Chapter 142 A Well-known Rumor
On October 8th, the news of Xia Xiaoluo’s death spread almost all over Dwichen’s College. Xia Xiaoluo was a fairy on the stage and she was the most beautiful girl in the college. What was more, the BBS accident and the relationship between she and the richest man in A City recently… All of these made Xia Xiaoluo a public figure in Dwichen’s College. Therefore, her sudden death has become the hot issue in Dwichen’s College since the students returned.
The school was full of discussions and the headmaster also heard the news. If Xia Xiaoluo died accidentally, it was not bad news. He had been thinking about her for a long time. Ling Desheng, the former president of Huasheng Group, did not like her. But Ling Tianyi, the present president, liked her very much. He was facing a difficult choice and he wanted to find an opportunity to send Xia Xiaoluo abroad. But now it was easier to deal with.
Of course, the headmaster was a wise man who was knowledgeable and experienced. He would not believe it at once like the students. He would confirm and verify it.
The headmaster knew that Xia Xiaoluo didn’t come to school on the first day, and Ling Tianyi didn’t call him either so he called Ling Tianyi under the name of concerning about his students.
“h.e.l.lo!”
“I’m Luna, the secretary of Manager Ling. Manager Ling is having a meeting now. It’s not convenient for him to answer your call. Do you need to leave a message?”
Ling Tianyi was very busy today. All kinds of conferences were held one after another so the phone was transferred to the secretary.
When the headmaster heard the secretary’s voice, he was not sure that if Ling Tianyi would get angry when he asked the secretary about Xia Xiaoluo directly. Therefore, he simply said: “Never mind. I’m Zhou Xuetong, the headmaster of Dwichen’s College. When will Manager Ling have time? I’ll call him again.”
“Manager Ling are having meetings, so I’m not sure when he will have time. However, Headmaster Zhou, I will make a record and tell Manager Ling that you called him. Maybe Manager Ling will call you!” Luna said gently. She dared not to say that Ling Tianyi would definitely call him so she only said ‘maybe’.
“OK, thank you!” The headmaster hung up the phone, not telling the purpose. The headmaster did not hope that Ling Tianyi would call him back. After all, Ling Tianyi was a big boss who won’t pay attention to a headmaster. However, thinking that Ling Tianyi loved Xia Xiaoluo very much, maybe he would call him!
Ling Tianyi was having meetings until evening. After arranging everything, he was eager to go home to see his little wife. Luna handed him a record of his phone respectfully. Ling Tianyi took the special elevator downstairs and looked at the record casually.
Among a number of callers, Ling Tianyi saw a phone call from the headmaster of Xia Xiaoluo’s school. Immediately he thought that he forgot to ask for leave for her.
Ling Tianyi left the elevator. He called the headmaster, Zhou Xuetong.
“Headmaster Zhou! h.e.l.lo! I heard you called me today because Xia Xiaoluo didn’t go to school?” Ling Tianyi said politely.
“h.e.l.lo, Manager Ling! I heard you are very busy, so I didn’t expect you will call me back!” The headmaster seemed a little excited. After all, Ling Tianyi was the richest man in A City, and he was a big boss.
“You are welcome. Xiaoluo is playing crazily during the National Day holiday. She’s not very well so I ask her to stay at home for two days. I should have asked for leave for her. But I’m too busy today. After all, today is the first working day after holiday, I have to deal with a lot of things, so I forgot to ask a leave for her. I hope you do not mind!” Ling Tianyi was still very polite.
“Of course not! I know Xia Xiaoluo doesn’t come to school today. I don’t know if there is something wrong, so I call you to confirm it.” When the headmaster said it, his face was distorted due to laugh. He even bowed and sc.r.a.ped on the phone.
“Thanks for your concern. Please take care of Xia Xiaoluo at school.” Ling Tianyi said politely. In fact, he did not like the headmaster of Dwichen’s College, but for the sake of Xia Xiaoluo, he respected Zhou Xuetong very much.
“Manager Ling, there’s one more thing that I think it’s necessary to report to you. It’s also about Xia Xiaoluo.” The headmaster could judge from Ling Tianyi’s words that the death of Xia Xiaoluo was a rumor, but it would influence her, so he must tell Ling Tianyi about it. Otherwise when Ling Tianyi knew it, maybe he would cause troubles. Ling Tianyi’s att.i.tude was very important. In order to keep the well-paid and high-ranking headmaster position in the re-election next year, he must flatter Ling Tianyi.
“Oh? What’s wrong with Xiaoluo? She hasn’t been to school for more than ten days!” Ling Tianyi asked in a daze. He was with Xia Xiaoluo these days so nothing would go wrong.
