After Playing the Fool and Marrying the Blind Villain [Transmigration] - Chap 108
After Playing the Fool And Marrying the Blind Villain – Extra Two
The car stopped outside the Imperial Capital’s top private racecourse, and a coach immediately came up to greet them, tapping twice on the window.
Wearing an equestrian uniform, Pei Yi opened the door in a well-behaved manner and said, “Good morning, coach Gao.”
Coach Gao welcomed him with a smile, and then exchanged friendly glances with Zong Baiyan and Xu Rong in the front row.
Zong Baiyan looked at his child and said, “Xiao Yi, you have lunch with Coach Gao and the others at noon. Father Yan won’t train with you today because he has something to do, but we’ll pick you up on time at three o’clock in the afternoon.”
He had been told this countless times on the way here.
Pei Yi nodded. “I know.”
Xu Rong had always doted on Pei Yi, and simply got out of the car.
He slung a cute cartoon canteen across his body and held his child’s little face. “Xiao Yi, you must finish the warm water in the canteen. Father Rong will check it when you get home.
Pei Yi said “Oh” obediently.
Xu Rong added, “When we get home in the evening, Father Rong will make you a small cake to eat. Okay?”
When Pei Yi heard the dessert he liked, he immediately smiled and said, “En!”
Xu Rong touched his head, his gentle tone unchanging. “Good boy, go ahead. Don’t keep Coach Gao and the others waiting. You’re already more than ten minutes late today.”
When Pei Yi heard that last sentence, he blushed with inexplicable shyness.
He glanced at Zong Baiyan in the car covertly, then said in a cute tone, “It’s all Father Yan’s fault.”
“…….”
Betrayed by his own child, Zong Baiyan thought he heard something wrong and asked in surprise, “Who are you talking about?”
Pei Yi didn’t answer. He grabbed his small canteen and ran so fast that even Coach Gao was left behind, and could only hurry to catch up.
When Zong Baiyan saw Pei Yi’s lively running back, he was both angry and amused. “Is this brat getting more and more bold?”
Xu Rong replied, “Is it bad to be bold and lively? Think about when he was just adopted and came home with us?”
Pei Yi, who had grown up in an orphanage, had been short and thin since he was a young child. He had an introverted personality and didn’t like to talk.
They had originally wanted Pei Yi to change his surname, but the other party was stubborn and refused. After asking about it, they found out that the name was given to him by the former dean.
In Zong Baiyan and Xu Rong’s view, a child’s identity was not determined by blood or surname, so they didn’t force Pei Yi to change his surname.
The couple doted on Pei Yi for nearly three years until his physical state was up to standard, and his temperament became cheerful and lively.
Xu Rong watched Pei Yi disappear around the corner, and then looked at his lover. “You used to practice riding with him. Why do you need to accompany me today?”
Zong Baiyan took his hand and kissed it, a hint of darkness in his eyes as he lowered them. “I just want to be with you.”
Having lost him and regained him, he cherished him more and didn’t want to take even half a step away from him.
Xu Rong added, “I have to supervise several students’ graduation projects today. It might be boring for you to hang around me.”
“Professor Xu is the most charming when he is working hard. I’ll never be bored,” Zong Baiyan responded with a smile.
In fact, he had been waiting for this moment.
Now that there was a chance to start over in life, he certainly hoped that all the evil would be eradicated at its source.
Zong Baiyan started the car. “Let’s go, I’ll take you to the university.”
Xu Rong could do nothing about his lover’s insistence. He just thought that he was still frightened by the nightmare, so he had no choice but to give in and agree. “Okay.”
. . . . . . . .
During this graduation season, Xu Rong had five students on his hands.
Starting at ten o’clock in the morning, he provided guidance and pointers on the students’ works one by one, and continued until the afternoon.
Zong Baiyan watched silently from the side, but recalled all of the “incidents” in his mind—
The student who caused Xu Rong’s troubles was named Shen Che. His family had always been in the wholesale business regarding hardware parts. Unfortunately, his father mistakenly fell into a foreign debt scam, and years of hard work were completely ruined due to losses large and small.
As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, troubles kept popping up one after another.
Father Shen, who had nowhere to turn for help, had a car accident on the highway due to fatigue from long-term driving and died on the spot.
The life of the mother, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was hanging by a thread. In the end, she was rescued and became a paraplegic.
The burdens of life suddenly fell on Shen Che, and the driver of the large truck involved in the accident was simply unable to pay compensation.
Shen Che was a proud young man at heart. He refused to disclose his family’s situation to the outside world, but some pressures would get worse the longer they were hidden in the heart.
Because he couldn’t balance his life and his studies, he initially just wanted to deal with his graduation project and get a degree in order to find a job, but he didn’t expect to encounter the more serious Xu Rong.
Shen Che gritted his teeth and refused to say anything. Xu Rong didn’t know about his family’s misfortune, and severely criticized his plagiarism from the perspective of a professor.
As a result, the conversation was like the straw that broke the camel’s back—
Shen Che’s long-suppressed inner haze completely broke out. He wrote those slanderous words while drunk, and then jumped off the building under the influence of alcohol!
