Chapter 11
The other party were all cute little girls, so she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Seeing Gao Zhiwen and several of his followers relying on their numbers to beat up Shen Yuqing, she frowned and pulled Gao Zhiwen away.
At first, Gao Zhiwen didn't dare to hit her too hard because she was a woman. Later, when he saw that she fought better than him, he started hitting Xia Ruirui in the face.
Because Xia's father was a diplomat, Xia Ruirui was required to learn judo since she was a child, and Gao Zhiwen couldn't even touch her face.
However, they were quickly pulled apart by teachers who rushed over after hearing the news.
Everyone stood in rows according to their classes. Xia Ruirui looked at Shen Yuqing, who had a messy hair and panda eyes, and couldn't help laughing.
Shen Yuqing glared at her, said nothing, and just stood there quietly.
The two classes were in such a mess that not only the head teachers of the two classes, but even the academic director was alarmed.
The Dean of Studies, who had hurried over, frowned and stared at Xia Ruirui, who was laughing out loud. He angrily scolded her, "Are you so happy? The other classes were having friendly matches, but your class is brawling."
He turned to Shen Yuqing again, his tone a little softer: "Shen Yuqing, tell me, who started it first."
As the top student in the 16th grade of Jincai, Shen Yuqing is well-known among every teacher in the grade.
The dean of studies trusts his character and personality, otherwise he would not have asked him.
"I was the first to make a move." Shen Yuqing's tone was very calm.
“…”
The dean of teaching did not expect such an answer. He pointed at Shen Yuqing with a look of disappointment.
"Teacher, I was the first to hit you. Shen Yuqing is lying." Xia Ruirui looked directly into the dean's eyes while speaking, with her chin raised higher than the sky.
She didn't expect Shen Yuqing to be so stupid as to take the blame on herself.
She had originally thought of the wording and was planning to put all the blame on Huang Mao, but after Shen Yuqing said this, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and put the blame on herself.
Otherwise, what if this old-fashioned person doesn't want to play with her anymore?
The dean glanced at Xia Ruirui, whose hair was not at all messy, and Shen Yuqing's messy hair, pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Reporting to the director, it was Gao Zhiwen from the opposing class 11 who played a dirty ball. The coach favored him and refused to give him a red card. We argued with them, but Gao Zhiwen even hit a girl from our class."
The person who spoke was Dong Jiawei, a sports student. He had seen that the dean was asking about Shen Yuqing, who was ranked first in the grade, and thought that their class had secured the title.
Who knew that what Shen Yuqing and Xia Ruirui said was more outrageous than the other. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain.
After listening to this, the dean looked at the two head teachers behind him, and the head teacher of Class 18 nodded.
He had just asked the squad leader, and this was roughly the situation.
However, he glanced at Shen Yuqing, who was standing with his head down as punishment. He didn't expect that his precious child, who was ranked first in the grade, would also participate in this fight.
After hearing this, the dean went to Gao Zhiwen to confirm the situation.
I thought Gao Zhiwen would tell me who was the leader, but he lied and insisted that Xia Ruirui had beaten him with all the wounds on his face.
He looked at Gao Zhiwen with his bruised face and swollen eyes, then looked at Xia Ruirui who looked clean and refreshed on the other side, and slapped him hard.
"Tell me, who started the beating? Was it Dong Jiawei? Or some other boy?" His tone was a little impatient.
Gao Zhiwen felt a little aggrieved after hearing this: "I told you, it was Xia Ruirui who beat me."
"..." The Dean was also speechless, "You two were fighting, but she wasn't hurt at all."
"..." Gao Zhiwen was silent for a moment, refusing to admit that he was weaker than a girl. "She was the one who took the lead."
The dean was speechless and asked the students in Class 18 again. Only after half of them said it was Xia Ruirui did he ask her with a look of doubt on his face.
"Xia Ruirui, Gao Zhiwen said you beat him."
"Yeah." Xia Ruirui admitted it without thinking.
“…”
The head teacher still didn't believe it, so he confirmed it with the physical education student Dong Jiawei.
"Who took the lead first?"
"Gao Zhiwen pushed our squad leader first, and then Xia Ruirui took action."
