CHAPTER 157: CHAPTER 157: THE WAYS OF THE WORLD

The group of teachers in the office noticed Lin Qin’s calm demeanor and logical rebuttals, realizing the matter was quite tricky and might be difficult to handle.

Zhang Chunhe examined the few of them seriously, took a deep breath, "Alright! Now that I and several teachers are here, you should clearly tell us how Li Xiaomei falsely accused and bullied you!"

Lin Qin looked at Du Juanhua and said loudly, "Director Zhang, instead of asking us, why not ask Li Xiaomei? Du Juanhua has no grievance or hatred with Li Xiaomei, and she’s a freshman, just joined the Ancient Poetry Club, yet she was isolated and targeted by Li Xiaomei and her group so soon.

She didn’t do anything, just questioned Li Xiaomei why she targeted her, and ended up being publicly humiliated by Li Xiaomei, cried in the dormitory for a whole day. We went together to confront Li Xiaomei, asking her to apologize to Du Juanhua, is that wrong?

Before we even opened our mouths, Li Xiaomei arrogantly scolded Du Juanhua, calling her shameless! I just want to ask her, did our Du Juanhua dig up her family’s ancestral tomb or what? Why did she treat Du Juanhua like this?"

All the teachers looked at Du Juanhua.

Zhang Chunhe saw Du Juanhua’s tears falling, and unconsciously softened his tone, "It’s okay, just say what’s going on, let’s clear things up today. If Li Xiaomei really gathered people to bully you, the teachers will back you up!"

Du Juanhua then slowly lifted her head, her eyes swollen, and explained the situation.

Thus, everyone in the Ancient Poetry Club was summoned to the office.

Wang Xinyuan, as the club president, witnessed Du Juanhua being humiliated by Li Xiaomei but did not stand up for Du Juanhua, and got scolded by their grade counselor.

"As the club president, you are supposed to lead! Why didn’t you say a word when your members had a conflict? Speak!"

Wang Xinyuan’s face reddened, quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake, "Director Ye, I was negligent. I thought Li Xiaomei was an old member of the club, and since she’s been here two years without any conflicts, instinctively thought it was Du Juanhua who was at fault, hence I remained silent. I didn’t expect it to turn out this way..."

"You thought! As president, you must seek the truth and not judge matters based on subjective assumptions! Du Juanhua is a freshman, just joined the Ancient Poetry Club, and as far as I know, she doesn’t have friends here, so what mistake did she make? What right does Li Xiaomei have to insult her so harshly?" Director Ye stopped Wang Xinyuan’s attempts to defend himself.

Already furious inside, whether Du Juanhua actually did something wrong or was inadequate in some way, it’s unacceptable to insult a newcomer, especially one that just joined the club! Besides, the activities haven’t even officially started, what issues could there be? Since there’s nothing, then Li Xiaomei is deliberately causing trouble! Previously, he was still upset over Li Xiaomei’s injuries and unfairness.

Wang Xinyuan couldn’t give a proper explanation, his face turned from red to pale.

Director Ye tiredly waved his hand, looked at Zhang Chunhe, "Director Zhang, send them back."

Zhang Chunhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief, got up and led Lin Qin and the others out of the office building.

When they reached the lawn on the first floor, he pointed at the six people before him with frustration and anger, "Thankfully, Director Ye is reasonable, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to protect you today! If you feel wronged, come to me directly, I’m not just a figurehead, you don’t need to resort to violence and send people to the hospital! Now the school has to appease the other student’s parents!"

Bai Junjun was about to say something when Lin Qin immediately grabbed her hand, obediently nodded and admitted her mistake, "Director Zhang, our actions were impulsive in this matter, causing trouble for the school, we won’t do it again next time!"

"Yes, yes, we won’t do it again, primarily because we didn’t expect the other side to be so arrogant and even dare to fight. At that moment, we were too angry and confused... Sorry, Director Zhang!" Ge Qiuyue followed and bowed apologetically.

Zhang Chunhe, no matter how angry he was, couldn’t express it; frustrated, he let the six go back for now.

The six of them ran back to the dormitory, laughed wildly once inside.

Lin Qin quickly returned to normal, said to Ge Qiuyue and Du Juanhua, "Let’s go! Now let’s bring these fruits to the teachers’ office, say it’s our apology for causing trouble, at least making amends to calm them down."

The inexperienced young newcomers quickly went over to help.

Lin Qin was very thankful she brought a lot of fruits this time, including a big watermelon, lychee, pineapple, guava, and mango, all packed in bags.

Director Ye was still lecturing Wang Xinyuan, Zhang Chunhe was contemplating the next step when he saw Lin Qin and others return, tensed up, and quickly asked, "What is it now?"

The group quickly put down the fruits, Lin Qin chirped, "Director Zhang, Director Ye, teachers, these are fruits picked from home, please try them, sorry for the trouble today."

"No need, no need, take them back." Zhang Chunhe told them to take the fruits back.

Ge Qiuyue and others dashed away.

Lin Qin fell behind, shouted loudly, "No need to be polite with me, these are grown by my family, cost-free, please don’t send them back. We’re going out to play, won’t stay in the dormitory!"

Zhang Chunhe had no way with them, seeing they disappeared, had no choice but to distribute those fruits to the office teachers.

"Oh! There’s even mango! Old Zhang, what background does this student have? Family running a fruit business?"

Zhang Chunhe shrugged, "How would I know! These few are quite reckless, but fortunately, they can still be saved!"

Previously, they had infuriated everyone, now they’re offering food as a consolation, making it hard for anyone to get angry.

Director Ye also got a handful of lychee and some mangoes, just right for his dry throat from scolding, the sweet lychee improved his mood. Seeing the watermelon slice handed over, he finally sternly allowed Wang Xinyuan and others to leave.

The members of the Ancient Poetry Club left the office building and held quite some grudges against Li Xiaomei.

"What’s with Li Xiaomei? Making such a fuss, got us all in trouble, what’s her deal?"

"Exactly, she used to be pretty adept, did she lose her mind? Targeting a newcomer! This time she hit a tough spot!"

...

The group grumbled as they walked towards the dormitory building.

Wang Xinyuan’s roommate Li Ke looked at him twice, "President, what do we do now? Go back to the club or the dormitory?"

Wang Xinyuan was silent for a while before pondering, "Let’s go to the hospital and see Li Xiaomei and others!"

Li Ke was shocked, "No... no! Li Xiaomei caused such trouble for us, and you’re going to see her? I say, just kick her out of the club already, anyway she’s now hated by everyone, associating with her brings no good."

The more he spoke, the worse Wang Xinyuan’s expression became, "There must be some misunderstanding, as president, I always need to understand the situation to prevent further mistakes."