SYLM Chapter 52
by VolareChapter 52 “You and your little follower look more like a couple”
Chapter 52 “You and your little follower look more like a couple”
Gu Wan Jun didn’t want to make things too ugly regarding her conversation with Gao Chuan just now, so she didn’t tell Tang Ying, and the topic quickly passed.
Raising her hand to check the time, Gu Wan Jun shifted the focus of the conversation to Tang Ying: “You haven’t eaten yet, have you?”
“No, I’m full of anger.”
Hearing this, Gu Wan Jun naturally thought of someone, and a certain name blurted out: “Did Fu Yi Wen provoke you again?”
“…What does it have to do with her?”
“Isn’t your mood always fluctuating because of her?”
“…”
Tang Ying rolled her eyes, and said coldly: “This time it’s not her fault.”
“Oh, only this time.”
“…”
Regarding Gu Wan Jun’s ability to grasp the main points, Tang Ying frowned and clicked her tongue lightly, a look of indifference in her eyes:
“Do you have to rub salt into the wound, don’t you?”
“Just telling the truth, are you not allowed to speak?”
“…”
Gu Wan Jun shrugged her shoulders. Facing this face full of gentle smiles, Tang Ying couldn’t get angry at all.
Joking aside, after teasing, Gu Wan Jun didn’t forget to return to the topic and care about Tang Ying:
“If it’s not because of Fu Yi Wen this time, then what is it? Why are you angry?”
Hearing this, Tang Ying was silent for two seconds, constantly fiddling with her watch, her tone revealing an obvious sense of irritability: “Family matters.”
“…”
Hearing “family matters,” a series of caring words that were about to reach Gu Wan Jun’s mouth suddenly came to a screeching halt.
The conversation in the headmaster’s office about the “plagiarism incident” last time was still fresh in her mind. Gu Wan Jun knew that Tang Ying’s family background was not simple. Afterwards, she also searched for information about Ningcheng No. 1 High School’s sponsors based on the known clues, but in the end, she found nothing.
There were very few channels to search for information about Ningcheng No. 1 High School, and none of the few names that popped up on the website were Tang.
Could it be that Tang Ying made up the conditions last time because the situation was urgent?
That shouldn’t be the case. At that time, both Vice Principal Lu Jianghong and Headmaster Xu Rongfeng changed their expressions when they heard Tang Ying’s words. It didn’t seem like it was made up at all…
Seeing Gu Wan Jun’s hesitant look, Tang Ying seemed to have noticed something. She looked up at the person in front of her and said directly: “Speak.”
“Huh?” Gu Wan Jun came back to her senses.
“What huh? If you have something to say, just say it.”
“…”
Tang Ying made it clear, her dark pupils revealing a pool of cold water.
Looking at each other, Gu Wan Jun simply didn’t hesitate anymore and directly turned what she was thinking into words and asked:
“I’m wondering if I should continue to ask you what happened.”
Gu Wan Jun paused, sighed softly, and continued seriously:
“I want to ask because you said we are friends. I’m hesitating whether to ask because you said it’s about your family, so…”
Gu Wan Jun’s voice stopped. Tang Ying, who was listening attentively, flashed an imperceptible emotion in her eyes and immediately responded:
“Are you afraid of me?”
“Of course not!”
Gu Wan Jun subconsciously denied, but after the words came out, she realized it. Her peach blossom eyes blinked quickly several times:
“Why are you asking that? Why should I be afraid of you?”
“Last time I said those things in the headmaster’s office, you know I have connections.”
Tang Ying crossed her arms while speaking, her cold tone somewhat unwilling:
“Plus my temper, you suddenly realized that those rumors about me on weekdays are not all false, so you’re afraid that I’m the kind of person who bullies others because of my family background.”
Tang Ying’s expression was always indifferent, but her danfeng eyes, which were secretly looking at Gu Wan Jun, revealed an expectation that others couldn’t easily detect.
She was expecting Gu Wan Jun to deny her words.
