Chapter 80

Zhou Tingting had just walked to the door of Class Six, and she raised her hand to slap Qin Xue.

But that slap was stopped by Lu Chi.

"Zhou Tingting! What are you making a fuss about here?"

Lu Chi looked at Zhou Tingting in front of him with a cold face.

Qin Xue, even more frightened, hid behind Lu Chi.

She was afraid Zhou Tingting would do something terrible to her.

"What can I do? Obviously I'm asking her why she harmed me—what do you think I'm going to do?"

Lu Chi had a dark face and said, "Just ask the question—why did you raise your hand?"

Lu Chi wouldn't believe what Zhou Tingting said.

Zhou Tingting's demeanor just now clearly showed she intended to attack Qin Xue.

"I just wanted her to look at the wound on my arm—that's all."

Anyway, the slap didn't hit Qin Xue's face, so Zhou Tingting can say whatever she wants.

Qin Xue said fearfully, "I already know I was wrong; I was just momentarily bewildered. Sorry, I won't do it again. I came here not only to apologize to you, but also to thank you—for letting me off."

Qin Xue appeared reformed.

The boys in Class Six saw this and all felt Zhou Tingting was being overbearing this time.

Obviously they had already come forward to apologize, yet Zhou Tingting still wanted to intimidate them.

"Don't thank me; you should thank Lu Chi instead. If it weren't for him pleading for you, I wouldn't have withdrawn the lawsuit."

Actually, the Zhou family members didn't agree to withdraw the lawsuit.

But Zhou Tingting's mother cared about her daughter's opinion; seeing Zhou Tingting intend to withdraw the lawsuit, Madam Zhou didn't insist.

After all, it's just a children's matter.

Qin Xue never expected that the person speaking up for her would be Lu Chi.

She thought Lu Chi had already given up on her.

Yet she didn't expect that Lu Chi had done so much for her behind the scenes.

"Lu Chi..."

Seeing Qin Xue and Lu Chi being all lovey-dovey, Zhou Tingting rolled her eyes.

What Zhou Tingting couldn't stand most was Qin Xue's behavior.

"Are you here to apologize to me, or to Lu Chi?"

As a fellow woman, how could Zhou Tingting not know Qin Xue's little thoughts?

Qin Xue's apology this time is fake.

She merely wants to use the apology as a pretense to put on an act in front of Lu Chi.

Seeing that Zhou Tingting still misunderstood her, Qin Xue earnestly said, "I'm sincerely apologizing; this matter is my fault, and the police have already severely criticized me..."

Before Qin Xue could finish speaking, Zhou Tingting interrupted, "I'm not in the mood to listen to you say these things to my face—you should apologize to me in front of all the teachers and students."

After all, Zhou Tingting had long proposed that her condition for withdrawing the lawsuit was that Qin Xue make a self-criticism before all teachers and students, admit her mistake, and apologize to her.

But such a punishment is much better for Qin Xue than having a record kept.

"Thank you... I will apologize to you in front of the teachers and classmates."

Qin Xue appeared to have repented.

Zhou Tingting no longer wanted to watch Qin Xue's pretense, so she turned her head and went back to class.

After all the classmates had left, Qin Xue then called out to Lu Chi.

"Lu Chi!"

Lu Chi's steps stopped.

Qin Xue said, "I never expected you would help me; I thought you no longer considered me a friend."

Lu Chi said nothing.

Qin Xue stepped forward, grabbed Lu Chi's arm, and said, "Lu Chi, this time I was wrong; I won't do it again—thank you for trusting me."

Lu Chi lowered his head to glance at the arm Qin Xue was holding, then said, "We're all friends; since you know your mistake and can change, I believe Zhou Tingting will also forgive you."

Lu Chi left after uttering a meaningless remark, turning and walking out of the class.

But Qin Xue firmly believed Lu Chi had other feelings toward her.

If not because he likes her.

How could Lu Chi possibly speak up for her?

You know, Zhou Tingting has grown up with Lu Chi since childhood.

If Lu Chi is willing to turn against her for Zhou Tingting's sake, then she must certainly hold a place in his heart.

Thinking of this, Qin Xue felt a surge of joy.

This time, too, it could be considered a blessing in disguise.

After all, if she could improve her relationship with Lu Chi, she could become the young mistress of the Lu Family in the future.

Being the young mistress of the Lu Family is also better than going to college.

Seeing that it was already time for the inter-class exercise.

Only to see people on the playground chatting excitedly.

"I heard that today's inter-class exercise won't involve running, and a student will have to make a self-criticism in front of the whole school."

"Isn't it just Qin Xue from Class One, Grade Three? She actually intended to harm someone."

"Yeah, I've seen that senior before; I always thought she was a good person, but I didn't expect her to be so vicious—she actually shoved someone down the stairs, and it's said the police came the day before yesterday."

The playground was full of the students' discussion voices.

