Chapter 226 Who said that?
After all, in the previous years, many professors and teachers who were dedicated to educating students were forced off the podium by students posting big-character posters and reporting them. They were dragged away for criticism and struggle sessions and sent to the countryside. Some teachers with high aspirations couldn't think straight and committed suicide. Some older teachers also couldn't make it through.
The department head and dean's mentors were persecuted by big-character posters, so they both deeply abhorred this behavior, and there were many other teachers like them.
Therefore, the relevant teachers immediately took action and, through multi-faceted investigations, made progress that afternoon, but further testimony was still needed.
Seeing how enthusiastically her roommates were helping her, Ning Xuan was surprised when Li Yan suggested going home to ask her family for help, but Ning Xuan refused.
She decided she couldn't just wait for the teacher's investigation any longer. She hadn't originally planned to use the hanging method, but if this matter continued to escalate, the subsequent impact would be too great, so she decided to resolve it quickly.
Before lunch break, Ning Xuan used her divine sense to observe Zhao Panpan leaving the dormitory with a thermos. She guessed that Zhao Panpan was going to get hot water, so she thought for a moment and also took her own thermos to go out and get water.
However, before leaving, remembering her roommate's earlier defense, she asked, "I need to get hot water, does anyone need to get some?"
Everyone else shook their heads, but Li Yan's eyes shone with hope, as if to say, "Ask me quickly, ask me quickly!" Ning Xuan found it somewhat amusing, but she simply didn't ask.
Seeing that they were really about to leave, Li Yan mustered up her courage and asked cautiously, "Ning Xuan, could you give me an injection too? I'm on my period, and I want to put it in a hot water bottle to soothe my stomach later."
Ning Xuan, with her keen sense of smell, had already detected the blood on Li Yan's body. Knowing she was telling the truth, and remembering how Li Yan had been the first to rush to her defense, she nodded. "Alright, I can help you in your situation. Besides, you spoke up for me earlier, so this is just me returning the favor."
Seeing that Ning Xuan actually picked up her water bottle to fetch water for her, Li Yan was quite excited and thanked Ning Xuan repeatedly. After Ning Xuan left, she couldn't help but give a thumbs-up.
Zhou Yulan, who is usually very calm in the dormitory, couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Li Yan, you're exaggerating too much. Xinran has helped you a lot before."
Li Yan quickly turned to Mu Xinran to thank her, "I am also very grateful to Sister Xinran, but Ning Xuan has such a strong aura. She refused my help before without any politeness. This time she actually offered to help me. I feel flattered."
Tong Mengjia put down her book, yawned, and continued the conversation: "To be honest, when you first came here, you didn't ask anyone for help. Your tone was like you were ordering people around, and you were so bossy that no one was willing to help you. It was only because Sister Xinran was soft-hearted."
"Was I really that bad before?" Li Yan asked, embarrassed.
Zhou Yulan nodded, "Yeah, she's not very likable. Actually, I'm quite puzzled. Given the nature of your family's work, why didn't they teach you those basic social etiquettes? Those old ways, well, everyone just understands. Aren't you afraid that you'll cause trouble and implicate your family?"
Li Yan rubbed her eyes, on the verge of tears, "Nobody ever told me this. My mom has always indulged me in everything. She said that's how I should be..."
Tong Mengjia, who has a rather carefree personality, couldn't help but ask after hearing this, "Is she your biological mother?"
“Of course I am! My mom and I look so alike, how could I not be her biological mother?” Li Yan said without hesitation.
"That's strange. Well, maybe they just feel sorry for you. What's it called again? Spoiling, yeah, spoiling. But a spoiled child is like... I won't go into the rest. Now that you're in college, you have plenty of opportunities to change yourself. You've become much more adorable than before. You know how to ask for help politely, you say thank you, and you even know to give Xinran a gift. Keep it up!"
After Mengjia finished speaking, she patted Li Yan's shoulder and said, "I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep first. Aren't you on your period? Why don't you go to bed and rest?"
“I want to wait for Ning Xuan to come back.” Li Yan shook her head.
“You can lie down on the bed and wait, it’s the same. If you’re not feeling well, just rest,” Zhou Yulan reminded Li Yan.
Li Yan then put down the book in her hand and went to lie down on her bed.
On her way to the boiler room, Ning Xuan quickened her pace and stopped Zhao Panpan.
Upon seeing that it was Ning Xuan who had stopped her, Zhao Panpan's face immediately turned deathly pale. "You, why are you stopping me..."
"Of course there's something going on. Why did you write an anonymous letter and post a big-character poster accusing me of having illicit relationships?" Ning Xuan said bluntly.
"You're talking nonsense! I didn't do it! It wasn't me!" Zhao Panpan's pale face turned red again, whether from anger or nervousness, it was hard to tell.
"I dared to come directly to you, of course I have evidence. Do you think that just because you switch to writing with your left hand and your handwriting is different, you can just call it a day? Think about your usual writing habits, your strokes, and when you write with your left hand, you still carry those habits with you."
Of course, you could say someone imitated your handwriting, but that night, someone saw you sticking things on the blackboard wall. However, the person was in a hurry to go back to the toilet and assumed the teacher had asked them to do it, so they didn't go over, thinking they could check again the next day. But the next day, the person came to tell them what happened. Ning Xuan looked at Zhao Panpan, whose fingers were trembling, and found it strange. How could someone so timid dare to do so many things?
As expected, Zhao Panpan's hands and feet went weak after hearing Ning Xuan's words, and the water bottle in her hand loosened and was about to fall to the ground. Ning Xuan quickly caught the water bottle.
When Zhao Panpan saw that she had almost broken her roommate's water bottle, and Ning Xuan's words made her realize that she had been exposed, she collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.
"Waaah, I didn't mean to. I don't know why I had that thought. I've tried so hard, but my grades are still a step behind yours. This scholarship is definitely yours, but I really need it too. It's just a little short. If you get disciplined, you definitely won't get the scholarship, and then it'll be my turn..."
Ning Xuan looked at Zhao Panpan and felt very strange. She was sure that Zhao Panpan was indeed the one who carried out this series of events, but looking at her now, unless she was a superb actress, she really didn't seem like the kind of person who could come up with such a vicious plan.
"Who told you that if I get punished, the scholarship will be yours? Don't you know that Zhou Yulan is second? Even if she pulls me down, it won't be your turn?" Ning Xuan tried to get some information out of her first.
"What? Didn't you say I was second? And my score was only three points lower than yours, just a tiny difference." Zhao Panpan suddenly looked up, choking on her own words because she had been crying.
"Who said that?" Ning Xuan immediately pressed.
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