At this point, there seemed to be nothing more to delve into.
Yun Que'er heaved a long sigh. It occurred to her that most of these people were guilty.
She wouldn't pity anyone, but she just felt extremely disheartened.
Anyway, the matter was coming to an end. Yun Que'er would soon be able to resume her studies smoothly. As for other things, it was just a matter of leaving them to the professionals.
However, before that, there was an important thing to tell Yun Mo Tan.
Yun Que'er thought for a long time but didn't know how to start. So she just gave Yun Fu Jin a look.
Yun Fu Jin understood and looked at Yun Mo Tan.
"Dad, there's something I must tell you."
*
Yun Que'er went back to school the next day.
Although the matter was handled quietly to protect the school's reputation, and the affairs of Teacher Lu and Shen Qingqing were not supposed to be made public, paper couldn't wrap up fire after all. Many people still found out.
As soon as Yun Que'er entered the classroom, she caught Li Lan's eye. Li Lan obviously looked a bit guilty. As soon as Yun Que'er sat down, Li Lan couldn't help but move closer.
"I'm really sorry about what happened before..."
Li Lan rubbed her clothes, looking as if she was too ashamed to face the situation.
"If I had known that Shen Qingqing was such a person, I would never have..."
Yun Que'er raised her hand to interrupt Li Lan.
Since it was all in the past, there was no need to bring it up again.
Yun Que'er wasn't that magnanimous. Whether Li Lan had done it intentionally or not back then, she had caused harm to their family after all.
The two of them were destined not to be close friends.
Li Lan sensed Yun Que'er's rejection and silently lowered her head, then returned to her own seat.
"You don't seem very happy?" Ji Cheng Xuan said.
Yun Que'er forced a bitter smile. "What's there to be happy about?"
Ji Cheng Xuan nodded silently.
Right. Reaching this point was already a decent outcome.
They couldn't expect to get back everything they had lost, and it was absolutely impossible to make others apologize with a smile.
"By the way, how's Shen Qingqing doing?"
"Just so - so." Ji Cheng Xuan shook his head. "She's so young. Anyway, they can't really do much to her. Now that she has confessed everything, Teacher Lu and Shen Li will definitely be punished."
It also meant that most of Shen Qingqing's life was almost ruined.
One could only say that she had bad luck.
"What about Shen Ling and Zhang Qiang?"
"Nothing happened to them." Ji Cheng Xuan chuckled. "They're quite a tragic couple. I really didn't expect Zhang Qiang to do so much for Shen Ling. Normally, Zhang Qiang should have been punished, but someone protected him. It's a kind of fulfillment for them."
Ji Cheng Xuan showed a mysterious expression to Yun Que'er. "This matter is not that simple..."
Yun Que'er frowned.
Liu Zhi Hui...
What on earth did she mean?
Did she just happen to hear about those things and wanted to help the two of them, or was there some unknown secret hidden behind?
Yun Que'er couldn't explain it clearly or figure it out. She could only say,
"We'd better stay vigilant."
After all, Liu Zhi Hui's appearance was just too coincidental. And they had suspected Liu Zhi Hui before.
No matter what her purpose was, they couldn't relax their vigilance at all until they figured out whether she was a friend or a foe.
Life returned to normal, and Yun Que'er could finally focus on her studies.
However, no one expected that a week later, a letter left in the main house would shatter their seemingly peaceful life.
Yun Fu Jin found that Yun Jian Zhou was missing when he got up in the middle of the night.
They lived in two separate rooms. When Yun Fu Jin woke up to go to the toilet, he saw that the opposite door was ajar and the light was still on inside.
Yun Fu Jin thought that Yun Jian Zhou had gone to relieve himself, so he didn't think much about it.
But after returning to his room, he felt something was wrong the more he thought about it.
There was a toilet in the yard. There were just two latrines. Although there was a fence in the middle, it shouldn't be impossible to hear the sound from the next one, right?
Yun Fu Jin rushed into Yun Jian Zhou's room and found that the closet door was open and all of Yun Jian Zhou's favorite clothes were gone.
Only then did Yun Fu Jin realize the seriousness of the situation. He rushed to Yun Mo Tan's room in a hurry and woke him up in the middle of the night.
Finally, they found the letter left by Yun Jian Zhou under Yun Mo Tan's pillow.
He hadn't received much education, so the words he wrote were crooked. In some places, he even had to use pinyin instead.
But the general idea was that he felt very guilty for losing the family's money. He had thought a lot about many things these days. He felt that he had really made no contribution to the family and had even caused trouble at a critical moment.
So, after much thought, he decided to go out and make a name for himself. He asked his father, elder brother, and younger sister to wait for his good news.
Yun Mo Tan was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the room. "How old is he this year? What's he going to achieve by going out? What if he's deceived?"
Yun Que'er was silent for a long time, constantly stroking the letter left by Yun Jian Zhou.
Maybe in others' eyes, Yun Jian Zhou was running away, but Yun Que'er knew Yun Jian Zhou better than anyone else.
Although Yun Mo Tan didn't blame Yun Jian Zhou for losing the money this time, and only told Yun Jian Zhou to be cautious when making friends after learning about it from Yun Fu Jin that day, Yun Jian Zhou just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
Even if he didn't leave today, he would surely leave in the future.
"Dad." Yun Que'er spoke up. "Second brother will leave sooner or later, because he really needs a chance to atone for his mistakes and prove himself."
Yun Mo Tan, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, suddenly fell silent.
Although Yun Que'er had been quiet all the time, her words hit the nail on the head.
Yun Jian Zhou really didn't have much presence in the family. In fact, Yun Mo Tan also understood that Yun Jian Zhou made those friends who seemed powerful but were actually good - for - nothing just to prove that he was not a useless person.
They couldn't just blame Yun Jian Zhou for this result. Many of them were responsible, and the one who needed to take the most responsibility was Yun Mo Tan.
He had ignored Yun Jian Zhou for too long.
Maybe if Yun Jian Zhou went out, he could find a new world instead of being confined at home and living under others' noses.
After a long time, Yun Mo Tan heaved a long sigh.
"Maybe... you're right."
Even though he agreed with Yun Que'er's words, Yun Mo Tan was still worried about his son.
In the end, he still went to the station overnight to try to find Yun Jian Zhou. In the next few days, he also went to the surrounding towns and even the provincial capital.
However, the result was obvious. Yun Jian Zhou had left. How could he be so easy to find?
After school, Yun Que'er saw Yun Mo Tan sitting alone on the porch, in a daze. She didn't know what he was looking at.
Yun Que'er knew that Yun Mo Tan was waiting.
Although he knew clearly that he wouldn't get what he was waiting for, he still hoped that the next second Yun Jian Zhou would appear at the door and call him Dad.