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Jiang Weixi clicked on it and saw an unfamiliar ID, added through a high school group chat.

Recipient's Note:

[This is He Luqi. I have some news about Teacher Wei that I'd like to tell you.]

Jiang Weixi was slightly surprised.

He Luqi was her deskmate in junior high school, her first good friend, and the only girl who took the initiative to approach her and say she wanted to be friends.

Unfortunately, He Luqi broke off her friendship with her later because of a boy.

The two had not been in contact for several years.

What happened to Teacher Wei?

Jiang Weixi found the chat box with Teacher Wei, and the chat history was still from the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Then, just a few days ago, she posted "Happy National Day".

Jiang Weixi only realized now that Teacher Wei had not replied to her.

Has something happened to Teacher Wei?

She quickly added He Luqi.

[What happened to Teacher Wei?]

He Luqi replied instantly.

Teacher Wei committed suicide by jumping off a building at school.

Jiang Weixi was startled.

What?

Everything was fine a while ago, how could this suddenly happen?

Jiang Weixi found it unbelievable.

[He Luqi: You can search online for news reports about No. 12 Middle School; they explain it in detail.]

Jiang Weixi searched for related keywords.

The interface popped up many news reports about "[a female teacher from No. 12 Middle School committed suicide by jumping off a building on the first day back to school on National Day]".

The most popular video associated with it was posted by a boy with the online name [天理钊钊].

The boy tearfully accused his junior high school homeroom teacher, Wei Min, of repeatedly calling him to her office under the guise of giving him extra tutoring and sexually harassing him, and of releasing many obscene chat logs between the teacher and him.

[Tianli Zhaozhao]'s real name is Zhang Zhao.

He appealed to everyone that boys also need to be cared for.

Zhang Zhao has a handsome appearance, and with his college background, this video quickly attracted widespread attention and became a hot topic.

The video has 106 million likes.

He gained over 10 followers in just half a month with this one video.

Jiang Weixi frowned throughout his lengthy accusation, her mind blank.

My first thought was—he's spreading rumors and creating a hoax.

Jiang Weixi simply couldn't believe that Teacher Wei would do such a thing.

She asked He Luqi, "How is Teacher Wei doing now?"

[He's been resuscitated and is out of danger. However, he/she is still unconscious.]

[Jiang Weixi: Which hospital is Teacher Wei in? I'd like to visit her.]

He Luqi sent an address: The Third Hospital of Z City.

[He Luqi: Are you coming back?]

[Jiang Weixi: Yes, Teacher Wei has helped me a lot, and now that she's in trouble, I can't just ignore it.]

[He Luqi: Remember to keep the hospital address a secret, don't leak it.]

The next day, Jiang Weixi bought a high-speed rail ticket and arrived in Z city an hour later.

In the ward.

Two young girls and a young boy were accompanying Teacher Wei.

He Luqi, Luo Meimei, Liu Yuan.

All three were former students of Teacher Wei.

When He Luqi saw Jiang Weixi enter, her expression became somewhat unnatural: "You're here..."

Former best friends are now just strangers exchanging polite greetings.

Jiang Weixi: "Hmm..."

Teacher Wei is still unconscious, and his whole body is in a cast.

Jiang Weixi looked around and asked, "Where are Teacher Wei's family members?"

He Luqi: "Teacher Wei's husband has already divorced her. Teacher Wei is from out of town, her parents don't live here, and she's getting old..."

Luo Meimei: "We are all students who have been helped by Teacher Wei. Now no one is willing to take care of the teacher, so we students can only work together to raise medical expenses and take turns taking care of the teacher here."

Liu Yuan was already working and was older than the others. He had some savings and had paid for most of Teacher Wei's medical expenses. However, he was just an ordinary person with limited resources.

Liu Yuan is trying to contact the other classmates.

Teacher Wei has been teaching for 15 years and has taught countless students. Many students believe in her character, are convinced that she has been slandered, and are willing to contribute their modest efforts.

