Chapter 68: Qin Xue Exposed in Public

Qin Xue was afraid others would notice something off, so she quickly composed herself and said, "It's nothing, I probably just didn't rest well yesterday..."

At that moment, the students outside also arrived at the classroom door.

"Yi Ban, come out and line up, we're having a meeting in the hallway!"

The hallway already had small chairs set up.

Qin Xue followed a few classmates out of the classroom, feeling nervous inside.

Inside the hallway, people from all six classes had already filled it up.

The Director of Student Affairs stood at the stairwell entrance, and Qin Xue immediately saw the step where Zhou Tingting had rolled down the stairs.

Guilty, she quickly averted her gaze, unconsciously fiddling with her fingers as she lowered her head.

"Xiao Xue, let's both sit here."

Fang Hong had already prepared a seat for Qin Xue.

Qin Xue let Fang Hong pull her onto a small chair at the side of the hallway.

Fang Hong said, "The school must have already figured out who did it; let's just wait and see Su Yun Jiao make a fool of herself!"

Fang Hong had suspected Su Yun Jiao of harming Zhou Tingting since yesterday, but no one believed her.

Even Zhou Tingting's brother spoke up for Su Yun Jiao.

Now it's settled.

The Director of Student Affairs is personally investigating; Su Yun Jiao definitely won't escape!

Fang Hong couldn't wait to see Su Yun Jiao called out by the Director of Student Affairs in front of the whole school and scolded.

Not far away.

Su Yun Jiao and Zhou Xian were already sitting in the front row of Liu Ban.

Because Liu Ban's overall grades were poor, they sat at the back of the hallway, barely able to see what was happening up front.

As Su Yun Jiao craned her neck to look forward, a male student beside her sneered, "How could anyone still want to watch themselves be called out in public?"

Su Yun Jiao found his comment bizarre, but she ignored him.

Besides Zhou Xian, none of the boys in their class were any good.

Another male student said, "Zhou Xian, stop getting so close to Su Yun Jiao—she's the culprit who harmed your sister; being this close to her, can you face your sister?"

Hearing that, Su Yun Jiao finally frowned and asked, "What are you saying?"

"Su Yun Jiao, stop pretending—we all already know!"

"Yeah, it's spread all through the grade—everyone knows you were summoned by the Director of Student Affairs last night and taken to the surveillance room; who else could it be?"

"Su Yun Jiao just had her parents called last night, and this morning there's an assembly—even a fool would know what happened."

Everyone in the class had already concluded that Su Yun Jiao was the one who tampered.

"If it weren't for Su Yun Jiao's meddling, the one who shone at last night's cultural performance would have been Zhou Tingting, not her."

"Don't listen to their nonsense—I believe it wasn't you."

Zhou Xian clearly knew that yesterday it wasn't the Director of Student Affairs who called Su Yun Jiao's parents—it was Lu Jingqing who came to pick her up after school; as for why Su Yun Jiao appeared in the surveillance room, that doesn't matter.

Seeing Zhou Xian believe her, Su Yun Jiao also said, "Class monitor, you believe me—we'll soon find out who harmed Zhou Tingting."

"Okay."

Zhou Xian nodded.

The people around saw Zhou Xian still willing to believe Su Yun Jiao, and one male student's contempt deepened: "Zhou Xian, don't blame me for not warning you—Su Yun Jiao isn't a good person; earlier she only liked Lu Chi, but now that Lu Chi can't win her over, she's turning on you. This kind of fickle woman—whoever marries her will be unlucky!"

They didn't dare oppose Zhou Xian, not only because he's the class monitor, but also because his family background is strong—even stronger than Lu Chi's.

So they could only dump all the blame on Su Yun Jiao.

Su Yun Jiao clearly knew what kind of character the boys in her class had.

But it didn't matter, because the truth would soon come out.

Su Yun Jiao waited for those guys in her class to be thoroughly slapped in the face.

After a short while, the Director of Student Affairs had already come out of the office.

Upon seeing the Director of Student Affairs emerge, Fang Hong's face lit up with excitement: "Quick, look! The teacher's here—let's wait for Su Yun Jiao's drama to unfold!"

In contrast to Fang Hong's excitement, Qin Xue beside her couldn't muster a smile.

After leaving the office, the Director of Student Affairs' face remained grim.

Having studied at the school for three years, the surrounding students could immediately see the seriousness of the matter.

"It's over, over—this time Su Yun Jiao is really finished!"

"Isn't that right? To harm a classmate just for a stage performance—I think expulsion would be too lenient."

"Zhou Tingting is still lying in the hospital, and yet Su Yun Jiao still has the nerve to come to school."

Zhou Tingting is still lying in the hospital, and this Su Yun Jiao actually still has the nerve to come to school.

The surrounding voices rose and fell.

And the Director of Student Affairs also walked to the stairwell.

When the Director of Student Affairs' gaze swept over the few people who had been whispering earlier, those students immediately shut their mouths.

