Chapter 58: Isn't it all about who has the best father?
"Damn it, these scoundrels actually got away with it." Coming out of the grade-level meeting room, Jiang Deyu was furious, his voice filled with obvious anger. "They were the ones who colluded and broke the rules!"
Except for Zheng Lunzhi, everyone else was treated as having fought.
Everyone knew perfectly well that because of Ji Jingyu and Wen Jinxu, the grade group had even given them a lenient punishment this time, not even making them bear the consequences.
Tong Xia patted him on the shoulder, "Although the facts are right in front of us, we really don't have any evidence."
Wen Jinxu, Zhang Yang, and the others, along with the basketball team members, are not fools.
As long as they insist that they did not collude in private, the school can't do anything about it.
After all, it's normal for players to collide during a game. In addition, both sides claimed that no one was injured. At worst, it's just that the players from Class 4 had poor sportsmanship, and the referees lacked professional competence and had issues with their ethics.
The decision to declare Class 2 the winner of this match is a way of giving them an explanation.
From the school's perspective, the whole matter seemed to have been perfectly resolved.
"Then let's check their phones. I don't believe they didn't communicate."
"Hmm, good idea." Tong Xia nodded in agreement, then changed her tone, "Do you think you're a police officer, going through other people's phones as you please? Even if the principal himself came, he wouldn't have the right to look through their phones, okay?"
"If I had known the outcome would be a 50/50 split, I should have beaten them harder just now," Jiang Deyu wailed. "I couldn't write a 3,000-word self-criticism even if you killed me."
Normally, writing an 800-word essay is like a death sentence for him, but now the word count has increased several times over.
Tong Xia gave him a suggestion, "Why don't you let Brother Ji write it first, and then you can just copy it after he finishes writing it? Anyway, we're all writing about the same thing."
"This is Ji Ge's first time writing a self-criticism. I don't know if he can write one. Just to be on the safe side, I'll copy yours."
After playing a game of ball, then a fight, and being under immense mental strain in the grade-level office, Tong Xia felt completely exhausted now that things had calmed down.
He was too tired to speak, so he held up his finger and gave Jiang Deyu an "OK" sign.
From the beginning, Ji Jingyu stood silently to the side, listening quietly to Jiang Deyu's complaints.
It was as if they were detached from the matter.
He tilted his head slightly, his deep black eyes narrowed, his gaze fixed on a corner in front of him, and no one could guess what he was thinking at that moment.
After Jiang Deyu calmed down, he said in a low voice, "Let's go back to the classroom."
Ji Jingyu knew in her heart that there was no room for maneuver in this matter.
Unless... that group suddenly turns on each other and someone recants their testimony.
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"Ji Jingyu, you stop right there!"
Wen Jinxu chased after him from the grade level.
He was probably furious, his eyes fixed on Ji Jingyu as if he wanted to devour his flesh and blood, making his originally decent face look extremely ferocious and terrifying.
Ji Jingyu stopped in her tracks, her voice cold, "What is it?"
Wen Jinxu stopped in front of Ji Jingyu and said, "Don't think you've won this time. If you're so capable, let's have another match!"
Jiang Deyu scoffed, "Tch, you can't even beat our Brother Ji with underhanded tricks, yet you still have the nerve to suggest another match."
"Exactly," Tong Xia chimed in. "Even if you fought Brother Ji a hundred more times, you'd still lose!"
Zhang Yang glared at them fiercely, "Now it's our Brother Jin talking to Ji Jingyu, you have no right to speak."
"Alright."
Jiang Deyu had always looked down on Zhang Yang's sycophantic behavior towards Wen Jinxu, and now it was even worse. He spoke without any mercy, "You've become addicted to being someone's lackey. Go cool off somewhere else."
"you!"
"What do you mean, 'you'? Haven't you had enough of being beaten by your grandpa yet?" he said, swinging his fist at the other person again.
Zhang Yang's lips twitched involuntarily. Jiang Deyu was a man who didn't care about martial ethics when fighting. He would always target the areas covered by his jersey. The places on his body where he had been beaten were still throbbing with pain.
Moreover, in terms of pure martial prowess, he was indeed no match for Jiang Deyu.