In order to lower the impact to the maximum, the Director of Student Affairs quickly walked onto the stage and then said to the students on the playground:

During this break-time exercise, there is a very important matter to announce to everyone. Our school has experienced a very bad incident: Qin Xue from Class Yi Ban of Grade Three, due to a disagreement, caused another student to fall down the stairs, resulting in serious injury to the other party. This incident has drawn the school's attention, and the school has given Qin Xue a severe punishment: a serious warning and a demerit once.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding students all erupted in an uproar.

Already in senior year, a serious warning and a demerit—this will go on the record.

I never expected this punishment to be so severe.

Meanwhile, Zhou Tingting, who was originally on the playground, did not think so.

She even felt that this punishment was too lenient.

Someone like Zhou Tingting should be expelled.

In a short while, Qin Xue had already walked onto the stage.

Today, with her hair intentionally left loose, she created an appearance of frail helplessness.

Upon seeing Qin Xue, everyone couldn't help but feel that this girl was somewhat delicate and petite.

She was not the type of student who looks like a delinquent girl.

Hello everyone, I am Qin Xue from Class Yi Ban of Grade Three. Here I want to sincerely apologize to Zhou Tingting from Class Liu Ban of Grade Three. Because last Friday I had an argument with classmate Zhou Tingting, and due to a momentary lapse on my part, I caused Zhou Tingting to fall down the stairs and suffer serious injury. After being educated by the police uncle, I have deeply realized my mistake.

After speaking, Qin Xue looked down at Zhou Tingting below the stage and bowed deeply in that direction.

This bow appeared very sincere.

Meanwhile, the surrounding students also began to look at Zhou Tingting.

Zhou Tingting completely ignored Qin Xue; in her view, all of this was merely Qin Xue's pretense and appeasement.

Qin Xue raised her head and said: "Now I have deeply realized my mistake; I hope classmate Zhou Tingting can forgive me. I will absolutely not repeat it. Thank you to the teachers and classmates who have tolerated me. Thank you."

Qin Xue bowed again.

This heartfelt performance makes people feel that Qin Xue is actually not bad.

She merely made a mistake.

Soon, Qin Xue came down from the stage.

Fang Hong watched Qin Xue being forced to apologize and said, feeling distressed: "Xiao Xue, you actually don't need to be so humble; it's clearly that Zhou Tingting bullied you first."

"Enough, Fang Hong; Qin Xue clearly did it on purpose, yet she still lied to us saying it was accidental."

"Yeah, we all trusted Qin Xue so much; who would have thought she was using us as tools."

"Qin Xue, we all raised money together for you; shouldn't you now return that money to us?"

That money was all their own saved pocket money.

Although the whole class only had seven or eight hundred, for high school students that is already a considerable sum.

Fang Hong stood beside Qin Xue and said: "It's just that bit of money; why are you making such a fuss?"

Fang Hong's sentence annoyed the others.

"What, that bit of money? Even a little money is our living expenses."

"In other words, we originally helped Qin Xue out of classmate solidarity; who knew she would deceive us—shouldn't this money be returned?"

Seeing the situation about to escalate, Qin Xue quickly said: "You're right, this money was kindly lent to me by everyone. Earlier I was too afraid; I feared that if I admitted I did it on purpose, everyone would dislike me. Seeing how much you all have helped me, I feel even more embarrassed to tell you the reason..."

Upon saying this, Qin Xue added, feeling wronged: "It's because my inner self is too fragile and sensitive; just a casual sarcastic remark from others makes me lash out and hurt people. I now know I was wrong, and I will repay that money to you."

Seeing Qin Xue say that, the other students also fell silent.

Qin Xue actually didn't care about those seven or eight hundred yuan.

After all, after becoming friends with Lu Chi, all of her pocket money expenses have been paid by Lu Chi.

Moreover, Lu Chi often takes her to various high-end restaurants to eat, and sometimes slips her a few hundred yuan.

Those eight hundred yuan, Qin Xue also didn't take to heart.

Fang Hong still felt that Qin Xue was wronged, but Qin Xue hoped that this ancestor would say less.

If it weren't for Fang Hong's words, the situation wouldn't have become so outrageous.

This side.

Su Yun Jiao looked at the scene in Class Yi Ban, where everyone appeared harmonious on the surface but had conflicting hearts, and shook her head helplessly.

Remember that Fang Hong is the one who treats Qin Xue the best.

But when the college entrance exam approached, Fang Hong was reported by Qin Xue for cheating.

As a result, Fang Hong was harmed and lost the chance to take the college entrance exam.

In short, people without brains end up bringing about their own fate.

"What are you looking at?"

Zhou Tingting beside her looked at Su Yun Jiao with confusion.

Even though they had already lined up, Su Yun Jiao was still gazing intently in the direction of Class Yi Ban.

"No, just casually looking."

Su Yun Jiao walked toward the front of the line.

Zhou Tingting somewhat awkwardly shoved a Haoliyou pie from her hand into Su Yun Jiao's hand, then said: "I happened to bring it when going out; here you go!"