Chapter 190
Two days later, Tiancheng and the principal arrived at the school early as usual. It was breakfast time, but many students were crowded in front of the announcement wall and were talking, as if a new notice was posted there.
The principal did not remember that a new notice was about to be released in the school today, so he walked over. When the students found him, they turned around to salute. When they heard him ask what they were looking at, everyone's expressions became strange, and they looked at each other in a glance, but no one answered.
He and the principal were suspicious and separated the students. They walked to the wall by themselves. They looked up and found that there were more than ten handwritten big-character posters sticking out of them. When they saw the content clearly, they suddenly became angry and pointed at them and asked, "Who posted them?"
The students shook their heads in a hurry. One of them said that he was the first to discover here in the morning. It was already there at that time. It should have been secretly posted by someone last night.
The principal raised his hand and tore up a few big-character posters in front of him. Several students nearby also came up to help. He ordered him to disband on the spot. Seeing that he was angry, everyone did not dare to see through the air and immediately scattered.
The principal entered the office and looked at the big-character posters that he had just crumpled. He was about to ask the assistant to call the provost to investigate who did it last night, but when he saw that the assistant wanted to speak, he asked what he was doing.
Assistant, Su Xuezhi, he knew that he was the most proud and favorite student. Although he had graduated, there were still news exchanges between teachers and students. After hesitation, he knew that this matter could not be hidden, so he handed over today's morning newspaper and said hesitantly that just now, he accidentally saw that there was a little news related to this in the newspaper.
The principal was shocked and took the newspaper and read it. Sure enough, there was an unfamiliar article on the sub-page titled "On the Improvement of Government Credibility". The content listed the various shortcomings of many departments of the government agencies today and called for the pursuing of discipline. For example, someone in the group had a high position and was indifferent to the dignity and had a long-term unjust relationship with the civil servants of another health department. This was an inhumane custom and had a great bad impact on society. Although he did not name the name, the direction of the identity description was very clear. As long as he paid attention to current affairs, it would not be difficult to guess the identities of the two.
When the principal saw that the words "官网" appeared in the article, he could no longer bear it and slapped the newspaper on the table: "It's outrageous! The big newspapers that were publicly issued actually published such articles! They are insinuated and extremely dirty! Whose instructed me? It's a shame! A great shame!"
The accident that happened at the Wang family’s wedding two days ago was later suppressed for various reasons and was forbidden to be reported. Therefore, the principal did not know that He Hanzhu had ever shown up, and thought he was still away, and he did not know that Su Xuezhi had also left Beijing.
After he became angry, he quickly calmed down. Those people were doing everything they could to attack He Hanzhu and destroy his reputation and prestige. Since the big-character posters were posted here, Xiao Su must have been affected. The principal was worried about his students at the first time and was about to call her. A faculty member hurriedly came and said that there were many people who called themselves journalists who were actually writing for various messy tabloids. They seemed to want to sneak in and interview students. They were blocked by the gate post, but they were like flies and rushed back, just not leaving, asking what to do.
One wave after another, it was overwhelming. The principal was increasingly sure that someone was manipulating the matter. He held back his anger and closed the door tightly and refused to let anyone in. Then he immediately called the West Fair, but it couldn't get through. He called Mr. Zong again, and the line was occupied. When he was anxious, the assistant rushed in, raised a letter in his hand and shouted: "Principal, someone just sent a letter saying that he was entrusted by Xiao Su, please tell me, Principal!"
The principal was stunned and hurriedly took it, and couldn't wait to open it.
This letter was written by Su Xuezhi long ago and sent it two days ago.
She said at the beginning that when the principal saw this letter, she should have left the capital and would not come back in the short term. She recalled that she had received all kinds of teachings and care from the principal after she came to the medical school, and expressed her sincere respect and gratitude. She was very guilty for leaving without saying goodbye and hoped that the principal would forgive her. She also submitted her resignation to the Health Department, but did not tell Mr. Zong that she was leaving the capital. She troubled the principal, and she would convey her same gratitude and guilt to Mr. Zong in the future.
In addition to saying goodbye, Su Xuezhi explained another thing to the principal in the letter about her true identity. She told the principal that due to family reasons, she had been showing her status as a man since she was a child. Therefore, two years ago, after an accident at home, she continued to come here to study as a man, and concealed her identity to this day. She knew that this violated the school rules. The more she cared for her, the more she felt guilty of hiding her. She was about to leave and could not continue to hide it anyway. Out of respect, she decided to tell the truth and sincerely hoped that the principal would forgive her deception again.
She also mentioned her and He Hanzhu. She told the principal that when He Hanzhu was the introduction, he did not intend to deceive the school. He did not know her true identity at first. He thought he was a man. It was later that he discovered her true identity inadvertently as the contact between the two increased.