But who would have thought that as soon as she finished speaking, Gu Wan Jun actually lowered her head and laughed, seeming to breathe a sigh of relief.
This smile came inexplicably. Tang Ying frowned and began to get a little anxious:
“What are you laughing at?”
“I’m laughing at myself. I was originally afraid that if I became friends with someone with your background, others would think that I was intentionally trying to climb up the social ladder.”
Gu Wan Jun’s tone was light, not knowing what she was being light about. This directly made Tang Ying angry:
“Who the hell is full and dare to talk nonsense to you like this? Tell me, I’ll curse him to death.”
Compared to Tang Ying’s emotional agitation, Gu Wan Jun still had a meaningful smile on her face:
“It’s understandable for others to think that way. Don’t you think that I’m trying to climb up the social ladder by being friends with you?”
“?”
Tang Ying was speechless, her face instantly turning black:
“Gu Wan Jun, are you sick? There are a lot of people waiting to curry favor with me, why would I have to pick you? We can be friends because I like you as a person, don’t talk nonsense here and make me uncomfortable!”
“Yes, we can be friends because I also like you as a person, and it has nothing to do with other external conditions. This applies to you, and it also applies to me.”
“…”
The topic developed in an unexpected direction. Tang Ying was obviously stunned. She saw Gu Wan Jun gradually put away her smile, her tone quite serious:
“Tang Ying, we are friends. I will not doubt you or our friendship because of anyone else or any reason. You don’t believe in your judgment in choosing friends, that’s your fault. I trust my judgment in choosing friends very much.”
“…”
When she said the second half of the sentence, a gentle smile bloomed on Gu Wan Jun’s lips again. The sincere and ardent words burned into Tang Ying’s heart so suddenly.
Tang Ying couldn’t remember how many years it had been since she had heard a friend say such words to her.
With a prominent political and business family background and a cold, unapproachable personality like a hedgehog, Tang Ying had never had any true friends since she was a child.
She couldn’t stand the people who flattered her, and the people she liked couldn’t understand the fragility and subtext hidden behind her cold armor. After a brief period of interaction, most people thought she was a rich second generation who bullied others. Tang Ying was also a person who was unwilling to explain and would never take the initiative to bow her head. In the end, the two sides always broke up unhappily and never saw each other again.
Tang Ying knew that she was a difficult person to get along with, and she also knew that it was difficult for her to make true friends who were willing to understand her, understand her, and tolerate her. So from that time on, she kept telling herself in her heart, what are friends? She doesn’t need them at all, she can have fun by herself.
But is it really unnecessary?
Only Tang Ying herself knew the answer.
Coming to Ningcheng No. 1 High School as a teacher was her mother’s idea, and Tang Ying also wanted to find something to do for herself. However, she never expected that she would meet a friend like Gu Wan Jun.
…
Her thick eyelashes fluttered quickly like a butterfly flapping its wings. Tang Ying stared at Gu Wan Jun. After a few seconds, she took out a small mirror from her bag and checked if her false eyelashes had fallen off, and didn’t forget to throw out a cold “annoying” from her mouth.
After adjusting her emotions, Tang Ying briefly told Gu Wan Jun about her family and her parents. Only then did Gu Wan Jun know that Tang Ying’s surname was actually her mother’s. No wonder she didn’t see the surname Tang among the school’s sponsors.
As for why Tang Ying was angry at the beginning, Tang Ying just said that her mother called her just now, and the two had disagreements and quarreled. As for the reason for the quarrel, Tang Ying said bluntly that she was not in the mood to mention that matter now, and would tell Gu Wan Jun later if she had the chance.
After a heart-to-heart talk, Gu Wan Jun returned to the Chinese language office to grade papers. Tang Ying, who had classes in the afternoon, ordered takeout and had it delivered to the Chinese language office. She sat by the window, eating lunch and watching Gu Wan Jun grade homework. The two of them chatted from time to time.
——
From this day on, Chen Lu never saw Gao Chuan in the Chinese language office again.
