Chapter 28: A Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves

  When the sharp and piercing whistle reached the third floor of the teaching building, Leida Peng's ears trembled as he was stealing glances at Wang Huating's stunning beauty, and he sprang to his feet like a conditioned reflex.

  Lei Ge suddenly stole the spotlight, and many people couldn't help but laugh and wonder what was coming next. Zuo Nan was in the middle of lecturing on the comparison between Eastern and Western philosophy, and had just mentioned how Hegel ridiculed the naivety of Chinese philosophical thought. Seeing Lei Da Peng stand up, he smiled and said: "Lei Da Peng, surely Western philosophers not understanding China wouldn't make you so indignant? Your anger is bursting forth like a crown!"

  Everyone burst out laughing, and both boys and girls stared at Lei Dapeng with raised eyebrows. Lei Dapeng also knew he was being out of line, but fortunately, Brother Lei was extremely clever. He clutched his belly, let out a few cries of "Ah yo", and explained with a pained expression: "Professor Xi, you're talking about Western philosophy as if it's superior to our Chinese classical philosophy... it's making my stomach turn and I'm feeling unwell all over... do I need to go take a dump?"

  "Haha... This is the most absurd excuse I've ever heard, I really don't dare to use philosophy to block your urgent footsteps, hurry up and go." Zuo Nanxia smiled and waved his hand, very generous.

  Lei Dapeng handed the DV to Wang Huating, and as they parted ways through the crowded classmates, Si Mu Xian suddenly shouted "I also want to pull my stomach!", without giving anyone a chance to react, he pushed through the crowd and left, leaving everyone in the room staring at each other in confusion, wondering what kind of ridiculous thing these two would do next.

  The class continued, with only Director Wang Hengbin having a faintly ominous premonition, his eyebrows slightly moving, but in this setting where the entire department and some school leaders were present, he didn't dare to make a scene.

  Out of the door, Simu Xian rushed to catch up with Lei Dapeng, and after running down three floors, he was slightly out of breath. "Boss, what's wrong? Is something going on?"

  "Something's definitely up, and it's not just being detained by the security department." Lei Dapeng took a glance around as he exited, made an instant decision, and rushed straight towards the single apartment building opposite the security department.

  "He sent a message earlier saying something might have happened, didn't think it would be so soon?" Si Mu Xian asked as he chased after.

  "This isn't even fast. The security guard has been watching him for more than a day or two." Lei Dapeng said without turning his head, and rushed straight into the single apartment.

  This apartment was originally prepared for single teachers, and the top floor was cleared out to recruit art students. The people were quite messy, rushing to the fourth floor, pushing open a door, but unexpectedly, a group of male and female students were drawing from life, and Lei Dapeng was startled by the sudden appearance of ugliness, with some people even shouting out in surprise. Lei Dapeng didn't have time to react, colliding with the door and leaving, then rushing past several rooms, bursting into the bathroom, where he and Simu Xian squeezed up to the window. At this moment, they happened to see a member of the security department standing at the window preparing to pull the curtains, while behind the window sat Egg Brother and a woman... Lei Dapeng's eyes widened as he turned his head in astonishment, staring at Simu Xian, both of them clearly seeing that it was Zuo Xiying. This pair, who had just been envied by others for their perfect match, had suddenly become a pair of miserable mandarin ducks, caught red-handed in the security department's disciplinary office, where students were often taken to be reprimanded.

  "No way, Egg Brother has a beautiful woman accompanying him, he's too happy."

  Lei Dapeng was shocked and then extremely envious. Simu Xian looked at the curtain that had been pulled up, and just as he didn't know what to do, his phone suddenly rang and hung up. Lei Dapeng leaned in to listen, but there was nothing, and when he wanted to grab it, Simu Xian put his finger to his lips and signaled him to be quiet, whispering: "Don't make a sound, the security department wouldn't let him make a call... He can't leave a network disk password and voicemail number for no reason, and have us prepare to start the hornet's nest plan at any time. There must be some explosive information coming out."

