After what happened at the school gate yesterday after school...
When Zhou Chen came to school today, the gazes from those around him were no longer all strange. Some people even smiled at him. Only the students who didn't know what had happened yesterday still looked at him with prejudice.
Back in the classroom, most of his classmates looked at him with curiosity.
The news that Zhou Chen and three ingrates went to the police station in a police car spread last night. Many people know that Zhou Chen called the police, and the person who sent the text message is suspected to be Zhou Ling.
But no one knows the truth.
Li Kaile was particularly happy because he knew more than others, including the fact that Zhou Ling was going to restore Zhou Chen's reputation in front of the whole school today.
"Brother Chen, congratulations, you are about to be exonerated."
"Justice may be delayed, but it will never be absent."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen smiled and shrugged, not continuing the topic. Instead, he put down his schoolbag and headed to the playground for training.
Facing Li He and other members of the school team who were concerned about him, Zhou Chen explained that Zhou Ling was about to apologize in front of the whole school.
"Great! I knew Brother Chen wasn't like what was said in the text message."
"If you dare to spread rumors and slander others, you will only embarrass yourself in the end, and you deserve it."
"A small favor is appreciated, but a large favor breeds resentment. This has created an enemy. Fortunately, Brother Chen called the police and brought him to justice. This kind of ingrate should be despised by the whole world."
The school team members were all indignant and felt sorry for Zhou Chen. Not one of them thought it was excessive to make Zhou Ling apologize to Zhou Chen in front of the whole school.
After Lu Guoliang arrived, he spoke privately with Zhou Chen for a while.
Hearing that Zhou Ling would restore Zhou Chen's reputation, Zhou Chen breathed a sigh of relief. From Lu Guoliang, Zhou Chen learned how much the school leaders valued this matter. If Wu Yingjie hadn't strongly persuaded him and insisted that the text message was a rumor, arguing with reason, the school leaders would have really decided to expel Zhou Chen.
After all, this matter had already reached the higher-ups and become known to the education bureau.
Zhou Chen never expected it to escalate to such a huge extent, or that his homeroom teacher, Wu Yingjie, would secretly defend him.
Of course, even if Lu Guoliang didn't say it, Zhou Chen knew that Lu Guoliang would definitely support him in front of the school leaders.
These two teachers are really good to him.
Zhou Ling arrived before the end of the second period.
Police officers also came along to supervise the restoration of Zhou Ling's reputation.
During recess exercises,
The school leaders spoke about the rumor-mongering text messages that happened today and the negative impact they had caused, and finally brought up Zhou Ling.
Zhou Ling had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand in front of the entire school.
She could clearly feel the contempt, disgust, and disdain in the many gazes directed at her, like knives stabbing into her body. Although it didn't hurt, it was more unbearable than pain.
This was a public execution, a moral trial, and she was the one being judged.
Zhou Ling dared not look at her former classmates, much less her former teachers.
She knew she was a joke now.
But she couldn't escape.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she confessed to deliberately spreading rumors and sending defamatory text messages, emphasizing that she did it all and that it had nothing to do with anyone else. She said she didn't want to implicate Zhou Na and finally apologized to Zhou Chen three times.
Then, they fled as if escaping.
The truth has come out: it was all Zhou Ling's doing.
Zhou Chen, who was the person involved, was exonerated. Watching Zhou Ling flee in disarray, he could only say that it was all Zhou Ling's own fault, that she had shot herself in the foot.
If she hadn't done something so despicable, she wouldn't have embarrassed herself in front of the whole school.
Fortunately, she stopped going to school and didn't have to endure strange looks. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to stay at school at all, and the storm of public opinion would have crushed her.
"Do you think that just because you took all the blame, Zhou Na won't be affected?" Zhou Chen sneered. He knew exactly what Zhou Ling was thinking. All he could say was that Zhou Ling was being too presumptuous.
Now the whole school knows that Zhou Na, Zhou Ling, and Zhou Chuan were adopted by the Zhou family. No one would believe that Zhou Na was completely unaware of such an ungrateful act as smearing others.
And indeed, what Zhou Chen said was true.
After the morning exercises ended, Zhou Na took on the public criticism that Zhou Ling shouldn't have had to endure.
When someone posted a fabricated text message, Zhou Na didn't explain or make a fuss. Instead, she said that not only Zhou Ling, but also Zhou Na herself, should apologize in front of the whole school.
In Zhou Na's class, classmates who used to be on good terms with her are deliberately distancing themselves from her and don't want to get close to her.
Zhou Na was isolated.
Even if it was just a deskmate, they would take the initiative to ask the teacher to change their seats.
Faced with the treatment she received, Zhou Na said nothing, because she knew that even if she explained that it had nothing to do with her, no one would believe her. Her previous failure to speak up for Zhou Chen had already left a mark of ingratitude in her classmates' minds.
Whether it's going to the toilet or buying things at the school's convenience store,
Wherever Zhou Na goes, she is surrounded by pointing fingers and various comments.
Li Kaile specifically brought this up.
Will Zhou Chen sympathize with Zhou Na?
Of course not.
He knew this had nothing to do with Zhou Na; it was Zhou Ling who did it herself. After all, given Zhou Na's intelligence, she shouldn't have done something so foolish.
Zhou Na became the target of everyone's venting, entirely on behalf of Zhou Ling.
But so what? He won't explain for Zhou Na or speak up for her.
Just like when he was subjected to public criticism before, Zhou Na remained silent.
He just did the same thing.
Zhou Chen believed that when he was being slandered and gossiped about, Zhou Na didn't care about his feelings, so why should he care about Zhou Na's feelings now?
If you have to blame someone, blame Zhou Ling. If Zhou Ling hadn't spread rumors, this wouldn't have happened.
However, Zhou Chen estimated that both Zhou Na and Zhou Ling would blame him for everything they had suffered, believing it was his fault.
But it doesn't matter; it doesn't matter how much those three ingrates hate him.
He doesn't care.
Arguing with three selfish people over such matters is just asking for trouble.
...
Having apologized in front of the entire school, losing face and leaving in a sorry state, Zhou Ling burst into tears upon seeing Zhao Kun and Zhou Chuan after leaving the school.
Zhou Chuan declared that he would make Zhou Chen repay the grievances he suffered today a hundredfold in the future.
Zhao Kun, equally resentful, kept trying to comfort him.
No one considered that the whole thing started because they provoked Zhou Chen, which led to their current predicament.
Some people will blame all their mistakes on others and insist that they are not wrong.
Without a doubt, Zhou Ling, Zhou Chuan, and Zhao Kun are all this kind of people.
That afternoon,
Another thing has happened that has garnered attention from the entire senior year of high school.
The mock exam results are out!
Zhou Na, who was under immense public pressure, saw her ranking...
A smile finally appeared on his previously sullen face.
Because her name was at the top of the list, she was the top student in the entire school in this mock exam!
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