After Marrying The Wrong Person, I Can’t Leave

Chapter 23

The three requirements became increasingly pointed, especially the third one, which caused Director Huang’s face to darken immediately upon hearing it.

“This matter concerns our school, and the school will naturally provide a reasonable solution. You needn’t bother yourself,” Director Huang said as politely as possible.

Tan Yue didn’t buy into his polite tone and responded icily, “So, which part do you think is unreasonable?”

“…,” Director Huang didn’t reply

A teacher from University A chimed in, “I think it’s quite reasonable. After all, the Aviation University is a century-old institution with a certain level of tolerance, isn’t that right, Director Huang?”

Director Huang: “…”

“That’s not the point. Look, An Yang is still a student. By publicly announcing his plagiarism and forcing him to apologize, how will his classmates view him? How will he continue to stay in school? Wouldn’t it be better if we declare his results invalid, impose a suitable punishment, but not publicly announce or apologize?”

“No, that won’t do,” Song Linchu interjected. He had always been an amiable person with a good temper, but this time he was very forceful. “We must publicly disclose his plagiarism and force him to apologize.”

“You…,” Director Huang wanted to say something, but felt Tan Yue’s cold gaze sweep over him and swallowed his words.

At this moment, a young male teacher rushed over in a hurry.

“Director Huang, Vice President Luo asked me to come and ask what just happened. We need to resolve this quickly. Everyone on site is discussing this and it is seriously affecting the viewing experience and order. This program still needs to be aired on TV tomorrow. Don’t mess this up,” he said.

Not only the leaders of the aviation university, but also those from University A and the TV station were waiting for the organizer to give a reasonable explanation and pacify the audience.

Director Huang’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat. He knew that it was impossible to cover up the incident at this point.

The best way to handle it now was to follow the first two points that Tan Yue had mentioned – have the host announce An Yang’s plagiarism and have him apologize publicly. This way, the reputation of the school wouldn’t be damaged.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to make An Yang apologize to Song Linchu publicly.

Before Director Huang could say anything, Tan Yue said, “If you can’t make a decision, I’ll handle it my way.”

Director Huang had no idea who this forceful and resolute man was, or what means he would use to resolve this matter. But he knew that his approach would not be gentle.

As they say, “speak softly first and bring a big stick later.” For men, perhaps the three requests Tan Yue made were the soft approach, and his means were the stick.

Director Huang liked to use official rhetoric, but this was only a habit he developed from years of holding public office. It didn’t mean he was stupid.

After weighing the pros and cons, he immediately made a decision.

“Then let’s handle it the gentleman’s way.”

Tan Yue received Director Huang’s agreement and handed him the folder. Just as Director Huang was about to make arrangements, Tan Yue said in a cold voice, “Apologize first.”

Director Huang had been a university director for many years. Usually, people respected and feared him. It had been a long time since he had seen someone so disrespectful to their elders.

However, since the words had been spoken, Director Huang had no choice but to swallow his pride and say to Song Linchu, “I’m sorry, Song Linchu. My handling of the situation was incorrect, and I apologize for my attitude towards you. I’m sorry.”

There were many contestants and students from both schools gathered around here. They were all shocked to see Director Huang act this way.

Especially the students from the aviation university, they were beginning to suspect that their director had been possessed.

Many female students were also stealing glances at Tan Yue with flushed cheeks, obviously taken by his handsomeness.

Director Huang’s apology had no issues, and Song Linchu didn’t hold onto the matter any longer. He said, “I hope the teacher can handle the plagiarism issue as soon as possible.”

“I’ll handle it now. You all should go do what you need to do,” Director Huang replied.

The crowd dispersed after watching the commotion, and Tan Yue said to Song Linchu, “Let’s go.”

Song Linchu left with him. Just as they were about to leave the door, they heard An Yang’s angry voice coming from another lounge, “Why do I have to apologize in public? I didn’t profit from this song and didn’t cause any harm to anyone. I won’t apologize!”

Song Linchu stopped in his tracks.

“Don’t worry, he will apologize,” Tan Yue said confidently.

“Really?” Song Linchu’s eyes lit up.

“Mm-hmm,” Tan Yue replied with certainty. “Cheng Bin will handle it.”