  "What the...?! Don't tell me you didn't even consider me as a brother?! Why didn't you tell me? Just telling me to follow you." Lei Dapeng was displeased upon hearing this.

  "There's no way, you're now close to the party members and are no longer in our camp." Si Mu Xian joked with a smile, but this remark stimulated Lei Da Peng, who expressed his feelings: "Impossible, I'm like this, even if I get close, the party won't accept me!"

  "But what about Wang Huating? Your big mouth can't even eat without leaking, let alone talk, who's going to leak the news?" Si Mu Xian was stimulated again, but this sentence didn't stimulate him enough. As soon as he mentioned the beauty, Lei Da Peng sneered with a sly smile: "That's right, you can't have both fish and bear's paw, if you want to eat bear's paw; brothers and beauties are incompatible, we want beauties, haha... you guys just step aside!"

  "Be quiet......don't speak......on top of the door..."

  At the Nth time Si Mu Xian checked, there was finally a stored voice in the voicemail box. He heard the voice of Kou Kezhang from the Security Department. The two ears were pressed together and listened with furrowed brows. Until he finished listening, Si Mu Xian thought for a moment and understood what the boss meant. He whispered to Lei Dapeng, who listened with a serious expression, nodded solemnly, and said:

  "Damn it! This crazy dog has bitten me more than once!"

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  The undercurrents of the Ming River in the Temple of Tranquility have surged up in this phone call...

  Outside the school, Bao Tiegang and Ma San Yang were running quickly, the latter was originally a specially recruited student for the school's track and field team, because he ran fast and was thin, earning him the nickname "Ma Gun". The two stopped by the side of the road when they saw a bright red MINI appear in their line of sight. As soon as the car stopped, Song Siying rushed down from the car and asked: "How is it?"

  "Caught... Egg Brother was taken away by the security department." Ma Geng panted heavily.

  "Damn it... You're not careful at all, you can even get caught for posting a big-character poster. Are you stupid?!?" Song Siying scolded Ma Gan angrily, and also kicked him with her high heels. This Ma Gan was really unlucky, he had been scolded by the security department, then brought back by the department head to be scolded again. Now he was being scolded by his own people, and he looked miserable as he said: "Kuan Jie, this is all for your sake, not a bit of good has come out of it, can't you just take some responsibility? I haven't even written my self-criticism yet, what's going to happen now? If you want to give me a demerit, you can't just ignore me. If you don't care about me, I'll go to the security department and confess to get a lighter punishment."

  "You're a good-for-nothing!" Song Siying scolded, but she was also at a loss for a moment. Old Bao ran slowly and when he arrived, Song Siying wanted to ask him something, but unexpectedly, he gestured with his hand to be quiet and pointed mysteriously inside the car. The three of them got in and listened to the conversation from the voicemail, and it turned out that Xia Pangzi was indeed a relative of Director Gou. Old Bao's face turned cold and he glared at Song Siying, as if there were more secrets... Then they heard about Egg Brother, and the two of them felt a sense of sympathy for each other. Fortunately, Egg Brother didn't say anything. However, when they heard Director Gou scolding students as "poor devils", the two of them gritted their teeth in anger, wishing they could punch him.

  When the sound stopped, Song Siying was more clever than these four limbs and asked: "How did you record the sound?"

  Lao Bao explained that he had received a text message before entering the security department, which revealed the core secrets of the beehive plan. The message included a voicemail number and a cloud storage password, and instructed him to activate the beehive plan at any time. Song Siying was somewhat familiar with the plan and knew it was related to the group's second attempt to cause trouble. It was rumored that Shan Yong had a powerful bomb in his possession, but he never confirmed it. Lao Bao handed the text message to Song Siying, saying that Shan Yong wanted her to come find him after something happened, as they had previously discussed. Song Siying read the brief message and suddenly gasped, slapping Lao Bao on the ear and scolding: "You idiot, why didn't you say so earlier? You almost delayed things... You're all useless, not even comparable to Shan Yong's little finger. What's with the nonsense about leaving? Egg brother is taking a huge risk by going in alone, deep into the tiger's den. I admire his courage."

