Chapter 195 Lian Lizhi
Chapter 195 Lian Lizhi
Fu Xiuyan took a few quick steps, pulled Xia Yang up from the ground with both hands, and carefully picked off the grass debris on him. His movements were gentle, as if he was afraid that if he was too heavy-handed, he would accidentally break his treasure.
"Why are you sitting on the ground?" Fu Xiuyan's voice sounded distressed and soft.
Xia Yang hooked her arm around his neck and hung herself on Fu Xiuyan, just looking at him and smiling.
Fu Xiuyan was afraid that he would lose his balance, so he put his arm around his waist and laughed too: "Why are you laughing so foolishly?"
"Nice to see you."
Fu Xiuyan's heart was pounding: "Yeah, I'm happy too."
The two of them just looked at each other and smiled. The scene was so beautiful that people couldn't bear to disturb them.
The two people clasped hands, and Fu Xiuyan held Xia Yang's hand tightly in his, as if he was afraid that if he loosened his grip a little, the person in front of him would be carried away by the breeze.
Xia Yang touched something hard, lifted Fu Xiuyan's left hand, and found that he was wearing a ring on his ring finger.
It is a gold ring with a simple design. Apart from the spreading vine branches and leaves engraved on the ring, there is no other decoration.
When Xia Yang looked up again, Fu Xiuyan had a ring box in his hand.
Fu Xiuyan opened the box, and inside was a ring exactly like the one on his hand. Fu Xiuyan took out the ring and handed the box to Xiao Wang, who had been pretending to be invisible.
"This pair of rings was handed down from our ancestors. It is said that they were purchased when our family company earned its first profit. They have been passed down from generation to generation. I took them to have them changed to your size some time ago." Fu Xiuyan said jokingly as he put the ring on Xia Yang's ring finger.
"Just right." Fu Xiuyan said with a smile.
"What does this vine mean? Is it a pair of intertwined branches?" Xia Yang studied the ring on his hand curiously.
Fu Xiuyan's smile deepened, his deep eyes never leaving Xia Yang: "Yes, Lianlizhi."
"It's really romantic, a uniquely Chinese romance."
"It represents our love that grows wildly. Just like my Xia Xia, it blooms wildly."
"I like it." Xia Yang couldn't let it go.
"I'll give you a new one for your wedding. I'm already designing it."
"I like this." Xia Yang said without raising his head.
Fu Xiuyan held Xia Yang's face and asked him to look at him: "Do you like me or the ring?"
Xia Yang glanced at him and pecked him on the cheek: "My legs are numb, carry me."
Fu Xiuyan turned around and squatted without saying a word, waiting for Xia Yang to lie on his back, holding him tightly with both hands, and then he stood up slowly.
Xiao Wang followed behind with his eyes on the nose and his nose on the heart. The young master had been standing steadily for such a long time, so how could his legs be numb? Even a blind person could tell that he was lying. The master really doted on him.
Xia Yang lay on Fu Xiuyan's back, raising her left hand to the sunlight, smiling at the ring on her ring finger. Fu Xiuyan bent his back slightly, carefully protecting Xia Yang. Perhaps sensing Xia Yang's happiness, infected by it, or something else, he too wore a smile, sweet and happy, even more doting than Xia Yang's own.
It would be a shame not to capture such a beautiful scene. Xiao Wang secretly took a photo. Before he could put his phone down, something hit him on the head. Xiao Wang covered his head, afraid of disturbing his master and the young master, so he didn't dare to say a word. He just looked around angrily for the culprit. But after looking around twice, he saw no one. He only found a bright red wild fruit on the ground not far away. It looked delicious. Xiao Wang wiped it and opened his mouth to bite it.
"Silly! You can't eat that."
The sound came from high up. Xiao Wang looked in the direction of the sound and saw Le An squatting on a thick tree branch.
"Hi! Le'an! Why are you on the tree? Picking bananas?" Xiao Wang greeted him excitedly.
Le An frowned: "How come your mouth is as poisonous as Fu Xiuyan's."
Xiao Wang corrected him sternly: "You should call me Mr."
Le An muttered unhappily, "You lackey."
Xiao Wang acted as if he hadn't heard anything: "Can't we eat this? It looks delicious."
"It's sour and astringent, and it'll give you diarrhea if you eat it."
"How did you know you'd have diarrhea?" Xiao Wang asked him. Le An said unhappily, "I guessed."
