Chapter 83

When Zhao Lina hurriedly opened the door, Guo Lin was sitting in front of the computer in the living room, his face dark as he surfed the internet.

As soon as he saw Zhao Lina enter, Guo Lin quickly waved her over: "Come here, you know more about computers than I do. Help me check something."

"What's wrong?" Zhao Lina quickly put down her bag, changed into slippers, and walked over.

Guo Lin gritted his teeth and said, "Suddenly, a lot of people online are saying I'm corrupt, that I'm keeping a female college student, and even that I'm fooling around with a female teacher at City No. 5 Middle School. I suspect someone is trying to frame me, but I'm not very good at finding things. Can you help me look?"

Zhao Lina's heart tightened. After following Guo Lin, she was most afraid of the truth coming to light. Now she had a stable job with a good position, a house, and several hundred thousand in savings. But if the truth came out, she would lose everything.

In a state of extreme tension, Zhao Lina immediately opened a webpage and instinctively went to the most popular local forum in Haizhou. In the chat section, she quickly found a prominent post: "Xiling Coal Mine Manager Guo Lin, corrupt and immoral, his crimes deserve punishment."

After Zhao Lina opened the post, Guo Lin also nervously stared at the content.

The entire post was divided into three parts. The first part was all about Guo Lin's corruption and abuse of power, such as controlling personnel arrangements at the mine, accepting bribes from subordinates, having full procurement authority and receiving huge kickbacks, and monopolizing the sale of processed coal, taking a cut from every ton of coal.

The second part mentioned him keeping a female college student, but this part was only briefly mentioned.

The third part claimed he had an improper relationship with a young female teacher at City No. 5 Middle School.

Having been the mine manager for so many years, Guo Lin was naturally quite mature. Initially, he was very tense, but after reading the entire post, his heart eased by half.

Then, Guo Lin reached out and pulled Zhao Lina into his arms, his hands roaming as he coldly said, "None of this content provides any concrete evidence. He says I accept bribes from subordinates, kickbacks from procurement, and a cut from coal sales. Everyone at Xiling Coal Mine knows about these things, but without evidence, it's just empty talk. I'm not afraid of people saying I'm corrupt; I'm only afraid of them presenting evidence of my corruption."

"Also, he says I'm keeping a female college student. When we first started, you were still in school, but now you've been working for almost two years. If he really knew about my relationship with you, he wouldn't just say it like that."

"As for the relationship with the teacher at City No. 5 Middle School, it's completely baseless. From this, we can see that the person trying to frame me doesn't have much real evidence."

Zhao Lina, breathing heavily, asked in his ear, "Have you offended anyone recently?"

"No!" Guo Lin, hands and mouth busy, mumbled, "There are always people who want to get me, but I haven't offended anyone recently."

Zhao Lina, arching her back, said intermittently, "You still need to be cautious. I think you should first try to get all the online content removed. Otherwise, if someone uses it to make trouble, you'll be in a very passive position."

Guo Lin, buried in Zhao Lina's chest, panted, "I'll find someone to help me remove all this stuff. But the problem is, they not only posted it on Haizhou's websites but also on Pengcheng and Jinling's websites. It might be hard to remove everything."

Zhao Lina then said, "You should also communicate with your superiors. All this online content is baseless. Even if they investigate, they won't find anything."

"Right, I don't know which scoundrel is trying to frame me. I was scared to death, but after reading what they posted, I feel relieved."

Saying this, Guo Lin patted Zhao Lina's waist and said, "Let's go to the bedroom."

"No!" Zhao Lina pouted, deliberately pushing Guo Lin's hand away, slightly dissatisfied, "You only think of me when you need something. I haven't seen you for days. Did you deliberately avoid me after I told you about the house construction?"

Guo Lin quickly explained, "How could I! I've already prepared the money for you, but my son was hospitalized after being beaten up a few days ago. I've been running to the hospital every day. I just came back from the hospital."

"Yuhang was beaten up?" Zhao Lina exclaimed, "Who dared to do that!"

"Forget it," Guo Lin sighed. His son being beaten up was a mess. First, he was beaten by Li Mu, then he tried to get revenge but ended up being hospitalized by the person he hired.

Guo Lin was too embarrassed to talk about this mess.

Zhao Lina didn't pay much attention. In her eyes, Guo Yuhang getting beaten up was just a matter of time. A few years ago, when she was tutoring him, he was already fifteen and extremely arrogant, often taking advantage of her.