However, he couldn't possibly leave Wen Jinxu behind and go first.
In the end, Zhang Yang could only glare hatefully at Jiang Deyu before quietly standing by.
"I'm talking to you!" Wen Jinxu's eyes were gloomy and sinister. "Let's fight again."
Ji Jingyu seemed to only now be looking at him properly.
His thin lips curled into a slight smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, making people feel uneasy. His gaze was completely fixed on Wen Jinxu. "Why should I waste my time on a defeated opponent?"
Ji Jingyu spoke at a measured pace, as if he were genuinely asking a question he didn't understand.
But Wen Jinxu could hear the contempt and mockery in that cold voice.
Ji Jingyu.
And yet, he lost to Ji Jingyu again!
Wen Jinxu gritted his teeth, a surge of uncontrollable anger engulfing his entire body. His hands, hanging by his sides, clenched tightly. All he wanted to do was smash the face in front of him that he loathed.
Ji Jingyu seemed to have guessed Wen Jinxu's thoughts, but he neither dodged nor flinched, as if he was certain that the other party was no match for him and would not dare to make a move against him.
"If I were you, I would be thinking about how to help Zheng Lunzhi right now."
Ji Jingyu's gaze swept across Zheng Lunzhi's face, and unsurprisingly, she saw a pale and dejected expression.
“Exactly.” Tong Xia looked at Zheng Lunzhi with pity, as if stabbing him in the heart. “He lost the game, lost his integrity, and got punished. I guess the basketball team won’t want him anymore. Don’t think that Lao Qian is easy to talk to. When it comes to matters of principle, he never hesitates.”
For Zheng Lunzhi, being kicked out of the basketball team is what he fears most.
Qiu Le smiled enigmatically: "Don't worry about it. If they dare to do this, they must have already planned their escape route."
Tong Xia nodded, "That's true. Let's go, let's hurry back to the classroom, Lao Qin will be coming over to go over the test papers later."
Wen Jinxu was about to stop them when he heard Su Yinian's angry voice, "You five, come here."
Watching the figures of the group walk away, Jiang Deyu muttered to himself, "My god, this is the first time I've ever seen Teacher Su get so angry."
He looked at Ji Jingyu, "Teacher Su, you should believe in us, right?"
"Um."
A complex expression flashed across Ji Jingyu's face.
Teacher Su shouldn't have interfered in this matter.
She should pretend not to know, just like the grade group.
—
Jiang Sui was naturally dissatisfied with this outcome.
"The grade-level team is clearly trying to smooth things over and protect Wen Jinxu."
“That’s normal. Wen Jinxu’s father is the deputy mayor, so the school probably won’t take it too seriously.” Yu Xiaocheng accepted it well. “At least our class won this game.”
Xia Fan asked in surprise, "That Wen guy's dad is the deputy mayor?"
“Yeah.” Yu Xiaocheng said with a look of disgust. “I went to the same middle school as him. He’s always so high-profile, as if he’s afraid people won’t know that his dad is the deputy mayor.”
"Is his essay titled 'My Mayor Dad'?"
"He actually did write one; it won first prize in an essay competition."
These words amused many people.
Jiang Deyu said indignantly, "This Wen Jinxu is like he's out of his mind. He keeps targeting Brother Ji for no reason, and we can't shake him off."
"That's normal. In junior high, everyone was considerate and flattering of him because of his father's status. He always got the benefits and honors first, which gave him the illusion that he was the most powerful person in the world. But when he got to high school, he realized that there were always people better than him, and he was always overshadowed by Brother Ji. Do you think he could accept that?"
"Even if you're unwilling, you shouldn't resort to such despicable means."
Yu Xiaocheng shrugged. "You said he's mentally ill, so it's not surprising that he did something like this."
As they chatted, the topic turned to Zheng Lunzhi.
"Do you think he'll plead for Zheng Lunzhi? Maybe those people think that even if things are exposed, Wen Jinxu can smooth things over for them, which is why they dare to act so recklessly."
Without hesitation, Jiang Sui replied, "Of course not."
Jiang Deyu asked, puzzled, "Why?"