Only then did Xiao Wang realize that Le'an, who was squatting on the tree branch, was holding a handful of the same red fruits in his left hand, and was twisting one between his fingertips in his right hand.
"You hit me just now?"
Le An rolled his eyes and threw away all the red fruits in his hand. He was really a fool, only realizing it now.
Xiao Wang stopped dwelling on this and asked happily, "When did you come? Didn't you go back to your hometown? Are you still leaving? You're not leaving, are you? That's great! This year's New Year's celebration is so lively. Also, why are you in the tree?"
A series of questions, like a hundred thousand whys. Le An only chose the last answer: "Hang lanterns."
Xiao Wang looked around suspiciously: "Where's the lantern?"
"I forgot to bring it." On a whim, Old Lady Yu called out that she wanted to hang bright red lanterns on the tree for a festive look. She had brought only Le An with her, but when they got there, they realized they both came empty-handed: no lanterns, no ladders. Le An wanted to go back and get them, but Old Lady Yu said she didn't know where the lanterns were, so she went back and told Le An to wait. She went back and asked the servants to bring both the ladder and the lanterns.
Xiao Wang wanted to laugh at him, but seeing that the master and the young master were gradually walking away, he had to wave to Le An hurriedly and ran to catch up with them.
"Sir, Mr. Xu is waiting for your notice."
"what time is it now?"
"There are still two hours until the awards ceremony. We have to leave for the venue in an hour."
"Send it."
"Okay." Xiao Wang took two steps back and prepared to call Xu Che.
Fu Xiuyan added, "After you're done, go play with Le An. Don't delay your trip later."
Le An smiled and said, "Thank you, young master, and thank you, sir."
Xia Yang pressed her face against Fu Xiuyan's back and jokingly asked Xiao Wang, "Your husband feels sorry for you working so hard, so he let you go out and play for a while. What are you thanking me for?"
Xiao Wang blinked and said, "Mr. Wang doesn't feel sorry for me. He just doesn't want me to disturb your private time here. Of course I should thank you. You don't know how much Mr. Wang has been looking forward to seeing you these past few days on the set. He's been counting the days, looking forward to seeing you."
Fu Xiuyan said to Xia Yang with a smile: "I didn't ask him to say that."
Then he said to Xiao Wang, "Okay, go play. Let's get Le An ready to join us this afternoon."
Xiao Wang turned and ran, making a gesture to himself. Tomorrow the red envelope given by the master will definitely be even thicker!
After Xiao Wang walked away, Fu Xiuyan said, "The organizing committee will issue a public announcement for the evening party. He spread rumors anonymously and wants to be a rat in the gutter. Let him feel the warmth of the sun."
Xia Yang kissed Fu Xiuyan on the cheek: "My husband is really kind-hearted."
The corners of Fu Xiuyan's lips curled up even higher.
"Did Xia Xia guess who it was?"
"Do I need to guess?" Xia Yang laughed. "As far as I can remember, I've only met one person this stupid."
"My Xia Xia is truly as smart as ice and snow. She can see the big picture from the small details and predict things like a god."
Xia Yang nodded: "Well, I really appreciate your compliment."
"Then what is Xia Xia going to do?"
"Why would I deal with him? It would make me look so low-class. You've caught him, and the school will naturally deal with him. Don't worry about him."
Fu Xiuyan's eyes were dark and unclear. He didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't continue talking to Xia Yang. For a moment, there was only the sound of the breeze, the sound of sunlight hitting Xia Yang's ring, and... a sudden, full-throated voice...
"Little boy?"
Luo Sheng was sitting at home leisurely with his legs crossed, waiting to see Xia Yang make a fool of himself.
Didn't Xia Yang look down on him? Then let him see if he would still be so arrogant after losing everything. Just a pretty toy, and you dare to reject him?
Looking through the anonymous letter he had sent, Luo Sheng felt even more proud.
He had originally intended to find Xia Yangtou to steal evidence of someone else's experimental results. However, he had been expelled from Xia Yang's experimental group, and despite numerous attempts, he had been unable to infiltrate. The entire experiment was kept secret. He even tentatively asked Professor Zhao, a colleague in Xia Yang's group, but received a blank stare. His students also denied any knowledge and claimed they were merely doing odd jobs for Professor Xia.
In his opinion, those things were definitely not something a pretty boy like Xia Yang could produce. Although he had previously considered Professor Xia second only to himself, after seeing Xia Yang's true appearance, Luo Sheng firmly believed that he was just a superficial person. How could someone with such a seductive appearance be so devoted to scientific research? His past achievements must have been obtained through some despicable means.