  "Kuan jie, didn't you already have a leg up on them? What's there to still be fond of?" Ma Geng asked, but was glared at by Song Siying and didn't dare say another word.

  "What's wrong with you, Sister? You don't have to stoop so low as to belittle me like this, do you?" Old Bao was displeased.

  "Do you know what this is? This is the photo address of the cafeteria's stored materials, it exists on the web disk, almost got messed up by you guys." Song Siying followed the transmitted URL, took out her PDA to connect to the internet, inputted the password to download, and after printing out a picture, suddenly lit up, a large pile of spicy sauce close-ups, fermented bean curd close-ups, delivery tricycle close-ups, even warehouse panoramic views, about twenty or thirty pictures in total. The more she looked, the more excited she became for no reason, muttering to herself: "I knew he had an ace up his sleeve, wouldn't take it out unless forced... Ah, what's this? Ah, this scoundrel..."

  After flipping through a few more pages, however, trouble emerged. He had flipped out a bunch of completely naked beauties' pictures, in all sorts of poses. Song Siyun's face turned red and her heart skipped a beat as she looked at them. After finishing the download, when she turned around, Lao Bao and Ma Geng were giggling away, which made Song Siyun furious: "Scram! What are you laughing at...?"

  Two people got off the bus, Song Siying was about to leave, but Lao Bao said with concern: "Kuan Jie, what about Egg Brother? He's still being held in the security department. What if he confesses and implicates you?"

  "You think Dan Yong is also like you, without any sense of justice... Humph! Wait and see the good show, with this thing, I'll make him make a scene this time." Song Siying said, and drove away quickly, leaving behind two stunned old men.

  After a while, Ma Gang said with some anger: "He's really something, if she hadn't promised to give him a set of outdoor sports equipment, I wouldn't have served him. This time is terrible, the equipment hasn't even arrived yet, and the punishment is already settled."

  "It's not that I said you, but since your legs are fast, I let you stick, how can you still be caught?" Lao Bao complained.

  "My legs are faster, can I outrun the camera? You're standing there talking without getting a sore waist, why don't you try running?" Ma Kan said angrily.

  Just as they were arguing, the phone rang. It was Simu Xian's call. Lao Bao put it to his ear and listened for a long time, his eyes widening in shock. He slowly hung up the phone, looking like he had just received some terrible news. This movement startled Ma Bang, who anxiously grabbed onto Lao Bao and asked: "What happened? They didn't catch Stinky Foot too, did they?"

  "Let's hurry... it's going to be a good show. This time we'll settle old and new scores together. The Hive Plan is about to be fully activated."

  Lao Bao didn't allow any discussion and pulled Ma Geng directly back to school.

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  The outside was tight and secretive, but for those closed in the security department, it was still unknown. Dan Yong seemed to be very careful and meticulous as he wrote, after a while, he had written more than half a page. Zuo Xiying was first surprised by the characters Dan Yong wrote, these characters were written like the golden jade full hall, the steel pen characters also had a bit of a calligraphic style, similar to the Wei Bei's regular script, beautiful and elegant.

  It was just that the content was suffocating, and Zuo Xiying bit her lip hard, suppressing a laugh.

  After a while, Shanyong handed over the inspection and humbly asked: "Brother, is it okay?"

  "Hmm, let me take a look... searching... Oh, this character is written quite well." The guy from the security department first gave a compliment, not noticing the typo. Zuo Xiying almost burst out laughing, it must have been Shan Yong's intention.

