Chapter 61: Zhou Tingting rolled down the stairs

It was already the day of the cultural arts performance.

Su Yun Jiao had been studying in the classroom all day, and seeing that it was already afternoon, a sudden scream came from outside: "Tingting! Tingting, how are you? Someone come! Quick, someone come!"

Hearing the sound outside, Su Yun Jiao's brows furrowed.

She immediately walked toward outside the classroom.

At the stairwell entrance, Zhou Tingting had collapsed on the ground, her whole body trembling, her face red from crying: "My hand! My hand..."

"Tingting! School doctor! Quick, call the school doctor!"

The other female students were so frightened their faces turned pale.

Zhou Xian, upon hearing the sound, immediately rushed over.

He half-squatted down to check Zhou Tingting's wound.

"Brother! My hand… my hand hurts so much!"

Zhou Tingting cried bitterly, and Zhou Xian anxiously examined her injury: "Don't panic, it's just a puncture to the hand."

"A puncture to the hand? But Tingting still has to perform at the church tonight!"

Everyone else's faces also turned grim.

Because given Zhou Tingting's current condition, she absolutely could not participate in this cultural arts performance.

Zhou Tingting frantically grabbed Zhou Xian's hand, her face pale, and said: "Brother, I want to take part in this competition! Quickly let me participate; my hand must not have any problems! Brother!"

Zhou Xian looked at his sister, his face extremely pale, because Zhou Tingting's hand had already begun to swell and redden, and there was no way he could let her play the piano today.

"Brother! Quickly think of a solution! Think of a solution!"

Zhou Tingting clung tightly to Zhou Xian's sleeve.

In the end, Zhou Xian still said: "Tingting, give it up; I'll take your place in this performance."

After hearing Zhou Xian's conclusion, Zhou Tingting's face changed instantly: "No way! I've practiced piano and vocals for so long; I must sing! Let me play and sing!"

"No, absolutely not."

Zhou Xian frowned and said: "I can't joke about your health; you must go to the hospital immediately to treat your hand, and you also have a leg injury—your condition simply doesn't allow you to compete, Tingting. Don't make things difficult for everyone."

"No! I want to participate in the performance! I must participate in the performance!"

Zhou Tingting clung to Zhou Xian's arm like a madwoman; seeing her so distraught, Su Yun Jiao stepped forward and said: "What's all this crying and fuss? Your hand is the most important thing now—if it's ruined, you'll never be able to play the piano again. There are many performance opportunities; are you really going to sacrifice your hand for this one?"

Suddenly being scolded by Su Yun Jiao, Zhou Tingting dared not speak.

She lay on the ground sobbing, but didn't dare cry loudly.

It seemed she had been intimidated by Su Yun Jiao; she held back her anger and said, aggrieved: "Su Yun Jiao! Are you especially happy seeing I can't go on stage? Did you make me fall from here?"

……

Su Yun Jiao was utterly speechless at Zhou Tingting's train of thought.

"Think whatever you want; if you think I did it, then I did it! Class monitor, quickly send your sister to the hospital—her hand is badly swollen, and it will surely hurt terribly soon."

"Okay."

Zhou Xian scooped Zhou Tingting up in his arms.

No matter how Zhou Tingting threw a tantrum, it was useless.

"But… now that Tingting is gone, what are we going to do about our class's performance?"

"Yeah, our class wasn't looked highly upon to begin with; the homeroom teacher said we can't take leave this time… otherwise our class's evaluation…"

"Everyone's already gone to the hospital—what else can we do? Is the class evaluation more important, or Tingting's hand?"

Upon hearing Su Yun Jiao's rebuttal, the surrounding Liu Ban students all turned to look at her.

"Su Yun Jiao, you talk big without feeling any back pain—none of us here can play piano or sing, so you must take responsibility for this."

One of Lu Chi's lackeys directly pushed the responsibility onto Su Yun Jiao.

Before Su Yun Jiao could even open her mouth, another student chimed in: "Exactly, Su Yun Jiao—you yourself said just now that Tingting's fall was your doing, so you must take responsibility! Go perform!"

"?"

Su Yun Jiao pointed at herself.

She looked at those few boys around her as if they were idiots.

Did Zhou Tingting's fall happen because of her?

When did she admit to it?

"It must be because Su Yun Jiao is jealous of Zhou Tingting—who in our class doesn't know Tingting likes Lu Chi? So you did it on purpose; we don't care, but this time you absolutely must stand in for Tingting on stage!"

Liu Ban already had few girls, and Zhou Tingting had chosen a tender, heartfelt love song.

The boys won't go on stage, and the other girls are stage‑frightened.

Thus they could only push Su Yun Jiao onto the stage.

Not far away.

Qin Xue, who had been silently observing this scene, saw Su Yun Jiao being forcibly pushed onto the stage.

A classmate nearby sneered: "Su Yun Jiao, you're a mute; you normally can't even say a word, yet Liu Ban is letting you go on stage to sing—isn't that pure embarrassment?"

"Exactly, can Su Yun Jiao even sing? She can't even speak."

A few people snickered.

Seeing those around her say that, Qin Xue also breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed Su Yun Jiao couldn't sing.

Then let Su Yun Jiao be the green leaf to set me off.

Qin Xue said to the classmate beside her: "Everyone, don't look down on others; perhaps… they really can sing, after all."

"Cut it out—if she really could sing, Liu Ban would have let her on stage long ago; this shows Su Yun Jiao simply can't sing."

"Isn't that right? In past years we've never seen Su Yun Jiao go on stage; she's stage‑frightened, and if she gets up there she won't be able to sing a single line—that would be truly embarrassing."

Several people were waiting to see Su Yun Jiao embarrass herself.

Qin Xue also felt a little smug inside.

Yeah, if Su Yun Jiao could sing, she would have already signed up to perform.

It seems she was overthinking.

Finally, Qin Xue glanced at the soapy water on the stairs, feeling a bit guilty inside.

No matter what, it's most important that I take the lead in this performance.

How others are is none of my business!

Qin Xue organized her thoughts and said to the classmate beside her: "Alright, everyone stop chatting here, hurry up and prepare for tonight's performance."

"Okay."

After the other classmates had left, Qin Xue then took advantage of the hallway being empty, using the mop from the women's restroom to clean the floor.

Qin Xue, while cleaning the mop, silently thought to herself.

Zhou Tingting, Zhou Tingting, it's your own unfairness; don't blame me for acting against you.

Outside the women's restroom, Qin Xue ran into Lu Chi just as she came out.

Seeing Lu Chi appear outside the women's restroom, Qin Xue suddenly became nervous.