Volume 1 Chapter 50: He Even Called the Director!
“What is… this?”
The girl looked at the lines of code and numbers on the A4 paper and scratched her head in confusion. This…
How does this help with the current situation?
“Ahem.”
Gao Liang quietly took back the document and said, “I asked my family to check the poster’s network address today. That person was pretty smart and used a VPN, but we were still able to trace it.”
He pointed at the last line on the paper. “After getting the IP address, I also checked their home address, identity, and the name of the person who made the post.”
Lin Lin froze for a moment, then looked up nervously and asked, “Wh… who is it?”
“I don’t know. It’s a name I don’t recognize. But it’s easy to check. If we go to Teacher Zhu and look at the student list, we should be able to find them.”
Gao Liang was silent for a moment, then continued, “Finding this person is easy. Deleting the post is also easy. But removing the impact…”
As Lin Lin listened, she slowly lowered her head.
He was right. Even if they found the person who spread the rumor and punished them, the damage was already done. The post had spread everywhere, and her reputation at school would probably never be clean again…
She lowered her head sadly. “We… we didn’t even do anything wrong. Why do they get to say things like that about us?”
“Yeah. For now, let’s delete the post first.”
Gao Liang nodded, opened WeChat, and sent a message. A short while later, Lin Lin refreshed the forum and saw that the post was really gone.
There were still a few scattered posts asking why the gossip post disappeared. Lin Lin let out a small sigh of relief, but she still felt uneasy.
Should they find the person who posted it? That person’s methods were really disgusting. But they didn’t say anything directly. Just posted the video and let people imagine things. And the video itself… was real.
“I’m sorry, Lin Lin,” Gao Liang said apologetically. “This is my responsibility. I chose a bad place. That post was made late at night, and by the time I woke up, it had already spread everywhere. I didn’t delete it right away because I was trying to find out who did it.”
Then he added firmly, “But don’t worry. I will definitely clear your name.”
“Mm…”
Lin Lin nodded. She felt a bit touched. She lowered her head, her face slightly red, and kept refreshing the school forum. She was really just trying to distract herself, she didn’t want to see people talking badly about her.
Suddenly, after refreshing, she saw a new post.
She held her breath when she saw the familiar username, it was the same person who posted the video before.
【My post was deleted for no reason. Looks like the people involved are guilty. Reposting! Delete it once, I’ll post it again!】
“Gao Liang, that person posted again.”
Lin Lin quickly shook Gao Liang’s arm and handed him her phone. When Gao Liang saw the title, he froze for a moment, then laughed angrily.
“Looking for death.”
He snorted coldly, stood up, looked at Lin Lin, and reached out his hand as he said softly,
“Lin Lin, come with me to find Teacher Zhu, okay?”
“Mm…”
Lin Lin looked at him with some embarrassment. Then she glanced at the curious looks from the other classmates. In the end, she nodded with a red face, stood up, and the two of them walked out of the classroom, one after the other.
Watching Lin Lin and Gao Liang leave, a female classmate thought for a moment, then lowered her head.
“Actually… I’m a little jealous too…”
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“Ah… I know about this already.”
In the office, Teacher Zhu rubbed her temples with a troubled look. She raised her head and looked at Gao Liang and Lin Lin standing together, then sat up straight and asked seriously:
“The key question is, what exactly were you two doing when you went to that place?”
“Tutoring!” Gao Liang answered immediately. “The place I chose this time really wasn’t appropriate, but I was truly just helping Lin Lin with math tutoring. I’m sorry, teacher. This is my fault. I only wanted to help Lin Lin make up for her losses.”
“Hmm…” Teacher Zhu nodded, half-believing him. She then looked at Lin Lin and blinked gently. “Xiao Lin, is that true?”
“Yes… it is,” the girl said softly, lowering her head with a red face.
“Gao Liang, what kind of place did you even choose? If it were only you saying this, I definitely wouldn’t believe it. But I trust Xiao Lin. And besides, it was my idea for Xiao Lin to get tutoring from Gao Liang in the first place. Go on, if there’s anything I can help with, I will!”
Teacher Zhu turned to her computer, opened a document, and checked the ranking from the last school-wide exam. It didn’t take long for her to find the class of the person whose name Gao Liang had traced.
“Hmm… as expected, it’s this guy from Class 19.”
She pointed at the list and said, “This student was called in by the disciplinary director before for posting things online. His forum account was even banned back then. I didn’t expect him to cause trouble again… Does he really enjoy this kind of thing?”
“This is probably some kind of habit of his,” Gao Liang said coldly. “He even tried to hide his IP. Did he really think I couldn’t find him? Heh.”
“Should I go with you?” Teacher Zhu turned to Gao Liang.
Before he could answer, the office door suddenly opened.
Everyone turned around and saw the disciplinary director walking in quickly and heading straight toward them.
“Director,” Teacher Zhu stood up and closed her laptop. Seeing where he was going, she asked,
“Why are you here?”
“Uh…” The director glanced awkwardly at Gao Liang, whose expression was calm and cold. The director forced a smile and said, “I heard that someone at school is spreading rumors on the forum and damaging a student’s reputation. I came to help deal with it.”
After hearing this, Lin Lin turned to look at Gao Liang, her eyes filled with a bit of admiration. Gao Liang smiled slightly and nodded to the director.
“Thank you for your hard work, Director. We appreciate the school helping protect students’ reputations.”
“Yes, yes, of course,” the director nodded.
Gao Liang continued smoothly. “We’ve already confirmed the identity of the person who posted those false accusations. He’s a student from Class 19, and I heard he’s a repeat offender. Director, could you come with us to Class 19?”
“Oh, him! I know, I know. Haha, I handled his case last time too. I didn’t expect this kid to dare do it again,” the disciplinary director said, nodding quickly. “Alright, alright.”
The group turned and prepared to head straight for Class 19’s classroom. Teacher Zhu tilted her head slightly.
Uh… wait…
This doesn’t feel right. The director looks a bit too cautious this time, Gao Liang is clearly angry, and Xiao Lin is very shy. What if something goes wrong…
“Wait, I’m going too!”
And so…
This strange four-person team rushed all the way to the door of Class 19’s classroom.
Without saying a word, Gao Liang was about to rush inside the classroom, where morning reading was in progress. Teacher Zhu quickly stopped him and coughed.
“Ahem, don’t rush in. Class 19’s homeroom teacher, Teacher Han, is still on the podium.”
Gao Liang took a breath, calmed down a little, nodded, and walked in together with Teacher Zhu.
Lin Lin stood to the side and swallowed nervously.
This Gao Liang guy…
He really seems reliable.