I failed again

Jiang Ruoyuan reached out and touched Bai Ci's forehead, muttering, "You don't have a fever? Why are you doing stupid things?"

Bai Ci silently took Jiang Ruoyuan's hand and said, "I don't have a fever. I just feel sorry for Si Heng, so I want to help him."

Jiang Ruoyuan looked at Bai Ci with doubt, "I didn't expect that you have such a high sense of morality."

Bai Ci: …………

Bai Ci coughed and turned his head to look away, "You said that as if I were some unforgivable person."

"Not really. Mainly because I think with your personality, you would never be willing to be struck by lightning to help Si Heng just because you feel sorry for him being imprisoned." Jiang Ruoyuan explained.

"You're right, it's impossible." Bai Ci said with a smile, "But the situation this time is special and involves some of my personal matters."

After hearing this, Jiang Ruoyuan did not ask any further questions. After all, it was someone else's private matter, and it would be impolite to ask further.

Seeing that Jiang Ruoyuan stopped asking questions, Bai Ci secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had deliberately buried those things deep in his memory and never even thought about them, let alone spoke them out loud.

"Then I'll go back to my room to rest and come see you when I get there." Jiang Ruoyuan said, turned around and left.

Ten days later, the starship arrived at the planet Noi.

After Bai Ci and Jiang Ruoyuan got off the starship, they got into the Bai family's car and rushed to the orphanage.

When they arrived at the place, they got off the car together.

"Lin Ze has never been to the place where Si Heng grew up, but we came here first." Jiang Ruoyuan said with emotion as he looked at the plaque "Home of Hope" in front of him.

"Once Si Heng runs away, he will find out about this place." Bai Ci said, and walked to the security booth and said to the security guard inside, "Hello, my last name is Bai, and I made an appointment to see Dean Zhong yesterday."

The security guard checked the information and let Bai Ci and the others in. "Mr. Bai, please come in. The dean is playing with the children on the grass in the back garden. You can just follow Teacher Zeng."

Bai Ci thanked him and followed Teacher Zeng into the back garden.

On the grass, a white-haired old grandmother was sitting on the grass, looking at the playing children with a loving face.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go call the dean." After saying this, Teacher Zeng walked up to Zhong Ling, squatted down, and said something. Zhong Ling glanced in the direction of Bai Ci and the others, then stood up with the help of Teacher Zeng and walked towards Bai Ci and the others.

"Hello, President Zhong." Bai Ci bowed and greeted very politely.

"Mr. Bai, you came all the way from the Emperor Star to the Noy Planet to find me. Is there something important?" Zhong Ling asked.

"It's nothing. I just heard Grandma Luo talking about you all the time. It just so happens that I came here with the troops to deliver supplies, so I thought of visiting Dean Zhong on behalf of Grandma Luo." Bai Ci said.

"Grandma Luo? Is it Luo Yi?" Zhong Ling asked.

Bai Ci nodded and said, "My parents died when I was young. It was Grandma Luo who took pity on me and sponsored me to go to school, which enabled me to successfully complete my studies and enter the military. I am very grateful to Grandma Luo. If it weren't for Grandma Luo, I would never be where I am today. So, I often hear Grandma Luo talking about you, President Zhong. It just so happens that I came to Planet Noi with the troops this time, so I thought of asking Grandma Luo to come and see you, President Zhong."

After listening to Bai Ci's words, Zhong Ling looked at Bai Ci with less vigilance, but she still snorted coldly and said, "Humph, since you are nagging, why don't you come over yourself?"

Bai Ci looked at Zhong Ling with sad eyes and sighed, "I have advised Grandma Luo in this way, but she always shook her head and said that she didn't want what happened that year to happen again. She just refused to come."

Only then did Zhong Ling completely believe Bai Ci. After all, if he had not really come into contact with Luo Yi, it would be impossible for him to say such a thing.

"When I met Dean Zhong today, I also wanted to ask him, what happened back then that resulted in Grandma Luo being unwilling to come to Planet Noi to see you in person even though she missed you?" Bai Ci had just the right amount of confusion on his face.