Although she didn’t know the reason, Chen Lu couldn’t help but be happy when she discovered that the “plaid shirt” seemed to have completely disappeared from Gu Wan Jun’s side.
If you want to pursue Gu Wan Jun, the “plaid shirt” is far from enough.
As for the movie on Sunday, first, she was afraid of running into Gao Chuan, and second, Chen Lu had two novels that were due soon. Gu Wan Jun was also busy preparing for her upcoming open class, so in the end, the two of them discussed finding time to go later.
——
After making things clear with Gao Chuan, although the conversation process was a bit unpleasant at the time, Gu Wan Jun thought that the matter had come to an end. But who would have thought that two weeks later, she would get into big trouble because of this.
This afternoon.
As usual, Gu Wan Jun returned to the Chinese language office after finishing class in Class 1.
As she was about to walk to the office door, two teachers from other offices walked towards her. Gu Wan Jun smiled and nodded to say hello, and the other two also nodded in response.
After the three of them passed each other, Gu Wan Jun happened to walk to the door of the Chinese language office.
When she opened the office door, Gu Wan Jun suddenly caught a glimpse of the two female teachers who had just greeted her seeming to be looking at her, whispering something. When she turned her head to look at them, the two immediately turned their heads back and walked forward on their own, as if nothing had happened.
Were they talking about her?
Although she had a strange and ominous premonition, Gu Wan Jun didn’t take this trivial matter to heart at the moment.
But when she opened the door and entered the office, she witnessed several teachers in the office chatting about something one second and immediately falling silent when they saw her come in. Whether it was a psychological effect or the reality, the Chinese language office suddenly fell into an eerie silence because of her arrival.
What’s wrong with everyone? What happened?
Gu Wan Jun realized that she might have been too busy recently and hadn’t paid much attention to the outside world. It seemed that something she didn’t know was quietly happening.
However, Li Bing and Yang Jin Feng, who were closest to her, were not in the office, and Gu Wan Jun didn’t even have anyone to ask.
Looking around, Gu Wan Jun took the initiative to start a topic:
“I asked the students to bring back the test papers and answer sheets that were printed yesterday. Everyone can ask the class representatives to check them.”
“…”
As soon as these words came out, the teachers in the room looked at each other. Everyone was silent for a while, and then they agreed with “uh-huh” and “ah-ah”. Their tone was not cold, but it was definitely not as enthusiastic as before.
Moreover, everyone seemed to be avoiding Gu Wan Jun’s gaze, which further confirmed Gu Wan Jun’s guess.
Yes, something she didn’t know must have happened, and this matter was most likely related to her.
Gu Wan Jun picked up her phone and opened the chat box with Li Bing. She typed to ask if there was anything going on in the office recently. She had been busy with the open class recently, and had she missed anything?
Two minutes later, Li Bing’s messages popped up on the screen one after another——
[Did you hear what they said??]
[Hey, actually it’s not a big deal. It should be gossip that everyone heard from somewhere, just talking nonsense.]
[Isn’t it mainly because you’re excellent and beautiful? But you’ve never had a boyfriend, and you didn’t react much when someone pursued you some time ago. Everyone may be puzzled about this, and they said a few more words when chatting, so all kinds of speculative comments popped up.]
[Some said that you’re getting old, why are you so indifferent to pursuers? Are you a non-marriage advocate? Others said that your sexual orientation is abnormal, and you seem to only smile gently at female teachers or female students. When you meet the opposite sex, you have that kind of official fake smile. For example, you and Tang Ying are close, and many people can’t understand it, so some people speculate that you are a lesbian. Aiya, actually there are all kinds of things being said, just don’t take it to heart. I believe you are a normal person.]
[……]
Although it could be seen that Li Bing seemed to have tried her best to say things euphemistically, words such as [getting old], [abnormal sexual orientation], [normal person], [many people don’t understand being close to Tang Ying] still made Gu Wan Jun frown.
Is twenty-eight years old old?
Is not getting married at twenty-eight an unforgivable crime?
What does abnormal sexual orientation mean?
Is it only those who like men who can be called normal people?