Jiang Weixi sat down by the hospital bed and looked at Teacher Wei, who was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her cheeks sunken. She felt very uncomfortable.

She remembered visiting Teacher Wei last Mid-Autumn Festival. Teacher Wei still had rosy cheeks and a smiling face. She never expected that just one year later, he would become like this.

The doctor knocked on the door and came in to urge them to pay the bill. The young people looked at each other in bewilderment.

The girls all looked at Liu Yuan.

As the oldest and only office worker here, Liu Yuan showed a hint of embarrassment on his face.

He doesn't have much money left, and he still has mortgage and car loan payments to make every month, so he's under a lot of financial pressure.

Jiang Weixi stood up and volunteered, "I'll go."

She followed them to the payment window and paid 20,000 yuan in one go.

Jiang Weixi loves money and is also short of money, but at this moment she still took almost all of her savings to pay the medical expenses of someone who is not related to her by blood.

But she felt it was worth it.

Because when she was 15 years old, the day before the high school entrance exam, she was locked in the woodshed by her great-aunt and unable to take the exam. It was Teacher Wei who brought people to the village in time to rescue her, so she was able to take the exam and successfully enter high school.

Later, Teacher Wei paid half of her high school tuition and living expenses and also helped her apply for a poverty subsidy.

Ms. Wei briefly took on the role of a mother in her life.

Now that she has money, she naturally can't just stand by and watch Teacher Wei lie in the hospital bed and do nothing.

When Jiang Weixi returned to her hospital room, she found herself added to a group chat.

The group is called [Teacher Wei's Support Group].

There are 32 people inside, all of whom are students willing to help Teacher Wei, and almost all of them have received help before.

Jiang Weixi stayed in the hospital for two days, but Teacher Wei still hadn't woken up. She and Luo Meimei became quite familiar with each other.

Luo Meimei said, "Teacher Wei's husband has remarried."

Jiang Weixi frowned: "Didn't they just get divorced not long ago?"

"Her husband must have cheated on her a long time ago, and that mistress is already pregnant. Even without this media storm, Ms. Wei would still be divorced."

"So, Ms. Wei's suicide wasn't solely due to being slandered by her students, but also because of her husband's infidelity..."

"Yes, ever since the online controversy started, Teacher Wei has been in a bad mood. He was already depressed, and then his lover betrayed him..."

Luo Meimei gritted her teeth: "That man not only cheated on her, but he also turned around and accused Teacher Wei, personally coming out to beat her and the male student..."

Her husband came forward to accuse her of having questionable morals, which made it even harder for anyone to believe that Ms. Wei was innocent. As a result, the online attacks against Ms. Wei intensified.

Given Zhang Zhao's academic background and connections, no one would think that such an excellent student would jump out to slander his teacher for no reason.

Luo Meimei stood up for Teacher Wei and cursed the man's ancestors for eighteen generations.

Jiang Weixi recalled Teacher Wei's husband, that seemingly gentle and refined man, who never expected to be so ruthless when betraying his wife.

She once went to Teacher Wei's house for dinner and saw her husband wearing an apron and cooking. Teacher Wei said she couldn't cook, but said her husband's cooking was delicious, and kept praising her husband for being all-around amazing...

On the third day, Teacher Wei finally woke up.

Luo Meimei shared the news in the group chat, and her classmates were overjoyed, coming to see her one after another.

Jiang Weixi, however, was not very optimistic.

Teacher Wei stared blankly out the window, neither speaking nor eating, her expression lifeless.

He Luqi and Luo Meimei talked to her a lot, but Teacher Wei remained silent.

The doctor notified us again that it was time to pay.

Jiang Weixi went to pay the fees.

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Z City, Black Stone Mountain.

While exploring for new energy mines, Ji Dongxun was accidentally hit on the leg by a falling boulder.

Xiao Zhou was panicked and hurriedly took him to a nearby hospital for treatment.