Chapter 1004 The Returnee's Notes 78
Huang Lili put down her prayer beads, counting the runes on them. She sighed inwardly, met the female ghost's gaze, and gently shook her head. "She has already passed away."
The ghost's aura subsided, and Xie Ning took out her phone and asked, "Do you still remember Aunt Qing's name?"
Perhaps she will be able to find out.
"Qiao Yuqing, after the rain comes the sunshine, so Aunt Qing is called Yuqing."
Huang Lili packed up her tools and shuffled closer to Xie Ning, hoping to take advantage of her height to see how Xie Ning was doing the investigation. However, Xie Ning put her phone away after memorizing the name.
"I can't find it right now, I need three days." She tried it on her phone but couldn't find anything, so she'll go back and see if she can retrieve the information from her computer.
The female ghost couldn't leave this place either, and could only wait and see how things went in three days. However, before leaving, Xie Ning and Huang Lili set up a defensive line between the dormitory and the back mountain to prevent the female ghost from entering the school again.
Even if it's unintentional, it can still affect the human body.
As for some issues in dormitory 104, such as those girls spreading rumors, telling the teacher directly might be futile, or they might just get a lecture from the teacher.
Xie Ning still reported the problem to the teachers and principal.
She was one of the girls who were the target of the false rumors, but the female ghost didn't know her name.
Xiao Liu couldn't believe it when she saw the three girls from room 104, along with other girls' and boys' dormitories who spread rumors, being dragged up and criticized in front of the entire school.
The girls standing next to Xiao Liu were in the same boat. They knew they were being slandered, but they couldn't control what others said. Even if they were angry, there was nothing they could do but endure it.
Even if they tell the teacher, the teacher will only think they are making a mountain out of a molehill.
After all, it's just a conflict between young girls. There's no need to make a big deal out of it. A few words of admonishment will suffice; there's no need for a formal reprimand or a demerit.
But when Xie Ning looked for them, she asked them, "Does a small mistake that doesn't cause a major disaster mean it should be unconditionally forgiven?"
Moreover, as the victim, one should not remain silent and endure it, as that will only embolden those who harm others.
Only by fighting back and letting those who spread rumors know they will be punished will those people, as well as those who haven't even started spreading rumors yet, know that this is wrong and that wrongdoing should be punished, instead of just saying a few words and making excuses even if someone is driven to their death.
I only said a few words, and didn't do anything else.
Even though others thought Xie Ning was being too serious, she still did it. She wanted the school to take a stand, and of course, not only her, but also the girls who were falsely accused and their parents.
Not all parents consider being falsely accused a minor matter or would blame their child for it.
Only then did the final public reprimand and demerit come into play.
What Xie Ning didn't tell anyone else was that this demerit was just a pretext. She herself didn't know it until her first-year junior high homeroom teacher, Ms. Luo, told her.
Many schools use demerits as a way to scare students, but they never actually write them into their students' files.
Xie Ning can only do this much right now, but even that is enough to wake most people up: hurtful words will be punished.
The perpetrator will be afraid, and the victim will be more courageous.
While doing these things, Xie Ning did not forget to search for Qiao Yuqing online. Fortunately, she soon saw Qiao Yuqing's name in a short story introduction.
Xie Ning tried to contact the person who posted the message. When she learned that the person was Qiao Yuqing's great-niece, Xie Ning said that her family's elders had received kindness from Ms. Qiao, so she wanted to pay her respects.
The person who posted the message, Qiao Jinmei, was also taken aback when she saw it. She didn't think Xie Ning had any ill intentions. After all, her great-aunt had been gone for so long, and the other party just wanted to pay their respects.
She was surprised and a little happy that those people her great-aunt had helped would come looking for her.
The warm sunlight outside the window filters through the thin gauze curtains and falls on the black and white photos on the computer screen.
She was a woman with a heroic appearance, and on her bare forehead was a scar three fingers wide, like a burn branded on.
Despite the unsightly scars, she didn't cover them with her bangs, but instead left them exposed, unable to conceal the bright smile on her face and the starlight in her eyes.
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