Zhong Ling looked at Bai Ci's puzzled expression, and thinking that this matter was not a secret, she said directly, "Twenty-seven years ago, she brought her two children to visit me and the orphanage. When she was leaving, Si Lin from the orphanage happened to have something to do on the Imperial Star, so she followed her spaceship."

"Little did they know that they encountered a Zerg invasion on the way. Si Lin died in the hands of the Zerg in order to save her youngest son, leaving behind a posthumous son, Si Heng. Unexpectedly, Si Heng's mother died with Si Lin not long after giving birth to him."

"Poor Si Heng, who was just born, became an orphan. She has always felt guilty, thinking that it was because of her that Si Heng became an orphan. She is afraid of encountering such a thing again, so she will not come again."

At this point, Zhong Ling sighed, feeling very sorry for Si Heng. He should have grown up with both parents and a carefree life...

Bai Ci also sighed, "Alas, it's not just Grandma Luo who is suffering. I'm afraid Mr. Si is also in great pain."

Zhong Ling sighed again, "Fortunately, Si Heng has been working hard since he was young, and now he has made a name for himself in the Imperial Star."

"It's just that I heard that he married Lin Ze from the Lin family a year ago. I don't know if he is doing well now."

"This kid didn't say a word about getting married. If Luo Yi hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known. After getting married, there was no news at all. If Luo Yi hadn't sent me a message occasionally, I wouldn't know how he is doing now."

Bai Ci comforted him, "Dean Zhong, don't worry too much. The Lin family has Grandma Luo around, so Mr. Si won't have a bad life."

"What's the use of having Luo Yi? There is no good person in the Lin family!" Zhong Ling scolded, "Besides, Lin Ze has moved out of the Lin family's old house a long time ago. After Xiao Heng married him, she must have moved out with him. Outside, Luo Yi can't control him. Who knows how he treats Xiao Heng?"

"Xiao Heng is the type who only reports good news and not bad news. If he really suffered any injustice, he would not tell us anything for fear of worrying us."

Bai Ci's focus was on Zhong Ling's words, "There is not a single good person in the Lin family." This was referring to Lin Jun, right?

What did Lin Jun do to deserve such an image of him in Zhong Ling's eyes?

Bai Ci thought for a while and decided that instead of trying hard to get the truth out of Luo Yi and then trying to persuade him to rebel, it would be better to use Zhong Ling to persuade Luo Yi to rebel. It would be much faster than doing it on his own.

Thinking of this, Bai Ci deliberately pretended to be hesitant to speak. Zhong Ling immediately saw that something was wrong and asked directly, "Do you know something?"

"This..." Bai Ci said with embarrassment, "Alas, it's better for Dean Zhong not to know, otherwise, it will only add to your troubles."

Zhong Ling refused. She had finally got news about Si Heng, so how could she let it go so easily?

"What are you worried about? Tell me quickly!"

Bai Ci pretended to refuse several times, and finally under Zhong Ling's constant questioning, hesitantly said, "It's... it's... Mr. Si, he was recently locked up in the manor by Mr. Lin under the pretext of recuperating. It has been three or four months."

"What?!" Zhong Ling couldn't help but raise her voice, "Are you telling the truth?!"

Bai Ci nodded and said, "It's true."

Having said that, he glanced at Zhong Ling implicitly, as if hesitating whether to say the next words.

Zhong Ling was so angry when she saw him like this that she said bluntly, "If you have anything else, don't hide it from me, just tell me everything!"

"This..." Bai Ci hesitated, "Isn't this a bad idea? I'm afraid that you, the dean, will faint from anger..."

Zhong Ling's premonition grew worse. She was afraid that Lin Ze had done something even more excessive, which was why Bai Ci didn't even dare to say anything for fear of upsetting himself.

But Zhong Ling was determined to know about Si Heng. "Just tell me. I'm not that fragile!"

Bai Ci then said helplessly, "Okay, I'll tell you. But, Dean, you have to be prepared. I'm afraid you will be angry about this."

"Go ahead." Zhong Ling took a deep breath and said.

"That's right. Isn't Si Heng teaching at the Imperial Academy of Arts? Mr. Lin helped him quit this job not long ago." Bai Ci said, "I don't know if Mr. Si did it voluntarily, alas."