  Deliberately, Shan Yong's face turned serious and he said humbly: "It's nothing special, mainly thanks to the school's good education."

  "Oh, that's it... No, what's good about you is your good law?" The security guard scolded and looked at him carefully, muttering to himself from time to time.

  "My main mistake was that I committed the error of bourgeois liberalization. The main problem is that my ideological understanding is not high, and I have not seriously studied the Party's guidelines, policies, and route. I have not deeply grasped the school's educational principles, and I have not strictly demanded myself... In learning, I have been too careless; in life, I have been too sloppy; in thought, I have been too liberalized and indulgent, and over time, this has become a habit..."

  He stared, feeling something was off. The guy from the security department had his eyebrows furrowed, as if he'd encountered a problem. But Single Courage knew this guy was also an uneducated son of a cadre who'd been taken care of and brought into the unit, and his level shouldn't be much higher than Lei Dapeng's. Yet, although he clearly felt there was a problem, he couldn't find it anywhere, and after a long time, he hesitantly asked: "Isn't that right? Single Courage, why does what you wrote sound just like our department head's speech? Is this an inspection?"

  "How can it not be? This understanding is so profound! It has dug up the root of the problem." said Jian Yong seriously.

  Zuo Xiying couldn't hold it in anymore, covering her mouth and giggling, her eyebrows blooming like peach blossoms. This one laugh made those guys realize something was off, and with a "pa" sound, they slapped their hands on the table, staring with wide eyes: "Are you messing with me? How come there's no mention of the cancelled stove?"

  "That can't be written, brother... the school is covering it up, who dares to say that a serious incident of absenteeism has occurred in our school now? Isn't that slandering our school? I want to write it down on paper, isn't that causing trouble for you? So I can only say that I have problems myself, not that the school has problems, right? If I really write about the absenteeism, wouldn't that be equivalent to saying that our school's logistics management is poor? Therefore, I can only say that I personally have big problems, and I'm useless, betraying the school's education, I deserve to die, waiting for punishment, this should be enough, right?" Dan Yong circled around a few more times, finally getting the security department guy to agree, who thought about it and also found it a bit difficult to inspect.

  He simply took out that so-called "search warrant" and said to Dan Yong: "Wait for it."

  She got up and left, as soon as she was gone, Zuo Xiying burst out laughing. She had seen through Shan Yong's mistake-ridden writing, full of empty words and nonsense. After laughing for a while, she said to Shan Yong: "You're making such a mess, let's see how you get out of this."

  "It's good, the school is handling this matter coldly. Whoever jumps out will be unlucky, I didn't expect it to be the security department who jumped out first. Since they've jumped out, they should be the ones who are unlucky." Dan Yong said in a low voice, his hands making small movements that successfully made the security personnel relax their guard.

  Zuo Xiying saw Shuang Yong playing with the phone in his pocket, and just as he was about to ask him a question, the inspector who had gone out came back, his face red with rage, slapping something down in front of Shuang Yong and shouting: "You think you can fool me? Is this what's written on the inspection report?"

  "Oh, not 'fl' side, it's the wood character side, are you sure? I could've sworn that's how I wrote it. Looks like I was definitely wrong." Dan Yong slowly took out the test paper, made some corrections, and then slowly said: "Or brother, wait a bit, I'll rewrite it."

  Those guys were so angry that they rolled their eyes, but fortunately the other party's attitude was acceptable. Just as he was about to convey Gu Ke's words, he had to clarify the participants and the whole process, but unexpectedly, before he could speak, someone outside shouted:

  "Somebody jumped off a building... A beautiful girl jumped off a building. The beauty queen of our school is going to jump from the teaching building..."

