I will keep a close eye on you.

After thinking for a moment, Teacher Xue said to Fang Ping, "The students are still young. How about we give Nanqi another chance? If she makes another mistake, we'll punish her as well?"

Fang Ping avoided eye contact and did not respond. On the other hand, Song Zhao's face visibly darkened. She said sarcastically, "I only realized today that school rules are only made for those who follow them. For those who actually break them, they are just a blank sheet of paper."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent in embarrassment, and the room became eerily quiet.

Finally, Nanqi broke the silence in the room, and said with a forced smile, "Discipline is punishment. I was the one who did it. I take responsibility for my actions. I accept this punishment!"

Wu Hua closed his eyes and said helplessly, "This time it's Nanqi's fault. The school should punish her according to the rules. She's grown up and should take responsibility for her actions."

Wu Hua then bowed deeply to Song Zhao and her daughter, saying, "I'm sorry, it's my fault for not raising my child well, causing Zhao Zhao to suffer."

"Wait a moment."

The group looked towards Song Zhao, all gazing at her with expectant eyes.

Song Zhao paused for a moment and said, "The three of them surrounded me and beat me. If they are to be punished, all three of them should be punished together."

Nanqi said urgently, "It was all my idea. They were forced into this situation by me. If there is any punishment, it should be directed at me alone."

"It's all your fault, you three bastards! Get out and stand in the corner as punishment!" Zhang Bing shouted sternly.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Li Jia quickly extended her index finger to Nan Qi, gesturing for her to be quiet, and together with Duan Peng, led her out. "Yes, yes, Director."

After coming out, Nanqi broke free from the two women and said, "Why are you pulling me?"

"Daqi... didn't you realize that Director Zhang is helping us?"

“Yes, Sister Qi, I think so too,” Duan Peng said.

After listening to their advice, Nanqi calmed down briefly. She was now extremely regretful and ashamed, and her mood was very irritable.

Duan Peng looked at her swollen cheek and asked, "Sister Qi, does it hurt?"

She no longer cared about her own pain; as long as Li Jia and Duan Peng were alright, she would be willing to endure any hardship, even if it meant being skinned alive.

"Don't take it to heart, things are still uncertain," Li Jia comforted her.

"Anyway, we'll face whatever comes our way together. There's a saying, 'Share the good times and the bad,' right?" Li Jia said with a smile.

Nanqi sighed deeply. At this moment, she had no intention of sharing any hardships. She leaned against the wall, silently praying for a good outcome.

About an hour later, the three of them were called back by their homeroom teacher. Song Zhao and her daughter were no longer in the office. Nan Qi guessed that they must have gotten a satisfactory result.

"Director," the three said in unison.

Nanqi immediately noticed Zhang Bing's handwritten draft decision, and her heart began to pound.

"After discussion by the school, it was determined that your act of assaulting others was extremely egregious. According to school regulations, Nan Qi should be given a demerit, and Li Jia and Duan Peng should be given a warning."

"Director!" Nanqi exclaimed excitedly, her brows furrowed.

"I haven't finished speaking!" Zhang Bing lowered his eyebrows and roared irritably, continuing, "Given Song Zhao's leniency towards you, the school is willing to give you another month of observation. If you don't make any mistakes and abide by the rules within this month, the punishment will be waived. However, if you dare to cause trouble again while on campus, you will be punished accordingly. Do you understand?!"

The three answered in unison, "We understand."

"Also, don't be too happy yet. The school will publicly criticize the three of you, make you write a self-criticism, and punish you by making you stand in the corner. You won't be spared any of it."

Nanqi finally breathed a sigh of relief, after all, this kind of punishment was a daily occurrence for the three of them.

"To facilitate supervision and management, the three of you must be separated. Song Zhao will go to Class 2, Duan Peng will go to Class 6, and Li Jia will stay in Class 4. That's settled. Go back and pack your things now."

Nanqi gaped in shock. She was naturally unwilling to be separated from the two of them, but she was quickly forced back by Wu Hua's domineering gaze.

After changing classes, the three of them became much more well-behaved. After all, without each other by their side, it was inconvenient to do many things.

Nanqi hadn't spoken to her mother for several days. The beating she received made her the subject of much gossip and ridicule from her classmates. Nanyue, caught in the middle, was also careful not to speak.

After the class change, Song Zhao became her class monitor, and she was assigned to sit behind Song Zhao, constantly under his supervision. Nan Qi had always been taller than others since childhood, and her seat had always been at the bottom. Now, thanks to Song Zhao, she moved up one place.