“…”
He slapped the gym student again, cursing, "What are you doing? Are you from Class 18, the gang?"
The sports student was clearly dissatisfied: "Gao Zhiwen from Class 11 hit the black ball first, so Xia Ruirui is right."
"That's right, that's bullshit. Look at what a mess Gao Zhiwen looks like now. He beat someone up so badly." The head teacher pointed at Gao Zhiwen, who had a bruised nose and swollen eyes, to the physical education students.
Sports student: “…”
Gao Zhiwen: “…”
"It's just that he's not as skilled as others." The gym student grumbled until the dean rolled his eyes at him, and then he shut up.
In the corridor, nearly a hundred students from two classes stood in a row at the door of the dean's office.
The dean looked at his small office, then at the huge group of people behind him, and glared at the few troublemakers behind him with annoyance.
He pursed his lips and signaled the two head teachers to take the rest of the people back to the classroom for a lesson, leaving only a few key figures behind.
In the office, he first looked at the troublemaker of Class 18 - Xia Ruirui.
"Submit a 1,000-word self-criticism to me next Monday."
Xia Ruirui blinked and her eyes widened: "Why?"
“…”
Shen Yuqing, who was behind him, closed his eyes after hearing this, his expression somewhat helpless.
Instead, squad leaders Yao Hui and Dong Jiawei secretly tugged at her sleeves and signaled with their eyes that she should agree first.
She ignored their attempts to stop her, pointed at Gao Zhiwen across from her, and said seriously to the Dean, "They were the first to commit the foul and even pushed someone from our class."
The Dean of Studies was now annoyed: "Xia Ruirui, right? Next Monday at the flag-raising ceremony, you have to write a 2,000-word self-criticism in front of the entire school."
"What about Gao Zhiwen? Doesn't he need to review himself?" Xia Ruirui asked back.
Dean of Studies: “…”
She wanted to say something, but was stopped by Dong Jiawei and class monitor Yao Hui, who forced her to bow to the dean.
The dean waved his hand, signaling them to go out and hand in the written self-criticism to him next Monday.
"Okay, Brother Qiang."
Several people carried Xia Ruirui out, and did not forget to close the office door before leaving.
Outside the door, Xia Ruirui straightened her sleeves with an innocent look on her face: "What are you doing? I haven't finished talking yet."
Sports student and class monitor: "......"
Shen Yuqing in front of her suddenly leaned over and approached her, saying seriously, "Xia Ruirui, be quiet."
She was stunned for a moment, then reacted and moved closer to someone's face.
"I'll listen to you." She deliberately prolonged the ending tone when she spoke, but the look in her eyes when she looked at Shen Yuqing contained a hint of provocation.
It’s like saying - if you have the guts, come a little closer.
The tips of their noses were almost touching, but Shen Yuqing's eyes flashed and he took a step back as if in compromise.
The sports students and class monitor who were watching were even more nervous than the two people involved. They looked around to keep watch for them, fearing that someone would see this scene.
Getting caught in a puppy love relationship is no joke!
Shen Yuqing leaned against the cold tiles, looking at the flamboyant and bright Xia Ruirui, his heart silently surging.
"Hey, you two, be careful, this is the office door!" the squad leader reminded in a low voice.
Shen Yuqing didn't stop when he heard this, and strode towards the classroom.
"Puchi——" Xia Ruirui looked at someone who didn't even turn his head and couldn't help laughing.
She looked at the squad leader who was busy wiping the cold sweat beside her and blinked: “Squad leader, Shen Yuqing just blushed.”
“…”
"Squad leader, I'm leaving first." Xia Ruirui finished speaking and then called out to someone who hadn't walked far away, "Chen Yuqing, wait for me, let's go together—"
*
The memory is long and vivid. It happened ten years ago, but it feels as clear as if it happened yesterday.
"Xia Ruirui."
"ah?"
When she heard Shen Yuqing's voice again for a while, she subconsciously felt a little strange.
She glanced out the window and found that the car had arrived downstairs of the hotel. The assistant was gone, and there were only her and Shen Yuqing in the car.
She unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, and just as she stepped out, she heard his voice.