The Director of Student Affairs said, "We've gathered everyone here for this morning assembly because of yesterday's incident in which Zhou Tingting from Year 3 Class 6 fell down the stairs; according to our Security Office's investigation, we've found this was man-made."

Upon hearing the Director of Student Affairs say that, everyone gasped.

"It really was done by a person! Could it really be Su Yun Jiao?"

"It's definitely Su Yun Jiao—yesterday I personally saw her being called to the Director of Student Affairs with her parents, and then going together to the surveillance room."

"Tsk tsk, I never imagined Su Yun Jiao could do something like this!"

Tsk tsk, I never expected Su Yun Jiao to be capable of doing something like this!

……

The students erupted in an uproar.

The Director of Student Affairs glanced around at those students, finally fixing their gaze on Class Yi Ban: "I'm giving the person who made a mistake a chance—if she steps forward herself, I can apply to the school for a lighter punishment."

Qin Xue had already panicked to the point of not daring to lift her head.

Especially, she had noticed the Director of Student Affairs' gaze on her.

Fang Hong called out to Su Yun Jiao down the hallway: "Su Yun Jiao, stop staying silent in there! Come forward quickly."

"Yeah, Su Yun Jiao, hurry up and step forward—don't waste everyone's time."

Seeing several students point their accusations at Su Yun Jiao,

The Director of Student Affairs immediately shouted: "Quiet!"

At that single word "Quiet," nobody dared to speak.

The Director of Student Affairs looked at Qin Xue and said: "I'm giving that mistaken student one last chance—if she doesn't step forward, don't blame me for dragging her up myself!"

Qin Xue's body trembled at the Director of Student Affairs' words.

But in front of so many people, Qin Xue simply didn't dare to step forward.

Seeing that Qin Xue still refused to step forward, the Director of Student Affairs went straight downstairs.

The Director of Student Affairs grabbed Qin Xue's arm and went up the stairwell.

When Fang Hong saw the Director of Student Affairs dragging Qin Xue up, her face showed utter disbelief, and even students from other classes froze.

Qin Xue?

How could it be Qin Xue?

"Teacher! Why are you grabbing Qin Xue?!"

Fang Hong hurriedly said: "This has nothing to do with little Xue; you should be grabbing Su Yun Jiao!"

"Right! Isn't it Su Yun Jiao who hurt Zhou Tingting?"

The surrounding chatter was loud.

The Director of Student Affairs glanced at the crowd and said: "Qin Xue, tell everyone yourself—why did you wet the stairs with a mop soaked in cleaner?"

Qin Xue saw everyone's eyes on her, her face growing ever uglier: "No… no, it wasn't me, I didn't…"

Qin Xue bit her lip, looking pitiable, as a few tears fell.

She seemed like a victim.

The Director of Student Affairs said: "If not you, then who? The Security Office has pulled the surveillance—today is your class's cleaning duty, and you were sneaking around the stairwell mopping, plus you used cleaner! Afterwards you didn't dry the stairs, then you used the mop to make them spotless—all of that is on the footage, am I wronging you?"

Hearing the Director of Student Affairs say that, the others exchanged bewildered glances.

Qin Xue had always been a diligent, upward‑striving three‑good student at school; no one expected her to actually strike Zhou Tingting.

After all, we're all classmates.

She actually caused someone to tumble down the stairs.

"Teacher, this must be a misunderstanding!"

Fang Hong hastily spoke up for Qin Xue: "This is definitely little Xue's accident, or… or…"

Fang Hong couldn't find any excuse to speak for Qin Xue.

But Qin Xue quickly reacted, she sobbed and said:

"Teacher, it really wasn't me… I, I was just absent‑minded during cleaning duty and forgot to wipe the floor—I truly didn't know Zhou Tingting would tumble from here… Afterwards, I went and wiped the floor, just afraid someone else would slip, sorry, really sorry!"

Qin Xue is good at passing the buck, after all, surveillance is just surveillance—it can't prove she acted intentionally.

Not far away, Su Yun Jiao watched Qin Xue's excuse‑making and found it funny.

Not intentional?

Cleaning duty is at noon; Qin Xue deliberately lingered in the stairwell for that long, specifically waiting until Zhou Tingting was about to finish her piano practice before leaving, and she even forgot to dry the steps.

How could there be so many coincidences?

The Director of Student Affairs isn't stupid either; Qin Xue's little trick might work on young high‑schoolers.

But to us teachers who've been at the school over ten years, it's child's play.

The Director of Student Affairs said: "This matter has already become a criminal case—do you know your action constitutes a crime? It's intentional injury; I've applied to the school to have the police investigate. If they find you innocent, the school will only give you a demerit, but if there's a problem… you'll have to face the consequences yourself."

Qin Xue looked at the Director of Student Affairs before her in disbelief.

Before, because of her good grades, the Director of Student Affairs had treated her fairly well.

Qin Xue never imagined the punishment would be this severe this time!

Not only would there be a disciplinary action, but the police would be called too.

"Teacher! Little Xue didn't do it on purpose."

"Right, teacher, you can't punish her that harshly—she's in her senior year now; if she gets a record, how will she get into college?"