"My mother has been calling me every day. My brother got a girl pregnant and needs to get married. The family needs money to build a house. If you can, please give me the money as soon as possible. I'll go home and deliver it."

Guo Lin nodded. Zhao Lina had mentioned this before, and he had already agreed. Ten thousand yuan wasn't much; he could easily get it from anywhere.

"The money is already prepared. I'll bring it to you tomorrow after work."

"You're the best!" Zhao Lina was satisfied, smiling seductively as she pulled Guo Lin into the bedroom.

...

Guo Lin spent five minutes with Zhao Lina, and to achieve those five minutes, Zhao Lina had to spend nearly twenty minutes using all her tricks. This way, half an hour passed.

In half an hour, a lot can happen. In those thirty minutes, Guo Lin could find a moment of near-divine pleasure with Zhao Lina, while Li Mu and Zhao Kang could quickly expose their affair online.

When Xue Guilan received her sister's call, she was still at the hospital with her son. As soon as the call connected, Xue Guilan's face quickly turned tense, then abnormally ugly, and her breathing became rapid, her face turning pale!

Her sister, Xue Guifen, was the head of the personnel department at Xiling Coal Mine. A woman with only a junior high school education and no skills had managed to climb to this position thanks to her sister and brother-in-law. When she heard others discussing her brother-in-law being exposed online, she immediately went home and checked the internet, almost fainting from shock. She then called her sister and told her everything she saw.

At first, Xue Guilan thought it was just someone trying to frame her husband, as there was no concrete evidence in the content. But when she heard the name Zhao Lina, her mind buzzed, and the problem became serious.

As the saying goes, where there's smoke, there's fire. Zhao Lina had tutored her son about three and a half years ago. If the person online was just making accusations, how could the mastermind know about a minor figure from years ago?

Xue Guilan recalled that Zhao Lina hadn't tutored her son for long. She had noticed her husband's strange looks and excessive concern for Zhao Lina and had quickly dismissed her.

She thought she had nipped her husband's infidelity in the bud, but it turned out he had been keeping that little vixen since then!

Xue Guilan, filled with anger, immediately took out her phone and called Guo Lin.

"Where are you?"

"Out, taking care of some important business."

"Get home in ten minutes!"

At that moment, Guo Lin was lying on Zhao Lina's bed, his belly sticking out. When he received the call, he didn't have time to make an excuse before Xue Guilan hung up.

"Damn woman," Guo Lin cursed but still got up from the bed.

"Leaving already?"

"Yeah, I think she knows about the online stuff. I need to go back and explain, or she'll make a scene."

Zhao Lina pinched the fat on Guo Lin's thigh, "You always do this. You come when you want and leave when you're done, never caring about me."

Guo Lin quickly embraced her, stroking her hair to comfort her, "Next time, I'll spend more time with you."

"You said it," Zhao Lina, looking like a satisfied child, with a touch of coquettishness, made Guo Lin feel tender.

Guo Lin loved Zhao Lina at this moment, and this was her skill.

"Then I'll go."

"Okay, don't forget about the house construction..."

"Don't worry, I remember. I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

At that moment, Guo Lin didn't know that the news of him keeping Zhao Lina for years had already been exposed online.

The news of him having an affair with his son's tutor, who was still a college student at the time, caused a storm of outrage among netizens.

Rushing home in a hurry, Guo Lin found his wife Xue Guilan sitting on the sofa with a cold face. His heart sank, sensing that something was wrong.

"Wife," Guo Lin bent down to change his shoes, deliberately complaining, "I don't know which bastard is spreading lies about me online. What a disaster!"

Xue Guilan frowned, "Spreading lies? Which part is a lie?"

Guo Lin knew he was right. Xue Guilan must have seen the online content and suspected him of keeping a woman.

So, he quickly explained, "That bastard says I'm keeping a woman and fooling around with a teacher at City No. 5 Middle School. How could I do such a thing? This is clearly a smear campaign!"

"Right, you definitely didn't fool around with the teacher at City No. 5 Middle School, because you fooled around with your son's tutor!"

The first part made Guo Lin relax, but the second part made his heart sink, and sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.

"Who told you this nonsense? When did we ever hire a tutor for our son?"

"You're still lying to me! Zhao Lina from the teacher's college!" Xue Guilan shouted angrily. She had lived with Guo Lin for twenty years and could see through his lies at a glance.

Guo Lin's mind buzzed, "It's over..."