"Xia Ruirui, you will go to the class 18 reunion next week, right?"
His hands were on the steering wheel, and he looked at her calmly, as if it was just a casual question.
Thinking of Shen Yuqing's evasive eyes in her memories, Xia Ruirui suddenly wanted to tease him.
"I'll do whatever you say."
When she spoke, she deliberately drew out the last word as she remembered it, and looked at him teasingly.
“…”
She was still guessing someone's reaction in her mind, but this sentence seemed to trigger a switch, and Shen Yuqing's face suddenly became ugly.
Someone manipulated the car window to rise, completely isolating the two people.
There was an anti-peep film on the window, and Xia Ruirui couldn't see his expression from the outside. For a moment, she didn't know what Shen Yuqing was thinking.
But it looks like he is angry.
Thinking of a certain college bully in her memory who was so angry that he turned around and left, Xia Ruirui felt so good that she wanted to whistle.
Shen Yuqing in the car looked at the heartless Xia Ruirui with turbulent eyes.
It's like some emotions can't be suppressed.
After a long time, Xia Ruirui still hadn't left, so he lowered the car window again.
"I'll pick you up next Friday."
Xia Ruirui looked at Shen Yuqing with a slightly raised eyebrow: "I will listen to you, university bully."
“…”
Looking at the back of someone driving away, she sighed and walked into the hotel.
"University bully, you really haven't changed at all."
"Still so vulnerable..."
*
After returning to the hotel, Xia Ruirui washed up and planned to rest.
As soon as she lifted a corner of the quilt, she received a call. Looking at the word "Mom" on the phone screen, she felt a little complicated.
After a while, until the other party hung up automatically, she finally reacted and mechanically called back.
The call was finally connected, and Xia's mother's familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar voice came from the other end of the line.
"Ruirui..." Mother Xia's voice sounded a little hesitant, as if she didn't expect the call to be connected.
"Yeah." Xia Ruirui didn't know what to reply, so she just responded with a nasal tone.
"Is Ruirui asleep?"
"......not yet."
"Time flies so fast. Our Ruirui is already 26 years old." Xia's mother's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little dazed.
Ever since her mother remarried, Xia Ruirui had basically ignored her calls.
This was the first phone call between the two in years.
Perhaps because of the emotional turmoil she felt when she unexpectedly met Xia's mother that day, she still answered the call.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing...Mom just wants to hear your voice." Mother Xia's voice was choked with sobs, and even though she tried her best to hide it, she could still hear it.
Listening to the sobbing from the other side, Xia Ruirui felt that today was really terrible.
The long-lost sound reminded her of the time when her mother Xia took her to the park to blow bubbles when she was a child.
The scene shifts back to the high school, where Xia's mother and father are arguing hysterically, and the whole room is filled with screams and roars.
There is also the loving look in the eyes of Xia's mother and her stepfather at the wedding after she remarried.
Xia Ruirui covered her heart and stumbled to the medicine box. With a trembling right hand, she poured a pill from the bottle and swallowed it stiffly.
"Ruirui, what's wrong with you?"
She opened a bottle of mineral water from the bedside table, swallowed it, and said in a hoarse voice: "I took some cold medicine."
"You need to take care of your health."
"Yeah." While speaking, Xia Ruirui looked at the paroxetine in the medicine box, with her head down and a gloomy look in her eyes.
"By the way, Ruirui, one of your cousin's friends is a very nice person. He knows her well and he goes to Beiyi University just like you."
Mother Xia paused, her tone slightly tentative: "I was thinking you young people could get to know each other."
Only then did she understand the purpose of Xia's mother's call, and her long-lost rebellious spirit vaguely revived.
Without even thinking about it, she agreed: "Okay."
Mother Xia thought she was really willing, and she warmed up a lot after hearing this: "Then I'll ask your cousin to confirm with his classmates and tell you the time and place."
"Well, I'm hanging up then."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Xia Ruirui threw herself onto the bed in the hotel and looked at the white ceiling with a dull look in her eyes.
She closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep.
She didn't know if it was her body's self-protection mechanism, but in her excessive grief, she actually remembered something that happened between her and Shen Yuqing in her first year of high school.
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