Qiao Xiaoni felt warmth from the principal and planned to repay the school when she had the chance.
"It's almost noon, and I have to go back to the shop to help out. If you have time, you can come to the shop and try my cooking. After I go to school, it may be difficult to have that opportunity again."
"Okay, if I have time this weekend, I'll come to your restaurant for a meal and try your cooking." Yu Lili readily agreed. Thinking of the admission notice, she opened the drawer and rummaged through it, quickly finding the notice and handing it to Qiao Xiaoni.
"Study hard and contribute to the country."
"I definitely will." Qiao Xiaoni took the notice, which was already open. If no one was around, she would definitely take a look. But if there were flies around, she wouldn't want to look. She smiled at the principal, then turned and left with Su Chenhao. However, before leaving, she left them a gift: specially made "irritability powder".
As soon as they left, Yu Lili's expression changed.
“You didn’t seize such a good opportunity just now, which means you haven’t truly repented. I will record this in your files.”
"Principal, what do you mean by that?" Xue Fanlin was completely bewildered; this was not what he had expected.
“You didn’t publicly apologize to Qiao Xiaoni, so it’s not wrong for me to give you a major demerit, is it?” Yu Lili turned to Cai Tingting: “You didn’t sincerely apologize to her for splashing hot water on her. I’ve given both of you chances, but you didn’t take them seriously. For students with such poor morals as you, if you weren’t graduates, the punishment wouldn’t be as simple as a major demerit.”
Xue Fanlin and Cai Tingting panicked and rushed to the desk.
"Principal, I know I was wrong, I'll apologize right away." Xue Fanlin's tone was urgent, and a surge of anger was welling up inside him; he just really wanted to explode.
"Can I... apologize to her too?" Cai Tingting stammered for a long time before finally managing to say it. She was so angry, she felt like flipping the table in front of her.
Yu Lili sat down in the chair: "I've made up my mind, and I won't change it. It's no use begging me."
Enraged, Xue Fanlin slammed his hand on the desk, making a loud thud, and his hand bled.
Cai Tingting, instead of being scared, picked up a teacup from the table and threw it on the ground.
"Why are you treating us like this? We're students too. We just made a mistake in the heat of the moment. Can't you forgive us just this once?"
Abruptly changing her previous kind and gentle demeanor, Xue's mother rushed to the desk.
“Principal, I do not accept your punishment. If you insist on doing so, I will report your situation to the relevant higher authorities.”
Using her obesity, Cai's mother pushed her aside and shouted:
“My daughter is right. We’re all students at the same school, so why are you treating us so differently?”
Yu Lili took three deep breaths. Today she had truly witnessed what it meant for people of similar backgrounds to flock together; like father, like son. They had been putting on a good act before, but now that the verdict was in, their true colors were revealed. As the principal, she didn't want to argue like a shrew, so she picked up the phone on the desk and called the teacher on duty.
"Come to my office right away."
"Okay!" The male teacher on duty readily agreed. These past few days, parents had been coming to the principal, either to offer gifts or to ask for favors. Usually, when he was asked to handle things, he would just see the parents off. It wasn't until he entered the principal's office that he learned what was going on.
The students and parents were gathered around the office desk, each sticking to their own arguments, creating a truly terrifying scene.
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