“It’s a misunderstanding. It’s not Xiaoluo, but Xiaoluo’s cla.s.smates. There are rumors in school that she was kicked to death by a horse. Now almost all the students in Dwichen’s College knew it, and some of them are preparing the funeral for her. I heard about it, and I thought it may influence Xiaoluo so I report it to you to see how to deal with it?” The headmaster said respectfully.
“Xiaoluo is well and she will go to school two days later. When she comes back to school, the rumor will disappear! However, I don’t like such rumors. I hope you can suppress them. I don’t want to see that when Xiaoluo goes to school, the students don’t know whether she is a human or a ghost. Xia Xiaoluo has a strange temper. If she knows it, she will go to fight them and cause troubles. You help me to deal with it tomorrow. I’ll let Xia Xiaoluo go to school the day after tomorrow.” Ling Tianyi said. He was really angry at the person who dared to curse Xiaoluo. He asked the headmaster to deal with it and at the same time he would find out who dared to make such rumors secretly by himself.
“Yes! I’ll try my best to the rumors from spreading.” The headmaster stood up and said immediately, as if Ling Tianyi was in front of him.
Ling Tianyi hung up the phone and drove home and he called Yao Sheng with a Bluetooth headset. “b.u.m-boy, you go to Dwichen’s College to investigate the rumors that Xia Xiaoluo was kicked to death by a horse. Who on earth makes it?”
“Haha, the rumor is that Xia Xiaoluo is kicked to death by a horse. It is a very interesting way to die. I don’t know who did it. It’s so funny.” Yao Sheng laughed wildly on the phone.
“Psycho! Stop laughing! Go and check it for me. Immediately!” Ling Tianyi hung up the phone.
He was thinking about Xia Xiaoluo when he was driving back home.
Ling Tianyi smelt the aroma of the food when he came home. Xia Xiaoluo jumped out like a rabbit. “Darling, you must be tired! I cooked delicious food for you.”
“Good!” Ling Tianyi kissed Xia Xiaoluo when he changed his shoes.
Xia Xiaoluo took Ling Tianyi to have dinner and introduced the Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce to him. She cooked it for the first time today. She was very excited.
Ling Tianyi wanted to tell Xia Xiaoluo about the rumor, but now she was so excited. If he told her, she would get angry. He would deal with it as soon as possible. When she went to school, the rumors would disappear.
“Darling, how about not going to school tomorrow and continuing cooking delicious food for me at home?” Ling Tianyi laughed. He thought that the headmaster should solve it the day after tomorrow, so Xia Xiaoluo would not be regarded as a ghost when she went to school.
“No problem, darling. What would you like to eat? I’ll cook for you. Lunch and dinner? Or just for dinner?” Xia Xiaoluo asked. As long as she could not go to school, she even agreed to give birth to a child, not to say cooking, which was such a small thing.
“I’ll come back to have lunch and dinner with you. You can cook this Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce tomorrow. I also want to eat some vegetables. I had so much beef and mutton on the gra.s.sland. I want to eat vegetables! You can cook whatever you like. I’m not picky.” Ling Tianyi said. Anyway, with a good skill, Xia Xiaoluo could cook everything well.
In the evening, Ling Tianyi asked Xia Xiaoluo to make love to him until they so tired that fell asleep hugging each other.
At mid-night, Ling Tianyi’s mobile phone buzzed, then he woke up. Seeing Xia Xiaoluo beside him was still sleeping, he picked up the phone and went to the balcony. “h.e.l.lo! How about that?”
“The rumor is made by Fang Ruichen, one of Xia Xiaoluo’s cla.s.smates. He also went to Baifang Cemetery to buy a grave for two persons, which could bury them together. He also sent invitations for the funeral at school. The funeral is at 10:00 a.m. on October 10th. Monks are chanting scriptures in Baifang Cemetery these two days. Fang Ruichen did a lot of things so many students believe the rumor. However, now the headmaster refutes that Xia Xiaoluo only took two days off and she did not die. But many students obviously do not believe.” Yao Sheng said simply on the phone.
“s.h.i.t!” Ling Tianyi hung up the phone, feeling uncomfortable. It was not just because of Fang Ruichen who spread rumors maliciously. Even if Xia Xiaoluo died decades later, it was him who could be buried with her, not Fang Ruichen.
Ling Tianyi returned to the bedroom in the dark and found Xia Xiaoluo’s mobile phone. She played the computer and iPad games at home, so she didn’t turn the phone on. Ling Tianyi put her mobile phone in his briefcase, intending to hide the matter for one day. It was so bad that Fang Ruichen bought a grave for her. He didn’t want Xia Xiaoluo to be unhappy.