Chapter 97: Do Not Bestow the Greatest Kindness Upon Everyone

Although Xu Heng said this, Chang Lingling did not take his words seriously.

What kind of justice could be sought? Xu Heng was not the Student Union president, and that Student Union cadre asking them to move water did not technically constitute a real error in behavior; at most, it could be considered making things difficult, so why would the Student Union expel her over such a trivial matter?

However, with Xu Heng joining in, moving the water became much easier for them; Xu Heng helped them move the heaviest box of mineral water to the assembly hall all by himself.

Chang Lingling took Jiang Mengyuan to distribute the water, and Xu Heng went to find the aforementioned Student Union cadre.

The girl with the gaunt face looked Xu Heng up and down, her brows furrowing: "You aren't from the Student Union, are you?"

Xu Heng told her that he had seen two young girls who were physically weak and finding it difficult to move the water on his way, so he stepped in to help them bring it back, and that he was indeed not a member of the Student Union.

"Meddlesome, with no good intentions," the gaunt girl snorted coldly.

She felt that this pretty boy must have designs on the two girls, which was why he helped out on purpose; she hated such frivolous and greasy boys the most.

Xu Heng didn't say much else, instead smiling lightly: "Senior, why only send two girls to buy water? Aren't there plenty of boys in the Student Union?"

"Why is an outsider like you asking so many questions?" the gaunt girl said impatiently.

"No, I'm just curious why I saw several Student Union members doing nothing on the way here, including you, Senior; you look quite idle yourself," Xu Heng said with a smile.

The gaunt girl was immediately displeased upon hearing this; she was indeed slacking off, but others usually wouldn't point it out due to her status. This boy, however, didn't understand social nuances at all and went straight for her sore spot.

"I am supervising the rehearsals for other programs; I have a heavy responsibility. You aren't in the Student Union and don't understand, so stop spouting nonsense, okay!" she said.

Xu Heng chuckled, then said: "Then is sitting here playing on your phone for over ten minutes also supervising others, Senior?"

The gaunt girl frowned, her voice tinged with anger: "What is wrong with you? You keep spouting nonsense here, fabricating things that didn't happen. Be careful, or I'll sue you for defamation!"

Xu Heng smiled and pulled his phone out of his pocket, opening the recording app. Inside was a video several minutes long, which was exactly the footage of the gaunt girl hiding here playing on her phone. Immediately after, he opened another video, in which she was being aggressive, forcing the two girls to go out and buy water under the scorching sun.

"Senior, you are a cadre in the Student Union, right? Shouldn't cadres lead by example when it comes to getting things done? Letting lower-year students who just joined the Student Union go buy water while you sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor without doing anything—you surely know how much damage this would cause to the Student Union's reputation if it got out."

The tone of Xu Heng's voice remained calm, and a faint, elusive smile played on his face.

But at this moment, the gaunt girl was already breaking out in a cold sweat. Gone was her sharp-tongued manner, and her face turned pale: "You... what do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything. I'm just a bystander watching a show, but it just so happens that these two girls are my friends, and I require an apology from you," Xu Heng said.

"O-okay, I'll apologize, I'll apologize, as long as you delete that video," the gaunt girl said in a panic.

Xu Heng nodded: "No problem. Once you've apologized, I'll delete the video. I keep my word."

The gaunt girl hurried over to where Jiang Mengyuan and the other girl were. The two young girls were still wondering what this Senior, whose official airs were higher than the heavens, wanted with them again. To their surprise, the Senior actually bowed and apologized to them, and after apologizing, she even helped them finish distributing the water and said a whole bunch of nice things.

While Jiang Mengyuan was extremely astonished, she also glanced over at Xu Heng, discovering that Xu Heng was smiling at her.

Chang Lingling also saw this scene and knew that this must have been Xu Heng's doing, though she didn't know how he had managed it.

After a while, once the water-related tasks were finished, the gaunt girl returned to her original spot, drenched in sweat.

"Can you delete the video now?"

Xu Heng didn't speak; he operated his phone right in front of her and deleted the video.

The girl let out a long sigh of relief and straightened her posture again: "Which class are you in? To actually dare to threaten a Student Union member—I'm going to report you to your counselor."

Her expression was like the weather in August, changing in an instant. Just a moment ago she was like a pug, but now she was like a supreme judge banging a gavel in court, emphasizing a sense of severity.

"No need, Senior. I've already reported this matter for you."

Xu Heng still wore that indifferent smile.

This made the gaunt girl feel a great sense of foreboding. However, since the video had already been deleted and there was no conclusive evidence, she felt slightly more at ease and glared viciously at Xu Heng: "Do you think the teachers will favor you?"

"Why don't you check the freshman group chat, Senior? I have things to do, so I won't disturb you any further," Xu Heng shook his phone and walked away with long strides.

The gaunt girl opened the school's main group chat with suspicion. This was the annual freshman group, with a full two or three thousand people, including many teachers, counselors, and school leaders.

And now, two short videos of a few megabytes had already spread through the group. They were, shockingly, the videos of her acting like an empress while reprimanding and ordering Chang Lingling and Jiang Mengyuan, as well as the one of her slacking off and playing on her phone.

Messages on QQ were ringing out like a tidal wave, one after another. Countless people who knew her were tagging her in the group, and some teachers had even found her via private message.

The gaunt girl felt the world spinning, and everything went black before her eyes.

The matter spread very quickly because Xu Heng had posted it in the main group, which was primarily composed of freshmen. Seeing their peers being bullied like this by an upperclassman, the freshmen naturally felt sympathy and began to condemn the person who had put on such official airs in the videos. Public opinion was almost entirely one-sided.

It is said that a few days later, that Student Union cadre was expelled from the Student Union. Her department also criticized the matter slightly, and the girl was given a disciplinary warning by the college.

Chang Lingling felt amazed by Xu Heng's handling of the situation and asked him when he had filmed the videos.

Xu Heng smiled and said that he had seen the two of them a long time ago, and that he had been sitting in the corner eating melon seeds while that person was making them do manual labor.

"Then, Senior, how did you think to record the video in advance?"

"Because I know how to utilize the power of the masses. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. The students' eyes are sharp; I just filmed a video and sent it to the group, and left the rest for them to judge."

After hearing Xu Heng finish, Chang Lingling looked at him silently, feeling she had benefited greatly.

In this matter, Xu Heng had indeed set an example for them, and she hadn't expected that ruining someone's reputation could be so simple.

Jiang Mengyuan, on the other hand, felt that doing this to that Senior might have been a bit harsh. Xu Heng said that if she continued like this, people would call her a 'saintly bitch' in the future; sometimes, one shouldn't bestow the greatest kindness upon everyone.

Jiang Mengyuan just said "oh" to this, appearing to understand but not quite.