In fact, dealing with these people was simpler for Tan Yue than squashing a bug. If it wasn’t for the fact that he had to consider not offending the professors from the other school for Song Linchu’s sake, he wouldn’t have wasted time talking to them and would have already used his methods to resolve the issue.

It would have been absolutely ruthless, but effective.

They walked out of the backstage area and just as Song Linchu was about to tell Tan Yue that he couldn’t leave yet because he had to receive his award and take photos, someone suddenly rushed over and said, “Song Linchu, are you okay?”

It was his former roommate, He Wenyan. Since the finals were scheduled during the holiday, Gao Yuan had gone home, and Li Chang and his girlfriend had already planned to go skiing on New Year’s Day. The only one who came to the venue to cheer for Song Linchu was He Wenyan.

When He Wenyan saw Song Linchu being forcibly removed from the stage, he was afraid that those people would harm him and became extremely worried.

The backstage was inaccessible, and he couldn’t reach Song Linchu by phone. He was so anxious that he was considering calling the police when he saw Song Linchu coming out, so he rushed over and grabbed his shoulders, inspecting him from head to toe, and asked, “Did they do anything to you?”

Song Linchu, who had been preoccupied with plagiarism, had forgotten that He Wenyan might be worried about him and apologized, “I’m fine. Sorry, I forgot to let you know.”

“That’s good. You scared me. I was afraid they had bullied you.”

Tan Yue stood by, watching He Wenyan’s hand resting on Song Linchu’s shoulder with cold eyes. After He Wenyan made sure that Song Linchu was okay, he finally sensed the cold stare from the man next to him.

He turned his head and met the man’s cold and icy gaze, and silently shielded Song Linchu behind him, asking, “Who is this?”

Tan Yue narrowed his eyes as he looked at Song Linchu, who was being protected behind He Wenyan.

Song Linchu quickly patted He Wenyan’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, he is my friend. He helped me just now.”

Tan Yue asked with a teasing tone, “Just a friend?”

Song Linchu hesitated for a moment when he thought about their current relationship and the need to avoid any potential exposure. With red ears, he said, “My…my fiancé.”

“Oh, fiancé.” He Wenyan breathed a sigh of relief, his tense nerves relaxing. This man didn’t look like someone to be trifled with, and it would not be good to confront him.

Wait, fiancé?

He Wenyan almost bit his tongue and stared at Song Linchu in disbelief, “When did you get a fiancé?”

“We’ve been together for quite some time, and we feel compatible. His family has been pushing us to get married, so we…we decided to register for marriage.” Song Linchu finished his words and glanced nervously at Tan Yue.

“????” He Wenyan was at a loss for words. He wanted to advise Song Linchu not to rush into marriage and that he was too young to be tricked into the grave of marriage by an older man, but he was intimidated by the man’s powerful aura and couldn’t bring himself to speak.

He simply pulled Song Linchu aside, made sure that Tan Yue wasn’t following them, and asked, “Are you telling me the truth, or did that man force you? Let me tell you, such men are full of tricks. He’s just lusting after your body because you’re good looking. Don’t let him fool you.”

Song Linchu thought to himself that He Wenyan was completely wrong. Tan Yue didn’t have that kind of ability to lust after his body. Moreover, it seemed that he was the one who lusted after him…

“Rest assured, I am not a naïve and easy-to-deceive idiot, I have discretion,” reassured Song Linchu.

He Weiyan was skeptical, “Are you sure? Do you know his background? He seems exceptional, not an ordinary person.”

Um…he’s not an ordinary person, he’s the uncle of my ex boyfriend.

Song Linchu was vague, “Yes, he’s the boss of a company, I have researched his background, there’s no problem, he’s not a fraudster.”

He Weiyan always felt that it was not appropriate for Song Linchu to hastily marry and obtain a marriage certificate with a man like this, they didn’t even hear news of his romance.

But he also knew that Song Linchu, although easygoing, was not foolish, and because of his father’s early death and many years of caring for his seriously ill mother, he had a strong sense of purpose.

Don’t be fooled by his gentle demeanor, if there is something he wanted to do, he would do it with all his might, he had a very tenacious personality.

He sighed and said, “Just be cautious, and that’s enough. Okay, if you’re fine, then I’ll go out for a bit, congratulations on your victory in advance.”