  The guard at the door suddenly heard something and quickly got up to run outside. Single Yong remained still, smiling secretly in his heart. Zuo Xiying also heard it, it was Lei Dapeng's voice, which was more ear-piercing than a donkey braying in spring, and had its own unique characteristics, once you've heard it, you can't forget it. The guard ran away in shock, Single Yong slowly and calmly took out another mobile phone from his hiding place and pressed the keyboard to send some messages. When he looked up, he smiled at Zuo Xiying, who also didn't move, but had a surprised smile on her face, as if she was interested in watching this seemingly unsolvable stalemate, because in her opinion, with Single Yong's current identity and ability, it was impossible to break through...

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  "Hey, hey...... what's the ghost yelling? It's you again, Lei Dapeng."

  When Bao Wei rushed out, he saw Lei Da Peng shouting at the top of his lungs and scolded him. Everyone knew that this idiot was the master who feared that the world would not be chaotic. But unexpectedly, today he didn't seem as provocative as usual, but instead pointed to the top of the teaching building with a broken heart and shouted: "What ghost is shouting, look at the rooftop!? Scared to death!"

  As soon as the security guard looked up, he saw a woman in pink clothes with long hair standing alone on the rooftop. He was frightened and shouted "Oh no, something's wrong!" and turned around to rush back into the building, shouting: "Director, someone is jumping off the building... Director, something's happened, there's someone jumping off the teaching building..."

  He shouted, and Lei Da Peng ran down to the dormitory building, changing his tone and shouting loudly: "Someone jumped off the teaching building! A beautiful girl committed suicide!"

  Shouting and following the wall of the dormitory building, they ran to the girls' dormitory, changing their tone and shouting: "There is someone jumping off the teaching building... The handsome guy from the Chinese department and the beauty from the art department are committing suicide together."

  The old rascal from the sports department gathered a few goods and shouted in the teaching building corridor: "There is someone jumping off the top of the building... The beautiful teacher from the art department jumped off the building."

  "Somebody jumped from the building......"

  "Somebody jumped from the building......"

  This discordant sound echoed in the campus of Rong Yu Institute, especially jarring and true to life. The protagonist who jumped off the building was unclear for a while, but it seemed that someone had indeed jumped, and the news spread like wildfire, with ten people telling another ten, and a hundred more, as this group of troublemakers stirred up an evil wind that swept across the campus. That person's bones were somewhat prone to being a good-for-nothing onlooker, and before long, more and more people gathered in front of the teaching building's small square.

  It seems that the division of labor is clear, and there are people shouting in the teaching building, library, dormitory, and teacher's area. The security guards didn't see anyone on the surveillance cameras, and there were no cameras on the rooftop to get a clear view. Now, Director Gou is panicked, fearing that if someone really jumped off the building, he would be held responsible. He quickly organized a team, and they rushed towards the teaching building.

  At this time, many people who had heard the news came, teachers, staff, and students, scattered from the library, dormitories, and teaching buildings, looked up at the long-haired figure on the 12th floor, and suddenly realized that this was not a false alarm. As a result, the crowd was attracted, and more people gathered in the empty space in front of the teaching building.

  Not far from the office building, the Mercedes-Benz driver also heard it, got out of the car and looked around in the direction of the teaching building, not knowing what had happened. At this time, Simu Xian suddenly appeared from somewhere, patted him on the back and asked with a smile: "Brother Benz, do you know me?"

  Turned around, took a look, and oh, recognized him, wasn't he that guy from Rongma Village? Nodded: "Remember, you studied here?"

  "Ah, Brother Benz, is the one you're pulling over the girl who had dinner at Xiangma Village that day?" asked Simu Xian, with a very humble attitude.

  "Yes, Lao Zuo's family. Isn't she coming to give a lecture here? She didn't come with the car today. It seems like she went with your friend." said the driver.

  "That's when things went wrong, she was taken away by the security department......it's true." Si Mu Xian revealed.

  "Haha, impossible. You see if the Public Security Bureau dares to move against them, and the Guard Department... Whenever they come to Lanzhou, it's always the Municipal Party Secretary who personally greets them."