When Nanqi first entered Class Two, she often handed in her homework late. It wasn't intentional; she just had nothing to copy, so she finished even slower. The first few times, the class representative waited for her to finish before handing it in, but by the third day, no one believed her anymore. So she resorted to being cheeky, grabbing the English class representative with a grin and not letting her leave, while frantically writing her homework. Just as she was holding it in both hands, Song Zhao suddenly snatched the notebook away.

"I've told you countless times, hand in your homework after morning reading, or we won't collect it," Song Zhao said calmly.

Nanqi said through gritted teeth, "It's none of your business if the class representative is willing to wait for me."

"Hmph, how dare you say such a thing? She's willing to wait for you? Don't you know that?"

Song Zhao handed Nanqi's homework directly to the class representative, saying, "Just hand it in to her like this, she can do whatever she wants."

Nanqi couldn't afford to offend her, so she tugged at the class representative's sleeve and looked at her with pleading eyes: "I only have the ending left to finish writing~".

Actually, she had only just started writing.

“This…” The class representative hesitated.

Song Zhao coughed lightly, and the class representative understood and shook Nan Qi's hand in return. "Nan Qi, it's okay if there's an ending missing. The teacher won't say anything. I'll hand in the homework now." With that, he quickly shook off Nan Qi and ran away.

As a result, she had to stand for two English classes and then go to Ms. Xue's after school to finish her homework.

Not only homework, but one day when she was 5 minutes late, Song Zhao made her go to the hallway for morning reading and made her read loudly so that students from other classes could hear her, as if he was deliberately trying to embarrass her.

In short, she felt extremely depressed during her week in Class 2.

"Daqi, are you alright?" Li Jia asked with concern.

"It's all right~" Nanqi looked at the two of them with a melancholy expression, but her chopsticks didn't stop, and she ate all the meat off Li Jia and Duan Peng's plates.

"There's a saying that goes, 'When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.' Sister Qi, why don't you make peace with her?" Duan Peng said.

“Yes, patience brings peace,” Li Jia added.

Nanqi couldn't listen to any of these grand principles now, so she could only channel her grief and anger into her appetite and eat heartily.

"Hmm... how about I go get some more food?" Li Jia said.

“Yes, I also didn’t get enough food, I need to go get some more,” Duan Peng added.

“Go ahead,” Nanqi said without any hesitation, adding, “Hey, this shredded pork with garlic sprouts is pretty good, remember to order a lot.”

"knew!"

They're really something, how can this little bit of meat be enough for them?

As Nanqi was muttering to herself, she turned her head and saw a familiar figure. It was none other than her good "brother-in-law," Liu Xiaodong.

Liu Xiaodong handed a plastic bag of drinks to Song Zhao. "Senior, this is for you."

Before he could finish speaking, Nanqi plopped down next to him. "Hello, brother-in-law, what can I do for our class monitor?"

Nan Qi's sudden appearance startled Liu Xiaodong, who stammered, "I bought a few bottles of water for the two senior students..."

"Oh~, these are for me, I'm thirsty right now," Nanqi laid out all the drinks, unscrewed one bottle, took a sip, and spat it into the plastic bag. Then she unscrewed another bottle, took a sip, and spat it out. She repeated the same process for the next few drinks.

Nanqi frowned: "I finished drinking it. It didn't taste good. It had a rotten, rancid smell. How did you buy it?"

Liu Xiaodong was immediately embarrassed, his smile freezing on his face.

Song Zhao couldn't help but chuckle, then put on a cool demeanor and said to Liu Xiaodong, "I don't like these kinds of random things either, so let's not send them anymore."

"I bought the wrong thing, haha." Liu Xiaodong chuckled to himself. "Senior ladies, I'll be going now."

"Hmm, remember to take this trash with you too," Nanqi said.

"Oh, yes, yes."

After Liu Xiaodong left, Nanqi turned around and unfortunately met Song Zhao's gaze. The smiles on their faces vanished instantly, and they both turned on each other.

"Let me tell you, from today onwards, I will keep a close eye on you, and you can forget about seducing my brother-in-law again."

Song Zhao sneered, "If I remember correctly, it was the teacher who asked me to keep an eye on you."

Nanqi was speechless, only a nameless anger raging in her chest.

"Also, I don't have time for your dear brother-in-law, so you'd better tell him to stop bothering me."

Song Zhao gave her a disgruntled look, picked up her tray and left. Nan Qi, feeling snubbed, simply stopped eating and followed her.