketball, they had disappeared like a damn dream.

The weather at the end of May was quite hot. Zhang Yunqi played for half an hour and was exhausted. He was sweating all over. He threw away the basketball and planned to go to the store to buy some water. However, when he walked out of the court through the crowd of onlookers, he was somewhat surprised to see two girls sitting side by side on the stone steps not far from the basketball court.

First meeting with Ji Ling.

Under the camphor tree, in the midsummer sunshine, we were talking and laughing.

(End of this chapter)