Chapter 1347
Unrequited Love 1
Chapter 1347 Unrequited Love 1
"Hello, Ms. Xu, would it be convenient for you to come to the police station?" Xu Yanzhen looked around in a daze, and when she saw Tan You standing next to her and heard the familiar voice coming from the microphone, she was finally sure that she had returned to the past, to the time before everything happened.
"Teacher Xu, are you listening?"
Perhaps because there was no sound from her end, the police officer on the other end of the phone raised his voice.
"I'm listening, I'm listening," Xu Yanzhen quickly snapped back to reality, her toes pausing as she headed towards the police station. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Your student Han Yu and three other classmates stopped a middle-aged man and tried to extort money from him. When the extortion failed, they robbed him and beat him up, taking him to the police station. The man refused to settle the matter."
Hearing these words, which were exactly the same as in her previous life, Xu Yanzhen twitched the corners of her mouth. Wasn't this the beginning of her destiny with Jin He? Thinking of the years she had been entangled with Jin He, a trace of weariness flashed across Xu Yanzhen's eyes.
"Han Yu has no guardian, so we can only trouble you, as his homeroom teacher, to come to the police station."
Xu Yanzhen knew this would be the outcome. She smiled and said, "I'm on my way to the police station now. Could you please prepare some food for the children? It's freezing cold, don't let them get hungry."
"I will pay the bill when I get to the police station."
After the other party agreed, their voice revealed the joy of being able to leave work early on Christmas Eve.
Xu Yanzhen hung up the phone, put her hands in her pockets, and walked towards the police station. After taking a few steps, she suddenly seemed to remember something and called her lawyer friend, Chu Qian.
Inside the police station, Chu Qian raised an eyebrow in surprise upon seeing Xu Yanzhen's name on the caller ID. Recalling the officer's earlier address of her as "Teacher Xu," and looking at the four high school students opposite him, Chu Qian knew that this matter couldn't be pursued further.
He answered the phone with a calm expression, "Teacher Xu."
“Lawyer Chu, I’m sorry to bother you.” Xu Yanzhen’s tone was very calm: “A police officer just contacted me. Four of my students beat up a middle-aged man.”
“The other party does not agree to a settlement. I want to ask how serious their injuries are and whether they need to go to the hospital for a medical examination. I would like to ask you some questions about this.”
Chu Qian glanced at Jin He, whose lip was bruised and whose eye was black, and sighed again: "Teacher Xu, I'm at the police station right now. The middle-aged man who was beaten is my friend Jin He..."
Before Chu Qian could finish speaking, Jin He snatched the phone from his hand: "What middle-aged man? Do I look that old? Huh?"
Chu Qian calmly took back his phone: "Yes, you're not old. You're in the prime of your youth."
"Teacher Xu, let's talk at the city bureau."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Yanzhen slowly made her way to the Municipal Public Security Bureau with her hands in her pockets. At this time in her previous life, she was worried about four students and ran wildly through the streets on Christmas Eve, completely disregarding her image.
To prevent their lives from being tarnished, she went to great lengths to ask for their help. But in the end, did anyone remember her kindness? Instead, she ended up with a reputation for doing all that work for nothing.
Now that she has a second chance, she will fulfill her responsibilities as a homeroom teacher, but in other aspects, she will not be as open and honest as she was in her previous life.
Tan You walked beside her: "If you saw Jin He again, your ex-husband, how would you react?"
Even though she was feeling a bit heavy-hearted, Xu Yanzhen couldn't help but laugh out loud. She turned to look at Tan You before slowly saying, "Teacher Tan, you're really hurtful."
"You yourself said he's my ex-husband. I could remain calm when I saw him before, let alone now?"
Tan You snapped her fingers: "Okay, then let's not talk about Jin He, let's talk about Shi Cheng."
Xu Yanzhen paused for a moment, then quickly continued walking. It was clear that Tan You had hit the nail on the head. Tan You: "I react this strongly just by mentioning his name. You'll see Shi Cheng again eventually. Will you react like this every time you see him?"
Xu Yanzhen tightened the belt of her wool coat before looking at Tan You: "Teacher Tan, do you have any good ideas?"
“There is a way to solve the problem at its root.” Tan You snapped her fingers: “You have feelings for Shi Cheng. It is because of these feelings that you will always have emotional fluctuations because of him.”
“If you remove your feelings for Shi Cheng, all your intense love and hate will disappear completely. To you, he will just be someone you have known for many years, not someone you have secretly loved for many years.”
Xu Yanzhen didn't rush to agree, but remained silent for a few minutes: "Will removing the emotional ties affect my life?"
"Of course not, it just cuts off your feelings for Shi Cheng," Tan You teased. "You are still you, and your emotions are still there, but Shi Cheng will never cause you any more emotional fluctuations."
Xu Yanzhen did not hesitate this time, and replied, "Then I will listen to you and take away my feelings for Shi Cheng."
Tan You smiled and said, "A wise choice."
As soon as she finished speaking, a red thread appeared at her fingertips. Xu Yanzhen glanced at it: "This thread... why does it look like it's broken here?"
"When you married Jin He, your relationship with Shi Cheng ended. But when you divorced and met Shi Cheng again, and he pursued you, the broken thread of your relationship started to grow again, and it was even stronger than before..."
Xu Yanzhen also saw the more intense emotions in the latter half of the story. She paused for a moment before saying, "Now when I think of Shi Cheng, I no longer feel those surging emotions."
"This is good too. I no longer feel attracted to him or even heartbroken for him, and my life is much easier."
Seeing the Municipal Bureau right across the street, Xu Yanzhen stared at it for a couple of seconds before slowly walking inside.
Following her memory, Xu Yanzhen found the mediation room. Four high school students sat in a row in the corner, all with bruises on their faces. Opposite them sat two middle-aged men, both impeccably dressed in suits.
This scene inevitably led Xu Yanzhen to compare it with her memories. In her previous life, when she arrived at the police station, Jin He and Chu Qian had already left, leaving only these four students.
Now that both Jin He and Chu Qian are here because of this phone call, let's clarify everything at the Municipal Bureau.
Xu Yanzhen stopped in front of Chu Qian: "Lawyer Chu."
Chu Qian, who was playing on his phone, looked up at the sound and saw Xu Yanzhen, who looked quite different from usual. Perhaps because she had come out to celebrate Christmas Eve, her makeup was exquisite, and her long hair was styled into an elegant updo.
She abandoned her usual elegant colors like camel and black, and instead wore a burgundy wool coat over a black slip dress, paired with stiletto boots.
Because the heating was on inside the city bureau, her wool coat was open, revealing her straight and slender calves beneath her underskirt.
A hint of surprise flashed in Chu Qian's eyes. After recognizing Xu Yanzhen, he quickly stood up: "Teacher Xu, you arrived so quickly?"
He glanced at Xu Yanzhen's outfit for the day: "You look... unusual today."
Xu Yanzhen smiled and said, "Yeah, I made plans with a friend to spend Christmas Eve together today, but I'll have to stand them up tonight."
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