Finally, she told the principal that after experiencing many things together, she and He Hanzhu gradually got to know each other and became a good impression. Now, they also have a common understanding of wanting to be a partner with each other and spend their whole life together. She hopes that their union can be blessed by their respected teachers.
The principal looked down at the letter, and the assistant was waiting. Seeing that he was staring at the letter paper in his hand without blinking, he seemed to be surprised and shocked. However, in just a short moment, his expression changed several times. I don’t know what was said in the letter. I was nervous when the phone suddenly rang.
Seeing that the principal was still staring at the letter, the assistant answered the phone, said a few words, and turned around and said, "Principal, Mr. Zong called you. He has something to say to you..."
Then the principal and the other party seemed to wake up from a dream and took the microphone.
The situation in the Health Department this morning was not much better than that in the school. Not only were there big-character posters posted outside early in the morning, but there were also tabloid reporters blocking the gate to inquire about Su Xuezhi’s news. The reason why the principal could not make a phone call just now was that Mr. Zong was dealing with people. At this moment, he finally got free and immediately contacted the principal and asked what was going on.
After listening to the principal, he looked at the letter in his hand again. Suddenly, without warning, he spoke.
"Xiao Su is a woman! Xiao Su is a woman! Xiao Su is a woman! Do you believe it? I tell you, this is true! It's true!"
I said to the principal three times in a row to the microphone. After saying that, I laughed up in my back, and the laughter was extremely refreshing, sweeping away all my worries and anger this morning.
Mr. Zong was shocked: "What, Xiao Su is a woman? How is this possible!"
"Yes! I tell you, it's true!" the principal nodded, "So, you don't have to care about the rumors maliciously spread by villains!" He finished speaking, sincerely happy.
After a moment, Mr. Zong finally reacted from the huge shock: "When did you know?"
The principal glanced at the letter in his hand and was about to speak, but paused and made a decision.
He first told Su Xuezhi about the special situation mentioned in the letter about her disguised as a man since childhood, and then told Mr. Zong that she and He Hanzhu were in love with each other and left Beijing a few days ago, and entrusted himself to apologize to Mr. Zong on her behalf. As for the reason for the separation without saying goodbye, there is no need to say much, the two of them naturally knew it.
Finally, the principal said: "Actually, when I first entered the school, Xiao Su had already told me the truth about her identity. At that time, I saw that she was rare and considered that she had been a man since she was a child, so I agreed to let her stay for school. If the outside world has any doubts about her enrollment as a man in the future, I will take it all. It has nothing to do with Xiao Su!"
Mr. Zong blamed: "Okay! I didn't expect you to hide me too much!" Then he sighed, "I never expected that Xiao Su, a young woman, not only showed such outstanding medical performance, but also rare is that she is persevering and surpassing ordinary people. Looking at what she does, she is the many men in the world who claim to be a beard, and I am afraid she is beyond the reach of the world."
"I was anxious in the morning, but now I'm relieved with this reassurance you gave me. Look at the rumors about it, how long will it be rampant!"
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at the same time on the phone.
On this day, near the Hankou Jiangan Railway Station in the north of the Yangtze River, there were crowds of people. All the powers and gentry from nearby came here led by a local important person, preparing to welcome the arrival of the group.
This person who is about to come is He Hanzhu.
This place is the last stop of the railway from the north to the southwest. After getting off the train here, He Hanzhu changed to the waterway and continued to enter Sichuan along the Yangtze River.
With his influence today and his actual position in the local area, when passing by today, most of the people who used to know him, it was natural for him to come to greet the crowd.
At noon, accompanied by a long whistle sound from far to near, the train arrived on time and slowly stopped beside the platform.
The door of a private car located at the front of the train opened, and several guards got out of the car. Then, He Hanzhu appeared in military uniform, with a smile on his face, and walked out of the car.
Everyone went up to greet each other, and reporters from local newspapers also squeezed up to take a seat to take photos. However, He Hanzhu did not leave immediately, but stopped on the platform at the door of the car, reached out to help the person standing at the door of the car.
Only then did everyone realize that there was a woman walking with him.
This is a young and beautiful woman, wearing a dark blue daily dress, a gray woolen hat, and a warm scarf of the same color on her shoulders. She has neat short hair and a light face. She is not gorgeous in appearance, but she has a generous and elegant temperament.
He Hanzhu held the young woman and stood side by side with her when she got off the train. Seeing everyone looking over, their expressions were different, their eyes fell on the woman beside her, and they smiled and said, "She is the wife I will ask for marriage, Su Xuezhi, Miss Su."
Chapter completed!