He just wanted to use his death and fabricated slander to get Xu Rong and others to pay a sum of money for his mother’s follow-up treatment and livelihood.
It could only be said that he was hateful and pitiful.
“Baiyan, are you bored of waiting?” Xu Rong came back with a cup of homemade coffee and handed it to his lover. “There’s another student who isn’t here.”
“After the concept of his work is finished, we can leave.”
Zong Baiyan took his lover’s hand and showed him the utmost patience. “No rush, you’re busy with your work.”
“En.”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a hesitant knock on the door.
Xu Rong subconsciously turned around and said, “Please come in.”
Soon after, a thin figure walked inside. It was Shen Che, whom Xu Rong and Zong Baiyan were waiting for.
When Xu Rong saw this student he hadn’t seen for a long time, he first said with concern, “Shen Che? Why have you lost so much weight?”
Looking extremely tired, Shen Che gave a perfunctory bow. “Hello, Professor.”
“Come inside.”
Xu Rong sat back at the desk and opened Shen Che’s web file. “The backup notes for your previous three works are all blank. I notified you online, but you didn’t respond. What happened?”
“No inspiration.”
Shen Che shook his head and gave his summary, and his eyes unconsciously turned toward the extra Zong Baiyan.
Zong Baiyan’s eyes were focused on his face. After a long two seconds of confrontation, he placed his cellphone with seeming casualness on the bookshelf by the desk.
“I’ll go out first and let you guys talk.”
Xu Rong gave his lover a smiling look, and slightly restrained himself to regard the student Shen Che. “Shen Che, you didn’t come here empty-handed today, did you?”
“Don’t you know that if you continue like this, you won’t be able to graduate?”
Shen Che unconsciously grabbed his pants pocket and took out a USB flash drive. “Professor, the design draft and actual photos are all here.”
Xu Rong was surprised, but still took it gently. “Okay, sit down. I’ll take a look first.”
“If there’s no problem, we will have to back them up in the system later so as not to affect your graduation.”
“Okay.”
Shen Che’s Adam’s apple rolled slightly.
Soon, Xu Rong opened the USB flash drive on the computer.
He had just taken a cursory look at the design concept draft when he realized at once that something was wrong.
Xu Rong’s achievements in art far exceeded those of his peers, and he had seen many works. If a student wanted to play tricks, they could hardly ever escape his eyes.
“…….”
Xu Rong looked again at Shen Che next to him, who was hiding his nervousness. His usually gentle features became serious and frightening. “Shen Che, what is the matter with you?”
. . . . . . .
Zong Ran didn’t go away once he walked out of the office, but chose to stay outside the ajar door.
As expected, his lover’s rare voice of criticism and education sounded, but he did not choose to enter the room immediately and stop him—
Xu Rong had his own persistence and bottom line for his career and art, and Zong Baiyan would always support his method of handling this matter.
Within ten minutes, the office door suddenly opened.
The severely criticized Shen Che rushed out the door. All the shame, unwillingness, anger, and gloom transformed his face, and his lowered hands were clenched into fists, as if he had endured the peak of his emotions.
Zong Baiyan blocked his way with his quick reflexes. “Can you come out and talk?”
Their eyes met again.
Shen Che was instinctively resistant. He thought that the other party must have heard everything that happened inside, and he wanted to escape from this place quickly.
“Who the hell would talk to you! Get lost!”
“…….”
Zong Baiyan frowned slightly upon hearing this angry curse.
He looked at Shen Che’s back as he walked away quickly, and said bluntly, “Shen Che, I can advance you the cost of your mother’s treatment.”
The rapid pace came to a sudden stop.
Shen Che froze in place for several seconds, then turned around in disbelief. “Y-you what?”
Zong Baiyan walked up and concealed nothing. “I know your family is in trouble, and I’m also aware that you’re having a hard time now.”
“As Professor Xu’s husband, and with you as one of his most valued students, I can help you. But only on the premise that—”
He paused, with a look of scrutiny in his eyes, “You must calm down and talk to me, otherwise there’s no need for discussion.”
“…….”
Shen Che chose to remain silent, and after a moment, he answered with pride, “I don’t need anyone’s charity!”
Zong Baiyan asked, “Who said I’m giving you charity?”
“What?”
“Of course it’s conditional. I’m lending it to you. As long as it is used for your mother’s treatment, I can pay any amount.”
Zong Baiyan took out the business car he had prepared before going out and handed it over. His identity was clearly printed on it, proving his power—
General Manager of the Zong Family Group, Zong Baiyan.
This was one of the top three groups in the capital, covering all aspects of industry.
“When you truly graduate and find a job based on your own strength, and save money, you can pay me back slowly. There is no time limit.”
“…….”
Shen Che’s gaze wavered, and he accepted the business card tremblingly. The hostility and hatred accumulated in his heart over the past few days disappeared silently with the help of this sudden kindness.
Zong Boyan saw the look in his eyes ease, and breathed a secret sigh of relief.
To be honest, he hated the “previous” Shen Che. If not for the other’s malice before his death, his lover would not have ended up like that.
