"The decision on punishment cannot be changed. Even if you want to commit suicide, this punishment cannot be revoked. Otherwise, the school will be in chaos. Zhou Xue, your life is your own. You only have one chance. Think carefully."
After the counselor finished speaking, he signaled the male students to let go of Zhou Xue and stop holding her down.
The male students were all very hesitant. What if they let go and Zhou Xue jumped down? Wouldn’t they become sinners?
"Let her go and let her think it over. Life is precious. If she were to commit suicide over such a minor setback, she would be unworthy of being a son and a student of Jingshi University!"
The boys had to let go of Zhou Xue and watched her movements nervously. If she really jumped into the lake, they would react immediately and stop her.
Fortunately, after Zhou Xue was released, she did not jump into the lake. Instead, she sat on the ground in a daze, with a dull look in her eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking.
People were already like this, and the counselor was afraid that if he provoked her further, she would really be driven to death, so he had to discuss with Jiang Manyue. The punishment would still be carried out, but the public apology could be changed to be held in their professional classroom, so as to give Zhou Xue some leeway.
Jiang Manyue did not agree directly, but just looked at the counselor deeply and sighed slightly.
The counselor knew that this was indeed unfair to Jiang Manyue. She had been hurt by so many rumors, and in the end the rumormongers had tried to commit suicide, and her public apology could be replaced by an apology in the classroom. He felt a little embarrassed when he said these words.
But Zhou Xue is in this state now, he really doesn't dare to gamble with her life. Zhou Xue's mentality is already very extreme. If he provokes her again, she will do something irreversible, which will cause lifelong regret.
He believed that even if the victim Jiang Manyue really witnessed Zhou Xue's death because of this incident, she would not be able to rest in peace.
"Teacher Zhang, now that you've spoken, I won't hold on to this matter. But I hope that Zhou Xue can sincerely apologize to me and recognize her own mistakes. The punishment she received today was not caused by me, but by her own mistakes."
The counselor breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly, "The teacher will definitely educate Zhou Xue and make her realize her mistakes. Don't worry about that."
Jiang Manyue glanced at Zhou Xue again and said, "Teacher Zhang, I'll go back first."
The counselor quickly signaled her to leave first and he would handle the matters here.
Jiang Manyue turned around and left, and Cheng Nana quickly followed, pouting to express her dissatisfaction.
"She wasn't faking it, was she? She thought she could get away with it by committing suicide? But she ended up having to apologize in the classroom instead of on the radio. That's a good thing for her."
Jiang Manyue shook her head helplessly. "What else can I do? If I really refuse to give in, and Zhou Xue jumps into the lake again, it will be considered that I forced her to death. No matter how right I am, I will be wrong."
Cheng Nana sighed, "I know, I just think she's really smart. By making such a fuss, you've suffered a loss."
Jiang Manyue shrugged. "Her behavior today was quite embarrassing. With so many people watching by the lake, Zhou Xue will probably be famous in school tomorrow. All the teachers and students in the school will know the ins and outs of her jumping into the lake today. This kind of thing doesn't happen often. Who wouldn't say a few words after dinner?"
Cheng Nana thought about it and it made sense. There were a lot of people gathered by the lake just now. I guess everyone nearby came over to watch. It would be hard for Zhou Xue not to become famous.
"Okay, I'm going back now. It's so late and I haven't returned home yet. My family must be worried sick. You should also hurry to the cafeteria to get food. If you don't go now, you'll starve."
Cheng Nana then remembered that she had to go get some food, but since there were a lot of people watching the fun today, she probably still had some food in the cafeteria.
"Then I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go back and get my lunch box to eat."
Cheng Nana hurried back to the dormitory, and Jiang Manyue rode her bicycle and hurried back home.
It was already dark when she got home. Li Guifen was running around the house anxiously. When she saw Jiang Manyue coming back, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're finally back! It's getting dark. If you don't come back soon, I'll go find Ah Lin and look for you at school."
Jiang Manyue smiled at her apologetically, "Mom, I'm sorry. I had something to do at school today and was delayed."
Li Guifen nodded and pushed her into the kitchen. "I just made some noodles. I didn't know when you would be back, so I didn't cook for you. Go cook for yourself."
Jiang Manyue was also hungry, so she went into the kitchen to cook noodles. As she walked, she asked, "Where's Lu Lin? Why hasn't he come back?"
Li Guifen answered casually, "He told me at noon that he had something to do today and would probably be back very late. He told you not to wait for him and to go to sleep directly."
This was a common occurrence, and Jiang Manyue didn't ask any questions. She cooked noodles herself, covered Lu Lin's portion, and waited for him to come back and cook for him when he was hungry.
Until midnight, Jiang Manyue was sleeping in a daze. She heard Lu Lin enter the room. Feeling that Lu Lin was back, she fell asleep peacefully again.
The next morning, Jiang Manyue woke up and Lu Lin was still sleeping. It happened that she didn't have a class in the first period of the morning, so she took on the task of making breakfast.
After she finished making breakfast, Lu Lin got up and had breakfast with her.
Jiang Manyue originally wanted to tell Lu Lin about Zhou Xue, but after thinking about it, she decided not to tell him. Given Lu Lin's personality, he would probably be dissatisfied with the punishment and would go to the school leaders to negotiate.
After breakfast, Jiang Manyue rode her bike to school. As soon as she arrived at the dormitory, she heard about the big incident that happened in the dormitory building last night.
It turned out that after Zhou Xue was persuaded to return to the dormitory last night, she heard everyone talking about her, and some people were pointing fingers at her. She couldn't stand it and almost jumped off the dormitory balcony again.
Fortunately, her roommate reacted in time and dragged her down, otherwise she would have broken her leg at least if not died.
"Last night, your counselor came over in a hurry and tried to persuade Zhou Xue for a long time. In the end, he said he wanted to persuade Zhou Xue to withdraw and go home to recuperate. He didn't want her to stay in school anymore."
He Hui got the news from Zhou Xue's roommate. She heard that Teacher Zhang directly asked Zhou Xue to go home and recuperate and not stay in school anymore, for fear that she would be stimulated again and do something extreme.
"I also heard that the department suddenly decided to give Zhou Xue's roommates a holiday, asking them to watch Zhou Xue 24 hours a day until her parents come to school to pick her up."
Several roommates found out the details and pieced together what happened and what happened next.
However, this result was beyond Jiang Manyue's expectations. She didn't expect that Zhou Xue would threaten to jump off the building in the dormitory again and was persuaded to leave.
"Teacher Zhang is helpless. She threatened suicide twice in one day. Who could possibly stand this? Besides, it's hard to stop so many people from talking. If something really happened, the school wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility."
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