Before the principal could finish speaking, his phone rang.
"Sorry, please wait a moment."
He dodged the question, saying, "Why are you calling me so late?"
"Old Wen, is there a student named Zhen Tian on your end who has been wronged?" The voice on the other end was none other than the principal of the Capital Foreign Language School.
How did you know?
“Those are Ji Yuzhi’s family members.” The principal of the Capital Foreign Language School sighed. “You know Ji Yuzhi, right? He’s the star student I introduced to you last time. He’s interning at the United Nations now. I wouldn’t have been able to contact you if they hadn’t called me. That girl is very precious to you. Please help take care of her.”
"This..." Principal Wen hadn't expected there to be this connection. He and the principal of the Capital Foreign Language School had always had a good relationship, so what a coincidence! "Tell me about this."
"Just be careful. You go ahead and do your thing."
The principal of the Capital Foreign Language School hung up the phone after saying just a few words.
Upon seeing the principal return, Jin Ze coldly said, "I just learned that there are still more than a dozen victims here, and some of them are willing to come with me to testify..."
"This..." The principal hesitated for a moment.
"Brother-in-law, they're framing me. Those scissors aren't mine. No, they aren't." Seeing the principal hesitate, the counselor quickly explained.
"Do you think dozens of eyes in this classroom are blind?" Ye Qingyan said with her arms crossed and a look of disdain on her face.
"Can't we just take yours back and check it? A school counselor shouldn't be ignorant of the law, right? Don't they know that fingerprints can be detected?" Jin Ze said coolly.
"There's no need to make such a fuss..." The principal tried to argue further: "I understand the situation; it was indeed the family member who was in the wrong. Let her apologize to everyone, and we won't have to go to the police station, it's so late..."
"Old Wen."
The elegant lady, who hadn't spoken until now, finally said, "That's fine, let the police take him away."
"Sister!" The counselor looked at her in disbelief.
"I've told you many times, don't take advantage of your brother-in-law status to do bad things." The woman's expression was cold and hard: "You didn't listen, and now you've run into a brick wall, so you should deal with it yourself. You're not a child anymore, you have to take responsibility for your mistakes."
"I'm your own sister! You don't care about me! Mom said you're the ones who should take care of me..."
With a wave of his hand, Jin Ze took the counselor away.
"Madam, Mom asked us to take good care of her..." The principal also looked troubled.
"You've already done a lot." The principal's wife smiled at Zhen Tian. "I'm sorry that our family scandal has affected the students. I'm sorry for the harm it has caused you."
She bowed deeply to Zhen Tian.
Zhen Tian hesitated for a moment, then said, "You don't need to apologize."
"It's my pleasure." The woman smiled and bowed again to the students standing below. "I'm so sorry, everyone."
The students looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
"Whoever is wrong should take responsibility. The Qing Dynasty is long gone. We don't practice collective punishment." Ye Qingyan reached out to steady him. "If we don't make this a big deal, this matter will pass. But who will everyone complain to?"
Ye Qingyan glanced at the principal with a hint of disdain.
"I'm sorry, my husband was also forced into this situation by my mother."
Every family has its own troubles.
The principal sighed and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry, everyone."
"Even if you apologize, I won't let her off easily," Zhen Tian said to the two of them, tears still streaming down her fair face.
"It's alright, let's go through the normal legal process. The family won't protect her," the woman said.
"Um."
Zhen Tian sniffed and buried her face back into her brother's chest.
"Everyone, go back to your dorms early." The principal waved his hand. "I'll give you all an explanation in a few days."
The students inside all walked out, and everyone who passed by Jin Ze wanted to steal a glance.
After most of the people had left, Zhao Zeyuan checked the time and said, "I won't tell Yuzhi about this for now, but you'd better tell him later, otherwise he'll definitely be upset."
"I know." Zhen Tian looked up. "Thank you for troubling Brother Zeyuan today. Zhizhi told me to talk to you about something."
"Okay. You did a good job." Zhao Zeyuan stroked her hair. "Call me if you need anything. I'm going back now."
Okay. Be careful on the road.
Zhen Tian waved to him obediently.
She cried for a long time before calming down.
No matter how sad she was, she knew that crying was useless; she had already lost all her hair.
"Qingyan." Zhen Tian waved to her, then picked up the scissors and handed them to Ye Qingyan: "Could you cut my hair straight?"
"I don't know how..." Ye Qingyan said awkwardly, holding the scissors. "How about we go to a hair salon tomorrow?"
"Cut it evenly first. Otherwise, I'll feel sad when I touch the gap." Zhen Tian shook her head, handed over the scissors, and covered her eyes with her hands: "Here you go."
"This..." Ye Qingyan looked at Yang Tao and then at Jin Ze with the scissors.
"Go ahead and cut it." Jin Ze didn't quite understand the little girl's obsession with her hair, but seeing Zhen Tian covering her eyes and not daring to look, he placed his palm in front of her eyes as well.
"Then I'll cut it."
"Wait a minute!" Zhen Tian suddenly called out, startling Ye Qingyan so much that her hands trembled.
"Keep the cut hair."
"good."
This time, Zhen Tian didn't say anything, and Ye Qingyan successfully cut off the hair and handed it to Zhen Tian.
Looking at that huge clump of hair, Zhen Tian sniffed.
"Don't cry."
"I won't cry."
She choked up a little: "I just can't bear to part with it."
"alright."
Jin Ze ruffled her hair: "Whether your hair is long or short, you are the most beautiful."
"Hmm." Zhen Tian responded, "Why is brother still wearing his police uniform?"
"It's nothing. I'm just working overtime."
He didn't tell Zhen Tian that he was still on duty so late, afraid of scaring her: "Go home and rest early. If you encounter anything in the future, call your brother just like you did today."
"I know," Zhen Tian nodded. "You should get some rest."
He looked much thinner than my brother when I saw him during the Lunar New Year.
"Um."
"That woman must be severely punished."
"Give it to my brother."
Less than a month into the semester, the unreasonable and demanding academic advisor was finally dealt with. The entire department was thrilled.
Many girls even came to the dormitory to thank Zhen Tian and, incidentally, tried to get Jin Ze's contact information.
However, it didn't succeed.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Ji Yuzhi has been gone for 40 days.
The day of my return seems to be counting down.
"Sweetie, the security guard called to say there's a package for you."
When Zhen Tian returned to her dorm with milk tea, Yang Tao was frantically typing on her computer with her legs up.
She said this upon seeing Zhen Tian.
"Okay." Zhen Tian put down her milk tea and placed a cup of coffee in front of Yang Tao.
"I love you." Yang Tao kissed Zhen Tian several times from a distance.
Zhen Tian smiled and walked out of the dormitory.
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