When the Gardenia Blooms Again

Gardenia was Fang Ran's favorite flower during her lifetime, and its flower language is "eternal love and agreement." In 2008, Zhou Jianping, a doctoral student at Canglan University, used his status as the president of the literary club to approach and assault Fang Ran, a freshman girl. Law school professor Zhao Dehou was the mentor of Zhou Jianping's wife Shen Yihan. Not only did he not stop it, but he helped Zhou Jianping suppress the matter. Logistics Director Wang Jianguo is responsible for "remediating the aftermath" - cleaning up evidence and threatening those who know the information. Su Qing, a member of the literary club and Fang Ran's best friend, was caught by Zhao Dehou (Su Qing helped Fang Ran collect evidence, but in the process stole a scientific research fund from the school, which Zhao Dehou used as a blackmail) and was forced to remain silent. Faced with the multiple blows of being unable to seek help, destroying evidence, and being silenced by her best friends, Fang Ran committed suicide by slitting her wrists in a rented apartment near the campus in the winter of 2008. The official conclusion was "suicide due to academic pressure." After Fang Ran's death, Su Qing quietly left Canglan University in early 2009 because she could not bear the torture of her conscience, and has not been heard from since. With the resources of the Shen family and the protection of Zhao Dehou, Zhou Jianping went into business after graduation and gradually became a well-known entrepreneur in Cangyang City.