“Dr. Lu, calm down first. Have some glucose water. Are you okay?” Seeing that Lu Yusheng looked like he was about to faint, Dean Zeng panicked and was about to call for help, but Lu Yusheng stopped him. He went to make a cup of glucose water for Lu Yusheng.
After drinking half a cup of glucose water, Lu Yusheng gradually recovered.
“We also find it hard to believe. Especially Vice Dean Liu thinks highly of you. Yesterday, we had a heart-to-heart talk for the whole afternoon, and then we had tea together in the evening, discussing this matter of yours.”
“Moreover, this appraisal report came very suspiciously. At present, only Beijing is qualified to issue such reports. Shanghai has just successfully applied for the qualification, so it shouldn’t be so fast.”
“So, after discussing with Liu, we decided to send this report to Beijing first to check if it was issued there. If not, it means someone has forged it. If it is, we will discuss further. What do you think?”
Lu Yusheng nodded.
He tried his best to keep calm on the surface, but inside he was extremely terrified.
Who on earth reported him for improper conduct? If it was just a letter of accusation, he would definitely suspect Zhou Muchuan and Shen Zhiyi.
But the person actually had the appraisal report of him and Qiangqiang. Shen Zhiyi had mentioned paternity testing to him before, but even if she knew about it, she didn’t have the ability to get this report.
It costs money, takes time and effort. In the end, if it is denied by the person involved like this, it has to go through layers of verification to confirm its authenticity. Just the verification process alone is very time-consuming, which ordinary people can’t afford.
Shen Zhiyi is well-educated and not stupid, so she wouldn’t do such a thankless thing.
The key is, she doesn’t have the ability.
As for Zhou Muchuan, he is just a brute, simple-minded and physically strong. He neither has the ability nor the brains to do this.
After ruling out these two most likely suspects, the only person Lu Yusheng could think of was… Nancheng?
Could it be…
Lu Yusheng’s face, which had just recovered, turned pale again instantly when he thought of this only possibility.
If it was really done by that family in Nancheng, with his current ability, he was really no match for them.
“Dr. Lu, let’s call it a day for today. You can go back first. Since there is an accusation, we can’t ignore it at the health center. You will be suspended for a week first. We are short-staffed here, and you are a skilled doctor. How about coming back to work next Wednesday?”
“Thank you, Dean. I will follow your arrangement.” Lu Yusheng replied submissively.
Dean Zeng was very satisfied with his attitude, waved his hand to let him go, and told him not to worry too much. Things like accusations would gradually fade away with time.
As long as he made achievements in the future, the impression he left on others would still be more good than bad.
Lu Yusheng naturally understood this truth.
So, if it was that family in Nancheng who reported him, then he needed Jiang Ruochu to come forward and negotiate with them.
“Well, you can go back now. Take a good rest for a while, then pull yourself together and come back to work hard.”
“Yes, thank you, Dean.”
After coming out of the health center, Lu Yusheng went to the village primary school to look for Jiang Ruochu, only to find out that she had asked for another ten days’ leave. Lu Yusheng’s face changed drastically.
Yesterday, when Jiang Ruochu left their house, she asked Mrs. Lu to tell him not to worry, she would help him solve all the problems.
Guessing what Jiang Ruochu was going to do, Lu Yusheng rushed straight to Jiang Ruochu’s parents’ house. He found Mrs. Jiang and learned that her daughter had left Tongtong at home and gone to Nancheng alone.
Then he understood everything.
At that moment, Tongtong was sitting on the ground crying. Over there, Jiang Ruochu’s stepfather was beating her with a thin rattan stick. When Tongtong saw Lu Yusheng, she looked pitifully at him, silently asking for help.
Lu Yusheng was anxious to go to Nancheng to see Jiang Ruochu and felt very guilty towards her. So he walked over, snatched the rattan stick from Jiang Ruochu’s stepfather’s hand and said, “Tongtong is still young, she needs to be taught slowly.”
“Hmph, she stole food from our house! Yusheng, Ruochu has gone to Nancheng again, and she hasn’t paid the living expenses this month. This girl eats so much. How about taking her to your house for a few days?” Jiang Ruochu’s stepfather said to Lu Yusheng with a foxy look.
They were both from Lujia Village. Actually, Lu Yusheng didn’t think much of this man who shared the same surname as him.
But after all, he was Jiang Ruochu’s stepfather, so out of respect for Jiang Ruochu, he still maintained proper courtesy.
“Okay, I’ll take Tongtong away.” Lu Yusheng agreed immediately.
“Well, that’s right. We have some sweet potatoes at home. Would you like to take some back?”
“No, thank you, Uncle Lu.” Jiang Ruochu’s stepfather was the second child in his family. Before the land was divided, their families were neighbors.
After the land division, the Lu family lived at the entrance of the village, while his family lived at the end, so they were far apart.
“You’re welcome.”
Lu Yusheng picked up Tongtong and left. Mrs. Jiang took advantage of her husband going into the house and chased after them.
“Yusheng ”
Mrs. Jiang had thought about what happened that day. She decided not to be too hard on Lu Yusheng. The key now was to make Lu Yusheng marry her daughter as soon as possible.
Only in this way could Ruochu and Tongtong live a good life. Otherwise, staying in this house, sooner or later they would be despised by her husband.
Unfortunately, she was not strong enough in front of her husband.
“What’s the matter, Auntie?” Lu Yusheng turned around and looked at Mrs. Jiang.
“Yusheng, life is really hard for Ruochu and Tongtong in this family. You and Ruochu have known each other for many years. In the past few years, she has devoted all her heart to you and your whole family. You must not let her down.”
“This time, she went to Nancheng also for you.”
“Yes, I know, Auntie. I’m going to solve this matter now. Wait for my good news.”
“Good, good, good. You two should get married as soon as possible and have a wedding. Let my daughter marry into your family in a grand way.”
“Yes, I will, Auntie.” Lu Yusheng promised firmly.
This accusation incident was also a wake-up call for him.
If he kept delaying divorcing Shen Zhiyi, then his relationship with Ruochu would become a handle that others could use to hurt him wantonly.
This matter could be used as a weapon by Shen Zhiyi and Zhou Muchuan, as well as by other competitors.
He had denied the father-son relationship between him and Qiangqiang in front of the dean, but the fact was that they were indeed biological father and son.
In the future, if paternity testing could be done all over the country, it would be a big mess.
So the only way was to marry Ruochu as soon as possible.
Only when their marriage relationship was confirmed would those people not be able to suppress him anymore.
“Good, good, good. Ruochu didn’t misjudge you. Yusheng, you are a good man. Hurry up and go.”
Over there, Uncle Lu shouted loudly for his wife to go back. Mrs. Jiang wiped her tears and turned back.
Tongtong was in Lu Yusheng’s arms, calling her grandmother, “Grandma, don’t cry, Tongtong is good.”
“Okay, Tongtong, be good when you go to Uncle Lu’s house.”
“Okay.”
Lu Yusheng touched Tongtong’s little head, got on his bicycle, took her back to his home, asked his family to take care of her for a few days, and then set off for Nancheng.