Why else would he dress so ostentatiously at school? It must be to avoid drawing attention, to prevent people from discovering his true identity. But how could such a trick fool him?
Just as he was at his wit's end, he happened to see Fu Xiuyan coming to pick up Xia Yang. An idea struck him. If he couldn't find evidence professionally, he could try elsewhere.
From that day on, he followed Xia Yang every day when he had no classes. As luck would have it, he finally caught Xia Yang entering and leaving the Chengyan Group's building.
He was a professor, usually either at home or at school, so his sudden appearance here was definitely unusual. He tried every possible way to find out from the people inside, but apart from a passerby who said he had seen the man he described taking the CEO's elevator to the top floor, he didn't get anything else.
But that was enough. Luo Sheng was certain that Xia Yang's presence here was definitely shameful. With a face like that, how could he be content? When he saw him and Fu Xiuyan together, he assumed their relationship was improper, and it turned out to be true. Xia Yang, who knew how many times Fu Xiuyan had cheated on him. Fortunately, he had rejected him at the time, otherwise, wouldn't he have been the one being cuckolded?
He immediately decided to report Xia Yang from this aspect. After sending the email, he quickly received feedback saying that they would investigate and deal with the matter.
Luo Sheng felt increasingly clever. This kind of thing, like entertainment scandals, was the hardest to clear up. Once you were involved, it was a stain that couldn't be washed off.
He increasingly felt that this entry point was infinitely better than the one he'd initially struggled to find in Xia Yang's experimental process. The process was also quite easy. This idea had only come to him after he'd remembered Fu Xiuyan was a celebrity.
Luo Sheng was absolutely certain that Xia Yang would be removed from tonight's list of winners. There was no evidence to prove this, let alone to verify it. And their investigation wouldn't be completed for months.
He was already thinking that when Xia Yang came back dejected, he would definitely go and mock her. If she cried and begged him, saying that she regretted it and wanted to be with him, would he reluctantly agree for the sake of her face?
Luo Sheng leisurely refreshed the website, waiting for the organizing committee to update the list of winners.
I didn’t receive the list, but I did receive the announcement from the official website and the official WeChat account’s simultaneous forwarding.
This morning, the organizing committee received an anonymous report, the content of which is as follows: [picture.jpg]. This competition has always upheld the principles of fairness, justice, and openness. We also advocate that researchers, as pioneers in the advancement of human science and technology, should possess the most basic moral qualities and codes of conduct. As the saying goes, "Be a good person before doing anything, and cultivate morality before establishing a career." Therefore, upon receiving the report, the organizing committee took it very seriously and immediately launched an investigation. The results of the investigation are now published as follows:
The complainant, Professor Xia Yang, submitted research results for the competition that are authentic and valid, and provided the full experimental process. This organizing committee has determined that Professor Xia Yang's results are undisputed. Furthermore, the anonymous report alleges that Professor Xia was in and out of Chengyan Group, leading to the conclusion that he had an improper relationship with senior management. Our verification confirms that the gentleman Xia Yang lectured on is the president of Chengyan Group, and his presence is normal. Therefore, the anonymous report is defamatory. We hereby certify Professor Xia Yang's claims!
How could this be? Luo Sheng didn't believe this result and immediately wanted to call the organizing committee. But before he could make the call, he saw another announcement coming out right after the previous one.
This competition supports public reporting of non-compliant matters, aiming to root out bad behavior among participants. However, this does not mean that anyone can fabricate such fabricated, unsubstantiated negative information about a participant. Therefore, after deliberation, the organizing committee has unanimously agreed to publicly identify the anonymous whistleblower. The whistleblower is Luo Sheng, currently a professor in the Department of Physics at Jinghai University. The organizing committee has decided that this individual will no longer be permitted to participate in any awards judging at this competition. This will serve as a warning to others!
Luo Sheng slumped to the ground, shaking his head in disbelief. Even if it hadn't been successful, it shouldn't have resulted in this.
Someone quickly commented on the first official post:
What does Professor Xia mean by "Mr."? Is it in the legal sense?
The organizing committee's official WeChat account responded: "Yes. The documents have been verified."
And pin this comment to the top.
Luo Sheng wanted to call again to question her, but his hand dropped.
The phone rang. It was the school. They told him, without emotion, that he was temporarily suspended pending an investigation.
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