A Substitute Bride With Multiple Identities
Chapter 288 Hypocritical Justice

Chapter 288: Chapter 288 Hypocritical Justice

Lu Wan looked at Shen Yanhe in shock, her expression full of disbelief, "You? A Ph.D. from YM?"

Don’t most Ph.D.s have a lot of years on them, scruffy with beards?

How could she be... so young?

She didn’t seem to be thirty yet!

Based on the exchange just now, Shen Yanhe’s knowledge had already conquered these professors. Hearing Lu Wan’s questioning, they were all discontent, "How can you, a junior, speak this way?"

The dean’s face also looked somewhat displeased as he turned to Fan Yajing, asking, "Fan Yajing, what’s this all about? What did you bring her here for?"

Fan Yajing glanced at Xie Muchuan standing beside Shen Yanhe. He stood tall, with slightly furrowed brows, but his gaze did not rest on her.

Before she could speak, Lu Wan said, "Dean Ge, don’t blame sister Yajing, I wanted to come. I came to ask this Dr. YM why she hit someone for no reason?"

The professors all turned their gaze toward Shen Yanhe, surprise evident in their eyes.

Dean Ge frowned and asked, "When did little Shen hit anyone?"

"Dean Ge, I have evidence in my hands!" Lu Wan said, took her phone from Fan Yajing’s hands, and opened the gallery to show the photo she had taken of Lin Yinyin’s bruised and broken skin, handing it to a professor sitting close to her.

"Here! This is the injury on that girl’s face caught by me and sister Yajing."

The professor examined the injury in the photo, his eyes filled with doubt, before passing the phone around for everyone present to see.

Lu Wan said furiously, "When I came across that girl, she was sitting on the ground crying! She didn’t dare to speak out about the injury on her face when I saw it! She also said she was afraid of Dr. YM and didn’t dare to confront her face to face! I couldn’t stand it, so I took photos to bring here."

She glared at Shen Yanhe angrily, questioning, "Dr. YM, why exactly did you hit that girl without any reason? And Dean Ge, if I remember correctly, isn’t it true that only truly talented and virtuous doctors are invited to the medical conference in Jingcheng?"

With a righteous face, Lu Wan continued, "Someone like her, who has no morals and hits people randomly, what qualification does she have to attend the medical conference? What if this gets exposed online, won’t you worry about being criticized by netizens, Dean Ge?"

Li Kuo carefully looked at the photo on the phone. As Fan Yajing captured it, Lin Yinyin’s full face inevitably made it into the shot, and he easily recognized that the photo was of Lin Yinyin.

A look of astonishment crossed his face, "Is this... Yinyin?"

Li Kuo frowned deeply and with an accusatory tone, he questioned Shen Yanhe, "Dr. YM, I know my student Lin Yinyin indeed had some problems with you, but those issues surely weren’t enough for you to resort to hitting her, were they?"

Indeed, he blamed Lin Yinyin for giving him false information that caused him to have a bad impression of Shen Yanhe.

But no matter what she had done, she was still the daughter of a friend, and seeing her hurt, Li Kuo couldn’t remain indifferent.

Dean Ge also looked at Shen Yanhe, somewhat unable to understand, but in his heart, he believed that Shen Yanhe wouldn’t have initiated the attack.

Facing the confused and questioning looks from everyone, Shen Yanhe rested one hand on her chin, slowly twirling a pen in her other hand, her gaze indifferently lowered to the phone lying in front of her.

As the spinning pen halted, Shen Yanhe’s slender fingers gently swiped across the photo on the phone, her voice cold, "In this day and age, there aren’t many champions of justice like you."

She lifted her eyes, looking at Lu Wan, whose face was full of indignation, "It’s just unfortunate that your justice is misplaced."

"The slap mark on her face was indeed left by me, but did you know that she was the one who struck me first, and I was merely acting in self-defense. As for the other injuries, I didn’t inflict them; I’m not carrying that pot."

