Chapter 114: Tail

After Hong Zhixing returned to the classroom, she was surrounded by a sense of unease all night.

She couldn't focus on reading at all, constantly worrying about how this matter would be handled subsequently.

She had never realized before that the head teacher of Class 3 was such a difficult person to deal with.

Compared to her, her own head teacher, Yin Xiangyu, was simply an incompetent waste!

Scenes of what had just happened replayed in Hong Zhixing's mind, and all the anger and disgust transformed from fear were transferred onto Yin Xiangyu.

She didn't even realize that her current distracted state was seen by her few followers, making them feel anxious and uneasy as well.

Until the evening self-study was about to end, Hong Zhixing still hadn't waited for Yin Xiangyu or her father to come find her.

She had never felt so uneasy.

Her father was a lawyer, and she herself was a model student with excellent character and academics, with a bright future ahead. She was not only an outstanding student in the eyes of the teachers but also quite popular among her classmates.

Everything had been smooth sailing, and she had never encountered such a setback as today.

A note was passed over from the side.

Hong Zhixing took the note from her deskmate and opened it; it was a note written by Xu Linlin, which read: Are you okay?

Hong Zhixing frowned and crumpled the paper into a ball.

Five minutes later, the first session of evening self-study ended.

Hong Zhixing's phone suddenly vibrated.

She opened her phone and found a message from her father: I'm waiting for you at the school gate.

Hong Zhixing's heart tightened in an instant.

With an ugly expression, she put down her phone and began to pack her schoolbag mechanically.

Xu Linlin walked over.

"Zhixing, what did Teacher Yin say about this?" Seeing Hong Zhixing's ugly expression, she also became a bit nervous, fearing that something had gone wrong.

Hong Zhixing glanced at her and immediately knew what she was thinking.

"It's nothing." She said only these two words with a calm expression, shouldered her bag, and left.

Xu Linlin wanted to ask more, but Hong Zhixing clearly had no intention of talking to her, so she could only shut up resentfully.

Hong Zhixing hurried to the school gate.

Her father was standing at the gate smoking.

"Dad." Hong Zhixing called out timidly.

Seeing her, Hong Chen threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his shoe sole, and said, "Get in the car."

He opened the car door parked to the side and got in.

Hong Zhixing followed and sat in.

The atmosphere in the car made her exceptionally nervous, and her heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.

She looked cautiously at her father's profile and called out again cautiously: "Dad."

Hong Chen said expressionlessly, "This matter will not have any further impact on you."

Hong Zhixing's heart immediately relaxed.

"Dad, I was wrong." She apologized immediately.

There were some things she could say righteously to others, but she didn't dare say them to her father.

She had never been able to fool her father since she was a child.

"Learn from your mistakes and summarize the lessons well," Hong Chen said. "Since you want to deal with someone, do it cleanly. Leaving so many traces is obviously giving others leverage; it's too stupid."

A wave of burning shame appeared on Hong Zhixing's face.

During the break in evening self-study, Liu Qin came to the classroom.

She first called Xu Zijun out.

"The final resolution of this matter is for both sides to write a self-reflection."

As soon as Liu Qin finished speaking, Xu Zijun looked up in surprise, wanting to say something.

Liu Qin waved her hand and said, "I know you were wronged. I watched you grow up, and I know your character. I believe you would absolutely never do such a thing as bullying a classmate. But this time we have no evidence, and on top of that, you have been discussed by many classmates these past few days. I thought about it for a long time and decided that the best way to handle this is to let it subside as quickly as possible and not cause any other waves. You are a third-year high school student now; nothing is more precious than your time and your attention. I hope that no matter what storms happen outside, you can hold onto your focus, put it seriously into your studies, and get into a good university. That is better than anything else. Do you understand?"

Xu Zijun pursed her lips and nodded.

"Thank you, Liu Laoshi."

"In the future, if you can avoid Hong Zhixing and those people, do so. Liu Laoshi isn't telling you to learn to back down, but I hope you won't be disturbed by these troubles in your energy for studying. However, if they are relentless, you don't need to be afraid; come directly to me." Liu Qin patted Xu Zijun's shoulder. "I will protect you, just like this time."

Xu Zijun's eyes turned red instantly.

"Thank you, Liu Laoshi."

She lowered her head, not knowing what to say.

Liu Qin said, "I won't say much else. I don't worry about your studies; I only worry about you being disturbed by these troublesome things. Whether you get the recommendation quota or whether you can get the reduced-score admission for independent enrollment, these are not that important to you. You are someone who can get into Zhenhua and Yuming with your own strength if you put in the effort, you know?"

"Okay." Xu Zijun's mindset was completely soothed by Liu Qin's words. "I understand, Liu Laoshi, thank you."

"Go."

Liu Qin watched her return to the classroom and then glanced at the other students in the class.

She didn't rush back to the office but walked onto the podium after the second session of evening self-study began.

"I'll take two minutes to say something," Liu Qin said. "Before evening self-study today, I'm sure everyone has heard about our classmate Xu Zijun being bullied by a classmate from the next class. This incident made me very angry, but at the same time, I am also very proud, because the students in our class have a sense of justice. Li Pengfei ran over to stop it the moment he saw Xu Zijun being bullied; Jiang Haitian ran back to the classroom to find classmates for help the moment he saw Li Pengfei being slandered; Lin Yu, Chen Qin, and Lu Yan He rushed over the moment they learned about this to protect their classmate. I am very proud that I have so many students in my class who have a sense of justice and dare to stand up to protect their classmates."

The students in the class applauded.

Lu Yan He didn't expect Liu Qin to do something like this.

The applause was thunderous.

Lu Yan He scratched his head awkwardly.

Li Pengfei puffed out his chest, patted it, and looked proud.

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now. Everyone, study hard. There are only so many days left until the college entrance exam. If you don't advance, you retreat. Seize this period of time well and strive to improve your rankings a few more places. Maybe you can advance from a second-tier university to a first-tier one, from a first-tier to a 211, and from a 211 to a 985!"

A group of students didn't believe what Liu Qin said at all.

Lu Yan He, however, had a very strange mindset—even though he was just a student who had finished the college entrance exam not long before he transmigrated, he now had the mindset of someone who had been through it. He knew Liu Qin was right, and he also knew that if one truly studied hard and fought for it in the remaining time, miracles could happen. He had had such examples around him before.

It was unknown how many people could truly listen and seize this final time to make a push. ===== CHAPTER 115 =====