What’s so incomprehensible about being close to Tang Ying? Why is it always women who harbor malice towards women?
Gu Wan Jun never engages in that set of gender opposition. She respects every sexual orientation, and she also doesn’t think that heterosexuals are superior to people who are non-marriage advocates or homosexuals.
Li Bing’s messages were still popping up one after another, just repeating the content of those rumors. The more Gu Wan Jun looked, the uglier her face became.
Especially when she saw the text with [Chen Lu] appearing.
She was poked painfully when she squeezed her phone. The peach blossom eyes, which were usually as gentle as water, gradually became angry. A storm was about to come. Gu Wan Jun now wanted to know who the source of this rumor was.
But just as Gu Wan Jun was starting to go through the list in her head, the phone she had just put down vibrated twice. Before picking up the phone, Gu Wan Jun noticed that the other teachers in the office seemed to be looking in her direction with their phones in hand.
Unlocking to view the message, as expected, it was the academic dean Lu Jianghong who suddenly @ed Gu Wan Jun in the teachers’ group and asked her to come to the office.
——
Third floor, academic dean’s office.
Before coming, Gu Wan Jun had a premonition that Lu Jianghong was probably looking for her because of the rumors that Li Bing had mentioned. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to @ her in the big group.
As expected, Gu Wan Jun’s prediction came true. As soon as she entered the office and sat down, Lu Jianghong opened his mouth and asked her if she had heard anything recently.
“I’ve been preparing for the open class recently, and my schedule has been very tight. Dean Lu, you know this.” Gu Wan Jun told the truth.
“Yes, I know this.”
Lu Jianghong adjusted his reading glasses, seeming to think that the next topic was difficult to start, so he simply changed the direction of entry:
“I heard that Teacher Gu is from Yunjiang City, do you have a boyfriend?”
This topic was asked awkwardly, and Gu Wan Jun answered directly and clearly:
“My emotional life is my private matter and has nothing to do with others. Dean Lu, please speak directly, don’t beat around the bush.”
“…”
Hearing Gu Wan Jun say this, Lu Jianghong was silent for two seconds. He picked up the insulated cup beside him, strategically took a sip of water, and cleared his throat before opening his mouth:
“Now that we’ve said this, I’ll be direct. There have been a lot of rumors about Teacher Gu recently, and many teachers have come to me to report the situation. I’m looking for you to understand the situation. What do you think about others saying that you are close to the same sex?”
“…”
Sure enough, it was this matter.
Gu Wan Jun suppressed the emotions in her heart and responded as calmly as possible:
“I don’t know what everyone’s definition of being close is. There are female teachers in the Chinese language office, and the liberal arts classes I teach are also mostly female students. It’s normal for me to have more contact with the same sex. As for the others, Teacher Tang Ying from the liberal arts office and I are good friends. Isn’t it normal for friends to communicate?”
“…”
Hearing Tang Ying’s name, Lu Jianghong’s expression changed. He hurriedly explained:
“I’m not talking about Teacher Tang, I understand her situation.”
Lu Jianghong’s so-called understanding was just deduced from Tang Ying’s family background. Generally, in this kind of family where someone is in politics, the control over their children’s marriage is quite strict. Tang Ying should not be in this kind of situation.
Seeing that Lu Jianghong denied the part of the rumors related to Tang Ying, Gu Wan Jun breathed a sigh of relief, but Lu Jianghong’s next words made her frown again.
“I heard that you have a good relationship with that child Chen Lu, you go to school and leave school together every day, and you seem to have lunch together?”
“…”
What does this mean? Does it mean that in the end, she is suspected of being with Chen Lu?
Involving Chen Lu, as if she had been touched on her reverse scale, a cold chill surged into the bottom of her peach blossom eyes. Gu Wan Jun stared at Lu Jianghong, with a surge of strong force in her tone, without any concealment:
“Yes, she and I live across the street, we go to school and leave school together every day, and we also have lunch together, so what? Is there any problem with this? What do you want to say? You don’t want to say that my relationship with Chen Lu is abnormal, do you? Is that what you mean?”
