The male supporting character was actually myself.

Just as the announcement of the end of get out of class was made, the police officers, who had been waiting in the hallway for a moment, knocked on the door and asked, "We have accepted a report to investigate the defamation case on the Lingnan University forum, and we have now collected a considerable amount of evidence. We would like to ask Ms. Yu to cooperate with our investigation. Do you have time?"

In the packed lecture hall, hundreds of people witnessed this historic moment—the classroom door was pushed open by uniformed police officers, and a handsome young man stood with the police officers at the door!

"Holy crap! The adulterer has been caught!"

"Who? That's the male third party?"

"Oh! It really is him! Look at the watch on his wrist, I searched it up, it's so expensive! It's exactly the same!"

"That's right, from his height and posture to his clothes and hairstyle, it's definitely a male mistress who was secretly photographed!"

"I never expected this! Is this the official investigation? This is such a good show, it's fucking exciting!"

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Chapter Twenty-Four: Fight!

With a loud "boom," the lecture hall erupted in chaos.

People in the back rows stood up to look, eager to see just how handsome the legendary "handsome man and beautiful woman" mistress really were. Some even couldn't wait to point their phones at the door, wanting to record the whole thing live.

This is an official investigation helping to catch a mistress! Just thinking about it is exciting!

Jiang Chen was waiting at the door with one hand in his pocket. Before Yu Chuchu could answer, she saw him and asked with a strange look, "Chenchen, what are you doing here? Didn't we say there was some kind of meeting at the company today?"

"I'm cooperating with the police investigation." He shrugged and smiled. "I brought our family's household registration book after receiving the notification. Sis, your new hairstyle looks pretty good; I almost didn't recognize you."

The little white cat jumped onto its host's shoulder, rubbed against his face, and purred, "Host, Yu Chuchu's lectures are so good! I haven't slept this soundly in ages! When you're free, have her give more lectures at home, her hypnotic effect is amazing!"

Jiang Chen: ...

Upon hearing this, Yu Chuchu blushed and earnestly explained, "Officer, this is my younger brother! Those rumors online are all slander, which is why I called the police and asked you to investigate."

“We already know the details. There are new developments from the school's information department; the actual investigations and inquiries by other colleagues regarding the source of the rumors are nearing completion, so there are some things we need to confirm with you now.”

The upright-looking police officer, holding a notebook, patiently asked, "Do you recognize this number 112XXXXXXX4?"

She was slightly taken aback. "This...this is Dong Muqian's phone number. He used to have an old phone and a number starting with 122. After he brought his mother over a while ago, he gave it to her to use. He bought a new phone and changed the number to one starting with 112."

What's wrong? Is there a problem with this phone number?

"Do you know someone named Liu Yingxiu?"

"Liu Yingxiu is Dong Muqian's mother."

“That matches up.” The police officer quickly jotted down a few notes and explained, “Our colleagues at the IT department found that the anonymous ID spreading rumors on the Lingnan University forum was registered with the 112 mobile phone number, but the telecommunications company found that this number was registered using Liu Yingxiu’s ID card.”

Since that's the case, there's no need for us to go to the telecommunications company now. We've already notified Dong Muqian and Liu Yingxiu to come to the bureau for a talk."

The fluffy ball nestled on its host's shoulder, covering its mouth with its paws and giggling.

Jiang Chen pretended to be furious and cursed, "Well, that damned Dong Muqian really knows how to play dirty tricks! What? Doesn't he recognize me as his brother-in-law? Is it really necessary to secretly follow and take fake photos to smear his wife online?"

"Sister, let me tell you, if you show any mercy this time, I'll break your legs too!"

"Did Dong Muqian post the anonymous post?" Yu Chuchu was really surprised by this turn of events, and her face turned pale with anger. "First, he had his mother spread rumors everywhere, and then, in order to prove that he was right, he deliberately took photos of me and my brother to continue to smear us."

It's really hateful!

You don't need to lift a finger, just let me see it..."

Before she could finish speaking, she caught a glimpse of police officers bringing Dong Muqian over not far away. He looked guilty, with his neck hunched and shifty eyes, which made her furious.

Yu Chuchu looked around and saw a student hanging a sturdy black umbrella on the first desk in the classroom. She immediately rushed up and grabbed it. Before anyone else could react, she ran up in her high heels and swung the black umbrella at Dong Muqian's head.

"You're really willing to be cuckolded, aren't you?"

"You're envious because you don't have one? You're making yourself look like a cuckold just for spreading rumors?"

"Fine! You wanted to spread rumors that I was cheating on you? Let me crack open your skull and see if it's all green inside..."

…………

She cursed him with the most vicious words she could think of, while swinging her large black umbrella and hitting the unsuspecting Dong Muqian until he was dizzy and had to run away with his head in his hands.