“Alright,” Song Linchu breathed a sigh of relief at the success of hiding Tan Yue’s family background and identity. He smiled and said, “Thank you.”

After He Wenyan left, Song Linchu ran back to Tan Yue, feeling a little embarrassed as he said, “Gege, sorry for keeping you waiting.”

Tan Yue’s face was expressionless as he looked at the young man’s slightly lowered eyes and asked, “You’re good friends with He Wenyan?”

“Yeah, we used to be roommates. The four of us in the dorm had a good relationship,” Song Linchu replied.

“I can tell. You’re pretty close,” Tan Yue observed.

Song Linchu was stunned for a second before his eyes lit up. “Gege, are you… jealous?” he asked.

Tan Yue remained expressionless. “I’m just reminding you to be aware of your current identity,” he said.

“I don’t care. You’re jealous! I can even taste the sourness, hiss… my teeth are tingling!” Song Linchu teased.

Tan Yue remained silent.

Seeing the momentary confusion on Tan Yue’s face, Song Linchu couldn’t help but laugh triumphantly.

Damn, straight steel men are so easy to tease.

Tan Yue looked at the young man, who was smiling from ear to ear like a child who had just received candy, and didn’t argue further. Instead, he asked, “Where do you want to go?”

Song Linchu still had to wait for the results and go on stage to receive his award, but he didn’t want to go back to the venue to be watched by everyone or to see An Yang apologize.

He was conflicted. He had to make the organizers admit that An Yang had plagiarized and apologize publicly, but he didn’t want to hear it himself. That song was sacred to him, and he couldn’t bear to see it tarnished.

“How about we take a stroll around the campus? This is my first time at this university,” Song Linchu suggested.

“Okay,” Tan Yue replied.

Song Linchu said goodbye to Zhou Kexin and asked her to tell him when they were about to announce the results. Zhou Kexin said it was okay.

The weather had warmed up in the past few days, and the wind blowing on their faces was no longer bone-chilling. Instead, it carried a sense of comfort.

Perhaps because the gym was holding an event and it was a holiday, the students had either gone to the gym or gone home. There weren’t many pedestrians on the road, and only occasionally, among the green leaves, could they see a couple in love.

“Thank you for tonight,” Song Linchu suddenly spoke up.

He knew that if it weren’t for Tan Yue’s help, this matter would not have been resolved so quickly.

Even if it had been resolved, it would have been dealt with privately and not disclosed publicly for the sake of the students’ reputation, as Director Huang suggested, and An Yang would have been punished privately by the school.

Tan Yue remained calm and said, “No need to be polite with me.”

Song Linchu kicked a small stone on the road for a while before saying, “A Qing is my mother.”

Tan Yue was not surprised. With the way Song Linchu was stimulated, it must have been written by someone very important to him.

“It’s really good.”

Tan Yue had just listened to it briefly. Although the song was not well known, there were several very nice parts.

Otherwise, An Yang wouldn’t have picked it up.

An Yang probably never expected that when plagiarized an unpopular song, he would run into the son of the original author.

“If she heard someone complimenting her like this, she would probably be ecstatic,” Song Linchu smiled, but his tone was melancholy. “She wrote many songs before, but they were all mediocre. This song was written in the second year after my father passed away. Maybe my father’s spirit in heaven gave her a boost and made her exceptionally creative.”

Tan Yue paused for a moment and then heard Song Linchu say, “They’re probably happily together now.”

Although Tan Yue had had Cheng Bin investigate Song Linchu, he himself did not know that both of Song Linchu’s parents were no longer alive.

He was not good at comforting people and was considering his words when Song Linchu suddenly said, “Gege, can I hug you?”

After asking, he immediately said, “Ah, forget it…”

Without giving Tan Yue a chance to refuse, Song Linchu walked over and hugged him tightly.

Rather than suffer from the awkwardness of this straight steel male evasiveness, it was better to just take action.

Tan Yue hadn’t had time to say anything yet when the warm body of the young man was already pressed against him, his hands wrapped around his waist like a koala. Tan Yue had never been in such close contact with anyone before, and his body reflexively stiffened.

After a while, Tan Yue’s body relaxed. He smelled the faint scent of shower gel on the young man’s body, and his eyes softened a bit. He was about to raise his hand to return the hug, but Song Linchu had already let go.

