novelraw Chapter 600 - 599: Is It Unjust?
Chapter 600 - 599: Is It Unjust?
Chapter 600: Chapter 599: Is It Unjust?
Because no one was willing to step forward to identify Zhang Lei, even though everyone felt he might really have done something wrong! But without evidence, there’s no truth, so the school couldn’t do anything to him...
Moreover, the school definitely had to consider the impact this matter would have on the school itself, so the final action taken against him was quite low-key.
It was just that his position as class teacher for first class was removed, and under strong protest from all students in first class, the class he taught was swapped with another math teacher.
And the person they swapped in was Cao Yong!
Upon hearing this news, Zhen Yu immediately went to find Bai Xue! She warned her repeatedly, "No matter what reason he uses to call you to the office, you must never go alone! You must refuse to stay alone with him for any reason! Even if during class time he gets too close to you, you need to find a way to avoid him! If not, quickly stand up, raise your hand and ask to leave to use the restroom! Do you hear me!?"
"Ah, Xiao Yu, don’t worry! Although I can’t fight like you, I’m much smarter than you!"
Zhen Yu: "...Don’t flatter yourself! Who was the foolish one thinking they turned into a candied haw that time at the performance?!"
Bai Xue looked somewhat embarrassed, "Ah! That was just one time! I’ll be careful, you just take care of yourself! Especially, you better not meddle in others’ affairs anymore! Every time you meddle, it never ends well for you! How can you eat a hundred beans and still not find them fitting?!"
This time it was Zhen Yu’s turn to feel embarrassed, "Understood! I’m leaving first!"
"Ha!" Left behind, Bai Xue stood her ground and shouted towards Zhen Yu’s departing figure, "You always feel guilty when you talk! You know you’re wrong but your mouth won’t admit it! Keep pretending! I want to see how long you can keep it up!"
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On the surface, the incident with Zhang Lei seemed to have simply been flipped past.
But in reality, beneath the surface, the school was seething! The school authorities had not given up on investigating this incident!
Zhen Yu was called twice by different school leaders to discuss the matter, and even Bai Xue was called alone to validate her testimony.
Although Zhen Yu couldn’t know the situation of the boys in the first class! But from the complaints of Zhang Zhe and Niu Lili that night in the dormitory, she could guess that the likelihood was that all the girls in first class had probably been talked to.
After all, they were roommates who lived together day and night, during that period of ’noon tutoring’, Zhen Yu, Hu Xi, and Li Mengting never returned to the dorm at noon, obviously, the other five wouldn’t be unaware!
And because they knew, these five would naturally suspect these three... It’s just unknown if they mentioned this matter to the school leaders when they were talked to!
Although out of courtesy, everyone kept quiet about the matter at first! It felt a bit like ’having dumplings boiling in the teapot but knowing it’. But when three days had passed and still no one came forward to confess, someone in room 208 finally couldn’t hold back.
Maybe the darkness gave more courage, or maybe not seeing anyone made it easier to disregard faces! So that night after the lights went out, Zhang Zhe suddenly spoke up.
"Whoever you three are, please go and admit it to Director Feng tomorrow! Stop making all the girls in first class suffer with you! Day by day it’s clear we have nothing to do with it, yet we still have to be subjected to speculations! Aren’t we wronged?!"
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Zhen Yu silently counted to ten, but the dormitory was still silent.
Neither Hu Xi nor Li Mengting made a sound.
So, she didn’t wait any longer and spoke up to clarify, "Firstly! Everyone knows that Zhang Lei has always been unfriendly towards me! So no matter who he might tutor, he definitely wouldn’t tutor me! Secondly! I was always in the music classroom playing the piano at noon! I never went near the classroom side!"
"Pinch,"
In the darkness, Li Mengting almost blurted out "You’re lying!" Fortunately, she closed her mouth in time!
Zhen Yu was sleeping on the lower bunk on the same side as her, with keen senses from martial arts training - how could she not recognize that it was Li Mengting’s voice!
So, she snickered internally, "She’s not stupid!" while continuing to say, "Thirdly! I’m no longer one of you in class one. From now on, when you discuss class one’s matters, do not bring me into it! Otherwise, bear the consequences yourself!"
As soon as Zhen Yu finished speaking, Zhang Lili questioned, "It sounds quite plausible! But who knows if it’s true?"
In the pitch darkness, the corners of Zhen Yu’s mouth curved up in a thin, cold arc!
"I have a witness! Or else you can go ask Teacher Zhang! Ask him if he dares to mess with me! I’ll break his legs!"
Zhen Yu deliberately made her last sentence sound sinister and venomous, causing Zhang Lili to shiver all over, quickly wrapping herself tighter in her blanket.
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After another period of silence, Zhang Zhe finally spoke.
"Zhen Yu’s words do seem to make some sense. When she was moved to class two due to her sliding grades, Zhang Lei didn’t even react at all!"
No one responded to her words, but Zhang Zhe wasn’t upset; instead, she turned her guns towards Hu Xi and Li Mengting!
"So Zhen Yu went to practice piano! What about you two? Went for tutoring, right?"
"I didn’t!"
"I didn’t go for extra classes!"
The two voices spoke simultaneously – one came from beside the window and sounded fairly composed; the other came from near the door and clearly carried a hint of guilt.
It’s a pity that none of the girls in dorm 208 are fools!
In such a quiet night, even the slightest irregularity in a voice gets immensely magnified! Thus, the slight tremble in Li Mengting’s voice almost immediately exposed her oddity and incurred an attack from Niu Lili!
"If you didn’t go for tutoring, why are you panicking?! It sounds like you’re lying!"
Zhang Zhe, unusually aligning with Niu Lili tonight, immediately chimed in: "Li Mengting! Is it you?! If it’s you, go to Director Feng first thing tomorrow! Since the school is still investigating this matter, they will definitely stand up for you! Why keep concealing? Those bad people escape legal punishment because of people like you! If another girl suffers, you’re an accomplice!"
"It’s not me! I didn’t... sniffling... it’s not me! Whining..."
Li Mengting, after a couple of attempts at defending herself, suddenly started crying in her blanket.
With her crying, Niu Lili and Zhang Zhe suddenly felt somewhat embarrassed to ’attack’ further.
Suddenly, the room was only filled with the sound of Li Mengting’s sobbing.
As everyone had their own thoughts, Yang Yueyue from the upper bunk suddenly spoke, her first words since the lights were turned off. "Li Mengting, stop crying, we’re not trying to target or bully you! But if we can’t find this person, the suspicion on everyone doesn’t clear up!"