The accompanying police officer clearly already knew what was going on; upon seeing this, he simply moved aside without even trying to stop them.

"Are you fucking crazy?! Yu Chuchu, you bitch..." Dong Muqian was beaten so badly that he could only shout.

The little white cat, hands on its hips, laughed even harder, "I really didn't realize, Host, how did you transform Baozi into a hedgehog? She really fights fiercely!"

"Looks like they've been bullied for too long, and they got a little emotional and couldn't control themselves." Jiang Chen smiled and looked at the policeman next to him, asking in a low voice, "This level of fighting between a husband and wife isn't a big deal, is it?"

The police officers just stared at each other, showing no intention of intervening.

It was the two bodyguards who came to the rescue in time. Lin Zhiyu rushed up and used his burly physique to squeeze Dong Muqian into a corner, making him unable to move or even fight back. Yang Mei stood aside symbolically and gave a few words of righteous advice.

Yu Chuchu swung the large black umbrella so hard that the clasp came undone, and two of its branches broke. The umbrella wobbled precariously before she finally stopped, spitting out a curse: "I must have been blind to have fallen for a piece of scum like you!"

"You, you all neglected your duties!" Dong Muqian had never suffered such an injustice before.

His whole body was burning with pain, and he was so angry that he saw stars. He pointed at Yu Chuchu and yelled, "As a police officer, didn't you know to stop this crazy woman? This is intentional assault! I... I'm going to sue her!"

Lin Zhiyu gave him a cold look and said in a muffled voice, "Teacher Dong is indeed not very knowledgeable. You are a law professor, how could you forget such basic common sense?"

When a stranger is assaulted, that's called intentional injury.

That's called a dispute between people who know each other;

What's called a domestic conflict between husband and wife is only considered domestic violence if the injury is assessed as minor. However, domestic violence itself is not punished. Of course, Ms. Dong can go to the hospital for a medical examination to use the injuries as evidence in her divorce lawsuit.

"Tsk tsk, how do you teach students with such a low level of expertise? Even I, a bodyguard, know these regulations, and you don't? Did you buy your diploma?"

"You..." Dong Muqian rubbed his head and glanced at him. Before he could retort, he was so frightened by the other party's fierce appearance and burly figure that he took two steps back and fell silent.

Seeing this, the police officer frowned and gestured, "Stop making a scene, let's talk about it at the station."

"Making a scene?!" He took his right hand off his head to show the bloodstains, his voice trembling. "Look, you're bleeding from this. Is this what you call making a scene?"

The other party, unfazed, retorted, "Are you going to the hospital to get a medical examination as evidence to file for divorce? If you don't file for divorce, isn't it just that your wife broke your head? It's not uncommon for couples to fight and get into physical altercations."

Besides, you were the one who spread rumors about her cheating on you first, so if you're in the wrong, just say less. As the saying goes, couples quarrel in bed and make up before they get out of bed; it was just a fight in the heat of the moment, nothing serious. Calm down and come with us to the station to give your statements.”

Police uniforms are already quite eye-catching, and since everyone knows they are investigating the most talked-about incident of the past two days, anyone with free time comes to watch the excitement. As a result, the corridors, upstairs and downstairs, and even the school square are filled with onlookers.

Jiang Chen, of course, never shied away from making things worse.

He casually walked up to Dong Muqian with one hand in his pocket, then slapped him across the face, making the man stumble and almost fall. "You took the photo, didn't you? You uploaded it online, didn't you?"

What's wrong, brother-in-law? Have you lost your memory or gone blind?

Don't you even recognize your own brother-in-law?

Am I, Yu Jiangchen, the male third party?

Is your own mother, who sleeps next to you, a mistress? Otherwise, why would she share a bed with you every day?

Chapter Twenty-Five You've definitely made a mistake.

"Holy crap! This is juicy gossip! The 'male third party' is actually Teacher Yu's younger brother! The 'intimate photos' that were used to spread rumors were taken and uploaded by Dong Muqian!"

"As expected, the plot twist has occurred!"

"Wait a minute, let me sort this out... So, Dong Muqian knew the siblings were together, but he deliberately took photos without showing his face and posted them online to make everyone think Yu Chuchu was cheating, right? Is he out of his mind? This level of rumor-mongering could be cleared up simply by showing his face and ID!"

A Master of Laws degree, and that's it?

"They probably didn't expect it to escalate like this, right?"

"Ha, it's because the cost of spreading rumors is too low. It's similar to staged accidents for extortion; it's difficult to collect evidence and the responsibility is small. Spreading rumors is easy, but refuting them is exhausting, requiring a lot of time, money, and psychological pressure. In the end, the person spreading the rumors can at most apologize."