“…”
Gu Wan Jun’s three consecutive questions confused Lu Jianghong. He picked up the insulated cup and put it down again. Lu Jianghong tried to explain:
“This matter, Teacher Gu, don’t get excited, I don’t mean that——”
“Then what does it mean?”
Gu Wan Jun stood up directly. Her expression was cold, and a pair of eyes brewing with stormy waves stared at Lu Jianghong, categorically:
“I am a teacher, I know what I should do and what I shouldn’t do, how could I have an affair with a student? From the bottom of my heart, I treat Chen Lu as my younger sister. Whoever spreads rumors about me and Chen Lu in front of you, you call him over to confront me. I want to see what he can make up.”
“…”
Gu Wan Jun, who has always been known for her gentle and easy-going personality, also had a moment when she slammed the table with a cold face to denounce others.
Even during the last time when Fu Yi Wen was falsely accused of plagiarism, Lu Jianghong had never seen Gu Wan Jun with such a strong momentum. For a time, he was also a little flustered, and he didn’t even care about drinking the tea. He quickly laughed and comforted her:
“Don’t get excited, don’t get excited, I believe in your character, Teacher Gu, but isn’t it always someone who comes to me to report the situation? Rumors are terrible, I just want to find you to understand what the situation is, I don’t mean anything else. Since Teacher Gu said no, then there is no, I believe you 100%.”
After saying the polite words that should be said, Lu Jianghong smacked his lips. He looked at Gu Wan Jun’s face and tentatively continued:
“However, I still hope that Teacher Gu will slightly control the measure of getting along with students in the future. Of course, the rumors are definitely not true, but as a homeroom teacher, if you get too close to a certain student, it will be bad if it causes dissatisfaction among other students’ parents, don’t you think?”
“I will do my job well. Since I took over Class 12, I have treated every student equally. Both the students themselves and the parents have seen it, and I have a clear conscience.”
Gu Wan Jun paused, her tone unquestionable, with no intention of compromising at all:
“As for how to arrange the time outside of school, that is my freedom. If Dean Lu thinks this is a trouble, you can dismiss me at any time, but I must say one thing, whether it is to the students, the parents, or the school, I, Gu Wan Jun, have a clear conscience. If anyone spreads those rumors again, or even involves other innocent students, I will directly find him and confront him face to face. You say I have a problem, okay, no problem, but if I catch you and you can’t produce evidence, slander me, then I’m sorry, this matter is not over.”
“…”
——
When she came out of the principal’s office, Gu Wan Jun thought that this matter was definitely related to Gao Chuan.
It was already too much to just spread rumors about her, but now he even brought Chen Lu in?!
Gu Wan Jun planned to go to the math office to ask what was going on, but when she reached the fourth floor, she happened to run into Tang Ying who was holding her phone and preparing to go downstairs to find someone.
Tang Ying was also preparing for the open class during this time. She disliked seeing Sun Li Xia’s eyes in the office, and even found an empty classroom to work in alone. Most of the time, she was not in the office. Even if Fu Yi Wen wanted to ask her English questions, she had to go to the empty classroom. Like Gu Wan Jun a few minutes ago, she knew nothing about the recent rumors.
…
“I muted the teachers’ group. I went to the office just now to find you to switch classes and found that you weren’t there. Teacher Yang Jin Feng, who was sitting opposite your desk, said that Lu Jianghong @ed you in the big group and you might have gone to the academic dean’s office. What’s wrong? What did Lu Jianghong ask you to say?”
“It’s nothing.”
“It’s nothing?” Tang Ying raised her eyebrows and said coldly: “Why are you smiling more ugly than crying when it’s nothing?”
“…”
Gu Wan Jun touched the corner of her mouth, which was smiling stiffly, and then helplessly rubbed her forehead.
Seeming to have noticed what this person was thinking about, Tang Ying directly pulled her downstairs, ignoring Gu Wan Jun’s refusal and obstruction.
