Life of Heartaches Chapter 7

The morning at University A was particularly lively, with people coming and going on the road, and college students walking through the campus in a hurry.

The end of get out of class bell rang in a lecture theater somewhere in the main teaching building. Victor turned off the last slide, and a steady voice spread from the microphone on the podium throughout the classroom, "Okay, that's it for this class." , classmates, thank you for your hard work."

The next second, the sound of packing things sounded from all directions, and noisy conversations came from the corners. However, not all people in the classroom dispersed. Several students holding computers swarmed around. He looked at Professor You on the podium and asked questions related to the course content.

Victor listened patiently to what they said, nodding from time to time, and then threw out a new idea to guide them to continue thinking.

After finally answering the students' questions, Victor slowly left the classroom and returned to his office.

A few minutes after I sat down, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and the person inside said "come in." Then, a little girl with a round face walked in, and heard her voice before she was seen - "Professor You, good morning!"

Victor was writing something on the paper. When he heard the voice, he put down the pen in his hand and nodded slightly to the person in front of him, "Come here?"

The girl carefully placed the things in her hands on Victor's table. When she smiled, her eyes narrowed into slits, revealing two cute little rabbit teeth. "Well! Professor You, my mother came to see me today. She Let me bring you chrysanthemum tea, saying it can improve your vision."

"Okay, say thank you to your mother for me."

Victor took the tea bag and put it in his hand, "Have you been to Dr. Chen this week?"

The girl nodded, "Yeah, he said I shouldn't have to go there again next month."

As if remembering something, the girl smiled shyly, "Professor You, I found a part-time job. My salary will be paid next week. I would like to treat you to a meal."

His eyes stayed on the girl's body for a moment, then Victor nodded and smiled, "Okay, then I'll be waiting for your good news."

When she heard that Victor agreed to her request, the girl's face turned red with excitement. She didn't dare to delay for too long, so she left here after a brief farewell.

The wooden door was closed and brought up a breeze, raising fine dust in the air. The chrysanthemum tea beside him exuded a light fragrance. Victor was lost in thought for a while looking at the brown paper packages, and then picked up the Put one of them into his own drawer and put the rest into the briefcase behind him.

*

The atmosphere in the CEO's office was depressing and sluggish. Tokikawa looked coldly at the papers on his desk and sneered with unknown meaning from the corner of his mouth.

"What do you mean by 'never had a conflict with anyone in high school'?"

Liang Chengbai stood in front of him with lowered eyes, "I'm sorry, Mr. Shi, but according to the information found, this is indeed the case."

His chest rose and fell a few times, Shi Chuan waved to Liang Chengbai, "Okay, go and bring me a cup of coffee."

Tiredness and boredom came in waves. Because of a phone call last night, Adrian almost stayed up all night.

He tossed and turned in the bed for half a night, his mind filled with the words Yang Su said, and his heart was filled with an unspeakable sourness.

Barely able to wait until dawn the next day, Adrian dialed Teacher Hu's phone number almost impatiently. However, the person on the other side seemed to be avoiding him. The ringtone repeated several times but no one answered it. Tokikawa threw the phone aside and let out a frustrated breath.

At nine o'clock in the morning, various departments gradually started to operate. Liang Chengbai simply integrated the tasks at hand, then knocked on the door of the president's office and handed over the documents that needed to be approved today to Shi Chuan. When the work was completed and he was about to leave, he didn't expect the other party to call him. Living.

"Go check someone out for me."

Liang Chengbai was a little confused, "Okay, Mr. Shi, who do you want to check?"

"Victor."

Pupils widened, Liang Chengbai opened his eyes almost in disbelief, "You want to check..."

Shikawa saw the expression on his face clearly and knew that he must have misunderstood. He rarely explained: "Just check what happened to him in high school. I want to know how he was doing at that time, and... "

He looked cold and asked, "Did any school violence or anything like that happen to him?"

Liang Chengbai understood instantly, nodded slightly and exited the office.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the hour and minute hands of the wall clock are arranged in a reverse "L" shape. The moonlight outside the window was dim and setting in the west, but the lights inside the building were still bright.

The door to the CEO's office was knocked twice, and after a few seconds, a vague "Enter" came from behind the thick wooden door.

Liang Chengbai walked in with a few pieces of paper and handed them to Shi Chuan respectfully, "Mr. Shi, all the information is here."

