Chapter 354 Slander?
According to Meng Junyi and Gongsun Liang, when they first entered the academy and moved into the dormitory, except for Jiang Xiu, the three of them had servants to help take care of everything and tidy up the dormitory.
Although Jiang Xiu was embarrassed at that time, he did not hide it and told everyone frankly that he was a concubine's son of the Jiang family... The mistress did not want him to study at Qingyun Academy and wanted to send him to the Jiang family school, so she did not provide him with an entourage.
They thought it was just an ordinary dispute in the house and did not ask any questions. They just asked their servants to help him pack his luggage.
At the beginning, the four people in the dormitory got along quite well, and even went to the restaurant for a small gathering several times on weekends.
At that time, Meng Junyi and Gongsun Liang had a special admiration for Wang Mian. When the dormitory was voting to elect a head of the dormitory, they even cast all their votes for Wang Mian.
But later, for some reason, Wang Mian began to target Jiang Xiu everywhere, always saying that he had stolen his things!
But in the eyes of Meng Junyi and Gongsun Liang, although Jiang Xiu lived frugally, he would not steal from anyone... After all, they usually gave him some of the best writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, but he never refused to accept them!
Until one afternoon, when they returned to the dormitory after dinner, they saw Jiang Xiu and Wang Mian arguing.
To be precise, it was Wang Mian who was going crazy unilaterally.
He pulled Jiang Xiu's clothes and angrily said that he was a thief.
He was scolded for asking for help if he really needed it, but he couldn't take it without asking...especially since the thing he took this time was the purse that his sister had specially embroidered for him!
As soon as they heard that Jiang Xiu had stolen something, Meng Junyi and Gongsun Liang looked at each other in shock and disbelief.
In their impression, Jiang Xiu is an excellent student, humble and polite to others, and never accepts gifts from others. How could he do such a sneaky thing?
Recalling that day...
Seeing Jiang Xiu's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and a number of students gathered around to watch the excitement, Meng Junyi stepped forward and said, "Could there be a misunderstanding? Wang Mian, let go of my hand first. Let's talk things over."
Wang Mian sneered, "If it was just once or twice, and they were all roommates, I wouldn't have exposed it in public."
"My mother is a perfumer. The bath beans, fumigants, and incense I use... are all specially blended by her for me. The scent is unique in the world!"
"But go smell Jiang Xiu's clothes and bedding... aren't they exactly the same as mine? If you don't believe me, go smell his daily necessities and you'll know I'm absolutely not wronging him!"
Wang Mian continued to talk to everyone...
The first time he discovered that Jiang Xiu might be secretly using his things was when he had a quarrel with a servant and drove him away. When he was hanging out his own clothes to dry, he passed by Jiang Xiu's dried underwear and smelled a familiar scent on it.
He has been sensitive to scents since he was a child and was sure that he couldn't have smelled it wrong... From then on, he began to pay special attention to Jiang Xiu.
After more than a month of observation, Wang Mian discovered that Jiang Xiuyuan was not as decent as he appeared!
Not only did he steal his ointment and bath beans, he also rummaged through his drawers, occasionally taking away a few copper coins that he had exchanged specifically for the convenience of eating in the cafeteria.
Actually, these are all small things.
What Wang Mian couldn't stand the most was that Jiang Xiu would even secretly wear his underwear and then quietly put it back where it belonged! ?
Wang Mian was speechless at the time, his voice trembling with anger. He said that he had lived for eleven years and had never seen such a shameless and despicable person!
Out of consideration for their friendship as classmates and thinking that there wasn't much to lose, he finally endured it even though he felt uncomfortable. Apart from adding a few more locks to his box, he didn't make a fuss.
However, when facing Jiang Xiu, he couldn't help but unconsciously reveal a bit of dissatisfaction and displeasure in his expression and tone.
Little did he know that his reactions, seen by Meng Junyi and Gongsun Liang, meant that he had started to inexplicably target Jiang Xiu and always give him the cold shoulder.
Occasionally, Jiang Xiu would complain about Yin Yang a few times, and the two of them even thought that Wang Mian was used to being outstanding and was jealous that Jiang Xiu's grades were better than his...
The reason why Wang Mian, who had been holding back for a long time, exploded this time was because the stolen purse was of extraordinary significance - it was a gift given to him by his sister, who was born to the same mother, when she was learning embroidery for the first time!
For this purse, her sister's fingers were pricked by needles and she shed countless tears secretly!
Thinking about his sister's hard work being wasted... Wang Mian could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and finally broke off with Jiang Xiu!
Seeing that more and more students gathered to watch, even alarming the academy manager, Jiang Xiu suddenly broke down.
He roared, pushed Wang Mian away, and shouted that Wang Mian had wronged him!
Then, with red eyes, he opened his drawers one by one like a madman, threw out all the things inside, and poured all the things in his boxes onto the ground to prove that he did not steal Wang Mian's things!
Feeling that it was not enough, he ripped off his outer robe, revealing his pocketless inner garment, turned around and pounced on Wang Mian, swinging his fists at him in a disorderly manner.
"You said I went through your drawers and stole your things? What did I steal? What gives you the right to slander me like this!?" He cried as he hit her, his voice full of grievance and anger. "Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, you're just relying on your mother's business to make a few bucks, what's so great about that?!"
Wang Mian was instantly enraged and threw Jiang Xiu to the ground. He sat on him and punched him in the face with all his strength.
Seeing this, everyone rushed over and pulled the two apart.
The teacher of Jiang Xiu's class rushed over after hearing the news. He was always strong and protective of his students. Upon seeing this, he ordered Wang Mian to apologize to Jiang Xiu immediately, otherwise he would report it to the academy envoy and have him expelled from Qingyun Academy!
Wang Mian glanced at his classmates who had different expressions on their faces. As he heard more and more accusations against him, his face turned paler.
"Am I just sitting around doing nothing? What good will it do me to slander him?!" His voice trembled with grievance.
However, one classmate yelled at the top of his voice: "Jiang Xiu has turned everything upside down, and he really didn't find anything..."
The incident caused a big uproar, and because Wang Mian refused to apologize, he was taken away by his family that night.
When he returned to the academy again, he seemed like a completely different person, becoming silent and very indifferent.
Not only did he not bow to Jiang Xiu, he also distanced himself from Meng Junyi and Gongsun Liang. He kept to himself all day and no longer argued when faced with the pointing and criticizing of others.
"In fact, the Wang family has already arranged for him to transfer to another school," Meng Junyi whispered. "If he hadn't been in trouble, he should have registered at the new academy the next day."
Having said this, he and Gongsun Liang both lowered their heads with gloomy expressions.
Tang Bao seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "How was Jiang Xiu after the fight with Wang Mian?"
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