Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl
Chapter 517 - 475: The Jiang Family’s Conspiracies and Tricks

Chapter 517: Chapter 475: The Jiang Family’s Conspiracies and Tricks

The volume of discussion was growing louder.

Old Madame Jiang asked Jiang Zhe, "Aren’t you supposed to report to school tomorrow?"

"Yes, the holiday has already ended."

"How about waiting another two days before going?" Old Madame Jiang suggested. "There’s no need to rush out now."

Jiang Zhe shook her head. "Since it’s been decided that I report tomorrow, I don’t want to make an exception for myself."

Old Madame Jiang said, "Then let the driver take you there, and come back early after you’ve reported. When classes officially start, you’ll come back home to stay every day, alright?"

Jiang Zhe agreed.

She had a feeling that something was amiss.

The next day, she took the family driver’s car to school.

At the school gate, she saw Qin Jingchen’s car.

She got out of the car, ran to Qin Jingchen’s, and sat down in it after opening the door.

Qin Jingchen held her hand. By the time he got out of the car, after walking just a short distance, her hand was already icy cold.

"Have you heard about the influenza situation?" Jiang Zhe asked him.

"I heard about it, and it seems quite serious. The hospitals are operating over capacity. Even Fen Ye and I received notices at our villa advising us to minimize going out and to be cautious."

Jiang Zhe frowned, this was very close to what she knew.

It looked like this influenza was indeed very serious.

Moreover, judging by the Elders Council’s request, they knew very early on that the situation was particularly severe.

"How could they have initiated such strong defense measures right when the flu appeared?" Jiang Zhe said.

Qin Jingchen said, "I’m investigating it too. Be very careful these days."

"Alright, I’m going to report in first," said Jiang Zhe and then walked toward the school.

Qin Jingchen watched her retreating figure, rubbed his brow, and knew that this matter was significant, but for a moment, he didn’t know how to explain it to her.

Perhaps it was best if she didn’t know about this.

But how could this possibly remain unknown?

With that thought, he immediately stepped out of the car and ran towards Jiang Zhe.

But there were too many people in the school, and Jiang Zhe had already disappeared from his line of sight.

When Jiang Zhe entered the classroom for reporting, a group of people retreated as soon as they saw her from afar, as if she was some kind of flooding beast.

The teacher in charge of receiving the student reports was surnamed Zhao. She had a good impression of Jiang Zhe from the military training camp and seeing the students behaving this way, she spoke up, "Jiang Zhe is just here to report, you don’t need to act like this."

"Teacher Zhao, can we request that Jiang Zhe leave our class?"

"Yes, why do we have to be in the same class with her?"

"We won’t talk about the past, but regarding this influenza situation, forgive my bluntness, we just don’t want to be in the same class with her!"

Jiang Zhe heard these words clearly. Teacher Zhao wanted to say something, but Jiang Zhe spoke up, "What exactly is the issue with the flu?"

"Jiang Zhe, are you truly ignorant, or are you pretending not to know? Such a big issue with the flu, and it’s completely impossible to disconnect from the Jiang family, yet you still have the nerve to ask us?"

"Exactly, if you had any shame, you wouldn’t appear before us at all. Do we need to spell it out for you?"

"I really don’t know, tell me," Jiang Zhe said calmly amidst the accusations, her expression unchanged.

Teacher Zhao said, "Jiang Zhe, it’s nothing, come with me to the office..."

"Teacher Zhao, I appreciate your kindness, but I still want to understand what’s going on here."

The leading girl said loudly, "Over twenty years ago, it was someone from the Jiang family, Jiang Qian, who deliberately caused this flu outbreak. It resulted in countless people on the Beicheng Continent getting sick and many deaths over the winter. Even more people who recovered suffered severe after-effects. Because of this flu, many families were destroyed. Although the outbreak was stopped, it would still recur on a small scale every few years. Just when we thought we hadn’t seen an outbreak in seven or eight years, now it’s returned. Who knows if it’s not something the Jiang family stirred up again?"

Jiang Zhe had indeed heard that Beicheng Continent was prone to influenza in winter.

But she had never heard anyone blame the Jiang family for it.

Her brows furrowed slightly.

Another student followed up, "Yeah, so many people died before, and now it’s happening again. Things had finally calmed down, so why did it start anew when Jiang Zhe returned? Could this be the Jiang family’s conspiracy?"

"Enough, let’s all study independently for now!" Teacher Zhao still called an end to the chatter and said to Jiang Zhe, "Jiang Zhe, come to the office with me."

Jiang Zhe followed her to the office.

Teacher Zhao poured her a glass of water and said, "What they are talking about is an old matter from over twenty years ago. Jiang Qian is your elder uncle, right? He was researching medicine, and when the flu virus got out, I’ve always believed it was an accident, not something he did intentionally. But at that time, many people jumped on the bandwagon, convinced that he did it deliberately. Eventually, the Elders Council suppressed these rumors. For years, no one brought up the matter ever again. Who knew it would be dug up now."

"So you think someone deliberately brought it up again?" Jiang Zhe asked.

Teacher Zhao said, "When the forest grows, the wind will inevitably blow. You performed too well during the military training, and naturally, it upset some people. With the flu happening again, it’s inevitable that some would bring up the past. But don’t worry, I believe the school authorities will soon get control of the situation and prevent these rumors from spreading."

Jiang Zhe, however, was not optimistic. Since the issue hadn’t been raised before and now people were mentioning it, it was obvious someone was doing this deliberately.

She had not expected this flu to hide so many secrets.

No wonder the Jiang family was now in decline among the four major families, with such an incident in the past, it would have been strange if they hadn’t declined.

"Teacher Zhao, are there specific medicines for these flu strains?" Jiang Zhe asked.

"There used to be. But strangely, although one outbreak would be contained, a few years later another would erupt, and the next one would have similarities in toxicity but also differences, so the medicine from the previous outbreak could be used, but wasn’t completely effective. This resulted in new medicines always being a step late, and it took time to get the situation under control. That’s why some people hold grudges against the Jiang family..." Teacher Zhao explained the cause and effect.

In fact, few people nowadays knew the details as clearly as she did because the authorities had quickly controlled the situation at that time to prevent the Jiang family from being implicated too much.

Teacher Zhao knew about it in detail because she was older and her parents were doctors, so she spoke accurately.

She never mentioned these matters to anyone, but since the students in the class were suddenly pointing fingers at Jiang Zhe with such conviction, she felt she had to mention it to Jiang Zhe, to prepare her mentally.