“This kind of person is the most selfish. He won’t care about other people’s lives unless his own interests are involved.” Jiang Sui curled her lips. “Besides, he probably wouldn’t have the face to ask his father for that.”
"Although Zheng Lunzhi brought this on himself, if I were him, I would definitely go all out and take Wen Jinxu down with me."
Why should he be the one to suffer the worst fate when everyone else did something bad together?
Jiang Sui patted his shoulder, "If only Zheng Lunzhi were as clear-headed as you."
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"What's wrong with Su Yinian? It's one thing that she's not on our side, but she's even helping others question us." Zhang Yang, who had just been scolded by Su Yinian, glanced at Wen Jinxu's face and said seemingly casually, "If she had argued her case in the grade group office just now, the outcome might have been completely different."
When the grade head judged Class Two to be the winner, Su Yinian not only didn't say a word in their defense, but also agreed to the decision on the spot.
Wen Jinxu remained silent with a gloomy face, clearly also very dissatisfied.
"I heard she's quite close to Ji Jingyu; they're neighbors."
Wen Jinxu suddenly looked up at Zhang Yang, his tone sinister, "Who told you this?"
"Li Lin".
How did Li Lin know?
“Roach told him.”
Wen Jinxu frowned, clearly impatient. "Why are we bringing up Luo Qi again?"
As if struck by a sudden thought, Zhang Yang revealed a lewd smile. "Li Lin said that a teacher had tried to matchmake Su Yinian and Luo Qi. I guess Luo Qi ran into Ji Jingyu when he went to see her. I was wondering why she wasn't on our side at all. Turns out she's on Ji Jingyu's side."
What has Li Lin been up to lately?
Li Lin had always wanted to curry favor with Wen Jinxu, and would come to fawn over him every now and then, but recently Wen Jinxu hadn't seen him much.
"His leg is injured and he's recovering."
Wen Jinxu snorted coldly, "Useless!"
He had originally planned to have Li Lin go after Ji Jingyu, but now that plan had to be put on hold for the time being.
"As a homeroom teacher, how can someone who helps students from other classes be qualified to be our homeroom teacher?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Of course not."
You know what to do, right?
Zhang Yang patted his chest and said obsequiously, "Don't worry, Brother Jin, I know."
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[Lu Shuhe: Wen Jinxu, along with other students, wanted to force Teacher Su to leave.]
Lu Shuhe has now begun receiving professional psychological treatment. Although it won't have immediate effects, Jiang Sui knows that she will definitely get better gradually.
They plan to call the police once she feels better.
At first, Lu Shuhe just felt that the atmosphere in the class was strange. It wasn't until today, when she heard that the school had spoken to Su Yinian, that she realized the situation was much more serious than she had imagined.
Under Wen Jinxu's instigation, many students in Class 4 began to oppose Su Yinian, including disobeying rules in English class, openly arguing with and provoking her, and not handing in their English homework...
In addition, some parents are putting pressure on the school, believing that Su Yinian is irresponsible in his teaching and unfit to be the homeroom teacher of Class 4, and demanding that a more competent teacher be replaced.
Ji Jingyu reached out and grabbed Jiang Sui's arm, asking her gently, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Sui showed him her chat history with Lu Shuhe, saying, "Those bastards from Class 4 bullied my mom. I'm going to settle the score with them."
Su Yinian leaves early and returns late every day. Even during his rest time, he has to deal with various emergencies in the class and information from parents. How dare these people say that Su Yinian is irresponsible?
Jiang Sui naturally couldn't stand it.
Ji Jingyu loosened her grip somewhat, but still didn't let go of Jiang Sui. Instead, she loosely circled Jiang Sui's wrist, her words carrying a hidden meaning: "What makes you think Wen Jinxu is so arrogant?"
“Isn’t it just because he has a deputy mayor…” Jiang Sui paused, then understood Ji Jingyu’s implied meaning.
Isn't it all about who has the best father?
Can Wen Jinxu still beat her?
Jiang Sui grabbed Ji Jingyu's arm and winked at him, "Brother Ji, I'm going out to make a phone call. Can you keep an eye on things for me?"
Author's Note: Thank you, Bao, for the nutrient solution! Mwah!
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