“Okay,” Song Linchu’s face no longer had a sad expression, but was full of smiles. “Gege, you smell so good. Are you a reincarnation of a fragrant concubine?”

Tan Yue: “…”

Tan Yue said expressionlessly, “It’s the scent from my clothes.”

“I see, what a shame,” Song Linchu said.

“… It’s not a shame, thank you.”

However, seeing that Song Linchu had adjusted himself, Tan Yue didn’t have to rack his brains to comfort him anymore, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, at the competition venue.

Because of Song Linchu’s words and being forcibly removed from the stage, the audience lost interest in the competition and the whole venue was discussing this matter.

Some people went to investigate whether An Yang had really plagiarized, which song was plagiarized, but Song Linchu hadn’t mentioned the name of the plagiarized song before he was forced to shut up.

With so many songs in the world, it was impossible to figure it out.

As the official side had not given an explanation, various speculations arose. Some people believed that An Yang had plagiarized, but many others thought that Song Linchu knew he had no hope of winning and deliberately defamed An Yang. Otherwise, why didn’t he report it to the teacher instead of making it public? It was just to attract attention.

The forums of the two universities were full of hot posts because of this and it was as lively as during the Chinese New Year.

As the evening party continued as usual and there was still no explanation from the official side, more and more people believed that Song Linchu had slandered his opponent. Students from the aviation university even came to the A University forum to ridicule, and most A University students posted that Song Linchu had embarrassed their school.

As the two sides were arguing fiercely, the host suddenly announced that it had been confirmed that An Yang had indeed plagiarized and presented evidence of his plagiarism. After the host finished announcing, An Yang himself came up to apologize, although his tone was clearly unwilling, he still obediently apologized.

No one knew what this arrogant and domineering young man had experienced in the past half hour. The students from the aviation university, who were originally arrogant, immediately lost their momentum. All the sarcastic posts they made on the A University forum were deleted, and they left with their tails between their legs.

The students from A University had been suppressed for half a day, but they finally got their revenge. To make matters even better, the host announced the results and Song Linchu won the championship with an absolute lead, fulfilling Zhou Kexin’s dream “retirement”.

Tan Yue drove Song Linchu back to A University and the car slowly stopped under his dormitory building.

Song Linchu said, “Gege, I’ll go back first. You should rest early too.”

After all, Tan Yue was a terminally ill patient, and it was unclear whether staying with him for so long had any effect on his health.

Seeing that Tan Yue’s complexion was still good, he wondered what kind of terminal illness he had in that he could withstand such turmoil.

“Wait a moment.”

Tan Yue took a bag from the driver’s seat and handed it to Song Linchu.

“What is this?” Song Linchu asked.

“A suit,” Tan Yue looked at him and said, “I’ll pick you up at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning, bring your ID card and household registration book.”

Only then did Song Linchu react.

It was the day they would get their marriage license!

He didn’t expect that when he mentioned it casually in the evening, Tan Yue would really send someone to deliver the suit.

However, since he had already said it, Song Linchu didn’t refuse, and took it, saying, “Okay, thank you, Brother. See you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow,” Tan Yue finished speaking, and added two more words, “Yanyan.”

!!!

Song Linchu blinked and asked, “Ah? What Yanyan? What are you talking about, gege?”

“Yanyan,” Tan Yue said, “Your nickname.”

“…”

This man, despite listening to his mother’s song only once, was able to uncover all the nicknames that were hidden within the lyrics.

No one had called Song Linchu by this nickname since his mother passed away. If it weren’t for Tan Yue suddenly mentioning it, he would have forgotten about it completely.

Childhood nicknames were fine when one was young, but as one grew older, being called by them became extremely embarrassing.

Song Linchu was unable to keep a straight face and intentionally said, “So, gege, are you going to call me by my nickname from now on? Remember, it’s a very intimate thing.”

Tan Yue raised an eyebrow and said, “Is there anything more intimate than a marital relationship?”

Song Linchu didn’t know how to respond.

Of course there was!

For example, negative distance contact. Oh, he forgot, the old man didn’t have that kind of ability. Poor thing, Tan Yue looked like a virile young man, how could he be a sheep in bed?!