"There should be legislation! Spreading rumors should be punished just as severely as staged accidents!"

“If someone tries to stage an accident and demands an exorbitant amount of money, we should investigate the facts and order them to pay that amount. Then no one will dare to stage an accident again. As for spreading rumors, we should compensate them for lost wages and emotional distress, and then send them to jail for two years. That will stop so many people from spreading lies.”

"Come on, if a stranger is beaten, it's called intentional assault, but if a married person is beaten, it's called a domestic conflict or domestic violence. Even the XX law doesn't punish it severely. In other words, it's like saying that after marriage, the weaker party becomes the appendage of the stronger party. This is a trampling on human rights!"

"Damn! A feminist has appeared upstairs! Marriage means becoming an accessory? Then don't ask for a dowry, don't ask for a house or a car, and don't get married!"

"Warning: Someone upstairs is about to have a baby! Hahaha~"

"There really are strange species infiltrating universities. They were clearly talking about the weak and the strong, not gender antagonism. Is this really hitting a nerve? You're probably Dong Muqian's student. With such a scumbag teacher, how can you not produce scumbag students?"

"I am a man, I have a mother and a sister, I can understand the difficulties women face in bearing the risks of childbirth alone, and I am aware of the impact of gender discrimination in the workplace on them. The continued decline in the birth rate is not without reason; only when the overall environment is conducive to childbearing can the birth rate be boosted."

The current era has entered a phase of punishing reproduction, much like animals stop reproducing during winter when food is scarce. This is a biological decision, and we shouldn't blame any particular group for it. Furthermore—those who indiscriminately ridicule and accuse women of creating gender antagonism must be motherless!

"Dude, you guys went off-topic! Let me correct you with a live report: After a thorough investigation by the police, they've taken Dong Muqian's mother away. The aunties at the school unanimously testify that she's the one who spread the rumors. Stay tuned for further updates..."

…………

Given the uproar this matter has caused online and the situation is escalating, the police are under great pressure and need to quickly investigate the facts, issue a statement, and end this defamation campaign.

Therefore, Dong Muqian's phone was confiscated on the spot and an investigation was immediately launched.

After arriving at the police station, the four were questioned separately.

Liu Yingxiu had never seen anything like this before.

Don't let her raging, angry demeanor at home fool you; she immediately wilted when she was in the interrogation room. People who bully the weak and fear the strong, and who are also guilty, are always like this. The moment the lights came on and the police asked a few questions, she was exposed. She quickly confessed everything: how her son came home, what he told her, and how he instructed her to spread rumors.

Dong Muqian, relying on his master's degree in law, acted with impunity, having not personally participated in any of the events.

So when the police officers showed him the photos on his phone, he was still sitting in the interrogation room with his legs crossed, slowly swaying back and forth.

If it weren't for the fact that the left side of his face was swollen up like a pig's head from Jiang Chen's slap, making him look rather comical, he would have been completely calm and composed, appearing confident and collected.

"You tracked me down, took so many photos, and then anonymously posted them online to slander me. Don't you understand that you've broken the law? Aren't you a law master's student? How can you show such contempt for the law?"

"I didn't take that picture, it has nothing to do with me." Dong Muqian explained earnestly, though his words were unclear: "One of my students saw my wife arguing with a man and mistakenly thought she was cheating on me, so he took a picture and emailed it to me."

The photo was taken poorly; I didn't even recognize that it was Yu Jiangchen, and I was misled as well.

The anonymous post on the forum wasn't posted by me. You should be able to find the ID on the backend. This matter really has nothing to do with me; I'm a victim too. Officer, please check my emails, including the email and photo attachments from that student. I just downloaded them and saved them to my phone's photo album.

The righteous-looking policeman raised an eyebrow at him, giving him a "you're kidding me" look. He sighed, put down his phone, crossed his arms, and patiently advised, "A real man should take responsibility for his actions. The evidence is right in front of you. What's the point of making excuses like this?"

"He dares to spread rumors and slander his wife for cheating, he dares to force himself to be cuckolded, but he doesn't dare to admit what he did?"

"I didn't do it! You want evidence, right? Look at the time the emails were sent, the time I downloaded and saved the photos, and compare it with the time the anonymous post was published. Wouldn't everything be clear then? The emails, the photos taken with different phone models, the anonymous ID's backend information—once you pull them up, you'll know I'm not lying."

"You're supposed to be a university professor who understands law, how could you be so... should I call you naive or just incompetent?"

The police officer held up a stamped piece of paper in front of him, pointed to the large characters on it, and said coldly, "Did you see that clearly? Anonymous ID information retrieved from the school forum's backend, registered mobile number 112XXXXXXX4."