But now there was a chance to start over again.
Putting all this aside, Shen Che was just a student who was inexperienced in the world. Nobody could easily face repeated family disasters and misfortunes in life.
To put it more bluntly…..
Xu Rong and Shen Che were still student and teacher, and both of them were involved in this matter.
Even if Zong Baiyan rushed to stop them before they had an “argument,” he may not be able to stop Shen Che’s deadly malice from exploding over time.
In this case, it was better to completely solve the other party’s dilemma at the source and let him regain hope for life.
After all, as long as it was a matter of money, it was of no concern to Zong Baiyan. When he put aside his so-called “hatred” to help Shen Che, who was on the verge of collapse, wasn’t he saving his implicated husband?
Footsteps sounded.
Xu Rong walked out of the office with a complicated expression. It was obvious that he had heard the brief conversation between the two.
He had lost the absolute seriousness with which he criticized the plagiarism, and instead became a little worried. “What’s going on?”
Shen Che no longer struggled with how Zong Baiyan knew about his family situation. He, who had long been overwhelmed by reality, finally couldn’t stand up further before this sudden kindness.
“Professor Xu, I’m sorry.”
Shen Che cried bitterly on the spot, explaining his experiences these past few months.
“…..I really couldn’t take care of my studies, s-so I plagiarized when I shouldn’t have. I, I was just afraid that I wouldn’t be able to graduate.”
Then all the hard work he had put into his studies over the years would be in vain!
Shen Che’s pride vanished silently, and he knelt down and cried uncontrollably. “Mr. Zong, please help me. I, I will definitely find a way to pay you back in the future!”
After his parents’ car accident, Shen Che once tried to borrow money from his relatives, only to learn that his father had already borrowed money from all of their relatives in order to keep them afloat.
As for the internet loans, the interest had compounded, and it was about to become a bottomless pit!
Xu Rong and Zong Boyan exchanged glances and quickly helped Shen Che up.
“Shen Che, as a teacher, I didn’t notice your family situation and psychological pressure from the start. I apologize to you for this. I’m sorry.”
Xu Rong asked him to sit down again in the office and expressed his stance. “But you must understand that this is definitely not an excuse for you to plagiarize.”
Shen Che nodded silently.
In fact, he had hesitated repeatedly before doing it, but the blow had been too great and he was unable to design anything.
“Let’s do this. Your mother’s situation is urgent. We will help advance the expenses and I will apply for the school to postpone your graduation for one year.”
“Since there is no way to take care of both at once, let’s do it one by one. You cannot give up on life or waste your studies.”
“You are a very talented and intelligent child. I don’t want you to ruin your life because of a temporary predicament, do you understand?”
Zong Boyan poured a glass of warm water and handed it over.
He heard his lover’s gentle comfort and noticed the gratitude in Shen Che’s eyes, and finally breathed a silent sigh of relief.
The most important reason Xu Rong was so ill back then, apart from the unsightly negative comments, was his self-blame and guilt for Shen Che’s suicide.
Such negative emotions had devoured his soul, but he was better now—
Xu Rong accomplished what he wanted to do as a teacher, and Shen Che might also be able to redeem himself from his extreme negative emotions.
Shen Che eventually calmed down under Xu Rong’s comfort. Holding back tears, he bowed and sincerely thanked him, “Thank you, Professor. I, I will definitely remember your critiques and teachings.”
Xu Rong was concerned. “Where do you live? Do you want us to take you back?”
“No need. I, I’ll go right to the hospital.” Shen Che spoke truthfully.
Their family had already sold their house, and in order to save money after the car accident, he even gave up on the rental house he had originally planned to rent.
Zong Baiyan said bluntly, “Then you go back tonight and calculate how much it will take to maintain a normal life in the short term. I will send an assistant to you tomorrow.”
Shen Che was even more grateful, and choked up as he thanked them.
. . . . . . .
After Shen Che left, Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief. “I didn’t even know that such changes had happened to his family. It’s all thanks to you being here.”
“Yes, ah, it’s thanks to me being here.”
Zong Boyan picked up the cell phone on the bookcase, which had recorded everything that had happened since Shen Che entered the office. He was also prepared for the worst—
If the other party still insisted on slander, this video would become the first and most complete evidence.
Zong Baiyan didn’t mention this matter to his lover, but just moved closer and held his hand again. “Professor Xu, how are you going to thank me?”
Xu Rong raised his eyebrows. “How many delicious things should I cook tonight?”
Zong Baiyan took advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the office, and put his arms around Xu Rong’s waist, kissing him secretly. “Why don’t you ‘cook’ more delicious food in bed tonight?”
“…….”
Xu Rong could only laugh. “Be serious, this is an art academy. Don’t say extraneous things.”
Zong Baiyan’s answer was rather unserious. “Love is the greatest art.”
Xu Rong laughed, and suddenly remembered something. “Wait, what time is it?”
Zong Baiyan was shocked when he saw that it was exactly three o’clock.
The husbands looked at each other and walked quickly out of the office almost in tacit agreement—
After all this fuss, they had almost forgotten about their son again!
