In 2008, a senior high school student threatened to send a lawyer's letter?
Xu Rui didn't take it seriously at all. Even Ding Jiang, the homeroom teacher of Class 2, Senior High, thought it was just a child throwing a tantrum.
However, when the lawyer's letter actually landed in Xu Rui's hands, he panicked.
For Xu Rui, all he had to do was study and take exams. To vent his frustrations, he liked to post online and express himself. Since he didn't use his real name online, he didn't have to take responsibility.
"How could she, a high school student, send a lawyer's letter? It must be fake!"
As Xu Rui spoke, he opened his phone and searched on Baidu: "How to identify fake lawyer's letters."
Following the tips from the search results, Xu Rui checked the format, information, delivery method, and the official seal. Then, his legs and hands went numb.
This was a real lawyer's letter!
What should he do?
Teacher Ding! Yes, find Teacher Ding!
Xu Rui, holding the opened lawyer's letter, went to the teachers' office diagonally across from his classroom.
The gossip queen in the classroom saw Xu Rui walking dejectedly towards the office with a letter and quickly ran to Xu Rui's deskmate.
"What's going on? Is Xu Doudou complaining again?"
Xu Rui's deskmate, while doing calculations, snorted:
"Complaining? It seems someone sent him a lawyer's letter. It's probably from that beautiful top student in Class 6 upstairs, right? This Xu Doudou guy has really kicked a steel plate this time!"
"A lawyer's letter?!"
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"Teacher Ding, what should I do? Liu Chen really sent me a lawyer's letter."
Xu Rui, who had been grinning a few days ago, couldn't smile now with the lawyer's letter in hand. He was only in his senior year; how could Liu Chen bear to send him a lawyer's letter?!
She was trying to ruin him!
Thinking of this, Xu Rui started to cry, his nose running and tears flowing. He stood in the office, sobbing uncontrollably.
Teacher Ding, wearing a wrinkled shirt whose collar, due to oversleeping that morning, hadn't been tidied yet, frowned heavily after hearing Xu Rui's tearful plea. He slammed his hand on the desk: "Preposterous! Come on! I'll take you to her!"
Liu Chen, sitting in her classroom, was thinking about what gift to give Ren Yu for his birthday next Sunday.
Ren Yu had already transferred her 30,000 yuan in profit from their sales software into her bank account these past few days. Should she use this money to buy a gift for Sunday?
Before Liu Chen could decide, she heard someone calling her name from outside the door.
"Liu Chen, come out for a moment."
She looked up and towards the front door. Ah, it was them. It seemed they had received her lawyer's letter, right?
Liu Chen smiled, then stood up and walked to the classroom door. The students in the classroom all put down their books and looked at the two people standing at the door. This pimply-faced boy was the shameless poster. Hmph!
"Teacher, do you need something from me?"
Ding Jiang snorted, frowning at the female student who had caused immense psychological trauma to her classmates but showed no remorse.
"Withdraw the lawyer's letter. If you don't, I'll have to talk to your parents!"
This sentence was essentially a kill move for students. As soon as it was uttered, even the most defiant student would back down. However, Ding Jiang hadn't considered that since Liu Chen dared to send a lawyer's letter, she wouldn't be afraid of parents being called.
At worst, at worst, she could just ask her aunt to handle it again!
Liu Chen shook her head with a smile and looked at Ding Jiang, saying, "I'm very sorry, but it was classmate Xu Rui's choice to send the lawyer's letter at that time. If you want me to withdraw the lawsuit, it's the same as last time: a public apology to the entire school, but this time, it will be during the flag-raising ceremony."
Ding Jiang was stunned to hear this. This girl was actually confronting him head-on?
"Preposterous! Call your parents immediately!"
"Teacher Ding? Liu Chen is my student. If you want to call parents, I suggest you call this male student's parents and see what they say. Liu Chen, it's not your place to manage!"
Lai Jing's voice, not yet arrived, could be heard from the staircase.
Not only the three people confronting each other at the door heard this, but the students of Class 6, Senior High, also heard it clearly. For a moment, everyone couldn't help but whisper "Wow."
Ding Jiang felt a headache dealing with his colleague, Lai Jing, who was wearing a loose cheongsam. He heard that her family had a good relationship with the principal. He pursed his lips and said nothing further.
Seeing Ding Jiang deflated, Xu Rui could only brace himself and ask, "Teacher... then I..."
Ding Jiang glanced at Lai Jing, who had already walked to the podium to supervise the self-study session, and turned to roar at Xu Rui: "What 'then you'? You're already in your senior year, you should solve your own problems!"
Seeing Teacher Ding quickly walking downstairs, Xu Rui panicked and tried to stop Liu Chen, who was about to enter the classroom to teach.
"Classmate, classmate."
Liu Chen entered the classroom directly, without looking back, and said, "If I hear your apology before next week, I can withdraw the lawyer's letter."
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Perhaps it was the effect of the lawyer's letter. The next day, Saturday, after the third class, during the school's flag-raising ceremony, after the national anthem ended and the red flag was raised to the top, as students began to disperse towards the teaching buildings.
"Zizi, bang."
Accompanied by static from the microphone, the teachers and students who were dispersing towards the playground stopped and looked back.
"Hello everyone, I am Xu Rui, the楼主 (OP) of the tieba (forum) post 'Let's talk about that beautiful senior high student who just transferred.' I deeply regret the false remarks I made in this post, which have damaged classmate Liu Chen's reputation. Hereby, classmate Liu Chen, I am very sorry. All of that was fabricated by me. I am truly sorry."
After speaking, he bowed deeply.
The playground immediately became noisy. Those who knew about the post and those who didn't were all whispering to each other.
Before, they had vaguely heard rumors about Liu Chen from Class 6, Senior High, going to confront the OP of the post, but since the post was still up on the forum, everyone had only taken it as a rumor.
But now, it seemed that rumor was true?!
Liu Chen, on the other hand, was subtly surrounded by her classmates from Class 6, Senior High, and escorted back to the classroom.
Upon returning to the classroom, Liu Chen finally opened the note Xu Rui handed her before going on stage.
'Pay attention to a girl named Hu Qian from your previous school. She told me these rumors. I'm sorry.'
Hu Qian?
Liu Chen's gaze showed deep thought. She directly took a picture and sent it to the contact person at the law firm via QQ.
"Ms. Liu, would you like to send a lawyer's letter to this student as well?"
Seeing the reply, Liu Chen raised an eyebrow. This lawyer they hired was quite unique.
"Okay."
Since Hu Qian dared to disrupt her new life, then her life should be disrupted as well!
At this moment, Hu Qian, who was like an invisible person in her own class, hadn't realized that she was about to receive a 'return gift' from her good sister.