CHAPTER 462: CHAPTER 488: STARTING TROUBLE AGAIN

The principal thought to himself, the education committee already knows about this, things have blown up so much, if I keep protecting you, how will I survive?

These people are definitely going to be dismissed. Whether they bear other responsibilities, the principal doesn’t care anymore.

Those students who secretly bought the exam questions were fined fifty, severely warned once. They were all about to cry, buying the papers already cost them money, now it’s even worse. They might not even pass the exam, if they fail, it’ll be 180!

That night, the school felt like a graveyard, everyone was there studying, preparing for tomorrow’s exam.

As for Sun Chan, nothing happened to her. The principal personally went to apologize, at which point Sun Chan suggested that the teachers who coerced her into taking responsibility be disciplined.

"They know full well I’m innocent, yet they made me take responsibility for nothing just to keep things quiet. I can’t accept that. Moreover, they subtly threatened me; if they can do this to me today, they can do it to others tomorrow. Without punishing them, I’ll still have to report it to higher authorities."

The principal didn’t care about Sun Chan, but he cared about the people behind her.

Liu Enming knew Sun Chan was unlucky this time and directly reported it to the education committee. If it wasn’t handled clearly, it would cause trouble. So he agreed, moved those teachers to non-teaching positions, and reduced their salary by thirty a month.

The teachers were all dumbfounded, but by this point, they knew they’d hit a hard wall and were unable to express their anger openly.

Sun Chan naturally had to thank Liu Enming: "Thank you so much for handling this matter. I know if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have gotten through this so quickly."

Liu Enming said, "No problem, actually I feel regretful, the whole society is like this, and only a few of us can’t make much of a difference."

Sun Chan shook her head with a smile and said, "I think it’s great! You might not change others, but you can’t let yourself be assimilated. Because of upright people like you, many have benefited, I’m proud to be your friend!"

Liu Enming was reassured, smiling and nodding.

Throughout this entire incident, Wu Qiong kept her head down, never stepping forward. Acting like it had nothing to do with her.

But the first person Sun Chan suspected was her, and when she returned home, she told Gu Junming about the matter.

Gu Junming said, "I think so too, it’s very likely Wu Qiong did it. Do you want to confront her?"

"There’s no evidence. That report letter, the principal said he didn’t know where it went, obviously wanting to smooth things over." Without seeing the report letter, you can’t identify who it was, thus unable to trace it back to Wu Qiong.

Gu Junming served food to Sun Chan, advising: "You should prepare for the exam now. There will be opportunities to deal with her later."

"I’m thinking the same."

As they were talking, a commotion came from upstairs, Ai Mei and Liu Gang were arguing again.

They’ve been arguing for days, but unlike before when Liu Gang had the upper hand, now it was Ai Mei who had the advantage. She had caught Liu Gang’s weakness and was no longer the docile and pitiful woman she used to be.

Holding up her chin, she argued with her husband the whole night, crying and shouting, disturbing everyone’s sleep in the building.

Gu Junming vaguely overheard words like ’salary’ and ’sending money’, and asked what was going on.

Sun Chan explained to Gu Junming: "I also heard from Zheng Lijuan, Ai Mei doesn’t let her husband send so much money home every month anymore."

Previously Ai Mei was lacking confidence and most of Liu Gang’s salary was sent home for his parents to save. He told her his earnings are his own, while she doesn’t have a job, so what right does she have to manage it?

Ai Mei received nothing but grocery money daily, and every night she had to account for what she bought, spending a penny more required a long argument. But now Ai Mei has turned the tables, demanding half of Liu Gang’s salary for herself.

She said, "I’m a housewife too, there are plenty of women in the compound without jobs, yet their husband’s salary is in their hands, why should I be a free laborer for you? If you don’t give me the salary, I’ll talk to your leader, say you’re doing this on purpose. You want to divorce me and kick me out!"

Liu Gang loved power and money, of course he wasn’t willing, and so they had a tug-of-war for half a month, which was quite chaotic.

Gu Junming heard the noise outside and furrowed his brows: "It’s getting like a marketplace here, Liu Gang is really getting out of hand!" This was a military district compound, how could there be such chaos every few days!

Just as they were talking, they heard Ai Mei’s scream, followed by the thudding sound of something falling down the stairs.

"Did they fight again?" Sun Chan stood up and went outside.

Gu Junming followed her out, opening the door to find Liu Gang on the ground, not Ai Mei!

Liu Gang’s head had hit something, causing bleeding, and he lay there panting heavily.

"Help me..."

Several families exclaimed in surprise, rushing over to help him. Although Liu Gang’s character was questionable, he was still a comrade, and couldn’t be left to suffer, right? Opposite, the door surprisingly opened, and Sun Chan froze, could it be Battalion Commander Zhao lived here?

Seeing the woman behind him, Sun Chan and Gu Junming knew what had happened. Has he remarried?

This time Battalion Commander Zhao acted swiftly; shortly after Bai Fanglan’s divorce, he found another woman, a widowed nurse, also a military hospital servicemember.

She was two years older than Battalion Commander Zhao, her husband was a soldier who died of stomach cancer last year. Her siblings worried she’d stay at her parents’, urgently pushed her to remarry, and the woman herself was also anxious. She married Battalion Commander Zhao after meeting only three or four times, quietly moved over.

Fortunately, the couple’s relationship was quite good. But they were a bit embarrassed to tell everyone, kept it low profile when moving in. Gu Junming and Sun Chan didn’t know.

Battalion Commander Zhao awkwardly smiled, came over to support Liu Gang: "Can you walk?"

"It hurts, is my leg broken?"

"It shouldn’t be, looks okay to me." Battalion Commander Zhao’s wife came over to check: "Better visit the medical room, the head injury seems the most serious to me."

Liu Gang weakly nodded: "It’s troubling everyone."

Everyone assured him it was no problem, promptly took him to the medical room.

Sun Chan and Gu Junming didn’t go, since their relation with Liu Gang was such, no need to pretend to be generous. So they just asked briefly and let it be. No one was home at Tian Jian’s place opposite, presumably, they hadn’t returned.

As Sun Chan was heading back, she saw Ai Mei standing alone on the stairs crying, curiously asked: "What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you going, Liu Gang now..."

"I didn’t push him." Ai Mei shouted while breaking down; "I really didn’t push him, I don’t know how he fell! What’s going on?"