"In that case, I don't need to take responsibility for anyone else."

Cheng Guangxu felt extremely apologetic. He didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but he didn't stand up for Zhang Hongmei, which went against his own conscience.

Zhang Hongmei smiled at him, offering him comfort. Although he was already a student at the Capital University, he was still a young man who hadn't yet entered society and was quite naive. Besides, she only admired his logical abilities and didn't intend to become close friends; this was fine as a friendship.

"Who do you think you are?" The female classmate who had been talking back stood up.

"Yang Xue, that's enough!" Shan Mianzhi was furious. He didn't know what had gotten into him; he had missed the opportunity to gain Yang Xue's favor.

"What did I do wrong? She's the one who affected everyone."

At this point, the six students who were preparing to go abroad all left with their stationery. Now, only about twenty students remained in the classroom.

“You did nothing wrong, but you only had this opportunity to study because of us. However, it was because of me that everyone was affected, and I apologize to everyone here.” Zhang Hongmei bowed deeply.

Just then, the six people who had gone out returned, followed by the principal and the foreign language teacher.

Yang Xue immediately became smug. "I won't forgive you."

"In that case, you may leave now." Principal Zheng Chongyu had already gone outside when Zhang Hongmei apologized and bowed.

"Why the principal? It was her fault to begin with."

"I hereby announce that the foreign language class is over, and you students who are temporarily enrolled can leave."

Everyone in the classroom was dumbfounded. What was going on?

Students these days don't dare to contradict their teachers. Even if they have questions or are dissatisfied, no one dares to say anything.

It was Shan Mianzhi who spoke up: "Principal, please wait a moment. This is really just a misunderstanding."

"You think it's a misunderstanding? Fine, in that case, let the person involved explain this in front of everyone."

Zhang Hongmei provided a detailed account of the entire incident without any omissions or additions.

Seeing that no one came forward to refute him, Zheng Chongyu realized that this was the whole story.

How should this be explained? If it were just an ordinary classmate, it would have been left at that. But the problem is that this person is one of Zhang Shouyi's men. The phone call came so promptly. Knowing Zhang Shouyi as I do, I can't let this go easily.

Dan Mianzhi also thought of this, and his face turned a little pale. It was really difficult to solve, and only Zhang Hongmei agreed, so he looked at Zhang Hongmei.

“Principal, I have no right to comment on how you decide whether or not to have classes, but the six students who are preparing to go abroad still need to study. Is this teacher going to continue teaching when he returns? Then let these six students choose for themselves. If they still want this teacher to teach, I will ask the other teacher I invited not to come. If they want to audit another teacher's class, that's fine too. Now please give me your answer so I can make arrangements.”

The six people exchanged glances, went out at the same time, and returned shortly after. "Zhang Hongmei, we would like to audit another teacher's class."

"Okay, can the principal still use this classroom at 6:30 pm?"

"sure."

"Alright, it's 6:30 PM, still in this classroom. I'm sorry, class is about to start, I apologize for taking up everyone's time. Principal, I'll go back to class now."

Zhang Hongmei left first, followed by the other six.

The other students looked at each other, then got up and left. Now only three people remained in the classroom.

“Teacher Tian Lu, you weren’t hired by the school, so your future isn’t something the school can decide. But you’re not without hope. If the students ultimately choose you, you can continue.” Principal Zheng Chongyu said before leaving.

"Tian Lu, why are you doing this?" Shan Mianzhi was extremely angry.

"I was furious when I saw the two of you come in, and besides, she was very disrespectful to me, so I acted impulsively."

"What does it have to do with you that we all came in together? What is your responsibility? We've only known each other for about twenty days, haven't we? We're not familiar enough for you to the extent you think we are. I advise you to just wait for the notification properly. You'd better hope that your classmates still chose you." After saying that, Shan Mianzhi left.

Tian Lu felt extremely wronged, thinking that she was just throwing a tantrum, so why did it turn out like this? She also felt that a large part of her anger stemmed from the student's attitude. After calming down for a while, she packed her things and left, as she had work to do that afternoon.

Zhang Hongmei entered the classroom as the bell rang. She suppressed all her emotions and listened attentively to the lesson; nothing else mattered.

After school, I bumped into Shan Mianzhi at the gate while pushing my bicycle.

"Zhang Hongmei, wait a minute. Please forgive me for not standing up for you today."

"Hehe, it's alright, Chairman Shan, it's really nothing serious. It's partly my fault too. I have things to do back home, we can talk later." Zhang Hongmei didn't take what he and Cheng Guangxu said to heart at all. Although they weren't strangers, they weren't family either, were they?

Zhang Hongmei decided not to ride her bike tomorrow; she got home in less than five minutes.

Gu Chuanming was sitting in the corridor, looking particularly relaxed.

"Grandpa, I'm back."

"Hmm, Xiao Li just came back and said you had a bad day?"

"No, Grandpa, do you think I've become bad? Because I know you all are around, I've become a bit arrogant and domineering?"

"Why do you say that?" Gu Chuanming pulled Zhang Hongmei to sit next to him.

"I feel particularly angry today, and I even said some harsh words, which is not my usual style."

"Is this what's bothering you?"

"Yes, I find myself utterly despicable; I'm not myself anymore."

"Hahaha, with your current status, you don't need to care about anyone's feelings if you want to. On the contrary, your every move will make others guess and cater to you."

"I don't want to become that kind of unreasonable person."

"Alright, stop overthinking. It's no big deal. Even if you are really willful and capricious, you have the right to be."

"I'm ignoring you. People with power and influence teach their children to be cautious and low-key. But you, you're afraid I won't make a splash."

"That's because I know you're overly cautious, that's why I'm teaching you this way, afraid that you, a girl, might get taken advantage of outside. Besides, I've risked my life for you, surely I can protect you?"

"Come on, you're just like a protective parent who always thinks your child is right and good."