"Yes, I've heard that the more perfect a person seems, the more serious their flaws are, but they're not usually noticeable because they're very good at disguising them."
"My goodness, now that I think about it, it's true that you can know a person's face but not their heart. I used to think she was a goddess."
"Sigh, it's all just an appearance. Look, now the true colors are showing."
"Yes, that's terrifying..."
Before the two could say anything more, He Zan, who was sitting in front, suddenly shouted, "Pay attention to classroom discipline, be quiet."
The two choked and awkwardly shut their mouths.
After all, He Zan usually has a lot of authority in the class, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to serve as the class monitor for so long.
Of course, this group only kept quiet on the surface.
In private, we should still say the same things.
They wouldn't say it to Pei Xi's face, but Pei Xi would occasionally overhear a few words.
To be honest, she didn't really feel anything.
After all, the truth of the matter has not yet come out, and there is no need to argue.
She has always been easygoing and doesn't care much about how others evaluate her.
What they said meant nothing to her.
After the last class in the morning, Pei Xi went out to get hot water. As soon as she left, several gossipy male and female students in the back row couldn't help but start talking again.
"To be honest, I've always felt that Pei Xi is quite good at pretending. Don't you guys feel it too?" The one who spoke was a boy who usually followed Chen Minliang around.
When he first started school, he tried to curry favor with Pei Xi.
Pei Xi rejected him outright.
They didn't even bother to give him a glance.
He had been unhappy for a long time.
Someone nearby whispered in agreement, "I think so too. If she really did plagiarize, I wouldn't be surprised..."
The first boy to speak chuckled, "In my opinion, it's pretty much true."
Before the other person could speak, a voice behind them interrupted, "Pei Xi didn't plagiarize at all, can you shut up?"
The group turned around and saw Shen Miaoyi standing at the back door, her face flushed red with anger.
The boy looked at her and smiled dismissively. "We never said she actually plagiarized. Besides, if she really didn't do anything wrong, why did the school take back the award?"
Shen Miaoyi is different from He Zan. She usually appears weak and easily bullied, so these people are not afraid of her.
And her rebuttal only emboldened them further.
Press hard on the softest persimmon.
Shen Miaoyi was so angry she wanted to cry. She shouted in a trembling voice, "You have no evidence, so don't talk badly about Pei Xi behind his back. The school will investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Tears welled up in my eyes, but I stubbornly held them back.
She didn't cry because she was criticized.
She felt wronged on Pei Xi's behalf.
Pei Xi is such a good person, why do they have the right to speak ill of her like that!
The boy felt his pride had been challenged when he saw that the usually timid and weak Shen Miaoyi dared to speak to him so loudly, and he immediately became furious.
"You've already plagiarized, and now you won't even let people talk about it? If you're so capable, then don't do it! Are you Pei Xi's dog, defending her like this!"
He became more and more agitated as he spoke, and then he pushed Shen Miaoyi.
The inertia caused Shen Miaoyi to stumble back two steps. She gasped softly as a pair of hands suddenly reached out from behind her and caught her.
She turned her head and met Shi Chen's cold, peach blossom eyes.
Behind him, Pei Zhi strode up, grabbed the boy by the collar, his handsome face full of sarcasm, and said in a cold tone: "Who the hell did you just say? Say it again if you dare."
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