Chapter 1212 - 812: Since They’ve Become Jealous, Let Them Keep Being Jealous

At the moment, she talks most and most enthusiastically about the gossip regarding Su Xiaomeng.

For a moment, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward. None of the three expected Su Xiaomeng to stand right in front of them. In the end, she just smiled, nodded slightly, said "Good morning," and hurried upstairs back to the office.

The three looked at each other, and their tense expressions relaxed a bit.

"Seems like... she didn’t hear, otherwise it would be really awkward..."

"I actually think she’s guilty and flustered. Even if she heard, what could she do?" Liu Song looked at Su Xiaomeng’s reaction, turned it over in his mind, and couldn’t help but feel more smug.

"..."

"It’s precisely because she knows what we’re saying is true that she can’t refute it."

"Alright, alright, let’s not discuss it anymore. The academy should come up with a good solution."

The three teachers dispersed just like that.

Su Xiaomeng walked into the office and found Chi Lun wasn’t there yet. She sat alone at her desk, looking at the piles of books, lesson plans, student assignments...

She was really quite emotional.

Originally, she thought that university was a relatively simple place, at least much simpler than the business environment of big and small companies outside...

Now she realized that thinking that way was really too naive.

Does being a glamorous university professor necessarily mean having better manners than ordinary people? Probably not...

Jealous people are everywhere.

They only ever see the benefits you gain, never the efforts you put in to achieve them.

In the past, Xiao Meng might have felt indignant, unable to bear the grievances, and shouted at them hoarsely, telling them how hard she worked and how much effort she put in.

But now, she won’t.

Because people with wisdom and insight understand this principle: what a person possesses must be directly proportional to what she has put in, and if it’s not, time will prove it.

Talking behind someone’s back, dropping stones on them when they’re down, and belittling them only exposes the ugly face of jealousy.

So for such people, there’s no need to talk about so-called manners. Their families, teachers, and environment didn’t teach them well. Why bother teaching them so-called manners when you’re not related to them?

Jealousy... just let them continue being jealous.

Su Xiaomeng says nothing, letting Liu Song be jealous of her a bit, jealous not only because she married a good husband when she was young but also that even when embroiled in a plagiarism incident, someone was there to shield her from malicious attacks. It’s best if they keep being jealous...

She will only get better, but those deeply trapped in jealousy will undoubtedly only get worse.

"Oh, you’re here?"

Chi Lun’s voice suddenly rang out. Su Xiaomeng looked up and saw Chi Lun coming in with a shoulder bag and his rollerblades, placing them next to his desk.

Su Xiaomeng looked at Chi Lun and blinked.

"Professor Chi..."

"Mm."

"About... the plagiarism thing..."

"Mm, didn’t you say you were going to organize the materials? Have you finished organizing them?"

Chi Lun put down his bag, took off his coat, and hung it on the rack beside him.

Su Xiaomeng paused for a moment and quickly asked, "Professor Chi, didn’t you see the post on the knowledge forum website last night?"

"Wasn’t it deleted?"

"...Ah?" Su Xiaomeng paused again, seemingly not quite understanding the logic in Chi Lun’s words.

"Since it was deleted, then the post might be false or in violation... right?"

"..."

Su Xiaomeng looked at Chi Lun, unconsciously swallowing. Was Professor Chi really... this naive? Did he believe those posts were deleted by the forum administrators?

"Since it’s a violation, I guess there’s no need for me to reference the post content, right?"

Chi Lun is really a multifaceted man, so multifaceted that it’s hard to decipher... one can’t predict what he’ll say next.

Xiao Meng didn’t plan to hide anything from Chi Lun, especially hearing the implicit trust in Chi Lun’s words... she felt touched and at the same time a bit guilty, saying,

"Actually... the post wasn’t deleted by the forum itself... it was my husband..."

"Nonsense, of course, I know it was your husband operating behind the scenes."

"..."

"Is it difficult for a CEO of a tech company to do this?" Chi Lun cast a sideways glance at Su Xiaomeng, "I can’t control what others think, but you’re my assistant. Even if I didn’t want to believe in you, I have to force myself to trust you!"