On the stairs, the two also ran into several teachers from other offices. They kept staring at the two of them.
But Tang Ying acted as if she didn’t see them.
She directly pulled Gu Wan Jun to an empty classroom near the third floor, and a series of actions such as opening the door and locking it were completed in one go. Then Tang Ying leaned half of her body against a table and stared straight at Gu Wan Jun:
“Alright, say whatever you want to say here. I’ll warn you first, don’t think about lying to me.”
“…”
Seeing that she couldn’t hide it, Gu Wan Jun had no choice but to tell Tang Ying the general ins and outs of the matter.
“What? Someone said you’re a lesbian?” Tang Ying raised her eyebrows, her voice raised several degrees.
“Yeah.”
“Then are you?”
“…?”
Gu Wan Jun was a little confused by the question.
Is this the point!?
…
“To be honest, I don’t know either. I look at people based on feeling, not gender.”
Gu Wan Jun sighed and told the truth:
“But what I can be sure of is that I really only treat you as a good friend. I definitely don’t have any other ideas about you, let alone——”
“Wait, they suspect that you and I are a couple??”
“Yeah.”
“Are they blind?”
Tang Ying snorted coldly speechlessly, but didn’t forget to sigh on her lips: “But two beauties standing together are indeed pleasing to the eye, a million times better than those dead men.”
“???”
Tang Ying’s answer completely exceeded Gu Wan Jun’s expectations.
This sounds too wrong.
Could it be that Tang Ying isn’t straight either?
Wait, why did she subconsciously use “either”?
…
Over there, Gu Wan Jun’s thoughts were already a mess, and over here, as if she had reacted to something, Tang Ying tapped the table with her finger, and there was a bit of hesitation in her cold voice:
“Wait, then I just pulled you in…”
Coming back to her senses, Gu Wan Jun’s expression was helpless, and she nodded in response: “Yeah, I provided gossip material for the people who saw us just now again.”
“Who else did they spread rumors about you with, or is it just me?”
“There’s also Chen Lu.”
Mentioning Chen Lu, Gu Wan Jun’s expression changed again and again. She just wanted to say “How could I be with Chen Lu?”, but before she could open her mouth, Tang Ying suddenly slapped the table in front of her and raised her eyebrows and smiled:
“Hmm, these people still have some vision. When you’re in the same frame with your little follower, you look more like a couple than when you’re with me.”
“…”
Although she could tell that Tang Ying was joking, Gu Wan Jun’s face was still so serious that she could call the police.
As for Tang Ying’s own meaning?
She was half joking when she said this. She did think that Gu Wan Jun and Chen Lu’s emotional magnetic field was different when they were in the same frame, but she didn’t think that the two of them would have anything going on.
But in the next second, seeing Gu Wan Jun’s face suddenly change when she heard about Chen Lu, a certain unspeakable thought flashed through Tang Ying’s mind. She didn’t have time to think about it carefully. The most urgent task was to help Gu Wan Jun solve the problem first.
“How does Lu Jianghong plan to deal with you?”
“He didn’t say he was going to deal with me. After all, these are just rumors, and there is no evidence at all, but he reminded me to pay attention to the measure of getting along with Chen Lu.”
“What are you planning to do?”
“The upright will clear themselves. I have a clear conscience. How it was before, how it will be in the future.”
“You have personality, I like it.”
Tang Ying looked satisfied and admired. She raised her eyes and said straight to the point: “Tell me if you need my help.”
Since the matter was urgent, Gu Wan Jun didn’t stand on ceremony with Tang Ying. She said directly:
“I want to know who the rumors came from. Do you have a way to investigate it? I currently have a candidate, but I’m not sure yet.”
“Who?”
“Gao Chuan.”
“…”
——
Afternoon, after the second class.
Chen Lu came to the Chinese language office to pick up homework, but Gu Wan Jun was not in the office.
Li Bing and Yang Jin Feng also had their own classes and were not in the office. Just as Chen Lu was hesitating whether to wait in the office for a while or come again in the next class, a nearly fifty-year-old Chinese language teacher at the next desk suddenly took the initiative to talk:
“Are you here to find your teacher?”