Tokikawa took off his gold-rimmed glasses and threw them on the table, relaxing his body and leaning on the back of the chair, his clean-cut face completely exposed from behind the computer.

His two sharp eyebrows frowned as he looked at the thin layer of information on the table, "Is that all?"

Liang Chengbai sighed in his heart and nodded slightly, "Yes, all the information related to Mr. You's high school years has been found,"

Adrian glanced at him and said "tsk": "How can you be so blind? What do you call 'Mr. You'? She is obviously the CEO's wife."

Liang Chengbai: ...

"Mr. Shi," he bowed slightly and lowered his posture, but there was a bit of reluctance in his tone: "I remember you personally corrected me a year ago that I can only be called this name."

"You also said that if I call the wrong one, my year-end bonus will be deducted."

Adrian shot himself in the foot, but it happened that these words were indeed spoken by himself.

"One moment, another moment," he glared at his secretary with a dark face, "From today on, I am the CEO's wife. Every time I make a wrong call, my salary will be deducted by one thousand."

The social worker Liang Chengbai glanced at Adrian with a complex expression, then nodded, "Okay, I understand."

Tokikawa chuckled and picked up the papers on the table. However, the more he turned over them, the uglier his face became.

"What does 'never had any conflict with others in high school' mean? And---didn't I ask you to check whether he had been subject to school violence? Why is there no mention of it on these pieces of paper?"

"Sorry, but I looked for information from that year and found no relevant information."

"There is no relevant information," Tokikawa repeated calmly, his eyes returning to the white papers in front of him, with an unclear look in his eyes.

He admitted that he should not speculate on the worst possibility of what happened to Victor, but the facts are sometimes like this, and some realities may even be crueler than what you can imagine.

It's not that he doesn't know whether Victor is good-looking or not, otherwise he wouldn't have lost 80% of his anger the first time he saw him. However, Tokikawa couldn't help but wonder, would this beautiful face be a burden to Victor in high school, a person who was once high-spirited but was riddled with scandals?

The unbearable expression that Teacher Hu showed when he mentioned Victor came to mind again. Almost at the same time, Shikawa suddenly remembered a boy he met in high school who was surrounded in the bathroom. He had almost forgotten the situation at that time, and the boy's face had long been forgotten in the depths of his memory, but the pair of moist, pleading eyes had been remembered by him for many years.

Shikawa was afraid that something like this had happened to Victor, but he was even more afraid that Victor didn't mention it at all.

Of course he longed for the days as peaceful as a still pond, but rather than the river bank, he wished he was a ferry crossing the island.

It's enough to carry his past, and it's enough to help him heal all the difficulties he has experienced in the past.

"If there is no news, go check his high school class teacher and all his high school teachers. If you contact him, tell me immediately and I will go and ask in person."

His fingers suddenly released, and several pieces of white paper flew into the air, and then fell to the ground.

"No matter what method I use, I have only one request------"

"I want to know everything he experienced in high school, everything. Secretary Liang, do you hear my request clearly?"

"I understand, Mr. Shi. But," Liang Chengbai's expression showed a hint of hesitation, "during my investigation, I found that his high school teacher has gone to jail."

Tokikawa stopped spinning the pen in his hand, raised his head, and repeated in surprise, "Going to jail?"

"Yes," Liang Chengbai replied: "The victim is a girl in his class, and the crime is ------."

"In what year did it happen?"

Liang Chengbai reported a year, and Adrian quickly made an estimate in his mind.

Victor graduated before this happened.

*

The cool night air blew on passers-by's cheeks. Victor's eyes stayed on the call records between himself and Liang Chengbai. He thought thoughtfully for a moment, and then dialed a number.

"Hello?" The voice on the other side sounded a little hoarse. I wonder if it was because of a bad mood.

"Tokikawa, um, it's me. Have you eaten today?"

"Eat, you don't have to wait for me. The company is a bit busy today, so I might have to go back later."

"Okay, then please pay attention to your health. By the way, Aunt Tang called today. She said that we haven't seen her for a long time, so can you accompany me to my dad's house tomorrow?"

Victor's tone was very soft, with an inexplicable upward pitch that sounded like coquettishness. Shikawa's heart palpitated a little, and then he finally showed his first smile of the day, "Okay, let's go early tomorrow morning."