Shen Yanhe pressed down on the phone and pushed it forward, "If you don’t believe me, it’s quite simple; just retrieve the surveillance footage from the corridor."

She looked at Dean Ge, "I remember that we have plenty of surveillance cameras installed at the venue, right?"

"Right," Dean Ge nodded. To prevent disruption by outsiders and to protect against potential threats from extreme patients infiltrating the venue, he made sure surveillance cameras were installed in every corner.

Dean Ge looked at Xie Muchuan, "Xie, please retrieve the surveillance footage from the corridor."

Xie Muchuan nodded and left the room.

Fan Yajing watched his retreating figure, a few shades of gloom flickering in the depths of her eyes.

Lu Wan had originally been convinced that the person in the wrong was Shen Yanhe, but now seeing how swiftly and decisively she had the surveillance footage pulled up, part of her began to waver.

But it was only a slight hesitation.

She still believed that Shen Yanhe was in the wrong for hitting someone indiscriminately.

Twenty minutes later, Xie Muchuan had copied the surveillance video of the corridor onto a USB drive and brought it over.

There was a projector in the conference room.

Xie Muchuan plugged the USB into the computer, connected it to the projector, and projected the surveillance video from the computer onto the screen.

Everyone’s eyes turned to the screen.

Soon, the figures of Shen Yanhe and Lin Yinyin appeared on the screen.

The footage showed Shen Yanhe about to walk inside, being stopped by Lin Yinyin, and after exchanging some words, Lin Yinyin raised her hand to hit Shen Yanhe but got countered and hit back...

After the surveillance footage finished, the truth was clear.

It was indeed Lin Yinyin who initiated the aggression, and Shen Yanhe was forced to fight back.

Lu Wan, previously seething with injustice, now wore a face as if she’d been slapped through the air, the sting fiery hot, both embarrassing and awkward.

Li Kuo’s expression also soured, his heart fully blaming Lin Yinyin.

Lu Wan’s hand dropped to her side, clenched into a fist, her face turning red as she stammered out, "But... but regardless, hitting someone is still wrong, you could have completely avoided using your hands at that moment."

Shen Yanhe laughed, "Miss, do I look like the Virgin Mary to you?"

"If someone slaps you, and you don’t want to retaliate, then you should be the one sitting as the giant Buddha at Leshan, not me. I couldn’t do it."

"Forgiving others is God’s business. As for me, I can only send her to meet God. Those four slaps were, to be honest, too few for my liking."

Lu Wan was so choked up by her words that she couldn’t respond, her face turning red.

Fan Yajing spoke up to smooth things over, "Dr. YM, one should forgive where forgiveness is due. Wanwan was coming from a place of justice; she had good intentions, even though it ended poorly. You don’t have to be so aggressive."

Seeing someone defend her, Lu Wan’s eyes instantly reddened, and she pouted, "Exactly... how was I to know... she was only pretending to be pitiful to deceive me... I meant well..."

"Meant well?" Shen Yanhe scoffed, "Yes, your good intentions almost had me wearing the tarnished reputation of an aggressor."

The world isn’t short of these ’good-hearted people.’ They often, purely out of ’good intentions’, take the side of the underdog without caring whether that party is right or wrong, going as far as nearly ruining people’s reputations. Only after the truth comes out do they weakly say, "I didn’t mean it, I was just being kind."

That kind of kindness is more frightening than pure malice.

Lu Wan’s eyes reddened even more, and she couldn’t help but raise her hand to wipe away tears.

Dean Ge sighed inwardly, and for the sake of the Lu Family, he spoke out, "Alright, if something like this happens again, remember not to blindly trust others."

"This is a warning for this time. If there’s a next time, I’ll report it directly to the police."

"Our meeting isn’t over yet. You two may leave now."

Lu Wan cried out with a "wu," wiping her tears as she hurriedly walked out.

She couldn’t stand to stay any longer.

Fan Yajing didn’t leave, standing at the door hesitating for a few seconds before asking, "Dean, may I stay and listen?"

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