Chapter 69: Qin Xue Kneels

The surrounding classmates were all pleading for Qin Xue.

Qin Xue was crying so hard she looked like pear blossoms with rain; the Director of Student Affairs had just said they would call the police, but that was just to scare Qin Xue, after all the school had just had a case of a student intentionally harming another student, and the impact would be especially bad.

Seeing that Qin Xue already knew she was wrong, the Director of Student Affairs then said: "After Zhou Tingting comes out of the hospital, you must personally go apologize to Zhou Tingting, and the school will give you a serious warning punishment. Next Monday after the flag-raising ceremony, you must stand on the podium and give a self-criticism report. If you can do these, the school may consider lenient handling and not call the police."

Upon hearing this, Qin Xue quickly nodded and said: "Teacher, I have realized the seriousness of this incident; I will definitely not do it again. I am truly sorry to Zhou Tingting classmate; please believe me, I did not do it intentionally yesterday……"

All the Director of Student Affairs wanted was Qin Xue's attitude.

Seeing that she had the right attitude, the Director of Student Affairs then nodded.

"That's all for this morning assembly. I hope everyone learns from this incident involving Qin Xue, and when on duty next time, be extra careful—don't let another tragedy happen."

The Director of Student Affairs said that, but their gaze fell on Qin Xue.

These adults clearly knew that Zhou Tingting's fall down the stairs was not an accident.

It was Qin Xue who did it on purpose, but in order to minimize the impact on the school, the higher-ups still planned to make a big thing small and a small thing smaller.

Qin Xue had also been clever just now, turning intentional into accidental.

This way, everyone had a way to save face.

At this moment, the Director of Student Affairs' gaze toward Qin Xue contained a hint of warning.

At such a young age, she already did this—what will she be like when she grows up?

Su Yun Jiao, sitting in the back, hearing the Director of Student Affairs' final punishment for Qin Xue, couldn't help but frown.

Although the school made such a decision, it was already expected.

But Su Yun Jiao still felt somewhat disappointed; although admitting fault can lead to great improvement, how could they improve if the other side never acknowledged their mistake?

"Class monitor, it's time to go back to class."

Su Yun Jiao looked toward Zhou Xian beside her, but didn't know when the Zhou Xian sitting next to her had disappeared.

The students of Yi Ban were comforting Qin Xue when they saw Zhou Xian walk over to Qin Xue.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Zhou Xian actually raised a hand and slapped Qin Xue.

Although the slap didn't use full force, it still made half of Qin Xue's face turn red.

"Zhou Xian! What are you doing!"

"Zhou Xian, how can you hit a woman? Qin Xue is a girl! This is too much!"

"Exactly, Zhou Xian, Qin Xue didn't do it on purpose; she just forgot to wipe the floor. You're being a bit too much!"

……

The students of Yi Ban were already dissatisfied with the students of Liu Ban.

Seeing Zhou Xian, a big man, actually strike a woman, the students of Yi Ban immediately became indignant.

Seeing this, Su Yun Jiao immediately went to Zhou Xian's side, pulled Zhou Xian behind her, and said: "Qin Xue harmed our class monitor's own younger sister; Zhou Tingting is still lying in the hospital—how can you blindly defend Qin Xue?"

"Sorry…… sorry, Zhou Xian, I really didn't do it on purpose; I just forgot to wipe the floor, I'm truly sorry to your sister."

Saying this, Qin Xue actually knelt down in front of everyone.

Watching this scene, Zhou Xian's gaze grew colder.

In their circle, the easiest thing to see through is a woman's feigned weakness.

Zhou Xian had seen many times before, women who wanted to demand status from their fathers would kneel on the ground to show weakness to their mothers.

He also quickly realized that Qin Xue before him had not the slightest bit of remorse.

All of this was just for show.

The surrounding classmates could not see this clearly.

Fang Hong directly said: "It was Zhou Tingting herself who didn't watch where she was going when coming downstairs—what does that have to do with Xiao Xue? She just forgot to wipe the floor; the school already wants to give Xiao Xue a demerit punishment—what more do you want? I advise you not to bully people too much! Our Yi Ban classmates are not easy to bully."

"Exactly, Zhou Xian, don't think that because your grades are good and your family background is good, we're afraid of you! Xiao Xue is just a girl; as a big man, you shouldn't feel good about hitting a girl!"

"Thank you everyone for defending me, but I know this matter is my fault—I'm sorry to Zhou Tingting……"

Qin Xue said this while slapping herself.

This morning Lu Chi arrived a bit late; when he went upstairs, he saw a crowd surrounding Qin Xue.

Qin Xue was kneeling on the ground slapping herself; her pale little face had already been turned red by the slaps, and her face was covered in tear tracks.

Seeing this, Lu Chi's expression tightened; he immediately went forward and helped Qin Xue up.

Seeing Qin Xue weakly collapse into his arms, Lu Chi's protective urge surged.

He glared angrily at Su Yun Jiao ahead and said: "Su Yun Jiao, enough! You've clashed with Xiao Xue several times already, and now you want to bring out bullying tactics?"

Before, Su Yun Jiao couldn't even speak a proper sentence.

