CHAPTER 189: 188: ACCIDENT (SECOND UPDATE)

In the school, all the classmates in the class had arrived, but Ye Ling and Zhao Guodong’s seats were still empty. Ji Hong, with a bruised face, only came to the class and sat down just before class started. Even though Ji Hong was being bullied, having a face beaten like this made her feel pointed at by others. She only came out of the dormitory when there were fewer people around.

As for Ye Ling in the dormitory, when Ji Hong returned to the dormitory yesterday, she was honest and did not speak in a sarcastic way. She was unusually quiet. Wang Xiaohong had long known the sharpness of Ye Ling’s tongue but didn’t know Ye Ling had the guts to actually take action, and now she didn’t dare to say anything.

It was Wan Li who wanted to try and persuade Ye Ling, but was held back by Shao Guangli. Only Dong Juan, who was always silent in the dormitory, brought two buns back from the cafeteria for Ye Ling, placed them at the bedside, and returned to her upper bunk without saying anything.

The people in the dormitory couldn’t help but take a closer look at Dong Juan, and Wang Xiaohong even mocked her. You couldn’t hear a word from Dong Juan for days, but now she’s trying to cosy up to Ye Ling. Doesn’t she realize the trouble Ye Ling caused this time? Everyone keeps a distance, afraid of getting involved. After all, the incident has escalated to the dean’s office, the whole school knows about it, and a major demerit is at stake, possibly even expulsion. Dong Juan is either smart or foolish for trying to cosy up to Ye Ling now without knowing the depth.

Ye Ling looked at the two warm buns Dong Juan had slipped in from the bed curtain, smiled faintly, didn’t say much, picked up one and started eating, then lay on the bed, slowly eating the bun. It’s not that she was too upset to eat; she just didn’t want to deal with all the eyes in the cafeteria after the fight today, and she wasn’t too hungry, so she didn’t go.

She understood that at this time, everyone would avoid her, yet she didn’t expect the usually quiet Dong Juan to come forth and buy her two buns without concern. To say she’s not touched would be false. Ye Ling didn’t think, like Wang Xiaohong, that Dong Juan wanted to ingratiate herself. Ye Ling knew herself this semester had no quality worth ingratiating, and being with someone like Zhao Guodong who people respectfully avoid, she was certainly not seen as a good person. Now, after such fighting, anyone smart would stay far away, not get entangled.

With the two warm buns in the stomach, the warmth reached not just her belly but Ye Ling’s heart. From the beginning, she liked Dong Juan’s personality; obviously from the countryside too, yet rather stay alone than group up with others. Now that this thing happened to her, Dong Juan stood up and brought buns without regard for others’ gaze. Dong Juan must have her own individuality, not as silent as it seems outside, perhaps disdainful to bother with such matters.

The next day, Ye Ling didn’t go to school. She knew if her dad came, he’d first come to the dorm to wait for her, and indeed, as she guessed, just after the dorm’s people left, Zhao Guodong, Zhang Linong, and Wang Ping arrived.

"Your dad went to the military." Zhao Guodong wasn’t anxious. "My dad said we should attend classes, and they’ll come to school when they return, let me go inform the school."

Hearing this, it sounded like he wasn’t blaming them for the fight at all. Ye Ling smiled, scrutinizing him; no wonder he looked so spirited.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, Zhao Guodong would have been discouraged long ago.

"Let’s go." Zhao Guodong didn’t mind.

Ye Ling laughed, "How about betting that Ji Zhongjun will drive us away? Will you bet?"

Thinking of Ji Zhongjun’s face yesterday, with no parents present today, Ye Ling had already guessed how arrogant and complacent he would be.

Zhao Guodong gritted his teeth, "If he dares to do that, we won’t attend classes, and let him beg us to attend then."

Ye Ling stood up smiling, "That’s what I think too, so let’s go."

Leaving the dormitory, Ye Ling looked at Zhang Linong, "Aunt Sun doesn’t allow men to enter the girls’ dormitory; you’re the one who talked to Aunt Sun, right?"

Otherwise, they came inside for so long and Aunt Sun didn’t come over?

Zhao Guodong was impatient in character, and Wang Ping was like a monkey; only Zhang Linong was good at talking, apart from him Ye Ling couldn’t think of anyone else.

Zhang Linong looked at her with a playful smile, slightly nodded, "The weather is warm; on our way with Dongzi, we planned to go rowing in the park today."

"Okay, staying at school all the time gets monotonous." Living anew, Ye Ling didn’t want to treat herself poorly.

Just as Ye Ling expected, the four of them were blocked by Ji Zhongjun who was waiting in the corridor as soon as they arrived outside the class, "Where are your parents?"

"All went to the troops." Zhao Guodong jumped out first, raising his chin to Ji Zhongjun.

This year in high school, Zhao Guodong grew like he ate fertilizer, taller than Ji Zhongjun, exceeding him by over a head.

Ji Zhongjun looked at the three big guys standing in front of him, feeling diminished in momentum, "Without parents, you can’t attend classes. Go wherever you belong. Don’t think this matter is small, I tell you, if you deeply realize your mistakes, there will be room to make amends, otherwise it’s possible for you to be expelled."

Ye Ling didn’t want to hear this, "Mr. Ji, don’t really think of us as children. You know best why I fought Ji Hong. Even when called to the dean or principal, I can explain clearly. You know your relationship with Ji Hong. Ji Hong falsely accused me, and you helped her. Don’t really think you can do whatever you want as the homeroom teacher at the school? If the school wants to expel me, they also have to see if I agree or not. If I don’t agree, see who dares to expel me."

"Such a big mouth, who do you think you are? So what if you study well? You topped the city in the entrance exam, not the college entrance exam. I’d like to see what results you can achieve in the college entrance exam." Mr. Ji had never been insulted this way in his years as a teacher.

He increasingly looked down on Ye Ling.

Zhao Guodong then asked Ye Ling, "What’s the matter exactly? We forgot to ask you yesterday."

Zhang Linong was originally planning to ask Ye Ling today; now with Zhao Guodong asking, it was what he wanted to know too, and Wang Ping nodded along.

"Someone brought a love letter to Mr. Ji to report, saying I wrote it. I didn’t admit it, so Mr. Ji said I didn’t know how to repent, also saying not to use my mind on other things. I recognized the envelope of the love letter—it was in Ji Hong’s hand when I met her that day." Ye Ling said with mockery in her eyes, "Moreover, when I met her that day, Ji Hong was very nervous, threatening me not to say anything, thinking I accidentally discovered her delivering a love letter."

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