But she dared not refute it at all and could only honestly admit it.

"I...I apologize too!" Madam Zhang quickly said. She was the mastermind behind today's events, and her apology was already behind Madam Yan's, so she could only make her attitude even more sincere.

"It was my fault for believing everything I heard and being misled by my son. It's all my fault. How about I bring Jingyang to apologize in person another day? Since it was all a misunderstanding and everything has been explained, there's no need to escalate the matter, is there?"

She hadn't forgotten what her son had done in the surveillance footage, nor the words Xie Li had said before he left.

At this moment, she had absolutely no idea whether Zhang Jingyang had actually done this.

She wanted to beg Xie Li for forgiveness, but she was worried about angering Xu Zhen. She knew that the young man was holding his phone and others couldn't see clearly, but Xu Zhen was still on the other end of the line.

That's why I tentatively said that.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking tentatively, the young man said, "You mean your mother? I'm asking you to apologize, not to make excuses for yourself!"

Mrs. Zhang felt aggrieved and didn't dare to say anything more. She simply bowed hastily as an apology.

The crowd that stubbornly stayed behind to watch: "..."

Honestly, they were practically starry-eyed with admiration. Li Shen is so handsome, so majestic!

Xie Li nodded. "I didn't intend to escalate things, but didn't you bring this on yourselves?"

Don't be fooled by Mrs. Zhang's current aggrieved appearance; she wasn't like this just now in the Dean of Students' office.

They clearly wanted to crush her completely, forcing her to drop out of school.

Xie Li felt that he had never been a kind person, "My matter can end here and be put behind us."

“But your son knows very well what he has done. The Luo family has definitely already reported it to the police, and that’s beyond my control.”

Now that things have come to this, is it possible for Madam Zhang to still think about concealing Zhang Jingyang's actions?

The head of student affairs has already seen the surveillance videos and knows about Luo Feifei's situation. Although he has a bad temper and is always fierce towards his classmates, he is actually a very righteous person.

He's a stubborn, upright, and somewhat adorable old man.

Now that he knows these injustices exist, he can't just ignore them.

So Mrs. Zhang really pulled off a self-destructive act today, completely destroying her own son.

Just as Xie Li finished speaking, the class bell rang. She quickly took the lead, grabbing Su Ying and Shen Wanwan, saying, "Class is starting, let's go!"

The group of people ran away in a flash.

Madam Zhang was left standing there, feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and she was filled with deep regret.

——

When Ding Huizhu arrived at Linjiang No.1 Middle School, it was during class time, and the entire campus was quiet.

She breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she didn't want the whole thing to become public knowledge.

They had just walked through a grove of trees when they ran right into Madam Zhang and Madam Yan's group.

Ding Huizhu froze instantly, her face flushed with anxiety.

Previously, Xie Li's homeroom teacher called her to come to school, but she didn't want to bow down and apologize to Madam Zhang and Madam Yan, whose status and position were not as good as hers.

But since they're all in the same circle, and the He family already knows she's Xie Li's mother, other families will surely find out soon too.

It can't be hidden forever unless she completely disowns Xie Li as her daughter.

Seeing that everyone was about to bump into each other and there was no way to avoid it, Ding Huizhu quickly calmed down, tossed her hair, and then stepped forward gracefully.

Smiling, she said, "Madam Zhang, Madam Yan, I'm sorry, it's my fault for not teaching Xie Li well..."