Now she actually bullies classmates.

Lu Chi would rather believe he was mistaken than believe Su Yun Jiao would actually do something like this.

"Lu Chi, can you please clarify? It's clearly Qin Xue who caused Zhou Tingting to fall down the stairs; she herself is willing to slap herself here—who forced her?"

Lu Chi coldly said: "I just saw it with my own eyes—are you still making excuses here?"

Su Yun Jiao was utterly speechless; just as Su Yun Jiao was about to speak, Qin Xue beside her suddenly grabbed Lu Chi's arm, crying and saying: "Sorry, Lu Chi, it's my fault—I was distracted during my duty shift yesterday and didn't clean the cleaning liquid on the stairs in time, which caused Tingting to fall down the stairs. Afterwards I was afraid, so I didn't dare speak up…… You also know my family is poor; I don't have money to compensate Zhou Tingting……"

After saying that, Qin Xue turned her pale face toward Zhou Xian and said: "Sorry, Zhou Xian, it's my fault toward Tingting; I beg for your forgiveness—I have already received punishment, and the teacher is already going to give me a serious warning demerit; if you think it's not enough, you can hit or scold me however you like. I will figure out the medical expenses; please give me a little more time……"

Looking at Qin Xue's state, the surrounding classmates all cast sympathetic glances.

Everyone knows Qin Xue's family situation is poor.

This time Zhou Tingting broke her hand; it's estimated she'll have to pay a lot of money.

Fang Hong beside her said: "Our Xiao Xue has already apologized like this; what more do you want? Do you have to drive someone to death to be satisfied? How petty of you, Zhou Xian, to be the Student Council President!"

"Exactly! The Zhou family is so rich—do they still lack that bit of medical expenses? At worst we'll raise money to help Qin Xue pay the medical fees!"

Several students from Yi Ban who were close to Qin Xue immediately came to her defense.

Hearing these people's foolish echoing, Su Yun Jiao was about to laugh from anger.

This person can't tell black from white at all, can't even see that Qin Xue is acting?

Looking at Qin Xue appearing so weak, Lu Chi's heart also softened: "It's just medical expenses, right? However much it is, I'll compensate you, but regarding what just happened, I want you to apologize to Xiao Xue!"

Our Zhou family doesn't lack that bit of medical expenses, but I want to give my sister justice. Whether Qin Xue did it intentionally or unintentionally, our Zhou family will definitely investigate this clearly.

Saying this, Zhou Xian also swept his icy gaze onto Qin Xue: "If it was unintentional, then forget it, but if it was intentional, don't blame our Zhou family for using means to make it impossible for you to take the College Entrance Exam."

Su Yun Jiao also never expected that the usually gentle and refined Zhou Xian would actually say such words.

She was stunned for a moment.

Hearing Zhou Xian say that, Qin Xue's heart gave a thump.

She didn't expect the Zhou family to take this matter so seriously.

Fang Hong beside her, upon hearing Zhou Xian say that, immediately expressed dissatisfaction: "It's just a fall! You didn't even break a leg, is it necessary to be so melodramatic?"

Exactly, just because someone fell you want to expel them—you're being too overbearing.

A severe warning punishment isn't enough; you also want to expel someone from school—how can your Zhou family hearts be so malicious?

……

The students of Class One pointed and gossiped about Zhou Xian.

Zhou Xian, however, broke precedent and said in a cold voice: "My sister Zhou Tingting—even if someone merely deliberately scraped her skin, I wouldn't let it go, let alone her hand being injured! Today's handling is unfair; if the school doesn't call the police, I will."

It's obvious Qin Xue deliberately struck, yet the school claims she was careless.

Zhou Xian absolutely does not accept this result.

Zhou Tingting is the Zhou family's beloved treasure, having never suffered any grievance from childhood.

Now the person is still lying in the hospital, while the perpetrator is here feigning pity and begging for forgiveness.

Zhou Xian can discipline his sister for right and wrong, but he will absolutely not allow his sister to suffer outside.

Seeing that the other side wanted to call the police, Qin Xue's face grew even uglier.

If the police get involved in the investigation, wouldn't they discover that she did it on purpose?

Before Qin Xue could speak, Fang Hong beside her said: "Great, then go ahead and call the police! This can also clear Xiao Xue's name!"

Right, Xiao Xue didn't do anything wrong; she fundamentally didn't harm Zhou Tingting. It's best to call the police—if we can prove Xiao Xue didn't do it intentionally, then even the school's severe warning punishment wouldn't count!

……

Everyone in Class One was backing Qin Xue, only Qin Xue couldn't bring herself to smile.

She just wanted those people around her to stop talking.

The school didn't release the surveillance footage, precisely to make a big issue small and a small issue even smaller.

But if the police are called, how would this matter be wrapped up?

Seeing this, Qin Xue immediately stepped forward and knelt before Zhou Xian: "Zhou Xian! I'm sorry to your sister, but I beg you not to call the police—if my parents find out I made such a big mistake at school and got implicated in a criminal record, they'll surely beat me to death!"

Xiao Xue!

Seeing Qin Xue kneeling on the ground, Lu Chi immediately stepped forward to help her up.