  The driver sneered and leaned against the big car, as if he had heard a joke. But unexpectedly, the conversation was cut off, and Si Mu Xian held up his phone, from which came a stern shout:

  "You... you're a government official, how can you be like this?"

  "That's just how I am, what can you do..."

  This was indeed Zuo Xiying's voice. The male voice behind her suddenly stopped, and the driver was so frightened that he stared blankly.

  "Brother, hurry up, if something really happens, your hotel will be affected too. I'm just talking to you as a friend, don't pretend like I've never been here before."

  Si Mu Xian suddenly spilled the beans and took off. The driver was shocked for a long time before he came to his senses, muttering "It's bad, it's bad...it's going to be a big deal". As he muttered, he quickly pulled out his phone and called the hotel, quietly reporting to Manager Feng: "Manager Feng, it's bad...the security department of Lu Institute has detained Zuo Lao for some reason. If this gets out, it'll be a huge scandal."

  But in just one minute, even the life secretary who came together knew about it. At first, Shang didn't believe it, but the driver's words were so convincing, and on top of that, the phone couldn't get through either. This time he was stunned. The news was immediately reported back to the municipal party committee office.

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  Things developed very quickly and suddenly. The security department sprang into action, rushing to the teaching building. However, the skylight on the top of the building had been sealed off, so they sent someone back to find tools to pry open the skylight.

  At this time, the students in the large staircase classroom on the third floor were also getting restless. No matter how good the philosophical theory was, it couldn't suppress the curiosity of hundreds of students. Many people had already stretched their heads to look down at the small square below, which quickly gathered hundreds of people pointing and staring at the rooftop, wondering if someone really jumped off the building or not.

  Left South Down couldn't go on, his words paused, and Department Head Wang Hengbin turned around to scold the students for not paying attention in class. Meanwhile, many school leaders present began making phone calls to inquire about what was happening. At this point, probably no one could clearly explain things. Just as everyone was in a state of confusion, the door burst open with a loud bang. Lei Dapeng rushed in, panting heavily, as if he had wolves chasing him from behind. He gasped for breath and spoke to Left South Down: "Old man... bad news... your daughter has been taken away by the Security Department."

  Ah! This news is too sensational, I wouldn't believe it even if you told me a thousand times. The whole classroom was shocked, it's even harder to believe than hearing that the US had attacked Diaoyu Island. Director Wang Hengbin scolded him, but unexpectedly Lei Dapeng didn't say another word, he pressed the play button on his phone and a clear voice rang out in the classroom:

  "You... you're a government official, how can you be like this?"

  "That's just how I am, what can you do..."

  The voice was filled with resentment and indignation, and the other party's voice was a male voice, which made it even more ominous. What it represented was really thought-provoking, and it sounded exactly like his daughter's voice. Lei Dapeng's eyes widened in shock, and the chalk in his hand dropped to the ground with a loud noise. Fearing that he might not be able to make it in time, he hastily said: "Old man, once you enter the security department, male students are subjected to severe corporal punishment, while female students are molested and humiliated. If you don't come quickly, it will be too late!"

  The words shocked the department and school leaders, but they must have also scared Zuo Nan Xia. He followed closely behind, and as he walked, people became chaotic. The school and department leaders and staff followed, with hundreds of students pushing and shoving from behind. Downstairs was even more lively, with thousands of teachers and students gathering in the small square, pointing and staring at the rooftop. It seemed to be a girl, with long hair draped over her shoulders, sitting with her back to the crowd, as if ready to jump off the roof at any moment, adding another sensational event to the school's history, making the onlookers eagerly anticipate.

  At this moment, Principal Wang Ke just came out of the office building and faintly heard the sound of police sirens. The crowd stretched from the teaching building to the shaded path, and cars could no longer squeeze in. Just after being informed that the gate was sealed off, a speeding police car suddenly broke through it. Everywhere you looked, there were people; what a chaotic scene...