“Yeah.”
“She’s been out for half a day. She might still be in the principal’s office and hasn’t come back yet. What’s the matter?”
“…”
Principal’s office?
The “plagiarism incident” last time is still vivid in her mind. Could it be that something happened again?
Chen Lu’s heart sank. She squeezed her cuffs and comforted herself not to think too much, but then she heard the Chinese language teacher who was talking to her continue:
“Your current homeroom teacher has only been with you for less than a year, right? Your class was led by Xiao Zheng before. How is it? Do you like your Teacher Zheng Wei more or your current teacher?”
“…”
Chen Lu didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she always felt that this was very purposeful. Moreover, as soon as this question was asked, it seemed that the other teachers also looked in her direction, as if everyone was waiting for her answer.
Chen Lu felt this kind of feeling of being on pins and needles not for the first time. From the beginning of the previous two days, she felt that the atmosphere in the entire Chinese language office was not quite right as soon as she entered the Chinese language office. However, Gu Wan Jun had been busy with the open class and only ended this morning, so she never found a suitable opportunity to ask.
Which link went wrong? Why did she feel that these teachers looked at her a little strange?
…
Seeing that Chen Lu remained silent, the Chinese language teacher who took the initiative to start the topic wanted to continue to ask, but the office door suddenly opened.
Gu Wan Jun was back.
The Chinese language teacher who had taken the initiative to talk turned her head to look at the teaching plan in her hand and stopped talking. The other teachers also lowered their heads to do their own things, pretending that nothing had happened.
But Gu Wan Jun noticed something was wrong from Chen Lu’s micro-expressions and the subtle atmosphere in the office at this moment. She glanced at the others, tried to suppress her emotions, and then smiled at Chen Lu, her tone as gentle as ever:
“You’re here, to pick up homework, right? I took it down from the bookshelf. That stack on the table is it.”
“Yeah.”
Chen Lu nodded. She tried to see something from Gu Wan Jun’s face, but the expression on that face was too peaceful and composed, and she couldn’t see anything at all.
After receiving the test paper, Chen Lu left the office.
As soon as Chen Lu left, the smile on Gu Wan Jun’s lips gradually faded. She turned around and knocked on her desk, attracting the attention of the others in the office to herself:
“I’ll take up a little of everyone’s time. I’ve been busy with the open class during this time, and I just found out recently that there are some rumors about me.”
“Dean Lu just talked to me about this issue. I can clearly state here that the so-called gossip that everyone has heard is purely rumors.”
“Originally, I didn’t plan to say these things until I caught the person who spread the rumors, but now it seems that I have to say it.”
“If any of you teachers have any opinions about me, you can directly come to me and mention it to my face. Don’t implicate some irrelevant people, especially my students. They are now in a critical period of learning. All of you teachers know this very well. I don’t need to say more, right?”
“You teachers don’t have to worry either. The truth will come to light soon. If I can’t catch the person who spread the rumors, I will take the initiative to resign.”
“…”
As soon as the words fell, the teachers present looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Gu Wan Jun’s tone was light and breezy throughout the whole process, but hearing the end, everyone could hear the seriousness of the matter.
The social environment has a very low tolerance for topics related to homosexuality, not to mention Ningcheng, a small and isolated county. Almost everyone regards homosexuals as “freaks”.
As a result, when they heard that Gu Wan Jun might be a lesbian, and thought that Gu Wan Jun really didn’t have a boyfriend in real life and didn’t get married, and it did seem that she had a better relationship with the same sex, everyone had a doubt in their hearts and began to avoid her.
But now, Gu Wan Jun’s words were clear and clear, and she even mentioned resignation, which made everyone have a question mark in their hearts again.
Is Gu Wan Jun a lesbian?
If so, why would she dare to say those words just now so confidently?
If not, then who is the person who spread the rumors? It would be too vicious to make a fuss about this kind of thing.
…